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Pesha's Recent
Poetry
Readings
and Events
Saturday,
April 28th: Pesha
will read "Sarah and Hagar," accompanied by flutist and percussionist,
Esther Sugai,
on Saturday April 28 at 6:15 p.m. on the CacadeStage at the
Burning Word Festival on Whidbey Island. Pesha traveled to
Israel/Palestine where she presented the poem with music and dance
performers and it was enthusiastically received by Palestinian and
Israeli audiences of men and women. Many poets and workshops will be
offered at this all-day event, including Naomi Shihab Nye who will read
immediately after Pesha.. For more info: http://www.burningword.org/
Saturday,
March 10th: Ugly
Mug Coffee House readings 2nd Saturdays.
Open
mic signups at 6:45. Reading 7:00 p.m. to 9:15.
Ugly Mug is
located at 11425 Rainier Avenue South (on the border of
Seattle
and Renton). Plenty of free easy parking. Discover
this
great hang-out and new poetry venue !!!! Please support this poetry
venue and help it grow.
Pesha Gertler is accompanied by Simone La Drumma
on the drums and Esther
Sugai
on flute for the reading of Pesha's poem, "Sarah and Hagar," which she
read last April at the Poet Populist Celebration reading at the
downtown library, and also read with music and dancers in Palestine and
Israel, where it was enthusiastically received.
Judith Roche,
former Literary Director of Bumbershoot and award winning poet will
read some of her memorable poems. See Chris Jarmick's web site for more
info.
J.T.
Stewart , poet,
playwright, performance artist, and recent Curator of the Jack Straw
Series will also lend her dramatic presence while reading her poetry.
Also, read Chris Jarmick's web
page for more details. Or better yet, just come and join us
for what is sure to be a memorable night.
Friday,
February 23rd: Please join us for the next NSCC Poets
& Writers' Event -- After Long Silence-- a Black History Month
reading with Seattle's 2006-2007 Poet Populist Jourdan
Keith and
poet,
playwrght and editor JT
Stewart.
Pesha Joyce Gertler is Coordinator of the
reading series.
Location: Rose Room (ground floor, south campus)
North Seattle Community College
9600 College Way N.
Date: Friday, February 23, 2007
Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Fee: Free
Open mic follows forum (time permitting)
For more info, please call 206-527-3709 Humanities Division, NSCC
206-525-5373 Pesha Joyce Gertler, Coordinator
Friday,
December 1st: Please join us for the next NSCC Poets
& Writers' Event--a Literary Editors Forum--in which Amy
Schrader, Poetry Editor of Cranky Literary Journal and Paul Hunter,
producer of WoodWorks letterpress books--will share with us what they
look for when they publish. Pesha Joyce Gertler, Coordinator of the
reading series, will mediate the forum and questions will be encouraged
from the audience.
Location: Rose Room (ground floor, south campus)
North Seattle Community College
9600 College Way N.
Date: Friday, Dec. 1, 2006
Time: 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Sunday,
October 22nd: Pesha
will read with several other poets at 3 p.m., at Hugo House, 1634 11th
Ave. The event is sponsored by Switched on Gutenberg and will feature
poets recently published in their online edition.
Tuesday,
September 12th: 8 p.m. in the Cabaret at Hugo House. Pesha will appear with several poets reading
poems based on the theme of "Gravity and Levity." Pesha will read her midrashic
poem, "Sarah and Hagar" which contains the dream of peace in the Middle East. She will be
accompanied by Simone
La Drumma on the drums and Esther
Sugai on the flute. Pesha presented this in Israel and Palestine
in 1992 (with music and dance performers) where it was warmly received
by Palestinian and Israeli women and men. She offers this poem as a way
of honoring the peace workers and keeping the dream of peace alive.
Monday,
September 4th: Pesha will introduce a series of readings
and events in the Alki Room: Wave Books, Poetry Bus
Launch, 5-6 p.m.; Fun Homes, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; Trapdoor 62 Dream
Interpretation Panel, 8-9 p.m. For more info on these performances, see
the Bumbershoot schedule. If
you'll be around at that time, please drop in and say hello.
Friday,
September 1st: from 3:20-3:30 p.m., Pesha will be interviewed by Nancy Guppy
about her experiences as Seattle's Poet Populist. Archived tapes will be available
on
the Seattle
TV Channel.
Saturday,
September 2nd:
If
you'll be at Bumbershoot on Sat. Sept. 2nd,
please drop in at 12:30 p.m. in the Alki Room, where on
Starbucks Literary Stage, Pesha will read the poem she has been
commissioned to write, joined by the four finalists who will also read
their poems. She will then relinquish her "crown" to Seattle's
new Poet Populist who will be announced at that time. Please attend as
this incredible year comes to a close for Pesha and a new one begins for her
successor.
Later that same day, Sat.
Sept. 2nd, from 7-10:30 p.m. at the Arboretum, in the Japanese Gardens
at the Moon Viewing Event,
Pesha will join other poets in reading
moon, stars and night sky poems in an environment of Japanese lanterns,
candles afloat on small boats on the pond and koto music. Bring a chair
or blanket for seating and warm clothing for the cool Seattle
evening. The reading will probably begin approx. at 9 p.m. when the
Full Moon should be overhead. Fee: $10 per person. Good idea to
purchase tickets in advance. What an ideal segue into the post-Poet
Populist world! For more info, see http://www.cityofseattle.net/parks/parkspaces/japanesegarden/japanesegardenevents.htm#moon
Sunday, August 27th:
End-of-the-’05-’06 term reading by Poet Populist
Pesha Joyce Gertler and finalists Nancy
Dahlberg and Don
Kentop
including open mic if time permits. Reading will be at Ravenna Third
Place Books,
6504 20th Ave. N.E. from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m.
This reading is also intended as a welcome to the new Poet Populist and
finalists, soon to be announced.
If time permits, please join us after the reading for a glass of wine
in the Pub downstairs
Pesha Joyce Gertler thanks everyone for the honor of serving as
Seattle’s Poet Populist, a role she has experienced as the
most fulfilling one of her professional life. The position has not only
validated her vision of taking the poem where it is not usually heard
but has also opened doors, all the way from housing for homeless women
and children to swearing-in ceremonies for officials at City Hall. Monday,
June 12th
Pesha read a poem to open a
meeting/discussion on Darfur at Temple Beth Am, 2632 N.E. 80th,
6:30-9:00 p.m. This was an informative and strategizing meeting and
was open to all.
Tuesday, May 30th
UW
Choral Singers, directed by Dr. Geoffrey Boers, UW Choral Director,
will present Elizabeth Alexander's musical version of Pesha's
poem, "The Healing Time" (musical version re-named with first line of
poem, "Finally on my way to Yes"). Meany Hall, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday,
May 21st
- University District Street Fair, reading at 2:30 p.m.
at
Chapel on the Av, Agape, 4130 University Way N.E.
- Northgate Arts Council. Location: 2132 Northgate Wy
and 1st
Av. N.E.
Pesha will read with Poet West poets, Jeannette Allee, Dennis Caswell,
J.Glenn Evans, and Priya Keefe. 4-6 p.m. Pesha reads last.
Thursday,
May
18th
Literary
Festival at Columbia Basin College, Pasco,WA. Pesha will read her
poetry with Dorianne Laux and Joseph Millar.
Saturday, May
13th
Poet
Populist reading at Epilogue Books, 2005 NW Market Street, Seattle,
with Pesha and Poet Populist nominees Irene Drennan and Paul Hunter.
Wednesday,
May
10th
The April 29th Poetry and Music Celebration of Pesha
Joyce Gertler's
term as Poet Populist will be presented on Seattle Channel 21 at 6 p.m.
The video also can be viewed online.
Saturday,
April
29th
Celebration
of Pesha's one-year term as Poet Populist. Central Library, 1000 Fourth
Avenue, Seattle,
3-4:30 p.m. One of Pesha's poems will be "Sarah and Hagar" which she
presented in Israel and Palestine.
Esther Sugai, flautist and Simone
LaDrumma,
will
accompany her. Guest poets are Judith
Roche, J.T.
Stewart,
and Koon
Woon.
Tuesday,
March
7th
KUOW 9 a.m. Steve Scher will interview Pesha and
others
about the conditions of women in their varying fields. Later on the
same day, Pesha will give a poetry reading, seminar and writing
workshop for a Women in the Sciences Conference, "Cultivating Global,
Local and Personal Awareness." This is closed to the public due to
limited space but next year, a larger space may make it possible to
accommodate more people.
Thursday,
February 23rd to Sunday, February 26th
Women
of
Wisdom Annual Conference, featuring Jean Houston
and many others. Pesha will act as Poetry Coordinator of a Poetry Wall
where everyone may add a poem (hand-written on the spot okay). Later,
the poems will be printed in a book which people may purchase in
advance. Attendance at one of the conference events is
necessary to participate in the Poetry Wall (and book).
Friday, February 17th
Pesha will
read her poetry on February 17th with creative writing
instructor colleagues at North Seattle Community College at 7:30 p.m.
in the Rose Room. Open mic follows. This is a part
of an ongoing reading series which Pesha coordinates, is open to all
and is free. Deborah Green, Tracy Heinlein, and Molly
Tenenbaum, published poets and writers of various forms, will read
original work.
Location: North Seattle Community College, The Rose Room
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Friday, January 20th
Pesha will read with Margie McCarty, Shelley Minden, Peggy Sturdivant
and Irit Weisel.
Location: 3rd Place Books
20th and Ravenna N.E.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Friday,
December 16th, 2005
December
16th
is the third Friday of the month and that
means the poetry series: TAKE A
POEM FROM YOUR HEART AT BOOKWORM EXCHANGE in
Columbia City
will be presenting featured poets and some open mic readings. The
featured poets include: the 2005 poet populist
Pesha
Joyce Gertler, Scott Galasso and Jed Myer.
Location:
Bookworm Exchange in Columbia City
4860 Rainier Av. S.
1/2 block n. of Rainier and Ferdinand
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Thursday, February 10th, 2005
Featuring Amitra Freeman, J.W. Marshall & Peter Pereira on the
Craft
for additional info: www.itsaboutimewriters.homestead.com
Location: 3rd Place Books
20th and Ravenna N.E.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
 Saturday,
February 19th,
2005
Pesha Joyce Gertler & Jud Roche with African American Writers
Alliance
Gallery 110 with artists Pamela Miller & Karen
Kosoglad
Location: 110 S. Washington St.
Time: 3-5 p.m.
For additional info:
allison@gallery 110.com
206-624-9336
www.gallery110.com |
Wednesday, June 22nd, 2005 7-9 p.m.
Park Place Books, Kirkland
348 Parkplace Center
Kirkland, WA
425-828-6546
Pesha will be reading with
Denise Calvetti
Irene Drennan
Esther Helfgott
Diane Westergaard
And coordinated by Pesha
At North Seattle Community College...
After Long Silence:
with artist & writer, Barbara Earl Thomas
Date: Friday, Feb. 25th, 2005
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Rose Room on NSCC campus
Free
followed by open mic
New Voices:
with Shelley Minden, Jeremy Cole, Luis Carlos Congdon, and David Bowen
Date: Friday, June 3rd, 2005
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Rose Room on NSCC campus
Free
followed by open mic
For additional info contact Pesha Joyce Gertler,
coordinator
of the reading series at: 206-528-4598 (office)
or Humanities Dept. 206-527-3709
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Pesha's
Upcoming Poetry
Readings and Events