Spooky Stories/Poetry Reading + Open Mic – Saturday, Oct. 27, 2018 @ 6:00pm

October 20, 2018 / trishhopkinsonpoet / Leave a comment

Join us for spooky poems & stories performed by storytellers, Rock Canyon Poets & Utah Horror Writers in participation with Buzzards & Bees, a Halloween-themed festival in Downtown Provo. No festival ticket is required for the reading & open mic. The fest includes multiple venues on Friday and Saturday, October 26-27. Friday night is the kick-off, a Goth Prom at The Boxcar with a band and DJ, prom photos, and more. Saturday’s events include 50+ bands and performers at over 10 venues downtown, street performers, spooky movies and stories, secret shows, mask making, & a costume contest. Festival passes for all other ticketed events are $20 in advance or $25 day of, and can be purchased at 24tix.com.

For more information, contact the Rock Canyon Poets, rockcanyonpoets@gmail.com.

Website: http://www.buzzardsandbees.com/
Tickets at 24tix: https://www.24tix.com/es/9oj8ql/e

Where: Pioneer Book

450 West Center Street, Provo

When: Saturday, October 27, 2018

Time: 6:00 – 8:00 pm

Rock Canyon Poets featured at City Art – Utah Humanities Book Festival

October 14, 2018October 14, 2018 / trishhopkinsonpoet / Leave a comment

Big thanks to Utah Humanities and the City Art reading series for featuring members of the Rock Canyon Poets during Book Festival! And thanks to all who came out to support us. Featured poets included Dennis Marden Clark, Lisa Connors, Jack Garcia, and Michaelle Martial.

There are still lots of events left to attend between now and the end of October. Click here for a full schedule of Utah Humanities Book Festival.

The City Art Reading Series occurs the first three Wednesdays of every month at 7 PM at the Salt Lake City Downtown Library.

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Rock Canyon Poets reading at City Art at the Downtown SLC Library – Wed. Oct. 10 @ 7pm

October 9, 2018 / trishhopkinsonpoet / Leave a comment

City Art and Utah Humanities Book Festival are pleased to host members of the Rock Canyon Poets on Wednesday, October 10 at 7:00 PM in the 4th Floor Conference Room of The City Library. Feature poets include Rock Canyon Poets co-founder Bonnie Shiffler-Olsen, Dennis Marden Clark, Lisa Connors, Michaelle Martial, and Jack Garcia.

Rock Canyon Poets boasts diverse membership, ranging from 19 to 72 years in age with many backgrounds–including literary journal founders, editors, ex-military, business professionals, a playwright, and a periodontist. Individually, they have received several awards and been published in magazines, anthologies, journals, chapbooks, and full-length books of poetry. Rock Canyon Poets offer poetry with the tactile clarity of tin-can messages through fuzzy strings to the ears of an audience. These poems are tumbleweeds in semi-truck grills. They get stuck in your teeth, build bridges of spun sugar, and make it possible to mount a camel without a sturdy ladder.

Co-founded by Bonnie Shiffler-Olsen and Trish Hopkinson in 2015, Rock Canyon Poets was established to develop camaraderie among Utah Valley poets, provide consistent workshopping and reading opportunities, and promote the disciplined study of writing poetry as a serious art form. Members meet twice a month at Pioneer Book in historic downtown Provo. The group sponsors poetry readings and an open mic on the 2nd Tuesday of every month. Membership is by invitation or portfolio submission only.

For more information, contact the Rock Canyon Poets, rockcanyonpoets@gmail.com.