Newsletter April 2012

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: Joseph Longino, DVP President, 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. Your support is very much appreciated. Thank you.

Delaware Valley Poets, Inc. Poetry Workshops meets on the first Tuesday of the month. The next meeting is on Tuesday, April 3rd, 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 back in Room 3 this month:

April 9, 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 Charles and Laine Johnson
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

Maria Gillan Mazziotti's Poetry Weekend Intensive is coming up in June
Friday, June 8, Saturday, June 9, and Sunday, June 10, 2012
WEEKEND INTENSIVE LISTING: $375
English Manor House Poetry Weekend Intensives
Maria Mazziotti Gillan and Laura Boss
St. Marguerite’s Retreat House
Convent of St. John the Baptist in Mendham, NJ.
Friday evening through Sunday lunch.
Workshops, room, and meals all inclusive.
15 professional development credits
For information, contact mariagillan@verizon.net
Or send SASE to Maria Mazziotti Gillan
40 Post Avenue, Hawthorne, NJ 07506
You may contact Maria at mariagillan@verizon.net or 1-973-684-6555. Go to PoetryIntensive.html or PoetryIntensiveLetter.html for description of the weekend.

Burlington County Poets are next meeting Thursday, April 12th 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, April 3, 2012 at 4 pm
You are invited to hear Lois Marie Harrod reading her poems
at the The College of New Jersey Library Auditorium
Reception and book sales following.
The College of New Jersey
2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ 08628-0718
tcnj.pages.tcnj.edu/about/campus-info/campus-map/
Enter the college main entrance from Route 31. Turn right onto Metzger Drive
and then left into student parking. Walk mostly north to the library (it’s not
as far as it looks—about a block).
Lois Marie Harrod www.loismarieharrod.com

Tuesday, April 3, 1:30 p.m. – 2:50 PM
"The Hydrants are Open: Latinos on Broadway in the 21st Century" - A Lecture by David Román.
Marie and Edward '53 Matthews Acting Studio
Lewis Center for the Arts
185 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ
Contact: PRINCETON.EDU/ARTS

Tuesday, April 3, 2012, 7:00-9:30 pm
Somerset Poetry Group features
Therese Halscheid & David Dutcher
Bridgewater Public Library
1 Vogt Drive- Community Room C
Bridgewater, NJ 08807 (908)526-4016
Directions on Library Website
contact Bob Rosenbloom bloom306@yahoo.com
(732)371-3817 - Free - Open Mic

Wednesday, April 4 @ 7 PM
The Swarthmore Public Library and Mad Poets Society
present a poetry reading with J.C. Todd.
Swarthmore Public Library
121 Park Avenue, Swarthmore, PA Free.
To register at the library, phone 610-543-0436
or e-mail swarthmore@delcolibraries.org

Thursday, April 5 @ 7  PM
MARK HILLRINGHOUSE & MARIE-ELIZABETH MALI in Montclair
Montclair Public Library (Auditorium)
50 South Fullerton Ave, Montclair, NJ - Free - Open Mic.
Contact: Library: 973-744-0500
Hosts: Laura Boss & Maria Mazziotti Gillan

Thursday, April 5 @ 4:30 PM
The Visiting Writers Series
presents Emari DiGiorgio
The Richard Stockton College of NJ
Arts & Sciences Bulding 102, Pamona, NJ
Contact: stockton.edu/arhu / 609-652-4505

Wednesday, April 11 at 12 PM (Noon)
UNICO Italian Heritage Series
MARIA MAZZIOTTI GILLAN
Penn State Worthington Scranton
Business Building - Hawk Lecture Hall
120 Ridge View Dr, Dunmore, PA 15812
Contact: Angela Schuback
570-963-2536 / aqs4@psu.edu

Sunday, April 15, 2–4 pm
South Brunswick Arts Commission Poetry Series
in Cooperation with South Brunswick Library Hosted by Hank Kalet
featuring Priscilla Orr & Marcia Pelletiere / Open Reading follows
110 Kingston Lane, Monmouth Junction
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

Friday, April 20th at 7:00 pm
Kendall Ashley Bell, Publisher/Editor
of the Maverick Duck Press announces that
The Quick and Dirty Poets will be releasing their fourth chapbook, Still Quick, Always Dirty
A launch party will be held at The Daily Grind / 48 High Street, Mount Holly, NJ 08060.
The QNDs will read poems from it and an open mic session will follow. Bring 1 long poem or 2 short to share.

APRIL 22: Spring Poetry Awakening Workshop
Raise Your Voice: Perform Your Poetry with Passion 1:00-2:30pm / $20/$15 Members
West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road,
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 westwindsorarts.org 609.716.1931
Take a poetry workshop with poets Laurie Granier and Tammy Paolino. Bring either a poem of your own or a selected poem plus a notebook and pen. Space is limited. Register early.

APRIL 22: Spring Poetry Awakening Readings and Open Mic
3:00-5:00 pm $5 - Free for members and workshop participants
West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road
Princeton Junction, NJ 08550 westwindsorarts.org / 609.716.1931
The second part of Spring Poetry Awakening at the West Windsor Arts Center will include readings by poets Laurie Granieri, Tammy Paolino and Edwin Romondo. Open reading to follow. Limit: 2 minutes per reader.

Tuesday evenings from 5:30-7:00 pm
April 24, 2012 - Chimamanda Adichie and Uzodinma Iwela
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

Capital Voices last Saturday at Ellarslie Mansion, the Trenton City Museum
C. K. Williams, Gerald Stern, John Timpane along with a number of local poets, gave wonderful,
exciting Readings. We (the audience) could not get enough. It was a great day for poetry in Trenton.

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/

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