POETRY June 16th 8:00pm Furia Portena (Peruvian Restaurant) 395 Franklin Avenue Hartford, CT Angelica Altamirano, Voclist extraodinaire will be performing for friends and family Celebrate Father's Day. I will be reading some of my Father's Poetry during her set of songs of rememberance in honor of Father's Day.

POETRY!!! June 16, 5:00-6:00pm THE NEST ARTS FACTORY I will be reading my poetry along with John Georgette, and Mar Walker as part of a film installation and more events ongoing at the Nest!! 1720 Fairfield Avenue Bridgeport, CT Film events begin at 4:00pm

The Berkshire Big Band would love to see you - Masonicare of Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, Newtown, CT 7-8:30pm out door concert (6/14 rain date) Ras our season ends, as we continue to play GREAT Tunes From GREAT Bands! Wednesday, June 13 Right now, it's looking like rain but, please check into the number below before you come. By 1:00pm we should know what the RAIN DATE status should be. Please call: Susan Sinatti / recreation Dept. is - 203-364-3128 or the office main number is - 203-426-5847 See you soon! Next performance--Save the date! See you in September! Sunday, Sept 16 - Sherman Historical Society Outdoor concert (rain date, Sun. 9/23)

POETRY SALON 2012 presents Not For Poets Only! Saturday, June 9, 2:30pm-5:30pm Hosted by Victoria Muñoz This year’s Poetry Salon will be held at what may just be the coolest venue yet! The Phoenix Rising Center, A Multi Dimensional Arts Center in Northwestern Connecticut (at the old Seth Thomas Factory) Bring original writings you can share in a "Round Robin" style of reading/sharing with other writers, (Poets, story tellers, novelists). Poets will have 5 minutes, and longer pieces of work will have 10 - 15 minutes at a time. Bring some nosh to share and $5. Proceeds will go to the Phoenix and the Poetry Salon. We will continue our tradition of networking, so do bring books for the book table that you'd like to sell and or fliers of upcoming readings etc. Surprise special guest/ Raffle See you there!! www.thephoenixrisingcenter.com located at: 135 South Main Street Thomaston, CT 860- 294-1156 (Just 10 minutes north of Waterbury, CT)

June 8, 5:00pm-9:00pm Jazz Flute and Guitar performed by Victoria Munoz and Joe Kiernan Come enjoy delicious food at this wonderful little hot spot in the middle of Waterbury, CT, Brazilian fare in a great atmosphere with great service while listening to Live music. Make your reservations now! Bring a date, bring a friend, bring the family! We'll look forward to seeing you! Churrascaria Braza 92 Bank Street Waterbury, CT 06708 Tel: (203) 575-9755 Email: brazawaterbury@gmail.com

POETRY! June 6 - Calling All Poets! (and poetry lovers), Hosted by Victoria Munoz 6:30-8pm Silas Bronson Library 267 Grand Street, Waterbury, CT Our New Voices Series presents Donna Marie Merritt as she brings her poems of a Caregiver as well as selections from other award winning books for children and adults. Please join us June 6 at 6:30, in the lower Auditorium at the Silas Bronson Library. Our feature will be followed by the open mike! So, bring your poems, favorite and/or original to share for this last reading of the Spring Series till Sept when we resume.

Calling All Poets (and poetry lovers)! Hosted by Victoria Munoz Wednesday, May 2, 6:30- 7:45pm Silas Bronson Library, 267 Grand St. Waterbury, CT (downstairs auditorium) Generations Invitational Poetry Slam The battle pits the young against the, ahem, older during an evening in which words will linger in the air as the Silas Bronson Library hosts an invitational poetry slam competition. In one corner, will be the so-called OneWord CT/ CT National Youth Poetry Slam Team 2012, a group of teenage poets who participate in the art of competitive performance poetry. In the other: legacy adult slammers Elizabeth Thomas, Faith Vicinanza, Ameen-Storm Abo-Hamzy, Ernie Blue. See you there!! Open Mike if time. Next reading will be Wed. June 6, New Voices Special feature and open mike.

What's new in Flute??
Dec. 9th (time TBA)Shepaug Valley Flute Choir
will be performing at Holiday in the Depot, Washington Depot, CT
We'll be caroling through-out the town.
Dec. 10th 1-2:30 Gunn Memorial Library
Shepaug Valley Flute Choir
will be performing along with guests from the Devereux Glenholme School.
All are invited to this free recital.

The Berkshire Big Band
Dec. 13th, A Big Band Review, private function at Masonicare of Newtown.
Looking forward to Spring performances starting with the Wilton High School Jazz Symposium. Stay tuned for dates!

Though computers as simple as they'd like to think they're getting, seem to complicate the simple. Thus the lack of recent blogs here--apologies.
UPDATE:
The most recent vocal/acoustic gig, today, November 26th, was really fun at the Holiday Market in Watertown. The vendors included everything from handmade jewelry. birdbaths, to Jams, fudge and amazing pestos. There was music from 1-4, including myself,solo, Roger Easton and Illuminata (female quartet). Yes, everything but the Hot Dog Stand. It only gets better with time. Looking forward to next year!

In Poetry:
Dec. 7: Ravi Shankar will be featuring his poetry at the Silas Bronson Library 6:30 sharp. This is followed by the open mike. Hosted by Victoria Munoz. Bring your own poetry to read in the open mike. The library closes promptly at 8pm, but we will have time to meet and greet the poet, maybe even purchase a book from him.
RAVI SHANKAR- is Associate Professor and Poet-in-Residence at Central Connecticut State University and the founding editor of the international online journal of the arts, Drunken Boat. He has published a book of poems, Instrumentality (Cherry Grove), named a finalist for the 2005 Connecticut Book Awards. His creative and critical work has previously appeared in such publications as The Paris Review, Poets & Writers, Time Out New York, The Massachusetts Review, Fulcrum, McSweeney's and AWP's The Writer's Chronicle, among many others. He has taught at Queens College, University of New Haven, and Columbia University, where he received his MFA in Poetry. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR and Wesleyan Radio and read his work in many places, including the Asia Society, St. Mark's Poetry Project and the National Arts Club. He currently serves on the Advisory Council for the Connecticut Center for the Book and along with Tina Chang and Nathalie Handal, is co-editing Language for a New Century, an anthology of contemporary South Asian, East Asian Poetry, due out with W.W. Norton & Co. in Spring 2008.

Wednesday,October 5th, 2011
Calling ALL Poets (and Poetry Lovers)
Silas Bronson Library (downstairs)
267 Grand Street
Waterbury, CT
6:30-8pm

Open mike sign up 6:20

Hosted by Victoria Munoz


Joan Kunsch, featured poet
Award-winning choreographer and poet Joan Kunsch is in her 24th year on the classical ballet faculty of Connecticut's Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts, where sheis also Associate Director Emerita. Besides further projects in London (The Royal Ballet School, White Lodge and the R.A.D.), Stockholm (The Swedish Ballet School), Reykjavik (Iceland's National Ballet School), Oslo (Den NorskeBalletthoyskole & Kirkenaer Balletskolen), The Hague, Canadian cities, D.C. and 32 of the United States, she has served as Ballet Mistress to MOMIX and Ballet Mississippi. She has given teacher training, master classes and courses in university dance departments (Butler, SMU, Univ. of Utah, SUNY-Binghamton). Students she has trained or co-trained have joined over sixty dance companies. Her choreography includes works for concert stage, sacred space, television and outdoor sites. She has written for Pointe Magazine, and her poetry book "Playing With Gravity," published by Antrim House in 2007, has been followed by a poetry CD in 2011. With her sister Kathi Byam, she performs in the duo "Flute Meets Poem."

Upcoming gigs:
Saturday, Sept. 17, 11-1:00pm
River Hill Sax Quartet
Southbury Green Shopping Center
775 Main Street
(Gazebo in the Staple's plaza)
Southbury, CT.

I will be playing tenor sax with this group, during a plethora of events going on in the area, Southbury Town Wide Tag Sale, - Southbury Green Shopping Center
-South Britain-Apple Fest, Southbury Training School- Car Show and more!
So, join in the fun, but when you stop in at the Staple's Plaza be sure and stop over at the Gazebo and give us a listen and say hello!! We'll be playing selections that range from Classical to Pop, including Beethoven, The Pink Panther and the Beatles!

Saturday, Sept 24th
Solo Acoustic Guitar
(Special guest Kayte Batter)
Watertown Farmer's Market
At the Watertown Library
10:00am-12:00pm
Watertown, CT

Sunday, September 25 (rain date October 2), Berkshire Big Band - concert big band jazz & swing
3:00pm – 4:30 pm outdoor concert at Sherman Historical Society.
10 Route 37, Sherman, CT
Tickets $20 non-members, $15 members, under 16 free. Available at The Old Store, 860-350-3475