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April 2, SAturdAy • 4:30 pM JoAn MurrAy, poet, playwright, and Old Chatham resident, opens the festival. The theme of her reading is Poems of Rural Life. Author of prize-winning books, she is one of 41 US Poets to be awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Fellowship. Open reading will follow. Bring a favorite poem or one of your own to read. (This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc. with public funds from New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency.) April 3, SundAy • 2 pMBruno nAvASky, poet and elementary school teacher, will discuss reading poetry with children, read some of his favorite poems and talk about how he selects poems for his anthologies. He is editor of Poem in Your Pocket for Young Poets, Festival in My Heart: Poems by Japanese Children, and Sixty Years of American Poetry. His poems, reviews, and translations have appeared in the The New York Times, The Paris Review, and elsewhere.
April 8, FridAy • 7 pMFilM, DeaD Poets society. English professor John Keating instills in his students a love of poetry and inspires them to seize the day. With Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Josh Charles.
April 9, SAturdAy • 2 pMShAkeSpeAre perForMAnce. Costumed dramatic readings by Taconic Hills High School students who have trained with Shakespeare and Company, Lenox, Mass. April 10, SundAy • 2 pMpeter BergMAn, Executive Director, The Millay Society, will explore the world of Edna St. Vincent Millay, through poetry, prose, and photogra-phy. Bergman is a writer and reviewer for area papers. He has written seven plays set in the Berkshires. April 15, FridAy • 7 pM An evening With peter duFAult: Screening, What I Meant to Tell you: An American Poet’s ‘State of the Union,’ a film about Hillsdale’s resident poet, Peter Dufault, directed by his son, Ethan Dufault, followed by a reading. For Dufault, nature is the sublime bedrock that forms the basis for ethics and spirituality. Author of seven poetry books, his poems have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, Atlantic Monthly, and Poetry.
April 30, SAturdAy • 2 pM J. dAniel BeAudry: “A WAy oF poetry.” Reading at 2pm followed by a workshop at 3pm. In Beaudry’s work, vibrant experi-ence and poetry are intertwined, and he will explore the possibility that writing poetry can lead to a fuller, truer way of being alive. A lecturer at Saint Rose College and HVCC, his work is greatly influenced by his Buddhist practice. Beaudry’s poems have appeared in Frogpond, Modern Haiku, Nature in Legend and Story. The reading is open to all; the workshop is limited to 12. Suggested donation: $15. To register, contact: [email protected].
April 9, SAturdAy • 11 AMpoetry For children. Bruno Navasky will lead parents and children in reading and sharing favorite poems. He will provide poems or you can bring your own favorites. April 16, SAturdAy • 10:30 AM-11:30 AM Story hour: Fun With rhyMeS. Stories told in rhyme, poetic picture books, funny poems, and rhyming games.
April 19, tueSdAy • 12 pM-2 pMBecoMe the MediA: video poeM WorkShop. Create a collaborative video poem. Ages 8-12.
April 21, thurSdAy • 3 pM-5 pM hAiku Zine-MAking WorkShop Express yourselves through a little 5-7-5 Haiku practice, while collaborating on a Zine. Registration is suggested. Ages 12 and up. April 21, thurSdAy • 6 pM-8 pMMovie night: hoWl’S Moving cAStle. A young woman’s humdrum life gets interesting when she’s cursed by a spiteful witch and seeks help from the wizard Howl. John Donne’s poem, “Song: Go and Catch a Falling Star,” is the inspiration for Howl’s own curse. Rated PG.
eventS For children And youthS
9091 Route 22 • Hillsdaleapproximately 1/2 mile south of the traffic light in Hillsdale
518.325.4101
Poetry is for everyone. Come celebrate National Poetry Month at the Roeliff Jansen Community Library
poetry is Food for the heart, Soul and Mind.
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