Performance Poetry at Ziggies
Hosted by local published poet Julie Cummings  http://www.JulieCummingsPoetry.com Performance Poetry The second & fourth Wednesday of the month Sign up as early as 6:00 pm Featured Poet at 6:15 pm followed by open readings No Cover Followed by the weekly Wednesday Featured Musician Open Jam 8pm Some of our previously featured poets: Taryn Browne Lenny Chernila Julie Cummings Mark Friedman Ken Greenley Janet Glovinsky Hildegard Guttendorfer Mostly Joe Hawkins Ed Hanson Neil Kelly Kit Hedman Kit Muldoon Charles Nicols Sally Ortiz Marilyn Raff You may email Julie at: Poetry@ZiggiesLiveMusic.com Currently residing in Colorado, Julie Cummings is known for her contributions to the literary world through many facets. In addition to being the standing President of Columbine Poets, Inc, which is the Colorado state poetry society affiliated with the NFSPS, Ms. Cummings also facilitates and conducts workshops on various writing topics on a regular basis. Ms. Cummings' poems have been published in three anthologies over the course of the past several years. Additionally her work is found in a local literary magazine, newspapers, as well as on the internet. Ms. Cummings began writing poetry at the age of 9. Ms. Cummings is strongly influenced by Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer as well as many others. In addition to being a middle school educator, Ms. Cummings also enjoys educating people about social issues through her poetry as well as through workshops. Her poems are available in postcard form as well as in a little self published book of poems in which she donates all of the proceeds to several different social awareness causes. |
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Ziggies is centrally located and very easy to find. |
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And a great success it was... Thank you to all of you who attended the first annual Ziggies Poetry Fest featuring Workshops, Featured Poets, Readings, Fun, and of course Live Music
Westword's writeup by Jef Otte can be found at: http://www.westword.com/events/ziggies-poetry-fest-1857830/ Poetry Gap Jef Otte Writing poetry and performing it are two different things, observes longtime local poet Julie Cummings — and with Denver’s unqualified success in the slam poetry world (both major Denver teams just went to the nationals), it pays to be well versed in the latter. To that end, the Ziggies Poetry Fest Cummings is organizing is a great place not only to see poets perform, but to learn how to do it yourself. The idea came as an offshoot of an early-evening poetry open-mike night Cummings has been doing at Ziggies for some time, a night that allowed her to preserve her day job (teaching) by being “done by 7:30 and in bed.” But in the vacuum left in recent years by the death of two prominent Colorado poetry festivals — Sparrows, in Salida, and Talking Gourds, in Telluride — Cummings saw a niche to fill. “The first time I went to Sparrows, I wanted to be better at performing poetry,” she recalls. “That’s what I want this festival to do. There will be a lot of performance, but I think the workshops are the real meat of it.” There are seven workshops altogether, on topics that range from word choice to channeling feminine energy, and while admission is a cool $60, it includes access to everything. Festivities kick off Friday, August 12 at 1:30 p.m., with a workshop on sounds of the English language, and continue through Sunday at Ziggies, 4923 West 38th Avenue. For more information, go to www.ziggieslivemusic.com. ~ Jef Otte, Denver Westword Events The first annual poetry fest at Ziggies included these events: Friday August 12 12 P.M. Registration open
... Meet and greet 1:30 P.M. Poetic Sounds Charles Nichols $5 This workshop will look at The Barrel Organ by Alfred Noyes as an example of the most beautiful sounds in present day spoken English for sight and sound and smell and touch and how best to make those sounds, and others like them, your own, and use them in your poetry. 3:45 P.M. Poetry and Songwriting Melanie Owen Padilla$5 Workshop with a professional musician- are poetry and song lyrics interchangeable? See how your poetry applies to music. 6 P.M. Open Mic Hosted by Neil Kelly 7:45 P.M. Evening Performances $5 Ken Greenley Debi Brody Lenny Chernila Kathryn T.S. Bass Free Radical Railroad 9:30 P.M. Randall Dubis Band $5 Saturday August 13 11 A.M. POEMS OF PRAISE, POEMS OF PASSION; To Dwell in Delight. Debbi Kapp Brody $5 As most creative people, it is easy for poets to fall into writing from gravitas. In this workshop, we will rise up and write from the joy of walking on the sunny side of Poetry Street. All levels of experience with any kind of writing or none at all are welcome to this fun and lightening-of-the-heart workshop. 11 A.M. Found Poems! Play that Makes Poetry Kathryn T.S. Bass $5 Though poetry is no game, there's plenty of playful ways to trigger great work. Join me for a series of exercises designed to jumpstart new pieces and galvanize unexpected connections. You'll feel like you just played a few parlor games with some friends, but walk away with fresh, juicy lines—or maybe even whole poems—in your pocket! 1:30 P.M. Unlocking the Anima Energy Within: A Poetry Writing Workshop with Anita Jepson-Gilbert $5 Psychologist Carl Jung has described the Anima as that Feminine energy, which both men and women can tap into if they're willing to step out of their controlling consciousness and into the unconscious realm of the imagination. During the workshop we will attempt to get in touch with the collective unconsciousness among us and to allow the Anima to reveal the hidden truths behind our words. If you're planning to attend this workshop, please start now to jot down any dream images you can remember from your dreams, and bring them with you. 1:30 P.M. Workshop with Celeste Labadie $5 Join Celeste in an amazing workshop featuring words and writing. "Poetry: Receiving What We Need" Poetry allows presence to greet us whenever we choose it. Paying attention to both beauty and struggle, the poet questions and listens simultaneously. Using music, movement and our voices, we will step into a space of wonder and freedom. Like the child and the elder, we will explore on paper the whispers of truth that comfort us. You just may receive (explore, expand, let go, dissolve) and welcome what you most need. 3:45 P.M. Performance Pairings and Planning (PPP) Workshop with SETH $ 10.00 Workshop and Performance! Performance 6 PM-8PM You must sign up for the workshop to perform at 6 P.M. When you arrive for this workshop, you will be paired with another poet. Then you will create a performance with the other poet for the PPP readings details given at workshop Teachings by Seth 6 P.M. PPP performance Hosted by Art Compost and the Word Mechanics $5 (if not signed up for the workshop) 8 P.M. Evening Performances $10 Kit Muldoon SETH Celeste Labadie Mark M.D. Friedman (harmonica and poetry) 9:30 PM Doc Brown Blues Band $5 Sunday August 14 $10 11 A.M. Coyote Poets of the Universe Continental Breakfast Ziggies Poetry Circle 3 days of Poetry and Performances!
All Events Pass was only $60 and individual event tickets were also available Check back often for the dates and scheduled events of next year's 2012 Ziggies Poetry Fest |
