EVENTS, WORKSHOPS & GALLERY
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JUNE EVENTS AT A GLANCE: A VERY FULL MONTH!
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JUNE SCHEDULE:
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Monday, June 2, 7:30 p.m.:
A Reading featuring
Rosa Lane & Joanna Eleftheriou
Monday, June 9, 7:30 p.m.:
An Evening with Khiry Malik Moore
Monday, June 16, 7:30 p.m.:
A Reading featuring
Johanna Drucker & Diane Ward
Monday, June 23, 7:30 p.m.:
A Reading featuring
Dianna Henning & Karen Terrey
Monday, June 30, 7:30 p.m.:
A Reading featuring
Cindy Huyser & Maris Juwono
An open mic follows all these readings.
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SPC AFFILIATED WORKSHOPS​​​
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COAST TO COAST POETRY CONSORTIUM
Coast-to-Coast Poetry is 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 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. MarieWriters meets Wednesday nights, online, starting at 6 pm, and always welcomes new writers!
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89181123001?pwd=eFVzN21vUGFEemtkTlVkZ04zNU5Zdz09
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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UPDATE: POLYPHONICS WORKSHOP
breaks until june 18, returns with new facilitator
There will be a brief break in the schedule of the Polyphonics workshop. Kyle Griffiths will take over as facilitator as Carson Wignall has taken on a new position as a teacher that conflicts the schedule. If you’re interested, drop a note to kylegriffithsband@gmail.com. There is limited seating.
The generative writing workshop explores the intersections of diverse voices and creative energies, shaping a shared poetic dialogue. Three overarching themes will be proposed as the lens through which to guide your writing. Each session will center on one of these themes, using a variety of writing modalities — journal entries, personal letters, descriptive exercises, and reflective prompts — to deepen the exploration. The collective writing will culminate in a publication that interweaves your poems into a dynamic, multi-voiced work.This workshop will foster intimate discussion, meaningful feedback, and a deeply supportive creative space.
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Kyle Griffiths is an interdisciplinary artist and writer, biologist, and educator working in the Sacramento area. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Inquiry with an emphasis in Interdisciplinary Arts from the California Institute of Integral Studies in 2008, where
he studied writing for performance and songwriting as well as performance technique and critique processes. As an educator, he has taught biology courses in community colleges, led workshops on effective interpersonal communication in career centers, and tutored students in
writing and other subjects at 826 Valencia, a San Francisco arts and education nonprofit. After a hiatus to pursue career options in biology, he has returned to art making, primarily focusing on poetry, and has been active in the local poetry community, publishing in the inaugural collection of the GTFO Collective’s anthology of Sacramento poets and leading workshops and activities for the Sacramento Poets Society (Sac Poets). As an interdisciplinary artist, he is interested in experimental and avant-garde poetic traditions that cross traditional genre boundaries and enjoys incorporating chance and process in his writing practice.
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OTHER LOCAL & REGIONAL WORKSHOPS ARE DETAILED IN POET NEWS.
