The Riverwood Poetry Series, Inc. continues its 2011-2012 season with South Windsor Voices on Thursday, January 12 at The Underwood Cafe, downstairs at Wood Memorial Libary and Alice-Anne Harwood on Saturday, January 28 at The Buttonwood Tree. See details below and on the venue pages.

Also, we have a special event, The Haunted Shelves of Hill-stead, on January 15 at the Hill-Stead Museum. See details below and on our Special Events page.

South Windsor Voices

Community poetry: South Windsor wrote the book on it! Join our special guest-host, South Windsor Poet Laureate Charlie Margolis and a variety of South Windsor’s poets for an evening of laughter and tears, memories and dreams from the newly-published anthology, South Windsor Voices.

Charles Margolis taught art in Newington for 35 years. He is a painter, poet, photographer and writer. Charles is the author of the poetry book Class Dismissed: A Teacher Says Goodbye, published by the CT Education Association. Charlie is Poet Laureate of South Windsor and chair of the Community Poetry Project. The goal of this group is to publish a book of poetry written by South Windsor residents. Charlie is Executive Director of Interview Image Associates. He is an interview specialist who coaches political candidates, pageant contestants, authors, job applicants and college aspirants.

Alice-Anne Harwood A poet, singer/songwriter, and playwright, Alice-Anne fronts the New Haven-based folk-rock group Document 183. Her poetry has appeared or is forthcoming in numerous journals and collections including: Boston Literary Magazine, Bent Pin Quarterly, Caduceus, The Underwood Review, Pen Works, and various collections by Shijin. Alice-Anne is a member of the Marathon poetry group active throughout the state of Connecticut, she is co-host of the Word of Mouth poetry series at New Haven’s historic Institute Library, and former co-host of the longest running weekly poetry series in Connecticut, the Wednesday Night Poetry Series.

Special Event

The HAUNTED shelves of Hill-stead

Sunday, January 15, 2012

7:00 PM
Hillstead Museum
Makeshift Theater
35 Mountain Road, Farmington, CT 06032
http://www.hillstead.org/
(860) 677-4787

In this new, original play by Terri Klein and Pat Hale, a routine tour of the Hill-Stead is derailed by the chance placement of an Ouija board, so that the spirits of poets whose work is found on the library shelves appear, angling for a chance to read in the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. Presented as a staged reading.

Starring:

Sharon Stotz, Hill-Stead’s Manager of Interpretation, as herself

Sherri Beddingfield as Corinne Roosevelt Robinson

Pat Hale as Angela Morgan

Tyler Horwath, Hill-Stead’s Security Officer, as himself

Richard Kamins as Dr. Richard Hodgson

Kathryn Kelly as Nathalia Clara Ruth Crane

Stephen Kelly as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Richard Nelson as Paul Laurence Dunbar and Eugene Field

Tom Nicotera as Edgar Allan Poe and James Whitcomb Riley

Tony Palmieri as Archibald MacLeish

Julia Paul as Edna St. Vincent Millay and Patience Worth

Kate Rushin as Amy Lowell

Come early for a poetry workshop and/or dinner! “Childhood Reminiscence: Writing Poems Based on Childhood Memoires,” a workshop with Rennie McQuilkin, takes place 1:30-5:00 p.m., followed by a community potluck dinner at 5:30.

Admission to the play is free. Dinner is also free—bring a dish to share. The workshop is $20 for Hill-Stead members; $25 for members-to-be. More information and workshop registration: 860.677.4787, ext. 134.