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West End Poets’ Weekend

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Staff

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
3:45  Tammy Smith
4:00  Susan Spalt

NC Haiku Society
4:15-4:45  Dave Russo, Bob Moyer, Richard Straw, Kate MacQueen

Published Poets
5  Angela Ray
5:20  David Need
5:40  Johanna Catherine Scott
6  Tanya Olson
6:15  Ellen C Bush
6:30  Ross White
6:45  Nancy O’Connolly

Laureates
7  Hillsborough Laureate Mike Troy
7:15  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
1  DSI presents Comedy Sportz
2  Judy Schattner: Putting Pen to Paper: A Journaling Workshop
3  Bruce Lader
3:20  Renata Lader
3:30  David Manning

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