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All events take place at the Writers House, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia (U of P).
Saturday, 5/1
- 6:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: freshbuckets Launch Party and Reading featuring Thaddeus Rutkowski, Ashley Wolff, John Wilson, and Jeremy Greenfield.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Sunday, 5/2
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Monday, 5/3
- Final Examinations
- 10 AM - 1 PM: Fourth graders from Friends' Central
School visit the Writers House for a poetry-writing
workshop. Led by Writers House Faculty Director Al Filreis and Writers
House-affiliated poetry tutors. For a description of last year's workshop,
and photographs, see
http://writing.upenn.edu/~wh/calendar/0403.html#15
.
- 5:30-7:00 PM: Art Gallery Reception for Mary Kate's "dissolutions of the (w)hole" and Jessica Mein's
"Descontexto" (works on paper).
- 5:30-7:30 PM in Room 202: Penn and Pencil Club. For more information, or to join, contact John Shea at john.shea@uphs.upenn.edu.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Tuesday, 5/4
- Final Examinations
- 9:30-11:00 AM in the Arts Cafe: Critical Writing Fellows Training
- 7:30 PM in Room 202: The Fish Writing Group; for more information email Nancy Hoffman at nhoffmann@earthlink.net.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Wednesday, 5/5
- Final Examinations
- Three-day retreat workshop on modern poetry for Penn alumni, led by Faculty Director Al Filreis and featuring
Herman Beavers. For more information, see
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/poetry.html
- 1:00-2:30 PM in the Arts Cafe: Critical Writing Fellows Training
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Thursday, 5/6
- Final Examinations
- Three-day retreat workshop on modern poetry for Penn alumni, led by Faculty Director Al Filreis and featuring
Herman Beavers. For more information, see
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/poetry.html
- 3-5:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: Penn Edison Project presents "Immigration: A Mosaic of
Stories."
Students from the Edison-Fareira High School in North Philadelphia read original monologues constructed from interviews with friends, neighbors and family members about the experience of coming to Philadelphia. Their stories reflect on the complexity of the immigrant experience, and the changing texture of the city itself. This project is the culmination of a semester's work between graduate students at Penn and these high school students as part of the Penn-Edison Partnership.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Friday, 5/7
- Final Examinations
- Three-day retreat workshop on modern poetry for Penn alumni, led by Faculty Director Al Filreis and featuring Herman Beavers. For more information, see http://www.english.upenn.edu/~afilreis/poetry.html
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Saturday, 5/8
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Sunday, 5/9
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Monday, 5/10
- 9:00-4:00 PM in the Arts Cafe & Dining Room: Critical Writing Teaching Fellows Training Session
- 8:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: LIVE at the Writers House featuring
Trapeta B. Mayson, Mark Sacharoff, Maleka Fruean, Daughters of the Diaspora, Aaren Yeatts
Perry and musical guest Monica McIntyre will tape in the Arts Cafe.
Trapeta B. Mayson is a poet and social worker who immigrated from Liberia to the US as a young child and grew up in North Philly and Germantown. She has been writing poetry and reading for nearly 15 years and currently teaches poetry to young students at the Art Sanctuary and hosts the Painted Bride ARTLab monthly for young audiences. Ms. Mayson is a past Callaloo Fellow and a current Cave Canem Fellow. She self-published Mocha Melodies in 1998 and has published in several journals. She was the winner of PA Council on the Arts, Poetry 2000 and the Pew Fellowship 2002, poetry. Ms. Mayson is working each day to maintain a sense of peace and happiness.
Mark Sacharoff graduated from Wesleyan University and received his PhD from City University of New York. He has written three novels, five plays, a memoir, and numerous short stories, one of which was published in the anthology, Contemporary American Fiction. He is currently working on a new memoir, My Life As a Beat, and on an adaptation of a Turgenev play, The Bachelor.
Daughters of the Diaspora is a Philadelphia based poetry collective that utilizes spoken word/movement/music to create choreo-poems and informances that promote spiritual, political, and social empowerment and change. One of their primary goals is to produce hard hitting and culturally relevant socio-political poetry informances. Daughters is currently comprised of the WordArt wisdom of Na Tanya' Davina Stewart and Felicia Webster. These two mid-western writers, educators, workshop facilitators and creatives have over 10 years of experience writing, informing and producing works for the stage and community venues.
Maleka Fruean writes poetry/chants and dabbles in journalistic and memoir writing. Born on the island of Samoa, raised in New Jersey, she uses imagery from the Pacific islands to detail and describe life in Philadelphia and beyond. She organized and performed at Ladyfest Philly, and later helped with the Black Women's Arts Festival. She teaches through a Montessori preschool, and uses craft as revolution through the new non-profit "Makin' It Philly: A Skillshare Collective."
Bilingual and holding an MFA in writing from Vermont College, Aaren Perry operates Education Action Resources, a company providing curriculum and creative writing resources for teachers. Aaren Perry has been published widely and has received a fellowship from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. His new book, Open Fire from Whirlwind Press, and his spoken word CD, Mercury Calling on Melody Vision Records, are available at Robins Books and Borders Books.
MUSICAL GUEST
Monica McIntyre is a talented cellist, vocalist, and lyricist originally from Hyattsville, MD; where she studied classical cello for 11yrs. Being in Philadelphia has introduced Ms. McIntyre to different genres of music such as jazz, rhythm & blues, folk, funk, blues, and middle-eastern music. Her debut album Blusolaz, was released in October 2003 and incorporates many of these genres. Ms. McIntyre has been featured at: The Black Lily, The 2003 Black Women's Art Festival, and The 2003 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. She is currently being featured in BInformed Magazine, Jan. 5, 2004 Issue, and The Writer Blocks, Jan. 11, 2004 Issue.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Tuesday, 5/11
- 9:00-4:00 PM in the Arts Cafe & Dining Room: Critical Writing Teaching Fellows Training Session for CPCW
- 6-8:00 PM in Room 209: Suppose An Eyes, a poetry workshop. Any interested in writing poetry is welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Pat Green (patgreen@vet.upenn.edu).
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Wednesday, 5/12
- 9:00-4:00 PM in the Arts Cafe & Dining Room: Critical Writing Teaching Fellows Training Session for CPCW
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Thursday, 5/13
- 9:00-4:00 PM in the Arts Cafe & Dining Room: Critical Writing Teaching Fellows Training Session
- 9:00 PM: LIVE at the Writers House featuring
Trapeta B. Mayson, Mark Sacharoff, Maleka Fruean, Daughters of the Diaspora, and musical guest
Monica McIntyre airs on WXPN 88.5-FM.
Trapeta B. Mayson is a poet and social worker who immigrated from Liberia to the US as a young child and grew up in North Philly and Germantown. She has been writing poetry and reading for nearly 15 years and currently teaches poetry to young students at the Art Sanctuary and hosts the Painted Bride ARTLab monthly for young audiences. Ms. Mayson is a past Callaloo Fellow and a current Cave Canem Fellow. She self-published Mocha Melodies in 1998 and has published in several journals. She was the winner of PA Council on the Arts, Poetry 2000 and the Pew Fellowship 2002, poetry. Ms. Mayson is working each day to maintain a sense of peace and happiness.
Mark Sacharoff graduated from Wesleyan University and received his PhD from City University of New York. He has written three novels, five plays, a memoir, and numerous short stories, one of which was published in the anthology, Contemporary American Fiction. He is currently working on a new memoir, My Life As a Beat, and on an adaptation of a Turgenev play, The Bachelor.
Daughters of the Diaspora is a Philadelphia based poetry collective that utilizes spoken word/movement/music to create choreo-poems and informances that promote spiritual, political, and social empowerment and change. One of their primary goals is to produce hard hitting and culturally relevant socio-political poetry informances. Daughters is currently comprised of the WordArt wisdom of Na Tanya' Davina Stewart and Felicia Webster. These two mid-western writers, educators, workshop facilitators and creatives have over 10 years of experience writing, informing and producing works for the stage and community venues.
Maleka Fruean writes poetry/chants and dabbles in journalistic and memoir writing. Born on the island of Samoa, raised in New Jersey, she uses imagery from the Pacific islands to detail and describe life in Philadelphia and beyond. She organized and performed at Ladyfest Philly, and later helped with the Black Women's Arts Festival. She teaches through a Montessori preschool, and uses craft as revolution through the new non-profit "Makin' It Philly: A Skillshare Collective."
MUSICAL GUEST
Monica McIntyre is a talented cellist, vocalist, and lyricist originally from Hyattsville, MD; where she studied classical cello for 11yrs. Being in Philadelphia has introduced Ms. McIntyre to different genres of music such as jazz, rhythm & blues, folk, funk, blues, and middle-eastern music. Her debut album Blusolaz, was released in October 2003 and incorporates many of these genres. Ms. McIntyre has been featured at: The Black Lily, The 2003 Black Women's Art Festival, and The 2003 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. She is currently being featured in BInformed Magazine, Jan. 5, 2004 Issue, and The Writer Blocks, Jan. 11, 2004 Issue.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Friday, 5/14
- 9:00-4:00 PM in the Arts Cafe & Dining Room: Critical Writing Teaching Fellows Training Session
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Saturday, 5/15
- Alumni Day
- 10-11 AM, Arts Cafe: Book discussion group for the classes of 1969
and 1999, led by Al
Filreis - Alumni members of these two reunion classes are invited to
join Al Filreis in a discussion of Russell Banks' novel The Sweet
Hereafter
- 2-4 PM: Open House and Alumni Booksigning
Experience the company and hospitality of those who share your love for words. RSVP to alumniweekend@writing.upenn.edu or call 215-746-POEM.
- 4:30-6:30 PM: "The Art of Fact": An Alumni Panel Discussion on Literary Journalism
Join Penn alumni in publishing - Leslie Bennetts (C'70), Buzz Bissinger (C'76), Beth Kephart (C'82), and Stephen Fried (C'79) - for a lively discussion on literary journalism and the current state of creative nonfiction writing in books and magazines. A reception will follow. RSVP to alumniweekend@writing.upenn.edu or call 215-746-POEM.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Sunday, 5/16
- 10:00 AM in the Class of 1942 Garden and Arts Cafe: Senior Capstone
Event
celebrating Venise Battle, Alexis Brunswick, Jacob Cytryn, Ariel Djanikian,
Samantha Hill, Seth Laracy, Tovah Poster, Megan Scanlon, and Erin Sweeney.
This event was recorded; MP3 files of the seniors' presentations
are available here.
Each year we ask a small group of graduating seniors who have been closely affiliated with the Writers House community to let us honor them in a program we call "the senior capstone." This year again Writers House-affiliated seniors will present their work, read briefly from their writing, or informally express thanks to friends and family and Writers House people for support and will informally sum up their time at Penn. Brunch will be followed by a short program.
- Baccalaureate
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Monday, 5/17
- 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM: Commencement
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Tuesday, 5/18
- 2-3:00 PM in Room 202: Penn-Edison executive meeting
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Wednesday, 5/19
- 1:00 PM in the Arts Cafe: Modern Poetry Symposium presented by Al Filreis for seventh-grade students visiting Philadelphia from The KIPP Academy. Former Penn student Elliott Witney has taught with the KIPP Academy, a special charter school for urban children, for several years. Witney was among the founding members of the Writers House "hub" or Planning Committee in 1995-96. Each year Witney and his colleagues visit Penn and are taught by several members of the faculty, and there is an annual visit to the Writers House. Members of the Writers House community are welcome to join this symposium. RSVP to wh@writing.upenn.edu.
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Thursday, 5/20
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Friday, 5/21
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Saturday, 5/22
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Sunday, 5/23
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Monday, 5/24
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Tuesday, 5/25
- 6-8:00 PM in Room 209: Suppose An Eyes, a poetry workshop. Any interested in writing poetry is welcome to attend. For more information, please contact Pat Green (patgreen@vet.upenn.edu).
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Wednesday, 5/26
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Thursday, 5/27
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Friday, 5/28
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Saturday, 5/29
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Sunday, 5/30
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
Monday, 5/31
- Writers House closed for Memorial Day
Please note that some of the discussions and classes listed below are open to the public and some require advance registration or enrollment. Call 215-746-POEM or e-mail wh@writing.upenn.edu for more info.
