Updated November 14, 2009

Bob Stanley on state at the Sacramento Poetry Festival, November 13, 2009

Thanks to all who read at the WORD Poetry Festival at the wonderful Guild Theater on November 13. Special thanks to my co-host Terry Moore, the dance group Justice, and the band LSB. It was an honor for me to share the stage with such a talented group: Supanova, Kathleen Lynch, Quinton Duval, Kate Asche, NSAA, Jim Nolt, Danny Romero, Emmanuel Sigauke, Mario Ellis Hill, Brad Buchanan, Anna Marie, Phoenyx Reign, Sam Pierstorff, and of course T Mo himself.  WORD did a great job raising money for the Center for Fathers and Families. I’m already looking forward to this event again next year!

And thanks to the Hansens - Rachel, Ru, and Richard - for organizing and hosting Sacramento’s leg of Distant Voices - the international online poetry marathon on Saturday, November 14. It was a fascinating world tour. After the Belgian poets finished singing unintelligible bleeps and boat-noises, we had our thirty minutes – Indigo, Rebecca and I got to read into the eye of the web-cam. Who knows how vast that audience was? We’re waiting for phone calls from Ghent even now!

Monday readings at SPC      25th and R     7:30pm
November 16 R.D. Armstrong and Bill Gainer
November 23 Lee Herrick and Michael Medrano
November 30 Lucy Lang Day, Tom Miner and Dianna Henning.
December  7  Zoe Kiethley
December 14  Lisa Jones presents a fundraiser for the Squaw Valley Community of Writers

Annual SPC Fundraiser
And don’t forget Wednesday, December 2 at 6pm will be SPC’s annual fund-raiser at the Millers’ at 1224 40th Street.  Call us at 979-9706 to RSVP, or email me at bobstanley@sbcglobal.net. But all are welcome to just show up – it’s $30 per person.  Last year was our biggest fundraiser ever – we hope to top it again this time!  This year will feature poetry by Theresa Vinciguerra and Danyen Powell, and music by the American River College Vocal Jazz Quartet. If you’ve been before, you know it’s a party worth coming to. If you haven’t, this is your chance.

Previous President's Messages
November 1st, 2009
November 11th, 2009