PAST EVENTS |
2024 |
OCTOBER 8th, 7pm • A.P.E. Gallery
Poetry Book Launch
SLEEPING IN THE SAME WORLD
by Margaret Lloyd, accompanied by Group 18 poets
Sleeping in the Same World is Margaret Lloyd’s fifth book of poems. She will launch the book in the company of poets from Group 18—a poetry workshop in Northampton since 1985. Poets in the group (Doug Anderson, Trish Crapo, Roz Driscoll, Paul Jacobs, Henry Lyman, Missy-Marie Montgomery, Rich Michelson, Bill O'Connell, and Annie Woodhull) will each read one of their own poems, followed by Margaret reading from Sleeping in the Same World.
Margaret Lloyd was born in Liverpool, England, of Welsh parents and emigrated to a Welsh immigrant community in central New York State. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Leeds, England. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press published William Carlos Williams’s Paterson: A Critical Reappraisal. She is the author of five poetry books and is also a visual artist. Her poetry honors include a National Endowment for the Humanities grant, fellowships to Breadloaf and to Hawthornden Castle in Scotland, and a writing
residency at Yaddo. Margaret Lloyd
KEEP YOUR HEART OPEN
A Performed Stage Reading of a Musical Memoir
by Marcia Gomes
Friday, July 26; 7pm
Saturday, July 27; 3pm
Four generations of Black single mothers in one family join forces to free the youngest generation of children from a cycle of intergenerational trauma and pain. Through compelling storytelling, moving original songs, and dance, the path to healing becomes more clear, and the wisdom of the ancestors guides the way to joy. Featuring music and story by Marcia Gomes, and performances by Angélica Canlas Castro, Michelle Dowd, Evelyn Harris, Olivia Ilano Davis, Hala Lord, and Angie Shyr.
Made possible by a grant from the Scarlet Sock Theater Foundation; supported by A.P.E. and Serious Play Theatre Ensemble
A Performed Stage Reading of a Musical Memoir
by Marcia Gomes
Friday, July 26; 7pm
Saturday, July 27; 3pm
Four generations of Black single mothers in one family join forces to free the youngest generation of children from a cycle of intergenerational trauma and pain. Through compelling storytelling, moving original songs, and dance, the path to healing becomes more clear, and the wisdom of the ancestors guides the way to joy. Featuring music and story by Marcia Gomes, and performances by Angélica Canlas Castro, Michelle Dowd, Evelyn Harris, Olivia Ilano Davis, Hala Lord, and Angie Shyr.
Made possible by a grant from the Scarlet Sock Theater Foundation; supported by A.P.E. and Serious Play Theatre Ensemble
January 8-13, 2024
Chile Nunca Más:
making memory, making futures
50 years after el golpe
A residency with Javiera Benavente, Ester Orellana and collaborators
Join us for a Community Gathering with poetry, song and food
Saturday, January 13th at 4pm
This year marks 50 years since el golpe (the military coup) in Chile and the subsequent 17 years long dictatorship. This collective history was marked by widespread political repression, state terrorism, rupture, fear, silence and the detention, disappearance, torture and exile of thousands of people. It was also marked by collective resistance and resilience, dreams and visions.
During this residency, we will share and listen to personal narratives, uncover and engage with artifacts from our personal and collective archives, and make a collective arpilleras.* We will make space for this collective history, and its deeply personal impacts, so that it can be witnessed and shared by others.
We engage in the practice of making memory, so that the injustices that occurred during the dictatorship will never happen again. When we say “never again,” we mean “never again anywhere on earth.” As we remember our history of violence and resistance, we stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine and join the call for an end to the genocidal violence being waged against them now.
Para que nunca más en Chile
Para que nunca más los EEUU
Para que nunca más en Palestina
Para que nunca más en Guatemala
Para que nunca más en el Congo
Para que nunca más en todas las tierras del mundo.
*An arpillera, which means burlap in Spanish, is a brightly colored patchwork picture made predominantly by groups of women (also known as arpilleristas). The making of arpilleras became a popular form of resistance and resilience during the military dictatorship in Chile.
Chile Nunca Más:
making memory, making futures
50 years after el golpe
A residency with Javiera Benavente, Ester Orellana and collaborators
Join us for a Community Gathering with poetry, song and food
Saturday, January 13th at 4pm
This year marks 50 years since el golpe (the military coup) in Chile and the subsequent 17 years long dictatorship. This collective history was marked by widespread political repression, state terrorism, rupture, fear, silence and the detention, disappearance, torture and exile of thousands of people. It was also marked by collective resistance and resilience, dreams and visions.
During this residency, we will share and listen to personal narratives, uncover and engage with artifacts from our personal and collective archives, and make a collective arpilleras.* We will make space for this collective history, and its deeply personal impacts, so that it can be witnessed and shared by others.
We engage in the practice of making memory, so that the injustices that occurred during the dictatorship will never happen again. When we say “never again,” we mean “never again anywhere on earth.” As we remember our history of violence and resistance, we stand in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine and join the call for an end to the genocidal violence being waged against them now.
Para que nunca más en Chile
Para que nunca más los EEUU
Para que nunca más en Palestina
Para que nunca más en Guatemala
Para que nunca más en el Congo
Para que nunca más en todas las tierras del mundo.
*An arpillera, which means burlap in Spanish, is a brightly colored patchwork picture made predominantly by groups of women (also known as arpilleristas). The making of arpilleras became a popular form of resistance and resilience during the military dictatorship in Chile.