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| PORTLAND METRO - Stafford Birthday Events For January 2012 | |||
Wednesday, January 4th, 7 p.m. West Linn Library, 1595 Burns, West Linn. Hosted by David Hedges. Featuring Linda Appel, Jean Bennett, Ailish Duff, Madison Fiedler, Emma Kennard, Rachel Pass, Scottie Sterrett, Andy West, and FWS Board Member Nancy Winklesky. Contact: Rebecca Mayer, Librarian Cheryl Hill or David Hedges. Saturday, January 7th, 2-4 p.m. Tigard Public Library, 13500 SW Hall Blvd., Tigard. Hosted by FWS Emerita Board Member Sue Einowski. The theme will be William Stafford's poetry and philosophy in the classroom today. Featuring Leanne Grabel, John Morrison, Steve Sander, and FWS Board Members Tim Barnes and Leah Stenson. Contact: Sue Einowski or Sarah Jesudason. Saturday, January 7th, 4-5:30 p.m. Kairos-Milwaukie UCC, 4790 SE Logus Road, Milwaukie. Hosted by Oregon Fellowship of Reconciliation. Featuring a showing of the film, “Every War Has Two Losers.” Kairos Community Forums encourage the exploration of topics related to the pursuit of justice and peace, as well as a wide array of issues that promote greater understanding of diversity and difference of opinion as stated in the congregation's core values. Contact: Joanie McClellan, or at 818-599-0257. Directions: http://www.kairosucc.org/html/map.html Sunday, January 8th, 7-9 p.m. Stonehenge Studios, 3508 SW Corbett Ave., Portland. Hosted by FWS Board Member Leah Stenson. "Stafford in Translation." Featuring Paul Merchant who will talk about the translation of Stafford's poetry into various languages as well as Stafford's work as a translator of Spanish, Cindy Gutierrez who will read Spanish Stafford translations, and Lars Nordstrom who will read his translations of Stafford into Norwegian. Attendees are invited to share a Stafford poem or anecdote at the open mic. Contact: Leah Stenson. Tuesday, January 10th, 7:30 p.m. Annie Bloom’s Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland. Hosted by FWS Board Member Emerita Sulima Malzin. Featuring Maura Doherty, Joan Maiers, Carolyn Martin, Dan Skach-Mills, and FWS Board Member Tim Barnes. Contact: Sulima Malzin or books@annieblooms.com. Saturday, January 14th, 2 p.m. Hillsboro Main Library, 2850 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro. Hosted by Mark Thalman. Featuring Tim Applegate, Margaret Chula, Liz Nakazawa, Lars Nordstrom, Bill Siverly, Penelope Scambly Schott, and FWS Board Member Barbara Drake. Contact: Hillary Garrett, or at 503-615-6500 or Mark Thalman. Sunday, January 15th, 6:30 p.m. Moonstruck Chocolate Café, 45 S. State Street, Lake Oswego. Hosted by Joan Maiers. Featuring Geranna Fleming, James Fleming, Jon Seaman, and FWS Board Member Patricia Carver. Contact: Joan Maiers or Moonstruck Chocolate Café at 503-697-7097. Sunday, January 15th, 2 p.m. Sanctuary, West Hills Unitarian-Universalist Fellowship, 8470 SW Oleson Road, Portland. Hosted by FWS Emerita Board Member Sulima Malzin. Featuring Susan Bucharest, David Hedges, Bill Siverly, VOX Spoken Word Chorus, and FWS Board Members Paulann Petersen and Susan Reese. WHUUF Sunday morning worship services at 9 and 11am will feature Sulima Malzin speaking on "Another World Instead: The Life and Vision of William Stafford." All are welcome to attend. Contact: Sulima Malzin. Monday, January 16th, 10 p.m. KBOO Radio, 90.7 FM. “Talking Earth”. Hosted by Barbara LaMorticella. Contact: Barbara LaMorticella. Tuesday, January 17th, 6-8 p.m. Literary Arts Room, Roger Rook Hall, Clackamas Community College, 19600 S. Molalla Ave., Oregon City. Hosted by Elisabeth Miles, Third Monday Authors' Evening Group, and CCC. Featuring FWS Board Member Paulann Petersen. Stafford Theme Open Mic: People will share one or two poems by William Stafford, and, if they want, a poem of their own in the tradition of William Stafford, or an anecdote or remembrance about him. Contact: Elisabeth Miles. Tuesday, January 17th, 7-9 p.m. In Other Words Feminist Community Center, 14 N Killingsworth, Portland. Part of the Figures of Speech Reading Series. Hosted by Constance Hall and Steve Williams. Featuring Mary Szybist and FWS Board Member Leah Stenson. Bring poems inspired/in tribute/or in the style of William Stafford for our open mic. (1 poem or 2 pages max please.). This event will include poetry prompts, & cookies. Contact: Steve Williams or go to www.figuresofspeechpdx.wordpress.com/about Wednesday, January 18th, 7 p.m. Smith, (333 SMC), Portland State University, 1825 SW Broadway, Portland. Featuring John Beer, FWS Board Member Paulann Petersen, and FWS Board Member Emeritus Shelley Reece. Contact: Shelley Reece. Wednesday, January 18th, 7 p.m. Miracle Theater/El Centro Milagro, 525 SE Stark St., Portland. The second William Stafford Birthday Reading sponsored by Los Portenos, Portland's Latino writers' group. Hosted by Cindy Williams Gutiérrez. Featuring Ana Consuelo, Mary Drew, Catherine Evleshin, Joann Farías, Joaquín López, Octaviano Merecías-Cuevas, Ivonne Saed, Olga Sanchez, and FWS Board Member Don Colburn. Bring your favorite Stafford poem to read! Contact: Cindy Williams Gutierrez. Wednesday, January 18th, 7 p.m. Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway, Portland. Hosted by Joanna Rose. Featuring Stevan Allred, Harold Johnson, Christie Krug, Barbara LaMorticella, and FWS Board Member Leah Stenson. Contact: Roberta Dyer at 503-284-1726 or bookbroads@aol.com or Joanna Rose. Thursday, January 19th, 7 p.m. Oregon City Library, 606 John Adams Street, Oregon City. Hosted by Christine Delea. Featuring Lyssa Tall Anolik, Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, Carolyn Moore, David Rutiezer, Laura Weeks, and FWS Board Member Nancy Winklesky. Contact: Library Director Maureen Cole or Christine Delea. Thursday, January 19th, 7 p.m. Lake Oswego Library, 706 4th St., Lake Oswego. Hosted by Kirsten Rian. Featuring Skye Leslie, Amy MacLennan, Melissa Madenski, BT Shaw, and FWS Board Member Susan Reese. Contact: Alicia Yokoyama or Kirsten Rian. Saturday, January 21st, 2-4 p.m. Milwaukie Ledding Library, Pond House, 2215 SE Harrison, Milwaukie. Hosted by Greg Chaimov and Tom Hogan. Featuring Gail Barker, Susanna Lundgren, Helen McNaughton, Heidi Pullen, Ron Rasch, Bill Siverly, and FWS Board Member Paulann Petersen. Contact: Greg Chaimov or Tom Hogan or at 503-819-8367. Saturday, January 21st, 3 p.m. Holy Names Heritage Center, 17425 Holy Names Drive, Lake Oswego. Hosted by Joan Maiers. Featuring FWS Board Member Patricia Carver. Contact: Joan Maiers or Holy Names Heritage Center at 503-607-0595. Directions: Take the Mary’s Woods exit off Hwy 43 and head one block east. Saturday, January 21st, 4 p.m. Cover to Cover Books, 6300 NE St. James Road, Suite 104B, Vancouver, WA. Hosted by Christopher Luna. Contact: Christopher Luna or Cover to Cover at 360-993-7777. Sunday, January 22nd, 2-4 p.m. Blackfish Gallery, 420 NW 9th, Portland. Hosted by Willa Schneberg and Robin Bagai. Featuring Ron Bloodworth, A. Molotkov, Susan Russell, Suzanne Sigafoos, Joe Soldati, and FWS Board Member Leah Stenson. Contact: Willa Schneberg or call at 503-248-4136. Sunday, January 22nd, 2 p.m. Auditorium, Beaverton City Library, 12375 SW 5th St., Beaverton - www.beavertonlibrary.org. Hosted by FWS Board Member Don Colburn. Featuring three-time Oregon Book Award winner John Daniel who will read from William Stafford's poems and his own and talk about Stafford's life and work in relation to his own writing, both poetry and prose. Then there will be time for audience members to come forward and read a Stafford poem of their choice. Bring one! Contact: Linda Fallon at 503-526-2676 or Don Colburn at 503-737-7819. Monday, January 23rd, 7-8:30 p.m. University of Portland, Buckley Center 163, University of Portland, 5000 N. Willamette Blvd., Portland. Hosted by Herman Asarnow. Featuring Chris Cottrell, Kate Gray, Jerry Harp, Sara Jaffe, Lay-Ping (Candy) Tan, and FWS Board Member Susan Reese. Contact: Herman Asarnow. Wednesday, January 25th, 7 p.m. Influence Music Hall, 135 S.E. Main Street, Hillsboro. Hosted by Rosemary Lombard and Fred Melden as part of the regular Conversations with Writers Series. Featuring Stafford Collection archivist Paul Merchant on Stafford's sayings, essays, and poems on the writing process, in particular, his revisions. Contact: Rosemary Lombard. Click here to view the event poster. Thursday, January 26th, 7 p.m. Eliot Chapel, First Unitarian Church, 1011 SW 12th Avenue (corner of 12th and Salmon), Portland. Hosted by FWS Board Member Paulann Petersen. Featuring Paul Merchant and Greg Simon. Merchant, the Stafford Archivist at Lewis & Clark College, will present "Images from the California Back Country: The Persistence of an Idea," a talk about particular images that appeared in Bill’s poetry in 1942, 1943, then reappeared in 1970, 1989, and finally in 1991. Simon will present "Some Time When the River is Ice . . .” a brief discussion of 20th century poets Gaston Baquero, Fernando Pessoa, and William Stafford, and their literary relationships with rivers. Contact: Katie Radditz at 503-228-6389 ex.17 Sunday, January 29th, 2 p.m. Multnomah Central Library, US Bank Room, 801 SW 10th Ave., Portland. Hosted by FWS Emeritus Board Member Joseph Soldati. Keynote presentation by Bob Balmer, high school teacher and widely published humorist. Also featuring Jane Glazer, Diane Holland, Kirsten Rian, David Rutiezer, Mark Thalman, and FWS Board Member Leah Stenson. Contact: Joseph Soldati. Tuesday, January 31st, 7-8:30 p.m. Barnes & Noble, 7700 NE Fourth Plain Boulevard, Vancouver, WA. Hosted by Shawn Sorensen. Award winners Leanne Grabel and Steve Sander read their work at our Last Tuesdays Poetry Group! Come celebrate William Stafford with a round table discussion, author readings, open mic and the largest selection of poetry titles in town. We will also have a drawing for the 2012 Poet's Market book! Come on up or by for a poetry event in the thriving and growing Vancouver art/literary scene. Featuring FWS Board Member Tim Barnes. Contact: Shawn Sorensen. |
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| REGIONAL, USA & AROUND THE WORLD - Stafford Birthday Events For January 2012 | |||
| This is the fifth year that William Stafford Birthday Celebrations will be international. |
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Sunday January 8th, 2 p.m. Klamath County Library, 126 S. 3rd St., Klamath Falls, Oregon. Bring a poem of your own to read, or read one of William Stafford’s. Refreshments will be available. Contact: Mary Hope at 541-850-2091 fishtrappe@hughes.net or Andy Swanson at 541-882-8894 ext. #10. Tuesday, January 10th, 7 p.m. COCC Library, Second Floor Reading Room, Central Oregon Community College, Bend, Oregon. Hosted by Neil Browne and John Martin. Contact: Neil Browne or John Martin. Wednesday, January 11th, 7:30 p.m. Austin Reading Room, Nicholson Library, Linfield College, 900 SE Baker Ave, McMinnville, Oregon. Hosted by FWS Board Member Barbara Drake. Featuring Barbara LaMorticella, Michael McDowell, Joanna Rose, Bill Siverly, Mary Slocum, and Mark Thalman. Public participation warmly invited. Bring a Stafford poem, prose passage, or anecdote, and a poem of your own to share if you wish. Contact: Barbara Drake or swhyte@linfield.edu. Thursday, January 12th, 5:30 p.m. Princeton Art Museum, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. Hosted by Meredith Martin. Contact: Meredith Martin. Saturday, January 14th, 2-3:30 p.m. (Mountain Time). Ontario Community Library, 388 SW 2nd Avenue, Ontario, Oregon. Hosted by Phillip Mahaffey, English Department, Treasure Valley Community College. Contacts: Darlene Johnston and Doreen Jones (Ontario Community Library) 541-889-6371; Phillip Mahaffey 541-881-5912. Saturday, January 14th, 1:30-3:30 p.m. Molalla Public Library, 201 E. 5th St., Molalla, Oregon, 97038. Hosted by Larry Anderson. Sponsored by the Molalla Writers Group. Featuring Kate Gray, Joseph Quinones, and FWS Board Member Paulann Petersen. The first hour will be a discussion of Stafford poems, stories and experiences. Guests are invited to share related poems, original or not. The second hour will be a visual/verbal exchange, showing Stafford-inspired art and poetry by community members. Artists are invited to use their craft to create an impression of any Stafford Poem of their choosing. Audience participation in any part of the program is strictly voluntary. We expect that many guests will prefer to listen. Contact: Larry Anderson 503-829-8269. Saturday, January 14th, 2 p.m. George Fox University, Hoover Hall, 105, 414 N. Meridian Street, Newberg, Oregon 97132. Hosted by George Fox University, Department of Peace & Justice with support from the Friends of William Stafford. Featuring Ursula Le Guin, Eleanor Berry, and FWS Board Members Dennis and Helen Schmidling. Contact: Melanie Newell or George Fox University at 503.554.2685 or Dennis Schmidling. Click here to see the event poster. Sunday, January 15th, 4 p.m. Fishtrap House, (Coffin House), Enterprise, Oregon. Hosted by FWS Board Member Rich Wandschneider. Contact: Rich Wandschneider. Sunday, January 15th, 2 to 4 p.m. Columbia Center for the Arts, Hood River, Oregon. Co-hosted by Barbara Young and Althea Hukari. Featuring FWS Board Member Leah Stenson and local poets. Both Stafford and personal poems will be read with time for audience members to read. Contact: Barbara Young 541-490-1996. Sunday, January 15th, 2 p.m. Wy’east Book Shoppe & Art Gallery at the Rendezvous Center, 67149 E. Highway 26, Welches, Oregon. Hosted by Josh Baker. Featuring FWS Emeritus Board Member Sharon Wood Wortman. Contact: Sandra Palmer at 503-622-1623 or Lindy Delf. Tuesday, January 17th, 12:15 p.m. Leland Eggleston Cofer Memorial Chapel of the NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, 525 East 68th Street, New York, NY 10065. Hosted by Joel Nightingale Berning, Chaplain. Midday within a large Manhattan hospital, this celebration is restricted to NYP staff, patients, and their families (for security reasons). Nurses, doctors, housekeepers, social workers, chaplains, security guards, etc. will be welcome to share their favorite poems, relate poetry to their healing work, and maybe discover a poetry community among each other. Contact: Joel Nightingale Berning 212-746-6971. Tuesday, January 17th, 7-8:30 p.m. Newport Public Library, 35 NW Nye Street, Newport, Oregon. Co-sponsored by Willamette Writers Coast Chapter. Hosted by Marianne Klekacz. Featuring FWS Board Member Linda Gelbrich. Attendees are encouraged to bring their favorite Stafford poems to share. Contact: Marianne Klekacz or Dorothy Mack. Tuesday, January 17th, 7 p.m. Village Books, 1200 Eleventh Street, Bellingham, Washington. Hosted by James Bertolino. William Stafford Tribute Event: An Evening of Poetry. Village Books will host a poetry reading celebrating Oregon’s late poet laureate, William Stafford. One of the best-known and loved American poets, Stafford served as Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress, received the National Book Award for Traveling Through the Dark, and taught for many years at Lewis & Clark College in Portland. He grew up in Kansas, was a conscientious objector during World War II, and was widely admired for his generosity. Contact: Nan Macy, Village Books or James Bertolino 360-398-7870. Tuesday, January 17th, 7 p.m. Hutchinson Art Center, 405 N. Washington, Hutchinson, Kansas. Hosted by the Hutchinson/Reno Arts and Humanities Council. Join us in commemorating the birthday of William Stafford. Gather with other fans to discuss the life and work, and to read the poetry of this Hutchinson native. Contact: Mark Rassette, Hutchinson/Reno Arts and Humanities Council, 620-662-1280 or by email at hrah@cox.net. Thursday, January 19th, 7 p.m. Hannon Library, Meese Meeting Room 309, 1250 Siskiyou Blvd., Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Oregon. Hosted by Friends of Hannon Library and Friends of William Stafford. Poets from eighteen to eighty will be featured including Eugene poets Ingrid Wendt and Ralph Salisbury and Rogue Valley poets Kasey Mohammad, Marisa Petersen, Michael Holstein, and Lucia Hadella. Audience members who bring a favorite William Stafford poem will also be invited to read. The program will conclude with a showing of the short film “Every War Has Two Losers” based on Stafford's journals. Contact: Patty Wixon or Ila Haas, 541-552-6835. Thursday, January 19th, 7 p.m. Morgan Room of Aiken Hall, Champlain College, Burlington, Vermont. Hosted by Jim Ellefson. Contact: Jim Ellefson. Thursday, January 19th, 6:30 p.m. Harney County Library, 80 West D Street (corner of D and Alvord), Burns, Oregon. Hosted by Kate Marsh. Featured readers include several members of the Harney Basin Writers who will read William Stafford's poems followed by some of their own written in his spirit. Other community members will also be sharing favorite Stafford poems, and young students will read poems they've written influenced by their study of Stafford's work. Contact: Kate Marsh 541-573-7204. Thursday, January 19th, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. Herbster Chapel, Heidelberg University, 310 East Market, Tiffin, Ohio 44883. Co-hosted by President Rob Huntington and Professor Bill Reyer. Open to the broader Tiffin and Seneca County community, the event will have a featured student group, a solo interpretive reading, then readings of Stafford pieces by anyone who cares to share. The evening will end with an open microphone for student and area poets to share their own work or work by other poets. Contact: Bill Reyer 419-448-2048. Thursday, January 19th, 5:30 p.m. Location TBA, Salem, Oregon. Third Thursday Poets begins its ninth year with a Celebration of All Things Stafford. Please bring 2 or 3 poems or stories or anecdotes or memories or remembrances to share. The work can be by William Stafford or about William Stafford or inspired by William Stafford – you get the idea! Contact: Maureen Clifford. Friday, January 20, 6:00 p.m. Paulina Springs Books, 252 W. Hood Ave., Sisters, Oregon. Hosted by Paulina Springs Books and Friends of William Stafford. Featuring Jim Anderson, Kit Stafford, Ellen Waterston, and Friends of William Stafford board members Dennis & Helen Schmidling. Contact Helen Schmidling helen@dsagroup.net Phone: 541-549-5992 or 541-549-0866 Saturday, January 21st, 1 – 4:30 p.m. Corvallis-Benton County Library, Corvallis, Oregon. Hosted by FWS Board Member Linda Gelbrich. Featured poem: “Climbing Along the River.” The day will begin with a writing workshop with Ann Staley, followed by featured readers including Clem Starck, Roger Weaver, and 3rd grade students from Adams School in Corvallis, followed by audience members reading Bill’s poems or a poem they’ve written in response to the featured poem. Contact: Linda Gelbrich 541-754-7198. Saturday, January 21st, 2 – 4 p.m. For more information, contact: |
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