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Events
Open Mic with Featured Poets Juan Mobile and Jennifer Franklin
Jennifer Franklin is the author of three full-length poetry collections, most recently If Some God Shakes Your House (Four Way Books, March 2023), finalist for the Paterson Prize in Poetry and finalist for the Julie Suk Award. Poems from her manuscript in progress, A FIRE IN HER BRAIN, have been published in American Poetry Review, Bennington Review, The Common, “poem-a-day” on poets.org, Poetry Northwest, and the Montreal International Poetry Prize Anthology. Her work has also been published in The Bedford Guide to Literature (Macmillan, 2024), Invisible Strings: 113 Poets Respond to the Songs of Taylor Swift, Gettysburg Review, The Nation, Paris Review, “poem-a-day” on poets.org, and Poetry Society of America’s Poetry in Motion. She is the recipient of a 2024 Pushcart Prize, the 2024 Jon Tribble Editing Fellowship from Poetry by the Sea, a 2025 Broadside Award from Ashland Poetry Press, a 2021 NYFA/City Artist Corps grant for poetry, and a 2021 Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation Literature Award. She is Poetry Reviews coeditor of The Rumpus and coeditor of Braving The Body (Harbor Editions, 2024). Jennifer taught manuscript revision for over ten years at the Hudson Valley Writers Center and now teaches classes privately, offers manuscript consultations, and teaches craft in the Manhattanville MFA Program and 24Pearl Street/Provincetown Fine Arts Center.
Juan Pablo Mobili was born in Buenos Aires, and adopted by New York. His poems appeared in Tupelo Quarterly, Hanging Loose Magazine, South Florida Poetry Journal and Louisville Review, among others, as well as international publications such as Impspired (UK), Hong Kong Review (Hong Kong, SAR), and The Wild Word (Germany). His work received multiple nominations for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. His chapbook, “Contraband,” was published in 2022, and he is currently finishing his first full-length manuscript of poems. Most recently, he has been appointed Poet Laureate of Rockland County, New York.
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Cosmetic and Facial Acupuncture
As we age, we tend to lose muscle tone, as well as collagen and elastin in our skin. Acupuncture can be used to tighten the muscles of the face, and increase production of collagen to produce a more youthful appearance. Presented by Dr. Karen Whitten.
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Figure Drawing
Starting January 9, 2024, the Nyack Art Collective will sponsor weekly Figure Drawing on Tuesdays, 6:15-9:15 pm at X House Nyack, 48 S. Franklin St., Nyack, @xhousenyack https://www.instagram.com/xhousenyack/
These sessions are open to the public. Artists must provide their own materials and may bring an easel if desired. Session is $15 per person, $13 for Nyack Art Collective members.
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Poetry Read Out
Join us in the Community Room for our yearly April Poetry Read Out! Each registration is for one 5 min. time slot.
You man read original poetry or poetry written by another.
Sign up using the form here!
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SPECIAL MULTIGENERATIONAL EVENT: Painting June Jordan (with Lauren Rudolph)
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Monday, April 28 | 5PM – 7PM
“Bisexuality means I am free and I am as likely to want to love a woman as I am likely to love a man, and what about that? Isn’t that what freedom implies?” – June Jordan
Calling all of our LGBTQ+ elders, our youth, and folks in between to come contribute to the creation of a portrait of J https://rocklandpridecenter.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c655298a58c6373caf65e7a1&id=8df827fb23&e=d5c4527b9d une Jordan https://rocklandpridecenter.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1c655298a58c6373caf65e7a1&id=3d20878dcc&e=d5c4527b9d that will live permanently in the Pride Center. We will commemorate Jordan with a two-hour session of communal painting led by local Artist, Lauren Rudolph.
Come grab a nosh, listen to some music, and be in community for this celebratory event!
Questions? Email Kris at krishillen@rock mailto:krishillen@rocklandpridecenter.org
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