North Carolina Poetry Society Winter Meeting
Saturday, January 16th, 2010 Weymouth Center, in Southern Pines, NC
9:15am Registration and order lunch (or bring your own)
10:00am Short Business Meeting, President Tony Abbott presiding
10:30am Winter Workshops:
"Short Forms" with Janice Moore Fuller, English professor and writer-in-residence, Catawba College.
*discussion of short forms such as the minute, the triolet, the decrescendo, etc...
*review examples and then practice in writing.
*bring raw material for writing, i.e. "failed" poems, writing notebook, etc.
"Lifting and Writing from Behind our Veils" with Jaki Shelton Green, 2008 Piedmont Poet Laureate
*explore your creativity, secrets, and memories.
"No Ideas But in Things" with Ruth Moose, UNC-Chapel Hill Creative Writing Program
*learn how to move from the subjective to the specific in your poems.
12:00pm Lunch, book room open
1:00pm Readings by Workshop Leaders
2:15pm Open mic and recitation
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10/20/2009
NC Poetry Society, Weymouth, Oct. 24
Saturday, October 24, 2009 — NCPS Fall Meeting
Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Ave.
Event Schedule
09:15 Registration and Annual Dues Payment
Keep your society membership current by paying your annual dues. Order a box lunch ($10, cash or check payable to "I95") until 10:15 am. Enjoy coffee, tea, and snacks. If you’re a member and didn’t pick up your 2009 Pinesong (edited by Debra Kaufman) in May, claim it in the book room.
10:00 Business Meeting and NCWN Greetings
Tony Abbott, president, presides. Ed Southern, director of the North Carolina Writers’ Network, delivers a brief message.
10:15 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition
Honorable mention Marjorie Hudson reads. This NCWN competition was judged by poet Sarah Lindsay.
10:30 Brockman-Campbell Book Award
Winner, Dannye Romine Powell (A Necklace of Bees), reads, followed by honorable mentions Irene Blair Honeycutt (Before the Light Changes) and Joe Mills (Angels, Thieves, and Winemakers). This award was judged by poet David Romtvedt.
11:30 Open Mic and Recitation
If you're interested in participating, sign up. If you're not sure how to sign up, ask a board or society member.
12:00 Lunch (book room open)
01:00 Cutting Edge of Poetry
Poet and professor Alan Michael Parker talks about what's going on in contemporary poetry
01:45 Open Mic and Recitation Reprise
02:30 Reception to Honor Readers and Speaker
Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center, 555 East Connecticut Ave.
Event Schedule
09:15 Registration and Annual Dues Payment
Keep your society membership current by paying your annual dues. Order a box lunch ($10, cash or check payable to "I95") until 10:15 am. Enjoy coffee, tea, and snacks. If you’re a member and didn’t pick up your 2009 Pinesong (edited by Debra Kaufman) in May, claim it in the book room.
10:00 Business Meeting and NCWN Greetings
Tony Abbott, president, presides. Ed Southern, director of the North Carolina Writers’ Network, delivers a brief message.
10:15 Randall Jarrell Poetry Competition
Honorable mention Marjorie Hudson reads. This NCWN competition was judged by poet Sarah Lindsay.
10:30 Brockman-Campbell Book Award
Winner, Dannye Romine Powell (A Necklace of Bees), reads, followed by honorable mentions Irene Blair Honeycutt (Before the Light Changes) and Joe Mills (Angels, Thieves, and Winemakers). This award was judged by poet David Romtvedt.
11:30 Open Mic and Recitation
If you're interested in participating, sign up. If you're not sure how to sign up, ask a board or society member.
12:00 Lunch (book room open)
01:00 Cutting Edge of Poetry
Poet and professor Alan Michael Parker talks about what's going on in contemporary poetry
01:45 Open Mic and Recitation Reprise
02:30 Reception to Honor Readers and Speaker
8/29/2009
Poetry Society Meets Oct. 24, Weymouth Center
REMEMBER!!!! This year the North Carolina Poetry Society meeting which has traditionally been held on the third Saturday in September HAS BEEN MOVED TO SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2009.
5/16/2009
Film on Amazon, May 17, Weymouth Center
Film about the Amazon jungle...
Perhaps you saw his show at the Campbell House "The Road and the Wilderness:Beauty and Destruction in the Peruvian Amazon"
Here is link...with upcoming destinations of his art exhibit
"The Road and the Wilderness:Beauty and Destruction in the Peruvian Amazon"
also a link to Weymouth Center.. http://www.davidhewsonart.com/
http://www.weymouthcenter.org/
Location: 555 East Connecticut Avenue, across the street from the Campbell House, home of the Arts Council of Moore County, and four blocks east of Broad Street, the Southern Pines business district.
Perhaps you saw his show at the Campbell House "The Road and the Wilderness:Beauty and Destruction in the Peruvian Amazon"
Here is link...with upcoming destinations of his art exhibit
"The Road and the Wilderness:Beauty and Destruction in the Peruvian Amazon"
also a link to Weymouth Center.. http://www.davidhewsonart.com/
http://www.weymouthcenter.org/
Location: 555 East Connecticut Avenue, across the street from the Campbell House, home of the Arts Council of Moore County, and four blocks east of Broad Street, the Southern Pines business district.
4/27/2009
Plant Sale, Weymouth, April 28
WEYMOUTH CENTER PLANT SALE
THE ANNUAL SPRING PLANT SALE AT THE WEYMOUTH CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES in Southern Pines will take place on Tuesday, April 28, from 9 a.m. until noon. Perennials (including daylilies), shrubs, and herbs will be available. For more information, call 692-6261 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
THE ANNUAL SPRING PLANT SALE AT THE WEYMOUTH CENTER FOR THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES in Southern Pines will take place on Tuesday, April 28, from 9 a.m. until noon. Perennials (including daylilies), shrubs, and herbs will be available. For more information, call 692-6261 between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday through Friday.
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