The Sacramento Poetry Center and  The Sacramento Room

present

A Favorite Poem Reading

Wednesday, September 2.       5:30pm to 7:30pm

at    The Sacramento Room       Central Library, Second Floor      828 I Street

Join your fellow Citizens in an evening of fine verse!
Hosted by Mary Zeppa and Bob Stanley

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

 Readers will include:

Carlos Alcala, Sacramento Bee                             Jeffrey Callison, KXJZ
Marcus Crowder, Sacramento Bee                        Clare Ellis, the Sacramento Room
Richard Hansen, the Book Collector                     Muriel Johnson, California Arts Council
Sheree Meyer, Chair, CSUS English Dep’t           Don NOTTOLI, County board of Supervisors
Suzette Riddle, California Lectures                        Ray Tatar, California Stage

“If a poem is written well,” Robert Pinsky said, “it was written with the poet’s voice and for a voice. Reading a poem silently instead of saying a poem is like the difference between staring at sheet music and actually humming or playing the music on an instrument.”

From 5:30 to 7:30, on a late summer evening, Sacramento’s readers and writers of poetry will have a chance to share their favorite poems at this festive event at the beautiful and historic Sacramento Room. The ten readers listed above will anchor the evening’s festivities; after that, it will be up to the rest of us. Bring a poem to read (not your own), and plan on a maximum of five minutes per reader. Please understand that our time is limited, and the open mic scheduling will be based on a first-come, first-served basis. So get there early, and be ready to hear a wide range of poetry in a wonderful setting.

To read a poem aloud is to give it new life. At the Sacramento Poetry Center, we couldn’t agree more. This July marked our 30th anniversary of our commitment to “the rich and vigorous presence of poetry in contemporary life.” This event will be the first in a new series of SPC readings in the Sacramento Room and at the Central Library. For details on all the poetry activities presented by SPC see www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org