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April 2009 Programs & Events

First Fridays

Friday, April 3 6:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free and open to the public

Along with other local galleries and performance spaces, W&B will be open on the first Friday evenings of each month hosting a series of readings and performances in our Verb Café and Performance Space.

Genesee Reading Series

Hosted by: Wanda Schubmehl
Featuring:
Tuesday, April 8 7:30 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
$3W&B members, $6 general public

Now in its 23rd year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesee Valley region reading in the Verb Cafe. Learn more about our featured authors.

Senior Reading Group

Tuesday April 8 2:00 pm- 4:00p.m.
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free and open to the public

Share your writing with other seniors in a comfortable, supportive atmosphere at W&B.

National Poetry Month  Reading: George Drew and M.J. Iuppa

Friday, April 9 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free and open to the public

GEORGE DREW was born in Mississippi and grew up there and in New York State , where he currently lives. Toads in a Poisoned Tank , his first book, was published in 1986. The chapbook, So Many Bones (Poems of Russia ) , was published in a bilingual edition by a Russian press in 1997.

A second collection, The Horse's Name Was Physics , appeared in 2006 from Word Tech Communications, under their Turning Point imprint. One of George's poems received an Honorable Mention in the Robert Frost Foundation's poetry competition, 2002, and another in the W.B. Yeats Society of NY's competition, the same year. He was awarded a residency at the Vermont Studio Center in 2004, and that summer he was a Guest Poet at The Frost Place in Franconia , NH . He was the winner of the 2003 Paumanok Poetry Award. Most recently George won the 2008 South Carolina Review's 40th Anniversary Poetry Contest, which will be announced in the fall 2008 issue.

George has published in such literary journals as Antioch Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Connecticut Review, Hollins Critic, Mississippi Review, Poetry East,Quarterly West, Salmagundi, Southern Poetry Review, Sou'Wester, and The Texas Review.

M. J. Iuppa: Since 1986, local poet and writer, M. J. Iuppa has been successfully teaching poetry and creative writing workshops to students ages 8-89 throughout New York State. In 1996, she was the recipient of the Writing In Rochester Award, honoring a teacher of writing for adult students who has impacted the creation and appreciation of literature in Rochester; and, at St. John Fisher College, she has received the Part-Time Faculty Award for Teaching Excellence, May 2000; The Father Dorsey Award, 2000-2001 and 2002-2003, and a Certification of Recognition from The Monroe County Legislature, April 2003. Over 200 of her poems have appeared in small press, university, and national publications, including Poetry, Yankee, Press, and New Letters. Her chapbooks, Sometimes Simply,(Foreseeable Future Press, 1996), and Temptations (Foothill Publishing, 2001) and Greatest Hits 1986-2001, (Pudding House, 2002); and her first full-length poetry collection Night Traveler (Foothills Publishing)November, 2003. Her creative nonfiction is included in the collection: In Brief, edited by Judith Kitchen and Mary Paumier Jones, ( Norton) and in Chelsea 67. Presently, she is the Writer-in-Residence at St. John Fisher College, and also teaches creative writing and poetry workshops at Writers & Books, Young Audiences, Project U.N.I.Q.U.E., Rochester City School District, Genesee Valley BOCES ,Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES and BOCES 2. Since 1990, she has been the curator of the Genesee Reading Series at Writers & Books Her poetry has been nominated for the Pushcart Award 1998, 2001, 2002; and in June 1998, her play This Heat was selected as one of the seven plays read in the American Voices Regional Playwrights’ Festival sponsored by GeVa Theatre and Writers & Books.

Open History Reading Group

Hosted by: Steve Huff
Thursday, April 16, at 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

Join us for meetings of an open history-reading group. In these gatherings we choose historical topics rather than specific books, and then you choose a book on the subject that most interests you. The discussions are convivial, exciting, and informative.

National Poetry Month  Reading: Georgia Popov and Sally Bittner Bonn

Friday, April 16 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free and open to the public

Sally Bittner Bonn is a poet and performer with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from Syracuse University. She performed at the 2001 National Poetry Slam in Seattle and has published two chapbooks. Her work has also been included in several anthologies. Bonn makes her career teaching creative writing to children and adults

25 And Under

Hosted by: Sally Bittner Bonn
Tuesday April 21 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

More than a quarter century ago W&B first opened its doors. To celebrate that milestone anniversary we initiated a brand new monthly reading series featuring writers who are 25 and younger. Join us as we discover a new generation of writers for the next quarter century.

National Poetry Month  Reading: Karen Swenson and Anne C. Coon

Friday, April 23 7:00 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free and open to the public

Karen Swenson and Anne C. Coon

Wide Open Mic

Hosted by: Norm Davis
Monday April 27 7:30 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Free to W&B members, $3 general public

W&B is proud to sponsor Rochester's largest running open mike, hosted by Norm Davis, poet and editor of HazMat Review. Known for its eclectic mix. Wide Open Mike welcomes poets, performers, and writers of all kinds.

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