Grolier Poetry Festival: Open House & Street Fair
When:
Saturday, Jun 02, 2018 12:00p -
6:00p
Saturday, Jun 02, 2018 12:00p -
6:00p
Where:
Groiler Poetry Book Shop
6 Plympton St
Cambridge, MA 02138
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Art, Festivals & Fairs, Performing Arts
Event website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/date-change-for-the-grolier-poetry-festival-new-date-june-2nd-2018-tickets-45403841111
Join Us at the GROLIER POETRY FESTIVAL –
A STREET FAIR and AN OPEN HOUSE
These events are the second in a series of celebrations for our 90th Anniversary.
STREET FAIR on Plympton Street, in the afternoon.
OPEN HOUSE Inside the Book Shop, from 11 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Our Poetry Festival includes an exciting lineup of poets, programs, theatrical performances, and workshops.
SOME HIGHLIGHTS
CHILDREN'S HOUR AT 12NOON:
• Boston Shakespeare Project, Shakespeare in Motion: https://tinyurl.com/y7asahxr will present an adaptation of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night in spoken word, for children ages 8-12.
• Poetry reading for children.
POETRY READINGS, PROGRAMS, AND WORKSHOPS, FROM 1PM ON:
• David Ferry will lead our lineup of poets, reading from his translations and his poetry, followed by Kathleen Spivack, and Lloyd Schwartz reading with Lillian Yvonne Bertram.
• Michael Mack will perform from Hearing Voices, Speaking in Tongues, https://tinyurl.com/yd4bsj4k
• Jim Vrabel will perform from John Berryman's The Dream Songs.
• Diana Norma Szokolyai will lead a segment with poets from the Cambridge Writers' Workshop, hold a manifestos writing workshop, based on the book she and Rita Banerjee wrote: CREDO: An Anthology of Manifestos and Sourcebook for Creative Writing (C&R Press, May 2018).
• Poetry readings with music and with dance...to be announced.
• And much more.
***We will publish our full program shortly.***
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS: We need volunteers to help with
general tasks, as well as volunteers with experience in events and theatrical productions.
Interested? Sign up to volunteer on Eventbrite.
This event is free and open to the public. You do not need a ticket for the event, however, we encourage you to sign up so we will know you plan to attend.
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