Gender: Female
Status: Engaged
Age: 35
Sign: Capricorn
City: Brooklyn
State: NEW YORK
Country: US
Signup Date: 6/8/2005
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Monday, September 07, 2009
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Current mood:  relaxed
Hey All,
If you missed me on The Mecca Lounge last night, check out the rerun or download the show on http://www.blogtalkradio.com/themeccalounge.
As anticipated, I have added some dates to the ARC & HUE book tour. The new & improved Tara Betts site has debuted, and the guestbook is filling up. The book is available on the Willow Books Poetry site and on Amazon and will be stocked at upcoming events. Now, it's up to all of you.
If you think my work says something meaningful or moves you or says something that needs to be said, I'm asking all of you for a favor. Review my book on Amazon and on your blogs. Tweet about it. Invite your friends to the book parties and readings. Request my book at your favorite independent book stores and at Barnes & Noble.
As far as what I'm up to, there are lots of readings coming up. Some of the added dates are in Philadelphia, Boston, D.C. There are workshops in the works in other parts of the U.S., so I'll keep you posting on those developments. If you want to request me for a workshop, a visit with your book club, or a reading, email Rich at info@tarabetts.net. You can also be added to my email list for occasional updates.
Feel free to write and see you soon,
Tara
Book Parties and Appearances for Tara Betts, author of ARC & HUE
September, 9 2009, 8 PM - Taylor Mali’s "The Last Time as We Are"
Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery
Special
Appearances by Tara Betts, Rives, Marie-Elizabeth Mali, Derrick Brown,
Rebecca Hart and Connor Dooley. $8 Admission, which includes one free
drink and a discount on the book.
September 13, 2009, 10 AM-6 PM - Brooklyn Book Festival
Brooklyn Borough Hall & Plaza at the flipped eye press table
September 20, 2009, PM - Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC
Tara's ARC & HUE official release party featuring Latasha Natasha
Diggs, Aracelis Girmay, Rachel McKibbens, Nemiss, Giselle Buchanan
& Cynthia Ceez Keteku of the 2009 Urban Word slam team, host
Mahogany Browne and others.
September 23, 2009, 8 PM - Page Meets Stage - Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, New York, New York 10012
Tara Betts is paired with Major Jackson for this series curated and hosted by Taylor Mali.
Admission: $12
September 26 & 27, 2009 - Baltimore Book Festival
Mount Vernon Place, 600
Block N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201
The Cave Canem reading will include: Tara Betts, Derrick Brown,
Kyle Dargan, Reginald Harris, (Participant/Host), Jadi Omowale, Venus Thrash, Jaci Jones LaMon, and Kamau Rucker.
There will also be a panel
discussion (w/poems) “To Form or Not To Form” at the Baltimore Book
Festival featuring: Tara Betts, Derrick Brown, Kyle Dargan, and Jadi
Omowale (Participant/Moderator). The exact times for both events will
be posted soon.
October 1, 2009, 8:30 PM - Katerina’s
1920 W. Irving Park Road, Chicago, Illinois 60613
Tara Betts celebrates the release of her debut collection ARC AND
HUE as a feature at this series, which will be recorded for Chicago
Public Radio. This event also showcases Les Pontes Arts Ensemble
including Richard Fammerée, Carrie Ingrisano w/ Meg
Lauterbach, Victor Sanders and Meg Thomas.
October 2, 2009, 8 PM - The Silver Room
1442 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago, IL
This is Tara's official Chicago release party. Arrive early since we are expecting a large turn-out!
October 3, 2009, 6-9 PM - Aquarius Press 10th Anniversary
Fellowship Chapel 7707 Outer Drive, Detroit, MI 48235
Tara Betts, Curtis Crisler, Antoinette Brim, Karen S. Williams
and other Aquarius Press authors celebrate a decade of Aquarius Press
titles.
October 5, 2009, 7 PM - LouderArts-Bar 13
35 E. 13th Street, New York, NY
Bar 13 features Tara Betts for an NYC book party for ARC AND HUE. Admission: $5
October 11, 2009, 8:30 PM (EST) The Black Sol Cafe Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/TheBlackSolCafe
October 17, 2009, 3 PM - Massachusetts Poetry Festival
St. Anne’s Church, 8 Kirk Street Lowell, MA 01852
Cave Canem poets hosted by Afaa Michael Weaver and Jarita
Davis. Readers include: Tara Betts, Metta Sama, DeLana R.A.
Dameron,January O’Neil, Jarita Davis, Jericho Brown, Lillian Bertram,
Kamilah Aisha Moon, Jacqueline Jones LaMon, Venus Trash, Joy Gonsalves,
and Johnny Davis.
October 23, 2009, 7:30 PM - EarshotNYC
Rose Live Music, 345 Grand Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211 - $5
Tara Betts and Sarah Dohrmann are the features at Earshot.
Directions: b/w Havemeyer & Marcy, nearby Train Stops: L
(Lorimer/Bedford), G (Metropolitan/Grand), J/M/Z (Marcy Ave) $5
includes one free drink. More info at http://earshotnyc.com.
October 29, 2009, 6 PM - Rachel McKibbens' Pink Elephant Release
Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery, New York, New York 10009
Willie
Perdomo’s CYPHER Press celebrates the release of Rachel McKibbens’debut
collection PINK ELEPHANT. This reading will also feature Erica Fabri,
Tara Betts, Bekah Dinnerstein, Samantha Thornhill, Jane Cassady and
Benjamin Lear, and Daniel McGinn.
November 3, 2009, 10 PM - November 3rd Club at Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, New York, NY 10009
Co-Poetry Editor Tara Betts co-hosts with Victor Infante this reading of November 3rd Club contributors.
November 5, 2009, 6:30 PM - Cave Canem Workshop Instructors
The New School
Arnold Hall, 55 W. 13th Street, 2nd Floor, NYC
Tara Betts, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Marilyn Nelson, Patricia Smith and Patricia Spears Jones read.
November 6, 2009, 7 PM - Women Out Loud
Location TBA, Chicago, IL 60613
November 9, 2009, 7 PM - Molly Malone's Pub
7652 Madison Street, Forest Park, Illinois 60130
Tara Betts features at this long-running Chicago-area open mic hosted by Nina Corwin and Al DeGenova. Admission: $5 or $3
November 11, 2009, 7 PM - Fordham University's Poets Out Loud
Lincoln Center Campus
113 W. 60th Street, 12th Fl. Lounge
New York, New York 10023
Tara Betts, Rachel McKibbens and Willie Perdomo will read on behalf of the Acentos crew at the Poets Out Loud series.
November 15, 2009, 4 PM - Busboys & Poets (on 14th St. & V)
2021 14th St., Washington, DCTara Betts features at "Sunday Kind of Love". 4-6 p.m.December, 4 2009, 7 PM - Big Poetry Series at Pete’s Candy Shop
709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, New York 11211
Tara Betts, Crystal Williams, Tyrone Williams, and Jackie Clark feature.
December, 16 2009, 8 PM - Cantab Lounge
738 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Tara Betts features at the Boston Poetry Slam.December 17, 2009, 6 PM - Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street, New York, New York 10014
E.j. Antonio, Tara Betts, Randall Horton and others at Golda Solomon’s PoJazz series.
7:18 PM
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