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All events take place at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia (U of P).
Saturday, 11/1
- 12 Noon - 2:00PM: Bagel Brunch and Poetry Performance Workshop. Join us for brunch followed by a workshop on how to perform your poetry, taught by Actors from the London Stage. Bring your own or other writers' poems to perform. Actors from the London Stage come to the House courtesy of the Annenberg Center, where they are performing Measure for Measure. For more information contact Writers House.
Sunday, 11/2
Monday, 11/3
- 5:15-7:15PM: Penn and Pencil Club. Creative writing workshop for Penn and Health Systems staff.
Tuesday, 11/4
- 5:00PM: Poet, painter, composer, and performance artist Jackson MacLow reads at the House.
- 7:00PM: Talking Film. Screenwriters workshop with Ernie Vecchione. Tonight's workshop, "A Reading/Writing for Actors.
Wednesday, 11/5
-
Visiting Writers: Poets
Jackson
MacLow and Andrew Levy visit Penn.
- 2-3PM: Jackson Mac Low will visit with Al Filreis'
"America in the 50's" graduate seminar. MacLow was
an anarchist in the early fifties, and likely will have much to say about
American communism -- the good, the bad, and the ugly. For a broader idea
of literature and politics of the time, look at the
seminar reading list for America
in the 50's, which includes pieces by MacLow.
- 3:30-4:30 PM: Mac Low will visit Greg Djanikian's undergrad
creative
writing class.
- 5:00PM: Reading by Andrew Levy.
- 5:45PM: Philly Talks #2: Poets Jackson Mac Low and Andrew Levy in conversation, moderated by Louis Cabri. The Philly Talks newsletter will be available at least one week prior to the event, containing formal responses by Levy and MacLow to each other's work, as well as poems.
- 7:00PM: Dinner with Jackson Mac Low and Andrew Levy. Free reading material, selected by Levy and Mac Low, will be available at least one week prior to the panel for those who are interested. Contact the Writers House for more information. For more readings by and of Mac Low, try these links: MacLow on Cage. Interview with Mac Low.
Thursday, 11/6
Friday, 11/7
- 5:30-7:30 PM: Kelly Writers House presents an evening of poetry and art on Homecoming Weekend, Friday November 7th, 1997, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Penn alumna Betsy Andrews ('85) will read poetry. Eva Mantell ('85) will present a shadow theater piece. Wine and refreshments will be served.
Saturday, 11/8
- Homecoming Open House: We're open from noon to eleven p.m. Stop by the Writers House and say hello!
- 12 Midnight: LIVE at the
Writers House #6 with WXPN
88.5. (on
location--at the Writers House).
Listen to Kristen Gallagher's reading
Sunday, 11/9
- 7:00PM: First meeting of a creative writing workshop coordinated by Anthony Scutti, Vivian Lee and Thursday Cohen. For more information, contact Anthony Scutti. To RSVP e-mail the House.
Monday, 11/10
- 4:30-6:30PM: Planning Committee Meeting. Will be held at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk.
Tuesday, 11/11
- 4:30-6PM: Talking Film screens contemporary American independent films, with talks by the writers and directors who made them. Tonight's guest, Alex Sichel, will lead a workshop from 4:30PM-6PM.
- 6PM-7PM: Dinner with students.
- 7:30PM: Screening of Sichel's film, All Over Me, followed by a Q & A session -- International House, 3701 Chestunut Street. Alex Sichel's visit is co-sponsored by the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Center at Penn and The Neighborhood Film/Video Project. To RSVP for these events and for more information contact the Writers House.
Wednesday, 11/12
- 7-8PM: The Free Jazz Project plays at the House.
- 8:30PM: Speakeasy: Poetry, Prose, and Anything Goes. Open mic performance night at the House. For more information, contact the hosts, Emily Cohen and Courtney Zoffness.
Thursday, 11/13
- 6:30PM: Dinner with poet Nate Mackey, sponsored by the Creative Writing Program. Please RSVP to the Writers House.
- 8:00PM: Reading by poet Nate Mackey; sponsored by the Creative
Writing Program.
This program was recorded and is available through PENNsound.
Friday, 11/14
- Visit by poet Nate Mackey; sponsored by the Creative Writing Program. Time to be announced.
Saturday, 11/15
Sunday, 11/16
- 12:00 to 2:00 PM: Information meeting for students interested in hosting a literary magazine conference here at Penn. For more information contact the meeting's planner, Jeremy Tannenbaum, at (609) 561-5391.
Monday, 11/17
Tuesday, 11/18
- 7:00PM: Talking Film. Screenwriters workshop with 1996 winner of the "Set in Philadelphia" screenwriting contest, Ernie Vecchione. The workshop will be followed by a screening of the film Point Blank.
Wednesday, 11/19
- 5:00-7:00PM: Film screening of John M. Coetzee: Passages, presented by Rita Barnard, English Professor at Penn. Screening will be followed by brief paper presentations by undergraduates at Penn who have studied the novels of South African writer J. M. Coetzee.
- 8:30PM: Full Circle: Cecily Kellogg and Charlie O'Hay host an open mic reading for Philadelphia poets. Kellogg and O'Hay have been doing open mic series around Philadelphia for over a decade. The idea behind Full Circle, is to introduce Penn's writers to the Philly poetry scene and vice versa. For more information, contact Writers House.
Thursday, 11/20
- W.W. Norton Co. Publishers Series: Guest workshop, dinner, and informal discussion with Edwin Barber, Senior Editor and Vice Chairman, W.W. Norton Co.
- 3:30-5PM: Workshop with Edwin Barber.
- 6:00PM: Dinner with students.
- 7:30PM: Informal lecture by Edwin Barber. For more information and to RSVP contact the Writers House.
- 10:00PM-12:00 Midnight: Musical Performance by Julian Pressley, prominent local alto saxophonist, with the Virgin House Band.
Friday, 11/21
Saturday, 11/22
- 4:00-10:00PM: Dystopia Pilot Program! at the Writers House with WXPN
Sunday, 11/23
- Noon to 6PM: Alumni Writers, Talking Film: All day screenwriting workshop with Penn alumnus Andy Wolk. Wolk has written scripts for United Artists, MGM, Miramax, HBO and PBS. He received a Writers Guild Award and in 1996 was the artistic director for the Sundance Institute.
Monday, 11/24
Tuesday, 11/25
- 2:00-3:00PM: Reading and talk by poet David Breskin. A former writer for Rolling Stone, Esquire and GQ, and a record producer for John Zorn, Vernon Reid and other musicians, Breskin will read from his just-published book of poems, Fresh Kills.
- 4:30-7PM: Planning Committee Meeting. To be held at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk followed by Thanksgiving dinner.
Wednesday, 11/26
