2019 Readings from Little-Known Operas:
CAMBRIDGE, MA: Monday, February 25, 8:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Anders Carlson-Wee will read with the Blacksmith House Poetry Series, Spiegel Auditorium, 56 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA. Admission, $3.
DUBLIN, NH: March 10, 3:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with Susan Roney-O'Brien at Del Rossi’s Trattoria, 73 Brush Brook Rd (Rt. 137), Dublin, NH 03444. 3:00 PM open mic, followed by two featured readers.
PORTLAND, OR: AWP 2019 author signing, Friday, March 29, 11:00-11:30 AM. At the Four Way Books table, #5015 at the bookfair, Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232, Portland, OR.
NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, MA: Friday, March 15, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Lily Poetry Salon, 9 Cottage Ave, Needham Heights, MA 02494-1633.
PROVIDENCE, RI: Friday, March 22, 6:30 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Tina Cane (poet laureate of Rhode Island) will each read from new books at Books on the Square, 471 Angell Street, Providence, RI 02906.
LOS ANGELES, CA: Sunday, March 31, 4:00 PM: Four Way Books authors Laurel Blossom and Patrick Donnelly will read at Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd. Venice, CA 90291. $10 General Admission, $6 Students/Seniors, Members free.
AMHERST, MA: Friday, April 5, 7:00 PM: Western Mass. book launch party and reading for Patrick Donnelly’s Little-Known Operas. Amherst Books, 8 Main Street, Amherst, MA 01002.
MANCHESTER, NH: Tuesday, April 9, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read at St. Anselm College, sponsored by TEDA (True Equality and Dignity Alliance), 100 St. Anselm Drive, Manchester, NH.
PLYMOUTH, NH: Thursday, April 11, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Eagle Pond Author Series, Smith Recital Hall, Silver Center, 114 Main Street, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH 03264.
HUDSON, NY: Saturday, April 13, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Volume Reading Series. Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Spotty Dog Books & Ale, 440 Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534. "Two Hudson writers seem to have found a new formula, turning the traditional reading into a party celebrating the best in new lit." —Jamie Larson, Rural Intelligence
HOPKINTON, MA: Saturday, April 20th, 10:30 AM: Patrick Donnelly will read for the Wake Up and Smell the Poetry Series. Poets are paired with musicians in this series, which is filmed before a live audience at the studios of HCAM-TV, 77 Main Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Sign up to participate in an open mic or to reserve an audience seat.
NEW YORK, NY: Sunday, May 5, 2019, 6:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with Why There Are Words NYC. 308 Bowery, Bowery Poetry Club. Doors open at 5:45 PM: readings begin at 6:00 PM sharp. $10.00 at the door.
SYRACUSE, NY: Friday, May 10, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read at the Downtown Writers Center of the YMCA of Greater Syracuse. 340 Montgomery St., Syracuse, NY 13202.
NORTHAMPTON, MA: Sunday, May 12, 4:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Gallery of Readers Series, Seelye Hall, Room 106, Smith College, Northampton, MA. Map.
BROOKLINE, MA: Sunday, May 19, 2019, 2:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Brookline Poetry Series. Hunneman Hall, Brookline Village Library, 361 Washington St., Brookline, MA 02445. Doors open at 1:30; open mic sign-up begins at 1:45; 2:00 – 4:00, poetry readings, features followed by open mic. "…the best literary open mike in Boston." —Boston Globe
CAMBRIDGE, MA: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with The Unauthorized Eleanor Wilner Reading Series. Cambridge Boat House, 2 Gerry’s Landing Road, Cambridge, MA. Doors open at 6PM for socializing and refreshments; readings run from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM. The UEW Series is an initiative by and for New England-area alumni of The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, but anyone is encouraged to attend. Directions.
NORTHAMPTON, MA: Tuesday, June 4, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will feature at Writers Night Out, sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild. The Basement, 21 Center Street, Northampton, MA (located in the back of the building). Open mic begins at 7:00 PM, feature around 8:00 after a short break.
SHELBURNE FALLS, MA: Thursday, June 6, 2019, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly and January Gill O’Neil will read with the Collected Poets Series. Mocha Maya’s Coffee House, 47 Bridge St, Shelburne Falls, MA. $2.00 – 5.00 suggested donation.
EXETER, NH: Friday, June 7, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read for The Silo Series at The Word Barn, 66 Newfields Road, Exeter, NH. $5.00 suggested donation.
NEW YORK, NY: Tuesday, June 18, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read for Voices of Poetry with Tina Cane, Jennifer Franklin, and JP Howard, at McNally Jackson Bookstore Soho, 52 Prince Street, NY, NY 10012.
GLOUCESTER, MA: Wednesday, June 26, 7:30 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read at the Gloucester Writers Center, 126 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930.
BROOKLYN, NY: Friday, July 12, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with Pete’s Big Salmon at Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg: 709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211, 718-302-3770.
FRANCONIA, NH: Thursday, August 8, 8:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read at The Frost Place Poetry Seminar. The Frost Place, 158 Ridge Road, Franconia, NH 03580. Directions.
ROCHESTER, VT: Sunday, August 18, 5:30 PM: Patrick Donnelly, Stephen D. Miller, Chloe Garcia Roberts, and Michael Strauss will read translations and discuss the art of translation, with 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.)
LENOX, MASSACHUSSETTS: Friday, September 27, 5:30 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Karen Chase will read at The Bookstore, 11 Housatonic Street, Lenox, MA 01240, 413-637-3390.
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.
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:
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 06002, 860-242-0041.
PRINCETON, MA: Thursday, April 28, 2020, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read for the Thirsty Lab Reading Series, 206 Worcester Road, Princeton, MA.
CAMBRIDGE, MA: Monday, February 25, 8:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Anders Carlson-Wee will read with the Blacksmith House Poetry Series, Spiegel Auditorium, 56 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA. Admission, $3.
DUBLIN, NH: March 10, 3:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with Susan Roney-O'Brien at Del Rossi’s Trattoria, 73 Brush Brook Rd (Rt. 137), Dublin, NH 03444. 3:00 PM open mic, followed by two featured readers.
PORTLAND, OR: AWP 2019 author signing, Friday, March 29, 11:00-11:30 AM. At the Four Way Books table, #5015 at the bookfair, Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR 97232, Portland, OR.
NEEDHAM HEIGHTS, MA: Friday, March 15, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Lily Poetry Salon, 9 Cottage Ave, Needham Heights, MA 02494-1633.
PROVIDENCE, RI: Friday, March 22, 6:30 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Tina Cane (poet laureate of Rhode Island) will each read from new books at Books on the Square, 471 Angell Street, Providence, RI 02906.
LOS ANGELES, CA: Sunday, March 31, 4:00 PM: Four Way Books authors Laurel Blossom and Patrick Donnelly will read at Beyond Baroque, 681 N. Venice Blvd. Venice, CA 90291. $10 General Admission, $6 Students/Seniors, Members free.
AMHERST, MA: Friday, April 5, 7:00 PM: Western Mass. book launch party and reading for Patrick Donnelly’s Little-Known Operas. Amherst Books, 8 Main Street, Amherst, MA 01002.
MANCHESTER, NH: Tuesday, April 9, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read at St. Anselm College, sponsored by TEDA (True Equality and Dignity Alliance), 100 St. Anselm Drive, Manchester, NH.
PLYMOUTH, NH: Thursday, April 11, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Eagle Pond Author Series, Smith Recital Hall, Silver Center, 114 Main Street, Plymouth State University, Plymouth, NH 03264.
HUDSON, NY: Saturday, April 13, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Volume Reading Series. Spotty Dog Books & Ale, Spotty Dog Books & Ale, 440 Warren St., Hudson, NY 12534. "Two Hudson writers seem to have found a new formula, turning the traditional reading into a party celebrating the best in new lit." —Jamie Larson, Rural Intelligence
HOPKINTON, MA: Saturday, April 20th, 10:30 AM: Patrick Donnelly will read for the Wake Up and Smell the Poetry Series. Poets are paired with musicians in this series, which is filmed before a live audience at the studios of HCAM-TV, 77 Main Street, Hopkinton, MA 01748. Sign up to participate in an open mic or to reserve an audience seat.
NEW YORK, NY: Sunday, May 5, 2019, 6:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with Why There Are Words NYC. 308 Bowery, Bowery Poetry Club. Doors open at 5:45 PM: readings begin at 6:00 PM sharp. $10.00 at the door.
SYRACUSE, NY: Friday, May 10, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read at the Downtown Writers Center of the YMCA of Greater Syracuse. 340 Montgomery St., Syracuse, NY 13202.
NORTHAMPTON, MA: Sunday, May 12, 4:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Gallery of Readers Series, Seelye Hall, Room 106, Smith College, Northampton, MA. Map.
BROOKLINE, MA: Sunday, May 19, 2019, 2:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with the Brookline Poetry Series. Hunneman Hall, Brookline Village Library, 361 Washington St., Brookline, MA 02445. Doors open at 1:30; open mic sign-up begins at 1:45; 2:00 – 4:00, poetry readings, features followed by open mic. "…the best literary open mike in Boston." —Boston Globe
CAMBRIDGE, MA: Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with The Unauthorized Eleanor Wilner Reading Series. Cambridge Boat House, 2 Gerry’s Landing Road, Cambridge, MA. Doors open at 6PM for socializing and refreshments; readings run from 7:00 PM to 8:15 PM. The UEW Series is an initiative by and for New England-area alumni of The MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, but anyone is encouraged to attend. Directions.
NORTHAMPTON, MA: Tuesday, June 4, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will feature at Writers Night Out, sponsored by Straw Dog Writers Guild. The Basement, 21 Center Street, Northampton, MA (located in the back of the building). Open mic begins at 7:00 PM, feature around 8:00 after a short break.
SHELBURNE FALLS, MA: Thursday, June 6, 2019, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly and January Gill O’Neil will read with the Collected Poets Series. Mocha Maya’s Coffee House, 47 Bridge St, Shelburne Falls, MA. $2.00 – 5.00 suggested donation.
EXETER, NH: Friday, June 7, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read for The Silo Series at The Word Barn, 66 Newfields Road, Exeter, NH. $5.00 suggested donation.
NEW YORK, NY: Tuesday, June 18, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read for Voices of Poetry with Tina Cane, Jennifer Franklin, and JP Howard, at McNally Jackson Bookstore Soho, 52 Prince Street, NY, NY 10012.
GLOUCESTER, MA: Wednesday, June 26, 7:30 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read at the Gloucester Writers Center, 126 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA 01930.
BROOKLYN, NY: Friday, July 12, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read with Pete’s Big Salmon at Pete’s Candy Store in Williamsburg: 709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11211, 718-302-3770.
FRANCONIA, NH: Thursday, August 8, 8:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read at The Frost Place Poetry Seminar. The Frost Place, 158 Ridge Road, Franconia, NH 03580. Directions.
ROCHESTER, VT: Sunday, August 18, 5:30 PM: Patrick Donnelly, Stephen D. Miller, Chloe Garcia Roberts, and Michael Strauss will read translations and discuss the art of translation, with 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.)
LENOX, MASSACHUSSETTS: Friday, September 27, 5:30 PM: Patrick Donnelly and Karen Chase will read at The Bookstore, 11 Housatonic Street, Lenox, MA 01240, 413-637-3390.
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.
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:
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 06002, 860-242-0041.
PRINCETON, MA: Thursday, April 28, 2020, 7:00 PM: Patrick Donnelly will read for the Thirsty Lab Reading Series, 206 Worcester Road, Princeton, MA.