EVENTS, WORKSHOPS & GALLERY
MONTH AT A GLANCE
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The Sacramento Poetry Center hosts a variety of events, including our weekly Monday Night Reading Series, special events, and other readings. They are detailed in the current issue of Poet News.
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SPC’S SEPTEMBER EVENTS AT A GLANCE
Monday, September 2, 7:30 p.m.:
Hart Center Workshop Group reading
Monday, September 9, 7:30 p.m.:
Youth Open Mic
Saturday, September 14: 6 p.m.
Reception for Short Center Exhibit
Saturday, September 14: 8 p.m.
SPECIAL EVENT: Derrick Brown & Friends
Monday, September 16, 7:30 p.m.:
Cloudy & Julie Valin
Monday, September 23, 7;30 p.m.:
SPC Pays Tribute to José Montoya
Saturday, September 28, 6 p.m.:
SPECIAL EVENT: Tom Crawford’s
Be Broken to Be Whole
Monday, September 30, 7:30 p.m.:
The GTFO Group Reading
LOOKING AHEAD:
Tuesday, October 22, 7 p.m.:
SPECIAL EVENT: Pam Houston!
Sunday-Saturday, October 20-26
Poet Laureate’s SACRAMENTO POETRY WEEK
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SPC AFFILIATED WORKSHOPS​​​
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COAST TO COAST POETRY CONSORTIUM
SUNDAYS AT 3 p.m. ON HAITUS UNTIL SEPTEMBER!
After a brief hiatus the Coast-to-Coast Poetry critique workshop returns. A critique group dedicated to working through the process that brings poetry to the printed page, we meet once a week, Sunday’s at 3:30 p.m. via Zoom. This is a serious group of writers that will stretch your levels through kind and constructive questioning. The questions are always about the work and never about the poet. Each participant brings a poem (1) to be read followed by a round robin discussion that takes approximately ten minutes per poem. The group is curated by Len Germinara. If this interests you, contact Len directly at lensir@hotmail.com.
TUESDAY NIGHT POETRY WORKSHOP
TUESDAYS AT 7:30 p.m.
The Sacramento Poetry Center has been hosting the Tuesday Night Poetry Workshop for over 30 years, Facilitated by Danyen Powell, it’s both in person at the Sacramento Poetry Center, 1719 25th St., and on Zoom. Designed to elicit constructive feedback, the workshop involves a critique of presented work. It begins promptly at 7:30 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m. Writers can participate in the workshop by emailing one poem on a standard sized sheet of paper (81/2 x 11, 12 point, 1 page) to: sac.tuesday.poetry@gmail.com by 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays so all the poems are screen-shared from one place. For more info, contact sac.tuesday.poetry@gmail.com.
MARIEWRITERS
WEDNESDAYS AT 6 p.m.
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MarieWriters was founded in honor of Marie Reynolds, a Sacramento poet whom many were lucky to know. Before Marie died of breast cancer in fall 2018, we started a weekly writing group in her name. MarieWriters is a generative workshop–one person brings a prompt; and we all write for 30 minutes. Then we share what we’ve written and provide positive feedback–commenting on the strong points in each other’s writing. The workshop is facilitated by Bob Stanley. Marie meets Wednesday nights, online, starting at 6 pm, and always welcomes new writers!
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WRITING FROM THE INSIDE OUT
THURSDAYS AT 5 p.m.
Writing From The Inside Out is a weekly prompt writing course facilitated by Nick LeForce, attended by a group of your fellow writers, poets, and those wishing to use writing for personal growth and expression. You get a prompt at the beginning of the week, and then have a read-around on zoom at the end of the week. It’s free, fun, a great way to share, and reading a poem is optional. Please register to participate. You will receive a writing prompt every Monday morning by email to use as a catalyst (or use your own inspiration) to write your original work. We meet on Thursday afternoons at 5 p.m. via zoom to read our work to each other, and use the basic AWA format for commenting on shared work. Once you have registered, you do not need to register again, simply use the link sent to you in your confirmation email. More info: www.nickleforce.com → Inside Out. Register Here:
https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/upwkde-opjkpnyQECAVBKolY4hKCdl61uAT
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OTHER GROUPS & WORKSHOPS
THE SACRAMENTO STORYTELLERS GUILD
THIRD SATURDAYS, AT 2 p.m.
The Sacramento Storytellers Guild meets at the Poetry Center, 1719 25th St., on the third Saturday of each month from 2:00-3:30 p.m. for storytelling and poetry, and provides light refreshments. For further information, contact Andrew Laufer at dadlaufer@gmail.com.
THE HART CENTER WORKSHOP
TUESDAYS AT 2 p.m.
The Hart Center Workshop is facilitated by Olga Browne and Aiesha Jones, and meets at Hart Senior Center, 915 27th Street in Marshall Park. The group meets weekly on Tuesday from 2-3:30 p.m. For more information, contact Olga at chulabrowne@gmail.com.
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IN THE GALLERY
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NEW GALLERY & OTHER INFO IS BEING UPDATED & WILL APPEAR SHORTLY... STAY TUNED.
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SPC GALLERY PRESENTS
VISUAL ART FROM THE SHORT CENTERS
IN SEPTEMBER
For the month of September, the SPC Gallery will host “Art From the Short Centers,” an exhibit featuring paintings from artists associated with the Short Centers in Sacramento, and the Alan Short Center in Stockton. The exhibit will be a diverse representation of the work of developmentally disabled and neurodivergent artists.
There will be a Second Saturday reception on Saturday, September 14 from 6 - 7:30 p.m.
Work in the exhibit, generally considered to be part of the “outsider" art movement, has been exhibited widely. Many have seen Short center art at such diverse venues as the Crocker Art Museum, the California State Fair, the State Capitol, public mural installations, as well as countless galleries and businesses throughout the Central Valley region. Verge Gallery recently showcased over 35 years of Short Center North artwork, which was the largest DDSO exhibition. Outside of the local area, art exhibitions spaces have included the Ames Gallery in Berkeley, the Outsider Art Fair in New York City and the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore.
The exhibit will coincide with ALL IN: THE FESTIVAL OF ACCESSIBLE THEATER, a free festival of accessible theater, taking place on stages throughout the weekend in various venues in the R 25 complex, accompanied by a film festival of brief short performance films from Short Center Repertory’s 35-year history and original award-winning shorts made by filmmakers with a variety of developmental challenges. Details of the festival appear in the theater section of the newsletter.
The Short Centers, part of the Developmental Disabilities Service Organization (DDSO) were developed as an arts-based program for adults with developmental disabilities, offering serious art training to develop life skills, form meaningful friendships, and become more involved with the community. A treasure in the art community, SCN is more than a place to go — it is a way of life for their clients; it is where adults with developmental disabilities share a culture and a lifestyle fulfilling there dreams,
SPC has on ongoing relationship with the Short Centers through James Anderson who founded and directs the Short Center Repertory, which holds workshops and has given performances at SPC. We’re pleased to be part of this effort.
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