Here are fliers from some of our past events:
Lorain, Ohio— In Verse Lorain: A Performing Arts Extravaganza — 737 Gallery
January 28th 2011 (6 to 11 p.m.) — 737 Broadway Avenue
The Lorain Arts Council, Poets of Lorain County and the Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza present In Verse Lorain: A Poetry and Performing Arts Extravaganza featuring Yuyutsu R.D. Sharma, Trenchcoat Manifesto, La Mariposa and Michael McNamara, Marilyn Olivares de Ortiz, Rafael Rivera and Manancique, Robert Miltner, Shelley Chernin, Eric Anderson, Elise Geither, Julissa Reyes, Dianne Borsenik and John Burroughs. For more information, please visit our event page on Facebook.
Snoetry II: A World Record Winter Wordfest — at Jim's Coffeehouse in Elyria, OH
From February 2nd (5 pm) thru February 8th (11 pm) 2011 — Lix and Kix Poetry presented the 2nd
annual Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest, in association with Poets of Lorain
County, PoetryElyria, and Jim's Coffeehouse and Diner, 2 Kerstetter Way
in downtown
Elyria, Ohio. This event ran 150 uninterrupted hours and was intended to be the longest poetry
reading in history (breaking the record of 120 hours set at Prospero's
Books in Kansas City in 2010). For a complete list of scheduled
readers/performers, click here. For more info, you may also visit our Facebook event page.
Lorain, Ohio — Love Bug Bites: a Poetry & Music Extravaganza — 737 Gallery
Saturday February 12th 2011 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. — The Lorain Arts Council, Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza and Poets of Lorain County
presented an evening of poetry and music featuring Lou Suarez, Trenchcoat Manifesto, Julissa Reyes, Dianne Borsenik
and John Burroughs. More details.
Elyria, Ohio — PoetryElyria returns — Scott M Duncan Photography
Thursday 5/12/2011 at 7 pm — John Burroughs emceed an open mic, followed by featured readings by Lorain County
poets Eric Anderson and Abigail Carney at Scott M Duncan Photography,
120 Middle Avenue in Elyria, Ohio. Click here for more details.
Elyria, Ohio — PoetryElyria returns — Scott M Duncan Photography
Thursday 6/16/2011 at 7 pm — PoetryElyria presented featured readings by Chansonette Buck, Dianne Borsenik, Mike Hemery and Stacie Leatherman at Scott M Duncan Photography,
120 Middle Avenue in Elyria, Ohio. Event incuded an open mic emceed by John Burroughs. Click here for more details.
Lorain, Ohio — Night Fragments: Poetry in the Dark — Lorain Arts Council Bistro
Saturday 8/20/2011 from 8:30 to 10 pm — The Lorain Arts Council presented Night Fragments - Poetry in the Dark, featuring poets Smith & Lady. An open mic will
preceded the featured poets. Crisis Chronicles Press released
Steven B Smith's new chapbook, Unruly, at this event.
Lakewood, Ohio — Writing Knights Presents: The Mighty — bela dubby
Thursday 8/25/2011 at 7 pm — Writing Knights Press presented an evening of poetry and music featuring John Burroughs, the Ian Shaw Band, Eva Xanthopoulos, Ben Peridol, D.L. Woure, Jacob Dahlke and emceed by Azriel Johnson at bela dubby Art Gallery & Beer Cafe, 13321 Madison Avenue in Lakewood, Ohio. John Burroughs' new chapbook, Electric Company (published by Writing Knights) was available for the first time at this event. For more details visit the Facebook event page.
Thursday 9/15/2011 from 8:30 to 10 pm — The Lorain Arts Council presents D'Elyrious Night: Poetry Under a Glorious Lorain Sky, featuring poets Alex Gildzen and John Burroughs. Join us at the Lorain Arts Council's Sweet & Savory Bistro for a night of spoken word and tasty delights. An open mic will precede the featured poets.
Saturday 9/24/2011 from 10 am to 7 pm — PoetryElyria is proud to be spearheading a local edition of the international 100 Thousand Poets for Change project. Join us at the Black River Reservation's Bur Oak picnic area (1350 Ford Rd. in Elyria) for a potluck picnic, small preess celebration and eight hours of poetry and music. For more details, see our Facebook event page.
Elyria, Ohio — Invest Elyria Art Show — Ely Square
Saturday 9/25/2011 from 11 am to 4 pm — Crisis Chronicles Press and Poets of Lorain County will have a table at Invest Elyria's art show on the square in downtown Elyria. We'll be displaying our newly published books by Cleveland art legend Steven B. Smith, Egyptian poet Yahia Lababidi and Elyria's own Dianne Borsenik, along with other fine titles, and a couple of our authors will be on hand to answer questions and sign books.
Poets of Lorain County was founded in late 2010 by Elyria poet John Burroughs (a.k.a. Jesus Crisis) to increase awareness of poets and poetry in, from and all about Lorain County, Ohio. The society began humbly as a Facebook page, and under its auspices John quickly organized two local poetry reading series: PoetryElyria (every Sunday afternoon from 1 to 3 p.m. at Jim’s Coffeehouse and Diner, 2 Kerstetter Way in Elyria) and beginning in 2011, Lorain County Poets Present (the 3rd Thursday of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Avon Lake Public Library, 32649 Electric Blvd. in Avon Lake). With fellow Lorain County poet Dianne Borsenik, John also co-hosts the monthly Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza at Bela Dubby in Lakewood.
Beginning November 7th 2010, John Burroughs began emceeing PoetryElyria, a new Sunday afternoon wordfest at Jim’s Coffeehouse and Diner, doors away from the scenic East Falls Riverwalk in Elyria. Each session began at 1 p.m. with an open mic and concluded with featured readings/performances from some of the brightest poetic talents in Ohio and beyond. Follow us at twitter.com/elyriapoetry. See also facebook.com/loraincountypoets.
Featured poets during PoetryElyria at Jim's Coffeehouse and Diner were:
November 7th 2010: Eric Anderson and Stacie Leatherman
November 14th 2010: J.E. Stanley and dan smith
November 21st 2010: Sammy Greenspan & Tom Adams
November 28th 2010: Elise Geither and Lady K Smith
December 5th 2010: Lou Suarez and Claire McMahon
December 12th 2010: Dianne Borsenik & Mary Turzillo
December 19th 2010: Steven Smith & Courtenay Roberts
December 26th 2010: Clarissa Jakobsons & Cameron Conaway
January 2nd 2011: Shelley Chernin and Anne McMillen
January 9th 2011: Andrew Rihn and Christina Brooks
January 16th 2011: Wendy Shaffer and Eric Odum
January 23rd 2011: Michael Grover (with his imaginary band) and Michael Bernstein
January 30th 2011: Bonné de Blas, Geoffrey Landis & Yuyutsu R.D. Sharma
February 2nd thru 8th: Snoetry II - A World Record Winter Wordfest - 150 Hours of Poetry
February 13th 2011: Everyone's a feature - open mic free-for-all
February 20th 2011: Steve Thomas, Tina Puckett and T.M. Göttl
February 27th 2011: Laraine Seidl, Paula J. Lambert and Louise Robertson
March 6th 2011: John Dorsey, Zach Ashley, Steve Brightman, and Steve Goldberg
For more information, please contact John Burroughs at jc@crisischronicles.com
The 2011 Poets of Lorain County Present series at the Avon Lake Public Library featured:
January 20th: Robert Miltner and John Burroughs
February 17th: Terry Provost and Dianne Borsenik
March 17th: Eric Anderson and Heather Ann Schmidt
April 21st: Lou Suarez and Susan Grimm
May 19th: Sammy Greenspan and Kazim Ali
For more information, contact John Burroughs at jc@crisischronicles.com
