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The
2nd Annual Monterey Bay Poetry Festival
was
a great success! Thank you to the 700 poets and poetry lovers
who came through the door. Check back for event photos
and information about the televised broadcast on Public Access
Channel 24!
April 18, 2004
Noon to 10 pm
Chautauqua
Hall, Pacific Grove, CA
[Festival Schedule]
12
- 12:30 pm |
Del
Rey Oaks Elementary School Poets |
12:30
pm - 1 pm |
Monterey Peninsula
College Poets |
1
pm - 6 pm |
Anthology of
Monterey Bay Poets Reading |
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1 pm - 2 pm |
Marcia
Adams, Julia Alter, Charles Atkinson, Barbara Bloom,
Judith Cody, Susan Samuels Drake, Kate Evans, Dion Farquhar,
Kathleen Flowers, Hermie Medley |
2
pm - 3 pm |
Bert
Glick, Patricia Grube, Ellen Hart, Karen Hepner, Christina
Hutchins, Jonell Esme Jel’enedra, Rosie King |
3
pm - 4 pm |
Megan
Lee, Barbara Leon, Dan Linehan, George Lober, Don Lobner,
William Minor, Dan Phillips, Reda Rackley, Ziggy Rendler-Bregman,
Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts |
4
pm - 5 pm |
Dee
Roe, Joan Safajek, Charles Schubert, Patti Sirens, Robin
Somers, Anne Stickel, Garland Thompson, CJ Sage, JP
Dancing Bear, Molly
Tierney |
5
pm - 6 pm |
Maria
Garcia Tabor, Patrice Vecchione, Denis Wagner, Phillip
Wagner, Ken Weisner, Suki Wessling, George Wilson,
Frances Payne Adler, Allston James |
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6:30
pm - 8 pm |
Featured Poets |
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| 6:30
pm - 7:15 pm |
Len Anderson,
Molly Fisk |
| 7:15 pm - 8 pm |
David Gitin, Akasha
Gloria Hull |
| 8 pm - 8:45 pm |
Robert Sward,
Ric Masten |
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9:30
pm - 10 pm |
Open Mic |
[Press Release]
WHAT:
THE 2ND ANNUAL MONTEREY BAY POETRY FESTIVAL
DATE: SUNDAY,
APRIL 18th
TIME: NOON
– 10 PM
WHERE: CHAUTAUQUA
HALL (16th/CENTRAL AVE) PACIFIC GROVE, CA
COST: FREE
The 2nd Annual Monterey Bay Poetry Festival will take place
in historic Chautauqua Hall in Pacific Grove, California from
noon until 8 pm on April 18, 2004.
A celebration
of poetry in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties, the festival’s
featured poets are Len Anderson, Molly Fisk, David
Gitin, Akasha Gloria Hull, Robert Sward and
Ric Masten.
As
a benefit for the forthcoming Anthology
of Monterey Bay Poets, the festival will
also include a reading by more than 50 contributors to the
anthology including Marcia Adams, Frances Payne Adler, Julia
Alter, Charles Atkinson, Barbara Bloom, Judith Cody, JP Dancing
Bear, Susan Samuels Drake, Kate Evans, Dion Farquhar, Kathleen
Flowers, Bert Glick, Patricia Grube, Ellen Hart, Karen Hepner,
Christina Hutchins, Allston James, Tamara Jane, Jonell Esme
Jel’enedra, Rosie King, Megan Lee, Barbara Leon, Dan
Linehan, George Lober, Don Lobner, Hermie Medley, William
Minor, Dan Phillips, Reda Rackley, Ziggy Rendler-Bregman,
Elliot Ruchowitz-Roberts, Dee Roe, Joan Safajek, CJ Sage,
Charles Schubert, Patti Sirens, Robin Somers, Anne Stickel,
Maria Garcia Tabor, Garland Thompson, Molly Tierney, Patrice
Vecchione, Denis Wagner, Phillip Wagner, Ken Weisner, Suki
Wessling and George Wilson.
The
festival will begin at noon with a special reading by children
from Del Rey Oaks Elementary School led by Patrice Vecchione
and a reading by David Gitin’s Monterey Peninsula College
writing students. It will also feature the work of local artists
and accompanying piano by William Minor.
If
you're interested in volunteering your time or donating money
to the festival,
please email Ryan.
[Sponsors]
  
Highlights
from the
2003 Monterey Bay Poetry Festival
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