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The Kellogg Hubbard Library and Montpelier Alive is reprising PoemCity 2012 (formerly known as POETRY Alive!) with a text display and expanded programming for a month-long National Poetry Month celebration in Montpelier, Vt in April 2012.
The project, now in its third year, features contemporary Vermont poetry displayed in shop windows throughout downtown Montpelier, as well as poetry/art installations and thirty days' worth of poetry-related programming. The kick-off event featured a reading with Q&A by Sydney Lea, new Vermont Poet Laureate. Other features include an exhibit of broadsides from New England presses, writing workshops, readings, and a poetry slam led by Slam Master Geof Hewitt.
"We're so happy to be able to bring PoemCity to downtown Montpelier again," said Phayvanh Luekhamhan, Executive Director of Montpelier Alive, the downtown organization. "We strive to bring quality cultural offerings to Montpelier and help visitors to discover our historic district and unique marketplace."
Last year's text display featured over 200 poems from poets representing over 40 different Vermont cities and towns. "We had audiences with people from Enosburg Falls, Duxbury and Bennington," Luekhamhan said. "This is a state-wide project concentrated in Montpelier."
"PoemCity's philosophy is that everyone is a poet. We work to offer opportunities for our community's poets to publish, disseminate, learn and love poetry," said Rachel Senechal, Program and Development Coordinator at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, which jointly presents the project. |
