Upcoming Poetry and Literary Events

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Upcoming Poetry and Literary Events

Sunday, May 8 - Art is Ageless, 2:00–3:30 p.m. in the IU Art Museum. The City of Bloomington Commission on Aging and the Center on Aging and Community invite you to participate in the Creative Aging Festival honoring our elders and their creative contributions to our community. At the IU Art Museum, enjoy a gallery tour with two of the museum’s leading elder docents. Then stay for a reading of works by Bell Trace Senior Living Center writers who have been working with Tonia Matthew of the Writers Guild. The Festival’s purpose is to promote intergenerational understanding and to highlight the value of creative engagement for adult health and well-being. This event is presented by the Writers Guild and Bell Trace.

In the art of aging, creativity matters! Come be inspired.

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~ Friday, May 13 - Lemonstone - a reading series by the Writers Guild Presents: Tony Ardizzone, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in Sweet Claire Gourmet Bakery, 309 East Third Street.

Tony Ardizzone is an award winning novelist and short story writer. He is the author of seven books of fiction, including In the Garden of Papa Santuzzu and The Whale Chaser. He is the winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction, a Pushcart Prize, and many other honors. He will read from his latest novel, The Whale Chaser. A discussion with the author will follow the reading. There will be a few copies of his book for sale, and available for signing by the author.

~ Monday, May 16 - Food for Thought: A Heart-Healthy Menu of Songs and Poems about Food presented by Voces Novae and Lee Chapman, Patricia C. Coleman, Jenny Janker, Tonia Matthew, Ratsy Rahn, Shana Ritter of the Writers Guild 7:30 to 8:30 P.M. in City Hall. This event is part of the Food for Thought traveling exhibit. The Center on Aging and Community, and the Bloomington Food Policy Council are hosting the exhibit and a lineup of events connected to it.

Click Here for complete Food for Thought Calendar - http://localfoodbloomington.blogspot.com/2011/05/food-for-thought-traveling-exhibit-in.html

~May 27^th, The Hart Rock Poetry Series presents a poetry reading, "Women's Words--Creative Aging" on Friday, May 27, at 7 pm. Readers will be Veda Stanfield, Mitch Aurich, Nancy Long, Glenda Breeden, and Deborah Hutchison, members of Women Writing for (a) Change, an affilate of a national network for writers. This reading is part of the Bloomington Commission on Aging's Creative Aging Initiative, taking place this month all over the community. The formal reading will be followed by an open mic in which participants have up to three minutes to share a poem, song or story. The event takes place at Rachael's Cafe, 300 East Third Street, and admission is free. http://www.hartrock.net/poetryrachaels.htm.

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~ June 3 - Fountain Square Poets, 6:00 to 7:30 p.m., Fountain Square Mall On Gallery Walk Night, stop by the Fountain Square Mall to hear poets in the square. The poets are: Tony Brewer, Anne Haines, Jenny Kander, Shana Ritter, Joseph Kerschbaum. Chapbooks will be available for sale. This event is presented by the Writers Guild and By Hand Gallery.

The 71st Indiana University Writers' Conference on June 5-10 The Indiana University Writers' Conference, now in its 71st year, will welcome an award-winning lineup of authors to the Bloomington campus of Indiana University from June 5-10 for a week long festival of readings, classes and workshops. Classes include "Writing the Unthinkable" with Lynda Barry; "The Art of the Blog" with Gary Ferguson; "The Art of Screenplay" with Jill Godmilow; and "Poetry" with Julia Story. The Writers' Conference will also offer fiction workshops led by best-selling author of Await Your Reply, Dan Chaon, and IU Professor Tony Ardizzone, as well as a poetry workshop with award-winning poet Patrick Rosal. For an application and more information visit: http://www.iuwc.indiana.edu. Each year visiting instructors have participated in readings, free and open to the public. When I get the schedule, I will post it here.

~June 24^th, Hart Rock Poetry Series and Open-mic presents our final poetry reading of the 2010 -2011 year at the usual time of 7 pm. Our 2011-2012 season begins September 23^rd . More details to come. Check website at http://www.hartrock.net/poetryrachaels.htm and blog at http://www.hartrockpoetry.blogspot.com. Sign up and you will be notified when new updates are posted.

Thank you Bloomington Writers Guild and others for sending information for this calendar.

Please visit HART Rock’s web-home http://www.hartrock.net/poetryrachael.htm for links to the Bloomington Writers Guild and for a variety of resources for writers, artist and storytellers, click here.

May your words come easily and with joy through your heart.