Michael Wyly and Danny Romero—June 12th

June 12, 2006

Not quite Batman and Robin, nevertheless, a dynamic duo was featured after the annual SPC members meeting where Bob Stanley (heretofore referred to as the Duke of Poetry) was named as SPC’s fearless leader. That duo was Michael Wyly (from Solano Community College) and Danny Romero (from the other SCC, Sacramento City College). Bob Stanley, […]

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Kathleen Lynch—Book Release Event for Hinge

June 6, 2006

The poetry legions arrived at 25th Street hungry for poems by Kathleen Lynch but not much else as the luscious spread that was provided for the event went virtually untouched (except for the strawberries . . . why is it that they always go first from the fruit tray while the blocks of melon must […]

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Kudos From Medusa!

May 31, 2006

Hey guys—here’s what the gnarly, usually-cranky Medusa of Rattlesnake Press had to say this morning in Medusa’s Kitchen: A big thank-you goes to Rhony Bhopla, Bob Stanley and the rest of the Sacramento Poetry Center Board for resurrecting Poetry Now, the monthly poetry journal which is the lifeblood of our local communication network. They have […]

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Book Launch for Kathleen Lynch’s Hinge on 06/05 at7:30pm

May 29, 2006

The Sacramento Poetry Center is helping to launch Kathleen Lynch’s new book Hinge on Monday June 5 at 7:30 PM. Please come early and often. Hinge is the winner of the 2004 Black Zinnias Poetry Award, the journal published by the California Institute of Arts and Letters. It was selected by Richard Jones, editor of […]

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Susurrus Reading on May 22nd

May 23, 2006

Sacramento City College celebrated the release of its periodical Susurrusat the Sacramento Poetry Center. Several past and current students who were contributors stood up to read their poems to the crowd of admirers who had decided to spend a beautiful Sacramento evening in a dimply lit room [Reminder: focus floodlight on podium] with those readers. […]

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HQ | One-Year Anniversary Celebration!

May 19, 2006

J. Greenberg, director of HQ: Headquarters for the Arts, sends this along: Hi folks, A little more than a year ago, the Sacramento Poetry Center realized that they would need to leave their then-current digs at the Ballet Center sooner than expected. At the same time, six local artists were eager to find a venue […]

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Lesley Gale at Sacramento Poetry Center

May 17, 2006

Lesley Gale appeared Monday May 15 at the Sacramento Poetry Center, reading a baker’s dozen poems and inspiring all of us who were slouching in our chairs with her perfect posture. She started the evening off with a poem by Wendell Berry entitled “The Wheel” which introduced her audience to the notion of circles and […]

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Susurrus Reading at SPC on Monday May 22nd, 7:30pm

May 16, 2006

Susurrus Sacramento City College’s annual prize-winning literary journal for student works is set for distribution in 2006. On May 22 at 7:30 Sacramento Poetry Center will host a contributors reading for this new publication. Readers will include Tony Caselli, Donna Lee, Ted Yannello, Mike Bezemek, Brian Northere and others with special appearances by Sacramento City […]

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Jose Montoya and Luis Rodriguez at Sutter Cancer Center

May 14, 2006

Chicano Poetry: Jose Montoya and Luis Rodriguez Friday, May 19, 2006 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM Sutter Cancer Center—Buhler Building 2800 L Street, Sacramento, CA 95816 Cost: Free Jose Montoya, former Sacramento Poet Laureate and co-founder of the Royal Chicano Air Force, inspired Luis Rodriguez in the 1970s. Writing led Rodriguez out of the barrio […]

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Thanxxx from the Snake!

May 12, 2006

I don’t know who wrote the cool review of our latest Snakery (see Thursday’s blogpost below), but thanxxx on behalf of me and of our intrepid rattle-poets who gave their all last Wednesday night. It was a hot hot hot night of poetry, and I hope you were there. If not, there’s always next month: […]

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