Upcoming
Events
February
11-14, 2009
AWP Conference & Bookfair | Chicago, IL
Reading and Booksigning events TBA
March
18-22 , 2009
Virginia Festival for the Book | Charlottesville, VA
VQR Series Reading with John Casteen, Ted Genoways, Victoria
Chang, and Susan B.A. Somers-Willett
Thursday,
April 2 , 2009
7:30 PM
Michener Center for Writers Reading Series | Austin, TX
The University of Texas at Austin
Avaya Auditorium, ACES 2.302 (southeast corner of Speedway and 24th
Street)
Reading and Booksigning
Past
Events
Monday,
February 11, 2008
4 PM
Dripping Springs High School | Dripping Springs, TX
111 Tiger Lane
Poetry Out Loud Workshop
Wednesday,
February 13, 2008
7PM
Trinity College | San Antonio, TX
The Tiger's Den, Coates University Center
Reading and Booksigning
Saturday,
February 2, 2008
4:30-6:15
PM
AWP
Conference & Bookfair | New York, NY
Twenty Years of New York City Slam
Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas
Regent Parlor, 2nd Floor
Panel discussion with Daniel Nester, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz,
Shappy Seasholtz, and Susan B.A. Somers-Willett
August
7-11 , 2007
National Poetry Slam | Austin, Texas
Listed events are free and open to the public
Wednesday, August 8 | 11:30AM-1 PM
Slam and the Academy Panel
Hideout Upstairs Theater, 617 Congress Ave.
Thursday, August 9| 3-4:30 PM
Is There Such a Thing as "Slam Poetry"? Panel
Discussion with Scott Woods
Hideout Upstairs Theater, 617 Congress Ave.
Friday, August 10 | 2:30-4 PM
Revenge of the Nerd Legends Showcase
Hideout Theater, 617 Congress Ave.
June
28-30 , 2007
Poetry Cross-Training Camp | SUNY Oneonta
Instructor/Presenter
A three-day intensive conference for adults led by
some of the nation's top performance poets. The conference encompasses
writing as craft, performance tricks and tips, the creative process,
revision and editing, publishing, teaching slam in your school,
and promoting yourself and/or reading series.
May 13-16, 2007
Northeast Tour with Genevieve Van Cleve
Sunday, May 13| 7 PM
Poets' Asylum Reading
Series | Worcester, MA
The Java Hut
1073A Main Street (at Webster Square)
508.752.1678
Monday, May 14 | 7 PM
louderARTS
Slam Finals | New York City, NY
13 Bar | Lounge
35 East 13th Street @ University Place
2nd Floor, 212.979.6677
4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, R, W to 14th Street | Union Square
$6 | $5 students
2 for 1 drinks
Tuesday, May 15| 7-9 PM
Urbana
Presents: Genevieve Van Cleve and Susan B.A. Somers-Willett
Bowery Poetry Club | New York City, NY
308 Bowery, 212.614.0505
Located at foot of First Street, between Houston & Bleecker
across the street from CBGBs
F train to Second Ave, or 6 train to Bleecker
Wednesday, May 16 | 8 PM
Boston
Poetry Slam | Cambridge, MA
Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Ave. (Central Square)
617.354.2685
Wednesday,
March 21, 2007
4:30
PM
Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA
"Poetry in Public"
Adamson Wing, Baker Hall 136
Research Talk and Presentation
Monday,
February 12, 2007
4:30
PM
Carnegie Mellon University | Pittsburgh, PA
Maggie Murph Cafe, Hunt Library
Reading and Booksigning
Friday,
November 3, 2006
7
PM
Nickel City Poetry Slam | Buffalo, NY
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
1285 Elmwood Avenue
Reading and Booksigning
Friday,
October 13, 2006
Noon, Carnegie Mellon University
Center for the Arts in Society Meeting | Pittsburgh, PA
H & SS Dean's Conference Room, Baker Hall 154
R
Research Talk
Friday,
October 13, 2006
3PM, University of Pittsburgh
Writers' Cafe | Pittsburgh, PA
Pitt Writing Center, M2 Thaw Hall
Student Workshop with Deb Bogan
Friday,
October 6, 2006
8 PM (come early to ensure entry)
Gist Street Reading Series | Pittsburgh, PA
James Simon’s sculpture studio
305 Gist Street, Uptown Pittsburgh, 3rd floor | Directions
$5 suggested donation; food, wine, and socializing begin at
7 PM
Reading with Lee Peterson
August
9-12 , 2006
National Poetry
Slam | Austin, Texas
Listed events are free and open to the public
Thursday, August 10 | Noon-1:30 PM
Slam and the Academy Panel
Hideout Upstairs Theater, 617 Congress Ave.
Friday, August 11 | Noon-1:30 PM
NPS Women's Showcase
Hideout Theater, 617 Congress Ave.
Friday, August 11 | 2:15-3:00 PM
Surviving in the Small Press World Panel
Hideout Upstairs Theater, 617 Congress Ave.
Wednesday,
July 5, 2006
7:30 PM
Austin Poetry Slam
| Austin, Texas
Ego's, 510 South Congress
Featured performance
Friday
and Saturday, June 30-July 1, 2006
Youth Writers' Workshop
Southern Illinois University | Carbondale, Illinois
Reading and Lecture/Workshop
Tuesday,
April 11, 2006
4:30 PM
Illini Union Bookstore Author's Corner | Champaign, Illinois
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Reading and Booksigning
Thursday,
April 6, 2006
4 PM
Southern Illinois University | Carbondale, Illinois
2005 Crab Orchard Series Award Reading
Reading and Booksigning
March
8-11, 2006
AWP
Conference & Bookfair | Austin, Texas
Thursday, March 9 | 3 PM
"Slam Poetry and the Academy" Roundtable Discussion
Austin Hilton (500 East 4th Street), Salon D
Roundtable discussion with Tyehimba Jess, Eitan Kadosh, Ed
Bok Lee, Cin Salach, Patricia Smith, Susan B.A. Somers-Willett
Friday, March 10 | 3 PM
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry Reading
Austin Hilton (500 East 4th Street), Meeting Room 404
Group reading and booksigning featuring Victoria Chang, Amy
Fleury, David Hernandez, Susan B.A. Somers-Willett
Saturday, March 11 | 3 PM
"Grassroots Austin: The Hottest Acts in Slam Poetry"
Showcase
Austin Convention Center, Meeting Room 8ABC
Group reading featuring Mike Henry, Phil West, Liz Jones,
Tony Jackson, Christopher Lee, Patricia Smith, Cin Salach, Susan
B.A. Somers-Willett
Sunday,
February 26, 2006
3 PM
Maple Leaf Bar | New Orleans, Louisiana
8316 Oak Street
A reading not to miss. Susan features at the oldest-running
reading series in New Orleans, set in the home venue of Rebirth
Brass Band, during Mardi Gras weekend. A second line to the Bacchus
parade will follow. |
