June Readings & Events

Tuesday, June 5, 8:00 p.m. 
Poetry at The Music Room
Pizzeria Vesuvius 
Laura Carter hosts this new reading series at The Music Room (327 Edgewood Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30312) featuring Andrea O'Rourke, Dionne Irving, and Katie Chaple. The reading is free and open to the public.  

Friday, June 8, 7:00 p.m.
Cafe Medusa Salon
Sister Song, West End
This is an opportunity for the community to meet the artists featured in Café Medusa on June 30th, purchase your advance tickets, ask questions, offer input and insight, have conversation and dialogue, enjoy a snack and learn about the incredible female artists who call Atlanta home! Your Cafe Medusa hosts for the evening are: Soul Country, Tanzania Nevels, Nukola, The Pacha Mamas, AjaRay, Embry, Purple Iris Boutique (Amorita Sa), Jessica Hand, Monica Rye, Nutrition Coach Sonali Sadequee, April “Ap” Smith, Sharon Mathis, Alice Lovelace, Shannon Turner, Veronika Jackson and  Charlotte Caine. 1237 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd. SW, Atlanta, 30310.

Wednesday, June 13, 8:00 p.m.
Open Mic Poetry Night
Callanwolde Fine Arts Center
Join amateur and professional poets alike as Callanwolde celebrates the art and performance of poetry with its open mic poetry reading night in the unique setting of the Callanwolde Library. Poets who would like to share their original poetry are welcome. Readings are open to the first ten poets who call and sign up. Beginning May 11, call 404-872-5338 ext. 228. Tickets are sold at the door, cash or check only. $5 General Admission, $3 Students with ID, Seniors, and Members. For more information call 404-872-5338. www.callanwolde.org

Saturday, June 16, 2-4 p.m.
Stonewall Month Poetry Workshop
Phillip Rush Center
“Examining What We Have & Where It Can Take Us” is a poetry workshop that will be led by Pushcart Prize nominee Dustin Brookshire. Workshop participants will bring in one “finished” poem or a poem in progress for a semi traditional workshop experience and embrace the words of Ellen Bryant Voigt, “It’s all a draft until you die.” Then the poets will participate in a generative exercise. The workshop is free and open to all; it will be held at The Phillip Rush Center, 1530 DeKalb Ave., Suite A. Please register by sending an email to Dustin Brookshire at dustinvbrookshire@gmail.com.

Thursday, June 28, 8:00 p.m. 
What's New In Poetry Series: Laura Theobold & Hazel McClure
Emory University 
The Emory Poetry Council will host a reading at the Barnes & Noble campus bookstore, 1390 Oxford Road. The reading is free and parking is available on the street and in the deck behind the store. http://www.poetrycouncil.campuslifetech.org

Saturday, June 30, 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.
Cafe Medusa
7 Stages Theatre, Little Five Points
A full evening of performance and art presented by women artists from all disciplines within a theatrical format at 7 Stages Theatre, 1105 Euclid Ave NE. Tickets $10 in advance from the artists $15 at the door. Participating artists include: Veronika Jackson * Barbara Knott * Monica Raye * Moving in the Spirit/Apprentice Corp (Kai Lewis, Ashlee Fussell, Alina Tillery, Francine Labiran, Jessica Scudder, Samantha Kinser, Alexandra McColl) * Malika Hadley Freydberg * Lisa Tuttle * Nukola * Janet "JagWonder" Grant * Hilda Willis * Kira Davidson * Chris Richards * A`nji Sarumi * Veronika Jackson * Soul Country * AjaRay Embry with Natile Betts * Charlotte Caine * Bailey Barash *Artemis Productions * Susan Liverpool * karen g * Chauncey Beaty * Mariangela Mihai with Karen Wyatte * mariana mcdonald * Megan Volpert * April Smith * Louise Runyon * Jessica Hand with Jeana Melilli * Lynn Hesse with Eleanor Brownfield and Jaehn Claire * Purple Iris Boutique (Amorita Sa) * Lynn Alexander * Nutrition Coach Sonali Sadequee * Marla Renee Stewart * Vanessa Lipske * Shana Finney * Food Goddess Donna Rutherford * Yalanda Lattimore@DryerBuzz * Khageeyah "Amazing" Chargois * Shadie Montgomery * Sharon Mathis * Vanessa Manley * Alice Lovelace * Priscilla Smith * Madeleine St. Romain * Iza Gustin * Tia Davis * Stephanie Astalos-Jones * Lesly Fredman * Sue Ross * Carolyn Renée with Etta Purcell-Hope * Sandra Hughes * Shannon M. Turner * GA WAND-Bobbie Paul, Betsy Rivard, Dianne Valentin, Judy Arnold * Dream Seeds * The Pacha Mamas (Angela Bennett, Marquetta Dupree, and Jill Hendrix) * Ursula Kendall-Johnson with Jessica Gaines, Anita Williams, Shoccara Marcus, Nikki LaShae, Vernika Rowe, Ava Hanks, and Vanessa Barton * DROJ * Glory A. Kilanko * Hilda Willis * Amorey (Stephanie Morey) * and Lori Teague with Natasha Nyanin and Juan Farfan. Produced by Alice Lovelace. Sponsored by Arts Interface, Inc. and Women on Fire Performance Collective. Funded through a generous contribution from The City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs.