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Traveling Gourds brings Ward & Chesonis to Western Slope
TELLURIDE – Storyteller and poet Ed Ward of Denver teams up with bookseller and poet Daiva Chesonis of Telluride to bring lyric performances to the Telluride Institute’s four-stop poetry tour of Western Colorado May 3-5.
They kick things off in Telluride at Arroyo Gallery & Wine Bar Tuesday May 3 rd at 6 p.m., move to Ridgway’s Cimarron Books at 1 p.m. on Wed. May 4 th at 1p.m. in the afternoon, hit the Montrose Regional Library at 6:30 that same evening, and wind up in Fruita at Lithic Bookstore at 7 p.m. on Thurs. May 5th.
Edwin Forrest Ward wears many hats -- husband, father, grandfather, artist (visual and performance), author (poetry, novels, short fiction, plays and historical essays), and wedding officiant. These days he writes and publishes stories. For twenty-five years he wrote and published poetry, both his own and others -- including the work of Tony Scibella, James Ryan Morris, Marilyn Megenity, Kate Makkai -- and many more in magazines that he has edited, such as Point and Passion Press.
Ward currently hosts a monthly literary evening at The Mercury Cafe in Denver entitled STORIES STORIES BRING YOUR STORIES, now in its seventh year. His work has appeared in numerous on-line, small press and main stream publications. He was a guest artist numerous times during the early years of Talking Gourds.
Daiva Chesonis is a former Baltimoron, transplanted to Colorado half her life ago to build Telluride’s gondola transportation system. Although birthing chairlifts was not part of her initial goal after a Cold War-era B.A. in Russian Studies, she quickly decided to bed down in the box canyon to see what unfolded. A quarter century later, she is the co-owner of Between the Covers Bookstore with stints in between as snowboard instructor, owner/operator of Vision Design, Art Director at Telluride Magazine, and a traveling minstrel for Mountainfilm on Tour.
In 2005, Chesonis earned an M.A. in Diplomacy and International Conflict Resolution, mostly for fun. In her spare time, this fiercely proud Lithuanian and “mother of Olivija” can be found writing poems (and that darn book on walls), putting on the Literary Arts Festival, playing tennis, and hunting mushrooms. She’s also a pro at finding herself lost in neighboring deserts.
In Telluride, following Club announcements and the featured performances, there will be a short intermission, after which the gourd will be passed around the room to give Club members and attendees a chance to read a poem or two. The theme for May is the “Green.” Bring your own work or that of a favored poet to share.
Poetry Club members meet monthly, generally on first-Tuesday evenings at6 p.m., at Arroyo, 220 E. Colorado Ave., next door to Ace Hardware.
The Traveling Gourds Tour takes a break during the summer, and only Club members will receive notice of special events. The shows resume in September.
Planning is underway for a summer Poetry Garden Party in Nucla for Club members only. Go on-line and Become A Member:http://talkinggourds.weebly.com/become-a-member.html
ADDITIONAL INFO
Talking Gourds programming survives through the generous support of private donors and Club members. There is a one-time fee of $25 to join and get on the cyber mailing list for regular meetings and special events. And then there is a $10 annual renewal to be a member in good standing and to receive half-price on Mark Fischer Poetry Prize submissions and monthly broadsides of the featured poets free.
Also, Talking Gourds will be part of the annual Telluride Literary Arts Festival, May 20-22. The Mark Fischer Poetry Prize will be awarded Friday at Arroyo’s, followed by an evening poetry reading featuring Peter Heller, Judyth Hill, Chris Ransick and Sarah Pletts, followed by a gourd passing; the celebrated Literary Burlesque will return Saturday night for a command performance, with a dance afterwards; and a lot more.
Open Bard is a monthly poetry reading series at the Sherbino Theater in Ridgway. On Thursday May 5th Jessy Randall of Colorado Springs will be featured. Doors and cash bar open at 6 p.m. with Randall reading at6:30, followed by an open mic. $5 entry at the door.
Talking Gourds is a three-part program of the Telluride Institute in partnership with the Wilkinson Library, the Montrose Regional Library, Between the Covers Bookstore, Lithic Bookstore & Gallery, Cimarron Books & Coffee, Ah Haa School for the Arts, Telluride Arts, and Arroyo Telluride.
Talking Gourds poets also appear the Wednesday after First Tuesday at Cimarron Books & Coffee in Ridgway at 1 p.m. For info there, contact Sara Doehrman at ([email protected]) or 970-708- 4027.
Then, later the same day the poets perform at the Montrose Regional Library’s Open Mic series the Wednesday after First Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. For more info there, contact Meg Nagel at (w.montroselibrary.org/event/open-mic-10) or 970-964-2548.
Finally they appear the Thursday after First Tuesdays at the Lithic Bookstore & Gallery at 138 South Park Square #202 in Fruita (Upstairs above Coloramo Credit Union and Hershberger Furniture -- enter through lobby door on the east side of the building, from Mesa Street). For more info, contact Kyle Harvey or Danny Rosen at (970) 858-3636.
Talking Gourds is indebted to generous contributions from Audrey Marnoy, Peter Waldor, Elaine Fischer, Sean Murphy, Daiva Chesonis, Art Goodtimes, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Meg Nagel, Danny Rosen, Kyle Harvey, Sara Doehrman and the Montrose Friends of the Library. Call 970-729- 0220 or visit the Gourds website: talkinggourds.weebly.com for more info.
Daiva Chesonis
NIGHTS WITHOUT LOVE
nights without love
I looted unlocked
cars, drunk
stumbled I upon
lookin’ for
a bride tossed garter
I’d lost long ago or a
bow for my broken arrow
in my ransacking ways
I was an Indian angel
among the trinkets
of glove box and floor
here a condom, there a some gum
a glow on the dashboard
saint someone protects
the plunder from me
I take little, just read signs
recycle debris
these nights without love
make a barbarian of me
Ed Ward
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C/O Telluride Institute
P.O. Box 1770
Telluride, CO. 81435
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Traveling Gourds brings Ward & Chesonis to Western Slope
TELLURIDE – Storyteller and poet Ed Ward of Denver teams up with bookseller and poet Daiva Chesonis of Telluride to bring lyric performances to the Telluride Institute’s four-stop poetry tour of Western Colorado May 3-5.
They kick things off in Telluride at Arroyo Gallery & Wine Bar Tuesday May 3 rd at 6 p.m., move to Ridgway’s Cimarron Books at 1 p.m. on Wed. May 4 th at 1p.m. in the afternoon, hit the Montrose Regional Library at 6:30 that same evening, and wind up in Fruita at Lithic Bookstore at 7 p.m. on Thurs. May 5th.
Edwin Forrest Ward wears many hats -- husband, father, grandfather, artist (visual and performance), author (poetry, novels, short fiction, plays and historical essays), and wedding officiant. These days he writes and publishes stories. For twenty-five years he wrote and published poetry, both his own and others -- including the work of Tony Scibella, James Ryan Morris, Marilyn Megenity, Kate Makkai -- and many more in magazines that he has edited, such as Point and Passion Press.
Ward currently hosts a monthly literary evening at The Mercury Cafe in Denver entitled STORIES STORIES BRING YOUR STORIES, now in its seventh year. His work has appeared in numerous on-line, small press and main stream publications. He was a guest artist numerous times during the early years of Talking Gourds.
Daiva Chesonis is a former Baltimoron, transplanted to Colorado half her life ago to build Telluride’s gondola transportation system. Although birthing chairlifts was not part of her initial goal after a Cold War-era B.A. in Russian Studies, she quickly decided to bed down in the box canyon to see what unfolded. A quarter century later, she is the co-owner of Between the Covers Bookstore with stints in between as snowboard instructor, owner/operator of Vision Design, Art Director at Telluride Magazine, and a traveling minstrel for Mountainfilm on Tour.
In 2005, Chesonis earned an M.A. in Diplomacy and International Conflict Resolution, mostly for fun. In her spare time, this fiercely proud Lithuanian and “mother of Olivija” can be found writing poems (and that darn book on walls), putting on the Literary Arts Festival, playing tennis, and hunting mushrooms. She’s also a pro at finding herself lost in neighboring deserts.
In Telluride, following Club announcements and the featured performances, there will be a short intermission, after which the gourd will be passed around the room to give Club members and attendees a chance to read a poem or two. The theme for May is the “Green.” Bring your own work or that of a favored poet to share.
Poetry Club members meet monthly, generally on first-Tuesday evenings at6 p.m., at Arroyo, 220 E. Colorado Ave., next door to Ace Hardware.
The Traveling Gourds Tour takes a break during the summer, and only Club members will receive notice of special events. The shows resume in September.
Planning is underway for a summer Poetry Garden Party in Nucla for Club members only. Go on-line and Become A Member:http://talkinggourds.weebly.com/become-a-member.html
ADDITIONAL INFO
Talking Gourds programming survives through the generous support of private donors and Club members. There is a one-time fee of $25 to join and get on the cyber mailing list for regular meetings and special events. And then there is a $10 annual renewal to be a member in good standing and to receive half-price on Mark Fischer Poetry Prize submissions and monthly broadsides of the featured poets free.
Also, Talking Gourds will be part of the annual Telluride Literary Arts Festival, May 20-22. The Mark Fischer Poetry Prize will be awarded Friday at Arroyo’s, followed by an evening poetry reading featuring Peter Heller, Judyth Hill, Chris Ransick and Sarah Pletts, followed by a gourd passing; the celebrated Literary Burlesque will return Saturday night for a command performance, with a dance afterwards; and a lot more.
Open Bard is a monthly poetry reading series at the Sherbino Theater in Ridgway. On Thursday May 5th Jessy Randall of Colorado Springs will be featured. Doors and cash bar open at 6 p.m. with Randall reading at6:30, followed by an open mic. $5 entry at the door.
Talking Gourds is a three-part program of the Telluride Institute in partnership with the Wilkinson Library, the Montrose Regional Library, Between the Covers Bookstore, Lithic Bookstore & Gallery, Cimarron Books & Coffee, Ah Haa School for the Arts, Telluride Arts, and Arroyo Telluride.
Talking Gourds poets also appear the Wednesday after First Tuesday at Cimarron Books & Coffee in Ridgway at 1 p.m. For info there, contact Sara Doehrman at ([email protected]) or 970-708- 4027.
Then, later the same day the poets perform at the Montrose Regional Library’s Open Mic series the Wednesday after First Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. For more info there, contact Meg Nagel at (w.montroselibrary.org/event/open-mic-10) or 970-964-2548.
Finally they appear the Thursday after First Tuesdays at the Lithic Bookstore & Gallery at 138 South Park Square #202 in Fruita (Upstairs above Coloramo Credit Union and Hershberger Furniture -- enter through lobby door on the east side of the building, from Mesa Street). For more info, contact Kyle Harvey or Danny Rosen at (970) 858-3636.
Talking Gourds is indebted to generous contributions from Audrey Marnoy, Peter Waldor, Elaine Fischer, Sean Murphy, Daiva Chesonis, Art Goodtimes, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, Meg Nagel, Danny Rosen, Kyle Harvey, Sara Doehrman and the Montrose Friends of the Library. Call 970-729- 0220 or visit the Gourds website: talkinggourds.weebly.com for more info.
Daiva Chesonis
NIGHTS WITHOUT LOVE
nights without love
I looted unlocked
cars, drunk
stumbled I upon
lookin’ for
a bride tossed garter
I’d lost long ago or a
bow for my broken arrow
in my ransacking ways
I was an Indian angel
among the trinkets
of glove box and floor
here a condom, there a some gum
a glow on the dashboard
saint someone protects
the plunder from me
I take little, just read signs
recycle debris
these nights without love
make a barbarian of me
Ed Ward
Copyright © 2016 Telluride Institute All rights reserved.
Our mailing address is:
Talking Gourds
C/O Telluride Institute
P.O. Box 1770
Telluride, CO. 81435
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