From the Skazat! blog:

The Skazat Poetry Series at Sweetwaters is a free monthly reading of work by poets from the Ann Arbor area and beyond.

Hosted by Sweetwaters Coffee & Tea in downtown Ann Arbor, each NMP event showcases an open mic segment, followed by a featured reader.

Join us from 7:00 – 8:30 p.m. on the 3rd Monday of each month, to hear (or be) some of the finest regional voices speaking today.

Location: Sweetwaters, 123 W Washington St., Ann Arbor, MI

Please direct any questions about the reading series to us @ skazatpoetry@gmail.com

Visit the Skazat! blog for more information that gets updated monthly: http://skazatpoetry.wordpress.com

(Note: Skazat! was formerly “New Millennium Poetry”)

Check out the menu below, peruse some delightful comments from those who attended, and enjoy these snapshots!

“Wonderful, interesting evening. Very enjoyable! Had a wonderful time and I can’t wait for the next one!”  - James

“I like the variety of flavors: floral, earthy, spicy. That made it very exciting.”  – Lara

“I liked that there was a broad variety of types of tea and that I got to learn a lot about the different types of tea. I loved it! I’ll be back!”  – Sarah

“Best pairing: Dragon Pearl Jasmine with almond croissant. By the way, love the dragon cake! Delicious.”  – Michael

When: Tuesday, February 28th @7:30pm

Location: Sweetwaters Downtown (corner of Washington & Ashley St.)

We put our tea taste buds to the test to create a great event for you! We’ve brought together our Premium Teas and our locally made desserts & pastries for a wonderful pairing experience. Sign up for this deliciously informative event – it’s the tastiest way to relax and feed your brain at the end of a hard day.

For $15 (+ tax) per person, we’ll offer you a first-class experience:

• Five Premium Teas (our exceptional full leaf teas from around the globe)
• Each tea paired with locally made dessert or pastry
• Great staff to serve you, inform you, and make sure you have a tea-rrific time!
• Special treat for attendees…

Shoot us an email (info@sweetwaterscafe.com) to reserve your spot – please include your contact information. Space is limited, so reserve your seat quickly!

Place: Sweetwaters Downtown, corner of W. Washington St. & Ashley

Date: Monday, November 21, 2011

Time: 7-8:30 pm

Featured readers are Laszlo Slomovits & Jennifer Burd.

Laszlo Slomovits is one of the twin brothers in Ann Arbor’s children’s music duo, Gemini. In addition to his music for children, he has set to music and recorded five CDs of the poetry of the ancient Sufi mystics, Rumi and Hafiz — http://poetryintosong.com.

Jennifer Burd has had poetry published in numerous journals, and her first full-length book of poems, Body and Echo, was published by PlainView Press in 2010. Laszlo and Jennifer have given a number of joint readings that feature both their solo work — Laszlo singing Rumi and Hafiz poems, Jennifer reading her poems accompanied by guitar improvisations — as well as poems they’ve written together, some of which Laszlo has set to music.

Open mic is first, followed by the featured readers. New Millennium is every third Monday of the month.

http://newmillenniumpoetry.wordpress.com/

Event: New Millennium Poetry at Sweetwaters

Place: Sweetwaters Downtown, corner of W. Washington St. & Ashley

Date: Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Time: 7-8:30 pm

May brings us fresh flowers, fresh wind & weather, and two fresh new voices from the west side of the state– Jordan Rickard and Paloma Clohossey are our features this month. They have been studying with Diane Seuss, our fabulous feature from back in December, in Kalamazoo College’s Creative Writing Program and will be graduating in June. They share a talent for musical language, striking images, and their work, in radically different ways, explores the relationship between people and places, at home and abroad. Jordan was raised in Wichita, KS and his most recent series of poems tries to capture the effect of the American cowboy on modern society. Paloma lived in Kenya and brings us poems about her experience of African life.

Open mic is first come first serve, so come a little early to guarantee a spot. We look forward to seeing you on the 17th!

Please call 734-994-6663 or email newmillenniumpoetry@gmail.com if you have any questions.

RSVP to our Facebook event!

Jonathan B. Wright is a true Ann Arborite. Wright is probably best known for being a fairyologist and his study of the urban-fairy fairy doors. Before that (and still), Jonathan has worked as an illustrator and designer of products for children.

Jonathan received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Michigan. He went on to design window displays at Middle Earth in Ann Arbor. Wright worked for 11 years at Colorbök designing and illustrating products and eventually started a new company, Giddy Up, where he continued that career.

Whenever he can, he will sketch to record ideas and events. Wright claims to have a poor memory, and the working part is a visual memory.

Jonathan says, “I do not consider myself an ‘Artist’. I tend to label myself an “illustrator”. More broadly I am a “maker”. Considering my surname, that seems appropriate. A Wheelwright makes wheels, a cartwright makes carts, a shipwright builds ships, a playwright creates plays…and so on. Originally Wright was more specific to woodwork. I make stuff.”

Jonathan B. Wright’s works will be on display during the month of May.  Don’t miss his wonderfully detailed and often witty drawings.

Date: May 2 – May 31, 2011.
Place: Sweetwaters Downtown (123 W. Washington St., Ann Arbor)

Jonathan’s post cards, greeting cards, and posters are also available for purchase at Sweetwaters Downtown.

For more information on Jonathan: http://urban-fairies.com/

More on Myra!
Website: http://myraklarman.com/
Blog: http://relish.myraklarman.com/
Facebook fan page: http://www.facebook.com/MyraKlarmanPhotography

Place: Sweetwaters Downtown, corner of W. Washington St. & Ashley

Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Time: 7-8:30 pm

Our featured reader for March is Josie Kearns. Josie has published a number of books, including New Numbers, The Theory of Everything, and Alphabet of the Ocean. Her work has been anthologized in Are You Experienced?  Boomer Girls, and Sweeping Beauty, and in Contemporary Michigan Poetry, Songs From Unsung Worlds, Passages North Anthology and others. Her poetry has been published in The Iowa Review, The Georgia Review, Passages North and others and her work, New Numbers, won the first MacLeod Grobe Prize given by Poetry Northwest. A teacher at U-M, she has won three Hopwood Awards, including a Major Award, and four Creative Artist Grants from the Michigan Council for the Arts, now ArtServe.

Open mic will follow the feature. New Millennium Poetry Readings are held on the third Tuesday of each month.

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Please call 734-994-6663 or email newmillenniumpoetry@gmail.com if you have any questions.

http://newmillenniumpoetry.wordpress.com/

Place: Sweetwaters Downtown, corner of W. Washington St. & Ashley

Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2010

Time: 7-8:30 pm

Francine J. Harris is a Cave Canem fellow and has work appearing in Rattle, Callaloo, Ninth Letter, Ploughshares, Indiana Review and in an anthology by the AIDS Project of Los Angeles: To be left with the body. She has participated in the Callaloo workshop, been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and is the author of a recent chapbook, Between Old Trees. She is pursuing an MFA in Poetry at the University of Michigan.

Open mic will follow the feature. New Millennium Poetry Readings are held on the third Tuesday of each month. Bring your friends, bring your poems, bring your ears!

Please call 734-994-6663 or email newmillenniumpoetry@gmail.com if you have any questions.

http://newmillenniumpoetry.wordpress.com/

Event: New Millennium Poetry at Sweetwaters

Place: Sweetwaters Downtown, corner of W. Washington St. & Ashley

Date: Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Time: 7-8:30 pm

Open mic followed by featured reader. This month’s feature is Dianne Seuss. Diane Seuss’s most recent collection of poems, Wolf Lake, White Gown Blown Open, won the 2009 Juniper Prize for Poetry and was published in April 2010 by the University of Massachusetts Press. Recent work has appeared in The Georgia Review, Poetry, New Orleans Review and Hanging Loose. Seuss is Writer in Residence at Kalamazoo College.

Please call 734-994-6663 or email newmillenniumpoetry@gmail.com if you have any questions.

Sweetwaters hosts New Millenium Poetry Reading on the third Tuesday of every month.