Friday, July 15, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
Setzer Auditorium, Crocker Art Museum
216 “O” Street, Sacramento
On Friday, July 15, 2011 acclaimed poets Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Cathy Park Hong, Major Jackson, and Sharon Olds, along with special guest Galway Kinnell, will read from their poetry in Setzer Auditorium at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento. Please note: Galway Kinnell is unable to attend after all. We will miss him.
This gathering of the tribe—all staff poets from this year's Community of Writers’ Summer Poetry Workshop in Squaw Valley—will raise money for the Poetry Program’s financial aid and scholarships. Books by the poets will be available for purchase and signing.
For more information about the poets who will be reading please visit: www.squawvalleywriters.org/poetry_ws.htm
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DETAILS: The Crocker Art Museum is located at 216 “O” Street in Sacramento. This venue is wheelchair accessible. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and seating is unassigned.
Tickets are $20 general admission and $15 for students (with current student ID). Group discounts are available. Tickets are available online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com. For more information, call: 877-537-8073 or email squawpoet@ureach.com.
The Crocker Art Museum is located at 216 “O” Street in Sacramento.
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PARKING: At this time of day (6:30 p.m. onward), there is plenty of free curbside parking available near the museum. Additional parking is available in nearby parking garages, located a short walk from the museum.
Tower Bridge Parking Garage (Front Street & Capitol Mall): Enter the garage on Capitol Mall. Walk to the Museum by taking the Riverfront Promenade to the O Street Bridge.
Downtown Plaza: There are multiple entrances on J and L Streets.
Old Sacramento Garage (Second & I Streets): Enter the garage on I Street. Walk to the museum by taking the Riverfront Promenade to the O Street Bridge.
Parking for visitors with disabilities can be found in the parking lots and at meters located on 2nd Street.
PUBLIC TRANSIT: Light rail and buses both stop within walking distance of the Crocker Art Museum. Recommended bus routes are listed below. The nearest light rail stop is at 8th and O Streets. Check light rail and bus schedules to ensure that transportation is available after the event ends at 9:00. Monday – Friday: 6, 11, 15, 30, 31, 34, 38, 51, 62, 86 & 88 Saturday: 15, 30, 34, 38, 51, 62, 86 & 88 Sundays & Holidays: 15, 30, 34, 38, 51, 86 & 88
For more information on the venue, its location, and directions, visit: http://www.crockerartmuseum.org
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Rev. Audrey Gonzalez, a volunteer probation officer, CASA worker, and prison chaplain for Shelby County juvenile court in Tennessee, an art collector, theatrical entrepeneur, former award winning-journalist, and resident of Uruguay for 20 years, who is attempting to be a poet.
Deborah and Leo Ruth have been supporters of the Community of Writers for many years. Deborah is a poet and a many-time Poetry Program participant. They are sponsoring this event to help poets who, without the financial aid this event provides, would be unable to attend.
Moira Magneson is a former Community of Writers Poetry Workshop participant volunteer who organizes the Benefit Poetry Reading. She lives in the Sierra foothills where she is the volunteer coordinator for El Dorado County's Poetry Out Loud competition. Her recent honors include Alehouse Press' Happy Hour Award and an honorable mention in the Robinson Jeffers Tor House 2011 Poetry Prize. She is the author of He Drank Because, a chapbook published by Rattlesnake Press.
Theresa McCourt is a former Community of Writers Poetry Workshop participant. She is a board member of the Sacramento Poetry Center and co-editor of the Tule Review with Linda Collins (now working on their third review.) In 2008 she received the Albert and Elaine Borchard Fellowship in poetry and graduated from the Artist Residency Institute through the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission. Her credits include a 1st in the 2007 Maggi H. Meyer Memorial Contest. She has published in The Squaw Valley Review, Peter Parasol, Bill Gainer's “Magnet Project,” mamazine.com, Rattlesnake Review, and Toyon. In 2009 and 2010 she helped prepare Sacramento high school students for the Poetry Out Loud contest.
Shawn Pittard is a former Community of Writers Poetry Workshop participant. His manuscript, Standing in the River, was the winner of Tebot Bach’s 2010 Clockwise Chapbook Competition and will be released in August. He is also the author of These Rivers, a chapbook published by Rattlesnake Press. Shawn lives in Sacramento.
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To obtain high resolution photographs of the writers, poets or former events:
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