As CWW Artistic Director, I’m thrilled to be a part of the Crossing Water Festival, an interdisciplinary arts festival in and around the Beverly/Salem Bridge in Massachusetts. The arts festival features visual art, literary arts, music, dance, video projection art, & more.
Tuesday, September 10th at 7 p.m Improbable Poetry Tour
Salem Side of Bridge on the pier of Remond Park, 1 Bridge Street, Salem MA. 01970
Thanks to Colleen Michaels for inviting me to read along with other poets. The reading begins promptly at 7:00 pm with a performance of Lucille Clifton’s “Blessing the Boats” featuring poet Krysten Hill and choreographer Betsy Miller. Each poet will read a poem written about the theme: bridges. As we read, dancers will dance across the bridge in the background.
This is going to be visually sublime, and I cannot wait. I was out on the pier tonight, and the smell of the water and the sight of the sailboats against the pink sky while Dennis played with his jazz band was breathtakingly beautiful.
The following Events are all held on the Beverly Side of the bridge near the Harbormaster’s station. As you cross the bridge from Salem to Beverly, it’s on the right.
Friday, September 13th 8 p.m. Poetry-Music-Video Projection Installation & FILM SCREENING OF THE CABINET OF DR. CALIGARI
Beverly Side of Bridge, Beverly Harbormaster 11 Cabot St, Beverly, MA 01915
My poem “Space Mothlight” will be projected onto a 17 ft. pyramid opening before the film, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari is screened onto the pyramid, with a live film score!
Saturday September 14th at 3-5 p.m. MINDFULNESS WRITING WORKSHOP under the Pyramid (Free and open to all)
Beverly Side of Bridge, Beverly Harbormaster 11 Cabot St, Beverly, MA 01915
All Genres and Levels Welcome! We will be writing underneath the pyramid, working under a full moon, with the soothing water next to us. Come experiment with mindfulness exercises that will open up your creativity channels. Come with a writing utensil and your favorite notebook, but if you don’t have these, I’ll have writing materials.
Later on Saturday, in the same place, under the pyramid installation, I’ll perform my poetry in the following musical acts:
6-8 p.m. HOWL QUARTET (Experimental Contemporary Ensemble)
Performance Poet Diana Norma Szokolyai (Salem)
Saxophonist Etienne Rolin ( France)
Guitarist Brian Abbot (Canada)
Saxophonist Dennis Shafer (Salem)
8-9 p.m. RENDRGRAM (experimental Contemporary Art)
experimental music-art- installation exploring glitch art and rendering the digital world into the physical world…come see the music under the 18ft pyramid!
Sunday, September 15th, at 7:30 p.m. at AMES Hall Salem YMCA–METAMORPHOSES Performance
with Solo Saxophone/Dance/Poetry Interludes
Facebook Event for Metamorphoses
https://www.creativenorthshore.com/north-shore-events/chagallpac-metamorphoses-dance-performance/
Electric Metamorphoses and Movement: A Dance Choreography with Works for Saxophone by Dennis Shafer and ChagallPAC Artists
Choreography and Dance by Betsy Miller, Emily Beattie, Juliana Tilbury, Rebecca Lang, Angelina Benitez, Jake Crawford, Becky Jo Roland
Poetry Performance: Diana Norma Szokolyai
Costume design by Lee Davis
Lighting/Projection by Siriphong Tipayakisorn
Cambridge Writers' Workshop 