2019 Readings from Little-Known Operas:
FRANCONIA, NH: public readings at The Frost Place Poetry Seminar.
MONDAY, 8/5: Maudelle Driskell, Maggie Dietz
TUESDAY, 8/6: Matthew Minicucci, Rajiv Mohabir
WEDNESDAY, 8/7: Eduardo Martinez-Leyva, R. Cassandra Bruner, Justin Danzy
THURSDAY, 8/8: Patrick Donnelly, Katie Farris, Ilya Kaminsky
FRIDAY, 8/9: Poetry Seminar participants
All readings are free and begin at 8:00 PM. The Frost Place, 158 Ridge Road, Franconia, NH 03580. Directions.
ROCHESTER, VT: Sunday, August 18, 5:30 PM: Patrick Donnelly, Stephen D. Miller, and Michael Straus will read translations and discuss the art of translation, with Steven Kleinman moderating, at the Joan Hutton Landis Summer Reading Series, BigTown Gallery, 99 North Main Street, Rochester, VT 05767. Doors open at 5:00 PM.
HENNIKER, NH: Saturday, September 14: Patrick Donnelly will lead a generative workshop (10:45 AM) and read (3:00 PM) at the New Hampshire Poetry Festival. New England College, 98 Bridge Street, Henniker, NH 03243.
NEW YORK, NY: Tuesday, September 17, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM: Four Way Books poets Patrick Donnelly, Julia Guez, Jessica Jacobs, and Maya Phillips will read at Bryant Park Reading Room, New York, NY. Bryant Park is situated behind the New York Public Library in Midtown Manhattan, between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth and Sixth Avenues. (B, D, F, or M trains to 42nd Street/Bryant Park; 7 train to 5th Avenue.)
SOMERVILLE, MA: Saturday, October 5, 2:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Dzvinia Orlowsky will read for the Cervena Barva Press Reading Series, Arts at the Armory, Basement Room B8, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA. Admission is $5.00.
CONCORD, MA: Sunday, October 6, 3:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read poems from Little-Known Operas and Nocturnes of the Brothel of Ruin, and Donnelly and Stephen D. Miller will read their award-winning translations from the Japanese, for the Concord Poetry at the Library Series at Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord MA.
LENOX, MASSACHUSSETTS: Thursday, October 10, 5:30 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Karen Chase will read at The Bookstore, 11 Housatonic Street, Lenox, MA 01240, 413-637-3390.
PAXTON, MA: Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 PM: The Eleventh Annual Gregory Stockmal Reading, featuring Patrick Donnelly, will be hosted by the Worcester County Poetry Association at Zecco Performing Arts Center, Anna Maria College, 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton, MA (near Worcester, MA).
BRATTLEBORO, VT: October 18 - 20, Date & Time TBA: Patrick Donnelly will read at the Brattleboro Literary Festival, venue TBA, Brattleboro, VT.
PHILADELPHIA, PA: October 24, 6:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Carole Bernstein will read in the Arts Cafe at Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY: Friday, October 25, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly, Ron Slate, and Stephanie Strickland will read at the Hudson Valley Writers Center, Philipse Manor Station,300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. Admission $5.00 – 10.00.
HAYDENVILLE, MA: Friday, November 8, 6:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Hannah Fries will read for Hedgerow Books and Friends at Bread Euphoria, 206 Main Street, Haydenville, MA 01039.
HARTFORD, CT: Tuesday, November 12, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Riverwood Poetry Series at Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street, West Hartford CT, 06106, 860-232-1006. 6:45 PM, sign up for Open Mic.
2020:
PORTLAND, ME: Monday, January 6, 2020, 9:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with Word Portland, at LFK in Longfellow Square, 188A State St, Portland, ME 04101.
NEW YORK, NY: Friday, February 7, 2020, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Julia Guez, and Sam Ross will read at Bureau of General Services - Queer Division, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, Room 210, 208 West 13th St., New York, NY (between 7th and Greenwich Avenues).
NEW YORK, NY: Saturday, February 8, 2020, 4:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Stephanie Strickland will read for the Lunar Walk Poetry Series at Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton Street, NY, NY 10001.
BLOOMFIELD, CT: Thursday, March 19, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Wintonbury Poetry Series at the P. Faith McMahon Wintonbury Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave, Bloomfield, CT.
PETERBOROUGH, NH: Saturday, April 18, 10:00 AM: Patrick Donnelly will speak to the Monadnock Writers Group at the Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord Street, Peterborough, NH.
PRINCETON, MA: Thursday, April 28, 2020, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read for the Thirsty Lab Reading Series, 206 Worcester Road, Princeton, MA.
FRANCONIA, NH: public readings at The Frost Place Poetry Seminar.
MONDAY, 8/5: Maudelle Driskell, Maggie Dietz
TUESDAY, 8/6: Matthew Minicucci, Rajiv Mohabir
WEDNESDAY, 8/7: Eduardo Martinez-Leyva, R. Cassandra Bruner, Justin Danzy
THURSDAY, 8/8: Patrick Donnelly, Katie Farris, Ilya Kaminsky
FRIDAY, 8/9: Poetry Seminar participants
All readings are free and begin at 8:00 PM. The Frost Place, 158 Ridge Road, Franconia, NH 03580. Directions.
ROCHESTER, VT: Sunday, August 18, 5:30 PM: Patrick Donnelly, Stephen D. Miller, and Michael Straus will read translations and discuss the art of translation, with Steven Kleinman moderating, at the Joan Hutton Landis Summer Reading Series, BigTown Gallery, 99 North Main Street, Rochester, VT 05767. Doors open at 5:00 PM.
HENNIKER, NH: Saturday, September 14: Patrick Donnelly will lead a generative workshop (10:45 AM) and read (3:00 PM) at the New Hampshire Poetry Festival. New England College, 98 Bridge Street, Henniker, NH 03243.
NEW YORK, NY: Tuesday, September 17, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM: Four Way Books poets Patrick Donnelly, Julia Guez, Jessica Jacobs, and Maya Phillips will read at Bryant Park Reading Room, New York, NY. Bryant Park is situated behind the New York Public Library in Midtown Manhattan, between 40th and 42nd Streets & Fifth and Sixth Avenues. (B, D, F, or M trains to 42nd Street/Bryant Park; 7 train to 5th Avenue.)
SOMERVILLE, MA: Saturday, October 5, 2:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Dzvinia Orlowsky will read for the Cervena Barva Press Reading Series, Arts at the Armory, Basement Room B8, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA. Admission is $5.00.
CONCORD, MA: Sunday, October 6, 3:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read poems from Little-Known Operas and Nocturnes of the Brothel of Ruin, and Donnelly and Stephen D. Miller will read their award-winning translations from the Japanese, for the Concord Poetry at the Library Series at Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main Street, Concord MA.
LENOX, MASSACHUSSETTS: Thursday, October 10, 5:30 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Karen Chase will read at The Bookstore, 11 Housatonic Street, Lenox, MA 01240, 413-637-3390.
PAXTON, MA: Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 PM: The Eleventh Annual Gregory Stockmal Reading, featuring Patrick Donnelly, will be hosted by the Worcester County Poetry Association at Zecco Performing Arts Center, Anna Maria College, 50 Sunset Lane, Paxton, MA (near Worcester, MA).
BRATTLEBORO, VT: October 18 - 20, Date & Time TBA: Patrick Donnelly will read at the Brattleboro Literary Festival, venue TBA, Brattleboro, VT.
PHILADELPHIA, PA: October 24, 6:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Carole Bernstein will read in the Arts Cafe at Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY: Friday, October 25, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly, Ron Slate, and Stephanie Strickland will read at the Hudson Valley Writers Center, Philipse Manor Station,300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY 10591. Admission $5.00 – 10.00.
HAYDENVILLE, MA: Friday, November 8, 6:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Hannah Fries will read for Hedgerow Books and Friends at Bread Euphoria, 206 Main Street, Haydenville, MA 01039.
HARTFORD, CT: Tuesday, November 12, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Riverwood Poetry Series at Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor Street, West Hartford CT, 06106, 860-232-1006. 6:45 PM, sign up for Open Mic.
2020:
PORTLAND, ME: Monday, January 6, 2020, 9:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with Word Portland, at LFK in Longfellow Square, 188A State St, Portland, ME 04101.
NEW YORK, NY: Friday, February 7, 2020, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly, Rigoberto Gonzalez, Julia Guez, and Sam Ross will read at Bureau of General Services - Queer Division, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center, Room 210, 208 West 13th St., New York, NY (between 7th and Greenwich Avenues).
NEW YORK, NY: Saturday, February 8, 2020, 4:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Stephanie Strickland will read for the Lunar Walk Poetry Series at Arlene’s Grocery, 95 Stanton Street, NY, NY 10001.
BLOOMFIELD, CT: Thursday, March 19, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Wintonbury Poetry Series at the P. Faith McMahon Wintonbury Library, 1015 Blue Hills Ave, Bloomfield, CT.
PETERBOROUGH, NH: Saturday, April 18, 10:00 AM: Patrick Donnelly will speak to the Monadnock Writers Group at the Peterborough Town Library, 2 Concord Street, Peterborough, NH.
PRINCETON, MA: Thursday, April 28, 2020, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read for the Thirsty Lab Reading Series, 206 Worcester Road, Princeton, MA.