Oh Saratoga! Oh Poetry!

Caffè Lena Poetry Open Mic
Wednesday, May 7
7pm sign up, 7:30 readings start
Featured Poet:
Carolyn Forché
$3

April’s offering to Street Poetry.

The wonderful owners of Saratoga Coffee Traders at 477 Broadway
have generously reserved a table for Poets during the month of April
from 2:00 pm-6:00 pm.

Poetize in Public with fellow Poetry Lovers!

Saratoga Poetry Calendar
April
National Poetry Month
Celebrating Poetry in Public

Have an event that’s not listed?
Send us an email and we’ll put it on the website.

Tuesday April 1
ARTiculation SensationPoetry Minutes and Prose Shorts
7th-12th grade writers.
Uncommon Grounds402 Broadway7:00 pm-8:00 pm

Wednesday April 2
On the air:Interview
Poet Barbara Louise Ungar will be interviewed by Paul Elisha’s on “Bard’s Eye View”.
WAMC 10:20 am

Official Release of Every Drop of Water: Voices from the Caffè Lena Poetry Stage
Authors will be present to read their selections throughout this evening, and the book will be available for sale for the first time.
Caffè Lena
43 Phila Street7:00 pm

Sunday April 6
A Celebration of
National Poetry Month
Five award-winning poets will read their works: Barbara Ungar, Nancy White, Elaine Handley, Marilyn McCabe and Mary Sanders Shartle. In addition, Handley, McCabe and Shartle will be joined by Lauren Vanko and Caroline Seligman in reading from Emma Saves Her Life, a book of poems based on the letters of Emma, born in the mountains of Appalachia in 1907, Emma tells stories about her life which reverberate with wisdom, humor and pathos.
Caffè Lena
43 Phila Street
2:00pm
$5

Tuesday April 8
ARTiculation SensationPoetry Minutes and Prose Shorts
7th-12th grade writers.Uncommon Grounds
402 Broadway
7:00 pm-8:00 pm

Friday April 11
Performance of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood.
Skidmore CollegeBernhard Theater
8:00 pm$10/$7Saturday

April 12
Performance of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood.Skidmore CollegeBernhard Theater2:00 pm$10/$7

Sunday April 13
Performance of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood.Following the performance-a panel discussion on Dylan Thomas’s poetry with Skidmore faculty Terence Diggory, Sarah Goodwin, and Jay Rogoff.
Skidmore CollegeBernhard Theater
2:00 pm$10/$7

Tuesday April 15
ARTiculation SensationPoetry Minutes and Prose Shorts7th-12th grade writers.
Caffè Lena
43 Phila Street7:00 pm-8:00 pm

Thursday April 17
Performance of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood.
Skidmore CollegeBernhard Theater
8:00 pm$10/$7

Friday April 18
Performance of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood.
Skidmore College
Bernhard Theater
8:00 pm$10/$7

Poetry reading with Jay Rogoff, Paul Pines & Rob Faivre with book signings, and wine tasting.
Red Fox Books
Glens Falls
7:00-9:00 pm

Saturday April 19
Performance of Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood.
Skidmore CollegeBernhard Theater
2:00 pm$10/$7

Poetry reading and book signing with Nancy White and Barbara Louise Ungar.
Borders
Broadway
4:00 pm

Monday April 21
Unofficially designated as Write A Poem on Your Sidewalk DayGo ahead-get a piece of chalk and let the neighborhood know that poetry lives on the streets!

Tuesday April 22
ARTiculation Sensation
Poetry Minutes and Prose Shorts
7th-12th grade writers.
Caffè Lena
43 Phila Street
7:00 pm-8:00 pm

Thursday April 24
Poetry reading and book signing with Jay Rogoff.
Borders
Broadway
7:00 pm

Sunday April 27
Robert Frost, His Life in Vermont, and His Place in American Poetry.
With Carole Thompson, President, Robert Frost Stone House Museum, Shaftsbury, Vermont.Saratoga Public Library
49 Henry Street
3:00 pm

Carolyn Forché will be reading at the Skidmore College Tang Teaching Museum, Payne Room, on Saturday March 8th at 8:00 p.m.