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2008-2009 CNY Reads Writing Contests
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The CNY Reads Sixty Poems Event Flyer is Available [PDF]
WHAT: Poetry Slam
DATE: Wednesday, December 31, 2008
TIME: 2:30 PM
PLACE: White Branch Library
DETAILS: Do you write poetry or song lyrics? Are you looking for a place to perform your work? Join White Branch Library's Poetry Slam! Poems must be your own and should be under two (2) minutes long. Non-poets are invited to come show support and to offer encouragement. Judges will be randomly selected from the audience.
NOTES: Space is limited, registration is required. Call 435-3519 for more information.
WHAT: Poetry Palooza
DATE: Saturday, January 24, 2009
TIME: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
PLACE: Carousel Mall Atrium
DETAILS: Win a $100 Borders gift certificate, enjoy poetry games, hear Charles Simic's poetry, magnetic poetry competition on Best Buy fridges and more!
NOTES: See the EVENT FLYER [pdf] for more information
WHAT: Songs of Ourselves: The Uses of Poetry in America
DATE: Wednesday, January 28, 2009
TIME: 4:00 PM
PLACE: Curtin Auditorium, Central Library
DETAILS: Joan Shelley Rubin presents "Songs of Ourselves: The Uses of Poetry in America".
NOTES: See the EVENT FLYER [pdf] for more information
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Previous Events
WHAT: CNY Reads Kickoff Event
DATE: Wednesday, April 30, 2008
TIME: 5:30 PM
PLACE: Downtown Writer's Center
NOTES: Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.
WHAT: An Evening with Charles Simic
DATE: Friday, October 3, 2008
TIME: 7:00 PM
PLACE: OCC Storer Auditorium [In Ferrante Hall]
DETAILS: For tickets contact the Downtown Writer's Center at 315-474-6851 x328
NOTES: See the EVENT FLYER [pdf] for more information
WHAT: An Exhibit of Paintings by DeLoss McGraw & Poems by W.D. Snodgrass
DATE: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
TIME: 5:30 PM - 8:00 PM
PLACE: Downtown Writer's Center
DETAILS: Free and open to the public
NOTES: See the EVENT FLYER [pdf] for more information
WHAT: A Reading by poet Tom Sleigh
DATE: Friday, October 10, 2008
TIME: 7:00 PM
PLACE: Downtown Writer's Center
DETAILS: Free and open to the public
NOTES: See the EVENT FLYER [pdf] for more information
WHAT: A Night of Poetry with Lennie
DATE: Wednesday, October 15, 2008
TIME: 6:00 PM
PLACE: Betts Branch Library
DETAILS: Free and open to the public
NOTES: To celebrate Teen Read Week, Betts Library will invite teens from local middle and high schools and adults to read their original or favorite poems. Ms. Tucker, who will lead the poetry program, is a retired teacher who loves poetry. Since 1984 she has conducted poetry programs at Southwest and Soule Libraries. Each year she also conducts several story times and poetry hours each day at the NY State Fair in the Dairy Products Building.
WHAT: A Reading by poet Katelynn Hibbard
DATE: Friday, October 17, 2008
TIME: 7:00 PM
PLACE: Downtown Writer's Center
DETAILS: Free and open to the public
NOTES: See the EVENT FLYER [pdf] for more information
WHAT: Lecture by author Nikki Grimes entitled, "The Power of Poetry"
DATE: Friday, October 17, 2008
TIME: 4:00 PM
PLACE: Syracuse University, Public Events Room (220) in Eggers Hall
DETAILS: Nikki Grimes, celebrated children's author, poet and teacher, will present the first lecture of the School of Education's Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series for the 2008-09 season.
NOTES: Paid parking is available in the Irving Avenue garage.
WHAT: Meet Award-winning author Nikki Grimes
DATE: Saturday, October 18, 2008
TIME: 10:00 AM, 2:00 PM
PLACE: Curtin Auditorium, Central Library
DETAILS:
10:00 AM - Meet Danitra Brown: an interactive poetry presentation for elementary school students.
2:00 PM - Jazmin & Company: presentation for students in grades 6-12 will focus on the importance of voice in poetry and fiction.
NOTES:
Doors will open 30 minutes before each program.
Free and open to the public.
Seating is limited.
See the EVENT FLYER [pdf] for more information
WHAT: Poetic Amplitude
DATE:
Thursday, October 30, 2008
TIME: 4:00 PM
PLACE: Goldstein Alumni and Faculty Center, 401 University Place, Syracuse University
DETAILS:
Lecture by James Longenbach, Joseph Henry Gilmore Professor of English at
Rochester University.
NOTES: Professor Longenbach is the author of several books of poems (Draft of a Letter, Fleet River, Threshold),
and criticism (The Art of the Poetic Line, The Resistance to Poetry, Modern Poetry After Modernism,
Wallace Stevens: The Plain Sense of Things, Stone Cottage: Pound, Yeats, and Modernism).
** Parking is available in the lot on the corner of Waverly and Walnut. Discounted parking is available in Booth Garage on the corner of Waverly and Comstock.
WHAT: A Reading by poet Gregory Pardlo
DATE: Friday, November 7, 2008
TIME: 7:00 PM
PLACE: Downtown Writer's Center
DETAILS: Free and open to the public
NOTES: See the EVENT FLYER [pdf] for more information
WHAT: A Reading by poets Barbara Ungar & Monica Youn
DATE: Friday, November 14, 2008
TIME: 7:00 PM
PLACE: Downtown Writer's Center
DETAILS: Free and open to the public
NOTES: See the EVENT FLYER [pdf] for more information
WHAT: Poetry Palooza
DATE: Monday, November 24, 2008
TIME: 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PLACE: North Wall of Schine Student Center, 303 University Place, Syracuse University
DETAILS: Students are encouraged to write distinctive poems on four micro-fridges using word magnets. EST 151 Interpretation of Poetry class will choose the best poem and award a $75 gift certificate to Barnes & Noble.
NOTES: See the EVENT FLYER [pdf] or the PRESS RELEASE for more information
