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SUMMARY:PERFORMANCE: UNDHR-Preamble of A Choral Quilt of Hope
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friend\, A new year and new opportunities abound for us to link arms with the oncoming spring. Let us take up with our hearts and hands the fundamental human tasks of renewing the world\, renewing the balance! \nA CHORAL QUILT OF HOPE: THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS \nYou may remember that I adapted the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR)as a poem and that award-winning composer Adrienne Albert’s set it as a choral work (adriennealbert.com). Last year\, the magnificent Concord Chorale of Concord\, New Hampshire was in rehearsals to sing the complete composition with orchestral accompaniment when the pandemic cut it short. \nNow\, they are presenting their first concert of the year.  Join us this weekend as they sing the PREAMBLE to A CHORAL QUILT OF HOPE! \nClick:\nhttps://concordchorale.org/ \nConcord Chorale’s 2020-2021 Virtual SEASON \nWHEN THE NIGHT IS FURTHEST WORN\nA Free Virtual Concert by Concord Choral\nSaturday\, January 23\, 2021 at 7:00pm EST  3:00pm PST\nSunday\, January 24\, 2021 at 3:00pm EST    Noon     PST\n* a link to each performance will be posted on our homepage \nhttp://: https://concordchorale.org/ \n* Performance times are Eastern Standard Time \nRosephanye Powell\, Non Nobis Domine \nMorten Lauridsen\, Sure on This Shining Night (James Agee) \nSergi Rachmaninov\, Bogoroditse Devo \nAdrienne Albert\, Preamble to A Choral Quilt of Hope\,\ntext adapted by Susan Suntree \nhttps://concordchorale.org/NOTE FROM JENNY COOPER\, MUSICAL DIRECTOR \nEven though I desperately wish we could be singing together in person this fall\, I am genuinely excited about our plans for virtual singing and the music we will make.  Our concert title is “When the Night is Furthest Worn\,” which is pulled from the text of a new work that we will sing by African American composer Marques L. A. Garrett\, entitled “My Heart Be Brave.”  The program follows us metaphorically from seemingly endless\, ruthless night to a just and bright dawn.  The music I chose is music that makes me want to sing\, to sing from my toes all the way up to the sky. \nAs we live through this unprecedented time in our current history\, there remain many unknowns. However\, the Concord Chorale believes in the power of music and will continue to the best of our ability to fulfill our mission to bring outstanding choral music to the Capital Region and its communities. \nThe Chorale has been rehearsing online via Zoom communications. Technology has allowed us to prepare and present our free Virtual Concert in January 2021. We will resume virtual rehearsals in February 2021 for our second concert of our 2020-2021 season. More details to come! \nThe Chorale wishes you well and hopes you will keep a song in your heart as we walk forward with great optimism. \nMembers Area \nJoin Us on Facebook \nDonate Now \nAudition Info \n© 2020 Concord Chorale          P.O. Box 160 Concord\, N.H. 03302-0160          webmaster@concordchorale.org \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
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CATEGORIES:Choral Work
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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friend\, A new year and new opportunities abound for us to link arms with the oncoming spring. Let us take up with our hearts and hands the fundamental human tasks of renewing the world\, renewing the balance! \nA CHORAL QUILT OF HOPE: THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS \nYou may remember that I adapted the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UNDHR)as a poem and that award-winning composer Adrienne Albert’s set it as a choral work (adriennealbert.com). Last year\, the magnificent Concord Chorale of Concord\, New Hampshire was in rehearsals to sing the complete composition with orchestral accompaniment when the pandemic cut it short. \n  \nNow\, they are presenting their first concert of the year.  Join us this weekend as they sing the PREAMBLE to A CHORAL QUILT OF HOPE! \n(https://concordchorale.org/) \nConcord Chorale’s 2020-2021 Virtual SEASON \nWHEN THE NIGHT IS FURTHEST WORN\nA Free Virtual Concert by Concord Choral\nSaturday\, January 23\, 2021 at 7:00pm  4:00pm PST\nSunday\, January 24\, 2021 at 3:00pm    Noon     PST\n* a link to each performance will be posted on our homepagehttp://: https://concordchorale.org/ \n* Performance times are Eastern Standard Time \nRosephanye Powell\, Non Nobis Domine \nMorten Lauridsen\, Sure on This Shining Night (James Agee) \nSergi Rachmaninov\, Bogoroditse Devo \n  \nAdrienne Albert\, Preamble to A Choral Quilt of Hope\,\ntext adapted by Susan Suntree \nhttps://concordchorale.org/NOTE FROM JENNY COOPER\, MUSICAL DIRECTOR \nEven though I desperately wish we could be singing together in person this fall\, I am genuinely excited about our plans for virtual singing and the music we will make.  Our concert title is “When the Night is Furthest Worn\,” which is pulled from the text of a new work that we will sing by African American composer Marques L. A. Garrett\, entitled “My Heart Be Brave.”  The program follows us metaphorically from seemingly endless\, ruthless night to a just and bright dawn.  The music I chose is music that makes me want to sing\, to sing from my toes all the way up to the sky. \nAs we live through this unprecedented time in our current history\, there remain many unknowns. However\, the Concord Chorale believes in the power of music and will continue to the best of our ability to fulfill our mission to bring outstanding choral music to the Capital Region and its communities. \nThe Chorale has been rehearsing online via Zoom communications. Technology has allowed us to prepare and present our free Virtual Concert in January 2021. We will resume virtual rehearsals in February 2021 for our second concert of our 2020-2021 season. More details to come! \nThe Chorale wishes you well and hopes you will keep a song in your heart as we walk forward with great optimism. \nMembers Area \nJoin Us on Facebook \nDonate Now \nAudition Info \n© 2020 Concord Chorale          P.O. Box 160 Concord\, N.H. 03302-0160          webmaster@concordchorale.org \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/488/
LOCATION:Concord Chorale\, Concord\, NH\, United States
CATEGORIES:Choral Work
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SUMMARY:SACRED SITES AUDIO BOOK LAUNCH PARTY
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, \nWith my heart brimming with appreciation for your support\, I am thrilled to announce that we will launch our Sacred Sites Audio Theater via Zoom on Saturday\, March 6\, at 5PM PST! \nOur team has worked for a year\, with support from so many of you\, to create what we feel is an audio performance that speaks to the heart of the current climate and social crises and summons us to live in balance with all beings. As Pulitzer Prize winning poet Gary Snyder writes in his foreword (read by Peter Coyote): This book “brings us home.” \nPlease join our celebration sponsored by 18th Street Art Center! It’s going to be a joyful show! Meet the cast and crew\, hear clips from the book\, experience Sacred Sites presented in the oral tradition which is its source. Though there is much left to do to bring this work fully into the world\, now is the time to stir up a party! \nRegister right away! https://us02web.zoom.us/…/reg…/WN_jfvznkHpRUysh-jLwffbHA \n Please post and share with your friends and family. All are welcome! \nWith gratitude! \nSusan
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/sacred-sites-audio-book-launch-party/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220416T180000
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SUMMARY:Reading and Book signing
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URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/reading-and-book-signing/
LOCATION:The Book Jewel Bookshop\, 6259 W. 87th Street\, Westchester\, CA\, 90045\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Intelligent Beast: A Literary Journal & Reading Series
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, \nI’m happy to announce the following events celebrating the release of Dear Traveler and the multiple award-winning audio and paperback revised edition of Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California. I’ll also be reading new work including chants from “The Undertakers.”     Please join us! \nTom Laichas’s recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Rupture\, Disquieting Muses\, Stand\, Ambit\, Moon & Sun and elsewhere. He is a winner of the Nancy Hargrove Poetry Prize from the Jabberwock Review and the author of Three Hundred Streets of Venice California (forthcoming from FutureCycle Press\, 2023)\, Sixty-Three Photographs from the End of a War (3.1 Press\, 2021)\, and Empire of Eden (The High Window Press\, 2019). \nBriana Muñoz is a writer from Southern California. Raised in San Diego\, she spent a lot of her time at her mother’s Mexican folklore dance classes and at ranches where her father trained horses into the sunset. She is the author of Loose Lips (Prickly Pear Publishing 2019) and Everything is Returned to the Soil/Todo vuelve a la tierra (FlowerSong Press\, 2021). Her work has been published in Dryland\, the Bravura Literary Journal\, LA BLOGA\, and in the Oakland Arts Review\, among others. \nSusan Suntree is a poet and performer whose work investigates the dynamics of science\, art\, and spiritual philosophies as they engage contemporary life. She has presented her award-winning poetry and performances nationally and internationally\, and has published books of poetry\, biography\, and creative nonfiction\, as well as translations\, essays\, reviews\, and book chapters. Awards include the Southern California Independent Booksellers Association Award for Nonfiction\, the PEN Oakland Josephine Miles Award for Poetic Narrative\, and a Mellon Foundation Elemental Arts Award\, and the audiobook of Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California was a finalist for a Society of Voice Arts and Sciences prize. \nA. K. Toney is a poet\, writer\, educator\, and performance artist. As a World Stage Performance Gallery alumnus\, he had the honor to be mentored by jazz great\, community leader and founder of the World Stage Billy Higgins. Toney’s skills as a performance artist have taken him across the nation and abroad. His experience as a performance artist and educator has allowed him and his organization\, Reading Is Poetry\, to teach workshops with LA Unified schools\, NAMI\, and the Natural History Museum. Toney is also a contributing writer to KCET
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/the-intelligent-beast-a-literary-journal-reading-series/
LOCATION:CA
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Publication Party
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, On July 15\, at 8 PM\, Tom Laichas and I will celebrate the release of our new books at the venerable literary center\, Beyond Baroque\, 681 Venice Blvd\, Venice\, CA. New books come alive in good company! \nJoin us as we share the news that poetry sings to the heart. \nI will accompany my reading from Dear Traveler with my dulcimer\, and will read from the new\, revised paperback edition of Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California\, taking a look at the ancient era when CO2 was at the level it is now. Though the past does not predict the future\, it helps us understand the Earth’s ways of responding to dramatic climate change. Additionally\, I will read a few new poems apropos of this critical moment. Tom will show slides of the photographs that accompany his deeply moving collection. \nParty outside on the newly spruced patio. Bring a mask to wear in the theatre. Free parking beside the building complex. \nThe reading will also be live streamed: \nhttps://www.youtube.com/c/BeyondBaroque/featured \nI’d love to share this celebration with you! Join us! \nSusan
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/publication-party/
LOCATION:Beyond Baroque Literary Center\, 681 Venice Blvd\, Venice\, CA\, 90401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Party,Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Reading at Seven Stars Gallery
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, On Sunday\, October 16\, 2022\, at 2 PM I’ll be reading from my recent book harvest at the Seven Stars Gallery\, 210 Spring Street\, Nevada City.  Please join us! Refreshments! Signed books! \nGood company brings literature to life! \nI will accompany my reading of Dear Traveler on the dulcimer\, joined by Tynowyn\, Nevada County’s celebrated flute and dulcimer player.  And I will play an excerpt from the audiobook of the new\, revised paperback edition of\, Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California\, as well as read excepts about the ancient era when CO2 was at the level it is now. Though the past does not necessarily predict the future\, it helps us understand the Earth’s ways of responding to dramatic changes. If time permits\, I may read a few new poems apropos of this critical moment. \nI’d love to share this celebration with you! Join us! \nSusan
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/reading-at-seven-stars-gallery/
LOCATION:Seven Stars Gallery\, 210 Spring Street\, Nevada City\, CA\, 95959\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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SUMMARY:Indigenous People and Native Realities
DESCRIPTION:Free and open to the public! In addition to my talk and Raven’s observations\, I will show slides of places in Southern California that are rarely seen and even more rarely recognized for what they are. Learn the story! See deeply into this amazing homeland!\nSusan \nANNOUNCEMENT from Duane Bidwell\nCan’t wait to attend this Monday night–Susan Suntree is a treasure.\nJoin Raven and Coyote as they guide us on a tour through the primordial origins of Southern California\, beginning with the Big Bang/Great Silence to the present.\nIt’s the first gathering of a three-part series\, “Indigenous Peoples and Native Realities.” Join us for a meal in Fellowship Hall at 6p\, followed by the performance at 7p in the sanctuary.\nSusan’s presentation\, drawn from her book “Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California\,” is equal parts Western scientific thought and Native American myths and songs\, telling a dynamic and poetic story about the Southern California landscape. Included in the presentation is a full-color slide show of images taken by renowned photographer Juergen Nogai.
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/indigenous-people-and-native-realities/
LOCATION:Claremont Presbyterian Church\, 1111 N Mountain Ave.\, Claremont\, CA\, 91711\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230103T130000
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SUMMARY:Harry's Poetry Hour
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, \nA new sun moves north as the days slowly lengthen toward spring. In Southern California in the Simi Hills\, for a week before and a week after the solstice\, at dawn a finger of light enters the notched entrance and passes along the length of the ancient pecked and painted sandstone cave. As it moves\, it vivifies the images and all they portend. \nMay the new light also move through each of us\, awakening our courage and concern of all beings. \nSusan \nPlease join me for my first reading in the new year hosted by the venerable Harry Northup. \nHarry’s Announcement: Please join us to see/hear two brilliant poets\, Susan Suntree & Tom Laichas\, read their poetry on Harry’s Poetry Hour\, Creative Chaos MPTF\, on Tuesday\, January 3\, 2023\, 1-2 PM PST. Thanks to Jennifer Clymer\, Director\, MPTF Studios\, & the Creative Chaos Team. \nHere is the Zoom link. Please check in a few minutes before 1 PM. \nhttps://mptf.zoom.us/j/86032964290… Passcode: MPTF  Please share. \nHere’s the discount link to the Sacred Sites audiobook where you can learn about the Simi Hills sacred sites: https://shop.authors-direct.com/collections/suntree-sacred-sites-audiobook
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/harrys-poetry-hour/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230211T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230211T200000
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SUMMARY:Poetry Reading and Open Mic
DESCRIPTION:5 February 2023 Full Moon \nDear Friends\, \nWinter tempests swirl across the country even as my front yard trees line their branches with thickening buds\, small cocoons where spring leaves slowly ripen. And\, like them\, we move into the year with our unease and our pleasures. And what a pleasure it is to read with two marvelous poets: Tom Laichas and Brendan Constantine! \nThis reading is going to be lively\, textured\, varied\, informative\, and fun! Please join us– live and in-person– at one of my all-time favorite\LA bookstores: Book Jewel in Westchester. Old school in the best sense\, comfortable\, and staffed by people who truly know books. I think you will love this shop as much as I do. \nJoin us! \nSusan \nHere’s the discount link to the Sacred Sites audiobook where you can hear about the era when the earth’s atmosphere held as much CO2 as it does now and other news from climate antics and momentous evolutions:  sacred sites: https://shop.authors-direct.com/collections/suntree-sacred-sites-audiobook  or  search Suntree Findaway Voices.
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/poetry-reading-and-open-mic/
LOCATION:The Book Jewel Bookshop\, 6259 W. 87th Street\, Westchester\, CA\, 90045\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Suntree":MAILTO:sfsuntree@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230325T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230325T170000
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SUMMARY:Spring Poetry! Sims Poetry Library
DESCRIPTION:Irrepressible spring bursts from the tree buds on my front yard maple and sycamore. Flowers swing into bloom from the dark muddy ground. We are carried into the new season as the equinox marks the lengthening days amidst a world vivid with beauty and unease. \nAnd with the season comes a blooming of poetry readings. \nI’m so pleased to join this program of excellent poets at the famous Sims Poetry Library on March 25 at 2 PM. 2702 W. Florence Ave\, LA CA\, I’ll read poems from my new manuscript-in-progress: The Undertakers. Yes\, Earth Day Every Day! \nPlease join us!
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/spring-poetry-sims-poetry-library/
LOCATION:Sims Poetry Library\, 2702 W. Florence Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230325T175000
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SUMMARY:West Hollywood's Ladies of Courage Art Festival
DESCRIPTION:On the evening of Saturday\, March 25\, I’ll be reading in tandem with Phoebe McAdams from our books about Los Angeles. Her poems are drawn from her daily experiences and contemplations of living in Los Angeles\, while my poems tell the origin stories of the region’s dynamic landscape in which the land and the sea are the main characters. Poet Jimmy Vega will round out the reading with his insights into the riches and complications of our urban lives. \nEvent: West Hollywood’s Ladies of Courage Art Festival \nLocation: West Hollywood Park\, 647 N. San Vicente Blvd\, West Hollywood CA \nMarch 25 at 5:50\, outdoors under the Sky Tree. Free. \nI would love to share my work with you! Please join us!
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/west-hollywoods-ladies-of-courage-art-festival/
LOCATION:West Hollywood Park\, 647 N. San Vicente Blvd.\, West Hollywood\, 90069\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230401T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230401T210000
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SUMMARY:Tom Laichas Book Release
DESCRIPTION:Tom has asked me and others who wrote praises for his unusual\, unforgettable book to read with him at the book launch celebration. This collection of prose poems takes us on a walk-about through Venice streets and alleys observed with captivating imagination and historical insight. Come help us celebrate OR watch the live stream note below)! –Susan \n \n \nTom writes:\nOn April 1st\, please help me celebrate the release of my new collection of poems\, Three Hundred Streets of Venice California\, just out from FutureCycle Press. \nJoining me will be poets Beth Ruscio\, Mike Sonksen\, and Susan Suntree. Reception will follow.\n\nThe details: 7pm Saturday April 1st at Beyond Baroque\, 681 Venice Blvd.\, Venice 90291. (If you live at a distance\, you can see the show at Beyond Baroque’s YouTube channel). The evening is free\, but tickets are available at Eventbrite or at the door.
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/tom-laichas-book-release/
LOCATION:Beyond Baroque Literary Center\, 681 Venice Blvd\, Venice\, CA\, 90401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Party,Poetry Reading
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230422T223000
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SUMMARY:Sierra Poetry Festival's Poetic Crossing
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, \nIrrepressible spring leans toward summer. Even here\, at the coast\, inland heat simmers just beyond the fog and ocean clouds. With April comes National Poetry Month and with that come the festivals! \nI’m reading in the Sierra Poetry Festival’s Poetic Crossings on North San Juan Ridge (just outside Nevada City)\, a site of artistic vitality when I lived in Nevada County in the late 70s and early 80s. I am grateful for the long friendships I have maintained with this place and these people who contributed immeasurably to my growth as a poet.  With poppy fields! \nSusan \nFrom the organizer\, Bishop Randall: In 1969 Gary Snyder\, Allen Ginsberg\, Dick Baker\, and James Walter bought a piece of property along a spur of the San Juan Ridge.  With their re-inhabitation came a slew of characters who would visit or eventually call this place home. This event honors our rich past and present ridge poetic tradition\, with a night of history\, remembering those who have gone\, who we love. Each poet will share a bit of history about the poet they are reading and few of their poems\, plus a few poems of their own. \nIn a letter to Bishop Randall\, Gary wrote\, “I was trying to say to you\, that one does not become a poet or even a writer\, without some background scrabbling.  And a lot of reading and thinking\, especially about the curious role “poetry” has in our culture\, an inbuilt prestige but also no serious rewards.  You do it for yourself and your artist comrades\, but the literary public just gives it a look and moves on. And\, as it often is in art\, people give poetry lot of respect but then basically ignore it.  When you have real issues\, and a circle of lively minds\, it gets interesting.  That’s what we have here.” \n \nDoors 6:00. Reading 7:00 PM; $15 suggested donation. \nProceeds benefit the Schoolhouse & Nevada County Arts Council/Sierra Poetry Festival.
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/sierra-poetry-festivals-poetic-crossing/
LOCATION:Norh Columbia Schoolhoue\, 17894 Tyler Ft Rd\, Nevada City\, CA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230521T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230521T170000
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SUMMARY:Open Mic with Susan Suntree at Puvungna
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, \nPuvungna is one of the most important sacred and cultural sites in Southern California. I’ll be reading mainly from my award-winning book\, Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California\, including ancient narratives about the history of this singular village site. Join us under the oaks for a wonderful afternoon! \nLocated on the campus of California State University\, Long Beach\, with easy parking. \n1250 Bellflower Blvd\, Long Beach\, CA 90840 \nI look forward to sharing this event with you! \nSusan
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/susan-suntree-at-puvungna/
LOCATION:University of Califorina Long Beach\, 1250 Bellflower Blvd\, Long Beach\, CA\, 90840\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
ORGANIZER;CN="Susan Suntree":MAILTO:sfsuntree@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231022T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T010604
CREATED:20231011T125622Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T125622Z
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SUMMARY:Village Poets Welcomes Ambika Talwar and Susan Suntree
DESCRIPTION:Please join us Sunday afternoon\, 22 October\, at 4:30\, when I’ll read with the excellent poet\, Ambika Talwar. My selection and slides from Sacred Sites reveal roots of the climate crisis\, and Dear Traveler and new poems ponder how we might live now. \nTwo segments of open mic will be available and refreshments will be served. Suggested donation $5 per person for the cost of refreshments and to donate to the Little Landers Society that manages the Bolton Hall Museum\, a Los Angeles Historical Landmark built in 1913.
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/village-poets-welcomes-ambika-talwar-and-susan-suntree/
LOCATION:Bolton Hall Museum\, 10110 Commerce Ave.\, Tujunga\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 91042-2313\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231104T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231104T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T010604
CREATED:20231102T135211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T135211Z
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SUMMARY:Even if the Whole World is Burning - Celebrating WS Merwin
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, Leaves on the maple tree in my front yard have begun their flaming\, drifting fall. What a good time to celebrate the irreplaceable WS Merwin whose life and works model the artist as activist. My presentation will be about how Merwin\, Snyder\, (and a bit about Robert Graves) have responded to war and its impacts on the earth. Do poets have any influence at all? Come hear some stories you’ve probably never heard! \nCelebrate the distinguished poet\, W.S. Merwin with a screening of Even Though the Whole World is Burning\, a documentary about his life and work\, presented and accompanied by a panel and readings from Susan Suntree\, Cheri Colby [Davis] Langdell\, Tim Langdell\, and Daniel E. Lambert.  \nRefreshments\, readings\, and selections from the award-winning documentary. \nYou won’t want to miss this! \nWith dedication to peace (life!)\, \nSusan
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/even-if-the-whole-world-is-burning-celebrating-ws-merwin/
LOCATION:Beyond Baroque Literary Center\, 681 Venice Blvd\, Venice\, CA\, 90401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231113T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20231113T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T010604
CREATED:20231111T132051Z
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SUMMARY:ETHOS FILM FESTIVAL
DESCRIPTION:I will participate on a panel at the ETHOS Film Awards festival discussing Sheila Laffey’s short film about the effort to save the Ballona Wetlands. The film includes clips from the street theater troupe\, FrogWorks and the Earth Water Air LA giant puppet trek across the city that I co-founded. Art in Action! If you live in the area\, join us! Tell your LA friends!
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/ethos-film-festival/
LOCATION:Laemmle Monica Film Center\, 1332 2nd Street\, Santa Monica\, CA\, 90401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240407T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240407T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T010604
CREATED:20240407T031245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240407T031245Z
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SUMMARY:Looking for Love in the Sears Catalog
DESCRIPTION:THIS SUNDAY\, April 7\, 2024 from 1:30 to 4 p.m. \n \nJoin us at The Wild Eye Pub\, 535 Mill St Grass Valley\, CA 95945 \nA book launch and signing for: Looking for Love in the Sears Catalog \n(by Beverly Leach\, (Ruth Ghio’s given name) JOIN US! \n“I was born in the Fred Finch Home for Unwed Mothers in Fargo\, North Dakota\,” is the opening salvo of Ruth Ghio’s memoir\, Looking for Love in the Sears Catalog. The memoir recounts the early years of Ghio’s eventful life which began nearly 92 years ago. \nAccompanying Ruth will be Julie Valin\, poet\, member of The Poetry Crashers\, and book design guru; Donna Hanelin\, poet\, writer\, and creative writing teacher; Julia Connor\, poet\, sculptor\, painter\, writer\, and twice poet laureate of Sacramento; Susan Suntree\, poet\, performer\, and essayist; Maxima Kahn\, writer\, poet\, and creativity coach; Kit Bailey\, percussionist\, and Laura Pendell\, poet and writer. \nHere is the full text of the praise/blurb I wrote for this memorable book: \nRuth Ghio’s memoir about her terrifying childhood in a poor\, alcoholic Finnish immigrant family in North Dakota participates in the American literary tradition wherein nature providescrucialsolace\, affecting the outcome of a story. Even Upton Sinclair’s grim novel\, The Jungle\, about the degradation and despair of a Lithuanianimmigrant family working in the Chicago stockyards concludes with the main character\, Jurgis\, finding redemption in Socialism and in the green vistas of the natural world beyond the stockyard’s gray stench. Nature fortifies both body and soul\, inspiring a fresh vision of what must be done to live an authentically better life. Similarly\, in the worst circumstances of her childhood\, the mysterious beauties of the natural world stirred in Ruth a sense that life spread wide and wondrous in the territory beyond her family. Each chapter begins with a short poem that in direct language and images evokes the resilient and curious spirit of the girl\, the author herself\, who is the protagonist of this memorable story. \nOnce there was a child sitting on the porch after a scorching day. \nEating the first summer watermelon\, tasting the sweetness\, \nthe juices running down her chin. \nThe sun descending between two prairie hills\, like a golden loaf of bread. \nAnd she asked herself\, “Where did it go?” \nIn turns horrifying and inspirational\, Ruth’s memoir is a vulnerable\, penetrating\, vivid meditation on the profound deprivations of body\, mind\, and spirit that drove her parents West in an attempt to grasp their American dream. And she bravely contemplates the life-long effort it has taken her to create her life out of those nearly devastating beginnings. From her secret childhood dreams shaped by reading the Sears Catalogue\, to her family’s flight from North Dakota to the Golden Land-–her mother’s name for California\, to a brief stay on the Oregon coast\, to her teenage years in Oakland and Richmond tenements\, Ruth’s story is quintessential; an American life told with wrenching tenderness.
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/looking-for-love-in-the-sears-catalog/
LOCATION:The Wild Eye Pub\,\, 535 Mill St\, Grass Valley\, CA\, 95945\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240420T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240420T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T010604
CREATED:20240419T054804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250604T174942Z
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SUMMARY:Earth Day Cabaret: Saturday\,  April 20\, 2024
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, Shimmering on wild branches in the Santa Monica mountains is spring light illuminating the blossoms of dusty pink laurel sumac and the white\, pink\, or pale lavender ceanothus blooms- sometimes called California lilac–a fragrant reminder of life’s vigor and beauty that must be celebrated! \nSusan \nJoin me and a cast of poets\, musicians\, storytellers in a spirited Earth Day Cabaret!\nSaturday\, 20 April 2024\, 2 PM to 3:30 PM at Beyond Baroque: 681 Venice Blvd\, Venice\, CA 90291 \nFree! Easy Parking! Refreshments! \nRESERVE NOW! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/earth-day-cabaret-tickets-881067234817 \nIn person and live streamed on the Beyond Baroque YouTube channel.
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/earth-day-cabaret-saturday-april-20-2024/
LOCATION:Beyond Baroque Literary Center\, 681 Venice Blvd\, Venice\, CA\, 90401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240526T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240526T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T010604
CREATED:20240523T045300Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250604T174716Z
UID:9717-1716735600-1716746400@susansuntree.com
SUMMARY:Reading from Sacred Sites at Village of Povungna!
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, Join us me at one of Southern California’s most important Native American sacred sites and the location of the large\, ancient village of Povungna. All are welcome at this very special event where I have been invited to read about Povungna from Sacred Sites: The Secret History of Southern California.  \nSit with us in the ceremonial circle under the oaks at this rare event!  \nFor millennia\, Povungna has played a central role in Southern California Native cultural practices. \nL \nLocation: Park in Lot G2\, off Bellflower Blvd\, (search: California State University\, Long Beach; turn left into the campus\, left at the first street\, left into the lot; park in the back section.) \nBring a sweater. Free parking. Bring your words and songs to share! \nI will have books available to sign. The Sacred Sites audiobook\, a national award finalist\, featuring Native American actor Kalani Queypo\, Peter Coyote\, myself and flute by Ernest Siva\, is available on Spotify and at libraries! \nMay our hearts be kind\, brave\, and peaceful\, Susan
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/reading-from-sacred-sites-at-village-of-povungna/
LOCATION:CA
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250427T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T010604
CREATED:20250423T001812Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250604T174832Z
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SUMMARY:EARTH DAY EVERYDAY CABARET
DESCRIPTION:Earth Day Cabaret—because a good planet is hard to find. Sunday\, April 27 at 2:00 PM PST. Donation: $10. Hope to see you there! \nEARTH DAY EVERYDAY CABARET
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/earth-day-everyday-cabaret/
LOCATION:Beyond Baroque Literary Center\, 681 Venice Blvd\, Venice\, CA\, 90401\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250530T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250530T220000
DTSTAMP:20260404T010604
CREATED:20250604T193716Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250604T193716Z
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SUMMARY:Speakeasy @ Bodevi
DESCRIPTION:Dear Friends\, Coming right up! I’m joining the line up at the LA Poets’ Society Speakeasy\, Friday\, May 30\, 7 PM\, Espresso Bar\, 909 San Fernando Rd.\, to raise a ruckus with words and harmonica about the war machine’s deathly grip and the earth’s irrepressible beauties. Join us!\nLove=Peace\,\nSusan \n 
URL:https://susansuntree.com/event/speakeasy-bodevi/
LOCATION:Bodevi Wine & Espresso Bar\, 909 San Fernando Rd\,\, San Fernando\, CA\, 91340\, United States
CATEGORIES:Poetry Reading
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