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The Poetry Extravaganza: Last Hurrah Before Summer Break
June 6 @ 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Join us on Tuesday, June 6th from 6:00-8:30 pm for an evening of poetry, humor, and revelry.
Two open-mic sessions sandwich our Feature poet Wayne-Daniel Berard.
Sign up for the open-mic at jfjr6969@gmail,com . Five-minute maximum, please.
Sign up for the open-mic at jfjr6969@gmail,com . Five-minute maximum, please.
Free admission. Separate area for our event. On-the-street parking or check redemptionrock.beer for other parking options.
Redemption Rock Brewery (RRB) serves craft beers, coffees, teas, and delicious snacks. You can bring your own food but outside beverages are not allowed.
The Poetry Extravaganza is sponsored by Lewandowski Painting.
Join the fun on June 6th, our last Extravaganza before we take a break in July and August then return September 5th!
Wayne-Daniel Berard, PhD, is an educator, poet, writer, shaman, sage, and Gryffindor. An adoptee and former Franciscan seminarian, his adoption search led to the discovery and embrace of his Jewishness. Wayne-Daniel is a Peace Chaplain, an interfaith clergy person, and former college chaplain. His latest books of poetry include the full-length Art of Enlightenment and a chapbook Little Ghosts on Castle Floors, poems informed by the Potterverse, both with Kelsay Books, and a chapbook How Air Is with Alien Buddha Press. His hybrid memoir, “The Last Essene,” will be published in Fall of 2023 by Unsolicited Press. He is the co-founder of Soul-Lit, an online journal of spiritual poetry (www.soul-lit.com) and of a monthly live poetry event, Pour Me A Poem. Wayne-Daniel lives in Mansfield, MA with his wife, The Lovely Christine, and their two cats, Harry and Albus.