Performance Poetry at Ziggies
Hosted by local published poet Julie Cummings  This is a new event for Ziggies where we present an open mic for poetry readings The second & fourth Wednesday of the month Sign up as early as 6:00 pm Readings start at 6:15 pm No Cover Followed by the weekly Wednesday Open Jam with "The Congress" band at 8:30pm About Ms. Cummings http://poetspace.ning.com/profile/JCummings Currently residing in Aurora & Conifer, Colorado, Julie Cummings is known for her contributions to the literary world through many facets. In addition to being the standing President of Columbine Poets, Inc, which is the Colorado state poetry society affiliated with the NFSPS, Ms. Cummings also facilitates and conducts workshops on various writing topics on a regular basis. Ms. Cummings' poems have been published in three anthologies over the course of the past several years. Additionally her work is found in a local literary magazine, newspapers, as well as on the internet. Ms. Cummings began writing poetry at the age of 9. Ms. Cummings is strongly influenced by Audre Lorde, Adrienne Rich, and Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer as well as many others. In addition to being a middle school educator, Ms. Cummings also enjoys educating people about social issues through her poetry as well as through workshops. Her poems are available in postcard form as well as in a little self published book of poems in which she donates all of the proceeds to several different social awareness causes. |
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Ziggies is centrally located and very easy to find. |
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