Happenings

Ongoing

Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry | Find Sandy hosting Cultivating Voice LIVE Poetry most Sundays via Facebook Live and Zoom. First Sundays are our Poets Focus, a themed-open mic. Second Sundays are our New Books Showcases featuring 3-4 poets with books published within the past year. Third Sundays are our famed Wild Card Open Mic. For details see our individual Event Pages on Facebook.

Olympia Poetry Network: Last Tuesdays with Sandy | A special monthly online reading event for Olympia Poetry Network subscribers, hosted by Sandy. 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

November

Lesbians WriteOn: Reading & Workshop | Wednesday, November 13, 7:00pm-8:30pm. With host Monica Barron. Online.

December

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.

Past Happenings

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