NATIONAL POETRY MONTH GROUP READING (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE)

MONTPELIER, VT — On Friday, April 23, 2010 The Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) of Montpelier, Vt will host a group poetry reading in celebration of National Poetry Month (April, 2010) in the College Hall Chapel.  It starts at 4:30 p.m. The event is part of Montpelier Alive’s poetry-themed Art Walk, occurring throughout downtown Montpelier venues, and compliments the POETRY Alive! exhibit on display during the entire month.

The evening features six Vermont poets, ranging from emerging student writers to established working poets.  They will each present a short reading of their work, followed by a book signing and reception. (more…)

Montpelier Art Walk

Date: Friday, April 23, 2010
Time 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Place: various downtown venues, Montpelier
Downtown Montpelier will be abuzz with art patrons and poetry lovers as they stroll through the streets from venue to venue viewing the current art exhibits and reading poems in the POETRY Alive! installation. A project of Montpelier Alive.
Contact: Suzanne Eikenberry: director[at]montpelieralive.org or (802) 223-9604. (more…)

Rainy days and Monday are good for poetry!  I joined Suzanne Eikenberry of Montpelier Alive, Robin Sales and Ryan Deery of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library to install our first “preview” round of  poems for our POETRY Alive! Project at 50 Main Street in downtown Montpelier, Vt. Across the street is City Hall.  The town teems with visitors waiting in line for the next showing in the Green Mountain Film Festival’s schedule.  And here we are transforming an empty downtown storefront into garden of words. Come and see for yourself! The entire exhibit will be up through April 30^th.

And here’s Ryan Deery and Leah Grossman, who helped us to align the pages:

Robin put together one of the windows:

As did Suzanne:

Come by and read a few!

Poets featured include: Marielle Johnson, Kerrin McCadden, Isaac Reilly, Kate Sprout, Izabel Nielsen, Emma Schoenberg, Ezekiel Smith, Maggie Kinzel, and Julia Francis.