2013 EVENTS

 
2013 SUMMER EVENTS  AT THE POETRY PLAYHOUSE
 Old Town Albuquerque.

 

Tues JUNE 4— Karla Linn Merrifield visiting poet from  upstate New York leads her  FUN WITH FORMS WORKSHOP. 6:30—8:30 pm intro short reading, Mercury Heartlink Press. $10. Register in advance with paypal (see FB event page) or at the door. Limit 15 students. If you are in for sure, please email me and I will reserve your spot also. (julesnyquist@yahoo.com)

 

Wed JUNE 12 - 7 - 10 pm Poetry Playhouse hosts a dessert open house for the National Federation Poetry Society annual convention. ALL ARE WELCOME!  Please stop by to meet poets nationwide, you do not have to be registered for the convention to attend. Go to www.nmsps.org for more info.

 

Tues JUNE 18—Don Paul visiting poet from New Orleans will perform his work. Free. Short open mic.  6:30 pm.

 

Tue JULY 16—Kevin Zepper visiting poet from Minnesota will perform his work. Free. Short open mic.  6:30 pm.

Mark your calendars for a warm Albuquerque welcome to our visiting poets!
 

Thursday, April 18th, 4 pm - I'll be reading in Rochester, NY at the Shop One2 gallery with John Roche. If you know anyone in the upstate NY area, pass the word! https://www.facebook.com/events/139055876265996/

MAY

May 6 - Jules will be one of the FEATURED POETS at East of Edith at the Projects - 3614 High Street NE, Albuquerque. 7 pm start, sign up for open mic about 6:30 pm. I have a new manuscript I'm working on, come and hear my new work and sign up to share your poems.

SW Book Fest - May 10-12, 2013 - ABQ Convention Center SE Hall
plus free Food as Metaphor mini-workshop at the convention

I will be at booth #531 on Saturday May 11 from 1:30 - 5 pm AND Sunday May 12 from 9 am - 1 pm along with Beatlick Press' Pamela Adams Hirst (on Saturday)- stop by to say hi! My book, Appetites as well as other Beatlick titles and fellow NM poets from the NM Poetry Society will be featured. Come browse book tables from your favorite NM presses. I will also be doing a Food as Metaphor 45 minute FREE WORKSHOP from Noon to 1 pm on Saturday May 11. Would love to have you join me for some writing exercises and ideas.
Also on SUNDAY the Poets Laureate will be reading at 1 pm:
Jon Davis, currrent Santa Fe Poet Laureate, Hakim Bellamy, current Albuquerque poet laureate, Joan Logghe, and Valerie Martinez. Their book signing follows at 2 pm at the Book Works table.

More info:
http://swbookfiesta.com/
http://swbookfiesta.com/authors/JulesNyquist.html
There is a $10 charge for each day of this event, $8 in advance.
Workshop info - I'm in the Gallisteo Room Sat at noon- no pre-reg necessary, this workshop is free after you get into the bookfest:
http://swbookfiesta.com/

Saturday May 18th - 6 pm at THE PLAYHOUSE - VISITING LOS ANGELES Poet/Playwright - MICHAEL C. FORD will present a two character, one act, barstool play, 'Bad Night at the Bomb Shelter Bar & Grill." Those of you who were present for Michael's visit last fall at the Playhouse where we did a ten-minute reading will want to be sure to come again! This one is not to be missed. 6 pm refreshments/welcome, 7 pm play performance (about 10 minutes) followed by discussion. In the land of atomic energy, bombs, military bases, nuclear waste sites - what a more appropriate location to premeire Michael C. Ford's one-act play. Wine and beer provided as well as non-alcoholic refreshments plus popcorn and other snacks. Two as-yet unnamed poets will be reading the parts. Held at Jules' Poetry Playhouse (her house) at 1814 Old Town Road NW, Old Town Albuquerque (corner of 19th).
Related event: Michael C. Ford is one of the featured poets at East of Edith on Monday, May 13th, 7 pm.

JUNE

Tuesday June 4 - 6:30 - 8:30 pm at the POETRY PLAYHOUSE - GUEST POET WORKSHOP
GUEST POET - Karla Linn Merrified - from Rochester, New York
mini-workshop: FUN with FORMS + create YOUR OWN FORM!
More info on Karla: http://karlalinn.blogspot.com/
Karla's book info: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2993067.Karla_Linn_Merrifield

Related event: Karla Linn Merrifield will be a featured poet at East of Edith on Monday, June 3rd, 7 pm with her new book of poems, Lithic Scatter published by New Mexico's own Mercury Heartlink Press.

After a brief look a familiar poetic forms (sonnet, villanelle, haiku), Karla will lead us in exploring some newer poetry forms emerging: scherzo, cameo, skink. Join us for a writing workshop where you will see examples of these new forms, how they are coming about and emerging, and a chance to create your own forms. Bring paper and pen and be prepared to play with poetry forms! Handouts provided.

Cost: $10 Early registration - please RSVP now by responding to this email so Karla can know how many students to expect. You are also welcome to show up 'at the door' that evening. Limit 15 students. I will have paypal info here shortly as well for pre-registration. Watch for details, or respond to this email if you want to be on the attendance list.
Where: Jules' Poetry Playhouse - 1814 Old Town Road NW, ABQ (Jules' House)
Some refreshments provided.
Karla is also assistant editor and poetry book reviewer for The Centrifugal Eye www.centrifugaleye.com

NMSPS POETRY CONVENTION UPDATES
On WED June 12, 6 - 9 pm I will be hosting the "early bards open house" with dessert, wine and cheese (sponsored by Page One Books), coffee and tea. PLEASE STOP BY THE POETRY PLAYHOUSE (MY HOUSE) for the open house whether you are an NMSPS member or not and show the NMSPS visitors from all over the country a warm welcome! All are welcome. 1814 Old Town Road NW (corner of 19th). A fun chance to socialize and meet new poets! ALL ARE WELCOME!

MORE INFO on NMSPS and the Convention to register, join, etc:
http://www.nmpoetry.com/convention-nfsps.shtml



June 13 - 18, 2013 - National Federation of State Poetry Societies ANNUAL CONVENTION is in Albuquerque. I encourage you to stop by Fri eve, Saturday and Sunday to participate locally: speakers, awards, open readings, bookstore, music by our fellow poets. Held at the Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town - just two blocks from my Poetry Playhouse. I am registered for the convention and I encourage you to register early, and become a member if you are not already. Plus, if you come to convention, Georgia Santa-Maria and Merimee Moffitt are doing "Haiku in the Garden" at the BioPark Sunday morning.

Saturday, April 6 - 3 to 5 pm - I'll be at the Page One book fair. Stop by to say hi or buy books.  At Page One Books, 11018 Montgomery Blvd, in the NE Heights. An INDEPENDENT bookstore - come out to support.

Thursday, April 18th, 4 pm - I'll be reading in Rochester, NY at the Shop One2 gallery with John Roche. If you know anyone in the upstate NY area, pass the word!  https://www.facebook.com/events/139055876265996/ 

 

Poet and RIT English Professor John Roche will read from "Road Ghosts" (theenk Books, 2011) and "The Joe Poems: The Continuing Saga of Joe the Poet" (Foothills Publishing, 2012). Visiting poet Jules Nyquist, from Albuquerque, NM will read from "Appetites" (poems on food, drink and sex, plus recipes and photographs) (Beatlick Press, 2012).

Books will be for sale. Come enjoy poetry at RIT's Global Village Shop One 2 (squared) and maybe pick out a poetry gift for a friend or yourself. 
Thursday, April 18, 2013 - 4 pm
Free


SW Book Fest - May 10-12, 2013 - Albuquerque  Convention Center SE Hall
Saturday May 11 -
I will be at booth #531 on Saturday from 1:30 - 5 pm along with Beatlick Press' Pamela Adams Hirst - stop by to say hi!  My book, Appetites as well as other Beatlick titles and fellow NM poets from the NM Poetry Society will be featured. Come browse book tables from your favorite NM presses.   I will also be doing a Food as Metaphor 45 minute FREE WORKSHOP from Noon to 1 pm on Saturday.  Would love to have you join me  for some writing exercises and ideas.
 More info:
 http://swbookfiesta.com/publishers.html
http://swbookfiesta.com/about.html
 

June 13 - 18, 2013 - National Federation of State Poetry Societies ANNUAL CONVENTION is in Albuquerque.   I encourage you to stop by  Fri eve, Saturday and Sunday to participate locally: speakers, awards, open readings, bookstore, music by our fellow poets.  Held at the Hotel Albuquerque in Old Town - just two blocks from my Poetry Playhouse.  I am registered for the convention and I encourage you to register early, and become a member if you are not already.  Plus, if you come to convention, Georgia Santa-Maria and Merimee Moffitt are doing "Haiku in the Garden" at the BioPark Sunday morning.

On WED  June 12, 6 - 9 pm I will be hosting the "early bards open house" with dessert, coffee and tea.  PLEASE STOP BY THE POETRY PLAYHOUSE (MY HOUSE) for the open house whether you are an NMSPS member or not and show the NMSPS visitors from all over the country a warm welcome!  All are welcome.  1814 Old Town Road NW (corner of 19th).  A fun chance to socialize and meet new poets!

MORE INFO on NMSPS and the Convention to register, join, etc: http://www.nmpoetry.com/convention-nfsps.shtml

Tues June 18- the POETRY PLAYHOUSE welcomes visiting New Orleans poet Don Paul. 6:30 pm

Tues July 16 the POETRY PLAYHOUSE will welcome visiting Minnesota poet Kevin Zepper. 6:30 pm

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MONDAY - FEB 25, 2013 - WHAT WOULD WALT WHITMAN DO?  CONVERSATIONS WITH BRUCE NOLL AND JOHN ROCHE - ALBUQUERQUE, NM - JULES' POETRY PLAYHOUSE - MODERATED BY JULES NYQUIST  Monday - Feb 25, 2013 - 6:30 pm 

Poet Bruce Noll will be reciting and interpreting revolutionary poet Walt Whitman live for us at the Playhouse. Bruce, recently retired from the University of New Mexico, still teaches a poetry class in the Honor's Program. For 43 years he has performed "Pure Grass . . . an experience with Leaves of Grass" across the U.S. and abroad. Come hear him give excerpts from his program and talk about his years of presenting Whitman.  Poet John Roche, associate professor at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York will also join the discussion and share a few Whitman poems. John did his dissertation at the University of Buffalo on Walt Whitman and Frank Lloyd Wright.
Books will be for sale from both authors following the conversation.
Bruce Noll will be performing "Pure Grass" in its entirety this spring - watch for details.
Here is a little something from the Icelandic review on Bruce Noll's "Pure Grass"
http://www.unm.edu/~banoll/ice_review.htm
and an essay on John Roche's "Walt in Cyberspace"
http://micklestreet.rutgers.edu/archives/Issue%201718/pages/Scholarship/Roche.htm

Conversations with Walt Whitman with Bruce Noll and John Roche
Moderated by Jules Nyquist
The Poetry Playhouse
6:30 pm - Monday, February 25, 2013

Sunday, October 7th, 2012- 6pm VISITING MINNESOTA POET RICH BRODERICK will be at the Poetry Playhouse.

Join Jules with a craft and poetry talk with MN writer Rich Broderick! Rich graciously supported Jules during her Appetites book tour in MN this July, let's welcome Rich to the Playhouse for an hour of conversation led by Jules, plus your questions. We will talk about poetry, writing, MN, NM and anything else we wind up with....Rich is no stranger to NM! He used to live in the Cedar Crest area back in the day and will share some stories

 

BEMIDJI, MN BOOK TOUR AND CLASSES

Sunday, July 8th, 2012 - JULES NYQUIST and JOHN ROCHE will each teach a 2 hour writing class at the Bemidji Masonic Lodge and Wild Rose Theater, followed by a reading at 7 pm  joined by curator/poet ERIN MARSH.  The Lodge is at 501 Bemidji Avenue North, Bemidji, MN 56601.  

CLASS INFO:  12 - 2 pm - Jules teaches THE LONESOME SESTINA WORKSHOP (referercing her new book Appetites which contains several sestinas, as well as books and examples from other poets) and from 3-5 pm John Roche teaches WRITING ONE'S ROAD workshop which references John's book Road Ghosts as well as other writings.  Classes are $25 each or take BOTH for $45.  For registration info, please email Jules Nyquist at julesnyquist@yahoo.com and she will forward your response for registration.

 

MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL, MN BOOK TOUR 2012

Tuesday, July 10th - JULES NYQUIST and JOHN ROCHE will be guests on KFAI's WRITE ON RADIO, 7 pm central time. Listen live or on-line, also archived for two weeks on line.  90.3 FM Minneapolis, 106.7 FM St. Paul, www.kfai.org

Wednesday, July 11th - ST PAUL BLACK DOG COFFEE & WINE BAR reading - 308 Prince Street, St. Paul, MN  7:30 pm

  Jules reads from APPETITES along with John Roche reading from ROAD GHOSTS

Thursday, July 12th - EXCLUSIVE MINNEAPOLIS HOMECOMING READING AT MAGERS & QUINN BOOKSELLERS

7:30 pm.

3038 Hennepin Ave S, Minneapolis
 

JULES READS FROM APPETITES with special friends:  John Roche from upstate New York reading from ROAD GHOSTS and Freya Manfred a longtime Midwesterner reading from The Blue Dress.  Books for sale.

http://magersandquinn.com/

 

Saturday, July 14th - "Food as Metaphor" writing workshop at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, Chaska

see: http://www.arboretum.umn.edu/literature_writing.aspx   to register  READING FOLLOWS - reading is open to the public

Food As Metaphor: A Writing Workshop (100-07-14-12)
Saturday, July 14, 10 a.m.-Noon
$38 member/$49 non-member, Limit 35, Learning Center

Thursday, April 26 Jules features with Bruce Noll at the Fixed and Free Reading. The Source, 3538 Anderson Ave SE, Albuquerque, NM. 6:45 pm. Open mic follows.

 

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 APPETITES BOOK RELEASE SOIREE - ALBUQUERQUE, NM

Sunday, June 3rd - 3 pm at the Projects - 3614 High Street NE (East of Edith, North of Candelaria) Albuquerque

A special book release soiree! Jules will be reading - photo gallery - viola music by Alicia Ultan

Sample FOOD from recipes in the book:  summer corn chowder, rice pudding, key lime pie, pecan pie, fudge, biscochitos and more!

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Thursday, April 12, 2012 Rochester, NY, 8 pm at the Flying Squirrel, 285 Clarissa Street, Rochester, NY.  "Bennington Girls" reading with Jules Nyquist and Claudia Stanek. Open mic follows.

 

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Wednesday, February 22, Santa Fe, NM  6-8 pm

Featuring New Mexico poets:

Tom Jones
Jules Nyquist
Michael G. Smith
Mary Strong Jackson

Followed by public open mic (one poem limit)

Featured in “Liberty’s Vigil, the Occupy Anthology: 99 poets among the 99%”
Poetry reading and OPEN MIC: passionate, public, political!
Books for sale

Lucky Bean Downtown Café
in the Sanbusco Shopping Center
500 Montezuma Ave, Suite 108
Downtown Santa Fe, NM
http://www.luckybeandowntowncafe.com/

Ninety-nine poets from 22 states and 6 countries speak out on behalf of the 99%, encouraging their fellow citizens to join in the effort to end corporate excess and income inequality, and win back the middle-class from corporate titans and their political puppets.

Order your book copy of Liberty’s Vigil here: http://www.foothillspublishing.com/2012/id44.ht

 

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East of Edith featured poet, at the Projects, Albuquerque, NM, October 31, 2011.

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Tuesday, October 11 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
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Location
Page One Books
11018 Montgomery NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111
... Albuquerque, NM
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The evening will consist of an open mic and a featured reader. Open to all poets. Each open mic participant will have up to 5 minutes of time to read their poems. The feature will be 15-20 minutes. Sign up at 6:45 for the open mic. Sponsored by Adobe Walls http://www.kpgurney.me/AdobeWalls/Home.html Thanks to Kenneth Gurney for curating this new poetry reading series and for Page One Books for hosting.


Jules Nyquist will be reading from her latest chapbook “Appetites: poems on food, drink and sex” plus new poetry. Alicia Ultan may join her on viola for a couple of performance pieces and there will be a NEW mini-chapbook for sale.

Here are what fellow poets have to say about “Appetites”

“APPETITES was a treat, I loved the way it was put together-- quotes, recipes, prose, and the occasional insidious subtext” - Mitch Rayes

"Maturity and depth without pretension, Appetites explores and exposes the hunger that drives us, that gets us into trouble and that leaves us lingering on the lips of our humanity."
—Stewart S. Warren, The Song of It: a travelogue of Norteño

Jules looks forward to sharing her poems with YOUR poems (or come to listen) for an evening of experiencing that hunger that drives us to become writers and share our voice with the world.

More on the Adobe Walls reading series: http://www.kpgurney.me/AdobeWalls/Open_Mic.html

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The Encyclopedia Show
Topic: {{{THE FUTURE}}}
Friday, August 5 @ 8pm
$5
The Filling Station
1024 4th Street SW - Albuquerque


Another great night of spoken word, music, theatre and MORE!
The topic: THE FUTURE!

THE PERFORMERS:

Photo:   Poet Jules Nyquist with violinst Alicia Ultan (and the fact-checking nurse)

Bill Nevins
Rich Boucher
Karen Fox
Vivian Nesbitt
Eric Bodwell
Marya Errin Jones
Don McIver
Brian Herrera
Jules Nyquist with Alicia Ultan
& more.

BRING CASH for Booze by Tractor Brewery!


http://www.encyclopediasho​w.com/EncyclopediaShow/Hom​e.html

Two Chairs Telling : Judith Heineman, Jules Nyquist

 

Two Chairs Telling @ Open Eye for May brings travelers from near and far to journey from the Mississippi to the Rio Grande and from the Hudson with many detours along the way with poems and stories. Judith Heineman, the semi-nomadic founder of the Chicago Storytelling Guild and producer of New York’s Mohegan Storytelling Festival, joins Jules Nyquist, formerly of Minneapolis and now resident of Albuquerque, New Mexico who returns for a visit.

COMPANION PRICING!!
$10 for the first ticket
$5 for the second ticket