Category Archives: Charlotte, North Carolina

Bill Averbach and Bam-Jazz

Bam-Jazz will be performing in Charlotte NC at the Festival in the Park from 3:40 until 4:55 PM on September 24th in Solidarity with 100 Thousand Poets for Change

ORGANIZER: Barbara Conrad

CONTACT:

LOCATION: 2104 South Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28203

1. Atherton Farmers’ Market- Barbara Conrad has organized an open poetry reading and music at Atherton Farmers Market Saturday 9:30-11:30. Thanks Larry Sorkin! Tanja Bechtler, Richard Taylor and all poets.

2. Poetry and Collage Workshop by two of our region’s best poets — Karon Luddy and Dannye Romine Powell.

3. Several individuals reading all over the place — Gail Peck at the beach, John Amen on an airplane between Char and LAX, Maureen Ryan Griffin at a workshop she’s giving at a Recreation Department Open House, Gilda Syverson at a wedding in Pa.; Annie Maier is hoping to put together a visual anthology of the Charlotte events

4. SLAM POETRY CHARLOTTE – will announce and honor 100 Thousand Poets for Change at their regularly scheduled monthly events (Speak Up Youth Slam and Open Mic)

Larry Sorkin, Barbara Conrad,. Diana Pinckney A lot of us read poems by others. Mary Oliver. Wendell Berry

Larry Sorkin and Tanya Bechtler

15 poets came together at Atherton Farmers Market for music and poems to celebrate the earth and community. Coordinated by Larry Sorkin and Barbara Conrad