tues jan 19-RUTA MAYA OPEN MIKE 3601 south congress from 6-9pm
wed jan 20-AUSTINTRADITIONALMUSICFESTIVALREHEARSAL-for sat 23 @NOON!
th jan 21-THIRSTY THURSDAY 120 Frog Pond Lane 7-9pm Host=NANCY FIERSTIEN
fri jan 22-LA TAZZA FRESCA 37th/Guadalupe 7-9 Host=KATHLEEN ROMANA
SAT JAN 23-noon@DOHERTY ARTS CENTER Thom&Bucolics Anonymous! ATMFestival!
sun jan 24-2pm CAFE CAFFEINE 909 west mary Million Musicians March 4pm-
BORDERLANDS@barnes&noble features APS anthology 
7pm-SPOKEN&HEARD@kick butt 5775 west airport 
mon jan 25-SKYLER KANEGI features@THE HIDEOUT 617 congress 6-19pm
tues jan 26-ruta maya open mike 6-9pm 3601 south congress 

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HIDEOUT FEATURES JAN/FEB
Jan 25-SKYLER KANEGI
Feb 1-RICARDO ACEVEDO and friends
Feb 8-POEMS ON THE SPOT by ED SEYMOUR
Feb 15-JUSTIN WADE THOMPSON
Feb 22-J R RYAN and friends
March 1-ANNIE LanGANGA 

LOVE POEMS ONLY!@Expressions 2010
Features the romantic music of CHRIS VAN LOAN
Poetry by DAVE THORNBERRY
KATHLEEN ROMANA
DARLA McBRYDE
DILLON McKINSEY
Element 615
followed by round robin readings of all present
ADMISSION-Bring a dish for the POT LUCK/cans for poets pantry
Austin Bahai Center 2215 E.M Franklin Ave 9268880
Doors open 6pm-showtime 7pm ALL AGES READING

VINNYS ITALIAN CAFE 1003 Barton Springs
FIRST Wednesdays celebrates LILI's BIRTHDAY!
with DANA McBRIDE and special birthgday ge=uests
Eat @6pm-muisc and poetry from 7-9pm
WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 3

NEW VENUES!
CAFE CAFFEINE THURSDAY 7-9pm
Hosted by EDGAR PACE
909 west mary 4479473 EVERY thursday 

2nd /4th WEDNESDAYS  JAVA GARDEN
4410 East Riverside from 6-8pm
Hosted by LEE LETEFF
POETRY ONLY! Round Robin format
Chinese Buffet $5.95

1st and 3rd Fridays NEW GRIOT SOUL
1401 B Cedar -Capoeria 7pm
Poetry 8.30/Music follows till late
VARIOUS HOSTS

OPEN SECRET @Kick Butt in the TRIANGLE
Monthly reading hosted by JOHN HAWK
4600 Guadalupe from 7-10pm
Friendly round robin open mike 
Next one MONDAY FEBRUARY 15.

EVERY FRIDAY -JPs JAVA  2803 san jacinto from 8-10pm
Hosted by BEAR  4093926063
Round robin circle format

Friends of Austin Poetry,

Friends of poetry,

Prior announcements notwithstanding, we've had to change the time and
place of the next Austin Poetry Society meeting.

We'll meet the 2nd Saturday from now, Saturday January 23, from
1:30-3:30 p.m., in the Austin History Center, 9th and Congress (beside
the downtown library). This meeting is special, because we have Bryce
Milligan of Wings Press (http://www.wingspress.com/) and Dorothy Ellis
Barnett of the ACC Creative Writing Program to talk about "Poetry in
Composition: The Art of the Chapbook."

In the next few days, I'm trying to piece together the Austin Poetry Society
Museletter. If you have any news about poetry (events, achievements,
acceptances or publications, projects, etc.), please send it to me now
(in writing -- my head doesn't work on phones).

Copies of the APS 60th anniversary anthology, Reflections, will be
available at the meeting. If you want a copy, the Board decided to
give one for each $10 contributed to replenish the APS publications fund.

If you've been putting off joining APS, now's a great time. You'll get
the Yearbook which includes a list of the Annual Awards Contests which
will be accepting entries from members beginning in February. See the
list and entry guidelines on our website:

http://www.austinpoetrysociety.org/

(Use the navigation bar at the bottom to go to "Contests." To join, go
to the same  website, scroll to the bottom and choose "Join Us.") I'll
attach a copy of the application form for your convenience.

Elzy Cogswell
Austin Poetry Society
P.O.Box 684672
Austin, TX 78768
poetryplease@mail.utexas.edu

In the fall, three poetry books were published by Susan Bright's Plain View
Press: _Black Irish_ by Michele Madigan Somerville; _Questions of
Fire_ by Gregg Mosson; and _The Guilt Gene_ by Diana M. Raab. You know
you're going to buy poetry books. Why not support a really good local
publisher? http://www.plainviewpress.net/

January 14, Thursday, 7:00 p.m. BookWoman Open Mic starts off 2010 featuring
Ashley Williams, Quiet Storm poet and member of the APS Board of Directors.
Hosted by Deb Akers.  All welcome! Open mic poets are invited to read
poems by their favorite poets, as well as their own work. BookWoman,
5501 N. Lamar, Ste. 105-A, 472-2785. www.ebookwoman.com

January 24, Sunday, 4:00 p.m. APS poets in the 60th anniversary anthology are
featured in the Borderlands/Barnes and Noble series, 5601 Brodie Lane, with
Katherine Durham Oldmixon as host and Deb Akers as organizer. Presently signed
up to read are Deb Akers, Mary Ellen Branan, Elzy Cogswell, Ralph Hausser, and
Katherine Oldmixon. If you're in the Anthology, please e-mail Ralph Hausser
(r_hausser@hotmail.com) and me (poetryplease@mail.utexas.edu) and let us know
you can read that day. Thanks to Deb for a special series which has
been a glorious success.

January 28th, Thursday, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Again, poets in the 60th anniversary
anthology are featured in the APS Fourth Thursday open mic, NeWorlDeli, 4101
Guadalupe. An open mic follows featured poets, so bring your poems.

January 30, Saturday, 11:00 a.m. Bring seven copies of your poems to discuss
with the APS Critique Group, hosted by Beth Kropf, upstairs dining area of
Central Market. Her nudge: write a poem on looking at something from different
points of view.

Join the Austin Poetry Society group on Facebook. Go to www.facebook.com. From
the row of icons at the bottom left of the homepage, select the "groups" icon.
In the upper right corner, enter a search for Austin Poetry Society. Open to
all.

Currently, there's a nice video available from Bill Moyers' Journal, Nov. 13,
2009, on the subject of Poetry House:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/11132009/watch3.html