Dale “Crawdad” Nelson, Maureen Hurley – May 12 at The Book Collector

May 10, 2010

Join Rattlesnake Press in celebrating the work of Crawdad Nelson and Maureen Hurley this coming Wednesday, May 12, as Richard Hansen hosts at The Book Collector, 1008 24th St., Sacramento, 7:30pm. Dale “Crawdad” Nelson has been in Sacramento long enough to discover two excellent patches of morels, within walking distance. He also knows where to […]

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Tonight at the Poetry Center

May 10, 2010

The Sacramento Poetry Center celebrates the fifth annual performance of !X – The Sacramento City College Ethnic Theatre Workshop. 7:30pm.

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Aid For Haiti

May 10, 2010

Saturday May 15th 7pm Aid for Haiti! Newman Center 5900 Newman Court Sacramento – – – Poetry Dennis Schmitz Bob Stanley Quinton Duval James denBoer Victoria Dalkey Susan Kelly DeWitt Mary Zeppa – – – Music Pat Grizzell Blues Guitarist & his band “Junkyard Burlesque” – – – Talk Larry Castagnola Long-time activist in Haiti […]

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Quinton Duval

May 10, 2010

Friends, I came home from tonight’s events to the awful news that Quinton died this afternoon about 4:30.  I’m told he died peacefully, in his sleep. He wasn’t in any pain. That’s really all I can tell you right now. Mary Zeppa

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Literary Journal Season

May 9, 2010

There is a season for college literary journal releases, and May seems to be the month. Friday afternoon was the release of the 12th annual Calaveras Station, a student run and produced journal by and for CSUS students. I hosted the release event which featured 12 readers in a nearly full space seating 100 people. […]

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Hot Poetry in the Park

May 7, 2010

Tonight’s reading, hosted by Rebecca Morrison, is scheduled to begin at 7:00 p.m. at Fremont Park. If it rains, the reading will be relocated to the SPC location at 25th and R.

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Did You Miss Poets on Board – May 3, 2010?

May 6, 2010

Viola Weinberg and Mario Uribe spoke to a full house on May 3, 2010 about their collaborative efforts. They met at a party and discussed collaboration, but it didn’t actually occur for another two years. Mario painted a series of BuddhistEnso circles, went to a reading given by Viola, and asked her to write poems […]

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Haiti Benefit – Poetry, Music, Solidarity – 5/15/10

May 6, 2010

Many thanks to all who helped make the benefit for Haiti a success last night. Loretta Schmitz set the project in motion, and with the help of the Newman Center, Larry Castagnola, Susan Kelly-DeWitt, Sandra Senne, Zoe Kiethley, Manny and Mary, Victoria and Fred, James DenBoer, Richard Hansen, Patrick Grizzell and Brady and Liz – […]

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Tonight at The Sacramento Public Library

May 5, 2010

The Sacramento Poetry Center presents Stan Zumbiel andEdythe Haendel Schwartz.

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Monday, May 10th at the Poetry Center

May 4, 2010

The Sacramento Poetry Center celebrates the fifth annual performance of !X –The Sacramento City College Ethnic Theatre Workshop. Monday, May 10 at 7:30pm. – – – This year, !X will present“Mis-Education Liberation.” Join us for an inspiring performance by this young and talented ensemble! Hosted by Emmanuel Sigauke and Bob Stanley. – – – The […]

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