Events
Land escapes: poetry reading and discussion
Front Gallery: Joanne Holtje, Land escapes
Joanne Holtje’s landscape-inspired, abstract oil paintings brim with energy and emotion.
Back Gallery: Lorna Ritz, Seasonal Abstract Expressionist- Impressionist Oil Paintings
Poetry reading and discussion on the creative process: poet Erica Charis-Molling and artist Joanne Holtje
“Things to See by Ear Unheard”: Poets Expressing the Ineffable
How does one write about experiences that transcend or defy language? What means are available to the writer who wishes to speak of the spiritual/mystical outside the bounds of what’s recognized by one’s religion and/or society? This panel will discuss ways of speaking about spiritual experience in Dickinson’s work, as well as other modern poets including Bishop, Clifton, Hirshfield, and Harjo. Each panelist will speak to how they’ve wrestled with the ineffable in their own work, including the use of nature to get at spiritual yearning; the tensions between religious institutions and personal spirituality; and the queering of notions of god and authority.
This program is designed with a limited capacity to increase participation and build community. Registrants should be willing to be active participants in this workshop, and may be asked to turn on their camera and unmute themselves.
Make sure to register for this free program in advance!
Festival Landing Page: bit.ly/TellItSlant2021
Facebook Event: bit.ly/TellItSlantFB2021
Cape Cod Poetry Review Release Party
Join the Cape Cod Poetry Review as they digitally celebrate the release of their eighth issue. The celebration will include several readings by contributors, friends, and editors. To sign up, email: SturgisReference@comcast.net
Valuing the Personal: An Engaged Creative Writing Pedagogy
The 2021 Chautauqua Writers’ Festival takes place over the four days (Wednesday to Saturday) before Week One of Chautauqua Institution's summer season commences and will be happening online this year.
In addition to the Festival’s tradition of intensive workshops and one-on-one conferences with award-winning contemporary authors, attendees can also experience panel conversations and a keynote address.
This panel will feature educators Daniel Gray-Kontar, Danielle LeGros Georges, Charles Malone, and Erica Charis-Molling. Registration required: https://learn.chq.org/pages/chautauqua-writers-festival
Divine Deviations
Featuring Rosebud Ben-Oni, David Donna, Jared Harel, Valarie Hastings, PhilipMatthews, Yamini Park, and Leonora Simonovis. Hosted by Erica Charis-Molling. Make sure to register for this free virtual program in advance!
Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series
Produced by the Emily Dickinson Museum, the Phosphorescence Poetry Reading Series celebrates contemporary creativity that echoes Dickinson’s own revolutionary poetic voice. The Series features established and emerging poets whose work and backgrounds represent the diversity of the flourishing contemporary poetry scene. The 2021 Series will be a virtual event to ensure the health and safety of participants. Make sure to register for this free virtual program in advance!
Program Registration: bit.ly/PhosphoMay21
Facebook Event: bit.ly/PhosMay21FB
Exploring Trees and Equity in Boston through Literature
In collaboration with Speak for the Trees, Boston, we will be presenting resources to help you learn about tree and nature equity, environmental justice, and the natural world that exists throughout the city of Boston. We will be highlighting literary, scientific, and art collections and other resources available through the Boston Public Library that are of interest to adults, teens, and children.
Registration is required. Please register on the library website or by emailing Katie Devine at kdevine@bpl.org. A link to the Zoom event will be sent after registration.
Poetry: Medicine for the Soul
Virtual poetry reading: https://stockbridgelibrary.org/event/online-poetry-medicine-for-the-soul-featuring-erica-charis-molling/
Antioch MFA Reception and Reading
Join Antioch University Los Angeles for a social Zoom celebration! Featuring readings from alumni Meredith Arena, Esther G. Belin, Erica Charis-Molling, Debby Dodds, Kim Ellingson, Erica P. Floyd, Sarah Haas, Jose Hernadez Diaz, Shaneka Jones Cook, Janet Rodriguez, Anna Scotti, Amy Shimshon-Santo, and Aline Soules.
Song & Sanctuary Retreat: Poetry Workshop
Song & Sanctuary is a three day, virtual retreat for songwriting and spirituality to connect with our creativity and each other. This retreat will include workshops from industry professionals, group meditations and movement classes, guided writing time, and opportunities to perform and get feedback on your songwriting.
The Poetry Workshop will take place on the Saturday afternoon of the retreat. We’ll spend 90 minutes talking about the innate rhythm and melody of language. Bring a lyric that’s not singing yet and a spirit of play! More information can be found at the Song & Sanctuary website.
The Nasiona Community Readings
The Nasiona presents Community Readings, our monthly virtual series hosted by Mireya S. Vela.
During these troubled times, it’s important to come together to support art. We invite you to join us to celebrate the power of The Nasiona‘s writers, as well as the voices of talented storytellers from the wider community.
Audience spaces are limited, so contact Mireya at vela.mireya@gmail.com by 10 PM PST on October 12, 2020, for a link to the event.
Wednesday Night Poetry
Wednesday Night Poetry is committed to providing a platform that bridges communities and hearts, facilitating understanding and empathy, especially by amplifying BIPOC and LGBTQ voices at this pivotal moment in the consciousness of our country. Black Lives Matter.
June is #Pride Month, the anniversary of the 1969 riots by the LGBTQ community against police brutality at New York City's Stonewall Inn, led by the heroism of Black Trans women. Black Trans Lives Matter. This year Pride is marching for Black Lives. We are extending #pride.
This week, and every week going forward, we must all commit to LISTEN to all the parts that make us a WHOLE HUMANITY. This week, these tremendous voices build bridges with their hearts and with their words.
How to view:
Go to the Wednesday Night Poetry FB page. The WNP Virtual Open Mic, Poetry Through the Pandemic Event will be pinned to the top of the "discussion" section for the next week, after 7pm CST.
Muse and the Marketplace: Poet's Marketplace Panel
Prose-writers often speak of agents and synopses and book proposals, but what do you do if you're a poet? How do find enthusiastic audience for your poetry, whether in submitting collections to presses and contests, networking with editors, or building an audience poem by poem? Join this lively discussion among prominent poetry editors, publishing staff, active community members, and fellow successful poets about an opaque but vital topic: the "marketplace" of poetry.
Gathering Voices: Poetry Writing Workshop
In honor of National Poetry Month, the BPL is running a series of generative poetry writing workshops! Using poet Marty McConnell’s book “Gathering Voices” as a guide, we’ll look at a different poem each week and then use that poem as inspiration to write one of our own. All poetry writers are welcome from beginner to expert. Instructed by Erica Charis-Molling.
Gathering Voices: Poetry Writing Workshop
In honor of National Poetry Month, the BPL is running a series of generative poetry writing workshops! Using poet Marty McConnell’s book “Gathering Voices” as a guide, we’ll look at a different poem each week and then use that poem as inspiration to write one of our own. All poetry writers are welcome from beginner to expert. Instructed by Erica Charis-Molling.
Gathering Voices: Poetry Writing Workshop
In honor of National Poetry Month, the BPL is running a series of generative poetry writing workshops! Using poet Marty McConnell’s book “Gathering Voices” as a guide, we’ll look at a different poem each week and then use that poem as inspiration to write one of our own. All poetry writers are welcome from beginner to expert. Instructed by Erica Charis-Molling.
Gathering Voices: Poetry Writing Workshop
In honor of National Poetry Month, the BPL is running a series of generative poetry writing workshops! Using poet Marty McConnell’s book “Gathering Voices” as a guide, we’ll look at a different poem each week and then use that poem as inspiration to write one of our own. All poetry writers are welcome from beginner to expert. Instructed by Erica Charis-Molling.
Gathering Voices: Poetry Writing Workshop
In honor of National Poetry Month, the BPL is running a series of generative poetry writing workshops! Using poet Marty McConnell’s book “Gathering Voices” as a guide, we’ll look at a different poem each week and then use that poem as inspiration to write one of our own. All poetry writers are welcome from beginner to expert. Instructed by Erica Charis-Molling.
Gathering Voices: Poetry Writing Workshop
In honor of National Poetry Month, the BPL is running a series of generative poetry writing workshops! Using poet Marty McConnell’s book “Gathering Voices” as a guide, we’ll look at a different poem each week and then use that poem as inspiration to write one of our own. All poetry writers are welcome from beginner to expert. Instructed by Erica Charis-Molling.
2nd Annual NYC Preview Reading, Presence 2019
Presence: A Journal of Catholic Poetry is an independent publication, affiliated with the Department of English at Caldwell University, Caldwell, NJ.
The Improbable Places Poetry Tour: Poems of the Plaza @ HubWeek
Brutalist and cold or a marvel of Modernism? 15 poets, each reading an original work, will call us to experience City Hall Plaza - its architecture, history, politics and people - through the lens of poetry. A HubWeek event.
Common Threads: Poetry Discussion
Common Threads is a publication of 7-10 poems by Massachusetts poets chosen by a Massachusetts poet, with a guide to reading and discussing the poems, videos of the poems being read (by the poets themselves when possible), and outreach to libraries, senior centers, book clubs, and more to facilitate poetry discussion groups throughout the state in an effort to broaden the audience for poetry.
Improbable Places Poetry Tour
The tour is Montserrat’s way of bringing together student writers, local poets, area businesses, and enthusiastic listeners to celebrate the power of poetry and community. At each tour stop a new venue and theme is selected.
The Mayor's Poetry Program Reading
A reading of this year’s selections for the Mayor’s Poetry Program at Boston City Hall. The event is hosted by Boston’s Poet Laureate, Danielle Legros Georges.
Spring Showers
On April 7, we will have a reading in front of the installation, featuring the winners from the Spring Showers poetry contest - Erica Charis-Molling, Marie Tobin, Pilar Quintana, Amy Dryansky, Marge Piercy, and Hannah Fries - followed by an open mic. and poet Casey Lynn Roland will be leading a blackout poetry activity.
Improbable Places Poetry Tour
The tour is Montserrat’s way of bringing together student writers, local poets, area businesses, and enthusiastic listeners to celebrate the power of poetry and community. At each tour stop a new venue and theme is selected.
Reading with Heather Derr-Smith, Erica Charis-Molling, Frances Donovan and Sonja Johanson
Join us for a joint poetry reading with Heather Derr-Smith, author of the award winning book "Thrust," as well as local published poets Sonja Johanson, Frances Donovan, and Erica Charis-Molling
U35 Reading with Sebastian Alberdi, Sara Giragosian, and Erica Charis-Molling
Join Mass Poetry at Trident Booksellers and Cafe for our January U35 Reading with Sebastian Alberdi, Sara Giragosian, and Erica Charis-Molling.