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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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