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This page contains Main Street Rag sponsored events only or events that involve the authors of books we have published. Immediately below, are reading/signing events that will be updated as they become available.
WORKSHOPS (Sponsored by Main Street Rag)
August 27, Friday, 7-9pm
Iodine Poetry Journal/MSR Reading Event, Green Rice Gallery, 451 East 36th St.,Charlotte, NC. Featured Readers will be Ken Autrey (Pilgrims, MSR, 2010) and Lisa Kline (Take Me, MSR 2010). Open Mike to follow. Sign up for open mike must be in person before 7:15. Details: editor@mainstreetrag.comSeptember 2, Thursday, 7pm
Reading/Open Mike. Royal Bean Coffee House, 3801 Hillsborough St. in Raleigh, NC. 919 834-Bean. This is a monthly Open Mike event hosted by Maureen Sherbondy and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag the first Thursday of each month. Details: msherbondy@nc.rr.comSeptember 9, Thursday, 7pm
Reading/Open Mike at Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC. This is a monthly reading series co-hosted by Stan Absher and Debra Kaufman and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag. Second Thursday of each month. Featured readers: Rob Abbate (Courage of Straw) and Malaika King Albrecht (Lessons in Forgetting). Open Mike follows. Details: kaufman57@gmail.com or stanabsher@hotmail.comSeptember 14, Tuesday, 6:30pm
Poetry Hickory at Tasteful Beans, 29 2nd St. NW, Hickory, NC. This monthly event (every 2nd Tuesday) is hosted by Scott Owens and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag. Featured readers: Jason Mott (We Call This Thing Between Us Love, MSR 2009). Featured writers are preceded by 3 Open Mic Readers. Poetry Hickory is preceded by NCWN's Writers' Night Out at 5pm. Details: asowens1@yahoo.com, 828-234-4266.September 16, Thursday, 5pm
Reading/Open Mike. Cellar 101, 101 S. Main St., Fuquay-Varina, NC, 27526. This is a monthly Open Mike event hosted by Malaika King Albrecht and Jan Parker on the third Thursday of each month and sponsored by Main Street Rag. Details: pomegranite8@hotmail.com (Malaika), call: 910-285-3416 (Cellar 101).September 19, Sunday, 7pm
The Main Street Rag Poetry Showcase, The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, MO. Hosted by Shawn Pavey. Featured poets followed by Open Mike. Details: Shawn Pavey, 816-868-2707, spavey@capmail.infoSeptember 24, Friday, 7-9pm
Iodine Poetry Journal/MSR Reading Event, Green Rice Gallery, 451 East 36th St.,Charlotte, NC. Featured Readers will be Pat Riviere-Seel (The Serial Killer's Daughter, MSR, 2009) and Ann Campanella (Young & Ripe, MSR, 2009). Open Mike to follow. Sign up for open mike must be in person before 7:15. Details: editor@mainstreetrag.comSeptember 26, Sunday, 2pm
Reading/Signing, NC Poetry Society Reading Series, McIntyre's Fine Books, 2000 Fearrington Village Center, Pittsboro, NC. Featuring Scott Owens reading from his new collection, Paternity (MSR, 2010). Details: 919-542-3030.October 2, Saturday, 9am-8pm
The NEW Novello Festival, Main Branch of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Library in downtown Charlotte, NC. Main Street Rag will man tables here along with our friends Anne Hicks from moonShine Review and Jonathan Rice of Iodine Poetry Journal. Main Street Rag authors will be signing books and Rob Boisvert (Golgotha, Long Dead Lover), S. Craig Renfroe, Jr. (You Should Get That Looked At), Irene Blair Honeycutt (Before the Light Changes), Richard Allen Taylor (Something to Read on the Plane, Punching Through the Egg of Space) and Stephen E. Smith (A Short Report on the Fire at Woolworths) will be featured readers between the 4pm and 6pm hours. John Grooms (Deliver Us From Weasels) will participate in a Friday event at the Mint Museum.October 7, Thursday, 7pm
Reading/Open Mike. Royal Bean Coffee House, 3801 Hillsborough St. in Raleigh, NC. 919 834-Bean. This is a monthly Open Mike event hosted by Maureen Sherbondy and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag the first Thursday of each month. Details: msherbondy@nc.rr.comOctober 12, Tuesday, 6:30pm
Poetry Hickory at Tasteful Beans, 29 2nd St. NW, Hickory, NC. This monthly event (every 2nd Tuesday) is hosted by Scott Owens and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag. Featured readers: Joseph Bathanti, author of 5 collections of poetry and 2 novels, and Robert Abbate, author of The Courage of Straw (MSR, 2010). Featured writers are preceded by 3 Open Mic Readers. Poetry Hickory is preceded by NCWN's Writers' Night Out at 5pm. Details: asowens1@yahoo.com, 828-234-4266.October 14, Thursday, 7pm
Reading/Open Mike at Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC. This is a monthly reading series co-hosted by Stan Absher and Debra Kaufman and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag. Second Thursday of each month. Featured readers: Richard Krawiec (Breakdown) and Ann Campanella (Young & Ripe). Open Mike follows. Details: kaufman57@gmail.com or stanabsher@hotmail.comOctober 16, Saturday, 8am-2:30pm
Poetry Council of North Carolina, POETRY DAY, Peeler Crystal Lounge, Catawba College, Salisbury, NC. Main Street Rag authors, Tony Abbott, Malaika King Albrecht, Sara Claytor, Alex Grant, Bill Griffin, and Richard Allen Taylor will be among those honored at this Poetry Day celebration where the 2010 issue of Bayleaves will be unveiled and dedicated to MSR publisher/editor M. Scott Douglass. Details: www.poetrycouncilofnc.wordpress.comOctober 17, Sunday, 7pm
The Main Street Rag Poetry Showcase, The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania Ave., Kansas City, MO. Hosted by Shawn Pavey. Featured poets followed by Open Mike. Details: Shawn Pavey, 816-868-2707, spavey@capmail.infoOctober 29, Friday, 7-9pm
Iodine Poetry Journal/MSR Reading Event, Green Rice Gallery, 451 East 36th St.,Charlotte, NC. Featured Readers will be Al Maginnes (Between States, MSR, 2010) and Jessie Carty (Paper House, Folded Word Press, 2010). Open Mike to follow. Sign up for open mike must be in person before 7:15. Details: editor@mainstreetrag.comNovember 4-6, 9am-8pm
2010 Other Words Conference, Flagler College, St. Augustine, FL. Main Street Rag publisher/editor M. Scott Douglass will be among those participating in workshops and panels. Details: http://flacnews.blogspot.com/ or contact: Rick Campbell, FLAC, rc2121@tds.net, Jim Wilson, Flagler College, jmwilson@flagler.eduNovember 5-7, 9am-8pm
The North Carolina Writers Network Fall Conference Charlotte, NC. No details available at this time, but MSR will be represented here also.November 9, Tuesday, 6:30pm
Poetry Hickory at Tasteful Beans, 29 2nd St. NW, Hickory, NC. This monthly event (every 2nd Tuesday) is hosted by Scott Owens and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag. Featured readers: Richard Allen Taylor, author of Punching through the Egg of Space (MSR, 2010), and Ifa Bumi, poet, musician, and spoken word artist. Featured writers are preceded by 3 Open Mic Readers. Poetry Hickory is preceded by NCWN's Writers' Night Out at 5pm. Details: asowens1@yahoo.com, 828-234-4266.November 11, Thursday, 7pm
Reading/Open Mike at Flyleaf Books, 752 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd, Chapel Hill, NC. This is a monthly reading series co-hosted by Stan Absher and Debra Kaufman and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag. Second Thursday of each month. Featured readers: Joanna Catherine Scott (Night Huntress) and Bruce Lader (Landscapes of Longing). Open Mike follows. Details: kaufman57@gmail.com or stanabsher@hotmail.comDecember 14, Tuesday, 6:30pm
Poetry Hickory at Tasteful Beans, 29 2nd St. NW, Hickory, NC. This monthly event (every 2nd Tuesday) is hosted by Scott Owens and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag. Featured readers: Al Maginnes, author of 6 collections of poetry including Between States (MSR, 2010), and Larry Johnson, author of Veins (David Robert, 2009). Featured writers are preceded by 3 Open Mic Readers. Poetry Hickory is preceded by NCWN's Writers' Night Out at 5pm. Details: asowens1@yahoo.com, 828-234-4266.January 11, Tuesday, 6:30pm
Poetry Hickory at Tasteful Beans, 29 2nd St. NW, Hickory, NC. This monthly event (every 2nd Tuesday) is hosted by Scott Owens and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag. Featured readers: Lavonne Adams, author of 3 collections of poetry, and Nancy Posey, winner of the 2009 Writers' Digest Chapbook Competition. Featured writers are preceded by 3 Open Mic Readers. Poetry Hickory is preceded by NCWN's Writers' Night Out at 5pm. Details: asowens1@yahoo.com, 828-234-4266.February 8, Tuesday, 6:30pm
Poetry Hickory at Tasteful Beans, 29 2nd St. NW, Hickory, NC. This monthly event (every 2nd Tuesday) is hosted by Scott Owens and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag. Featured readers: Stephen Smith, author of 8 collections of poetry, including A Short Report on the Fire at Woolworth's (MSR, 2010), and Ron Moran, author of Waiting (Clemson U Press). Featured writers are preceded by 3 Open Mic Readers. Poetry Hickory is preceded by NCWN's Writers' Night Out at 5pm. Details: asowens1@yahoo.com, 828-234-4266.March 8, Tuesday, 6:30pm
Poetry Hickory at Tasteful Beans, 29 2nd St. NW, Hickory, NC. This monthly event (every 2nd Tuesday) is hosted by Scott Owens and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag. Featured readers: Rhett Iseman Trull, author of The Real Warnings (Anhinga, 2008), and Malaika King Albrecht, author of Lessons in Forgetting (MSR, 2010). Featured writers are preceded by 3 Open Mic Readers. Poetry Hickory is preceded by NCWN's Writers' Night Out at 5pm. Details: asowens1@yahoo.com, 828-234-4266.April 12, Tuesday, 6:30pm
Poetry Hickory at Tasteful Beans, 29 2nd St. NW, Hickory, NC. This monthly event (every 2nd Tuesday) is hosted by Scott Owens and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag. Featured readers: M. Scott Douglass, author of 4 collections of poetry and editor of The Main Street Rag, and Jonathan K. Rice, author of 2 collections of poetry and editor of Iodine Poetry Journal. Featured writers are preceded by 3 Open Mic Readers. Poetry Hickory is preceded by NCWN's Writers' Night Out at 5pm. Details: asowens1@yahoo.com, 828-234-4266.May 10, Tuesday, 6:30pm
Poetry Hickory at Tasteful Beans, 29 2nd St. NW, Hickory, NC. This monthly event (every 2nd Tuesday) is hosted by Scott Owens and co-sponsored by Main Street Rag. Featured readers: Don Mager, author of 7 collections of poetry, and Alice Osborn, author of Unfinished Projects (Coming Soon from MSR). Featured writers are preceded by 3 Open Mic Readers. Poetry Hickory is preceded by NCWN's Writers' Night Out at 5pm. Details: asowens1@yahoo.com, 828-234-4266.
Tuesday, November 10, Alex Grant, author of "The Circus Poems," "The White Book," and "Chains & Mirrors," and David Rigsbee of Raleigh, author of "Two Estates" and 6 other collections of poetry
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