{"id":517,"date":"2005-05-14T13:14:07","date_gmt":"2005-05-14T18:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=517"},"modified":"2005-05-14T13:57:50","modified_gmt":"2005-05-14T18:57:50","slug":"carrboro-poetry-one-week-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/carrboro-poetry-one-week-warning\/","title":{"rendered":"Carrboro Poetry: One Week Warning!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Next weekend, Saturday May 21 and Sunday May 22, is the <a href=\"http:\/\/carrboropoetryfestival.org\/\">Carrboro International Poetry Festival.<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrboro.com\/poetlaureate.html\">Carrboro Poet Laureate<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/lesters.blogspot.com\/\">alterego to Lester<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/carrboropoetryfestival.org\/staticpages\/index.php?page=20040313131653712#herron\">Patrick Herron<\/a> sends this alert:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The second annual Carrboro International Poetry Festival, to be held at <a href=\"http:\/\/carrboropoetryfestival.org\/staticpages\/index.php?page=20040313200955916\">the Century Center<\/a> in downtown <a href=\"http:\/\/carrboropoetryfestival.org\/staticpages\/index.php?page=2004031313175428\">Carrboro, NC<\/a>, starts in exactly one week on Saturday May 21. Admission is free.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s festival, like last year&#8217;s, will feature 40 poets from  the US, Canada, and Mexico.  The mix of poets includes renowned poets from outside of North Carolina along with some of North Carolina&#8217;s finest poets, including a large contingent from the Triangle. [<a href=\"http:\/\/carrboropoetryfestival.org\/staticpages\/index.php?page=20040313131653712#jones\">including moi<\/a> &#8211; pj]<\/p>\n<p>In the coming days the schedule of readers will be posted to the website.  (<a href=\"http:\/\/carrboropoetryfestival.org\/\">http:\/\/carrboropoetryfestival.org\/<\/a>)  All of the poets&#8217; biographies are up on the site already.  The festival website also contains all the travel information you&#8217;ll need, from a comprehensive listing of local accomodations to directions and parking maps.   We even have mp3s of readings from last year&#8217;s event. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.carrboropoetryfestival.org\/staticpages\/index.php?page=2005032516361139\">already on the website<\/a> &#8211; pj]<\/p>\n<p>If you are in North Carolina, please keep an eye out for articles about the event in The Chapel Hill News (tomorrow), The Independent (Wednesday), and the Raleigh News &#038; Observer (Friday).<\/p>\n<p>Please come to the festival.  The hundreds that turned out to last year&#8217;s free event displayed an enthusiasm about poetry in a way I&#8217;ve frankly never seen before.  I&#8217;ve tried my best to make it entertaining, fresh, and surprising.  I expect to see more of that same energy and excitement, as I have worked to make the festival better&#8211;not bigger&#8211;but better.  <\/p>\n<p>I hope to see you next Saturday.<br \/>\nPatrick Herron\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong> Carrboro International Poetry Festival<br \/>\n<strong>Where:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/carrboropoetryfestival.org\/staticpages\/index.php?page=20040313200955916\">Carrboro Century Center,<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=100+N.+Greensboro+St,+carrboro,+nc&#038;spn=0.013947,0.025549&#038;hl=en\">100 N. Greensboro St<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/carrboropoetryfestival.org\/staticpages\/index.php?page=2004031313175428\">Carrboro, NC<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>When:<\/strong> Saturday May 21, 12 Noon &#8211; 9 PM and Sunday May 22, 12 Noon &#8211; 6 PM<br \/>\n<strong>URL:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/carrboropoetryfestival.org\/\">http:\/\/carrboropoetryfestival.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next weekend, Saturday May 21 and Sunday May 22, is the Carrboro International Poetry Festival. Carrboro Poet Laureate and alterego to Lester, Patrick Herron sends this alert: The second annual Carrboro International Poetry Festival, to be held at the Century Center in downtown Carrboro, NC, starts in exactly one week on Saturday May 21. 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