January 18, 2007

Quincy Troupe @ Palm Beach Poetry Festival

Palm Beach Poetry Festival

Presented by

Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Inc. in partnership with Old School Square Cultural Arts Center

January 24-27, 2007

Old School Square Cultural Arts Center, 51 North Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444

Call Crest Theatre Box Office for Tickets, 561 243-7922 ext 1

featuring

MARK DOTY

STEPHEN DUNN

BARBARA HAMBY

DAVID KIRBY

DORIANNE LAUX

THOMAS LUX

JEFFREY MCDANIEL

HEATHER MCHUGH

ALAN SHAPIRO

PATRICIA SMITH

QUINCY TROUPE

ELLEN BRYANT VOIGT

Underwritten by

Morgan Stanley, The Palm Beach Post, WXEL-Radio & TV,

The Palm Beach County Cultural Council and Books & Books

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Third Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival
January 24-27, 2007


Tickets now on sale at the Crest Theatre Box Office
51 North Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL 33444
Call 561 243-7922 ext. 1

Schedule of Public Events

Wednesday, January 24

8:00-10:00 p.m. Quincy Troupe & Dorianne Laux Reading*

Thursday, January 25

10:00 a.m.-12:00 noon Craft Talks*:
"The Marriage of Music and Meaning" by Dorianne Laux
"Love's Artifice and Fernando Pessoa" by Stephen Dunn

8:00-10:00 p.m. Thomas Lux & Heather McHugh Reading*

Friday, January 26

3:00-5:00 p.m. Florida Poets Reading: Barbara Hamby & David Kirby*

8:00-10:00 p.m. Alan Shapiro & Mark Doty Reading*

Saturday, January 27

10:00-10:30 a.m. Palm Beach County High Schools
Poetry Contest Awards Ceremony (Public free event)

10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon Reading by Workshop-Participant Poets (Public free event)

3:00-5:00 p.m. Favorite Poems by Others Read and Discussed by
Mark Doty, Thomas Lux, Heather McHugh,
Alan Shapiro, Quincy Troupe, & Ellen Bryant Voigt*

7:30-9:30 p.m. Ellen Bryant Voigt & Stephen Dunn Reading*

9:30-11:30 p.m. Coffee House where jazz, art and language meet:
Featured readers: Jeffrey McDaniel & Patricia Smith**

*Denotes Crest Theatre ticketed event open to public;
** Denotes Vintage Gymnasium event, admission payable at door.
Book signings follow every reading.


The Third Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival is presented by Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Inc.
in partnership with Old School Square Cultural Arts Center.

Palm Beach Poetry Festival, Inc. is a Florida nonprofit corporation, tax-exempt pursuant to Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code and is a member of the Palm Beach County Cultural Council.
All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law

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2 comments:

Professor Zero said...

Interesting list ... I really like McHugh's essays on poetry, too.

Geoffrey Philp said...

Yeah, I'm hoping I can make it to at least one day.