Making June 2017 even more special.

Many of us cannot wait for June’s arrival.  We anticipate.  Look forward. Make plans.  So, let’s get real. 

June marks the end of school, the start of summer, warm sunny days and romps along sandy beaches.  Wine tours and summer concerts.  Al fresco dining.  Graduation parties and weddings. 

June also means engaging literary events especially in the Central New York region.  With funding support from Poets & Writers through NYSCA, aaduna contributor and long standing esteemed poet and writer, Patricia Roth Schwartz will participate in readings, as well as conduct workshops to inspire and broaden our creative instincts.  If you live in the region or plan to visit, we encourage you to put the following events on your “to do” calendar:

Friday, June 23, 7-9 pm: “Exploring History Through Writing:” a reading by Patricia Roth Schwartz from her book, The Crows of Copper John: a History of Auburn Prison in Poems (FootHills), followed by Q&A and Open Mic; you must attend the reading to be in the open mic: sign up at 6:45, Fatzinger Hall, Waterloo Library & Historical Society, 31 E. Williams Street, Waterloo, NY; free

Saturday, June 24, 10 am-1 pm: “Exploring History Through Writing:” Writers’ Workshop for all ages and levels; same location as above; Terwilliger Museum, adjacent to the library, will be opened for participants to use the exhibits along with writing prompts to create poems, creative non-fiction, and fiction; taught by Patricia Roth Schwartz; free

Tuesday, June 27: “Watercolor with Words,” at the Art Works Gallery of the Seneca County Arts Council, Fall St, Seneca Falls, NY; $15 donation; open to all ages: bring a work of art you have created; participants will learn about haiku and write some about the works of art; more works of art will be created during the workshop for more writing to be done; taught by Patricia Roth Schwartz; free

Thursday, June  29, 7-9 pm, The Flying Squirrel Community Center, Clarissa Street, Rochester, NY: a fundraiser for Jalil Muntaqim, political prisoner; Patricia Roth Schwartz will read from her new chapbook, Know Better: poems of resistance (locofo), followed by an open mic; her books will be sold for $5 and the proceeds donated to Jalil; free, but donations accepted.

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