7-20-19 SpeakEasy 25: Pig Tales: A Passel of Poetry
On Saturday, July 20th we will present SpeakEasy 25: Pig Tales: A Passel of Poetry, on-site at Alluvial Farms. Paul Hunter will open the reading, and I told him he could do practically anything he wanted. David Lee will be our main feature and will read and gift us with pig raising wisdom for 30-45 minutes. We'll get Matt and Katie in there somewhere to talk about the farm. The event will start shortly after 4 pm and will end no later than 5:30. Free admission as always, although we'll have a tip jar for the poets. Some of the pig poems are quite graphic and both poets are known for using almost every word in the English language, so if you're sensitive about what your children are exposed to, well, bring ear muffs for them. If there's sun, we'll be outside, so bring a lawn chair, water, and sun protection (code for "hat" or "umbrella". If there's rain (oh, sure), there's a spacious barn to accommodate us and the sleeping pigs. If you're so inclined, you might want to throw in a cooler to bring back some frozen Alluvial Farms pork, which will be on sale. It's good stuff. We're extremely excited about this event and hosting these two marvelous world-class poets.. Since this will be first SpeakEasy not held in an actual building, we'd appreciate knowing if you think you might attend. And in a weird, perfect storm of poetic bounty, we are scheduled for the same afternoon as Remembering Mary Oliver: A Workshop, Potluck and Salon hosted by Jim Bertolino and Anita Boyle. We've talked it over and decided you could do both. Alluvial Farms is about a 20 minute drive from Egress Studio. If you leave the workshop a little before 4, you can come for pig poetry and still make it back in time for the potluck. There might even be a carpool available. And Anita said she might lend you a chair.