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"To have great poets there must be great audiences too." — Walt Whitman

PPLP Calendar & Hoots
(See down below for Hoot locations)

For More Regional NH Calendar Listings - Click Here - (NH Writers Project)

Mondays at Skimmilk: 30 Years of Writers at Work
On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, a special screening of Ken Browne's documentary "Mondays at Skimmilk" was shown at the Portsmouth Public Library. After the film, members of the Skimmilk workshops held a panel discussion, sharing their memories of the farm and its owner, Jean Pedrick, who passed away late in the summer of 2006.

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September 2010

September 2, Concord: Freddie Wilkinson will discuss his novel One Thousand Mountain Summits at 7 p.m., Gibson's Bookstore (603-224-0562; www.gibsonsbookstore.com).

September 7, Moultonborough: The Moultonborough Public Library will feature Bob Demaree for its poetry reading. At 7:30 p.m. in the Program Room, Moultonborough Public Library (www.moultonboroughlibrary.org).

September 7, Rye: Bruce Valley will discuss his book Rye Harbor: Poems of the New Hampshire Seacooast at 7 p.m. at the Rye Public Library (603-964-8401; www.ryepubliclibrary.org).

September 8-29, Manchester: Cosponsors AROHO and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will present a free four-week seminar to help female writers and artists gauge their finances when it comes to their creative life. Financial advisor Sally Boyle, from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, will guide participants through 10 critical steps toward a holistic financial review. From 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (www.aroomofherownfoundation.org; AROHOretreat@comcast.net).

September 9, Bristol: Featured poet Patricia Fargnoli, whose recent collection Then, Something is a finalist for the 2010 Foreword Book of the Year Award, will read at the Mill Fudge Factory. From 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. and will be preceded by an open mike night. Sign-ups begin at 7 p.m. For questions or directions, contact Linda or Noah at 603-744-0405 or Ivy at 603-481-3943.

September 9, Derry: Award-winning poet Wesley McNair is featured reader at the Frost Farm’s Hyla Brook Reading Series along with Hyla Brook Poet Robert W. Crawford. The Series takes place at its summer home at the Robert Frost Farm, 122 Rockingham Rd (Rt 28). The program begins at 6:30pm and concludes with an Open Mic from 7:30-8:30pm. Free and open to the public. For further information, email Robert Crawford at bobik9@aol.com.

September 10, Portsmouth: RiverRun will host National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen at 7 p.m. at South Church. For more information, contact RiverRun Bookstore at 603-413-2100 or visit www.riverrunbookstore.com.

RIVERRUN BOOKSTORE

20 Congress St., Portsmouth, 431-2100, www.riverrunbookstore.com. All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted:

Monday, Sept. 6 7 p.m.: Local Authors Night with Chuck Galle and Wayne W. Whicher. Galle will read from "Stories I Never Told My Daughter." Whicher will read from "Sunset over the Hermes."
Friday, Sept. 10 at 7 p.m.: RiverRun Bookstore will hold a reading and signing with National Book Award-winning author Jonathan Franzen, author of "The Corrections," at South Church in Portsmouth. The events is free and open to the public, but those who wish to meet the author and get their book personalized must pre-purchase the author's new books and get a backstage pass. Franzen's new novel is "Freedom" ($28). Call 431-2100 to get a backstage pass. Signed copies of the book will be available for purchase.
Sunday, Oct. 17 at 4 p.m.: RiverRun Bookstore will hold a reading and signing with bestselling author Bill Bryson at South Church, Portsmouth. Bryson's bestselling books include "A Walk in the Woods," "Notes from a Small Island," "In a Sunburned Country," "Bryson's Dictionary of Troublesome Words," "A Short History of Nearly Everything," which earned him the 2004 Aventis Prize, and "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid." Event is free, open to public, but those who wish to meet author and get book personalized must pre-purchase author's new books and get backstage pass. Bryson's new book is "At Home: A Short History of Private Life" ($28.95). Call 431-2100 to get backstage pass. Signed copies of book will be available for purchase.

October 2010 and beyond

October 14, Bristol: Featured poet Heidi Therrien, who won the 2008 New England Invitational Slam on behalf of her writing group Blood on the Floor, will read new work at the Mill Fudge Factory. From 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., preceded by an open mike night. Sign-ups begin at 7 p.m. For questions or directions, contact Linda or Noah at 603-744-0405 or Ivy at 603-481-3943.

October 14, Concord: Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Ted Kooser is the premiere winner of the Hall-Kenyon Prize in American Poetry, as awarded by the New Hampshire Writers' Project. Retired editor of the Concord Monitor Mike Pride will introduce Kooser and present the award at the Concord City Auditorium. More information about tickets will be posted as it becomes available. Please direct questions to Mike Pride at 603-848-7010.

October 17, Portsmouth: RiverRun will host best-selling author Bill Bryson to discuss his latest nonfiction novel, At Home, at 4 p.m. at South Church. For more information, contact RiverRun Bookstore at 603-413-2100 or visit www.riverrunbookstore.com.

October 28, Portsmouth: The Book Club for Writers, a program of the New Hampshire Writers' Project, will discuss Ben Marcus's novel Notable American Women from a writer's point of view, at 7 p.m. at the Portsmouth Public Library (www.nhwritersproject.org).

November 11, Bristol: Featured poet, author of several poetry collections, and current NH poet laureate Walter Butts will read new work at the Mill Fudge Factory. From 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., preceded by an open mike night. Sign-ups begin at 7 p.m. For questions or directions, contact Linda or Noah at 603-744-0405 or Ivy at 603-481-3943.

Repeating Events

Always call ahead if you are not sure. Events are subject to change.

Sunday afternoons - 2:30 - Del Rossi’s Trattoria, Dublin - Fall and Spring readings & open mic (rodgerwriter@tds.net)

Sundays - 5-7 - WSCA Portsmouth Community Radio Spoken Word Rotation, 106.1FM. If the station does not reach you, you can listen via the internet by going to the website and following the instructions there. You will need the latest RealOne Player.

Every Sunday - 8'ish - Slim’s Tex Mex, 45 North Main Street, Rochester - “Beat It Back to the Garden” beat night open mic between music sets (330-3300)

1^st Monday of each month - 6:30 - Goodwin Library, Farmington - Adult Poets and Writers Group (755-2944)

1st and third Mondays of each month -- 7 to 8:30 p.m. -- Serenity Cafe at Foyes Corner in Rye. Open mic -- 40 minutes of open mic short fiction, followed, after a 10-minute break for socialization and chapbook selling, by 40 minutes of open mic poetry. The cafe will serve food and beverages during the event.

2^nd Monday of the month - 7-9 pm - Breaking New Grounds, Portsmouth - features followed by open mic (info@stonepigeon.com)

2^nd Monday of the month - 6:30 - Conway Public Library - two features followed by open mic for poets, storytellers, and acoustic musicians hosted by Tom Diegoli - (447-5552) (CPL at 447-5552 or thomasjdiegoli@earthlink.net (please put "Open Mic" in the Subject line)

3rd Quarterly Monday - Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct: Portsmouth Community Radio, 909 Islington Street. Spoken Word Collective Meeting, open to all. You don’t need to run a show to be part of what’s said! Bringing good eats encouraged. Held at Info at spokenword@portsmouthcommunityradio.org. WSCA-LP 106.1 FM is non-commercial/non-profit; see www.portsmouthcommunityradio.org.

4^th Monday of the month - 5:30 - 7pm - Village Bookstore, Main St., Littleton - Open mic (Jeff Wheeler 444-5263)

1^st Tuesday of the month - 7PM - Mandarin Taste, Plymouth - open mic (535-2492)

1^st Tuesday of the month -7:30pm - Moultonborough Town Library, Moultonboro - Features followed by open mic (476-8895)

3^rd Tuesday of the month - 7pm - Beidermans Deli, Plymouth - open mic (535-2392)

4th Tuesday of the month - 7 to 9 p.m. - Deerfield Poetry, open mike at The Lion Café, 463-7374, on Rt. 107, 7 - 9 pm except December (lindseycoombs@gmail.com or 463-7226).

Every Wednesday - Wednesdays, 7pm-8pm, Writers in the Round (WITR) –– A live radio showcase with songwriters and poets hosted by Deidre Randall, aired on WSCA 106.1FM-Portsmouth Community Radio, and streamed live on the internet at www.wscafm.org.

Every Wednesday of the month - 7PM - Green Martiny, Concord - open mic with Isaac Harris (xheartlessnothingx@yahoo.com)

1^st Wednesday of the month - 7pm - Café Espresso, 738 Islington St., Portsmouth - Hoots sponsored by Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program (772-4345) (Except July & August) (for complete listing of features go to PPLP.org)

2nd Wednesday of the month - 6:30 p.m. - Water Street Bookstore, downtown Exeter - Poetry Slam with featured readers, followed by open mic. Contact John Ferguson, 778 9731.

3^rd Wednesday of the month - 7pm - Borders Books in Concord, Ft. Eddy Plaza - featured readers followed by open mic ( frisella@worldpath.net)

4^th Wednesday of the month - 7pm - Café on the Corner, 478 Central Ave., Dover - Features followed by open mic (matthewp.gallant@gmail.com):

5^th Wednesdays - 7-9 pm - Old Oak Tavern, North Main Street, Rochester - “Leftover Beans features and open mic (pastored@ttlc.net or 330-3995)

2^nd Thursday of the month - 7PM - 8/10/06 - 7-8:45 - Crackskulls Books, 86 Main St, Newmarket, across from gazebo - Spoken Word Open Mic - sign up early (achaffee@warrenmorrisltd.com)

2^nd Thursday of the month - 8PM - Barnes & Noble, Nashua - Poets Unbound (888-5961)

3^rd Thursday of the month - 7-9pm - Press Room , 77 Daniel Street, Portsmouth - Beat Night (431-5186)

3^rd Thursday of the month - 7pm - Effingham Public Library, 30 Townhouse Road, Effingham - Writer's Night with features and open mic (539-1537 or katiemccarthy@adelphia.net)

4^th Thursday of the month - 7 - 9 pm - The Country Bookseller, Durgin Stables, N. Main Street, Wolfeboro; Poets in the Attic, open mic (call Gordon or Cheryl Lang at 539-4472 or email at glang11@earthlink.net).

Every Friday - 7PM - The Governor’s Inn Café - 78 Wakefield St., Rochester - open mic with host Mike White - (332-0107)

2^nd Friday of the month 8pm - 58 Lowell Street, Nashua, Chapel of the UU Church - NH Poets Corner - two features followed by open mic at 9PM $2 cover (saffronmuse@msn.com)

3rd Friday of the month - 7:30PM - Cool Coffee, 139 Main Street, Biddeford, ME - Peddlar Bridges hosts a monthly open mic (207-282-5133)

4^th Friday of the month - 8pm - UU Church, 58 Lowell St., Nashua - Poets Corner - features followed by open mic (saffronmuse@msn.com)

3^rd Sunday of the month - Dover Soul, 364 Central Ave, Dover - open mic - contact April (834-6965)

IN MAINE

Always, always call first before going if it is your first time out. Things move around a lot!

1^st Tuesday of the month - 7 - 9pm Rice Bldg., Rice Public Library, Kittery ME - open mic, tea & coffee (207-439-0199)

Every Tuesday of the month - 7-10pm - The North Star Café, 227 Congress Street, Portland, ME - Portland, ME - Open mic & Hip Hop, jazz, slam or feature (207-774-0404 or http://www.acousticspokenword.com)

1^st, 3^rd, 5^th Thursday - 7pm - Borders South Portland - Poetry Group - (207-775-6110)

2^nd Thursday - 7pm - Barnes & Noble, 9 Marketplace Drive, Augusta - Poetry Circle with Doug Woodsum (207-621-0038)

1^st Thursday - 7pm - Barnes & Noble, 9 Marketplace Drive, Augusta - Poetry Workshop (207-621-0038)

4^th Thursday - 8:30pm - Geno’s , 625 Congress Street, Portland - Open Poetry Reading - $3 at signup, must be 21 (207-772-7891)

last Thursday of each month - Acoustic Spoken Word, 32 Danforth St, Portland, ME - Stonecoast MFA poets (207-774-0404)

For more up to date or specific info pick up a copy of the Portland Phoenix which is free and available at most grocery stores where they put all the free publications.

IN MASSACHUSETTS

An excellent link with listings of spoken word venues, etc in and around Worcester, MA and beyond ttp://wcpa.homestead.com

A link with links to poetry happenings around Eastern Massachusetts

http://stonesouppoetry.blogspot.com

2^nd Tuesday of the month - 7-9pm - poetry hoot sponsored by the Frost Foundation of Lawrence MA - venue varies (call 978-725-8828)

3^rd Saturday of the month –– Wake up and Smell the Poetry, 10:30AM - HCAM Studio, 77 Main St., Hopkinton, MA - features plus open mic (cherylperl43@hotmail.com) Limited seating hcam.tv for more info

Slams

This is the best Massachusetts SLAM link: Worcester, Java Hut, Worcester Poets' Asylum / Worcester Poetry Slam, (www.poetsasylum.org).Java Hut, (508) 752-1678.)

Open Mic every Sunday Night at 7pm Cambridge, Cantab Lounge, Boston Cantab Poetry Slam, (cantab@slamnews.com or http://www.slamnews.com). Open mic begins at 8:00 on Wednesday, followed by a half-hour feature and a slam. Cover $3. when and where: Wednesdays at 8:00 PM

Cambridge, Lizard Lounge, 92 Paul Revere Road, (poetryjam@hotmail.com or www.poetryjam.com)

East Bridgewater, East Bridgewater Library, 32 Union Street, Poetribe, (www.angelfire.com/poetry/bridgewaterslam), Twice a month, Saturdays. From 6-10:30

Nantucket, The UMass. Boston Field Station, Nantucket, Nantucket Poetry Slam, Len Germinara (See contact info above) Twice monthly, Sundays. From 2-4 PM

For Complete NH Calendar Listing - Go to The New Hampshire Writer's Project Calendar

Hoots and Open Mic's:

Always call ahead if you are not sure. Events are subject to change.

What	Where	When
The Poetry Hoot Sponsored by the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Program. 2 featured poets, followed by an open mike	Cafe Espresso Restaurant 738 Islington Street in the 800 Islington Plaza, Portsmouth, NH. Get Map	1st Wednesday of the month at 7PM More info: http://www.pplp.org/HootNight.htm
Serenity Cafe Open mic Forty minutes of open mic short fiction, followed, after a 10-minute break for socialization and chapbook selling, by 40 minutes of open mic poetry.	Serenity Cafe at Foyes Corner in Rye	1st and 3rd Mondays of the month at 7PM
Beat Poetry Night Featured poets rant to the beat-jazz sounds of Larry Simon and Groove Bacteria, followed by an open mike.	The Press Room Tavern 77 Daniel Street, Portsmouth, NH Get Map	Various Thursdays of the month at 7PM - More info: www.portsmouthnh.com/pressroom/
Stone Pigeon Poetry Reading Series Featuring area poets and an open mike. Entrants may submit work to be included in ongoing publication.	Breaking New Grounds Coffee House Portsmouth, NH Get Map	2nd Monday of each month. 7:00 - 9:00 PM. Bring a poem to read.
Kittery (Rice Library) Open Poetry Reading Come one and all - bring your poem open mic with tea & coffee	Rice Bldg., Rice Public Library, Kittery, Maine - (207-439-0199)	1^st Tuesday of the month. 7--9 PM
Acoustic Cafe featured reader and open mic	Accoustic Cafe Danforth St., Portland, Maine	Every Tuesday, 7--9 PM
Live Poets' Society Featured readers and open mic	Geno's at Brown Street Portland, Maine	Every last Thursday of the month 8:30--10:30ish PM
Poets in the Attic - Open Mic (no featured readers)	The Country Bookseller, Durgin Stables, N. Main Street, Wolfeboro, NH	4^th Thursday of the month - 7 - 9 pm (call Gordon or Cheryl Lang at 539-4472 or email at glang11@earthlink.net).
Writers in the Round - Radio Show with Diedre Randall on WSCA - 106.1 FM.	Tune in to WSCA - 106.1 or stream from: www.wirenh.com/radio	Diedre is always looking for poet guests - email her at witr@deidrerandall.com if uoi wish to be considered as a guest on the show.
Conway Public Library with host Tom Diegoli, featured poet and musicians, followed by poets, acoustic musicians, & storytellers.	Conway Public Library 15 Main Street, Conway, NH	Every second Monday - 6:30 - 8:30 - CPL at 447-5552 or thomasjdiegoli@earthlink.net
Crackskulls Open mic (no featured readers)	Crackskulls Books, Route 108, Newmarket, NH	2^nd Thursday of the month 7-8:30 p.m. 659-8181
Poetry Slam Featured readers then open mic	Water Street Bookstore, Water Street, downtown Exeter	Second Wednesday of the month, 6:30 p.m. Contact John Ferguson, 778 9731

Always call ahead if you are not sure. Events are subject to change.

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