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Thursday, June 18, 2009, 7:00 pm
Delaware County Institute of Science
11 Veterans Square
Media, PA
With Bill Hetznecker and Amy Small-McKinney
Hosted by Eileen D’Angelo
Sponsored by the Mad Poets Society
(610)586-9318
madpoets@comcast.net
www.madpoetssociety.com

Sunday, April 26, 2009, 3:00 pm
Yoga Garden

131 N. Narberth Ave.
Narberth, PA
(above the Narberth movie theater)
610 664-2705

www.yogagardennarberth.com
With Catherine Bancroft and Others

Sunday, June 8, 2008, 1:00 pm Brunch, 2:00 Presentation
Time Restaurant
1315 Sansom St.
Philadelphia, PA
Robin’s Mystery Book Club Sunday Brunch
with former GPWS participant Julie Compton
(author of Tell No Lies, St. Martin’s Minotaur 2008) and other writers
Sponsored by Robin’s Bookstore
(215)735-9600

Friday, April 11, 2008 7:30 p.m.
The Last Word Bookstore
220 S. 40th St.
Philadelphia, PA
(215) 386-7780
With poets from Leonard Gontarek’s workshops

Sunday, April 6, 3-5 pm
Manuyunk Arts Center
419 Green Lane
Philadelphia, PA
(215)482-3363
www.manayunkartcenter.org
Contributors’ Reading, Schuylkill Valley Journal of the Arts
($4 donation requested)

Sunday, October 7, 2007 3-5 p.m.
Manayunk Arts Center
419 Green Lane
Philadelphia, PA
With Nathalie Anderson, Lisa Alexander Baron, and Nancy Scott
(215)482-3363
www.manayunkartcenter.org
($4 donation requested)

Sunday, September 9, 2007 4-6 p.m.
Eco Poetry Project
GreenFest Philly
W. G. Williams Community Center
1016 South Street
Philadelphia, PA
With Elaine Terranova, Eileen D’Angelo, Deborah Fries, Mark Wilhelm, Leonard Gontarek and others.

www.greenfestphilly.org
http://www.greenfestphilly.org/poetrycontest.php

Thursday, July 5, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
Milk Boy Coffee
824 West Lancaster Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA
(In the Bryn Mar Film Institute)
(610)527-0690
With John Timpane

Saturday, June 2, 2007, 2:00 p.m.
Bryn Mawr College Reunion Reading
Centennial Campus Center
Bryn Mawr, PA
(610) 526-5227
With Libby Mosier, BMC ’84, Moira Egan, BMC ’84 and Berit Haahr, BMC ’92

Saturday, May 19th, 2007, 3:30 p.m.
Benefit reading for the Maternal Wellness Center ($10 admission)
MAMA Studio
6901 Greene Street (corner of Greene and Carpenter)
Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia, PA
Further information: (215) 713-2666 or email maternalwellness@yahoo.com

Sunday, April 22nd, 2007, 6-7 p.m.
Signing books at Philadelphia Stories booth at the Free Library Book Festival
Central Library, 1901 Vine and surroundings streets, Philadelphia, PA.
For further information, visit: http://philadelphiabookfestival.org, or www.philadelphiastories.org.

Sunday, February 4, 2007, 2:00 p.m.
Robin’s Book Store
108 S. 13th Street
Philadelphia, PA
(215) 735-9600
With Leonard Gontarek
www.robinsbookstore.com

Friday, January 12, 2007 7:30 p.m.
Big Blue Marble Bookstore
551 Carpenter Lane
Philadelphia, PA
(215)844-1870
With M. Frost
http://bigbluemarblebooks.com

Tuesday, December 5, 2006, 7:00 p.m.
Voices & Visions Bookstore
111 S. Independence Mall East
Philadelphia, PA
(4th Street between Market & Chestnut, Lower Level, behind the Bourse)
(215) 625-4740
With Greg Downs and Jay Morris
Sponsored by Philadelphia Stories
www.philadelphiastories.org

Thursday, November 16, 2006 6:30 p.m.
Bridgette Mayer Gallery
709 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
( 215) 413-8893
With Jenny Lentz
www.mayerartconsultants.com

Saturday, May 13, 2006 3:30 p.m.
Mother’s Day Reading
Maternal Wellness Center
606 Carpenter Lane
Mt. Airy, PA
Contact: Kathleen Furin
(215) 713-2666

Thursday, May 4, 2006, 6:00 p.m.
Kelly Writers’ House
3805 Locust Walk
Philadelphia, PA
(215) 573-WRIT
Email: wh@writing.upenn.edu
With members of Making Poems that Last Workshop
Contact: Leonard Gontarek, (215) 808-9507
Email: gontarekL@earthlink.net

Sunday, April 2, 2006: 1-6 p.m. (Alison scheduled between 4 and 5 p.m.)
Poetry Ink: 100 Poets Read at Robin’s
Robin’s Book Store
108 S. 13th St.
Philadelphia, PA
Contact: Larry Robin, (215) 735-9600
www.robinsbookstore.com

Thursday, May 5, 2005, 7:00 p.m.
Jones Library
Amity St., Amherst MA
With Joan Marie Wood
Email: Amherst Writers & Artists for more detail

Thursday, April 28, 2005, 7:00 p.m.
Harvest Books
9 E. State St.
Media, PA
With Liz Abrams-Morley, Deborah Derrickson Kossmann, and Jim Mancinelli
Contact: Jim Pierson, (610) 566-3191

Sunday, April 24, 2005, 1:00 p.m.
Quita Woodward Room
Thomas Hall
Bryn Mawr College
101 N. Merion Ave.
Bryn Mawr, PA
With Moira Egan
Contact: Libby Mosier, (610) 526-5310 or emosier@Brynmawr.edu

Thursday, October 7, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
Robin’s Bookstore
108 S. 13th St.
Philadelphia, PA
With Liz Abrams-Morley, Deborah Derrickson Kossmann and Jim Mancinelli
(215)735-9600

Tuesday, June 15, 2004
Thunderbird Bookshop Community Room,
3600 The Barnyard, Carmel, CA, 7:00 p.m.
Email Elliot Roberts or call (831)624-1803 for more information.

Thursday May 27, 2004
Trinity Center for Urban Life, 22nd & Spruce Streets,
Philadelphia, PA, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
With GPWS participants and alumni.
Call 215-732-2515 for more information.

Sunday May 16, 2004
The Yoga Garden, 31 N. Narberth Avenue, Narberth, PA, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
With GPWS participants and alumni.
For directions see www.yogagardennarberth.com or call 610-664-2705.

Saturday, May 8, 2004
Jones Library, Amity St., Amherst, MA, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m.
With Patricia Lee Lewis and Mary Clare Powell.
Email Amherst Writers & Artists for more details.


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