Newsletter February 2012

Delaware Valley Poets, Inc. Poetry Workshops meets on the first Tuesday of the month. The next meeting is on Tuesday, February 7th, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. at the Mercer County Library, Business Route I South, Darrah Lane in Lawrenceville.  Please bring 12-15 copies of your poem. Contact Joe Longino at  Josephlongino@yahoo.com  for information. Please note that we will meet in Room 1 this month:

February 13, 2012 at 7:30 pm - Poets at the Library
A U.S. 1 POETS CO-OP and DELAWARE VALLEY POETS JOINT READING SERIES
with poets BJ Ward and Wanda S. Praisner
at the Fireplace on the second floor of the Princeton Public Library
Open mic follows. The readings are free and open to the public, and are made possible by the generous support of the Princeton Public Library. 65 Witherspoon St, Princeton, NJ.
Parking for the readings is available in the deck adjoining the library. For  information with regard to the parking deck click on http://www.princeton.lib.nj.us/about/hours.html
For library information only contact Janie Hermann (609) 924-9529 x228. Joseph Longino, DVP, 609-203-6800; Betty Lies, U.S. 1 Poets, 609-466-1498.
Poets at the Library 2012 schedule
March 12, 2012     Scott McVey and Gretna Wilkinson
April 9, 2012         Charles and Laine Johnson

Maria Gillan Mazziotti's Poetry Weekend Intensive was a huge success with a record number of attendees. For information regarding the next Poetry Intensive (late spring), contact mariagillan@verizon.net
Or 1-973-684-6555. Go to PoetryIntensive.html or PoetryIntensiveLetter.html for further details.

Burlington County Poets are next meeting Thursday, February 9th from 7:00-9:00 pm sharp at the Burlington Co. Library, 5 Pioneer Blvd., Westhampton, NJ 08060. Please bring 10-12 copies of your poem to share and critique. Call the Library at (609) 267-9660 x 3036 or contact Sheila McDonald by email at smcdon9455@aol.com

Tuesday evenings from 5:30-7:00 pm
January 31, 2012 - Rachel Hadas and Keith O'Shaughnessy
Paul Robeson Gallery or the Multipurpose Room in the Paul Robeson Campus Center
350 Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard, Newark NJ Free.
For full schedule please visit: www.mfa.newark.rutgers.edu/writersatnewark.htm
For more information regarding the Reading Group and to download the Reading Group Registration form please visit: www.mfa.newark.rutgers.edu/reading%20group.htm
Spring 2012 Schedule
February 28, 2012 - Marie Howe and Monica Youn
March 27, 2012 - Akhil Sharma and Francisco Goldman
April 24, 2012 - Chimamanda Adichie and Uzodinma Iwela

Thursday, February 2 @ 7PM
DANIELLA GIOSEFFI & GEORGE GUIDA in Montclair
Montclair Public Library
50 South Fullerton Avenue
Montclair, NJ
Free. Open Mic.
Contact: Library: 973-744-0500
Hosts: Laura Boss & Maria Mazziotti Gillan

Friday, February 3, 2012 - 6:30 - 8:30pm
Photography by Therese Halscheid
Opening reception Stockton Naturals Exhibition - Solo exhibition runs February 2 to February 29
Carversville General Store, 6208 Fleecydale Road
Carversville, PA 18913 
ABOUT THE SERIES:
Therese Halscheid's photography serves as a chronology of her poetic journey for the past eighteen years. House-sitting has allowed her to live simply, write and photograph unusual and rustic settings. The Stockton Naturals series is representative of earth's artistic ability. These natural compositions are not altered. Her photographs document weather and its effects on the Wickecheoke Creek and surrounding woods where she has been caring for an early 1800s miller's cottage. The play of sun and shadow, snow, and early morning mists capture the mystical elements of such a place.
www.ThereseHalscheid.com   / thalscheid@cs.com

Friday, February 3, 6:30 – 9:00 PM
Poetry slam presented by "Poetry in the Parlor" first-Fridays series.
Art House / Route 9 – 182 N. Main St, Manahawkin, NJ
Light refreshments available
To attend, RSVP at 609-4ART or www.arthousegallery.net
To read, contact J.C.Sutton at 609-556-0944 to pre-register.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 8:00pm until 10:00pm
Reading with Diane Lockward at the Barron Arts Center
582 Rahway Avenue, Woodbridge, NJ 07095
Workshop precedes the reading at 7:00PM
Open Mic follows the reading.

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 4:30 PM
Jonathan Franzen and James Richardson
Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center
MEDIA CONTACT Steve Runk, Director of Communications
Lewis Center for the Arts - 609.258.5262
srunk@princeton.edu (Princeton, NJ) Poet James Richardson and novelist/essayist Jonathan Franzen will read from their works in the Berlind Theatre at McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton on Wednesday, February 8 at 4:30 p.m. Princeton student Nina Bahadur will also read from her work. The reading, part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series of the Program in Creative Writing at the Lewis Center for the Arts, is free and open to the public.
www.princeton.edu/arts/arts_at_princeton/creative_writing/about_the_program/the-reading-series/franzen-richardson/

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 7PM
2012 Adanna Poetry Prize
Winners and Finalists
Celebrating Love Poetry
College of St. Elizabeth
2 Convent Road, Morristown
Annunciation Building / FREE
adannajournal@yahoo.com

Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012 at 6pm
Panoply Books Reading Series
Betty Lies reads from her recent book
The Day After I Drowned (Cherry Grove Collections).
46 North Union Street, Lambertville, NJ 08530
www.panoplybooks.com (609)397-1145

Sunday, February 15, 2–4 pm
South Brunswick Arts Commission Poetry Series
in Cooperation with South Brunswick Library Hosted by Hank Kalet
featuring Paul Sohar & Carlos Pena Hernandez / Open Reading follows
110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction
March 17 • Pat Hardigree & Anna Evans
April 15 • Priscilla Orr & Marcia Pelletiere
May 6 • Tina Kelly & George Witte
The readings are free, although a donation of a non-perishable food item to be given to the South Brunswick Food Pantry is encouraged. For more information, including directions, contact the Arts Commission
at 732-329-4000, ext. 7635 / arts@sbtnj.net / Hank Kalet hkalet@centraljersey.com

POETRY WORKSHOP in Cape May - 3rd Saturdays: February 18th,
March 17th, April 21st from 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Higher Grounds Cafe - 479 West Perry Street
West Cape May, NJ 609-884-1131
Please bring 10 copies of an original poem (40 lines max) to share.
RSVP/More info: wekaplan@lycos.com

Lisa Zeidner from the Camden / Rutgers U Campus announces the visiting writers to their MFA program this year: Nine evenings with esteemed authors, many also offering workshops. This year ... a particularly stellar cast of visitors, including Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan, bestselling writers Gary Sheyngart and Heidi Durrow, a special session in Young Adult Literature with Beth Kephart, and many others. All events are free and open to the public and are followed by receptions and book signings. Further details will come ... you might want to save the dates. Here's a link to the whole program: mfa.camden.rutgers.edu/visitors_2011.html
For details on our MFA Program in Creative Writing, see mfa.camden.rutgers.edu

CALL FOR READERS / PERFORMERS
John Irving of Café Improv, seeks to enlist poets, readers or those that recite poetry, for Café Improv, the monthly, [usually the 4th Saturday] televised cabaret at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts that he runs with EmCee Thomas P. Florek and others. You can learn more about Café Improv at www.cafeimprov.com
Call or email John Irving. Gigs are scheduled months in advance.

Café Improv Cabaret
Paul Robeson Center for the Arts
102 Witherspoon Street
Princeton, NJ 08542-3204
irving@nas.org
(609) 497-2480 office
(609) 933-9155 mobile
http://www.cafeimprov.com/

Announcement from Bob Rosenbloom: Pat Valdata, who read in Bridgewater for our group in August, will be one of the presenters at the Bay to Ocean Writer’s Conference on February 25th, a one-day conference.
In the event you consider an overnight trip, inexpensive lodging is nearby. It's close to the Queenstown shopping outlet and the towns of Easton and St. Michaels. For information and details go to: www.baytoocean.com/

Invitation from: the Musehouse Literary Arts Center for the launch of Philadelphia Stories, Jr., the new literary magazine by Philadelphia-area writers age 18 and under. We'll have refreshments, live music, and readings by the young authors! Musehouse: A Center for the Literary Arts
7924 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA Free
Contact: 267-331-9552 • musehousecenter@ymail.com

DVP 2012 DUES
Delaware Valley Poets, Inc. has no income other than the occasional sale of an anthology, and members' dues.  If you wish to renew your membership or become a member of our group, enclose your fully tax deductible check for $20, Seniors $15.00 made payable to Delaware Valley Poets, Inc. Please print clearly, especially your email address, and mail to: John Anderson, DVP Treasurer, PO Box 5362, Trenton, NJ 08638-0362. Please don't forget to include your name, address, phone number and email address.
Click here for a printable membership coupon.

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