NPM2010 in SA would like to acknowledge the generous support of the City of San Antonio, Office of Cultural Affairs, the advertisers and donors to the calendar, Bihl Haus Arts for ongoing commitment to coordinating of NPM events, Louann Rintala for designing the print calendar, and all the organizations and individuals who make this undertaking possible. National Poetry Month 2010 in San Antonio Calendar is dedicated to Angela de Hoyos, Cynthia J. Harper, and Jack Myers.
Saturday March 13
LUMINARIA for more information go to www.LuminariaSA.org
National Poetry Month Calendar will be distributed at all Literary Event Venues
Monday March 15
The new issue of Voices de la Luna appears in four formats: Webpage, Digital Reader, emagazine, and Hardcopy.
www.voicesdelaluna.com
Friday March 19
Exhibit Opening: Wordworkers: Photos of San Antonio Writers
by Melanie Rush Davis
Bihl Haus Arts, 6:00 –8:00 pm
Thursday March 25
Two to Watch: Barbara Renaud Gonzalez & David Zamora Casas
6:30 pm / Artpace (Artpace/Gemini Ink event)
Wendy Barker and other poets
The Twig / 5-7
4th Thursday Barnes & Noble 281 & 1604
Awaken the sleeping Poet, 7:00 pm
Friday March 26
Poetry on the Move / bus poems unveiling
10 am / VIA Metro Center / 1021 San Pedro
To order to hear the poems of the 10 poets selected for poems on the buses, dial: 1-888-POET-TEX
San Antonio College Open Mic Night
Loftin Student Center
Saturday March 27
Bihl Haus Arts / 1:00-4:00 pm with Wordworkers exhibit
Reading and Small Press Book Fair
Readers include: Assef al-Jundi, Roberto Bonazzi, Palmer Hall and others
Presses confirmed – Pecan Grove, Voices de la Luna, Dos Gatos, School by the River
Sunday March 28
Reading – HUNGER / 2-4 pm / The Witte / free with Museum admission
Readers include: Olga Davis, Mobi Warren, Marian Aitches, Naomi Nye, Andrew Thornton, Jim LaVilla-Havelin and Alejandro Sifuentes. Introductory comments by Michael Nye
Monday March 29
Voices de la Luna Magazine reading
The Twig / 5-7
Wednesday March 31
SMART & National Poetry Month Reading
Hilton Palacio Del Rio Lobby / 7:00 pm
Readers include: Trey Moore, Peter Holland, Vincent Toro, Grisel Acosta
And distribution of SLAM THE TOWN POEMS (see April 1)
Thursday April 1
SLAM THE TOWN: A participatory kick-off to National Poetry Month 2010
Mail, fax, email, hand deliver poems – your own, your favorites – to everyone you know. Place on car windshields in a parking lot. Put them in shopping bags at the grocery store. POEMS FOR ALL. Please include, at the bottom of the page: “Slam The Town – is a National Poetry Month 2010 in San Antonio activity. For a complete list of events for NPM2010 go to sahearts.com and click on the National Poetry Month logo.”
Naomi Nye reading at the School for Inquiry & Creativity
Gemini Ink National Poetry Month Celebration
Central Library / SAPL / 6:30 PM
Readers: Jesse Cardona, Vocab, and Jenny Browne
1st Thursday at Blue Star Coffee House, 6:30 PM
Saturday April 3
Words for Birds III
1:30-3:00 pm / Mitchell Lake Audubon Center
Followed by a birding walk
Readers include: Mobi Warren, Nan Cuba, Noel “Bella” Merriam, Ryan Gourley, Jim LaVilla-Havelin, Pamela Overeynder, and others.
Reader's Ink Book Group
2:00 p.m.
Landa Branch Library, 233 Bushnell Avenue, 732-8369
For adults
This month the group’s choice is The Road not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost.
Sunday April 4
Haiku Hike / Government Canyon / 8:30-11:30 am
Led by Mobi Warren
Government Canyon Visitors Center exhibit / all month
Haiku in the Canyon / haiku and photos from 3 years of Haiku hikes.
Monday April 5
Heatbeat of the Soul / 8:00 pm / La Taza Coffee House (weekly, also April 12, 19, 26)
Naomi Nye reading & Book Signing / Kathleen Sommers (see ad)
Tuesday April 6
A Gathering of Poets & Writers / Northeast School of the Arts
Poetry Month in Leon Valley / Mayoral Proclamation
10:30 Poetry Story Time for Toddlers Leon Valley
Jazz Poets Society / 6-9 /High Wire (weekly, also April 13, 20,27)
Sun Poets Society / 7-9 / B&N San Pedro / Rod Stryker (weekly, also April 13, 20, 27)
Puro Slam / 10:30 / The Heights (also April 13, 20, 27)
Wednesday April 7
Darby Group and Open Mike
Barnes & Noble / Ingram
Thursday April 8
2nd Thursday at Bihl Haus Arts
Jim LaVilla-Havelin / 7:00 pm
Friday April 9
Dance & Poetry / Dance at Radius co-sponsored by
San Antonio Dance Umbrella
Poets:Olga Davis, Grisel Acosta, Assef al-Jundi, Jim LaVilla-Havelin
7:30 pm / Radius
The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Ctr and Writer's block present: LENGUAS LIBRES
Jazz Poetry Band & Jazz Poets Society
Every generation claims its voice
The Guadalupe Theater, 7:30 pm / FREE
WITH/INWITH/OUT – Literary Festival at Our Lady of the Lake
Friday April 9 – Sunday April 18
HIGH SCHOOL DAY: OLLU
“Lorca” performed by José Rúben Dé Leon
9:45-10:45 a.m., Thiry Auditorium
Actor-playwright-musician José Rúben Dé Leon presents the one-man drama based on the life and works of Spain’s best-known poet, Federico García Lorca. “Lorca” was named one of San Antonio’s best shows of 2003 by the San Antonio Express-News.
Campus Tours: 10:45-11:45 a.m
Lunch – Featuring OLLU Visiting Writers
11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m., Chapel Auditorium
OLLU’s first visiting writer, Allison Moore, will be joined by other visiting writers to talk about their writing life and experiences with OLLU’s Visiting Writer Program. Drinks and cookies provided.
Reading by OLLU Writer-in-sidence Sandra Cisneros
1-2 p.m., Thiry Auditorium
OLLU’s writer-in-residence Sandra Cisneros, author of the groundbreaking novel, House on Mango Street, makes her return to the festival this year. In her past festival performances, Sandra has broken into song, acted out her famous stories, and shared writing secrets. Anything can happen when this exciting performer takes the stage for an interactive reading.
Saturday April 10
Awaken the Sleeping Poet Festival / Laurel Crown /
San Antonio Museum of Art / 200 W. Jones Avenue
sponsored by the Laurel Crown Poetry Foundation
10:30 am: Elementary Program
Noon: Middle/High school program
2:00 pm: Adult program (includes college)
10:30 am Share Your Poem / Leon Valley
10am-2pm Poetree – part of Leon Valley Trade & Market Days
Poetry Path / Leon Valley Public Library
River of Dreams / students from The Boys & Girls Club read from their book (with Cary Clack introducing) and Poetry on the Move / The VIA Bus Poets read
The Twig /4-6
Mother Goose Cafe: Open Mike Afternoon
1:30 p.m.
Pruitt Public Library at Roosevelt High School
5110 Walzem Road, 650-1122
For children and families
OLLU
“Tales of the Underdog” by Michael Anderson
7-8:30 p.m., UWAC Conference Room
Back by popular demand, award-winning performer Michael Anderson packs a lot of history into his fast-moving show featuring “stories of resistance, defeat, and unlikely victory, from the Spanish Civil War to the Boston Red Sox.”
2nd Saturday at Gallista Art Gallery 7:00 pm
Sunday April 11
San Antonio Jazz Poets Society / Jazz Poetry Jam
Twig / 3-5
Monday April 12
St Mary's University / Ampitheatre / 6:00 pm
Poetry as Singing Moment
Students, Spoken word poets, Music, guests
2nd Monday Society of Latino & Hispanic Writers
Barnes & Noble 410 & San Pedro
OLLU
“Universal Struggles/Extraordinary Women,”
Mujeres Writing Group
3-4 p.m., Library Community Room
Hear these powerful writers share stories from the heart. The Mujeres, a group of women from the surrounding OLLU community, have been meeting at the Center for Women since 2002 to write, listen and learn from each others’ struggles and triumphs. Writing and telling their stories has allowed the Mujeres to find their voice as they reveal poignant, moving and often humorous aspects of their lives. The Mujeres Group has released their third anthology filled with stories of family, faith, food and fun.
(OFF-SITE EVENT) OLLU and UTSA Joint Reading
7 p.m., Timo's Coffee House
Editors from OLLU’s literary journal, The Thing Itself, and UTSA’s Sagebrush Review will join literary forces for a reading at Timo’s Coffee House on 2021 San Pedro Ave., Ste 1
(Phone: 210-733-8049).
Monday April 12- Friday April 16
On KRTU-FM 91.7
Jazz and Poetry on the Jazz Break at Noon with host J.j. Lopez
Tuesday April 13
ASP-Twig / Awaken the Sleeping Poet @ The Twig
2nd Tuesday 7:00 pm
Alan Birkelbach & Jo LeCoeur
B.A.C.K. Pack: Haiku Kites and Zen Shorts
4:30 p.m.
Pruitt Public Library at Roosevelt High School
5110 Walzem Road, 650-1122
For elementary school-age children
Poetry Picante
6:30 p.m.
Central Library, 600 Soledad, 207-2500
For all ages
OLLU
The Thing Itself Publication Party
3-4 p.m., Providence Hall, West Social Room
(Refreshments will be provided)
Listen to readings by the writers selected for publication in The Thing Itself, OLLU’s literary journal, and get a copy hot off the presses. The Thing Itself includes fiction, poetry, nonfiction, Spanish and art.
Pamela Johnston Reading and Book Signing
7-8 p.m., Providence Hall, West Social Room
OLLU’s Visiting Writer Pamela Johnston will read from her novel, Little Lost River (2008, University of Nevada Press). Johnston is associate professor of English and director of the Center for Women’s Studies at Texas Lutheran University.
Wednesday April 14
OLLU
Favorite Poem Project
Noon-1 p.m., Providence Hall, Blue Room
(Sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society)
Read your favorite poem – your own or by your favorite poet!
Dorothy Allison Reading and Book Signing
7-8 p.m., Thiry Auditorium
The appearance of Dorothy Allison has been made possible by a grant from the Russell Hill Rogers Fund for the Arts.
Dorothy Allison gained mainstream recognition with her novel, Bastard Out of Carolina, a finalist for the 1992 National Book Award. Cavedweller (1998) became a national bestseller, NY Times Notable book of the Year, finalist for the Lillian Smith prize, and an ALA prizewinner. Sandra Cisneros will introduce Allison.
El Placazo Student Reading (San Anto Cultural Arts)
Guadalupe Street Coffee House / 6-8 pm
Thursday April 15
Copies of “The Ides of April” by Leon Valley Public Library’s Sherlock, available to all taxpayers
Teatro Chicana: A Collective Memoir & Selected Plays
A reading with four authors
5:30 reception 6:00 reading
Trinity University / Northrup Hall 040
OLLU
OLLU Creative Writing Faculty Reading
4-5 p.m., UWAC Conference Room
Listen to some of OLLU’s finest creative writers, who also happen to be members of the English and Communication Arts faculty: Antoinette Winstead, Yvette Benavides, Michael Lueker and Nan Cuba.
“Journey to a Hate-Free Millennium,” a documentary
6 p.m., Thiry Auditorium
(Sponsored by The University Programming Council as part of Week of Silence activities.)
The 35-minute documentary examines hate and explores the origins of how hate is “taught and learned.” The film spotlights the Columbine High School shootings, dragging death of James Byrd, Jr., and beating death of Matthew Shepard. Interactive exercises will follow that engage the audience in sharing their definition of hate, speaking out about examples of hate in their lives and community, and exploring ways for taking a stand against hate so senseless violence becomes a thing of the past.
Reading by Oscar Casares
7-8 p.m., UWAC Conference Room
(Co-sponsored with the Center for Mexican American Studies and Research)
Oscar Casares is an author on the rise. His new (and first) novel, Amigoland, has received widespread praise. His collection of short stories, Brownsville, also received critical acclaim. Casares teaches creative writing at the University of Texas at Austin.
Thursday April 15 - Saturday 17
Austin International Poetry Festival
Friday April 16
Wordfest at UTSA Main Campus
7:30 BB2.06.04 University Room
Student creative writing award winners and UTSA creative writing
Faculty read
SAC Open Mic Nights / Loftin Student Center
Susan Wittig Albert , mystery writer
The Twig / 5-7
OLLU
FRIDAY, APRIL 16-SUNDAY, APRIL 18:
“No Exit” by Jean-Paul Sartre
8 p.m. on April 16 and 17; 2 p.m. on April 18; General Admission: $10; Seniors/Military: $8;
Non-OLLU students: $5; and all OLLU students, faculty, and staff FREE with ID.
Catch OLLU’s production of “No Exit” to wrap up the final weekend of Lit Fest. “No Exit” is an existential portrayal of Hell and the torturous experience of a man and two women locked in one room.
Saturday April 17
SA Poets Association / 2-4 / Bethany Congregational Church
Tuesday April 20
Lupe’s Art Blend / readings and performances
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center / $5.00 ticket
B.A.C.K. Pack: "Where I'm From" Poetry Workshop
4:30 p.m.
Pruitt Public Library at Roosevelt High School
5110 Walzem Road, 650-1122
For elementary school-age children
Wednesday April 21
Reading – Wendy Barker & Open Mike
Barnes & Noble / Ingram
"Scene of the Crime" Teen Poetry Writing Workshop
4:45 p.m.
Pruitt Public Library at Roosevelt High School
For teens aged 13 to 18
Thursday April 22 – Sunday 25
Valley International Poetry Festival
Thursday April 22
High Wire Arts
8:00-11:30
WORD BOP: TED JOANS LIVES!
An evening of jazz poetry
4th Thursday Barnes & Noble 281 & 1604
Awaken the sleeping poet 7:00 PM
Saturday April 24
Dead Poets Slam / Leon Valley
Monday April 26
On the anniversary of Guernica-
Guernica reading from the poets of the Spanish Civil War
Mexican Cultural Institute / 7:00 pm
Readers include: Roberto Bonazzi, Jose Ruben De Leon,
Rosemary Catacalos, Ignacio Magaloni, and songs Of the Spanish Civil War by Katchie Cartwright
Tuesday April 27
Pecan Grove Press Benefit Reading
Mairan Aitches, Jim LaVilla-Havelin, Mo H Saidi
Barnes & Noble / La Cantera / 7:00-9:00 PM
Wednesday April 28
Teen Open Mike Time
4:45 p.m.
Pruitt Public Library at Roosevelt High School
For teens aged 13 to 18
6:30 PM The Holt Center / Trinity University
106 Oakmont (corner of Shook)
Barbara Ras new book launch
11:00 am Sandra Cisneros / Cypress Campus Center
Northwest Vista College
Trinidad Sanchez Poetry & Arts Festival
4th Wednesday St. Mary’s University
Open Mic 8-11
Thursday April 29
5:30 pm Student Reading
Northwest Vista College
Trinidad Sanchez Poetry & Arts Festival
Last Thursday of each month
Awaken the Sleeping Poet / 7-9
B&N Northwood / Floyd Lamoreux
"Asphodel" by William Carlos Williams Interactive Reading
All readers and listeners welcome
11:00 am -1:00 pm
Southwest School of Art & Craft / River Garden
Friday April 30
Noon Arbor Day
Celebrating Trees & Poetry / Leon Valley
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center & the Macondo Foundation present
THE NEXT VERSE FEATURING MACONDO WRITERS
Kristin Naca (Minnesota) and Jessica Lopez (New Mexico) with youth poets from around San Antonio and local Macondo writers
The Guadalupe Theater, 1300 Guadalupe Street
7:30 pm, FREE
Friday April 30- Sunday May 2 Poetry at Round Top
Saturday May 1
John Phillip Santos, reading from and signing his new book
The Twig
2nd Annual Pie-ku: Spontaneous Household Haiku and Pie
Sew-Deluxe (1132 South Hackberry #1)
2:00-6:00 PM
Sunday May 2
Haiku Hike at Government Canyon
led by Mobi Warren
8:30-11:30
Students from Area Colleges and Their Teachers
3-5 Twig
Wednesday May 5
Glenn Hughes and open reading
B& N Ingram
Thurday May 6
Community Talk / Phillip Lopate
NOON / UT Health Science Center
(a Gemini Ink event)
Reading / Phillip Lopate
6:30 pm / Gemini Ink
Friday May 7
First Friday Gemini Ink Readings
Rich Levy and Tim Tingle
6:30 / Gemini Ink
Saturday May 8
Marian Aitches and Jim LaVilla-Havelin reading and book signing, new volumes from Pecan Grove Press
The Twig / 4-6
Sunday May 9
Palmer Hall, Bonnie Lyons
The Twig / 3-5
Lowell White
The Twig / 5-7
Sunday May 16
Young Pegasus Poetry Awards, 2:00 p.m.
Hermann Sons Grand Lodge
515 S. St. Mary’s Street
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