Events


The Woodstock Poetry Society meets the 2nd Saturday of every month at 2pm at the
Woodstock Library www.woodstock.org for featured poets and open reading.
Free and open to the public.

All events are HYBRID: in-person and via Zoom
(and streamed live on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WoodstockPoetry)

*** We ask all people who show any symptoms of illness to attend virtually. ***

To attend via Zoom: contact phillip@woodstockpoetry.com to receive Zoom info.
If attending, please indicate if you would like to be on the open mike. Thank you.

The Zoom app can be downloaded here: Zoom Download Center

2024

All events now HYBRID: in-person & via Zoom (and streamed live on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WoodstockPoetry)

01/January 13th - Patrick Hammer; Robert Langdon
  Listen to feature Patrick Hammer:
  
  Listen to feature Robert Langdon:
  
02/February 10th - Lissa Kiernan; Mary K O'Melveny
  Listen to feature Mary K O'Melveny:
  
  Listen to feature Lissa Kiernan:
  
03/March 9th - Ethan Sirotko; Janet Kaplan
  Listen to feature Ethan Sirotko:
  
  Listen to feature Janet Kaplan:
  
04/April 13th - Poetry Month Special Event
05/May 11th - Roger Mitchell; Steve Clorfeine
06/June 8th - Barry Wallenstein; Richard Levine
07/July 13th - Karen Schoemer; TBA
08/August 10th - Craig Hancock; Marnie Andrews
09/September 14th - Christopher Heffernan; Jerrice J. Baptiste
10/October 12th - Joann Deiudicibus; Thomas Festa
11/November 9th - Judy Lechner; Teresa Costa
12/December 14th - TBA and Annual Business Meeting

2023

All events (except January): in-person & streamed via Zoom and FB
01/January 14th - Danielle Woerner; Virginia Konchan (via Zoom only)
  Listen to feature Danielle Woerner:
  
  Listen to feature Virginia Konchan:
  

02/February 11th - Alison Koffler; Dayl Wise
  Listen to feature Dayl Wise:
  
  Listen to feature Alison Koffler:
  

03/March 11th - Allison Argueta; Brianna Heller
  Listen to features Brianna Heller and Allison Argueta (w/intro by Jamie Manning Rabideau):
  

04/April 8th - Darcy Smith; Dennis Wayne Bressack
  Listen to feature Dennis Wayne Bressack:
  
  Listen to feature Darcy Smith:
  

05/May 13th - Jerrice J. Baptiste; Mary K O'Melveny
  Listen to feature Jerrice J. Baptiste:
  

06/June 10th - Irene Sipos; Perry S. Nicholas
  Listen to feature Perry S. Nicholas:
  
  Listen to feature Irene Sipos:
  

07/July 8th - Kateri Kosek; Raphael Kosek
  Listen to feature Kateri Kosek:
  
  Listen to feature Raphael Kosek:
  

08/August 12th - David Messineo; Will Nixon
  Listen to feature David Messineo:
  
  Listen to feature Will Nixon:
  

09/September 9th - Barbara Ungar; Lucia Cherciu
  Listen to feature Lucia Cherciu:
  
  Listen to feature Barbara Ungar:
  

10/October 14th - Bracha Nechama Bomze; Reagan Upshaw
  Listen to feature Bracha Nechama Bomze:
  
  Listen to feature Reagan Upshaw:
  

11/November 18th - George Quasha; Sam Truitt (3rd Saturday)
  Listen to feature George Quasha:
  
  Listen to feature Sam Truitt:
  

12/December 9th - Lisa St. John; Lissa Kiernan (Lissa postponed: illness); and Annual Bus. Meeting
  Listen to feature Lisa St. John:
  
  Listen to Lissa Kiernan's "Crow Instability" read by Phillip X Levine:
  

2022

01/January 8th - Bruce Weber; Jerrice J. Baptiste via Zoom
  Listen to feature Bruce Weber:
  
  Listen to feature Jerrice J. Baptiste:
  

02/February 12th - Leigh Ann Christain; Mike Jurkovic via Zoom
  Listen to feature Leigh Ann Christain:
  
  Listen to feature Mike Jurkovic:
  

03/March 12th - Alison Koffler; Ken Holland via Zoom
  Listen to feature Alison Koffler:
  
  Listen to feature Ken Holland:
  

04/April 9th - The Hudson Valley Women's Writing Group via Zoom
  Listen to features from The Hudson Valley Women's Writing Group (Kappa Waugh, Jan Zlotnik Schmidt, Tana Miller, Mary K O'Melveny, Eileen Howard):
  

05/May 14th - Roger Hecht; Saida Agostini via Zoom
  Listen to feature Roger Hecht:
  
  Listen to feature Saida Agostini:
  

06/June 11th - James Reitter; Jessica Cuello via Zoom
  Listen to feature James Reitter:
  
  Listen to feature Jessica Cuello:
  

07/July 9th - Alison Woods; Matthew Burns via Zoom
  Listen to feature Alison Woods:
  
  Listen to feature Matthew Burns:
  

08/August 13th - Arden Levine; Marjorie Maddox via Zoom
  Listen to feature Arden Levine:
  
  Listen to feature Marjorie Maddox:
  

09/September 11th - SUNDAY Dennis Rush; Robert Charles Basner
HYBRID: in-person & streamed via Zoom
  Listen to feature Dennis Rush:
  
  Listen to feature Robert Charles Basner:
  

10/October 8th - Joann Deiudicibus; Thomas Festa HYBRID: in-person & streamed via Zoom
  Listen to feature Joann Deiudicibus:
  
  Listen to feature Thomas Festa:
  

11/November 12th - Cheryl Rice; Teresa Costa HYBRID: in-person & streamed via Zoom
  Listen to feature Teresa Costa:
  
  Listen to feature Cheryl Rice:
  

12/December 10th - Anique Sara Taylor; Cate McNider and Annual Business Meeting HYBRID: in-person & streamed via Zoom
  Listen to feature Anique Sara Taylor:
  
  Listen to feature Cate McNider:
  

Past Years


2021

January 9th - Canceled
February 13th - Canceled
03/March 13th - Guy Reed; Victoria Sullivan via Zoom
  Listen to feature Victoria Sullivan (partial-mea culpa, sorry):
  
  Listen to feature Guy Reed:
  

04/April 10th - Judith Kerman; Leslie Gerber via Zoom
  Listen to feature Leslie Gerber:
  

  Listen to feature Judith Kerman:
  

05/May 8th - Judith Saunders; Raphael Kosek via Zoom
  Listen to feature Judith Saunders:
  

  Listen to feature Raphael Kosek:
  

06/June 12th - Elizabethanne Spiotta; William Seaton via Zoom
  Listen to feature Bill Seaton:
  

  Listen to feature Elizabethanne Spiotta:
  

07/July 10th - Barbara Ungar; Lucia Cherciu via Zoom
  Listen to feature Lucia Cherciu:
  

  Listen to feature Barbara Ungar:
  

08/August 14th - Irene Sipos; Perry S. Nicholas via Zoom
  Listen to feature Irene Sipos:
  

  Listen to feature Perry Nicholas:
  

09/September 11th - Nine-Eleven 20 years later via Zoom
Listen to entire event:
  

10/October 9th - Jacqueline Renee Ahl; Philip Pardi via Zoom
  Listen to feature Jacqueline Renee Ahl:
  

  Listen to feature Philip Pardi:
  

11/November 13th - Elizabeth Cohen; Mary Leonard via Zoom
  Listen to feature Elizabeth Cohen:
  

  Listen to feature Mary Leonard:
  

12/December 11th - Amy Ouzoonian; Richard Loranger and Annual Business Meeting via Zoom
  Listen to feature Amy Ouzoonian:
  
  Listen to feature Richard Loranger:
  

2020

January 11th - Elizabeth J. Coleman; Lee Slonimsky
  Listen to feature Lee Slonimsky:
  
  Listen to feature Elizabeth Coleman:
  

February 8th - Andrea Mitchell; Bruce Weber
  Listen to feature Andrea Mitchell:
  
  Listen to feature Bruce Weber:
  

03/March 14th - Guy Reed; Victoria Sullivan Canceled
04/April 11th - Brett Bevell; Rebecca Schumejda Canceled
05/May 9th - Judith Saunders; Raphael Kosek Canceled
06/June 13th - Elizabethanne Spiotta; William Seaton Canceled
07/July 11th - Barbara Ungar; Stuart Bartow Canceled
08/August 8th - Irene Sipos; Perry S. Nicholas Canceled
09/September 12th - Elizabeth Cohen; Lisa Rhoades Canceled
10/October 10th - Philip Pardi; Sparrow Canceled
11/November 14th - Anique Sara Taylor; Mary Leonard Canceled
12/December 12th - TBA and Annual Business Meeting Canceled

2019

January 12th - Darcy Smith; T. G. Vanini
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

February 2nd (1st Sat) - Leny Brown; Roger Mitchell
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

March 9th - Bruce Weber; Celia Watson Seupel
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

April 13th - Brian Liston; Lissa Kiernan
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

May 11th - Howie Good; Reagan Upshaw
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

June 8th - Jack Hopper; Jessica Hornik
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

July 13th - Post Traumatic Press (Dayl Wise+)
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

August 10th - Kate Reese Hurd; Thomas Bonville
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

September 14th - Carol Graser; Mary Kathryn Jablonski
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

October 12th - Ken Holland; Susan Sindall (NA)
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

November 9th - Cate McNider; Jerrice J. Baptiste
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

December 14th - George Wallace (Postponed); Robert Basner
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

2018

January 13th - Philip Pardi; Sparrow
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

February 10th - Frank Boyer; Philip Fried
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

March 10th - Cheryl Rice; Guy Reed
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

April 14th - Donald Lev; Mary Leonard
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

May 12th - Judith Saunders; Lucia Cherciu
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

June 9th - Dennis & Justin Bressack
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

July 14th - Marcia Slatkin; Therese L. Broderick
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

August 11th - Alison Koffler; Perry S. Nicholas
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

September 8th - Catherine Arra; Matthew J. Spireng
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

October 13th - Barbara Elovic; Carl Rosenstock; Richard Levine
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

November 10th - Janet Hamill; Teresa Costa
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

December 8th - Andrea Mitchell; Brian Dewan; Carlo DeVito; Tom Bonville and Annual Business Meeting
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

2017

January 14th - Elizabeth J. Coleman; Lee Slonimsky
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

February 11th - Janet Hamill; Pauline Uchmanowicz
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

March 11th - Perry S. Nicholas; Peter Coco
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

April 8th - Matthew J. Spireng; Richard Levine
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

May 13th - Joel Lewis; Kate Reese Hurd
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

June 10th - Karen Corinne Herceg; Mike Jurkovic
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

July 8th - Donald Lev; Howard J. Kogan
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

August 12th - Paul Nash and the "Palisades Poets"
(John J. Trause, Denise La Neve, Josh Humphrey,
Susanna Rich, Mort Rich, ...)

Golden Notebook (upstairs)

September 9th 11:30am - Joanne Pagano Weber; Mary Makofske
sub-hosted by Bruce Weber

Golden Notebook (upstairs)

October 14th - John Amen; Ken Holland
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

November 11th - Cate McNider; Laurence Carr
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

December 9th - Dante Kanter; Otis Kidwell Burger; and Annual Business Meeting
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

2016

January 9th - Christina Lilian Turczyn; Thom Francis
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

February 13th - Annie Christain; Melody Davis
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

March 12th - J. Camp Brown; Raphael Kosek
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

April 9th - Mary Leonard; Robert Milby
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

May 14th - Barbara Adams; Philip Fried
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

June 11th - Jeffrey Davis; Philip Pardi
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

July 9th - Anne Gorrick; George Wallace
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

August 13th - Christi Shannon Kline; Jane Ormerod
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

September 10th - Dennis & Justin Bressack; Judith Saunders
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

October 8th - Katherine Burger; Rebecca Daniels
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

November 12th - Marilyn McCabe; Teresa Costa
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

December 10th - Roberta Gould; Sharon Israel and Annual Business Meeting
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

2015

January 10th - Ken Holland; Perry S. Nicholas (Perry postponed)
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

February 14th - Cheryl Rice; Glenn Werner
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

March 14th - Leonard Brown; Perry S. Nicholas
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

April 11th - Richard Parisio; Sabrina Miller
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

May 9th - Christian Ortega; Victoria Sullivan
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

June 13th - Andy Clausen; Pamela Twining
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

July 11th - Donald Lev; Lucia Cherciu
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

August 8th - Kathy Z. Price; Sharon Gannon
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

September 12th - Kenneth Salzmann; Susan Hoover
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

October 10th - Barbara Ungar; John Amen
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

November 14th - Lisa Wiley; Marcia Slatkin
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

December 12th - Bruce Weber; Mark Statman and Annual Business Meeting
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

2014

January 11th - Darcy Smith; Tim Dwyer and 2013 Annual Business Meeting
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

February 8th - Gary Siegel; Joanne Pagano Weber
Mountain View Studios

March 8th - Marina Mati; Robert Milby
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

April 12th - Dennis Wayne Bressack; Donald Lev
Mountain View Studio

May 10th - Karen Schoemer; Timothy Brennan
Mountain View Studio

June 14th - Rebecca Schumejda; Theodore Phelps
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

July 12th - Anique Sara Taylor; Sparrow
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

August 9th - Alison Koffler; Jo Pitkin
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

September 13th - Lee Slonimsky; Sarah Van Arsdale
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

October 11th - Richard Loranger; Teresa Costa
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

November 8th - Lee Gould; Norma Bernstock
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

December 13th - Dennis Sullivan; Joe Krausman
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

2013

January 12th - Home Planet News Benefit with Donald Lev & Contributors
Colony Cafe

February 9th - Michael Platsky; Rees Davis
Mountain View Studios

March 9th - Katherine Hastings; Rachel Marco-Havens
Woodstock Community Center

April 13th - Trina Porte; Victoria Sullivan
Mountain View Studio

May 11th - Paul R. Clemente; Robert Milby
Mountain View Studio

June 8th - Shiv Mirabito and Friends
(Andy Clausen, Pamela Twining, Michael Platsky,Paul McMahon)

Woodstock Community Center

July 13th - Belinda McKeon; Cheryl Rice
Golden Notebook (upstairs)

August 10th - Brett Bevell; Bruce Weber
Woodstock Community Center

September 14th - Greg Correll; Tyler Wilhelm
Woodstock Community Center

October 12th - Carey Harrison; Dorota Czerner
Woodstock Community Center

November 9th - George Wallace; Stuart Bartow
Woodstock Community Center

December 14th - Dennis Bressack; Donald Lev and Annual Business Meeting
Woodstock Community Center

2012

January 14th - Frank Boyer; Guy Reed

February 11th - Elizabeth J. Coleman; Lee Slonimsky

March 10th - Allen Livermore; Marilyn McCabe

April 14th - lifeblood reading (WPS Anthology)

May 12th - Bobbi Katz; George Nicholson

June 9th - Cate McNider; Judith Lechner

July 14th - Alison Koffler with musical accompaniment
Ceili Murphy on keyboards and tin whistle; William Seaton


August 11th - Lee Gould; Will Nixon

September 8th - David McLoghlin; Tim Dwyer

October 13th - Adrianna Delgado; marina mati

November 10th - Phillip Levine; Philip Pardi

December 8th - Mike Jurkovic; Rebecca Schumejda and Annual Business Meeting

December 15th - Special Event-Bruce Smith & Jules Gibbs
Colony Cafe 7pm $10

2011

January 8th - Marcia Slatkin; Rebecca Schumejda

February 12th - Cheryl Rice; Pauline Uchmanowicz

March 12th - Georganna Millman; Pui Ying Wong; Tim Suermondt

April 9th - Jane Ormerod (hell strung and crooked, Uphook Press)
w/contributors Mary McLaughlin Slechta, Robert Gibbons, Bruce Weber

Colony Cafe

May 14th - (Jackie Sheeler-postponed); Mary Eliza Crane; Sharmagne Leland-St. John
Colony Cafe

June 11th - Eve Packer; Matthew Hupert
Colony Cafe

July 9th - Allen Fischer; Barbara Ungar
Colony Cafe

August 13th - Donald Lev; Linda Lerner
Colony Cafe

September 10th - David Messineo; Dennis Wayne Bressack
Colony Cafe

October 8th - Teresa M. Costa; Victoria Sullivan
Colony Cafe

October 22nd - Special Event-Jean Valentine & Tim Seibles
Colony Cafe: Readings - 5pm (sharp) $7

November 12th - NOON Matt Spireng; Suzanne Cleary
Special Time - also: Jay Wenk, Walt Nygard, & Dayl Wise
Woodstock Historical Society: Eames House
(20 Comeau Drive)

December 10th - Mary Kathryn Jablonski; Roberta Gould; and Annual Business Meeting
Woodstock Community Center

2010

January 9th - Bruce Weber; Laurie Byro

February 13th - Richard Boes Memorial

March 13th - Philip Memmer; Roger Mitchell

April 10th - Jacqueline Ahl; Joann Deiudicibus

May 8th - Alison Koffler; Barry Wallenstein

June 12th - Joan I. Siegel; Mary Makofske

July 10th - Carl Rosenstock; Richard Levine

August 14th - Ken Holland; Lee Gould

September 11th - Dennis Doherty; James Sherwood

October 9th - Amy Ouzoonian; Tyler Wilhelm

October 9th - Special Event-Brian Turner
Kleinert-James Gallery: Reading - 7:30pm $15
Panel Discussion - 4:30pm $5 or free w/ticket to reading

November 13th - Lea Graham; Reagan Upshaw

December 11th - Annual Business and Planning Meeting w/Open Mike

2009

January 10th - Michael Hare, D. Alex Bird

February 14th - Voyage by Josie Peralta, Ted Gill, and Glen River

March 14th - Rebecca Schumejda, Robert Milby

April 11th - Elo-Mall Toomet (The Pain in the Beautiful Answer),Georganna Millman (Formulary)

May 9th - Frank Boyer; Donald Lev

June 13th - Judith Saunders, William Seaton (Winged Words: Notes on the Oral Performance of Poetry)

July 11th - LisaAnn LoBasso, Marnie Andrews, Raphael Kosek

August 8th - Susan Lewis, India Radfar

September 12th - Gioia Timpanelli, Aracelis Girmay

October 10th - Patti Martin, Victoria Sullivan, Susan Hoover

October 17th - Special Event-Yusef Komunyakaa
Kleinert-James Gallery 7:30pm $12

November 14th - Angelo Verga, George Wallace

December 12th - Annual Business and Planning Meeting w/Open Mike

2008

January 12th - Georganna Millman, Alison Koffler

February 9th - Post Traumatic Press 2007
Dayl Wise (editor) War Vets Poetry Anthology
With Featured Contributors

March 8th - Barbara Ungar, Sparrow, and Sylvia Mae Gorelick

April 12th - Gretchen Primack (rescheduled), Allen Fischer

May 10th - Tad Richards, Yuyutsu RD Sharma (Ram Dass)

June 14th - Riverine: An Anthology of Hudson Valley Writers
Larry Carr (editor) and Selected Contributors

July 12th - Baron James Ashanti, Bertha Rogers

August 9th - Gretchen Primack, Philip Pardi

September 13th - Roberta Allen, Naton Leslie

October 11th - Mary Kathryn Jablonski, Will Nixon

November 8th - Home Planet News Benefit w/Donald Lev +

December 20th (3rd Sat) - Annual Business and Planning Meeting

2007

January 13th - Susan Hoover, Donald Lev

February 10th - Ron Whiteurs, Matthew J. Spireng

March 10th - Nancy Rullo, Philip Pardi

April 14th - Teresa Marta Costa, Bob Wright

May 12th - Lee Gould, Dimitris Lyacos

June 9th - Iris Litt, Jana Martin

July 14th - Christine Lilian Turczyn, Robert Milby

August 11th - Dennis Wayne Bressack, George Guida

September 8th - George Nicholson, Will Nixon

October 20th (3rd Sat) - Bobbi Katz, Cheryl A. Rice

November 10th - Home Planet News Benefit w/Donald Lev +

December 8th - Annual Business and Planning Meeting (and open mic)