Month: February 2019

Poetry reading + open mic featuring Joel Long – Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019 @ 6:30pm

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Rock Canyon Poets and Pioneer Book are please to present Utah poet Joel Long! The event begins with an open mic at 6:30pm and runs until 8:00pm at Pioneer Book (450 W. Center) in historic downtown Provo on Tuesday, February 12, 2019.

You can listen to Long read several of his recently published poems on Terrain.org:

FIVE POEMS AND PHOTOGRAPHS
BY JOEL LONG

You can also watch him perform his Bite Size poem “Fate of the Animals” from 2009.

Joel Long’s book Winged Insects won the White Pine Press Poetry Prize. Lessons in Disappearance and Knowing Time by Light were published by Blaine Creek Press in 2010.  His chapbooks, Chopin’s Preludes and Saffron Beneath Every Frost were published from Elik Press.  His poems and essays have appeared in Gettysburg Review, Sports Literate, Prairie Schooner, Bellingham Review, Rhino, Bitter Oleander, Massachusetts Review, Terrain, and Water-Stone Review, among others. He lives in Salt Lake City.

Long visits Pioneer Book as a guest of the Rock Canyon Poets and Pioneer Book. The reading and open mic are open to the general public.

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

Official event page: https://rockcanyonpoets.com/category/events/

 

Where: Pioneer Book – 450 West Center Street, Provo

When: Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Time: 6:30 – 8:00 pm

Poetry Happens – Utah February 2019 events and calls

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Welcome to the Utah monthly edition of Poetry Happens, brought to you by Rock Canyon Poets. Each edition will include poetry happenings and other announcements coming up in Utah, with highlights specifically for Utah county. And tune in on KRCL Radioactive the first Wednesday of every month for announcements and feature poet reading!

UPCOMING EVENTS for Utah County

Rock Canyon Poets poetry reading & open mic every 2nd Tuesday at Pioneer Book in Provo, this month on February 12, 2019 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm featuring City Art’s very own Joel Long!

Saturday Night Slam Series, check their Facebook page for monthly dates, from 7 – 9 PM at the BYU Wilkinson Student Center in Provo

Every Thursday – Speak for Yourself spoken word open mic at Enliten Cafe in Provo, at 7:30 pm

UPCOMING EVENTS for Utah 

City Art Reading Series, typically first three Wednesdays of every month during the school year at 7 PM at the Salt Lake City Downtown Library. Check their Facebook page for event announcements. This month on 2/6 Trish Hopkinson and Tacey Atsitty; and on 2/13 Katharine Coles and Lance Olsen.

Sugar Slam, every 2nd Thursday at Watchtower Cafe in SLC at 8 PM.

Helicon West open mic for poets and writers, Thursday, February 14 from 7 – 9 PM at Logan Library.

An Evening of Rumi with Renowned Translator Coleman Barks and cellist Eugene Friesen – Presented by Jung Society of Utah at Libby Gardner Hall – University of Utah, Salt Lake City UT, Feb 17, 2019 at 07:30 pm – 09:15 pm (Sun).

Poetry and a Beverage – Come perform, watch, or socialize at PoBev! Saturday, February 16, 2019 from 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm. Utah State University, Taggart Student Center, Evan N. Stevenson Ballroom.

Salt City Slam – last Monday of every month at 8:00 pm at Vertical Diner in Salt Lake City.

Poetry in the Park – Presented by Utah State Poetry Society at Zion Park Lodge, Springdale UT. A two-day event will occur featuring visiting poet Kimberly Johnson from BYU, presenting a free poetry reading on Thurs, Feb 28 in Springdale sponsored by Z Arts at the Canyon Community Center at 7pm. Overnight lodging available at winter rates in Springdale for those wishing to stay for Poetry in the Park the next day at the Zion Park Lodge from 9am to 3pm. More information at http://www.utahpoets.com/. Tickets at https://zionpark.org/events/. 

CALLS FOR POEMS (Utah-based)

Provo Poetry POEMBALL Machine – Send in up to 10 short poems to be included in the POEMBALL Machines in Provo and SLC.

Utah Life Magazine – The theme for the May/June 2019 issue is “Railroad,” and the deadline is March 1, 2019. 

Western Humanities Review – open to submissions year round

If you have an event or announcement related to poetry in Utah, please contact us here and we will include it in our next edition.