Join us for First Thursday Poetry on February 5, 2009, LIVE at the Bravo Cafe' in the GoggleWorks, 2nd and Washington ST in Reading, PA. Featured presenters are the awesome student competitors for POETRY OUT LOUD 2009 from Reading High School. Open mic to follow. This event is free and open to the public.
Sponsored by Berks Bards, with support from the Friends of Berks County Public Libraries, and with a grant from the PA Partners in the Arts, administered locally by the Berks Arts Council.
For more information, contact Liz Stanley, zilabets@hotmail.com.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Poetry Event at Delco Institute of Science
We're giving a shout out to Eileen D'Angelo and the members of the Mad Poets Society who invited the Berks Bards to read on November 20 at the Delco Institute of Science in Media, PA. What a location! We're on the stage at the microphone, in a Civil War era edifice filled with untold collections of specimens, rocks, gems, rare science and history books, and lots of stuffed birds in glass cases. The audience was great, very receptive to our poems, and Eileen was a gracious host.
BB poets who made the road trip to Media were Patrick and Marilyn Klimcho, Michael Clipman, Jen Gittings-Dalton, Elizabeth Bodien, Naimon Lyons, and Liz Stanley.
We're takin' it on the road! Join us!
BB poets who made the road trip to Media were Patrick and Marilyn Klimcho, Michael Clipman, Jen Gittings-Dalton, Elizabeth Bodien, Naimon Lyons, and Liz Stanley.
We're takin' it on the road! Join us!
Thursday, October 16, 2008
stevenallenmay has a new blog
Word came today from stevenallenmay, energetic enigmatic co-founder of Berks Bards way back in 1998, about his new blog, http://www.bookgasm.blogspot.com/. This man is definitely into books, especially books as more than just the book, books as creative objects, with a presence and a history. What do you expect from a poet and publisher!? You go, s-a-m!
Berks Bards ROCK at Alvernia College
Kudos to Jen Gittings-Dalton who invited Berks Bards poets and musicians to read/play at the Crusader Cafe at Alvernia University on October 15, as part of the Literary Festival on campus. Poets: Doug Arnold, Awilda I. Castro-Suarez, Fred Indenbaum, Jen Gittings-Dalton, Marilyn Klimcho, Emily Hayes Whittle, Michael Clipman, Patrick Klimcho, and Elizabeth Stanley. Musicians: Joanna Groebel on flute, Michael Clipman on percussion.
Students and faculty filled the intimate cafe' and volunteered for the open mic. One student had attended the 2008 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival last month, and had the courage to read her work for the first time ever, at the Crusader Cafe'. Bravo, Ciara!
Students and faculty filled the intimate cafe' and volunteered for the open mic. One student had attended the 2008 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival last month, and had the courage to read her work for the first time ever, at the Crusader Cafe'. Bravo, Ciara!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Congratulations, Heather Thomas, Berks Poet Laureate
We want to give a shout out to Heather Thomas, the newly appointed Poet Laureate for Berks County! Berks Bards is so proud of you! The event on October 1st at the Miller Center was an awesome gathering of presidents and poets, journalists and community leaders who EACH read a favorite poem in honor of the occasion.
It was an outstanding tribute to the power of poetry to transform a life...or a morning!
It was also the kick-off of "Reading Reads: The Greater Berks Literary Festival." Berks Bards is proud to be a part of this wonderful community effort.
Bravo, Heather Thomas! The "blue ruby' rocks!
It was an outstanding tribute to the power of poetry to transform a life...or a morning!
It was also the kick-off of "Reading Reads: The Greater Berks Literary Festival." Berks Bards is proud to be a part of this wonderful community effort.
Bravo, Heather Thomas! The "blue ruby' rocks!
Friday, September 19, 2008
Kudos to the Poets of September 14th
Bravo and Huzzah's to the Poets of September 14th who performed at the GoggleWorks in Reading, and drew an admiring audience of friends, fans of poetry. and visitors to the Third Anniversary of the Center for the Arts.
Poets included Ann Michael, Jayne Relaford Brown, Barbara De Cesare, Michael Lear-Olimpi, Jim Warner, Doug Arnold, Pat Klimcho, Marilyn Klimcho, Jen Gittings-Dalton, Michael Clipman, Candace Kaucher, Irv Westerfer, Barbara Cassidy, and Liz Stanley.
A surprise presentation of a cermonial cup came from Marty Esworthy of the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel in Harrisburg. Thanks, Marty!
Berks Bards Rocks!
Poets included Ann Michael, Jayne Relaford Brown, Barbara De Cesare, Michael Lear-Olimpi, Jim Warner, Doug Arnold, Pat Klimcho, Marilyn Klimcho, Jen Gittings-Dalton, Michael Clipman, Candace Kaucher, Irv Westerfer, Barbara Cassidy, and Liz Stanley.
A surprise presentation of a cermonial cup came from Marty Esworthy of the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel in Harrisburg. Thanks, Marty!
Berks Bards Rocks!
Thursday, September 4, 2008
First Thursday Poetry at the Bravo Cafe' Sept 4
Join us for First Thursday Poetry at the Bravo Cafe' in The GoggleWorks, 201 Washington Street, Reading, PA, from 6:00 - 8:00 pm. On September 4th, the featured poet is Nancy Knoblauch, premiering her new book "For God's Sake."
Open mic to follow.
This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by Berks Bards, with support from the Friends of Berks County Public Libraries, and with a grant from the PA Partners in the Arts, administered locally by the Berks Arts Council.
Open mic to follow.
This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by Berks Bards, with support from the Friends of Berks County Public Libraries, and with a grant from the PA Partners in the Arts, administered locally by the Berks Arts Council.
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