Poet and musician Lester Hirsh will read from his work accompanying himself on guitar Sunday, Sept. 1, from 9:30 to 10:10 am at Joseph Priestley Memorial Chapel, 380 Front Street, Northumberland. Hirsh is a guitarist, singer/songwriter, and poet who plays on Spanish 6-string and acoustic 12-string guitars in styles ranging from classical, country, and folk, to Brazilian jazz and Flamenco.
More poetry in September
The 5th annual Stillwater Poetry and Music Festival will be Saturday, Sept. 7, under a tent in the Stillwater Memorial Park. The event will feature award-winning poets from across Pennsylvania, including:
The theme of this year’s festival is agriculture and nature writing. Several other poets completing the roster are farmer/poets who write of the land and its importance in their lives.
Additionally, Benton’s Fort Ricketts Post #8317 is supporting the festival with the sponsorship of a veteran poet who, in addition to reading at the festival, will make a visit to the Benton Area School District for a reading. Two open mic sessions allow anyone with a poem to share it from the festival stage. Live acoustic music will also be part of the festival. Local and organic food will be available.
Free admission, rain or shine. For more information contact: stillwaterpoetry@yahoo.com.
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More poetry in September
The 5th annual Stillwater Poetry and Music Festival will be Saturday, Sept. 7, under a tent in the Stillwater Memorial Park. The event will feature award-winning poets from across Pennsylvania, including:
- Julia Spicher Kasdorf, Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Creative Writing at Penn State University. Kasdorf is the author of three volumes of poetry, Sleeping Preacher, Eve’s Striptease, and Poetry in America.
- Sheryl St. Germain, a Louisiana native and director of the MFA writing program at Chatham University, Pittsburgh. St. Germain is the author of Going Home, The Mask of Medusa, Making Bread at Midnight, How Heavy the Breath of God, and The Journals of Scheherazade, as well as her latest Let it Be a Dark Roux: New and Selected Poems.
- Jack Troy, professor emeritus of Juniata College and author of Calling the Planet Home.
The theme of this year’s festival is agriculture and nature writing. Several other poets completing the roster are farmer/poets who write of the land and its importance in their lives.
Additionally, Benton’s Fort Ricketts Post #8317 is supporting the festival with the sponsorship of a veteran poet who, in addition to reading at the festival, will make a visit to the Benton Area School District for a reading. Two open mic sessions allow anyone with a poem to share it from the festival stage. Live acoustic music will also be part of the festival. Local and organic food will be available.
Free admission, rain or shine. For more information contact: stillwaterpoetry@yahoo.com.
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