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Census 2010

  
Poetry Is Alive in York (Hanover, Lancaster)



The following is a list of places where the public can enjoy poetry in York (Hanover, Harrisburg, Lancaster).


2nd Sunday of every month
Good Hope Poets
The venue will be held at St. Michael's Reformed Episcopal Church located at 1825 Good Hope Road in Enola, PA. Contact:  allen@taylor-and-associates.com


4th Sunday of every month
Revisions Critique Group
Panera's on East Market Street 1:30 to 4:00 PM
Contact:  Stsis@Yahoo.com


1st Monday of every month
Border York Whiteford Road, 7:30 PM
Host's choice of activities followed by open readings
Hosted by Carol Clark Williams, Barbara DeCesare, Jeff and Casey Brown, Carl Heuberger and Elise Atlas
Contact:  lucybeanstalk@verizon.net


2nd Monday of every month
Borders Lancaster, 7:30 PM
Featured reading followed by open readings
Contact:  Rhymingvibes@Yahoo.com


3rd Monday of every month
Hanover Poets Critique
Marketplace Cafe inside the Giant supermarket along the Golden Mile in North Hanover on Eisenhower Drive extended, 7:30 PM
Critiquing workshop: bring at least 15 copies of your work
Carpooling available
Contact:  annabowman@comcast.net


4th Monday of every month
Hanover Poets'
Marketplace Cafe inside the Giant supermarket along the Golden Mile in North Hanover on Eisenhower Drive extended, 7:30 PM
Featured reading followed by open readings
Contact:  MichaelJHoover@gmail.com


Thursdays and every 2nd and 4th Tuesday
7:00 to 9:00 PM, Poetic Perkolations ~ A Poetry Workshop and Reading
The Crimson Frog Coffeehouse in Camp Hill, PA (for directions, see crimsonfrogcoffee.com)


2nd Wednesday of every month
York Emporium, 343 West Market Street between Newberry and Penn streets.
Open Readings and discussion, 7:00 PM
Contact:  lucybeanstalk@verizon.net


4th Wednesday of every month
Lancaster Poetry Exchange
Barnes and Noble, Red Rose Shopping Center, Lancaster, off the Fruitville Pike exit on 30 East, 7:30 PM
Contact:  Irisgpress@aol.com


Thursdays
The Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel will be starting at 7:00 PM and continuing until 9:00 PM
Midtown Cinema
250 Reily St. Harrisburg, PA 17102
(717) 909-6566
info@midtowncinema.com

Poetry Thursdays is sponsored by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel
Contact:  Julia.tilley@paonline.com


First Friday of every month
Ragged Edge
110 Chambersburg Street, Gettysburg, 7:00 PM
Open readings first, followed by featured
Contact:  dsauers@yahoo.com


Upward Spiral Poetry Series
Linking the PA & MD reading scenes via a poet exchange. Every other month, YorkArts,10 North Beaver Street, York, hosts the northern editions of Upward Spiral. All readings begin at 3:00 PM. Followed by open reading, one poem per person. On hiatus for the summer: future dates will be announced.


Suggested Poetry Organizations and Online e-zines:

Pennsylvania Poetry Society, Inc. Contact Deanna Spurlock,. President: deaspur@comcast.net

Mad Poets Society, Contact Eileen D’Angelo,
www.madpoetssociety.com









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