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SUMMARY:Poetry Night Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Night Reading Series takes place at 7 p.m. on the third floor (indoors) of the John Natsoulas Gallery\, 521 First St. in Davis. There will be an open mic after the featured performers. Open mic performances will be limited to four minutes or two items\, whichever is shorter. The open mic list typically fills by 7 p.m.\, so arrive early. Organizers recommend mask-wearing.\n\n\n\nFind out more about the Poetry Night Reading Series in Davis\, California by visiting http://www.poetryindavis.com. Invite your friends to sign up for the mailing list. To learn more about Dr. Andy’s tiny media fiefdom\, check out his weekly podcast at https://poetrytechnology.buzzsprout.com/ and his weekly newsletter at https://andyjones.substack.com. For example\, in his most recent podcast\, Dr. Andy interviewed the poets Beth Suter (another Davisite who has published a new book of poetry) and Colorado poet Andrew Hemmert.\n\nUpcoming Poetry Night Events:\nUpcoming readers (2023) at the Poetry Night Reading Series will include\, among others\, Mary Mackey\, Pamela Houston\, Lois Jones\, Brad Henderson\, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri\, Julia Levine\, and Rooja Mohassessy.\n\nThe Poetry Night Reading Series has been committed to serving the literary and arts community in the city of Davis since 2011. Happening every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Natsoulas Gallery\, each reading contains two featured poets followed by an open mic. Poetry in Davis was voted “Best Open Mic” in The California Aggie’s “Best of Davis″ edition and has been featured in Davis Life Magazine. Readers have included UC Davis faculty Francisco X. Alarcón\, John Boe\, Joshua Clover\, Jack Forbes\, Clarence Major\, Sandra McPherson\, Katie Peterson\, Margaret Ronda\, Joe Wenderoth\, and Alan Williamson\, as well as many regional and traveling poets\, including Molly Peacock\, Dana Gioia\, and James Ragan.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/poetry-night-reading-series-9/
LOCATION:John Natsoulas Center for the Arts\, 521 1st St.\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books & Talk
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SUMMARY:Poetry Night Reading Series: Mary Mackey
DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature Mary Mackey at 7 PM on Thursday\, June 1st\, 2023\, on the roof of the John Natsoulas Gallery\, 521 1st Street in Davis. \nMary Mackey became a writer by running high fevers\, tramping through tropical jungles\, being swarmed by army ants\, and reading. She is the author of eight poetry collections\, including Sugar Zone\, winner of a PEN Award\, and The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams\, winner of the 2019 Eric Hoffer Award for Best Book Published by a Small Press. Her poetry has been praised by Wendell Berry\, Jane Hirshfield\, D. Nurkse\, Al Young\, Rafael Jesús González\, and Maxine Hong Kingston for its beauty\, precision\, originality\, and extraordinary range. She is also the author of 14 novels including The New York Times bestseller A Grand Passion. Her recently published non-fiction book Creativity: Where Poems Begin looks at the origins of inspiration. \nMackey’s novels have been translated into twelve languages\, including Japanese\, Russian\, Hebrew\, Greek\, and Finnish. Garrison Keillor featured her poetry four times on The Writer’s Almanac. Also a screenwriter\, Mackey has sold feature-length scripts to Warner Brothers as well as to independent film companies. Mackey is a retired professor at Sacramento State University where she cofounded the CSUS Women’s Studies Program and the CSUS English Department Graduate Creative Writing Program. In 1978 Mackey founded the Feminist Writers Guild with poets Adrienne Rich and Susan Griffin and novelist Valerie Miner.   \n“Mary Mackey’s Creativity is a book for anyone who wants to understand how bursts of insight come not only to poets and writers\, but to all of us.” Mary Lynn Keller\, PhD\, Professor Emerita CIIS \nThis event will take place on the roof of the John Natsoulas Gallery (521 1st Street) at 7 PM on Thursday\, June 1st\, 2023. There will be a conversation with the poet after the reading\, followed by an open mic. Open mic performances will be limited to three minutes or two items\, whichever is shorter. As Robert Southey says\, “Be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams – the more they are condensed\, the deeper they burn.” The open mic list typically fills by 6:50 PM\, so please arrive early if you would like to perform something during the 8 o’clock hour. Attendees who request to be added to the list after 7 PM will be invited to try again at a subsequent event. \nThe Poetry Night Reading Series\, taking place on first and third Thursdays of the month at 7 PM\, is generously supported by the people and poets of the Sacramento Valley\, by John Natsoulas\, and by Thea and the other members of the staff at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Your host will be Dr. Andy Jones\, the poet laureate emeritus of the City of Davis. This event is supported by Katerina Hanks\, producer of The Poetry Night Reading Series. \n  \nNATSOULAS GALLERY. Poetry night featuring Mary Mackey. Mackey became a writer by running high fevers\, tramping through tropical jungles\, being swarmed by army ants\, and reading. She is the author of eight poetry collections\, including Sugar Zone\, winner of a PEN Award\, and The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams\, winner of the 2019 Eric Hoffer Award for Best Book Published by a Small Press. 7p—9p. Free
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/poetry-night-reading-series-mary-mackey/
LOCATION:John Natsoulas Gallery\, 521 1st St\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
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SUMMARY:Poetry Night Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Night Reading Series takes place at 7 p.m. on the third floor (indoors) of the John Natsoulas Gallery\, 521 First St. in Davis. There will be an open mic after the featured performers. Open mic performances will be limited to four minutes or two items\, whichever is shorter. The open mic list typically fills by 7 p.m.\, so arrive early. Organizers recommend mask-wearing.\n\n\n\nFind out more about the Poetry Night Reading Series in Davis\, California by visiting http://www.poetryindavis.com. Invite your friends to sign up for the mailing list. To learn more about Dr. Andy’s tiny media fiefdom\, check out his weekly podcast at https://poetrytechnology.buzzsprout.com/ and his weekly newsletter at https://andyjones.substack.com. For example\, in his most recent podcast\, Dr. Andy interviewed the poets Beth Suter (another Davisite who has published a new book of poetry) and Colorado poet Andrew Hemmert.\n\nUpcoming Poetry Night Events:\nUpcoming readers (2023) at the Poetry Night Reading Series will include\, among others\, Mary Mackey\, Pamela Houston\, Lois Jones\, Brad Henderson\, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri\, Julia Levine\, and Rooja Mohassessy.\n\nThe Poetry Night Reading Series has been committed to serving the literary and arts community in the city of Davis since 2011. Happening every 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month at the Natsoulas Gallery\, each reading contains two featured poets followed by an open mic. Poetry in Davis was voted “Best Open Mic” in The California Aggie’s “Best of Davis″ edition and has been featured in Davis Life Magazine. Readers have included UC Davis faculty Francisco X. Alarcón\, John Boe\, Joshua Clover\, Jack Forbes\, Clarence Major\, Sandra McPherson\, Katie Peterson\, Margaret Ronda\, Joe Wenderoth\, and Alan Williamson\, as well as many regional and traveling poets\, including Molly Peacock\, Dana Gioia\, and James Ragan.
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/poetry-night-reading-series-10/
LOCATION:John Natsoulas Center for the Arts\, 521 1st St.\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
CATEGORIES:Books & Talk
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SUMMARY:Poetry Night Reading Series: Richard Robbins and Thomas Mitchell
DESCRIPTION:The Poetry Night Reading Series is excited to feature Richard Robbins and Thomas Mitchell at 7 PM on Thursday\, June 15th\, 2023\, on the roof of the John Natsoulas Gallery\, 521 1st Street in Davis. \nRichard Robbins was raised in California and Montana\, taught in Minnesota for many years\, and recently returned west to Oregon. In 2017\, Lynx House Press published his sixth book of poems\, Body Turn to Rain: New & Selected Poems\, and in February 2023 it published his seventh\, The Oratory of All Souls. Over the years\, he has earned awards or residencies from The Loft Literary Center\, the Minnesota State Arts Board\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, the Poetry Society of America\, the Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers\, and Willapa Bay AiR. From 1986-2014\, he directed the Good Thunder Reading Series at Minnesota State Mankato\, where he continued to teach in the creative writing program until retiring in May 2021.  \nThomas Mitchell is the author of a new book\, Where We Arrive from Lost Horse Press\, as well as two previous books of poetry\, The Way Summer Ends and Caribou. He studied at CSU Sacramento with Dennis Schmitz\, where he received his Masters. He earned an MFA from the University of Montana\, where he worked with Richard Hugo and Madeline De Frees. His poems have appeared in many journals\, including The New England Review\, New Letters\, Mirimar\, and Valparaiso Poetry Review. Most recently he has been selected as the Featured American Poet in The High Window (United Kingdom). \nThis event will take place on the roof of the John Natsoulas Gallery (521 1st Street) at 7 PM on Thursday\, June 15th\, 2023. An open mic will follow the featured performers. Open mic performances will be limited to three minutes or two items\, whichever is shorter. As Robert Southey says\, “Be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams – the more they are condensed\, the deeper they burn.” The open mic list typically fills by 6:50 PM\, so please arrive early if you would like to perform something during the 8 o’clock hour. Attendees who request to be added to the list after 7 PM will be invited to try again at a subsequent event. \nThe Facebook event page for the June 15th\, 2023 Poetry Night can be found here:  \nThe Poetry Night Reading Series\, taking place on first and third Thursdays of the month at 7 PM\, is generously supported by the people and poets of the Sacramento Valley\, by John Natsoulas\, and by Thea and the other members of the staff at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Your host will be Dr. Andy Jones\, the poet laureate emeritus of the City of Davis. This event is supported by Katerina Hanks\, producer of The Poetry Night Reading Series. \n  \n 
URL:https://artsalliancedavis.org/event/poetry-night-reading-series-richard-robbins-and-thomas-mitchell/
LOCATION:John Natsoulas Gallery\, 521 1st St\, Davis\, CA\, 95616\, United States
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