Sunday, 18th July Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Presents Focus: Translation Featuring Peter O'neil, Nina Kossman, Pankhuri Sinha To register to attend LIVE in our Zoom Studio, always use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Members also can also watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public international, intersectional, intergenerational group of over 2,300 poets. All are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 noon PDT Sunday, 11th July Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry New Books Showcase Featuring Terry Lucas, Teresa Gallion, Ken Holland and Bob Walicki To register to attend LIVE in our Zoom Studio, always use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Members also can also watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public international, intersectional, intergenerational group of over 2,300 poets. All are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 noon PDT
Sunday, 4th July Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Presents Poets FOCUS: INTERDEPENDENCE To register to attend LIVE in our Zoom Studio, always use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Members also can also watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public international, intersectional, intergenerational group of over 2,300 poets https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 pm PDT
Sunday, June 27th Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry 2nd Annual Poetry Pride Parade with LIVE Open Mic Guest Host Emma Black will emcee the Open Mic! Featuring Moncho Alvarado, Kai Coggin, Charlie Dale, Anne Walsh Donnelly, Charles Flowers, Gustavo Hernandez, Mary Oishi, Karen Poppy, Minnie Bruce Pratt, Julie Marie Wade, and Mark Ward To register to attend LIVE in our Zoom Studio, always use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Members also can also watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public international, intersectional, intergenerational group of over 2,300 poets. All are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 pm PDT
Sunday, 20th June Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Presents a Sunday Special Commemorating Juneteenth Featuring Liz Ahl, Terri Ellen Cross Davis, Michael Anthony Ingram and Gary Lilley To register to attend LIVE in our Zoom Studio, always use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Members also can also watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public international, intersectional, intergenerational group of over 2,300 poets. All are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 pm PDT
Sunday, 13th June Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Presents a New Book Showcase Featuring Patricia Carragon, Bill Fay, Angela Dribben, and Annie Walsh Donnelly To register to attend LIVE in our Zoom Studio, always use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Members also can also watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public international, intersectional, intergenerational group of over 2,700 poets. All are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 pm PDT
Saturday, 12th June Hosts Sudeep Sen and Indran Amirthanayagam Poets & Writers Studio International Washington, D.C. Time: 8:00 am PDT
Saturday, 5th June Host Gina Ferrara New Orleans, LA Time: 11:00 am PDT
Sunday, 30th May Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Sunday Special: "40 at 40" Celebrating Salmon Poetry's 40th Anniversary Featuring Jessie Lendennie, Nessa O'Mahoney and Sandy Yannone and 40 Salmon Poets To register to attend LIVE in our Zoom Studio, always use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Members also can also watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public international, intersectional, intergenerational group of over 2,300 poets. All are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 pm PDT
Sunday, 23rd May Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry New Books Showcase featuring Risa Denenberg, Kelli Russell Agodon, Diane Seuss and Moncho Alvarado To register to attend LIVE in our Zoom Studio, always use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Members also can also watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public international, intersectional, intergenerational group of over 2,300 poets. All are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 pm PDT
Sunday, 16th May Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE WITNESS: A Con(verse)ation in Poetry with Three Generations of Asian American Women Poets Featuring Janice Mirikitani, Mary Oishi, and Tanya Ko Hong To register to attend LIVE in our Zoom Studio, always use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Members also can also watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public international, intersectional, intergenerational group of over 2,600 poets. All are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 pm PDT
Sunday, 2nd May Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry presents Poets Focus: MAY DAY Guest Host, Featuring Margaret O'Regan, Tim Evans, Dayna Patterson and Rachel Hegarty To register to attend LIVE in our Zoom Studio, always use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Members also can also watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public international, intersectional, intergenerational group of over 2,300 poets. All are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 pm PDT
Sunday, 2nd May Host, Doc Janning Awenites Poetry Reading Time: 11:30 am to 2:00 pm PDT https://m.facebook.com/pg/Awenites-100716771603935/events/?ref=page_internal&mt_nav=0
Sunday, 25th April Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Presents a NEW BOOKS SHOWCASE Featuring Patricia Clark, Leslea Newman, Seymour Mayne and Elaine Nadal To register to attend LIVE in our Zoom Studio, always use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTLhKUnstefbclid=IwAR3Rzn2XIk7kOFeVfi1BsPZNPQp9AkBcMPszPIWC4TuBQc6bZSgtgUUnozk Members can also watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public, international, intersectional, intergenerational group of over 2,300 poets. All are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 pm PDT
Sunday, 18th April Host, Cultivating Voices Presents a Sunday Special Celebration of Slapering Hol Press Featuring Jennifer Franklin, Margo Taft Stever, Sally Bliumis-Dunn, and Aaron Caycedo-Kimura Time: 12:00 pm PDT https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097
Sunday, 11th April Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry NEW BOOKS SHOWCASE featuring Grace Bauer, Denise Duhamel, April Lee Fields and Jules Nyquist. Time: 12:00 pm PDT www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097
Sunday, 4th April Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Presents: Poets Focus on BLOOM Featuring Charles Flowers, Kim Ports Parson, Eileen Sheehan, Mary Ellen Talley and Gustavo Hernandez. Times: 12:00 pm PDT www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097
Sunday, 28th March Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry New Books Showcase with BONUS 1-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OPEN MIC Featuring Ann Tweedy, Michelle Parker Randell, Attracta Fahy and Debby Bacharach Following the Showcase we will celebrate our 1st Anniversary with a LIVE OPEN MIC To register to attend LIVE in our Zoom Studio, always use the following link: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Members also can also watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public, international, intersectional, intergenerational group with now over 2,500 members worldwide since our first reading on 29 March, 2020. All are welcome to join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 pm PDT www.facebook.com/events/1231768420574172
Sunday, 21st March LIVE Open Mic for World Poetry Day featuring Indran Amirthanayagam, Rachel Gomez, Fergus Hogan, Tanya Ko Hong, Yuyutsu Sharma, Carolyne Lee Wright LIVE Open Mic Time: 12:00 pm PDT https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097
Sunday, 14th March Host: Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry NEW BOOKS SHOWCASE with Lucy Adkins, Ellen Stone, Michael Durack and Sandra Winters Time: 12:00 pm PDT https://www.facebook.com/events/3570914506340818
Monday, 8th March O'Bhéal Reading from Ireland featuring Sandra Yannone and Laurence McKeown. Time: 12:30 pm PST/ 8:30 pm GMT
Sunday, 29th February Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Voices Celebrates Black Lives Matter and Black History Month Featuring Gary Lilley, Tamara J. Madison, Martina McGowan, Lauren Russell and Dee Allen Following the features we will host a LIVE Open Mic where 10-15 poets can read one original poem or the poem of a Black poet you admire (living or in memorium). To read in the LIVE Open Mic. arrive in Zoom room at 11:45am Pacific/2:45pm Eastern/7:45pm Irish (check your time zone) to sign up. To register to join us LIVE in Zoom : https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL...
Sunday, 21st February Host, New Books Showcase with Marcella Remund, Colleen Shoshana McKee, Dawad Philip, and Lauren Camp To register to attend LIVE in Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Members also can watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page. We are a public international, intersectional, intergenerational group of over 2,300 poets. Time: 12:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/2637443216546075
Sunday, 14th February LAUREATE LOVEFEST: A Processional of Poets Laureate from Canada, Ireland and across the USA Featuring 11 poets laureate from Canada, Ireland, and the US, with special video Valentines from 2004-2006 US Poet Laureate Ted Kooser and current US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Sponsored by the Olympia Poetry Network, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry, and Saint Martin's University, you will enjoy a Valentine's Day feast of LIVE poetry, followed by an engaging LIVE discussion with the poets laureate. You also can purchase books on the spot through our sponsored bookseller, Browsers Bookshop, Olympia, WA. All are welcome to attend LIVE with us on Zoom! Please click here for the roster of our featured poets and a link to register: https://www.olympiapoetrynetwork.org/laureate-lovefest-2021.html Time 12:00 pm PST, 1:00 pm MST, 2:00 pm CST, 3:00 pm EST, 8:00 pm Irish/UK You also can watch LIVE from the Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Facebook Group page if you are a member: https://www.facebook.com/events/247695476764767
Sunday, 7th February Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry New Books Showcase Featuring Tamara J. Madison, Mike Jurkovic, Iris Gersh, Carla Cherry Here is the link to register to join us LIVE in Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... You also can watch LIVE from our Facebook Group page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/466803051003620
Sunday, 31st January Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Featuring: Amit Dahiyabadshah, Kate Węgrzyn, Shaswata Gangopadhyay, Larry Kerschner, Bill Nevins, Ronald P. Bremner, Marian Lovett, Ken Burch, Bill Fay, Marcella Remund To register to join us LIVE in our Zoom Poetry Studio: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... You also are welcome to watch LIVE on our Facebook GROUP Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 Time: 12;00 pm to 2:00 pm PST
Saturday, 30th January Brownstone Poets Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief Features: JP Howard, Susana H. Case, and Sandra Yannone. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contributions keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features.
Thursday, 21st January Featured Reader with Tina Schumann SoulFood Poetry Night SoulFood Coffee House 15748 Redmond Way, Redmond, WA Time: TBD https://soulfoodcoffeehouse.com/about/
Sunday, 17th January Oak Harbor Poetry Project Featured Reader with Open Mic Oak Harbor Library 1000 SE Regatta Dr., Oak Harbor, WA Time: 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm PST https://sno-isle.libnet.info/events?r=thismonth
Sunday, 10th January Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry New Books Showcase with Mary Ellen Talley, Mervyn Taylor, Gigi Bella & Wayne Power Members can watch LIVE from our Facebook Group Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 or register to join the LIVE audience in Zoom with the readers here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Time: 12:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/484743392509114
Sunday, 10th January Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry New Books Showcase with Mary Ellen Talley, Mervyn Taylor, Gigi Bella & Wayne Power Members can watch LIVE from our Facebook Group Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 or register to join the LIVE audience in Zoom with the readers here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZYvce6gpz0sGN2xjVakkXh6GNCTL... Time: 12:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/484743392509114
~ 2020 ~
Sunday, 20th December Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Holiday Poetry Open House Special guests include Moncho Alvarado (USA), Indran Amirthanayagam (USA), Rajib Arjuni (Bangladesh), Risa Denenberg (USA), Angela Dribben (USA), Don Krieger (USA), Gary Lilley (USA), Josephine LoRe (Calgary), Matt Mooney (Ireland), Kim Ports Parsons (USA), Archna Sahni (India), Eileen Sheehan (Ireland), and more guests as well as poets reading in our LIVE Open Mic! To register to join us in our Zoom Poetry Studio for our LIVE Ho! Po! OH! reading, please click here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../upAsdeCppzooHNGdbeDjFUZ16FX5m.. Time: 12:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/959789101095960
Sunday, 13th December Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry New Books Showcase with Dayna Patterson, Jami McCarty and Page Hill Starzinger Members can watch LIVE from our Facebook Group Page www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097 or register to join the LIVE audience in Zoom with the readers here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../upAsdeCppzooHNGdbeDjFUZ16FX5m Time: 12:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/180283717106196
Saturday, 12th December Hosts Roxanne Hoffman and Patricia Carragon: Brownstone Poets with Yuyutsu Sharma, Bertha Rogers and Carrie Magness Radna Step 1: Make your $5 donation: https://rb.gy/utlbol Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://rb.gy/9hxvyh Step 3: After making your donation and registering, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event. Time: 11:00 am PST to 1:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/296341978268709
Sunday, 6th December Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic with Dr. Medha Bhattacharyya,Gale Hemmann, G. Buck, Marian Lovett, Alexx Oh, Anna Jordan, David C. Brydges, Joanne James, Angela Dribben Register to join LIVE: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../upAsdeCppzooHNGdbeDjFUZ16FX5m Time: 12:00 pm PST to 1:30 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/1747659478737281
Friday, 4th December Hosted by Tomas Mac Simon $ Aisling Richmond of Kevin Higgins BOOK LAUNCH The Colour Yellow & THE Number 19 Others showing their solidarity through poetry are: Janet Silver, Ruth Aylett, Merryn Williams, Gerry Potter, Neil Fulwood, Phil Knight, Kate Ennals, Andre Rostant, Sandy Yannone, Dave Lordan, Miriam O'Donovan, Quincy Lehr, Josephine Dickinson and Susan Miller DuMars who will introduce this segment of the evening. Online event: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/7389013549 Meeting ID: 7389013549 Time: 10:30 am PST to 1:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/815917235909748
Sunday, 29th November Host, CULTIVATING VOICES LIVE POETRY NEW BOOKS SHOWCASE with Jan Beatty, Don Krieger, and Lauren Russell Time: 12:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://fb.me/e/3Q4YQ0g8o
Tuesday, 24th November Hosted by John Roche and Jules Nyquist: Kaktus Open Mic Featuring Sandy Yannone and Ray Johnson with Open Mic to follow Time: 6:00 pm PST Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZEld... After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/285122849508901
Sunday, 22nd November Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Welcomes the Fall Poets of PRATIK: A MAGAZINE of CONTEMPORARY WRITING Featuring: Charles Bernstein, Tony Barnstone, Chard DeNiord, Grant Hier, Yuyutsu Sharma, Jill Hoffman, Kerrin McCadden, Bill Wolak, Judith Mok, Gerard Beirne, Sydney Lea, Cleopatra Mathis, Suzanne Lummis, Flaminia Cruciani, Patricia Carragon, Seymour Mayne, Gloria Mindock, Chuck Joy, Margaret Saine, Howard Pflanzer Zoom Link to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../upAsdeCppzooHNGdbeDjFUZ16FX5m.. Time: 11:30 am PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/663288314371227/
Sunday, 15th November Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry New Books Showcase Featuring: Susan Aizenberg, Hilda Raz, Betsy Sholl and Leslie Ullman Time: 12:00 pm PST Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upAsdeCppzooHNGdbeDjFUZ16FX5m8m1rtgB?fbclid=IwAR3BHlkV_9_9bMe9pR_iqZMr9M0KwzpfnvJaL1mhw3BcAe-Ywe8ri0Du8no To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/800955200695846/
Sunday, 8th November Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Post-Election Open Mic Featuring: TBA (open mic where folks can sign up to share one poem up to three minutes to allow many of us to process our post-election day experiences) Time: 12:00 pm PST to 2:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/3282258231901517
Sunday, 1st November Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Reading From Lost Horse Press' Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Reading from an Unapologetic Anthology, eds. Grace Bauer and Julie Kane Julie Kane and Lost Horse Press editor Christine Holbert co-host with the following Nast Women Poets reading from the anthology: Nordette Adams, Desire Aguirre, Melissa Balmain, Judith Barrington, DeMisty Bellinger, Tara betts, Carolyn Breedlove, Kim Bridgford (posthumous reading by Nicole Caruso Garcia), Patricia Clark, Annie Finch, Twyla Hansen, Allison Joseph, Julie Kane, Jenna Le, Leslea Newman, Jennifer Perrine, Valentine Pierce, Hilda Raz, Pat Gallagher Sassone, Andy Young To celebrate this anthology, distributor University of Washington Press is giving Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry members, guests and attendees and 30% discount if you enter this promo code: WST30 for a 30% discount on all books you order! Order on U of WA Press website: https://uwapress.uw.edu Time: 12:00 pm PDT To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/276609073602748
Sunday, 25th October Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry New Books Showcase Facebook event featuring books and readings from Megan Alpert (US), Patrick Lodge (UK), and Anne McDonald (Ireland) On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE group page to join) Time: 12:00 pm PDT To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/353786585931955
Saturday, 24th October Lit Balm Presents A Poetry Zoomathon Fundraiser for the Democratic Party Featuring: Patricia Spears Jones, Paul Muldoon, Rachel Hadas, Chard deNiord, Anne Waldman, Cornelius Eady, Margo Berdeshevsky, Carolyn Forche, Chavisa Woods, Denize Lauture, Mervyn Taylor, Kimiko Hahn, Jaime Monrique, Kazim Ali, Jennifer Rathburn, Dick Lourie, Elaine Sexton, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sandy Yanoone, Mark Doty, Tim C. Hernandez Time: 5:00 pm EST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10157579524882647&set=a.10151144232727647
Sunday, 18th October Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Gregory Buck (US), John W. Sexton (Ireland), Gale E. Hemmann (US), Bill Fay (US), Kathryn Crowley (Ireland), Telmo Dos Santos (Canada), Samari Zysk (US), Peader Badger O'Donoghue (Ireland) On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/254299109344251
Sunday, 11th October Host, Cultivating Voices National Coming Out Day Poetry March Facebook event featuring David Groff, Tara Hardy, Moncho Alvarado, Mark Ward, Anne Walsh Donnelly, Daniel Edward Moore, Ann Tweedy, April Lee Fields, Scott Wiggerman, Ayanna Wimberly, David Meischen, Nadia Niva, Samari Zysk and Wryly T. McCutchen as Host of LIVE Open Mic to follow On Facebook ( Go to CV LIVE Group page to join ) Time: TBA To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/3564232316940870
Sunday, 4th October Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Shaswata Gangopadhyay, Judith Lowans, Joanne James, Thomas A. Thomas, Phil Lynch, Josephine LoRe, Ken Burch, Marcella Prescher Remund On Facebook ( Go to CV LIVE Group page to join ) Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/670962907188296/
Sunday, 27th September Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry New Books Showcase Facebook event featuring books and readings from John Roche, Moyra Donaldson, David Meischen On Facebook ( Go to CV LIVE Group page to join ) Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1562926570555299
Sunday, 20th September Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry with POETS ON THE COAST 10TH ANNIVERSARY Facebook event featuring Sarah Bitter, Dia Calhoun, Pam Carter, Risa Denenberg, Wanda Herndon, Tia Hudson, Susan Landgraf, Lauren Mallett, Mary Mullen, Sylvia Pollack, Heidi Seaborn, Annette Sisson, Mary Ellen Talley, Kathryn Thurber-Smith, Melody Wilson On Facebook ( Go to CV LIVE Group page to join ) Time: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ www.facebook.com/events/328732058210743
Sunday, 13th September Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry: New Books Showcase Facebook event featuring Lynne Ellis, Bill Nevins, Ayanna Wimberly On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/365064591145512
Saturday, 12th September Featured Reader PoetsWest Green Lake Public Library Seattle, WA Time: TBA www.poetswest.com/
Monday, 7th September Labor Day ~ Raising Lilly Ledbetter: Women Poets Occupy the Workspace Special Event co-hosted with Lost Horse Press Facebook event featuring Mary Alexandra Agner, Kathya Alexander, Grace Bauer, Sheila Black, Susana H. Case, Xanath Caraza, Jennifer Dotson, Patricia Dubrava, Denise Duhamel, Sarah Freligh, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Carolina Hospital, Mary Makofske,Colleen Michaels, Helena Minton, Jo Pitkin, Maria Termini, Shannon Ward, Karen J. Weyant, Leah Zazulyer On Facebook (Go to Live Facebook page to join) Time: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1207100299656102
Sunday, 6th September Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring poets Judith Lowans Thurley, Sharmila Pokharel, Joanne James, Linda Ohlson Graham,Peadar Badger O’Donoghue, Anne Deroe, Madge O’Callahan, Janice Fitzpatrick Simmons On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/657655535154043
Sunday, 30th August Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry: New Books Showcase Facebook event featuring Shin Yu Pai, Manuel Gonzalez, Lori Desrosiers On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/988550308271332
Sunday, 23rd August Host, Votes for Women! A Poetry Pageant in Celebration of 100th Anniversary of (some) US Women's Suffrage, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Facebook event featuring Liz Ahl, Terri Cohlene, Ger Duffy, Sylvia Ramos Cruz, Jan Freeman, Elizabeth Cady, Rachel Gomez, Kate Padilla, Tamara J. Madison, Cynthia Pratt, Hilda Raz, Lennee Reid, LIza Rognas, Linda Strever On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/592458581468913
Sunday, 9th August Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Facebook event featuring Don Krieger, Archana Sahni, Sashwata Gangopadhyay, Ann Tweedy, Sheridan Fitzgeral, Seth Lowe, Gary Lilley, Amy Barry On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ www.facebook.com/events/422554285327995/
Sunday, 2nd August Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Kim Ports Parsons, Sven Kretzschmar, Lynne Ellis, Muddy Dean Norman, Josephine LoRe, Lisa Cohen, Ken Burch, Bertha Rogers On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12:00pm to 1:30 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/756267305189999/
Sunday, 26th July 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry: New Book Showcase Facebook event featuring Dave Cavanagh, Maxima Kahn, Mark Ward On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12 pm to 1:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/314823639567275/
Sunday, 26th July 2020 POSTPONED Host, Cultivating Voices Reading Series with Lauren Davis and Daniel Edward Moore Shakespeare & Company: Coffee and Used Books 120 NW Pacific Ave, Chehalis, WA Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm PS https://www.facebook.com/events/195252928362019/
Friday, 24th July 2020 POSTPONED with Carolyn Tipton Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center 681 N. Venice Blvd, Venice, CA Time: TBD https://www.beyondbaroque.org/
Sunday, 19th July 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Katie McIlroy, Rachael Stanley, Janet MacFadyen, Linda Ohlson Graham, Matt Mooney, Rajib Arjuni, Lori Desrosiers, Cathal Mac Theinfhir On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12 pm to 1:30 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/1471811882990137/
Sunday, 12th July 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry New Book Showcase Featuring Books by Dee Allen, Kate Padilla, Daniel Edward Moore On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/886210508552241
Sunday, 5th July 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Patrick Dixon, Josephine LoRe, Tristan Beach, Phil Lynch, Elizabeth McGeown, Ken Burch, Telmo Dos Santos, Bertha Rogers On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join( Time: 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://facebook.com/events/s/cultivating-voices-live-poetry/759435078158940/?ti=cl
Sunday, 28th June 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices POETRY PRIDE PARADE LIVE Open Mic On Zoom simulcast to Facebook LIVE Featuring Risa Denenberg, Moncho Alvarado, Anne Walsh Donnelly, Laura Foley, April Lee Fields (Leopard Printcess), Tara Hardy, Lex Langguth Torres, Orla Fay, Caerdwyn MT, Charlie Dale, Wryly Tender McCutchen, Alyssa N. Moore, Mark Ward, Ananya Garg, Mariam Bazeed On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm PST To find your time zone: https://www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/587851302128969/
Sunday, 21st June 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic FATHER'S DAY EDITION Facebook event featuring Sandy Yannone & Elizabeth Yannone, Larry Kerschner, Kate Wegrzyn, Zoe Brooks, Marian Lovett, Bertha Rogers, Anne Gleeson, Ken Burch, Anne Deroe, Roxanna Groves, David Hornibrook, Andy Drummond On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097/
Sunday, 14th June 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Bill Nevins, Kathryn Crowley, Ethna McKiernan, Anne McDonald, Michael Farry, Micheal Gallagher, Josephine LoRe, Fergus Hogan, Luke Salazar On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097/announcements/
Sunday, 7th June 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Susana H. Case, Linda Ohlson Graham, David Halenda, Anne Gleeson, Tristin Beach, Gary Lilley, Faithfulness Joseph, Bertha Rogers, Bridgit Lacy, Peadar Badger O'Donoghue, Telmo Dos Santos, and Rajib Arjuni On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:oo pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097/about
Saturday, 6th June 2020 Hopscotch Reading Series Featured Reader with Nancy Krygowski, Edward O'Dwyer Time: 9 am to 10:30 am PST
Sunday, 31st May 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Yuyutsu Ram Dass Sharma, Amy Barry, Moyra Donaldson, Kim Ports Parsons, Bill Nevins, Mike Gallagher, Josh Forbes, Isabelle Kenyon, Lakita Pendleton, Terry Lucas, Raul Sanchez, Andi Talbot On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097/
Sunday, 24 May 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Alexander Nicholas Blake, Lori Desrosiers, Linda M. Robertson, Luke Salazar, Anne Deroe, Annette Sisson, Josephine LoRe, Tayve Neese, Alice Pettway, Samari Zysk, Ken Burch, Anne McDonald On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097/
Sunday, 20th May 2020 Postponed Host, Cultivating Voices Reading Series with Ana Beatriz Gaspar Shakespeare & Company: Coffee & Used Books 120 NW Pacific Ave., Chehalis, WA Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm https://www.facebook.com/events/195252928362019/
Sunday, 17th May 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Susana H. Case, Ara Morgenstern, Ann Tweedy, Bernadette Gallagher, Peadar Badger O'Donoghue, Kathryn Slattery, Bertha Rogers, Luke Salazar, Catherine Ann Cullen, Doug Rawlings, Bill Nevins On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/685251748906097/
Sunday, 10th May 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic, Special Mother's Day Edition Facebook event featuring Lori Derosiers, John Harrington, Belle Kenyon, Indran Amirthanayagam, John Carew, Tanya Ko Hong, Gary Lilley, Ken Burch, Rachel Gomez, Bertha Rogers, David Hornibrook, Josephine LoRe On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST To find your time zone: www.timeanddate.com/time/map/ https://www.facebook.com/events/572124120348466/
Sunday, 3rd May 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Sandra Yannone, Anne Walsh Donnelly, Peter O'Neill, Moyra Donaldson, Bill Nevins, Kathleen McCracken, Matt Mooney, Marian Lovett, Fergus Hogan, Attracta Fahy, Amy Barry, Telmo Dos Santos On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/565619034329860/
Sunday, 26th April 2020 Postponed Reading with Elizabeth Alexander, Geraldine Mills, Susan Rich Elliott Bay Book Company 1521 Tenth Avenue, Seattle, WA Time: TBA https://www.elliottbaybook.com/events
Sunday, April 26th 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Yuyutsu Ram Dass Sharma, Paul McNamara, Kim Ports Parsons, Moyra Donaldson, Mary Mullen, Anne Deroe, Deirdre McKernan, Bertha Rogers, Stanley Notte, Josephine LoRe, Anna Jordan On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/842898799540077/
Sunday, 19th April 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Andi Talbot, Anne Walsh Donnelly, Elizabeth McGeown, Janet MacFadyen, Holly Dodge, Lori Desrosiers, Ken Burch, Bertha Rogers, Thomas A. Thomas, Samari Zysk, Ann Tweedy & Kevin Barrington On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/2519857658265780/
Saturday, 18th April 2020 Postponed Poetry Workshop with Linda Strever Columbia River Maritime Museum 1792 Marine Dr, Astoria, OR Time: TBA http://www.crmm.org/
Friday, 17th April 2020 Postponed Reading with Linda Strever Columbia River Maritime Museum 1792 Marine Drive, Astoria, OR Time: TBA http://www.crmm.org/
Thursday, 16th April 2020 Featured Online Reader Margin Shift: Friends in Poetry Common Area Maintenance 2125 2nd Ave, Seattle, WA Time: 7:00 pm http://commonartspace.com/index.php/programs/program-series-2/
Tuesday, 14th April 2020 Postponed Featured Reader with Susan Landgraf and others Book Launch of The Inspired Poet: Writing Exercises to Spark New Work Richard Hugo House 1634 11th Avenue Seattle, WA Time: 7:00 pm https://hugohouse.org/events/book-launch-the-inspired-poet-writing-exercises-to-spark-new-work/
Tuesday, 14th April 2020 A Night To Remember: A Titanic Irish Poetry Showcase Co-host & Featured Reader with Attracta Fahy, Kieran Beville, Frances Browner, Ron Carey, Edward O'Dwyer, Marie Studer, Michael Durack, Eileen Sheehan, Tommy Collins, Arthur Bloomfield and Anna M. Evans Co-sponsored with Limerick Writers' Centre, Limerick, Ireland Time: 11:00 am to 3:00 pm PST 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm IST https://www.facebook.com/events/222477888973362/
Sunday, 12th April 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices (CV) Online LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Dave Cavanagh, Michelle Parker Randall, Sharon Webster, Philip Lynch, John Carew, Larry Kerschner, Vincent Louis Carrella, Tanya Ko Hong, Fergus Hogan, David Hornibrook, Laura Foley On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/156086945713979
Sunday, 5th April 2020 Host, Cultivating Voices (CV) Online LIVE Poetry Open Mic Facebook event featuring Morag Anderson, Joanne M. Clarkson, Caitlyn Krause, Chris Dahl, Kylin Larsson, Monica Barron, Carolyn Lee Wright, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Raul Sanchez, Susan Kay Anderson, Lori Desrosiers, Liz Ahl On Facebook (Go to CV LIVE Group page to join) Time: 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm PST https://www.facebook.com/events/2664922716964609/
Friday, 6th March 2020 Emcee, Salmon Poetry readings and book signings with Anne Casey, David Cavanagh, Dede Cummings, Lori Desrosiers, James Ragan and Sandra Ann Winters Mission B, 2nd floor, Grand Hyatt San Antonio 600 E Market St., San Antonio, TX 6.00 pm - 7:30 pm https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/schedule_overview
Thursday, 5th March 2020 Featured Reader Naugatuck River Review/Wordpeace with Lauren K. Alleyne, Joanna Cowan White, Monica Barron, Lisa C. Taylor and Lori Desrosiers Exhibit Halls 3-4 Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center 900 E Market St, San Antonio, TX Time: 10:35 am - 11:50 am https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/schedule_overview
Thursday, 13th February 2020 Craft Talk w/open mic It's About Time Writing Series Seattle Public Library, Ballard Branch 5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle, WA Time: 6:00 pm to 7:45 pm http://itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com
Thursday, 6th February 2020 Northwind Reading Series with Lauren Davis Northwind Art Gallery 701 Water Street, Port Townsend, WA TIME: 7:00 pm https://northwindarts.org/programs/reading-series/
Thursday, 23rd January 2020 with Sherrie Flick Bookworks 4022 Rio Grande Blvd, Albuquerque, NM Time: TBA https://www.bkwrks.com
Sunday, 19th January 2020 Cultivating Voices Reading Series with Michele Bombardier & Putsata Reang Shakespeare & Company: Coffee & Used Books 120 NW Pacific Ave, Chehalis, WA Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm https://www.facebook.com/Shakespeare-Company-Coffee-and-Used-Books-424806447900404/
Friday, 17th January 2020 Featured Reader 50+ Lunch Bunch Rainbow Center 2215 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA Time: 11:00 am to 1:00 pm https://www.rainbowcntr.org/events
~ 2019 ~
Wednesday, 18 December 2019 Author Visit and Book Signing Acton Public Library 60 Old Boston Post Road, Old Saybrook, CT TIME: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm http://www.actonlibrary.org
Tuesday, 12th November 2019 Sonnet Party sponsored by Olympia Poetry Network Olympia Senior Center 222 Columbia St NW, Olympia, WA Time: TBA www.olympiapoetrynetwork.org
Monday, 11th November 2019 Featured Reader Easy Speak Open Mic Wedgwood Ale House & Cafe 8515 35th Ave NE, Seattle, Wa Time: 8 pm www.wedgwoodalehouse.com/
Sunday, 10th November 2019 Cultivating Voice Reading Series with Larry Kirschner & Suzanne Simons Shakespeare & Company: Coffee & Used Books Chehalis, WA Time: 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Coffee-Shop/Shakespeare-Company
Tuesday, 29th October 2019 2019-2020 Eagle Pond Authors' Series at Plymouth State University Silver Center for the Arts Plymouth State University 17 High Street, Plymouth, NH Time: 7:00 pm www.facebook.com/EaglePondAuthorsSeries/?ref=page_internal
Thursday, 24th October 2019 Featured Reader Visiting Artists' Series Mary Lyon Hall, Woolley Room Wheaton College, Norton, MA Time: 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm https://wheatoncollege.edu
Friday, 11th October 2019 Featured Reader: Coming Out Day Open House Rainbow Center, 2215 Pacific Ave. Tacoma, WA 98402 Time: 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm https://www.rainbowcntr.org/events
Wednesday, 9th October 2019 Not a Luxury: Raucous Poetry by Womxn Faculty with Dawn Pichon Barron, Tara Hardy, Catalina Ocampo & Suzanne Simons Purce Hall 1, The Evergreen State College Olympia, WA Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm https://www.evergreen.edu/news/post/evergreen-host-womxn%E2%80%99s-poetry-reading-wednesday-oct-9
Tuesday, 1st October 2019 Xavier University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA Online discussion about Boats For Women
Tuesday, 24th September 2019 with Alissa Hattman Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR TIME: 7:00 pm https://www.broadwaybooks.net
Thursday, 8th August 2019 Featured Reader It's About Time Writing Series Seattle Public Library, Ballard Branch 5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle, WA TIME: 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm http://itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com
Thursday, 8th August 2019 Featured Reader It's About Time Writing Series Seattle Public Library, Ballard Branch 5614 22nd Ave NW, Seattle, WA TIME: 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm http://itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com
Saturday, 20th July 2019 Featured Reader Poets in the Park New Book Showcase Anderson Park 7802 168th Ave NE, Redmond, WA TIME: 3:00 pm www.graceguts.com/poets-in-the-park
Monday, 15th July 2019 Poetry Reading/Writing Workshop Waterford Institute of Technology with Professor Stephen Powers Waterford, IRELAND TIME: 9:30 am - 11:30 am https://www.wit.ie
Thursday, 11th July 2019 Special Guest Over The Edge Writer's Gathering in association with the Yehuda Amichai International Poetry Festival with Katherine Noone, Yvonne Green, Roisin Tierney and Morag Anderson The Kitchen, Galway City Museum Spanish Parade, Galway, IRELAND TIME: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm www.thekitchengalway.ie/
Wednesday, 19th June 2019 Featured Reader Olympia Poetry Network Traditions Café, Cafe & World Folk Art 300 5th Ave SW, Olympia, WA TIME: 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm ("includes" open mic ) https://www.olympiapoetrynetwork.org/readings-workshops-special-events.html
Friday, 7th June 2019 Fishplate Presents! with Michele Bombardier & Tara Hardy Good Egg 140 Winslow Way West, Bainbridge Island, WA TIME: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm https://www.goodeggbi.com
Friday, 31st May 2019 Boats for Women Book Launch Party Women's Club of Olympia (Abigail Stuart House) 1002 Washington St. SE, Olympia, WA TIME: 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm (reading at 7:00 pm) Special Guests: Linda Strever, Tara Hardy, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Michele Bombardier, and the Heartsparkle Players www.womansclubofolympia.org/
Wednesday, 10th April 2019 Featured Reader with Jim Burke, April is Poetry Month Celebration Limerick Writers' Centre Limerick, IRELAND Time and Location: TBA http://www.limerickwriterscentre.com/upcoming-events/
Friday, 5th April 2019 Conference Presentation "Play, Curiosity, and Poetry as Antidote to Academic Writing Trauma" National University of Ireland - Galway Galway, IRELAND Time and Location: TBA http://www.nuigalway.ie
Saturday, 30th March 2019 AWP Book Signing with Drew Blanchard AWP Bookfair, Salmon Poetry Booth #4054 Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/
Friday, 29th March 2019 AWP Off- Site Book Launch with 2019 Salmon Poets Kells Irish Pub, 112 SW Second Avenue, Portland, OR 8:00 pm -10:00 pm https://www.kellsportland.com
Thursday, 28th March 2019 AWP Off- Site Book Launch with 2019 Salmon Poets The Redd on Salmon Street, 831 SW Salmon Street, Portland, OR 8:30 pm - 10:00 pm https://ecotrust.org/project/the-redd-on-salmon-street/
I love to participate in readings/festivals and to facilitate poetry workshops for writers of any age and experience in the U.S., Canada, Ireland, and United Kingdom, in particular. Please contact me at slyoly@gmail.com to inquire about availability. Email: slyoly@gmail.com Call: 360-951-9506