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DiVerse Gaithersburg Poetry Reading and Open Mic Off To A Great Start!

January 31, 2018 / / Comments Off on DiVerse Gaithersburg Poetry Reading and Open Mic Off To A Great Start!

The inaugural DiVerse Gaithersburg Poetry Reading and Open Mic in January was an enormous success! 35 people came to hear Luther Jett and Sunil Freeman (Kim Roberts was unfortunately not able to join us due to illness). Their wonderful readings were followed by 12 people who read at the Open Mic.

Sunil Freeman

Luther Jett

Many thanks to everyone who contributed to making the afternoon a success, especially the library staff and the folks who volunteered to help with set up, including members of the Gaithersburg Teen Writing Club. Thanks also to everyone who helped to promote the reading in so many ways and to Serena Agusto-Cox for broadcasting the reading on Facebook.

Please join us at 2 pm on February 11th at the Gaithersburg Library when our featured poets will be Alan King, Sarah Browning, and J. Howard.

DiVerse Gaithersburg Poetry Reading and Open Mic

November 5, 2017 / / Comments Off on DiVerse Gaithersburg Poetry Reading and Open Mic

After the wonderful success of the readings that I hosted at The Gallery at Chesapeake Framing in June and September, I am thrilled to announce that starting in January, 2018, I will be hosting the monthly DiVerse Gaithersburg Poetry Reading and Open Mic, which will be held at the Gaithersburg Library on the second Sunday of every month, from 2-4 pm.  In addition to featured poets, there will be an Open Mic and a Q&A.  My goal in doing this is to make poetry an ongoing, integral part of the literary scene in Gaithersburg.

I am indebted to Serena Agusto-Cox (one of the poets at the June reading) for coming up with the phenomenal name for the reading and also to librarian Laura Sarantis for helping to get everything up and running with the Library.

And I am very excited about the poets who will be reading this winter:

  • Luther Jett, Sunil Freeman, and Kim Roberts on January 14th.
  • Sarah Browning, Alan King, and Joanna Howard on February 11th.
  • Michele Wolf, Teri Cross Davis, and Jennifer Wallace on March 11th.

To learn more and get updates on the reading series, please check out the website or Facebook page.  In addition, there is a Gaithersburg poets workshop that is getting off the ground, please email me for info if you would like to join.

 
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