Happenings
Ongoing
Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry | Find Sandy hosting Cultivating Voice LIVE Poetry most Sundays via Facebook Live and Zoom. For details see our individual Event Pages on Facebook.
First Wednesdays Write-In | Find Sandy facilitating this monthly opportunity to write in person at her hometown public library. Prompts provided. Registration recommended. During April, CT residents also can submit poems to Old Saybrook’s statewide poetry competition. Learn more.
Olympia Poetry Network: Last Tuesdays with Sandy and Thomas | Find Sandy hosting this special monthly online reading event for OPN subscribers, with co-host Thomas A. Thomas. Learn more.
W-E Bicoastal Poets of the Pandemic & Beyond | Find Sandy co-hosting this online reading series every other month. Learn more about the series, and find their event schedule on Facebook
April - National Poetry Month
Poetry Reading | Saturday, April 19, 2:00-3:30pm Eastern. Boston Public Library - Jamaica Plain branch., 30 South Street, Jamaica Plain, MA. With Ann Tweedy.
Radio Interview | WILI-FM (98.3 FM, "Hit Music i-98.3") Wednesday, April 23, 5:00pm Eastern.
Poets at Large Reading Series | Saturday, April 26, 7:00-9:00pm Eastern. The Vanilla Bean Cafe, 450 Deerfield Road., Pomfret, CT. Featured Reader with Open Mic to follow.
May
Wintonbury Poetry Series/Poetry Writing Workshop | May 15, 7:00pm Eastern, Bloomfield, CT & Online. Join Poet Laureate of Old Saybrook, Sandy Yannone, as we explore and draft new poems using the Abcedarian form. Learn more.
Wintonbury Poetry Series/Poetry Writing Workshop | May 22, 7:00pm Eastern, Bloomfield, CT & Online. Join Poet Laureate of Old Saybrook, Sandy Yannone, ds as we explore and draft new poems using the sonnet form.With June Mandelkern. Learn more.
Past Happenings
2024
Poetry Circle & Lime Square Poets: First Wednesday Series | April 3, 7:30pm IST. Whitehouse Bar, 52 O’Connell St., Limerick, Ireland.
Over the Edge Literary Events: A Birthday Tribute to Kevin Higgins | April 4, 6:00pm IST. With Felicia McCarthy & Kim Ports Parsons. Galway City Library, Galway, Ireland.
A Quarter of Poets: The International Readings | April 10, 7:00pm IST. With Sinead McClure, Maeve McKenna, & Kim Ports Parsons. Yeats Building, Sligo, Ireland.
3rd International Hybrid Poetry Event | April 20, 2:00 to 4:00pm EDT. Cornwall Library, Cornwall, CT & Online.
Sandy Yannone’s Glass Studio Launch & 60th Birthday Poetry Bash | April 24, Time 6:00pm IST. With special guests Isabela Basombrio Hoban, John Hoban, Jo Slade & Ryan Vine. Salmon Bookshop & Literary Centre, Ennistymon, Ireland.
The Poetry Lounge with Lani O’Hanlon & Mark Roper | April 27, 2:00 to 4:00pm IST. With Lani O’Hanlon & Mark Roper. Waterford Gallery of Art (WGOA), Waterford, Ireland.
Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry: New Books Showcase | May 12, 3:00pm EDT. Online. Join the group on Facebook to receive a Zoom invite.
Sandy’s Connecticut Glass Studio Launch | May 16, 6:00pm IST. With Sara Gambrill, Kate Flaherty, & Victoria Larkin. Acton Public Library, Old Saybrook, CT
Kitchen Sessions | June 7, 6:00pm PDT. Featured Reader with Open Mic. Location TBA, Bellingham, WA.
Poetry Open Mic Night | June 11, 5:30pm PDT. With host Tia Hudson. Bubz Cafe, 2601 Cherry Ave.. Bremerton, WA.
Poetry Flash Reading Series | June 20, 7:00pm PDT. With Carolyn Tipton. Art House Gallery & Cultural Center, 2905 Shattuck Avenue. Berkeley, CA.
Blue Light Press Reading Series | June 23, 6:00pm PDT.. With Diane Frank, Yeva Johnson, & Karen Poppy. MSA Gallery, San Rafael, CA.
Back Porch Reading Series | June 25, 6:00pm MDT. With Mary Oishi. Jules’ Poetry Playhouse, Placitas, NM. Limited seating available.
Fixed and Free Reading Series | June 26, 6:00pm MDT. With David Meischen & Scott Wiggerman. Billy Brown hosts. The Source, Albuquerque, NM.
LesBePoetic | June 28, 7:00pm MDT. Featured Reader with Special Guests. Mary Oishi hosts. Albuquerque, NM.
Sestina Workshop | June 29, 1:00pm - 4:00pm MDT. With Jules Nyquist. Jules’ Poetry Playhouse, Placitas, NM. Register here
New York Book Festival with CAPS | Saturday, July 13, 4:00pm EDT. Blackbird Stage, Nolan Park on Governor’s Island, New York, NY. With Mary Louise Kiernan & Ron Holm.
Reading with Janet MacFayden & Pamela Jody Stewart | Sunday, July 21, 4:00pm EDT. Unnameable Books, 66 Avenue A, Turner Falls, MA.
Reading with Amy Dryansky & Janet MacFayden | August 21, 7:00pm Eastern. Amherst Books, Amherst, MA
South Florida Poetry Journal (SoFloPoJo!) | September 17, 7:00pm EST. With Carmine Giordano. Judy Ireland hosts. Online
Fixed & Free Reading Series | September 26, 7:30pm MDT. With Martina McGowan and Lana Hechtman Ayers. Billy Brown hosts. Online.
Poet Talk | October 1, 6:00-7:00pm PST, WMUA, 91.1 FM, With hosts Ellen Miller-Mack, Riley Bowen, & Jon Plodzik. Amherst, MA
Spelled Ink | October 10, 6:00-7:00pm EST. With Cynthia Adkins, Kim Ports Parsons, Karen Poppy & Indran Amirthenayagam. Orange, VA
Untamed: The Anatomy of Desire, an Ekphrastic Sonnet Workshop | October 27, 2:00-4:30pm PST, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, WA
Lesbians WriteOn: Reading & Workshop | Wednesday, November 13, 7:00pm-8:30pm. With host Monica Barron. Online.
Poem after Poem | December 11, 6:00pm Pacific/9:00pm Eastern With Lana Hechtman Ayers & Dion O’Reilly. Online.
Next Year’s Words | December 18, 7:30pm Eastern, New Paltz, NY & Online. Susan Chute hosts.
Wintonbury Poetry Series | December 19, 7:00pm Eastern, Bloomfield, CT & Online. With June Mandelkern.
2025
Inauguration Protest Poetry Reading | January 20, 2:00pm Eastern, Online. Special Guest Reader.
Poetry Circus with Lillo Way and special guest Heidi Seaborn| February 16, 4:00pm-6:00pm PST. Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, 93 Pike St #307, Seattle, WA 98101. Join us as we help Lillo launch Flying: Trapeze Poems. Sandy debuts her circus sonnet crown. Ticket info @ https://www.folioseattle.org
Poetry Reading with Kara Briggs & Paulann Petersen | February 20, 6:00-7:00pm Pacific. Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway St., Portland, OR
Reading for Friends of The Glass Studio | Sunday, February 23, 12pm Pacific. Online. Join Sandy and her guest readers to celebrate The Glass Studio’s 1st birthday with selected readings by Liz Ahl, Allison Arth, Ansley Clark, Kate Flaherty, Sara Gambrill, Gustavo Hernandez, Anya Kirshbaum, Don Krieger, Victoria Larkin, Janet MacFadyen & D’or Seifer
Jules’ Poetry Playhouse 5-Year Celebration of Online Open Mics | Tuesday, March 18, 7:00-9:00pm, MST. Online from Placitas, NM. Featured panelist with Billy Brown (Fixed & Free), Patricia Carragon (Brownstone Poets) & Brad Parenteau (Stone Soup) with Open Mic to follow. Hosts: Jules Nyquist & John Roche.
AWP Wednesday Night Poetry | Wednesday, March 26, 6:00-10:00pm PST. Los Angeles, CA. Featured reader with star-studded scrabble of poets. Host: Kai Coggin.
AWP Off-site. On Purpose. | Thursday, March 27, 6:00-10:00pm PST. MG Studio, 11th Street, Los Angeles, CA. With Swwim Every Day, Mom Egg Review, Whale Road Review & Perugia Press. Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry readers include Kara Briggs, Risa Denenberg, Yeva Johnson, Tamara J. Madison, & Ann Tweedy.