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Some Choice Upcoming Events June-Aug 2010

Long Island +. Also anniversaries. I'll make it to some, not all, & maybe see you.

• 06/11 Friday 7:30pm poets Grace Beniquez and Lorraine Conlin plus open reading 380 Walt Whitman Rd, Huntington, NY


• 06/12 Sat 2-4pm, Poets Mindy Kronenberg and Carole Emerson + Open reading Babylon Village Arts Council "Poetry in the Village" series. Babylon Public Library, 24 S. Carll Avenue in Babylon Village. http://www.babylonvillagearts.org/ 631-669-1810


• 06/12 Sat 3:30-10:00 LITMA House Sing http://litma.org/housesing.htm


• 06/12 Saturday 8:15-10:30pm Sing-along: Early 20th century popular songs led by Mike Soloway on piano Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theater.


• 06/13 Sun 4-7pm Northport ArtWalk Pick up a map at our "Welcome Booths" located at Caffe' Portofino 249 Main Street & Copenhagen Bakery 79 Woodbine Avenue Many of the participating venues will be hosting special events for the day. FREE nptartwalk.com


• 06/13 Sunday 1-4pm Public garden dedication at the Anne Frank Memorial Arboretum in Melville, NY. Including steel sculpture by Thea Lanzisero. Threepence Dr @ Wincott Dr & Riga Lane (near Bagatelle Rd.)


• 06/14 Monday 2pm, Michael Krasowitz artist talk at Huntington Library


• 06/14 Monday 7pm Poetry at the Gazebo, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road John Hanc Peter Dugan Darren Sardelli Barb Reiher-Meyers


• 06/16 Wed. 6 - 7:30pm, TBD Shab-e She'r, A Night of (Persian) Poetry, at the Bowery Poetry Club (BPC)


• 06/17 6:30 poet Pramila Venkateswaran reading at the Tamarind Art Gallery, NYC,


• 06/18 Fri 8:30pm Northport Chorale Concert, Park


• 06/18 Fri 8pm Poetry Conklin Barn, New York Ave just South of High St, Huntington


• 06/20 Sunday 6:00pm - 7:30pm poets Kate Eichhorn Danny Snelson James Copeland This is the second event in the P||R||O||J||E||C||T||I||O||N||S event series, curated by Paolo Javier and Jeremy J F Thompson. http://autotypist.blogspot.com/2010/05/projections-premier-may-16.html The Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery New York, NY $6 at the door. Full bar available.


• 06/21 Monday 7pm Poetry at the Gazebo, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road George Held Robert Savino Doreen Spungin Louisa Calio


• 06/21 7:28am Summer Solstice


• 06/22 100th birthday of Peter Neville Luard Pears (pronounced /'p??rz/ "peerz"; Farnham, 22 June 1910 – Aldeburgh, 3 April 1986) English tenor


• 06/23 150th birthday of Albert Giraud (June 23, 1860 – December 26, 1929), Belgian poet, author of Pierrot lunaire: Rondels bergamasques (1884),


• 06/25 Fri 7:30pm poet Mary Jane Tenerelli + open reading. Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theater. http://persistentfool.blogspot.com/2007/10/poets-in-port.html


• 06/27 Sunday One Day Meditation Program from 9.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M. (in English) Long Island Meditation Center 5 Baylis Avenue Port Jefferson http://www.buddhistmessage.org/Default.aspx 631-828-6396


• 06/27 103rd birthday of Vernon Watkins (June 27, 1906 — October 8, 1967), Welsh poet, and a painter.


• 06/27 Sunday 6:00pm The North Sea Poetry Scene at Best Bargain Books, WalMart Shopping Center, 217 Middle Country Road, Centereach (631) 737-7777 Open Mic follows


• 06/28 Monday 7.30pm Musaic Concert Series : Charity Benefit for TWLOHA "To Write Love on Her Arms" (http://www.twloha.com/). Crash Mansion 199 Bowery Tickets @ the door : $10


• 06/28 Monday 7pm Poetry at the Gazebo, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road Tom Schaudel Vicki Iorio Paula Curci Deborah Hauser


• 06/28 Monday 8:00pm - 10:00pm Camillo Di Maria's Book Party Reading @ Bar 82 on 2nd Ave btwn Saint Mark's and 9th St in Manhattan


• 07/03 150th birthday of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (July 3, 1860 – August 17, 1935)


• 07/05 Independence Day Celebration Monday 7pm Poetry at the Gazebo, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road


• 07/07 150th birthday of Gustav Mahler (7 July 1860 – 18 May 1911)


• 07/08 Thursday 8pm Lucky 13 & Karyn Oliver double bill at Christopher Street Coffee House @ Christopher Street Coffee House 81 Christopher Street, New York, NY (212) 242-5737


• 07/10 Saturday 2:00pm - 8:00pm Poetry Picnic Sunken Meadow State Park, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK FEATURING - Frankie Soto (Hidden Legacy). David Herbert (Savant), Mike Topping (Overnight Poet), Kempton Van Hoff, James P Wagner (Ishwa) & Daniel Rock ( D-Rock) A day of activities, sports, bbq food and of course the MAIN DISH - POETRY. We will be having bbq food and drinks, basketball, frisbee, baseball you know it. The event will begin at 2pm and the poetry will start around 5:30pm. We ask for $2 admission due to the expenses for all the food and event. We will be having featured performers and an open mic list. The event will take place in field 4 but it is subject to change. hiddenlegacypoeta@yahoo.com


• 07/10 Saturday Lucky 13 at Great South Bay Music Festival @ Great South Bay Music Festival Shorefront Park, Smith Street, Patchogue, NY Set: TBA-sometime after 7:30PM Tickets: $24.00 at gate $18.50 online


• 07/10 Sat 3:30-10:00 LITMA House Sing http://litma.org/housesing.htm


• 07/12 Monday 7pm Poetry at the Gazebo, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road Christina M. Rau Herb Siegel Chris Knopf Florence Gatto


• 07/12 106th birthday of Pablo Neruda (1904-1973)


• 07/15 Thu 8:30pm Northport Chorale & Community Band Concert, Park


• 07/16 Fri 8pm Poetry Conklin Barn, New York Ave just South of High St, Huntington


• 07/18 Sunday 12:00pm - 8:00pm Riverhead Blues Festival Behind East Main St & Peconic Ave Riverhead, NY


• 07/19 Monday 7pm Poetry at the Gazebo, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road Gayl Teller Denis Gray Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan Bruce Grossberg


• 07/23 Fri 7:30pm poet Joli Ienuso + open reading. Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theater. http://persistentfool.blogspot.com/2007/10/poets-in-port.html


• 07/25 Sunday Esala Full Moon day. Invitation to monks for Vassana retreat season. 9.00 A.M. to 5.00 P.M. Long Island Meditation Center 5 Baylis Avenue Port Jefferson http://www.buddhistmessage.org/Default.aspx 631-828-6396


• 07/25 Sunday 6:00pm The North Sea Poetry Scene at Best Bargain Books, WalMart Shopping Center, 217 Middle Country Road, Centereach (631) 737-7777 Open Mic follows


• 07/26 Monday 7pm Poetry at the Gazebo, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road Reed Farrel Coleman Saralee Rosenberg Ellen Meister Brenda Janowitz


• 08/02 Monday 7pm Poetry at the Gazebo, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road Clive Young George Wallace Jack Anderson Geraldine Green


• 08/03 Tuesday poet Jane Ormerod at Wyld Chyld Tattoo Café, 1708 Sunrise Hwy, Merrick, NY 516 662 0192 + Open Mic http://www.performancepoets.org/


• 08/04 Wednesday 3:00pm-Sunday, August 8 at 12:00pm "Happiness is the Way (Summer Mindfulness Retreat)" Blue Cliff Monastery Phap Khong says, "Dear Friends, our teacher encourages us to organize an US Tour 2010 regardless whether Thay can come to the US or not. This retreat Aug 04-08 is part of such an US Tour.There we invite you to come to support our effort in attending or helping to organize.".


• 08/07 Saturday 3:00pm-6:00pm Huntington Folk Festival Heckscher Park, Huntington


• 08/07 10:45am Lughnasad - interpolated Cross-Quarter Day


• 08/09 Monday 7pm Poetry at the Gazebo, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road Judy Turek Walter Wagner Kerriann Flanagan Brosky Brian Cohen


• 08/14 Sat 3:30-10:00 LITMA House Sing http://litma.org/housesing.htm


• 08/15 Sun One day Meditation Program from 9.00 A.M. to 6.00 P.M. Long Island Meditation Center 5 Baylis Avenue Port Jefferson http://www.buddhistmessage.org/Default.aspx 631-828-6396


• 08/16 Monday 7pm Poetry at the Gazebo, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road Richard Vetere Harriet Slaughter Ursula Nouza


• 08/16 150th birthday of Jules Laforgue (French pronunciation: [?yl la'f??g]) (Montevideo, 16 August 1860 – Paris, 20 August 1887) French poet


• 08/19 Little Wilson Band Northport Park


• 08/20 Fri 8pm Poetry Conklin Barn, New York Ave just South of High St, Huntington


• 08/21 Sunday 1 pm Fifth Jack Kerouac Softball Challenge Northport Zen Tigers vs North Sea Hawks (Rain date August 22nd ) PLAYERS & CHEERERS needed for both teams and a food dish for BBQ The North Sea Community House 130 Noyac Road Southampton, NY 11968


• 08/23 Monday 7pm Poetry at the Gazebo, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road Ellen Pickus George Guida


• 08/25 100th birthday of Dorothea Tanning (born August 25, 1910) American painter, printmaker, sculptor and writer.


• 08/27 Fri 7:30pm poet Christine Z. + open reading. Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theater. http://persistentfool.blogspot.com/2007/10/poets-in-port.html


• 08/29 Sunday 6:00pm The North Sea Poetry Scene at Best Bargain Books, WalMart Shopping Center, 217 Middle Country Road, Centereach (631) 737-7777 Open Mic follows


• 08/30 Monday 7pm Poetry at the Gazebo, at Schoolhouse Green Oceanside Road and Foxhurst Road Paula Comacho Edgar Carlson Phil Reinstein Amy Holman


• 09/05 Sun Blessings for New School term at 6.00 P.M. Long Island Meditation Center 5 Baylis Avenue Port Jefferson http://www.buddhistmessage.org/Default.aspx 631-828-6396


• 09/11 Fri: "9-11 Memorial Meditation Offering" Long Island Meditation Center 5 Baylis Avenue Port Jefferson http://www.buddhistmessage.org/Default.aspx 631-828-6396