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Brenda Hillman's readings and events are handled by Alison Granucci at Blue Flower Arts. Contact Alison Granucci by email (alison@blueflowerarts.com) or by phone at: (845) 677-8559. Visit blueflowerarts.com.
events
-2010-
WHEN: WHAT/WHERE:
June 17 @ TBD Panel w/ Craig Santos Perez @ Studio One Art Center
365 45th St. Oakland 94618
www.studioonereadingseries.blogspot.com
May 29 @ 1:00 - 3:00 PM 'An Ethics Occurs at the Edge' Seminar @ Poets House
10 River Terrace New York, NY 10282
April 27 @ 5:00 PM Reading @ Orinda Books
with Richard Moore
267 Village Square Orinda, CA 94563
April 20 @ 7:00 PM Richard O. Moore Reading @ City Lights Books
with opening statements by Brenda Hillman
261 Columbus Ave at Broadway, San Francisco
April 9 @ 6:00 - 10:00 PM Reading @ Mercury Cafe
2199 California St, Denver, CO
303-294-9281 www.mercurycafe.com
April 9 @ 10:00 - 11:00 AM AWP Book signing at Wesleyan University Press booth
February 18 @ 6:30 PM Reading @ UC Berkeley
315 Wheeler Hall, Maude Fife Room
with Charity Ketz
February 16 @ Time TBD Reading @ Books and Bookshelves
99 Sanchez St, SF, www.booksandbookshelves.com
with Barbara Claire Freeman
-2009-002009-
WHEN: WHAT/WHERE:
November 20 @ 7:00 PM Reading @ Village Books
1200 11th Street, Bellingham WA 98225
Contact: nan@villagebooks.com
November 19 @ 7:30 PM Reading @ Open Books
2414 N 45th Street, Seattle, WA 98103
http://openbooks.com
November 18 @ 7:00 PM Reading @ Willamette University
November 12 @ 5:00 PM Reading @ Prairie Lights Books
15 S Dubuque Street, Iowa City, IA 52240
http://www.prairielightsbooks.com
October 22 @ 7:30 PM Reading @ Montalvo at The Coach House
(With Robert Hass)
http://montalvoarts.org/events/hillman_hass/
Contact: Kevin Arnold home4kev@aol.com
October 7 @ 4:15 PM Reading @ Pitzer College
Claremont, CA 91711
Contact: Brent_Armendinger@Pitzer.edu
October 6 @ 4:00 PM Reading @ Pomona College
Ena Thompson Reading Room, Crookshank Hall, Room 108
Claremont, CA 91711
October 2 @ 7:00 PM Reading @ Studio One
(With giovanni singleton)
365 45th Street, Oakland, CA 94609
Septmber 25 @ 7:00 PM Reading @ Sierra Nevada College
(With Robert Hass)
999 Tahoe Blvd, Incline Village, NV 89451
May 29 Master Artist Outreach
poetry reading with Brenda Hillman
Lake Eustis Institute
127 North Grove Street
Eustis, FL
3pm
for more information visit: http://www.lakeeustisinstitute.org
April 23 The Voice That is Great Within Us
with Graham Foust, Brenda Hillman and Matthew Zapruder
Lindsay Wildlife Museum
1931 First Street
Walnut Creek, CA
7 pm
for more information visit: http://www.wclibrary.org/live_library.html
April 23 Convent High School Poetry Reading
Convent of the Sacred Heart High School
2222 Broadway
San Francisco, CA
8 am
April 11 Poetry and the Planet
with Camille Dungy, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Paul Hoover, Juliana Spahr, Truong Tran, & Shanxing Wang
Museum Theater, UC Berkeley Art Museum
BAM Galleries
2626 Bancroft Way
Berkeley, CA
3 pm
for more information visit: http://bampfa.berkeley.edu
April 2 A Korean Wave
Univeristy of California at Berkeley
101 Doe Library (Morrison Library)
Berkeley, CA 94720
12:10-12:50 pm
for more information visit: http://lunchpoems.berkeley.edu
March 28 Poli-Text: How Writers Respond to Political Issues
Keynote poetry reading with Brenda Hillman
California State University at Northridge
9871 Zelzah Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 91330
12:30 pm
March 26 University of Southern California Reading
Reading and Q&A with Brenda Hillman
Doheny Memorial Library
Feuchtwanger Special Collections Room
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90089
4:30 pm
March 25 Visiting Writers Series
Featured poet Brenda Hillman
Otis College of Art and Design Reading
Ahmanson Hall Forum
The Otis Goldsmith Campus
9045 Lincoln Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90045
7:30 pm
for more information visit: http://www.otis.edu/academics/graduate_writing/visiting_writers.html
Feb. 11-14 AWP Conference and Bookfair
Hilton Chicago
720 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60605
for more information visit: http://www.awpwriter.org
Jan 15 Poetry and Political Activism
Panel Discussion with Brenda Hillman, Jasper Bernes, Peter Campion, and Troy Jollimore
Marin Poetry Center
Falkirk Cultural Center
1408 Mission Avenue
San Rafael, CA 94901
7:30 pm
for more information visit: http://www.marinpoetrycenter.org
-2008-
Nov. 6 Robert Chasen Memorial Poetry Reading
Featured poet Brenda Hillman
Cornell University
Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium
250 Goldwin Smith Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
4:30 pm
for more information, visit http://www.arts.cornell.edu/english/creative
Oct. 20-26 The Pamirs Poetry Journey
Beijing and Huang Shan, China
Sept. 26 Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival
with Brenda Hillman, Franz Wright, Naomi Shihab Nye, Edward Hirsch and Lucille Clifton
Waterloo Village
525 Waterloo Rd.
Stanhope, New Jersey 07874
for more information, visit http://www.dodgepoetry.org/
Sept. 16 Best American Poetry 2008 reading
with Brenda Hillman, Robert Hass, Michael Palmer, D.A. Powell, and Chad Sweeney
2904 College Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94705
7:30 pm
for more information, visit http://www.mrsdalloways.com
May 16 Unreasonable Women: A Celebration of CODEPINK
with Poet/Educator Brenda Hillman, Singer/Songwriter Besty Rose, Writer/Activist Janet Weil
Joined by noted CODEPINK D.C. activist Liz "Arizona" Hourican and others
Dance Palace Community Center
503 B Street
Point Reyes Station, CA 94596
7:30 pm
Your $15 dollar donation goes directly to CODEPINK to send activists to D.C., and to local actions
visit http://www.dancepalace.org/ for directions
This event is cosponsored by Point Reyes Books
For more information, please call 415-663-1542
April 16 Writers Here and Now
with Brenda Hillman and Victor LaVelle
University of Maryland
McKeldin Library
College Park, MD 20742
7:00-8:00 pm
Reception at Dorchester Hall preceding the reading at 6:15
for more information, visit http://www.english.umd.edu/
Mar. 29 Back Room Live! A Life-long Press Publication Event
with Brenda Hillman, Graham Foust, Lyn Hejinian, and Geoffrey G. O'Brien
Celebrating the first publication of /Back Room Live/
McNally's Irish Pub--this event is 21 and over
Rockridge, CA 94618
7:00 pm
for more information please visit lifelongpress.blogspot.com
Feb. 6 Raymond Carver Reading Series
with Brenda Hillman and Bob Hass
Syracuse University
Gifford Auditorium
HBC Building
Syracuse, NY 13244
5:30; question and answer session from 3:45-4:30
for more information, visit http://english.syr.edu/cwp/RaymondCarverRS.htm
-2007-
WHEN: WHAT/WHERE:
Jul. 20 Benefit for the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley
Reading with Jimmy Santiago, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Sharon
Olds, and Claudia Rankine
First Unitarian Universalist of San Francisco
Starr King Room
1187 Franklin St.
San Francisco, CA 94109
7:30pm -$30 (premium seating), $20 (general admission), $15 (student)
For group discounts, please email benefit@squawvalleywriters.org.
Jul. 26 Poetry Reading in Squaw Valley presented by the Community of Writers
Reading with Jimmy Santiago Baca, Robert Hass, Brenda Hillman, Sharon
Olds, and Claudia Rankine
Olympic Village Lodge
1901 Chamonix Place, off the SV Main Road
8:15 pm- $10/$5 students (suggested donation)
Sept. 6 Poetry at the Albany Library: first Thursdays of the month, featured poet and open mic
Featured poet Brenda Hillman
The Albany Library
1247 Marin Avenue
Albany, CA 94706
7:00-9:00 pm Free to the public
For more information, please call the library at (510) 526-3720
Oct. 16 Women Poets at Barnard Series
Reading and reception with Brenda Hillman and Lisa Sewell
Sulzberger Parlor (third floor, Barnard Hall)
Barnard College
3009 Broadway Avenue (at W. 117th Street)
New York, NY 10027
7pm
Nov. 8 Write-look-listen presents an evening of Poetry with Brenda Hillman
UC Merced
Room KL355. Refreshments served
5200 North Lake Rd.
Merced, CA 95343
7:00-9:00pm
For more information, contact Jared Stanley, jstanley@ucmerced.edu
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