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Event |
Location |
Date / Time |
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2012/2013 school year - Writing and Performance residencies at Classical
Magnet HS/Htfd, Prince Technical HS/Htfd, Clover Street Elementary
School/Windsor, The Bushnell Partner's
Program, Hillstead Museum School Program, LEARN, East Hartford Cultural
Center, East Hartford MS, East Hartford Senior Citizen's Center,
Hartford Artist's Collective, Big Pine Key Academy, International Magnet
School, Renzulli Elementary, Mansfield MS, Kinsella Magnet... |
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| Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship & Fun Summer Gathering - Mosaic workshop
leader |
Ferry Beach, ME |
August 3 - 10, 2013 |
 Voices
of Poetry - Poetry, Pluckin' & Pullin' with Joan Kantor,
David K. Leff, Marianela Medrano, Pit Pinegar, Neil Silberblatt,
Elizabeth Thomas. Music w/Don Lowe,
Mark Louis Miller, Doug Mathewson & Red
Dirt Road Band |
131 Kent Road South, Cornwall Bridge,
CT
|
July
21, 2013
2 to 4pm |
| Poetry
Soup - Featured poet |
Newburyport, MA |
May
1, 2013 |
| Poetry
Reading w/Donna Marie Merritt & Elizabeth Thomas |
Fairfield University Bookstore ~ Downtown
1499 Post Road, Fairfield, CT 06824
Phone 203-255-7756 or Visit
their website
http://www.fairfieldbooks.bkstr.com/ |
Saturday, April 27, 2013
4 to 5:30pm |
 Poetry
Slam - Hosted by Elizabeth Thomas |
Lost Acres Vineyard
80 Lost Acres Road, North Granby, CT
06060
860.324.9481 -
http://www.lostacresvineyard.com/poetry-slam.html |
April 26, 2013
7pm |
 CT
High School Slam Celebration and CT National Youth Poetry Slam Team
Finals 2013 |
The
Bushnell in Hartford, CT |
April 21, 2013
Finals are open to the public
and begin at 3pm |
| The
Spoken Word at 1249 Winebar - Featured
Poet (along with an open mic) |
1249 W Main
St Waterbury, CT 06708
(203) 756-1249
http://www.1249winebar.com/ |
April 17, 2013
7pm |
Poetry
reading w/Marianela Medrano,
Ralph Nazareth, Ravi Shankar
Elizabeth Thomas - There will also be music
performed by a great musician - all in the setting of the historic
Sherman Playhouse. |
The
Sherman Playhouse in Sherman, CT |
April 7, 2013
2 to 4 pm |
| Poetry
Slam w/Elizabeth Thomas, Faith Vicinanza, Ernie Blue and others |
Silas Bronson Library
267 grand street, Waterbury, CT |
April 3, 2013
6:30pm |
| Celebration
of Love - Poetry and Music event with Elizabeth Thomas and young
bards from Rockville High School |
Vernon Community Arts Center, CT
http://vernonarts.org/ |
Sunday, February 17, 2013
7:30 to 9pm
Snowdate, February 18 |
| The
Graduate Institute/Oral Traditions Conference - Workshop Presenter |
Bethany, CT |
February 16, 2013 |
| Poetry:
An Open Door - The art of poetry and descriptive writing
offers a rich variety of opportunities for personal discovery. In
this hands-on workshop, attendees will be asked to open doors and
windows wide and consider the world around them in new and extraordinary
ways. |
Vernon Community Center, 709 Hartford Tnpk. (Rte. 30)
Vernon, CT
Fee $20 - For details or to register call VCAC
(860) 871-8222 or Joan at (860) 951-8154 |
Saturday, December 15, 2012
10 to 12 pm |
| Poetry
slam/open mic - With members of past CT Youth Poetry Teams |
Cafemantic on Main Street in Willimantic, CT |
December 3, 2012
6:30pm |
| Voices
of Poetry - In a Minor Key - Come in out of the cold - and warm up
by the fireplace in the beautiful Minor Memorial Library - for readings
by a quintet of fine CT poets: Joan
Kantor, Donna Marie Merritt, Neil Silberblatt, Elizabeth Thomas &
Susan Tuz |
Minor Memorial Library in Roxbury, CT |
December 2, 2012
3 to 4:30 pm |
| Fine
Arts Commission - Intergenerational Poetry Workshop Presenter |
East
Hartford Cultural Center - CT |
Fall, 2012 |
| Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship & Fun Summer Gathering - Workshop Co-Lead
with teens (and mosaics) |
Ferry
Beach, Maine |
August
4
thru 11th, 2012 |
|
Bushnell
Theater Summer Artist Camp - Presenter |
Renzulli Academy, Hartford CT |
July, 2012 |
| English
Teacher’s Friend / Get Inspired Symposium
- Keynote Speaker and Presenter |
Viera, FL |
June 26 to
28, 2012 |
| Wednesday
Night Poetry Series - The OneWord CT National Youth
Poetry Slam Team
2012 will go head-to-head with veterans of the CT Slam scene.
This is an evening well worth checking out!! |
213 Greenwood Ave (@ Molten Java,
2nd floor), Bethel,
CT |
Wednesday,
May 30, 2012
7:30pm |
| Third
Thursday Poetry Series - Featured reader |
33
Central Ave,
Albany, NY 12210
|
Thursday,
May 17, 2012
7:30pm |
| CT
Writing Project - Student Writers Recognition Night - Keynote
Speaker |
Jorgensen Center for the
Performing Arts - UConn |
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
5pm |
| Youth
Poetry Slam |
Newtown
High School, CT |
Friday,
May 11, 2012
6:30pm |
| GotPoetry
Live - Featured reader |
Cafemantic
in Willimantic, CT
948 Main Street |
Monday,
May 7, 2012
6:30 to 8:30pm |
| Generations
Invitational Poetry Slam - Member of the adult team |
Silas
Bronson Library, Waterbury CT |
May 2,
2012
6:30pm |
| Minding
the Muse - Instructor |
Manchester
Community College, Continuing Education |
May 1-29,
2012
6:30 to 8pm |
| The
Connecticut Storytelling Center (CSC) / Story Slam Finals - Judge |
Connecticut College in New
London, CT -
http://www.connstorycenter.org/campusslammer.htm |
April 28,
2012 |
| 'Opening
Voice' for Joy Harjo |
Mystic Arts Cafe, 9 Water Street in Mystic, CT |
April 20,
2012
7:30pm |
| Georgia
Council of Teachers of English Conference - Workshop leader |
Callaway Gardens, GA |
February 17-18, 2012 |
| BREAD
BOX FOLK SERIES -
Acoustic Artist Showcase (music and spoken word)
- Featured spoken word artist |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
220 Valley St., Willimantic |
November
16, 2011
7pm |
|
Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship & Fun Summer Gathering - Workshop Co-Lead
with teens |
Ferry
Beach, Maine |
August 6
thru 13th, 2011 |
|
Poetry
Salon 2011 - On the Button - Guest Poet
along with Regie Gibson, Phil Rosenthal
(1994 CT State Troubadour) and Dan Tressler (of String Fingers)
and Tom Nicotera |
Mattatuck Museum Arts and History Center
144 West Main Street, Waterbury (3rd floor auditorium)
Admission: $12; $10 for museum members
Email
vicblu@mindspring.com |
Saturday,
July 9, 2011
7:00 to 11:00 p.m. |
| Hot
Rhymes, Spicy Flows -
HARTBEAT ENSEMBLE'S BBQ &
Poetry Feast and Annual Fundraiser featuring Connecticut’s top poets.
Elizabeth Thomas is the Special Guest Poet. |
140 Asylum Street, Hartford, CT
(entrance on High Street) |
Friday,
July 8th
6:30 p.m. |
| Sunken
Gardens Poetry Festival - Reading with
Dick Allen, Poet Laureate of Connecticut
|
Hillstead
Museum, Farmington, CT
http://hillstead.org/activities/poetry_performseries.html
|
July 6,
2011
Music starts at 6:30pm |
|
World
Youth Peace Summit -
Elizabeth Thomas will be speaking as part of the panel entitled “Voices
of the Boomer Generation” along with Mayor Pedro Segarra of Hartford,
Dan Doyle of the Institute for International Sport and Dr. Richard
Lapchick of the Council for Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy. |
University of Hartford, Chase Family Arena (A map of the campus can be
found at
http://www.hartford.edu/about/map/UofH_Map.pdf.) |
Sunday,
July 3 at 11:30am |
|
World
Scholar-Athlete Games and World Youth Peace Summit |
University
of Hartford
www.internationalsport.com |
June 26
thru July 4, 2011 |
| Poets
Speaking Out for Social Justice
- Co-reader/panelist |
Harriet
Beecher Stowe House
77 Forest Street
Hartford, CT |
Sunday, June 26
Starts at 1:00pm |
| 2011
Connecticut Student Teacher Writing Conference -
Keynote Speaker |
Hosted
by the Connecticut Writing Conference
@ University
of Connecticut |
May 24,
2011 |
|
Oral
Traditions Teacher's Conference - Workshop presenter |
The
Graduate Institute
Bethany,
CT |
May 21,
2011 |
|
Poetry
Soup - Featured poet for high school and community poetry series |
Jabberwocky Book Store - Newburyport, MA |
May 4,
2011
7pm |
|
The
Artist’s Way® in a Day -
Presenter |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education - 860-512-2800 for more information |
Saturday,
April 16, 2011
9am to 1:30pm |
|
Minding
the Muse: The Practice of Poetry - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education - 860-512-2800 for more information |
Tuesdays,
April 5 to 26, 2011
6 to 8pm |
|
National
Council of Teachers of English - Florida Featured session - Why
Poetry? |
Orlando,
FL
www.ncte.org |
November
18 to 21, 2010 |
| Bread
Box Folk Series - Artist's Showcase - Featured spoken word artist - Elizabeth Thomas |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
220 Valley St. Willimantic, CT
www.breadboxfolk.org |
Wednesday,
November 17, 2010
7pm |
| Noctua
Literary Review Open
Mic followed by featured poet and performer............Elizabeth Thomas |
Southern CT State University
New Haven (Fireplace Lounge, 3rd Floor in the Student Center)
www.southernct.edu
|
Friday, November 12,
2010
7pm |
|
Words
on Fire: Exploring Contemporary Poetry |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education |
November
9, 2010
6 to 8pm |
|
Late
Summerfest Poetry Celebration - A featured poet (more info to come) |
Hygeia House on Block Island |
Sunday,
October 3, 2010 |
|
Artist's
Way in a Day - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education |
September
25, 2010
9am to 1:30pm
Bring a bag lunch |
Bread
Box Folk Series - Artist's Showcase
Featured spoken word artists - Russ Darling
and Elizabeth Thomas |
St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
220 Valley St. Willimantic, CT
www.breadboxfolk.org |
September
15th, 2010
7:00pm
Suggested donation $5.00 |
|
Wednesday
Night Poetry Series - Featured Poet |
ctpoetnewsletter.blogspot.com/
New location -
"The Garage" (Newtown Teen Center)
53 Church Hill Road, Newtown |
August 18,
2010 |
UU
Family & Friends
Conference-
Senior High Co-Workshop Leader |
Ferry
Beach, ME
http://www.ferrybeach.org/summer_conferences/uuff.html |
August 7
to 14, 2010 |
|
Oral
Traditions - New Teacher Conference - Featured speaker |
The
Graduate Institute
Bethany,
CT |
August 2,
2010 |
|
Brave
New Voices |
Los
Angeles, CA
www.bravenewvoices.org |
July 19 to
25, 2010 |
|
A
Poetry Salon - Various features and an Open Mic - Hosted
by: Victoria Muñoz, Terri Klein, and David K. Leff |
170 Freight Street, Waterbury, CT 06702
www.freightstreetgallery.com
Admission: $7 |
July
10, 2010
7:00 to 11:00 PM
Doors open at 6:15 PM |
|
Riverwood
Poetry Festival - CRUSH Anthology Book Launch |
The
Buttonwood Tree
Middletown, CT |
June 25,
2010
6:30pm |
|
Rhode
Island Scholar-Athlete Games - Writing workshop presenter |
University
of Rhode Island
www.internationalsport.com/risag/ |
June 18,
2010 |
|
Minding
the Muse: The Practice of Poetry - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education |
Monday &
Wednesday, June 14 thru 23
6 to 8pm |
|
Mother
Tongue - Featured with Valerie Lawson and Faith Vicinanza |
Silas Bronson Library
267 grand street, Waterbury, CT |
Wednesday,
June 2, 2010
6:30pm |
|
Poetry Soup - Workshop leader for youth writing program |
Newburyport, MA |
Wednesday,
May 26, 2010 |
| Riverwood
Poetry Series -
Featured poet |
Wood Memorial Library, 783 Main St,
S. Windsor CT
www.woodmemoriallibrary.org
Admission is free, refreshments served, donations of
non-perishable foods will also be accepted for the benefit of St.
Vincent de Paul Place |
Thursday, April 29, 2010
6:30pm |
|
Minding
the Muse: The Practice of Poetry - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education |
Tuesdays,
4/27 thru 5/18
6 to 8pm |
| Newburyport
Literary Festival - Featured author along w/Rhina P.
Espaillat, J.D. Scrimgeour, Wally Lamb, Mary McGarry Morris,
Dr. Regina Barreca and others |
Newburyport, MA
http://www.newburyportliteraryfestival.org/ |
April 23 &
24, 2010 |
| Artist's
Way in a Day - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College
Continuing Education |
April 10,
2010
9am to 1pm |
The
Poet's Voice -
Featured poet
|
The Ferguson Library, Stamford
www.fergusonlibrary.org
"Part of nearly 30 years of readings by prominent poets in Fairfield
County" |
Sunday, March 28, 2010
2pm |
Keys
Community School of the Arts
Workshop Presenter - Emerging Voices |
Keys
Community School of the Arts
http://keyscommunityschoolofthearts.org |
January &
February, 2010 |
|
Writing
workshops w/Teen Moms |
Key West
High School -
Wesley House Family Services |
January
thru March, 2010 |
| Wednesday
Night Poetry Series - Featured Poet (includes an open mic) |
Blue Z Coffeehouse
127 South Main St, Newtown, CT
New location |
Wednesday,
December 9th
7:30pm |
|
December School Visits |
Lyme/Old
Lyme MS, Woodstock Academy, Classical Magnet HS, Kinsella School for
Performing Arts, Jack Jackter Elementary School |
Throughout
December |
|
Teaching
Slam Poets - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College, CT |
December 8
and 15, 2009
6 to 8pm |
|
Mother
Tongue Poetry Reading w/Faith Vicinanza, Valerie Lawson & Elizabeth
Thomas |
White
Plains Library, White Plains NY |
Wednesday,
December 2, 2009
6:30pm |
|
Artist's
Way in a Day - Presenter |
Manchester
Community College, CT |
September
12, 2009
9am to 1:30pm |
| Inescapable
Rhythms - Featured Poet |
Real Art
Ways, Hartford CT |
September
9, 2009
7pm |
HOT
Schools Summer Institute -
Co-Presenter w/Rolande Duprey-
Puppets Out Loud |
Hartford,
CT |
July 13 -
17, 2009 |
| Words
Pressed Up Against the Glass: Poetry and the Pre-AP Student
- Guest Poet / Workshop Presenter |
East
Hartford High School |
July 1,
2009
9 to 12pm |
| Riverwood
Poetry Festival -
Co-feature |
Fernwood
Restaurant -
1113 New Britain Avenue,
Hartford CT |
Friday,
June 26th
9:30pm to 1am |
|
Riverwood
Poetry Festival - Speakeasy: A Generational
Poetry Slam between members of CT Youth Team 2009 and past CT Adult Team
members-www.riverwoodpoetry.org |
Charter
Oak Cultural Center - Hartford, CT
www.charteroakcenter.org
|
June 24,
2009
6:30 to 8:30pm |
|
Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet
High School Poetry Slam Workshop - with the CT National Youth Poetry
Slam Team 2009 |
New Haven,
CT |
Friday,
June 12, 2009 |
|
Sunken
Garden Poetry Festival Young Poets Workshop -
Mentor / Presenter |
Hillstead
Museum, Farmington CT |
Wednesday, June 10,
2009 |
|
Greater
Hartford Arts Council - Creative Lunches Series / United Arts Campaign -
Speaker |
Throughout
greater Hartford |
Weeks of
June 1 & June 8 |
|
Urban
Gifted Showcase - Presenter |
CAUS (Connecticut Association
of Urban Superintendents) - Central Connecticut State
University |
June 1,
2009 |
| CT
IMPAC Young Writers Awards Dinner - Poetry Slam / Workshop Presenter |
Mark Twain
House and Museum
Hartford, CT |
May 31,
2009
4:30 to 5:30pm |
| Reggae Slam at the Russell |
The
Russell Restaurant
103 Pratt St
Hartford, CT |
May 27,
2009
8pm |
|
Workshop Assembly -
Presenter |
Avon High
School - Avon, CT |
May 21,
2009 |
|
Hartford
History Center & The Amistad Center - Opening Reception for …AGE -
Participating poet |
Wadsworth
Atheneum - Hartford, CT |
May 14,
2009
4pm |
Bru Cafe - Open Mic
Nights
Hosted by Baub Bidon
Featured poet - Elizabeth Thomas |
141
Orange Street, New Haven, CT
Every 2nd Saturday of each month |
Friday,
May 9, 2009
6 to 9pm |
|
Manchester Community College - Guest speaker for Alumni Dinner |
Manchester
Community College - CT |
Thursday,
May 7, 2009
6:30pm |
Colchester Elementary School -
Visiting poet for my granddaughter's 2nd grade class |
Colchester, CT |
Thursday,
May 7, 2009 |
| Broad
Street Books - Featured Poet, along with open mic |
Broad
Street Books, Middletown, CT
45 Broad Street |
May 5,
2009
7pm |
|
Speak Up: Out Loud Poetry - Workshop Presenter |
Manchester
Community College |
May 4 &
MAY 11, 2009
6:30 to 8:30pm |
| Arts
and Human Rights Conference - - Presenter |
E.O. Smith HS
- Storrs, CT |
April 27,
2009 |
| Riverwood
Poetry Series - Teachers PoET - An
evening of poetry celebrating promising student writers and the teachers
who have influenced them, both sharing their work.
|
The
Buttonwood Tree - Middletown, CT
www.riverwoodpoetry.org |
April 25,
2008
6:30pm |
|
WordFest
- A featured performer and slam judge |
Danbury High School -
Danbury, CT |
April 23,
2009 |
|
Lunch
& Learn w/Greater Hartford Arts Council - Feature |
Bank of America - Farmington,
CT |
April 21,
2009 |
| One
Day College- “All the World’s a Stage" - Workshop presenter
/ Speakeasy: Poetry
Out Loud and luncheon entertainment |
Manchester
Community College
www.mcc.commnet.edu/oneday |
April 18,
2009 |
Mad
River Literary Festival -
Co-Feature w/Jim Kelleher |
Northwestern CT Community College - Founders Hall Auditorium
http://www.nwcc.commnet.edu/ |
April 15,
2009
6:30pm |
Guilford
Poets Guild - 2nd Thursday Poetry Series -
Featured Poet
http://guilfordpoetsguild.wordpress.com |
The Greene Art Gallery
29 Whitfield St. (red barn behind Whitfield's Cafe)
Guilford, CT 06437
Map & directions
|
April 9, 2009
7:00 to 9pm
Open mic - 7 to 7:30 |
|
Spring
into Arts - Presenter |
Lyme/Old
Lyme Middle School, CT |
April 9,
2009 |
| Library
Poetry Series - Featured Poet |
East Hampton Public
Library |
April 8, 2009, 7pm |
|
Sunken
Gardens Youth Poetry Program - Poet-in-residence |
Prince
Tech & Classical Magnet High Schools
Hartford, CT |
April &
May, 2009 |
| The
Bushnell Partner's Program - Words in Motion - Poet-in-residence |
Bulkeley HS & Glastonbury HS |
April &
May, 2009 |
|
Caduceus
Reading - Co-contributor
/feature |
Yale Bookstore (Barnes
and Noble) - 77
Broadway, New Haven, CT |
April 4,
2009
1 to 4pm |
|
Creative
Networking - Featured Speaker |
The Annex (upstairs),
WindhamARTS
866 Main Street, Willimantic, CT 06226
http://appliedimagination.org/april2009.pdf |
April 1,
2009
5:30 to 7pm |
|
Mother
Tongue Reading - Co-Feature with Faith Vicinanza & Valerie Lawson |
Wednesday
Night Poetry Series
Bethel, CT -
http://wedpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/08/32509.html |
March 25,
2009 |
|
Clover
Street School - Poet-in-residence |
Windsor,
CT |
March 23
to April 2
April 2 is SLAM night! |
|
Writer's
Circle - Featured speaker |
Wethersfield Library, CT |
March 22,
2009
2 to 4pm |
| Mishi-Maya-Gat
Poetry Series - Co-Feature w/Brian Johnson |
Manchester Community
College
Fireside Commons -
Manchester, CT
www.mcc.commnet.edu/faculty/spoken.php |
March 19, 2009, 7 to
9pm
|
|
Writers
Write - Workshop Presenter |
Manchester
Community College |
Mondays,
March 16 - April 20, 2009
6:30 to 8:30pm |
| CT
Commission on Culture & Tourism Poetry Out Loud, CT State Finals - Emcee |
St.
Joseph's University |
March 10, 2009 |
| Art
& Cultural Program - Poetry as theater - Workshop Host |
United Arab Emirates
University - Dubai |
February 2009 |
|
Oral
Traditions, Teacher Conference - Featured Presenter |
Wesleyan University, Middletown CT |
February 6
& 7, 2009 |
