Readings / Events
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Sept. 05: TV, On-Line
Rachel Dacus reads Sunday, Sept. 5, at 7 p.m. as a guest on the Poets’ Co-op TV Show, broadcast live on Boulder County Comcast Cable Channel 54, streaming live at http://www.videopoetry.org.
Sept. 05: Ft. Collins (Radio)
Jared Smith will read from his latest collection, Grassroots, at 6 p.m. on Sept. 5 on Dona Stein’s “The Poetry Show” which is now an hour on two Sundays each month. Tune in KRFC 88.9 fm or on the web at http://www.krcfm.org (hit the Listen button).
Sept. 11: Boulder area
Michael Adams will be one of the featured readers on Saturday, Sept. 11, 7 p. m., at the Boulder Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. For more information, go to http://www.bouldervalleyuuf.org/index/news-and-events
Sept. 15: Boulder
The Yellow Pine reading series branches into new territory this fall. On Wednesday, September 15, from 7-8:30, there will be a chance to view paintings, sculptures, photographs and assemblages from over a local dozen artists. Meanwhile, “undercover writers” will scribble notes, phrases, and fragments as they gather ideas for poems, essays, and stories for reading at the next Yellow Pine event on Sept. 29. The Yellow Pine series is held at 1650 Zamia Ave. in Boulder. Questions may be directed to Ellen Orleans at ellen.orleans@gmail.com
Sept. 19: Ft. Collins (Radio)
Creative writing students of Will Sherman from Loveland’s Ferguson High School will read from their work at 6 p.m. on Sept. 19 on Dona Stein’s “The Poetry Show” which is now an hour on two Sundays each month. Tune in KRFC 88.9 fm or on the web at http://www.krcfm.org (hit the Listen button).
Sept. 25: Loveland
On September 25th at 7 p.m., Green Fuse Poets’ Studio is sponsoring a book release poetry reading celebration with featured reader and open mic and jazz by Otto Koch. Art Lab Loveland, 4th Street Art District, downtown Loveland. See: http://www.greenfusepoeticarts.org or email: greenfusepress@yahoo.com for more information.
Sept. 29: Boulder
The Yellow Pine series will present "Image & Word: Writing Inspired by Art" on Wednesday, Sept. 29, from 7:30-9 p.m. at 1650 Zamia Ave. in Boulder. Poets and writers will read their work inspired by the previous Yellow Pine event on Sept. 15, a showing featuring local artists. Questions may be directed to Ellen Orleans as ellen.orleans@gmail.com
Oct. 03: TV, On-Line
Andrea Moore reads Sunday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. as a guest on the Poets’ Co-op TV Show, broadcast live on Boulder County Comcast Cable Channel 54, streaming live at http://www.videopoetry.org.
Oct. 03: Ft. Collins (Radio)
Barbara Sorensen will read poems about her life-threatening illness from her collection at 6 p.m. on Oct. 3 on Dona Stein’s “The Poetry Show” which is now an hour on two Sundays each month. Tune in KRFC 88.9 fm or on the web at http://www.krcfm.org (hit the Listen button).
Oct. 07: Loveland
As part of the Internet Poets’ Cooperative reading series, “WE ARE the UnREAL”, a nationally touring performance art troupe will perform on Thursday, October 7, from 7-9 p.m. in the Foote Gallery of the Loveland Art Museum (503 N. Lincoln Ave. in downtown Loveland). The troupe performs “original spoken word works with a unique, energetic style blending elements of hip-hop, slam and Shakespeare.”
Oct. 07: Loveland
The Loveland Poets’ Co-op Open Reading Series on Thursday, Oct. 7, at 7 p.m. at the Foote Gallery/Auditorium in Loveland (corner of Fifth and Lincoln) features “We Are the Unreal,” a national-touring act "bringing slam and off-kilter duo/trio/ quartet games, tricks, improv, haiku, hip hop, theater, comedy, slapstick, vaudeville, & whatever else it takes to wreck a room.” Find the group at http://www.illiteratemagazine.com/blog
Oct. 15: Loveland
Distinguished poet Jared Smith, author of the recent Looking into the Machinery: Selected Longer Works of Jared Smith, and Grassroots, will read from his works and sign books on Friday, October 15, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Loveland Art Museum (503 N. Lincoln Ave. in downtown Loveland).
Oct. 17: Loveland
On Sunday, Oct. 17, from 2-4 p.m., at the Foote Gallery of the Loveland Art Museum, the Green Fuse Poetic Arts’ Community will celebrate the publication of the fourth annual IMPROV: Anthology of Colorado Poets with coffee, tea, treats, and Middle Eastern dancing to accent the Persian poetic forms highlighted in this year’s IMPROV. After the entertaining, contributors will read from the new publication, which will be offered for sale and signing by the poets. The Loveland Art Museum is at 503 N. Lincoln Ave.
Oct. 17: Ft. Collins (Radio)
Grand Junction poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer reads from her poems at 6 p.m. on Oct. 17 on Dona Stein’s “The Poetry Show” which is now an hour on two Sundays each month. Tune in KRFC 88.9 fm or on the web at http://www.krcfm.org (hit the Listen button).
Oct. 20: Boulder
The Yellow Pine Series features "Snap Shot: Writers and Poets Respond to Photography" on Wednesday, Oct. 20, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at 1650 Zamia Ave. in Boulder. For further info: ellen.orleans@gmail.com
Nov. 04: Loveland
As part of the Internet Poets’ Cooperative reading series, Lynn Wagner (whose chapbook No Blues This Raucous Song won the 2009 Slapering Hol competition) will read on Thursday, November 4, from 8-9 p.m. (open mic 7-8) in the Foote Gallery of the Loveland Art Museum (503 N. Lincoln Ave. in downtown Loveland).
Nov. 04: Loveland
Denver poet Lynn Wagner, whose chapbook No Blues This Raucous Song, won the 2009 Slapering Hol competition, reads at the Poets’ Co-op Open Reading Series on Thursday, Nov. 4, at 7 p.m. at the Foote Gallery/Auditorium in Loveland (corner of Fifth and Lincoln). Open mic at 7 p.m.: sign up there or e-mail M. D. Friedman at md@poetscoop.org
Nov. 07: TV, On-line
Lynn Wagner reads Sunday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. as a guest on the Poets’ Co-op TV Show, broadcast live on Boulder County Comcast Cable Channel 54, streaming live at http://www.videopoetry.org.
Nov. 10: Boulder
The Yellow Pine series welcomes Kurt Gutjahr, Travis Cebula, and Sandra Dorr on Wednesday, Nov. 10, from 7:30 to 9 p.m. at 1650 Zamia Ave. in Boulder. After the reading, there will be a reader/audience conversation. For more info: ellen.orleans@gmail.com
Nov. 14: Ft. Collins
Poet Katherine West and slide guitarist Jeff Finer will perform selections from the poet’s memoir/poem "The Frozen Midnight", at the Nonesuch Theatre in Old Town Ft. Collins on Nov. 14 at 5 p.m. Their CD, which includes guest appearances by jazz musicians Aakash Mittal and Josh Moore from the Aakash Mittal Quartet ( http://www.aakashmittalmusic.com ), will be available for sale and signing. Wine and cheese will be offered before and after the performance.
Nov. 21: Ft. Collins (Radio)
R. J. Lambert reads from his poems at 6 p.m. on Nov. 21 on Dona Stein’s “The Poetry Show” which is now an hour on two Sundays each month. Tune in KRFC 88.9 fm or on the web at http://www.krcfm.org (hit the Listen button).
Dec. 05: Ft. Collins (Radio)
Five graduating CSU MFA poets will read from their work at 6 p.m. on Dec. 5 on Dona Stein’s “The Poetry Show” which is now an hour on two Sundays each month. Tune in KRFC 88.9 fm or on the web at http://www.krcfm.org (hit the Listen button).
Dec. 19: Ft. Collins (Radio)
Poetry slam participants from the Ft. Collins venue “The Bean Cycle” will speak their poems at 6 p.m. on Dec. 19 on Dona Stein’s “The Poetry Show” which is now an hour on two Sundays each month. Tune in KRFC 88.9 fm or on the web at http://www.krcfm.org (hit the Listen button).