 PWC
FREE FORUM
Memoirs
transform real life into the shape of a story. In this
talk, Jerry Waxler will show you the steps to transform
your own experience into a story worth reading. You’ll
learn simple techniques to help you build the framework.
From there, you will apply story principles like dramatic
tension and character arc to help you craft your own
memoir. Read
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 NHS
Human Services: Poetry and Resilience
The
NHS Youth Advisory Board (YAB) is collaborating with
MCPL Amy Small-McKinney to offer a three session poetry
forum for current and past youth involved with Family
Based Services!
More info here >> |
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 MCPL
RECEIVES GRANT
The
MCPL program is supported in part by the Pennsylvania
Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional
arts funding partnership, Pennsylvania Partners in the
Arts (PPA). State government funding for the arts depends
upon an annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania and support from the National Endowment
for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered
in this region by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural
Alliance. More
info here >> |
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 ARCADIA
BULLETIN ARTICLE
While poetry is becoming hot in popular culture, Joanne
Leva ’84 has been stoking the poetry fires for
20 years. Leva, who earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Graphic Arts, is the founder and director of the Montgomery
County Poet Laureate Program, a nonprofit organization
that promotes the arts by offering programs for local
residents. >> |
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 OUR
NEW COMMUNITY PARTNERS
The MCPL program is proud to introduce our newest community
partners - Musehouse: A Center for the Literary Arts,
NHS Human Services of Montgomery County and The
Philadelphia Writers' Conference (PWC). Learn more
about these partners, as well as their support of MCPL
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 AMBLER
LIBRARY STUDENT POETRY READING & CHECK PRESENTATION
MCPL
and PoetryWITS began a fundraising effort for The Ambler
Library as part of the 2011 Youth Poetry Contest. On
Wednesday May 25th at 7pm we celebrated the donations
as well as the 2011 Youth Poetry Contest winners with
a check presentation and a poetry reading from the winning
students.....
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 MCPL
NEWS ARTICLE
Like
a new bud joining a distinguished crop of beautiful
flowered sprigs, with the shifting spring season comes
the naming of a new Montgomery County poet laureate
during April’s National Poetry Month. This year’s
distinguished honor goes to Blue Bell resident Amy Small-McKinney....
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 JOANNE
LEVA RECEIVES HONOR
MCPL Executive Director Joanne
Leva is the recipient of the Philadelphia Writers
Conference Community Service Award, for her dedication
and tireless work on the Philly literary scene, helping
other poets and writers, and for her creation and devotion
to the Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program. This
is not an annual award -- the last time the PWC Board
felt compelled to honor someone was back in 1996...
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 MONTCO
POET'S WORDSHOP
The
Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program (MCPL) is launching
a monthly gathering, The Montco Poets' Wordshop
at
Molly Maguire's Restaurant (Lansdale PA).
This workshop-style gathering will be an opportunity
for serious writers to share and discuss their work
in a cooperative setting among peers. To get started
we're asking local poets to indicate their interest...
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 ALLENTOWN
EXAMINER Q&A WITH ELIZABETH RIVERS
With the school year under way and the heat wave winding
down, a cool poetry program heads into its third year.
In 2008 Elizabeth Rivers, then Poet Laureate of Montgomery
County, launched Poetry Writers in the Schools (PoetryWITS)
with the mission “to showcase student writing and
encourage poetry teaching.” The program has been
slowly gaining traction in Montgomery and surrounding
counties. Your local literary scene examiner sat down
with Ms. Rivers recently to catch up on the latest...
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 MCPL
RENEWS ITS COMMITMENT
WITH A NEW IDENTITY
"Renewing the Vision by Elevating the Community".
The Montgomery County Poet Laureate Program is making
some exciting new changes as we approach our 13th
year. Learn more about our new changes and goals moving
forward >>
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