POETRY READINGS AND
PERFORMANCES
2012
TOUR SCHEDULE
ashes, ashes: A Poet Responds to the Holocaust
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
Tour Schedule at Wild Nights Productions, LLC
Poet, Producer, Performer: Susanna Rich
Director Ernest Wiggins
Production Assistant: Samantha Jackson
Assistant Director: Wendy Temple
Sound by Don Fast
Art by Jo Jochnowitz
Sponsored by The Kean University Human Rights Institute;
The Kean University Departments of English, and Theatre;
The Women's Studies Program; The Jewish Studies Program;
The Holocaust Resource Center;
The M.A. Program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies;
The Jewish Culture Club; The Human Rights Club
2011
Monday, April 11, Opening Night @7:30PM, and
Wednesday, April 13 @ 7:30 PM, and
Thursday, April 14 @ 7:30 PM
ashes, ashes: A Poet Responds to the Holocaust
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
Poet, Producer, Performer: Susanna Rich
Director Ernest Wiggins
Production Assistant: Samantha Jackson
Assistant Director: Wendy Temple
Sound by Don Fast
Art by Jo Jochnowitz
Sponsored by The Kean University Human Rights Institute;
The Kean University Departments of English, and Theatre;
The Women's Studies Program; The Jewish Studies Program;
The Holocaust Resource Center;
The M.A. Program in Holocaust and Genocide Studies;
The Jewish Culture Club; The Human Rights Club
The Little Theater
University Center
Kean University
1000 Morris Avenue
Union, NJ
Contact: Susanna Rich
Saturday, May 28 @ 1:00-3:30 PM
Sensations Magazine
World War I in Poetry
Reading with David Messineo
Fosterfields
Historical Program
73 Kahdena Rd.
Morristown, NJ 07960
973-631-5344
Sensations Magazine
Saturday, May 28 @ 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM
The North Jersey Literary Series
Featured with Morton D. Rich
The Classic Quiche Cafe
330 Queen Anne Road
Teaneck, NJ
201-692-0150
8:30 PM Open Mike
Free
2012
Thursday, April 19 @ 7:00 PM
ashes, ashes: A Poet Responds to the Holocaust
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
Congregation B'nai Israel
171 Ridge Rd, Rumson, NJ 07760
Contact: Linda Davies
(732) 842-1800
Wednesday, May 9 @ 8:00 PM
ashes, ashes: A Poet Responds to the Holocaust
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
POETS WEDNESDAY
BARRON ARTS CENTER
582 Rahway Avenue
Woodbridge, NJ
Contact: Deborah LaVeglia and Linda Radice
(732)-634-0413
TBA
ashes, ashes: A Poet Responds to the Holocaust
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
Lenape Valley Regional High School
P.O. Box 578
28 Sparta Road
Stanhope, NJ 07874
Contact: Jean Potters
(973) 347-7600
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Archives
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2011
Tuesday, March 8 @ 7:00 PM
Third Anniversary
15th Performance
Television Daddy:
A One-Woman, Audience-Interactive Poetry Experience
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
Oradell Public Library
375 Kinderkamack Road
Oradell, NJ
201.262.2613
Tuesday, March 22 @ 7:30 PM
Highland Park Public Library
Featured with Juditha Dowd
31 North 5th Avenue
Highland Park, NJ 08904-2900
(732) 572-2750
Saturday, March 26 @ 1:00 to 4:00 PM
GIRL TALK: A WOMEN'S POETRY READING
A group reading in celebration of Women's History Month
West Caldwell Public Library
Clinton Rd.
West Caldwell, NJ
Reading followed by Tea Party
Contact: Diane Lockward
Girl Talk
Sunday, April 10 @ 2:00 PM
Roxbury Poetry Festival
Featured with Jean LeBlanc, Ed Romond, and Sander Zulauf
Roxbury Arts Center
17 Eyland Avenue
Succasunna, NJ
Roxbury Arts Alliance
Contact: Jean Potters
2010
Saturday, January 9
Sensations Magazine
Second Saturday on Spring Street, Newton, NJ
Featured with David Messineo, Davidson Garret, John Trause,
Eugenia Macer-Story, and other Sensations Magazine Poets
12:30: W.B. Yeats Retrospective, O'Reilley's Pub, 271 Spring Street
(Lunch reservations: 973-383-4091)
2:45: Open Book Store, 169 Spring Street
4:00: Cheddar Alley, 155 Spring Street
Visit: Sensations Magazine
Wednesday, March 10 @ 8:00PM
POETS WEDNESDAY
Featured with Burt Kimmelman
BARRON ARTS CENTER
582 Rahway Avenue
Woodbridge, NJ
Contact: Deborah LaVeglia and Linda Radice
(732)-634-0413
Saturday, March 13 @ 1:00-4:00 PM
GIRL TALK: A WOMEN'S POETRY READING
A group reading in celebration of Women's History Month
West Caldwell Public Library
Clinton Rd.
West Caldwell, NJ
Reading followed by Tea Party
Contact: Diane Lockward
Girl Talk
Saturday, March 27
2009 NJCEA Spring Conference
Seton Hall University
Student Cetner
Contact: John Wargacki (973) 761-9000 X5105
Sunday, March 28 @ 4:00 PM
MONTCLAIR ADULT SCHOOL
Featured with Carole Stone
MONTCLAIR CITADEL
46 Park Street
Montclair, NJ
Reservation required
Thursday, April 8 @ 7 PM
TELEVISION DADDY: A Sampler
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
THE JOINT FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY OF
MORRISTOWN AND MORRIS TOWNSHIP
1 Miller Road and South Street
Morristown, NJ 07960
PHONE: 973-538-6161
Saturday, April 10 @ 3 PM
TELEVISION DADDY:
A One-Woman Audience-Interactive Poetry Experience
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
EMPIRE STATE BOOK FESTIVAL
New York Library Association
Empire State Convention Center
Albany, NY
Monday, April 12, Opening Night @7:30PM,
and
Wednesday, April 14 @ 7:30 PM
The Drive Home: A Staged Poetry Reading
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
WOMEN'S STUDIES CELEBRATES POETRY MONTH
The Little Theater
University Center
Kean University
1000 Morris Avenue
Union, NJ
Contact: Susanna Rich
Thursday, April 15: All Day
Voorhees Annual Poets Reading Day
Voorhees High School
256 County Road 513
Glen Gardner, NJ 08826
Friday, April 23 @ 6 PM
"Living Our Words: Wording Our Lives": Keynote Address
SIGMA TAU DELTA: HONOR SOCIETY
Kean University
Ocean County Campus
Toms River, NJ
Contact: 908-737-0395
Saturday, May 8, 8PM
Featured with other North Jersey Literary Society Poets
Beyond the Rift: Poets of the Palisades
Book Launch
Classic Quiche Cafe
330 Queen Anne Road
Teaneck, NJ 07666-3267
(201) 692-0150
Monday, May 10 @ 7PM
A Wild Night with Emily Dickinson
Oradell Public Library
375 Kinderkamack Road
Oradell, NJ
201.262.2613
Wednesday, May 12 @ 7PM
SECOND WEDNESDAY
TELEVISION DADDY: A Sampler
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAM POETRY COOPERATIVE
Williams Center
One Williams Plaza
Rutherford, NJ
Thursday, May 13 @ 7:30 PM
Sensations Magazine
World War I and World War II in Poetry
Reading with David Messineo
Historical Society of Stillwater
900 Main Street
Stillwater, NJ
Sensations Magazine
Wednesday, May 19 @ 7:00 PM
Featured with Burt Kimmelman and Joel Lewis
Watchung Booksellers
Watchung Booksellers
54 Fairfield Street
Watchung Plaza
Montclair, NJ 07042
Tel: 973-744-7177
Tuesday, May 25 @ Time TBA
2010 NEW JERSEY WRITING ALLIANCE CONFERENCE:
Me & We: Inspiring Students' Voices in Multiple Communities
Rutgers University
College Avenue Campus
New Brunswick, NJ
Sunday, October 17, @ 2 PM
POETRY READING SERIES AT THE SOUTH BRUNSWICK LIBRARY
Featured with Carole Stone
South Brunswick Library
110 Kingston Lane
Monmouth Junction, NJ
Saturday, October 30 @ 8:00 PM
Televison Daddy: A Staged Poetry Reading
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
The Little Theater
University Center
Kean University
1000 Morris Avenue
Union, NJ
Contact: Susanna Rich
Saturday, November 13 @ 1:00-2:00 PM
America at War in Poetry, 1754-2010
Reading with David Messineo and other Sensations Magazine Poets
Woodbourne Partk Memorial
145 Sherman Ridge Road
Wantage, NJ
Contact: The Six Centuries Club
or Susanna Rich
Saturday, November 13 @ 3:00-3:30 PM
Sensations Magazine Creative Events Series
Reading with David Messineo and other Sensations Magazine Poets
Major League Deli
Route 23
Colesville, NJ (Near High Point)
Contact: The Six Centuries Club
or Susanna Rich
Tuesday, November 16 @ 6:45-9:00 PM
Tillie's of Brooklyn
Featured with Davidson Garrett
248 DeKalb Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Contact: Susanna Rich
Saturday, November 20 @ 4:00-6:00 PM
Poet's House
Featured with Sensations Magazine poets
As Winner of the "21st Century America" Contest
Debut of Sensations Magazine ISSUE 48 "21ST CENTURY AMERICA"
The Stanley Kunitz Conference Room
Poet's House
10 River Terrace
Battery Park City (corner of Murray Street and River Terrace)
New York, NY
Thursday, December 2 @ 1:00 PM
Televison Daddy: A Staged Poetry Reading
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
Lenape Valley Regional High School
P.O. Box 578
28 Sparta Road
Stanhope, NJ 07874
Contact: Jean Potters
(973) 347-7600
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Sunday, December 5 @ 2:00-4:00 PM
Beyond the Rift: An Anthology
Featured with other Poets of the Palisades
Kearny Public Library
318 Kearny Avenue
Kearny, NJ 07302
(201) 998-2666
Sunday, December 5 @ 2:00-4:00 PM
Launch of Off Line:
The 2010 South Mountain Poetry Anthology
Featured with other South Mountain poets
NJ Arts Incubator
495 Prospect Avenue
West Orange, NJ 07052
www.njai.org
2009
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Saturday, March 14 @ 1:00-4:00 PM
GIRL TALK: A WOMEN'S POETRY READING
A group reading in celebration of Women's History Month
West Caldwell Public Library
Clinton Rd.
West Caldwell, NJ
Reading followed by Tea Party
Contact: Diane Lockward
Saturday, March 21
2009 NJCEA Spring Conference
Seton Hall University
Student Cetner
Contact: John Wargacki (973) 761-9000 X5105
Wednesday, April 1 @ 7:30 PM
Fishing Line: A Poisson D’Avril Poetry Reading Celebrating New Jersey Finishing Line Press Poets
Sponsored by Kean University’s
Women’s Studies Program
AMANDA BERRY
JESSICA DEKONINCK SHAWN R. JONES ADELE KENNY CAROLINA MORALES KATHE PALKA SUSANNA RICH CAROLE STONE
Hutchinson Hall J-100
Kean University Union, NJ
Free
Contact: Susanna Rich (908) 737-0395
Website: www.susannarich.com
Directions: www.kean.edu/directions.html
Campus Map: www.kean.edu/campusmap.html
Thursday, April 16 @ 7:30 PM
Watchung Booksellers
Watchung Booksellers
54 Fairfield Street Watchung Plaza Montclair, NJ 07042
Tel: 973-744-7177
Saturday, April 18 @ 3-5 PM
SENSATIONS MAGAZINE CREATIVE EVENTS
Featuring David Messineo and Friends:
Moira Bailis Davidson Garrett Vera Gelvin David Messineo Susanna Rich Jacqueline de Weever
Fort Lee Public Library
320 Main Street
Fort Lee, NJ 07024
(201) 592-3615
Six Centuries Club
Thursday, May 14 @ 7:30 PM
LIPS
A Group Reading to Celebrate the Issue 30/31
Barnes & Noble
395 Route 3 East
(Clifton Commons)
Clifton, NJ
973-779-5500
Saturday, May 30 @ 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM
The North Jersey Literary Series
Featured with Joel Allegretti
The Classic Quiche Cafe
330 Queen Anne Road
Teaneck, NJ
201-692-0150
8:30 PM Open Mike
Free
Thursday, June 4 @ 7:00 PM
Television Daddy: A One-Woman, Audience-Interactive Poetry Experience
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
Ridgewood Public Library
125 N. Maple Ave
Ridgewood, NJ 07450
(201) 670-5600
Contact:
Barbara Hand
Directions:
Ridgewood Public Library
Sunday, June 14 @ 1:00-5:00 PM
Books NJ 2009
Paramus Public Library
E116 Century Road
between Farview Ave and Spring Valley Rd.
Paramus, NJ
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Tuesday, July 7 @ 7:00 PM
Featured by The Grist Mill Cafe & The Betty June Silconas Poetry Center
The Grist Mill Cafe
4 Lenape Rd./Rte 517
Andover, NJ
Free
Contact: (973) 786-6400
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Saturday, September 5 from 7:00-10:00 PM
Art Smash of the Poconos
Tapestry Corner
8th & Main
Stroudsberg, PA
Contact: Pocono Jazz and Poetry
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Friday, September 11 @ 6:30PM
Television Daddy: A One-Woman Audience-Interactive Poetry Experience
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
The Townsend and Residential Life Center
Pomona, NJ
Contact: Steve Radwanski
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Tuesday, September 22 @ 6:00-8:00PM
30th Anniversary Celebration of Visions International
The Players Club
16 Gramercy Park South
Manhattan, NY
(212) 475-6116
www.theplayersnyc.org
$25 at the door, or $20 in advance to
Visions, 3503 Ferguson Lane, Austin, TX 78754
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Thursday, October 1 @ 7:00 PM
(Rescheduled from September 24)
Last Thursday Poetry Series
Featured with Peter Murphy and Christine Redman-Waldeyer
Middletown Township Main Library
55 New Monmouth Rd
Middletown, NJ
Free. Refreshments.
Open reading to follow
Contact: Gloria Rovder Healy
Sunday, October 11, 2009 @ 2 PM
John Petrolino Presents River Read Series
Featured with Linda Radice
The Dublin House
30 Monmouth Street
Red Bank, NJ 07701
(732) 747-6699
Contact: John Petrolino (Poetry Series Director) jpetrolinoiii@yahoo.com
Tuesday, October 20 @ 7:30 PM
Television Daddy: A One-Woman Audience-Interactive Poetry Performance
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
Kean University
Student Center
Ocean County Campus
College Drive
Toms River, NJ 08754
Contact: Robert Cirasa @ rcirasa@comcast.net
Free
Monday, November 2 @ 6:30 PM
“Dancing on the Page: Three Poets Reading”
Featured with Joan Cusack Handler, Julie Maloney
The Mid-Manhattan Library
New York Public Library
455 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-340-0874
Thursday, November 12 @ 7:30PM
Television Daddy: A One-Woman Audience-Interactive Poetry Performance
Directed by Ernest Wiggins
Englewood Library
31 Engle Street
Englewood, NJ 07631
Contact: Dick Burnon (201) 568-2215 X244
Saturday, November 28 @ 5 PM
JUL DANS
"Come to the Dans"
Viking Hall
Vasa Park
Budd Lake, NJ
Contact: Kristin Baker: 973-691-8637
Tickets available @ Jul Dans
Thursday, December 3 @ 7:00 PM
"Living Our Words: Wording Our Lives": Keynote Address
SIGMA TAU DELTA: HONOR SOCIETY
Kean University
CAS 106
1000 Morris Avenue
Union, NJ 07083
Contact: 908-737-0395
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