Northeast Storytellers Host “Remembering Robert Frost” | April 10, 2018 | St. Johnsbury VT

For the fourth year running, the Northeast Storytellers host a Robert Frost remembrance on Tuesday, April 10th from 2-3:30 pm in place of the regular monthly Poetry Tea Party. The “Remembering Robert Frost” special gathering will be dedicated to the memory, poetic works, and legacy of the longtime Vermont resident and poet laureate. 

The memorial event will take place at the St. Johnsbury House located at 1207 Main Street in St. Johnsbury as part of a Good Living Senior Center program. Members of the public, residents of the St. Johnsbury House, and Northeast Storytellers and will share readings, reflections, history, anecdotes, and experiences they’ve had with Robert Frost, his works, and his legacy. The event is hosted by the Northeast Storytellers, and refreshments will be served.

WHO: Northeast Storytellers
WHAT: Robert Frost memorial event
WHERE:  St. Johnsbury House located at 1207 Main Street in St. Johnsbury, Vermont
WHEN: April 10, 2018 from 2-3:30pm
HOW: Free. Everybody participates. Wonderful refreshments.

CONTACT: Brooke Quillen
PHONE: 802-751-5432
EMAIL: brookequillen@yahoo.com

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PSOV: First Call – Fall Luncheon/Workshop – October 15, 2016 – Lyndonville, VT

First Call – Fall Luncheon/Workshop – Saturday, October 15, 2016

The Poetry Society of Vermont will hold its annual Fall Luncheon and Workshop on Saturday, October 15, 2016 at Juniper’s restaurant at the Wildflower Inn located at 2059 Darling Hill Road in Lyndonville, Vermont (802-626-8310).

The restaurant has an excellent reputation and the inn has wonderful vistas and some may wish to stay overnight (depending on space).

A PSOV Council meeting will run from 9:30 to 11:30am. This will be followed by the luncheon starting at noon. After a brief business meeting, the workshop will run from about 1:15 to 3:30 PM.

DIRECTIONS: take exit 23 off Interstate 91. Head north through Lyndonville on US Route 5 to the intersection of Route 114. Bear right and follow 114 for ½ mile. Take the left turn immediately following the second bridge you cross, onto Darling Hill Road. Juniper’s Restaurant at the Wildflower Inn is two miles up on the left.

SUBMISSION: for critique of poems at workshop (for members) mail ONE copy WITH author name to Will Meyer, PO Box 210, West Rupert VT 05776. These will be retyped into the computer for the Second Call packet, so it is OK to have the author name on the original. Or email (preferred) Will Meyer, at mbemeyer@sover.net including poem as an attachment. Do not use .jpeg, .tiff, or any other image file. Whether sent via post or email, please use Times New Roman 12 and SINGLE SPACE. Please mail or email your poem so that it arrives by Friday, September 23, 2016. Submissions will be acknowledged.

You may write on any topic and in any style.

Workshop reservation information and luncheon menu choices will be provided soon. Luncheon price is $23 per member attending.

MEMBERSHIP information:

Poetry Society of Vermont

PO Box 1215

Waitsfield, VT 05673

poetrysocietyofvermont.org

Where Does Poetry Come From? Julia Shipley Writing Class April 30, 2015 Cobleigh 7-9pm

Cobleigh Public Library

For writers at any level, this program explores the various springs of poetic inspiration and can help provide a rope bridge over the abyss of  “I don’t know how to write a poem ” into “Oh, would you look at that!”

We’ll hear the “backstory” behind several poems and then, instead of merely hoping for inspiration to strike, we’ll play with new ways to launch a poem using five different writing exercises. This is a generative workshop, hence giving and receiving and extensive feedback will take a back seat to the act of generation.

Whether you’ve just published your ninth volume of poetry or never written a poem at all–join us for a fun romp through words, ideas, images, sounds and surprises. Bring: curiosity, writing materials.

Julia Shipley is the author of Adam’s Mark, (Plowboy Press, 2014), selected by the Boston Globe as a 2014 Best Book About New England. Her poetry collection, The Academy of Hay won the 2014 Melissa Lanitis Gregory Poetry Prize and is forthcoming from Bona Fide Books in August. She is also the author of four poetry chapbooks, One Ton Crumb (CC&B, 2014) First Do No Harm (Honeybee Press, 2014), Herd (2010), winner of the Sheltering Pines Press Chapbook Award and Planet Jr. (2012) winner of the Hazel Lipa Environmental Chapbook Award from Flyway Journal of Writing and Environment.

Her essays and poems have been included in Wildbranch: an Anthology of Nature, Environment and Place-based Writing (University of Utah, 2010) and Fields of Learning (University Press of Kentucky, 2011), as well in variety of journals including Alimentum: The Literature of Food, CutBank, FIELD, Fourth Genre, Green Mountains Review, Hunger Mountain, Orion, Poetry, Poet Lore, Poetry East, The Rumpus, The Toast, Taproot, Terrain.org, USA Today, Verse Daily and Yankee Magazine.

She is a two-time recipient of grants from the Vermont Community Foundation and the Vermont Arts Council and has also received fellowships from the Frost Place (NH) and the Center for Books Arts (NYC) and The Studios at Key West (FL). She raises animals and vegetables with her husband, and hosts writers in her farmhouse studio rental in Craftsbury.

Her website is: www.writingonthefarm.com

WHAT: Where Does Poetry Come From? class with Julia Shipley
WHERE: Cobleigh Public Library, 14 Depot Street, Lyndonville, VT  05851
WHEN: Thursday, April 30, 2015 from 7 to 9 pm
WHY: To get to "Oh, would you look at that!"
HOW: Free
INFO: Cindy Karasinski, Library Director, (802) 626-5475

Sundog Poetry Center Announces New Poetry Lecture Series: April-October 2015

Sundog Poetry Center, a non-profit charitable organization focused on supporting poets and promoting poetry throughout Vermont, has announced a new statewide original poetry lecture series entitled "Poets and Their Craft". The series consists of ten individual events, free and open to the public, at a selection of independent bookstores throughout Vermont, beginning April 3, 2015 and concluding on October 8, 2015.

Each lecture will be on a topic chosen by the poet-lecturer, discussion between the poet and attendees to follow. Participating poets include Sydney Lea, Jay Parini, Major Jackson, David Budbill, Pamela Harrison, David Huddle, Neil Shepard, Diana Whitney, Baron Wormser, Mary Jane Dickerson, and Tamra J. Higgins. Lectures and discussions include topics like “Conjuring Voices of the Past: The Convergence of History and Poetry,” “Working with the Image: Inside to Out,” and “The Art of Concealing and Revealing in Poetry.”

At the culmination of the series, Sundog Poetry Center will publish an anthology of the series lectures and discussions as well as information about the participating independent bookstores and poets.

Calendar

• Friday, April 3, 2015, 7pm, Norwich Bookstore, Norwich; Sydney Lea: “Inviting the Reader: Narrative Values, Lyric Presentation”
  
• Thursday, April 23, 2015, 7pm, The Vermont Book Shop, Middlebury; David Huddle: “Formal Choice as the Path to Fresh Possibility”
  
• Thursday, May 14, 2015, 7pm, Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick; David Budbill: “Poetry: Special or Ordinary?”
  
• Thursday, June 3, 2015, 7pm, Ebenezer Books, Johnson; Neil Shepard: “The Art of Concealing and Revealing in Poetry”
  
• Thursday, June 25, 2015, 7pm, Bridgeside Books, Waterbury; Pamela Harrison: “Grounding the Moment: Deploying Dramatic and Thematic Cues”
  
• Saturday, July 18, 2015, 6pm, Northshire Bookstore, Manchester Center; Jay Parini: “Working with the Image: Inside to Out”
  
• Thursday, August 6, 2015, 7pm, Phoenix Books, Burlington; Mary Jane Dickerson and Tamra J. Higgins: “Conjuring Voices of the Past: The Convergence of History and Poetry”
  
• Thursday, August 27, 2015, 7pm, Bear Pond Books, Montpelier; Major Jackson: “The Music Inside Lyric Poetry”
  
• Thursday, September 17, 2015, 7pm, Bartleby’s Books, Wilmington; Diana Whitney: “’The Dense Fragrance that Rises form the Earth’: Nature and Desire in Lyric Poetry”
  
• Thursday, October 8, 2015, 7pm, Misty Valley Books, Chester; Baron Wormser: “The Irony and the Ecstasy: On the Nature of Poetry”
  

Sundog Poetry Center is a non-profit charitable organization whose mission is to promote poetry as necessary to the enrichment of our cultural lives, support poets in their work and create audiences for their poetry, and provide ways to share poetry throughout the Vermont community. This event is made possible in part due to funding from the Vermont Humanities Council and sponsorship by Burlington City Arts, and Mount Mansfield Community TV (MMCTV).

Sydney Lea at the Norwich Bookstore April 3

Sundog Poetry Center, Inc. presents Sydney Lea at the Norwich Bookstore as part of the center's Poets and Their Craft Lecture Series. The series, which runs April 2-October 8, will be hosted at independent bookstores throughout Vermont.

Lea's lecture at the Norwich Bookstore, "Inviting the Reader: Narrative Values, Lyric Presentation," will be followed by an audience discussion.

Sydney Lea is Vermont's Poet Laureate and has written a number of books of poems and essays, including I Was Thinking of Beauty and A North Country Life.

Free and open to the public with a $5.00 suggested donation per person toward Sundog Poetry Center, Inc. Reservations are recommended as seating is limited.

This event is supported in part by the Vermont Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed do not necessarily represent those of the VHC or NEH.

WHO: Sydney Lea
WHAT: Lecture entitled "Inviting the Reader: Narrative Values, Lyric Presentation"
WHEN: April 3, 2105 @ 7:00pm.
WHERE: Norwich Bookstore, 291 Main Street, Norwich, VT 05055
HOW: Please call (802) 649-1114 or email info@norwichbookstore.com to reserve a seat.

Upcoming Newport Folk Presents Shows

2015 CALENDAR OF SHOWS

2/24 • BOOKER T. JONES • CITY WINERY • NASHVILLE TN
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2/28 • STEEP CANYON RANGERS • CITY WINERY • NAPA CA
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3/4 • BUCKWHEAT ZYDECO • CITY WINERY • CHICAGO IL
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3/6 • PUNCH BROTHERS • HOUSE OF BLUES • BOSTON MA
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3/8 • AARON NEVILLE • CITY WINERY • NASHVILLE TN
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3/29 • MARY GAUTHIER & DAVID WILCOX • CITY WINERY • NYC
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4/3 • NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALLSTARS • CITY WINERY • NAPA CA
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4/23 • HURRAY FOR THE RIFF RAFF • PARADISE • BOSTON MA
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4/30 • JOE PUG • BRIGHTON MUSIC HALL • BOSTON MA
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5/2 • LORD HURON • PARADISE • BOSTON MA
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5/18 • COURTNEY BARNETT • SINCLAIR • CAMBRIDGE MA

Stay tuned for more shows – newportfolkpresents.com

Reading at Catamount Arts: December 6, 2014 @ Noon

Where It's At . .

Poets and other storytellers . .

Our regular first-Saturday-of-the-month reading at Catamount Arts takes place once again Saturday, December 6th starting at noon.* Usually it's held in the cabaret space downstairs, but sometimes upstairs in the gallery.

December 6th is St. Nicholas Day. December 7th is Letter Writing Day, National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, and Teacher's Appreciation Day. History buffs might note that on December 6 in 1865 the 13th Constitutional amendment was ratified, thereby abolishing slavery. Oughta be some good material to write about in there somewhere. If not, just remember: Christmas is coming!!

Poetry or stories that touch on any these themes will earn extra donuts or cookies. Or you can just bring whatever you want to read . . (and please bring refreshments for the rest of us)

Bring a friend, and we hope to see you there . .

What:
Northeast Storytellers on Saturday, December 6th from 11:30am to 1:30pm, hosts another first-Saturday readings** at Catamount Arts Center, located at 115 Eastern Avenue in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

*11:30am being a good show-up/set-up/sign-up/catch-up time.
**sometimes shifted a week for major conflicts (big holiday or writer event elsewhere).

When:
Dec 6, 11:30AM—
Dec 6, 1:30PM

Where:
​Catamount Arts Center
115 Eastern Avenue,
St. Johnsbury, VT 05819

Category: Reading (free)

A Celebration of the Life in Poetry of Galway Kinnell--Thursday, August 7, 2014, 3 P.M. at the Vermont State House

You are invited into the Vermont State House in Montpelier next Thursday, August 7th to celebrate the life and work of Galway Kinnell. 

Fellow poets Michael Collier, Mark Doty, Jody Gladding, Edward Hirsch, Marie Howe, Major Jackson, Sharon Olds and Ellen Bryant Voigt will read their favorite Kinnell poems in the House Chamber. 

A reception with Galway Kinnell and the poets will follow the reading. 

The program is free and handicapped accessible.

Presented by Back Roads Readings. 

For more information contact Lisa von Kann, (802) 633-4956 or 

www.backroadsreadings.com

Diana Whitney Reads Poetry at Galaxy on Tuesday, July 29 @ 7pm

Join us in welcoming Diana Whitney for a celebration of her first collection of poetry, "Wanting It" on Tuesday, July 29th, at 7 p.m. at the Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick, Vermont.

Much of "Wanting It" was written in and about the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Diana graduated from Dartmouth College and Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar, and attended the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Her essays and poems have appeared in The Boston Globe, The Washington Post, and The Crab Orchard Review.

She has been a commentator on VPR and received writing fellowships at the Vermont Studio Center and the Banff Centre for the Arts. Her parenting column, Spilt Milk, was syndicated for four years in several Vermont newspapers. Diana lives in Brattleboro with her husband and two daughters, and teaches at Core Flow Yoga & Sport in a small studio attached to her family’s Victorian farmhouse.

Diana Sabot once served as events coordinator for Galaxy, bringing in such readers as Galway Kinnell and Judith Jones.

"Wanting It" is being released by Harbor Mountain Press in June.

Where:
Galaxy Bookshop
41 S. Main Street
Hardwick, Vermont 05843
802-472-5533

Upcoming Writer Events

End of July, early August is looking pretty active for writing events, including:

• July 27: Back Roads Reading Series in Brownington featuring Judith Chalmer, Michiko Oishi, and Nadell Fishman starting at 3pm in the church (with refreshments afterwards).
• July 29: Diana Whitney reads from her first published poetry collection at the Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick starting at 7pm.
• August 2: Poetry Society of Vermont Summer Festival at Knoll Farm in Fayston ($10 for non-members). 10:00–12:30 workshop; 12:30-1:30 picnic (bring your own lunch, dessert and beverage provided). Register to read at the Poetry Reading in the Barn (1:30 -3:30pm)—"your own work or a favorite or two by another poet"—with Tamra Higgins on 802/598-0340. 
• August 4: Writer's Night Out at various New Hampshire nightspots starting as early as 5pm (depending on location).
• August 7: A Celebration of the Life in Poetry of Galway Kinnell at State House in Montpelier starting at 3pm.
• August 9: Reading at Catamount Arts from noon-2pm (shifted a week for the PSOV event).
• August 12: Tea and Poetry at St. J House. Refreshments. Listeners welcome. 
• August 12: Julia Shipley reads from her collection of prose, Adam's Mark (Plowboy Press, 2014) and a poetry chapbook, "First Do No Harm" (Honeybee Press, 2014) at the Galaxy Bookshop in Hardwick starting at 7pm.

According to the Barton Public Library website, the poetry workshops held there at 6:30pm on Wednesdays are continuing. A free poetry-writing workshop occurs at Studio 266 in Burlington Monday, July 28 starting at 6:30pm (meetup.com, 383-8104). And DIGPoetry  works are up all over St. Johnsbury through August.

Hope to see you at some of these events . .

Public Meals/Food Banks/Pantries/Shelves - St. Johnsbury, Vermont

Public meals in St. Johnsbury, Vermont, include daytimes ones starting at 11am and going to about noon:

• Mondays: Grace Methodist Church, 36 Central Street
• Tuesdays: Mustard Seed, 178 Eastern Avenue
• Wednesdays: North Congregational Church, 1325 Main Street
• Tuesdays: Mustard Seed, 178 Eastern Avenue
• Fridays: South Congregational Church, Main Street
• Saturdays: Universalist Unitarian Church, 47 Cherry Street

Monthly evening meals take place:

• Last Tuesday of the month from 5-6pm: alternating St. John the Evangelist (49 Winter Street) and St. Andrew's Episcopal (Main Street) churches
• Last Thursday of the month from 5:30-6:30pm: South Congregational Church

Foodbanks are Tuesday, Thursday: 12pm -4pm and Saturday: 10am-12pm (closed first Saturday of the month). Portland Street noon-2pm Saturday, noon-4pm other days inside of the old Lincoln Street school.

All information being checked for accuracy and completeness. Please verify.

St. Andrew's Episcopal

Pagan Hordes: Calendar Facts

Days of the week in England used to be Latin-based as a result of the four centuries of Roman presence there.  With the Norman Conquest the intention was to blot out this southern influence using the Germanic equivalents to replace the Latinate.

• Sunday: the first day in Latin was named after the Sun (Solis dies).
• Monday: the second day was named after the Moon (Lunae dies).
• Tuesday: the third day was named after Mars (Martis dies).
• Wednesday: the fourth day was named after Mercury (Mercurii dies).
• Thursday: the fifth day was named after Jupiter, or Jove (Jovis dies).
• Friday: the sixth day was named after Venus (Veneris dies).
• Saturday: the seventh day was named after Saturn (Saturni dies).

'The Latin names of the Planets were simple translations of the Greek names, which in turn were translations of the Babylonian names, which go back to the Sumerians. The languages of Western Europe all (except Portuguese) reflect names based on the names of the naked eye planets, which included the Sun and the Moon, either in a Latin version or a corresponding Germanic version.'

• '. .the 1st, 2nd, and 7th days are still named after the Sun, Moon, and Saturn, respectively. 
• Tuesday is named after Tiw, a god of law, but also said to be a god of war, which would match up to Mars.
• Wednesday is named after the king of the gods, who was Wotan in ancient German and Odin in Norse mythology. This has no obvious correspondence to Mercury, though Odin as a god of wisdom might suggest the role of Mercury in association with learning, and in Late Antiquity with esoteric knowledge.
• The 5th day, Thursday, named after Jupiter, who is a thunder god, in Latin, is named after a Germanic thunder god, well known as "Thor" in Norse mythology.
• The 6th day, Friday, looks like the name (Fria or Freya) of a Germanic love goddess, which would correspond to Venus (fri-, as in "friend," is a cognate of philein, "to love," in Greek), though the day is also said to be named after the goddess Frigg, who is also a goddess of love, and of the hearth (which would be Vesta rather than Venus in Rome).'

SOURCE:  Friesian School