The West End Poets’ Weekend comes to the Carrboro Century Center this weekend. Organized by the town Recreation and Parks Department, the Century Center will host a series of local poets and related activities Saturday and Sunday.
Groups like Paperhand Puppet Intervention, UNC and Duke professors, creative writing students, various published poets, the NC Haiku Society and others will perform stories and poetry. Also happening: Carrboro names its newest poet laureate and holds a workshop for aspiring writers. For more information, call 918-7364 or visit westendpoetsweekend.com
Saturday October 13
Children & Poetry
11:30-12:30 Paper Hand Puppet Intervention performs “The Crawdad’s Conundrum.†$2 admission.
Carolina Wren Press
12:45-1:15 Andrea Selch
1:15-1:45 Ken Rumble
1:45-2 Meet & Greet
Tar Heel Poets
2 Jim Seay
2:15-3:35 UNC Creative Writing
Community Talent
3:45Â Tammy Smith
4:00Â Susan Spalt
NC Haiku Society
4:15-4:45Â Dave Russo, Bob Moyer, Richard Straw, Kate MacQueen
Published Poets
5Â Angela Ray
5:20Â David Need
5:40Â Johanna Catherine Scott
6Â Tanya Olson
6:15Â Ellen C Bush
6:30Â Ross White
6:45 Nancy O’Connolly
Laureates
7Â Hillsborough Laureate Mike Troy
7:15Â Announcement of new Carrboro Laureate and reading of work
Poetic Performance
“Seafarers†with Claudio Oswald Neiedworok. Accompanied by Musician/Composer: Jon Paul McClellan. $4 admission.
Doors Open: 8:00 Show Begins 8:30
Sunday October 14
Converse in Verse
1Â DSI presents Comedy Sportz
2Â Judy Schattner: Putting Pen to Paper: A Journaling Workshop
3Â Bruce Lader
3:20Â Renata Lader
3:30Â David Manning