Past Readings, Performances and Residencies
You can jump to a particular year of David's history by
selecting from the following:
2008
2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
2008
- December
18: David
is at Hazen Union High School, Hardwick, Vermont, from 11:00 to 12:30
to talk about being a writer, poet, performance poet and playwright in
Sue Trecartin's class.
November 17: Garrison Keillor reads
David's poem, "Sometimes" on National Public Radio's THE WRITER'S
ALMANAC. The link to the poem will be up November 16.
November 16: David organizes and directs, A Celebration of
the Life and Work of Hayden Carruth, College Hall Chapel, Vermont
College of Fine Arts, Montpelier, VT, 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. with Galway
Kinnell, Geof Hewitt, Stephen Sandy, Ellen McClloch-Lovell, David
Huddle, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Gery Stork and others.
October 16, 17, 18: JUDEVINE
is at the Middlebury Town Hall Theatre, Middlebury, VT
October 10 & 11: JUDEVINE
is at the Paramount Theatre, Rutland, VT
September 27: Garrison Keillor reads David's poem "Smoke and
Ash" from David's book WHILE WE'VE
STILL GOT FEET on National Public Radio's THE WRITER'S
ALMANAC. To read the poem or listen to Keillor read it, or both, go to:
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/index.php?date=2008/09/27">
September 19 thru Oct 5: JUDEVINE
returns to Lost Nation Theatre, Montpelier, VT. For curtain times, days
of the week and ticket information contact: http://www.lostnationtheater.org
or call: 802-229-0492.
For a synopsis of JUDEVINE, it's production history around
the country and excerpts from reviews go to: http://www.davidbudbill.com/jude2pl.html
To purchase the DVD of the Lost Nation Theatre production
go to: http://www.davidbudbill.com/judedvd.html
DAVID BUDBILL AND WILLIAM PARKER
ZEN MOUNTAINS-ZEN STREETS VERMONT TOUR SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER 2008
Sept 30, Tues--workshop in poetry and music at Marlboro
College in a.m. time and place TBA. Contact person: Chris Lenois: clenois@marlboro.edu
Sept 29, Mon--performance, Marlboro College, Marlboro, VT,
Whittemore Theatre, 7:00 p.m., Contact person: Chris Lenois: clenois@marlboro.edu
Sept 28, Sun--performance in Woodstock, The Little Theatre,
4:00 p.m. Contact person (for now at least): Lou Kannenstine: Boxholdr@aol.com
Sept 27, Sat--performance at The Flynn Space in Burlington,
8:00 p.m. Contact person is: Leigh Chandler: lchandler@flynncenter.org
Sept 26, Fri--David and William attend a performance of JUDEVINE in Montpelier. No
concert
Sept 25, Thurs-- The Hardwick Townhouse, 7:00 p.m., Hardwick,
contact person: Shari Cornish: shari@sharicornish.com
followed by a parade, led by William and David through Hardwick to
Claire's Restaurant, where David and William will do another set from
about 8:45 to 9:30. Contact person at Claire's is: Christina Michelsen:
kristina.michelsen@gmail.com
September 21: David plays his shakuhachi at the UN sanctioned
International Day of Peace, Montpelier, VT. Time TBA. For more
information contact: Harris Webster: hewebster@surfglobal.net
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September 1: David talks about how and why he came to
northern Vermont and reads from JUDEVINE.
Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT, in Simpson 3, 6:30 p.m. For
more information contact: John Zaber: jzaber@sterlingcollege.edu
August 23: David is the Keynote speaker at Poetry Peace,
sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee, Montpelier, VT,
Vermont College of the Fine Arts, Nobel Lounge, 12:00 Noon. For more
information contact: Merry Gangemi: mgangemi@vtlink.net
August 23: David offers a poetry reading/performance at
Poetry Peace, sponsored by the American Friends Service Committee,
Montpelier, VT, Vermont College of the Fine Arts, place and time TBA.
For more information contact: Merry Gangemi: mgangemi@vtlink.net
August 18: A rehearsed, staged reading of my new play A SONG
FOR MY FATHER will be presented at Shakespeare & Company,
Lenox, MA, at 5:00 p.m., Kristin Wold, Director. For more information
contact Kristin Wold: coyotewold@adelphia.net
July 21: David reads his poems and plays his shakuhachi,
ringing bowls and other percussion at 7:00 p.m. at the Burnham Memorial
Library, 898 Main Street, Colchester, VT. For more information call:
802-879-7576 or email: info@burnham.lib.vt.us
June 21: A rehearsed, staged reading of my new play A SONG
FOR MY FATHER will be presented at 8:00 p.m. also as part of The
Vermont Contemporary Playwrights Forum, held on the Harwood Union High
School Stage, East Duxbury, VT. Admission $8 suggested donation.
Cast: John Alexander, Monica Callan, Bob Nuner and Ruth
Wallman. Director: Andrew Doe.
For Tickets, phone: 802-244-4168, or email: moxie@pshift.com
For More Information, phone: 802-229-0112 or email:vtpcirc@yahoo.com
June 18: A rehearsed, staged reading of a new One-Act version
of my play THINGY WORLD!
or HOW WE GOT TO WHERE WE ARE will be presented as a part of The
Vermont Contemporary Playwrights Forum, held on the Harwood Union High
School Stage, at 8:00 p.m., East Duxbury, VT. Admission $8 suggested
donation.
For Tickets, phone: 802-244-4168, or email: moxie@pshift.com
For More Information, phone: 802-229-0112 or email: vtpcirc@yahoo.com
June 13: David reads/performs with William Parker at the 13th
Annual Vision Festival in New York City at Clemente Soto Velez, 107
Suffolk St. (at Rivington St.) [F train to Delancey street or JMZ to
Essex Street] in the Milagro Theatre, 9:15 p.m. For more information
about The Festival go to: http://www.visionfestival.org/home.php
May 30: David reads some poems and plays his shakuhachi at
about 6:45 p.m. at the opening of a new show, "Be There Be Square," at
West Branch Gallery, Stowe, VT. For more information go to:
http://www.westbranchgallery.com or contact: Amy Rahn: amy@stowevt.net
May 15-18: David participates in the New England Young
Writers Conference at Bread Loaf, Bread Loaf, VT. For more information
contact Matthew Dickerson at: dickerso@middlebury.edu
May 1: David talks about his novel The Bones on Black Spruce Mountain
at the Rumney School in Middlesex, VT from 11:15 to 12:30. For more
information contact: Lynne Woodard at: LWoodard@rumney.org
April 12: A Benefit Reading of JUDEVINE on the 20th
Anniversary of Old Castle Theatre's first production of JUDEVINE, David
Budbill participating. For more information go to: oldcastletc@gmail.com
April 11: David performs his poems and plays shakuhachi and
ringing bowls to accompany himself at the Mark Skinner Library in
Manchester, VT, at 7:00 p.m. For more information contact Cindy Waters
at: mskinnerlibrary@yahoo.com
April 9: David performs/reads his poems with PoJazz at The
Black Door, Montpelier, VT, beginning about 8:00 p.m. For directions
and more information go to: http://www.blackdoorvt.com
March 30: David is the narrator for a presentation of VOICES
FROM CHERNOBYL, A Reader's Theater Production, at St. John the Baptist
Episcopal Church, Hardwick, VT at 2:00 p.m. For more information
contact: Mary Belenky at: mbelenky@mac.com
March 17: "The First Green of Spring" as a part of a program
of early music interspersed with poems about spring, love, and renewal
by the Mockingbird Early Music Ensemble at the Paris-Yates Chapel on
the campus of The University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi, 8:00
pm. Admission is free. For more information contact: Susan Marchant at:
susanmarchant19@yahoo.com
March 1: David participates in the Theatre Town Meeting
Discussion panel at the Vermont Association of Theatres and Theatre
Artists annual meeting, 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., McCarthy Arts Center, St.
Michael's College, Colchester, VT. For more information contact: Kim
Ward at:vtpcirc@yahoo.com
February 1: David participates in a panel on rewriting called
To See Again: The Necessary Art of Revision at the Association of
Writers & Writing Programs Annual Conference in New York City,
Friday, 9:00-10:15 A.M. for more information go to: http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2008schedFri.php
2007
December
22: Garrison Keillor reads David's poem, "Driving
Home at Night" from his book, Judevine, on National Public Radio's THE
WRITER'S ALMANAC. To read the poem or listen to Keillor read it, or
both, go to:
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/programs/2007/12/17/#Saturday
December
16: World Premiere of William Parker's Universal Tonality: Part V: On
Being Native, based on the poem of the same title by poet David Budbill
and featuring a string quartet, visual projections of Lois Eby's
drawings and paintings. vocalist, Leena Conquest, poet David Budbill,
and numerous other musicians and dancers.
Nativity Church, 44 2nd Avenue, between 2nd and 3rd Streets,
New York City, 4:00 p.m. For more detailed information contact: Arts
for Art and Julia Wilkins at: juliakwilkins@gmail.com
September 28: David reads his poems, plays his flutes, rings
his bowls at Margie Ramsdell's house beginning at 3:30 p.m. For more
information contact Margie Ramsdell at: craftsbb@vtlink.net
NOTICE OF RECLUSION
David Budbill, a.k.a. Judevine Mountain, and vice
versa--being a mountain recluse--has reclused himself and, for the time
being, is in reclusion. He's tending his gardens, putting up vegetables
for the winter, mowing his yard, swimming and petting his dog. His next
public appearance for a performance and reading will be:
October 7: David reads with others at a Grace Paley Memorial
Reading, Vermont College Chapel (upstairs over the Wood Art Gallery),
3:00 p.m. For more information contact Merry Gangemi at: mgangemi@vtlink.net
September 25: David discusses the elements of writing the
short story and his short story collection Snowshoe Trek to Otter River
at The Bishop Marshall School, Morrisville, VT, from 1:30 to 2:10 p.m.
For more information contact, Molly Sullivan at: msullivan@bjams.org
September 16: Burlington Book Festival, Burlington, VT, 3:30
p.m. in the Waterfront Theater Film House. For more information go to: www.burlingtonbookfestival.com
July 25: David Budbill and Jody Gladding read together at The
St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, St. Johnsbury, VT, at 7:30 p.m. followed by a
reception and book signing. David will read from WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT FEET and
from newer work. The reading is free and the Athenaeum is accessible to
all. For more information contact: Lisa Von Kann at: lvkann@stjathenaeum.org
July 19: After viewing the video of his play, Trapped: An
Object Theatre Play in Five Scenes, David discusses the project and
it's proposed use at Rokeby Museum's new addition and answers questions
at Bixby Memorial Library, Vergennes, VT, at 7:00 p.m. For more
information contact: Karlene DeVine at: kdevine@gmavt.net
July 7: Poetry Reading, David reads from recent work.
Tamarack Gallery, East Craftsbury, VT, 4:30 p.m. Free. For directions
to Tamarack Gallery go to: http://www.tamarackvermont.com/main.htm
For more information contact Kathy Stark at: (802) 586-8078 or
Elizabeth Nelson at: (802) 525-3041
June 22 & 23: David is the Host/Poet Friday and
Saturday night at The 12th Annual Vision Festival at Orensanz Art
Center, 172 Norfolk St., New York City (just south of Houston and one
block east of Avenue A). For details about the weeklong Vision Festival
which runs from June 19 through June 24 go to: http://www.visionfestival.org/simple.php
May 27: Rokeby Museum Opening Day, 2:00 p.m., at the Museum,
Route 7 in Ferrisburgh. David Budbill and Rokeby Museum Director, Jane
Williamson, will present a videotape of David's new play "Trapped,"
commissioned by and written for the Museum. This short drama tells the
story of a fugitive slave negotiating the cost of freedom and will be
used in a permanent exhibit on the Underground Railroad to be installed
over the next two years. A discussion of the play with David and Jane
will follow viewing the video. For more information email: rokeby@adelphia.net
or call: 802-877-3406.
May 22: David discusses his young adult novel, The Bones on Black Spruce Mountain,
at The Wolcott Town-School Library, Wolcott, VT, which is attached to
the Wolcott Elementary School, at 6:30 p.m. For more information
contact Amy Noyes at: noyes@pshift.com
or ace@newsandcitizen.com
May 11: David reads from his work at The Harlow Gallery, 160
Water Street, Hallowell, Maine, 7:30 p.m. For more information phone:
Ted and Ruth Bookey at 207-685-3636 or visit: www.harlowgallery.org
April 26: David is in residence at Green Mountain College,
Poultney, VT, for a day of classes, then a reading/performance at 7:00
p.m. For more information contact Laird Christensen at: christensenl@greenmtn.edu
April 19-May 13: Lost Nation Theatre in Montpelier, VT,
presents JUDEVINE, a
Play in Two Acts. This will be the first staging of this now classic
play in northern Vermont in 15 years. For curtain times, days of the
week and ticket information contact: http://www.lostnationtheater.org
or call: 802-229-0492. For a synopsis of JUDEVINE, it's production
history around the country and excerpts from reviews go to: jude2pl.html
April 16: David will be Fran Stoddard's guest on Vermont
Public Television on her interview program, PROFILE at 7:30 p.m.
April 15: David plays his shakuhachi and reads ancient
Japanese poems at Matsuri 2007, at 2:30 p.m., Ross Sports Center, St.
Michael's College, Winooski, VT. For more information contact Tony
Beard at: tbeard@vtlink.net
or mbeard@cambridgealliance.com
April 12: David participates in WILLIAM PARKER'S EXPANDED
HUMANITY: A Living Composition for Music, Poetry, Movement and Video,
2007
Featuring: David
Budbill poetry/narration, The Humanities Prep Mixed Media Ensemble
directed by Robert Craddock, Members Of The Amistad Academy Orchestra
directed by Daniel Levin, Perry Robinson clarinet/magic, Wilbert
Dejoode bass, Daniel Levin cello, Lisle Ellis bass, Guillermo E. Brown
drums/electronics, Patricia Nicholson Dance/choreography, video by
William Parker
at: Roulette, 20
Greene St. (between Canal and Grand), 2 blocks west of Broadway in New
York City, 8:30 PM $15 at the Door http://www.roulette.org/events/2007_04.html
March 28-30: David is in residence with William
Parker and Hamid Drake at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, for three
days of classes, workshops and performances. For more information
contact Robert Larson at: larsonrj@luther.edu
March 16-18: David is one of the featured poets at the
Montreal Zen Poetry Festival. On the evening of March 16, David will
perform poems, play ringing bowls and shakuhachi with members of
Montreal's Murray Street Band at Casa del Popolo. For more information
on this event and others of the Festival and for ticket information and
purchase, go to: www.montrealzenpoetryfestival.ca
or contact the host organization of the festival, Centre Zen de la
Main, at: czenmain@dsuper.net.
March 11: Dorset Theatre in Dorset, VT, performs David's
play, JUDEVINE, at 2:00
p.m. For tickets and information contact: Sheila Conway at: dpi@vermontel.net
and visit their website at: www.dorsetplayers.org.
March 9 and 10: Dorset Theatre in Dorset, VT, performs
David's play, JUDEVINE,
at 8:00 p.m. For tickets and information contact: Sheila Conway at: dpi@vermontel.net
and visit their website at: www.dorsetplayers.org.
March 9: David spends the day doing performances and
answering questions at Mascoma Valley Regional High School in Canaan,
NH. for more information contack Mary Swainbank at: mswainbank@mascoma.k12.nh.us
March 4: Dorset Theatre in Dorset, VT, performs David's play,
JUDEVINE, at 2:00 p.m.
For tickets and information contact: Sheila Conway at: dpi@vermontel.net
and visit their website at: www.dorsetplayers.org.
March 2 and 3: Dorset Theatre in Dorset, VT, performs David's
play, JUDEVINE, at 8:00
p.m. For tickets and information contact: Sheila Conway at: dpi@vermontel.net
and visit their website at: www.dorsetplayers.org.
February 28: Performance and lecture: David Budbill plays
shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo flute, and talks about it's history and
relation to western music. 12:20 p.m. - 1:10 p.m., UVM Recital Hall,
Redstone Campus. Free and open to the public. For more information
contact Mutsumi Corson at: Mutsumi.Corson@uvm.edu
or D. Thomas Toner at: d.toner@uvm.edu
February 13: David reads poems about winter as the Keynote
Speaker at the annual board meeting of the Helen Day Art Center, in
Stowe, VT. 5:30 to 7:30.
January 21: David joins artist Susan Jane Walp for a
presentation of their new fine press, art book, DRINK A CUP OF
LONELINESS (Chester Creek Press, 2007) at the Vermont Studio Center,
Johnson, VT, after dinner in the dining hall, 7:00 p.m.
January 11: David reads from recent work at the Tunbridge
Library, Tunbridge, VT, 7:00 p.m., for more information and directions
contact Jeffrey Lent at: jlent@valley.net
January 3: Garrison Keillor reads David's poem, "Winter:
Tonight: Sunset" from his book WHILE
WE'VE STILL GOT FEET, on National Public Radio's THE WRITER'S
ALMANAC. To read the poem or listen to Keillor read it, or both, go to:
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/programs/2007/01/01/#wednesday
2006
December 12: David reads from his books of poems
at Montpelier High School, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. For more information
contact: Kerrin McCadden at:
kerrin@mhs.mps.k12.vt.us
November 28th and November 29th: Residency at
Middlebury Union High School as part of the To Tell the Truth
symposium. For more information contact: Alison Dayton at: adayton@acsu.k12.vt.us
October 29: Rokeby Museum will present the debut of "Trapped"
at 3:00 p.m. at the Waterfront Theatre in Burlington. Written by
playwright David Budbill, the short drama is the story of Jesse, a
fugitive slave living in Vermont in 1837. This staged reading will
feature singer and UVM librarian, Eric K. Brooks as Jesse; singer,
actor, television personality and Middlebury College
Artist-in-Residence, Francois Clemmons as Mingo, a farm hand; Vermont
Stage's Artistic Director, Mark Nash as Rowland T. Robinson; and
novelist, poet and UVM English professor, David Huddle as Ephraim
Elliott, the North Carolina slave owner. Three panelists will speak
briefly after the reading; community activist Hal Colston, UVM history
professor Amani Whitfield, and Flynn Center Education Director Joan
Robinson will offer their reactions and invite the audience to join the
discussion. The performance is free and the public is cordially
invited. For more information contact Jane Williamson at: rokeby@adelphia.net
or call 802-877-3406
October 17: David participates in the Greenpeace Reading,
Christ Church, State Street, Montpelier, VT, Time TBA, for more
information contact Greg Delanty at: gdelanty@smcvt.edu
October 5-14: David's play JUDEVINE
will be performed at Nebraska Repertory Theatre, Johnny Carson School
of Theatre and Film, 7:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre, third floor
Temple Building, 12th & R., Lincoln, NE, for more information
contact Juliana Hagemeier at: jhagemeier1@unlnotes.unl.edu
September 28: "Craft and Community: Sustaining Place: An
Invitational Symposium Retreat" organized by Haystack Mountain School
of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME. "At Home in a Community: A sense of Place:
from Both Inside and Outside the Self" presented by David Budbill, 8:00
p.m. For more information contact: haystack@haystack-mtn.org
September 24: David reads and plays his shakuhachi at
GATHERING OF HOPE, 2:00 to 5:00 p.m., State House Lawn, Montpelier, VT,
Organised by Lots of Hope. For details and more information go to: http://www.lotsofhope.org
August 26: David Budbill reads with Jim Schley, and David
Hinton at Perennial Pleasures, East Hardwick, VT, 4:00 p.m. For more
information contact Merry Gangemi at: mgangemi@sover.net
For reservations for tea at Perennial Pleasures call (802) 472-5104.
August 21: David delivers a talk, "Internalizing the Cadences
and Language of Poetry" at POETRY OUT LOUD; Vermont Teacher In-Service
Day, Goddard College, Plainfield, VT, at 6:30 p.m. For more information
contact Morgan Irons at: onstage@together.net
August 2: Reading/Performance with music followed by a
writing workshop at The Green Mountain Writers Conference, 1:00 to 4:00
p.m., Tinmouth, VT. For more information contact Yvonne Daley at: ydaley@sbcglobal.net
July 29: David reads all new work, from "Papa", a play in
progress, at Tamarack Gallery, East Craftsbury, VT, 4:00. p.m. Free.
For directions to Tamarack Gallery go to: http://www.tamarackvermont.com/main.htm
For more information contact Kathy Stark at: (802) 586-8078 or
Elizabeth Nelson at: (802) 525-3041
July 22: A Budbill Sampler: Selections from Judevine, Moment to Moment, While We've Still Got Feet, Little Acts of Kindness, and
Papa, a New Play at The New England WriterÕs Conference, Old South
Church, Windsor, VT, 1:00 p.m. For more information contact Susan
Anthony at: Newvtpoet@aol.com
or scantho@yahoo.com
July 7: David participates in a poetry reading of poems about
Painting with Martha Zweig and Susan Thomas at The Helen Day Art
Center, Stowe, VT, 7:00 p.m. For more information contact Paul Gruhler
at: paulgruhler@verizon.net
June 13: David Budbill, William Parker, Joseph Jarman create
the Opening Invocation for The 11th Annual Vision Festival at 6:30 p.m.
at Orensanz Art Center, 172 Norfolk St. (just south of Houston and one
block east of Avenue A). For details about the entire Vision Festival
which runs from June 13 through June 18 go to: http://www.visionfestival.org/vfxi.asp
May 21: David Budbill talks about ROWLAND E. ROBINSON: 19TH
CENTURY VERMONT WRITER, ECOLOGIST AND PROPHET at the Unitarian
Universalist Fellowship weekly meeting at 4:30 p.m. in Stowe, VT, at
Saint John's Episcopal Church, Mountain Road, at the junction of the
turn to Trapp Family Lodge. For more information contact Jim Abbot at
802-326-2098 or Jim Lindenmeyer at 802-253-9364.
May 16: David participates in the 112th Vermont Library
Conference After Hours Reception to Celebrate Vermont Authors, 6:00
p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sheraton Burlington Conference Center, Burlington,
VT. For further information contact: Jean Fournier at: jfournier@stjacademy.org
or Stephanie Gagnon at: gagnons@vsac.org
May 1-5: In residence at Cayuga Community College, Auburn,
NY. Daily events, classes and performances. For details contact Howard
Nelson: nelsonh33@hotmail.com
May 1: Poetry Reading/Performance with bells,
bowls, gongs and shakuhachi at the Fulton, NY campus, of Cayuga
Community College at 11:00 a.m. Open to the Public.
May 2: Classes morning and afternoon at Cayuga Community
College, Auburn, NY, for students, open to others by invitation only.
May 3: Poetry Reading/Performance with bells, bowls, gongs
and shakuhachi at Auburn campus, of Cayuga Community College, 11:00
a.m. Open to the Public.
May 3: Classes in the afternoon at Cayuga Community
College, Auburn, NY, for students, open to others by invitation only.
May 4: Classes in the morning at Cayuga Community College,
Auburn, NY, for students, open to others by invitation only.
May 5: Classes in the morning at Cayuga Community College,
Auburn, NY, for students, open to others by invitation only.
April 22: David delivers a talk and conducts a workshop on
"Poetry and Politics" at Our Future is Not for Sale: A Daylong
Conference for High School Activists at The Putney School, Putney, VT.
For further information contact: Samia Abbass at: sabbass@putneyschool.org
or Harry Bauld, hbauld@putneyschool.org
April 20: David Budbill in performance: While We've Still Got
Feet: Bells, Bowls, Gongs, Poems and Shakuhachi at Olean
Public Library, 134 N. 2nd Street, Olean, NY. For further information
call: (716) 372-0200 or go to: http://www.oleanlibrary.org
SONGS FOR LIFE
ON THE ROAD AGAIN WITH
DAVID BUDBILL, WILLIAM PARKER and HAMID DRAKE
VERMONT SPRING TOUR 2006
April 12-15
Wednesday, April 12: Johnson
State College, Johnson, VT, 8:00 p.m., Dibden Center for the Arts,
$10.00 General Admission, Free to the JSC Community (Students, Faculty,
Staff and Alums). For further information contact: Jan Herder at: Jan.Herder@jsc.vsc.edu
Thursday, April 13: SUNY
Plattsburgh, Plattsburgh, NY, 8:00 p.m., Krinowitz Hall, ticket price
TBA. For further information contact: Alexis Levitin at: levitia@plattsburgh.edu
Friday, April 14: Hardwick Town
House, Hardwick, VT, 8:00 p.m., $10.00. For further information
contact: Addy Smith at: a.smith@nekarts.org
or call 802-472-8800.
Saturday, April 15: FlynnSpace at
the Flynn Center, Burlington, VT, 8:00 p.m., $18 adults, $14 students.
For tickets contact: FlynnTix Regional Box Office, 153 Main Street,
Burlington, VT 05401 or call:802-86-FLYNN (802-863-5966), or go to: www.flynntix.org
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April 6: David Budbill is one of
the poets performing with PoJazz at The Black Door in Montpelier, VT,
beginning at 8:30 p.m. Other poets include Geof Hewitt, Jody Gladding,
David Cavanagh and others. For more information go to: http://www.blackdoorvt.com/music.php
April 1: David Budbill in
performance: While We've Still Got Feet: Bells, Bowls, Gongs, Poems and
Shakuhachi at the Montgomery Free Library/Municipal Building,
Montgomery, VT, 4:00 p.m. For more information contact: Jim Abbot at:abbottwest@aol.com
March 29:Cambridge Rindge and
Latin School performs a one-act version of JUDEVINE at Cambridge Rindge
and Latin School, 459 Broadway, Cambridge MA 02139,6:30 p.m. FREE. For
more information contact Alex Zielke at: sazielke@gmail.com
March 29: Foust Series for the
Humanities Presents David Budbill in While We've Still Got Feet: Flute,
Bells, Poems, 7:00 p.m. Boehm Auditorium, Boehm Science Building,
Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA. For more information contact: Joanne
Emge at: emge@kutztown.edu
March 13: David Budbill reads
with Marie Harris and Geof Hewitt at the Johnson Studio Center,
Johnson, VT, 8:00 p.m. For more information contact: Gary Clark at: gclark@vermontstudiocenter.org
March 4: Cambridge Rindge and
Latin School performs a one-act version of JUDEVINE at Brookline High
School, Brookline, MA, as a part of the Massachusetts High School Drama
Guild competitions at 4:30 p.m. Tickets: $10 at the door. For more
information go to the Massachusetts High School Drama Guild web site
at: www.mhsdg.org
February 12: BELLS, BOWLS, POEMS
AND SHAKUHACHI, David Budbill performs for the Unitarian Universalist
Fellowship weekly meeting at 4:30 p.m. in Stowe, VT, at Saint John’s
Episcopal Church, Mountain Road, at the junction of the turn to Trapp
Family Lodge. For more information contact Jim Abbot at 802-326-2098 or
Jim Lindenmeyer at 802-253-9364.
January 28: William Parker, Hamid
Drake and David Budbill in performance at 8:00 p.m at The Stone (John
Zorn, Artistic Director). Located at the corner of Avenue C and 2nd
Street, New York, NY. No reservations, tickets at the door. For details
check: http://www.thestonenyc.com/calendar.php
January 27: David Budbill in
performance: While We've Still Got Feet: Bells, Bowls, Gongs,
Poems and Shakuhachi at China Institute, 125 East 65th
Street, New York, NY 10021. 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., $10 member / $15
non-member. Registration is required; space is limited. For more
information contact: France Pepper, Director of Arts and Culture
Programs, China Institute, phone: 212-744-8181 ext. 143, fax:
212-628-4159, website: http://www.chinainstitute.org
January 12: David Budbill reads
from his new book WHILE WE'VE STILL
GOT FEET and plays his bells, bowls, gongs, tin cans and
shakuhachi for The Waterbury Public Library, Waterbury, VT, 7:00 p.m.
Performance will be at Senior Center at 14 Stowe St., across from WDEV
and Marsala Salsa. Finding a parking place in Waterbury at night can be
a challenge, but there is parking behind WDEV and on Stowe Street. For
more information email: Mary Kasamatsu at: mary@waterburypubliclibrary.com
or call her at the library: 802-244-7036.
2005
December 7: David Budbill hosts a
community poetry reading open to all at the Senior Citizen's Center,
Morrisville, VT, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. For more information call River Arts
at: (802) 888-1261 or email:
info@riverarts.vt
November
17: David reads from WHILE WE'VE
STILL GOT FEET at The Briggs Carriage Bookstore, Brandon, VT,
at 7:00 p.m. For more information contact Peter Marsh at: pmarsh0613@aol.com
or call 802-247-0050.
November 12: Book Signing at The Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick,
VT, 11:00 a.m. For more information contact Sandy Johnson at: sjohnson@vtlink.net
November 6: Reading at The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh
Street, Bethesda, MD 20815. 2:00 p.m. For more information phone: (301)
654-8664 or email: postmaster@writer.org
or Sunil Freeman at: sfreeman@writer.org
October 25: Foust Series for the Humanities Presents David
Budbill in While We've Still Got Feet: Flute, Bells, Poems, 7:00 p.m.
Boehm Auditorium, Boehm Science Building, Kutztown University,
Kutztown, PA. For more information contact: Joanne Emge at: emge@kutztown.edu
--POSTPONED UNTIL SPRING 2006
October 21: Benefit Performance for Out and About, at The
Helen Day Art Center, Robinson Room, Stowe, VT, 7:30 p.m., WHILE WE'VE
STILL GOT FEET: bells, bowls, gongs, poems and shakuhachi. For more
information contact: Kent Strobel at: kstrobelphotos@att.net
--CANCELLED
October 20: David participates in PoJazz at The Black Door in
Montpelier, VT, beginning at 9:00 p.m. For more information contact
Tony Whedon: Tony.Whedon@jsc.vsc.edu
and/or The Black Door: http://www.blackdoorvt.com
October 19: Poetry Reading from WHILE
WE'VE STILL GOT FEET, Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, VT.
7:00 p.m. For more information call 802-426-3955 or email Susannah at: jaquithpubliclibrary@hotmail.com
or go to: www.marshfield.lib.vt.us
October 14: David participates in the celebration of the
publication of Yvonne Daley's book VERMONT WRITERS: A STATE OF MIND
(University Press of New England, 2005). David is one of the subjects
of the book. At Vermont College, Noble Lounge, Montpelier, VT, 7:00
p.m. For more information contact Yvonne Daley at: ydaley@sbcglobal.net
October 3: David reads from WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT FEET and
plays his bells, bowls, gongs and shakuhachi at The University of
Maine: Farmington, 12:00 Noon, North Dinning Hall A in the Student
Center on South Street at the corner of Main Street, Farmington. For
more information contact: Gretchen Legler at: gretchen.legler@maine.edu
October 1: David reads from WHILE
WE'VE STILL GOT FEET with bells, bowls and shakuhachi at Gulf
of Maine Books, 134 Maine Street, Brunswick, ME, 4:00 p.m. For more
information contact: Gary Lawless at: gary@gulfofmainebooks.com
September 30: House Reading with bells, bowls, gongs, poems
and shakuhachi at William H. and Lorna Cafe's house in Five Islands,
ME. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Cocktails at 5:30. Reading at 6:30. For more
information contact William H. Chafe at: chafe@asdean.duke.edu
September 29: David reads from WHILE
WE'VE STILL GOT FEET with bells, bowls and shakuhachi at New
England College, Henniker, NH, at The Simon Center, Great Room at 7:00
p.m. For more information contact: Inez McDermott at: IMcDermott@nec.edu
September 28-October 1: David's play JUDEVINE will be performed in
the Mainstage Theatre of New England College by the Open Door Theatre,
curtain times and prices: TBA. For more information contact: Glenn
Stuart at gstuart@nec.edu
or call: 603-428-2454.
September 26: Garrison Keillor reads David's poem, "This
Shining Moment in the Now" from his new book WHILE
WE'VE STILL GOT FEET, on National Public Radio's THE WRITERS
ALMANAC. To read the poem or listen to Keillor read it, or both, go to:
http://writersalmanac.publicradio.org/programs/2005/09/26/index.html
September 24: David participates in the First Annual
Burlington (VT) Literary Festival with a reading at Firehouse Center
for the Visual Arts, Church Street, Burlington, 3:50 to 4:10 p.m. For
more information contact: Susan Weiss at: riweiss@verizon.net
September 24: David participates in PoJazz-Poetry to the
music of a jazz quintet-at Halverson's Bar on Church Street,
Burlington, VT, beginning at 8:00 p.m. For more information contact
Tony Whedon at: Tony.Whedon@jsc.vsc.edu
September 3: David Budbill reads with April Bernard, and
Martha Zweig at Perennial Pleasures, East Hardwick, VT, 4:00 p.m. For
more information contact Merry Gangemi at: mgangemi@sover.net
For reservations for tea at Perennial Pleasures call (802) 472-5104.
August 26: David reads from and signs his new book WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT FEET at
Northshire Bookstore, Manchester, VT, 7:00 p.m. For more information
contact Northshire Bookstore at 802-362-2200 or events@northshire.com
The event is free and open to the public and is handicap accessible.
August 23: David reads from and signs his new book WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT FEET at
The Bookstore, 11 Housatonic Street, Lenox, MA. 8:00 p.m. For more
information call The Bookstore: (413) 637-3390
July 26: Garrison Keillor reads David's poem, "What We Need"
from WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT FEET
on National Public Radio's THE WRITERS ALMANAC. For more information go
to: http://almanac.mpr.org
July 19: Poetry Reading from David's just released book WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT FEET and
Book Signing, Bear Pond Books, 77 Main Street, Montpelier, VT, 7:00
p.m. For more information contact Patricia Lyon-Surrey, Events
Coordinator at (802) 229-0774 or at plbearpond@adelphia.net
The event is free and open to the public and is handicap accessible.
More information on the event will be posted soon on: www.bearpondbooks.com
July 17: A review of WHILE
WE'VE STILL GOT FEET appears in The Sunday New York Times
Book Review.
July 15: David reads from his new book, WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT FEET, with
three other poets at Village Square Booksellers, 32 The Square, Bellows
Falls, VT 05101, 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., for more information call:
802-463-9404 or email: vsbooks@sover.net
or go to: www.villagesquarebooks.com
July 11: Poetry Reading from David's just released book WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT FEET and
Book Signing, Kingdom Books, 446 Railroad Street, Suite 4 (upstairs,
across from Uniquity), St Johnsbury, VT, 4:00-5:30 p.m. (note afternoon
start time). For more information call 802-748-5488 or contact: KingdomBks@aol.com
also www.KingdomBks.com
July 9: Poetry Reading from David's just released book WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT FEET and
Book Signing, Tamarack Gallery, East Craftsbury, VT, 3:00 p.m. Free.
For directions to Tamarack Gallery go to: http://www.tamarackvermont.com/main.htm
For more information contact Kathy Stark at: (802) 586-8078 or
Elizabeth Nelson at: (802) 525-3041
June 30-July 3: David's play JUDEVINE
will be performed in the Mainstage Theatre of New England College by
the Open Door Theatre, June 30 & July 2 at 8:00 p.m. and July 3
at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $10.00. For more information contact: Glenn
Stuart at gstuart@nec.edu
or call: 603-428-2454.
June 26: David participates in Vermont History Expo 2005 as
one of the 25 Prominent Vermonters in the Box Lunch Auction, 12:00 noon
to 1:00 p.m., Tunbridge World's Fairgrounds, Tunbridge, VT. For more
information contact: Sandy Levesque at sandylev@together.net
or call: 802-234-5039.
June 22: Poetry Reading from David's new, just released, book
WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT FEET,
Cabot Public Library, Cabot, VT, 7:00 p.m. For more information
contact: Connie Koeller at: cabotpubliclibrary@yahoo.com
June 21: Poetry Reading from David's just released book WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT FEET and
Book Signing, The Galaxy Bookshop, 7 Mill Street, Hardwick, VT, 7:00
p.m. For more information contact Sandy at: galaxy@vtlink.net
or go to www.galaxybookshop.com
June 17: David Budbill, William Parker and Hamid Drake
perform together at The 10th Annual Vision Festival at 10:00 p.m. at
Orensanz Art Center, 172 Norfolk St. (just south of Houston and one
block east of Avenue A). For details about our performance and the
entire Vision Festival which runs from June 14 through June 19 go to: http://www.visionfestival.org/vfx.asp
June 1: Performance/Reading at The Putney School, Putney, VT,
7:00 p.m. The Michael S. Currier Center Gallery. For more information
contact: Carol Dickson at cdickson@putneyschool.org
or call: (802) 387-6260
May 13: David delivers the Opening Convocation-Prayer
(Buddhist-Taoist- Islamic-Christian words with Shakuhachi) for The
Vermont House of Representatives, Vermont State House, Montpelier,
House Chambers, 9:30 a.m. Open to the Public. For more information
contact: Will Reed at: wreed@leg.state.vt.us.
May 7: The Second Annual Black Fly Festival, Adamant, VT.
David reads with Jody Gladding and The Academy Street Poets from 4:00
to 5:00 p.m. For more information and a full schedule of the days
events, including the Black Fly Grande Parade, Pie Contest, Treasure
Hunt and a lecture by the Vermont state entomologist on black flies,
contact Alison Underhill at: alisonun@sover.net
May 7: Poetry Reading with Grace Paley, music by Michael
Arnowitt, for the Women's International League for Freedom and Peace,
7:30 p.m., The Unitarian Church, Montpelier, VT. For more information
contact: Merry Gangemi at: mgangemi@sover.net
April 26: TWO POETS: ONE FAMILY: THE POETRY OF NADINE WOLF
BUDBILL & DAVID BUDBILL. David Budbill reads his own and his
daughter's poetry. Stowe Free Library, Stowe, VT, 7:30 p.m. For more
information contact: Charlotte Maison at 802-253-6145.
April 12: Poetry performance at the Stella Adler Studio for
Acting, 31 West 27th Street (between Broadway and 6th Avenue), Third
Floor, New York, NY 10001. 6:30 p.m. Admission is $5. There is a
discount for students. For more information and reservations--seating
is limited-call Michael Grenham at: 212-689-0087, ext. 11.
April 10: David plays his shakuhachi (a traditional Japanese
vertical bamboo flute) at the bi-annual Matsuri (a traditional Japanese
festival, a Japanese festival of traditions) at St. Michael's College
Gymnasium, St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Contact information TBA.
April 9: Garrison Keillor reads David's poem, "The First
Green of Spring" on National Public Radio's THE WRITERS ALMANAC. For
more information go to: http://almanac.mpr.org
April 7: David Budbill participates in North Country Public
Radio's Readers and Writers on the Air Annual Poetry Circle. This year
it is dedicated to poems of war and peace. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.
Tune in on-line at: http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/
For on-air coverage map and location of stations go to: http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/about/coverage.html
For more information contact: Christopher Robinson at: robinscc@clarkson.edu
April 5: Poetry Reading for the Woodstock Historical Society,
26 Elm Street (next to the Prince and Pauper, two doors down the
Gillingham's Store) Woodstock, VT, 7:00 p.m. For more information call
802-457-1822 or contact: Suzanne Nothnagle at: admin1@sover.net
February 18: Garrison Keillor reads two of David's poems, "In
the Ancient Tradition" and "Dilemma", On National Public Radio's THE
WRITERS ALMANAC. For more information go to: http://almanac.mpr.org
February 15: David Budbill hosts a community poetry reading
at the Senior Citizen's Center, Morrisville, VT, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. For
more information call River Arts at: (802) 888-1261 or email: info@riverarts.vt
January 21: David reads two poems in honor of and for Lucien
Day at the opening of LUCIEN DAY: A RETROSPECTIVE, Helen Day Art
Center, Stowe, VT, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. For more information contact www.helenday.com
January 19: All day (9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.) workshops and
presentations on THE BONES ON BLACK SPRUCE MOUNTAIN, Berlin Elementary
School, Berlin, Vt. For more information contact Pat Nelson at: pnelson@u32.org
2004
December 31: Poetry Reading at First
Night Montpelier, Montpelier, VT, 6:00 to 6:30 p.m., Kellogg-Hubbard
Library, Hayes Room. For more information call: 802-229-9408.
December 5: Book signing at The Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick,
VT, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. as part of Hardwick's Open House Day, David
Budbill and other local authors. For more information email:
galaxy@vtlink.net or call
802-472-5533.
November
13: David Budbill reads from and signs his newly re-released, classic,
young adult novel, THE BONES ON BLACK SPRUCE MOUNTAIN, at Bear Pond
Books, Montpelier, VT at 2:00 p.m. For more information go to: www.bearpondbooks.com
or call: 802-229-0774
November 8: David Budbill reads from and signs his newly
re-released, classic, young adult novel, THE BONES ON BLACK SPRUCE
MOUNTAIN, at The Book Rack & Children's Pages, Essex, VT at
7:00 p.m. For more information email: bookrack@bookrackvermont.com
or call 802-872-2627
November 4: David Budbill reads from and talks about his
newly re-released, classic, young adult novel, THE BONES ON BLACK
SPRUCE MOUNTAIN, at Greensboro Free Library, Greensboro, VT, 3:30 p.m.
For more information call: 802-533-2531
October 28-November 7: Connecticut Repertory Theatre (at the
University of Connecticut), Storrs, CT, presents JUDEVINE: A PLAY IN
TWO ACTS. For more information contact: Kristin Wold at: kristin.wold@uconn.edu
October 26:David Budbill reads from and signs his newly
re-released, classic, young adult novel, THE BONES ON BLACK SPRUCE
MOUNTAIN, at The Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick, VT at 7:00 p.m. For more
information email: galaxy@vtlink.net
or call 802-472-5533
October 22: Onion River Press announces the republication of
David Budbill's classic Young Adult novel, THE BONES ON BLACK SPRUCE
MOUNTAIN. For more information go to: http://www.onionriverpress.com
October 20: Vermont Council of Teachers of English and
Language Arts, David Budbill, Keynote Address: Writing for the Theatre.
Time TBA. For more information contact: Paul Eschholz at: peschhol@zoo.uvm.edu
October 14: Tales of a Mountain Recluse: David Budbill talks
about ancient Chinese poetry and reads his own Chinese-inspired verse.
Robert Hull Fleming Museum, The University of Vermont, Burlington, VT,
5:30 p.m. (note unusual start time). For more
information contact Christina Fearon at: christina.fearon@uvm.edu
October 12: Poets for Peace Reading with David Budbill, Grace
Paley and Cora Brooks, Chandler Music Hall Gallery, Randolph, VT, 7:00
p.m. For more information contact Erik Nielsen at: nielsen@sover.net
October 4: On National Public Radio's THE WRITERS ALMANAC,
Garrison Keillor reads "This Shining Moment in the Now" by David
Budbill, For more information go to: http://almanac.mpr.org
September 30-October 3: David Budbill participates in The
Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival 2004 with two sessions for high
school students and two readings. This year's festival is at the Duke
Farms in Hillsborough, NJ. For directions and details go to: http://www.grdodge.org/poetry/main.htm
September 15-19: David Budbill in residence at Warren Wilson
College, Asheville, NC, for readings, panel, classes. Sponsored, in
part, by Hartstone Magazine. For more information contact: Margo Flood
at: mflood@warren-wilson.edu
September 14: David Budbill reads from JUDEVINE, Sterling
College, Craftsbury Common, VT, 7:30 p.m., in The Barn, Dunbar Hall.
For more information contact Christina Erickson at: cerickson@sterlingcollege.edu
September 8-12: David Budbill in residence for a writing
workshop at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, New England Workshop,
Deer Isle, ME. For more information contact: www.haystack-mtn.org
September 4: Reading with Shakuhachi at Perennial Pleasures,
East Hardwick, VT 4:00 p.m. For more information contact Merry Gangemi
at: mgangemi@sover.net
For reservations call (802) 472-5104.
August 21: David Budbill reads from his forthcoming book of
poems, WHILE WE'VE STILL GOT FEET and plays his Shakuhachi. Tamarack
Gallery, East Craftsbury, VT, 3:00 p.m. Free. For directions to
Tamarack Gallery go to: http://www.tamarackvermont.com/main.htm
For more information contact Kathy Stark at: (802) 586-8078 or
Elizabeth Nelson at: (802) 525-3041
August 4: Guest Speaker/Reading at The Green Mountain Writers
Conference, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., Tinmouth, VT. For more information
contact Yvonne Daley at: ydaley@adelphia.net
July 28: Poets for Peace Reading, David Budbill
participating, Contois Auditorium, Burlington, VT, 7:00 p.m. For more
information contact Charles Simpson at: simpsocr@plattsburgh.edu
July 18: Reading and Discussion at Castleton Writer's
Institute, Castleton State College, Castleton, VT, Time TBA, for more
information contact: Yvonne Daley at: ydaley@adelphia.net
July 6: Reading from HUNGER MOUNTAIN all-Vermonter Issue,
David Budbill participating, The Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick, VT, 7:00
p.m., More at: galaxy@vtlink.net
June 25: Rail City Summer Writing Workshop, BFA St. Albans,
St. Albans, VT, 9:00 a.m, to 12:00 noon. For more information contact:
Donald Tinney at: donaldtinney@surfglobal.net
June 23: Writing Workshop and Poetry Reading, 1:00 to 4:00
p.m., Southern State Correctional Facility, Springfield, VT. Public Not
Invited.
June 11-20: Old Castle Theatre Company, Bennington, VT,
presents JUDEVINE: A
PLAY IN TWO ACTS. For more information contact: Eric Peterson at: dwep@sover.net
June 16: For the Morristown Historical Society, David Budbill
talks about the work of 19th century Vermont author Rowland E.
Robinson, especially Robinson's tales of The Underground Railroad.
Peoples Academy Auditorium, Morrisville, VT, 7:00 p.m. For more
information contact: Bill Lizotte at: bill.lizotte@anr.state.vt.us
June 5: A Reading of JUDEVINE: A PLAY IN ONE ACT by David
Budbill, Directed by Kimberly Hackett, at the Strafford Town House,
Strafford, VT, 7:00 p.m. Admission is $4.00. For more information
contact: Kimberly Hackett at: khackett@valley.net
Spring 2004: "Winter: Tonight: Sunset", a new poem, appears
in HEARTSTONE. For more information contact Margo Flood at: mflood@warren-wilson.edu
Spring 2004: "You Too Can Have an MFA in Poetry", a new poem
appears in RIVENDELL. More at: http://www.greenmanwalking.com
Spring 2004: "My Father", a new poem appears in HUNGER
MOUNTAIN. More at: http://www.tui.edu/hungermtn/index.asp
May 30: Panel on Peace Activism in a Time of War at the 9th
Annual Vision Festival, 5:00 p.m. at The Center, 268 Mulberry Street,
between Prince and Houston Streets. More information at: info@visionfestival.org
May 27: David Budbill and William Parker performing together
at The 9th Annual Vision Festival, at The Center, 268 Mulberry Street,
between Prince and Houston Streets, next to The Old Saint Patrick's
Cathedral, New York, NY. 8:30 p.m. More information at: info@visionfestival.org
May 20: David Budbill appears on Vermont's Interactive
Learning Network, 1:30 to 2:30. For more information contact: Carrie
Biggam at: cbiggam@vermontinstitutes.org
May 14: David Budbill conducts two poetry workshops at the
17th Annual Teachers Who Write Conference, Vermont College, Montpelier,
VT. For more information contact Geof Hewitt at: ghewitt@doe.state.vt.us
May 13: Reading from HUNGER MOUNTAIN all-Vermonter Issue,
David Budbill participating, Johnson Studio Center, Johnson, VT, 8:00
p.m., More at: http://www.tui.edu/hungermtn/index.asp"
April 29: Symposium on the Rapport Between the Artist and the
Community, David Budbill participating, New England College, Henniker,
NH, 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., Readings and Workshops, 7:30 p.m. Symposium. For
more information contact: Sylva Boyadjian-Haddad at: sbhaddad@nec.edu
April 26: A reading from JUDEVINE for the Central Vermont
Community Action Council's Annual Retreat, 2:00 p.m., at Topnotch in
Stowe, VT. For more information contact: Judy Chalmer at: jchalmer@adelphia.net
April 6: David Budbill hosts a community poetry reading at
the Senior Citizen's Center, Morrisville, VT, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. For
more information call River Arts at: (802) 888-1261 or email: info@riverarts.vt
March 26: At the Annual Conference of AWP (The Association of
Writers and Writing Programs)--This Art: A Copper Canyon Press Reading
with David Budbill, Michael Wiegers, Madeline DeFrees, Marvin Bell,
Alberto Rios and Rebecca Seiferle. 2:30-4:00PM, Red Lacquer Room,
Chicago's Palmer House Hilton Hotel, Chicago, IL. For more information
go to: http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2004awpconf.htm
March 25: At the Annual Conference of AWP (The Association of
Writers and Writing Programs) David is the Chairperson for a panel
entitled The Poet and Political Responsibility: The recent Poets
Against the War movement sparked a national conversation about the role
of the poet in politics. How is a poet's political responsibility
defined, and how does a poet's social/political engagement serve their
art? Or--as in the tradition of the ancient Chinese Taoist hermits and
the Christian hermits of the 4th century Egyptian desert--can modern
poets make effective political declarations through disengagement,
contemplation, and meditation? With Arthur Sze, Rebecca Seiferle and
Richard Jones-- 10:30-11:45 AM, Parlor C, Chicago's Palmer House Hilton
Hotel, Chicago, IL. For more information go to: http://www.awpwriter.org/conference/2004awpconf.htm
March 11: David Budbill hosts a community poetry reading at
the Senior Citizen's Center, Morrisville, VT, 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. For
more information call River Arts at: (802) 888-1261 or email: info@riverarts.vt
February 28: William Parker's LITTLE HUEY CREATIVE MUSIC
ORCHESTRA with Special Guest, David Budbill, in an evening long concert
at Carpathian Orthodox St. Nicholas of Myra Church, southwest corner of
10th Street and Avenue A. 8:00 p.m. For more information contact: info@visionfestival.org
Winter 2004: Two new poems, "Anger is Easy, Compassion
Difficult" and "Easy as Pie" by David Budbill appear in TOWARD FREEDOM.
More at: http://www.towardfreedom.com
February 17: Open poetry reading with students from the
Career Academy of the Arts at People's Academy, at The Bee's Knees,
Morrisville, VT. 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. For more information contact:
Dorinne Dorfman at: dorinne.dorfman@morrisville.org
February 9, 13 and 17: Poetry Writing Workshops at the Career
Academy of the Arts, People's Academy, Morrisville, VT. For more
information contact Dorinne Dorfman at: dorinne.dorfman@morrisville.org
February 8: David reads poems and plays his shakuhachi at the
Fairfax Community Art Fair, Fairfax Community Library, Fairfax, VT,
2:00 p.m. For more information contact: Melinda Carpenter at: mdcarp160@hotmail.com
or Betsy Wagenknecht at: wagenbets@aol.com
February 7: David plays his shakuhachi and reads poems at the
annual celebration of SPA (Studio Place Arts) in Barre, VT. 6:00 to
9:30 p.m. For more information contact: Chris Wood at: cwood@vtlink.net
February 5: David Budbill reads his poems and plays his
Shakuhachi. South Burlington Community Library, 7:00 p.m. Free. For
more information contact: Louise Murphy at: LMurphy@sbschools.net
or call (802) 652-7076
January 20: David Budbill reads from JUDEVINE at Maclure
Public Library, Pittsford, VT, 7:00 p.m. For more information email
Bonnie Stewart at: mlibrary@adelphia.net
January 15: David delivers the Opening Prayer
(Buddhist-Taoist- Islamic-Christian words with Shakuhachi) for The
Vermont House of Representatives, Vermont State House, Montpelier,
House Chambers, 1:00 p.m. Open to the Public. For more information
contact: Bob Kiss at: (802) 862-1297.
January 8, 9 10: David Budbill's play, A PULP CUTTERS'
NATIVITY, Soulstice Theatre at The Hide House, 2625 S. Greeley St.,
Milwaukee, WI (off Howell Avenue in Bay View), 7:30 p.m. For more
information call (262) 376-2154 or email Char Manny at: charsplace@myexcel.com and
visit the Soulstice website at: www.soulsticeltd.netfirms.com
January 2004: "Thirty Years Alone", a new poem, appears in
THE SUN. More at: http://www.thesunmagazine.org
2003
December 31: On National Public Radio's
THE WRITERS ALMANAC, Garrison Keillor will read two new poems by David
Budbill, "Tomorrow" and "Like Smoke from Our Campfire." For more
information go to:
http://almanac.mpr.org
Fall
2003: Four new poems by David Budbill appear in ENTELECHY
INTERNATIONAL, "Essay on Wabi", "Often I think I'd Rather", "Again Just
Now", "Thirty Years Alone". For more information contact Sylva
Boyadjian-Haddad at: sbhaddad@nec.edu
or Maura MacNeil at: mmacneil@nec.edu
November 6: David Budbill reads his poetry and plays the
shakuhachi at Cobleigh Public Library, 70 Depot Street, Lyndonville, VT
05851. 7:00 p.m. For more information call Janis Minshull at: (802)
626-5475 or email her at: cobleigh@dol.state.vt.us
October 4: Brattleboro Literary Festival, David Budbill reads
his poems at 11:00 a.m., New England Youth Theatre. 1:00 - 2:30 PM:
Words and Music-Panel Discussion, Hooker-Dunham Theater, with Mohammed
N. Ali, Wyn Cooper, Peter Nelson, David Daniel, David Budbill and Steve
Almond. For more information go to: http://www.brattleboroliteraryfestival.org/index.html
October 3: Brattleboro Literary Festival, Author's Reception,
David Budbill participating. 7:30 PM, Reception - Meet the Authors in
the River Garden. For more information go to: http://www.brattleboroliteraryfestival.org/index.html
September 9: David Budbill reads from JUDEVINE,
Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, VT, 7:30 p.m., in The Barn, Dunbar
Hall. For more information contact Christina Erickson at: cerickson@sterlingcollege.edu
September 1: Reading and discussion for University of Vermont
Honors College Program: COMMUNITY AND SENSE OF PLACE: READING THE HUMAN
AND NATURAL LANDSCAPE OF VERMONT. Burlington, VT, 4:00 to 7:00 p.m.
Location TBA. For more information contact Paul Eschholz at: peschhol@zoo.uvm.edu
August 20: FATHER AND DAUGHTER TOGETHER: Two Poets, Two Generations: from
Green Mountain Zen Poetry to Hip-Hop Flavored Spoken Word: a poetry
performance by David Budbill and Nadine Wolf Budbill, with RUTH STONE!,
Strafford Town House August Reading Series 2003, Strafford, VT., 7:00
p.m. For more information contact: Maureen Wilson at: wilsonsb@sover.net
or call: (802) 765-4037
August 13: "Poets of the Revolution", Haybarn Theatre,
Goddard College, 7:30 p.m. To be broadcast live over WGDR 91.1 FM. This
event is another in the series of readings by Vermont poets against the
war. Poets include Greg Delanty, Cynthia Gomez, David Budbill, Martha
Zweig, Peter Goreau, etc. For more information contact Jim Hogue at: d.b.herbst@worldnet.att.net
August 11: From Los Angeles, a review of Budbill's new cd,
SONGS FOR A SUFFERING WORLD in AllAboutJazz.com. To read the review go
to: http://www.allaboutjazz.com/reviews/r0803_077.htm
July 31: Pacifica Radio Interview on PeaceWatch. David
Budbill is interviewed about his new cd, SONGS FOR A SUFFERING WORLD,
and producer, Scott Gurian, plays excerpts from the cd.
July 1: THE TWELVE BAR BLUES AS POETRY: A WORKSHOP, Vermont
Student Assistance Corporation and Education Outreach Summer Program,
St. Michael's College, Winooski, VT, Alliot Hall, 1:00 p.m. For more
information contact: Holly Hammond at: hammond@VSAC.org
June 26: Review of SONGS FOR A SUFFERING WORLD in The San
Antonio (TX) Current. Read the review at: http://www.sacurrent.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=8675435&BRD=2318&PAG=461&dept_id=484045&rfi=8
June 22: Review of SONGS FOR A SUFFERING WORLD in The Sunday
Herald of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. Read the review at: http://www.sundayherald.com/34726
June 22: David Budbill reads from MOMENT TO MOMENT and
JUDEVINE, for The Vermont Historical Society's Vermont History Expo,
Tunbridge World's Fair Grounds, Tunbridge, VT, Meet the Author/Book
Signing area, 4:15 p.m.. For More information, contact: Sandra Levesque
at: sandylev@together.net
Summer 2003: David Budbill is featured with an interview and
poems-both in Slovak--in REVUE SVETOVEJ LITERATURY, a Slovakian
Literary Review. More information at: http://www.rsl.sk
June 1: Community celebration of local composers includes
premiere of Erik Nielsen's "Like the Clouds" for chorus and
instrumental ensemble, setting of five poems from David Budbill's
MOMENT TO MOMENT, Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT, 7:30
p.m., for more information contact: Chandler Music Hall at (802)
728-9878 or (802) 728-6464.
May 19: David Budbill reads his recent poems and plays the
Shakuhachi, Elder Enrichment Education Group, 3:00 p.m., Faith United
Methodist Church, 899 Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, for more
information contact: David Fenn: (802) 482-4565
May 10: Vermont All-State Chorus performs of Erik Nielsen's
"Quam Pulchri Super Montes" which includes excerpts from David
Budbill's new anti-war talk/poem, WE WANT TO LIVE!, Spaulding High
School, Barre, VT, 3:00 p.m., for more information go to: http://www.vmea.org/stef/allstate/2003.html
April 11-June 1: WORD WORKS: including Emily Anderson's
Personal Stages, 2003: EASY AS PIE, a poem by David Budbill, as part of
a group exhibit of Text-Fortified Visual Art., Opening: April 11th,
6:00 p.m. At FLYNNDOG, 208 Flynn Avenue, Burlington, VT. For more
information call: (802) 652-2583.
April 24: SONGS FOR A SUFFERING WORLD: Incantation and
Improvisation: a Prayer for Peace: a Protest Against War, a performance
by poet David Budbill; bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake,
The Hardwick Townhouse, Hardwick, Vermont, 7:00 p.m. $10.00 and $7.00.
For more information call: Addy Smith at (802) 533-7422 or email: addy_smith@hotmail.com
April 23: SONGS FOR A SUFFERING WORLD: Incantation and
Improvisation: a Prayer for Peace: a Protest Against War, a performance
by poet David Budbill; bassist William Parker and drummer Hamid Drake,
The University of Vermont, Music Recital Hall, Redstone Campus, 7:00
p.m., admission is free, for more information contact: John
Gennari at: jgennari@zoo.uvm.edu
April 18-27: Village Harmony performs of Erik Nielsen's "A
Solitary Voice" settings of four poems from David Budbill's MOMENT TO
MOMENT, on tour; for details go to: http://www.northernharmony.pair.com/vhyg.html.
April 18: Vermont Poets Against The War with David Budbill,
Jody Gladding, Galway Kinnell, Grace Paley, Bob Nichols, Greg Delanty
and Jim Schley among others, College Hall Chapel, Union Institute at
Vermont College, 7:00 p.m. For more information, contact: Linda
Prescott at: katzenscot@aol.com
April 12: Vermont Youth Philharmonia with Wendy Hoffman
Farrell, mezzo-soprano, performing of Erik Nielsen's "Reflections on
the Way" settings of four poems from David Budbill's MOMENT TO MOMENT
for mezzo and orchestra, Elley-Long Center, St. Michael's College, Fort
Ethan Allen campus, Colchester, VT, 7:00 p.m., for more information
contact: Vermont Youth Orchestra at: (802) 655-5030
April 11: Vermont Youth Philharmonia with Wendy Hoffman
Farrell, mezzo-soprano, performing of Erik Nielsen's "Reflections on
the Way" settings of four poems from David Budbill's MOMENT TO MOMENT
for mezzo and orchestra, Spaulding High School, Barre, VT, 7:00 p.m.,
for more information contact: Vermont Youth Orchestra at: (802)
655-5030
April 5: Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, performing of
Erik Nielsen's "We Must Always Have a Song" inspired by "What Issa
Heard" from David Budbill's MOMENT TO MOMENT, Flynn Space, Flynn Center
for the Arts, Burlington, VT, 8:00 p.m. (pre-concert discussion 7:15
p.m.), for more information contact: the Flynn at: (802) 863-5866
April 4: Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble, performing Erik
Nielsen's "We Must Always Have a Song" inspired by "What Issa Heard"
from David Budbill's MOMENT TO MOMENT, Unitarian Church, Montpelier,
VT, 8:00 p.m. (pre-concert discussion 7:15 p.m.), for more information
contact: Steve Klimowski at (802) 849-6900.
March 26: "Defining the Political Responsibility of the
Poet/Artist," panel discussion with Wanda Coleman, David Budbill, John
Gennari, Emily Bernard and Tony Magistrale, Burlington, VT, The
University of Vermont, The Old Mill, Dewey Lounge, 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
for more information contact Patrick Neal at: patrick.neal@uvm.edu
March 22: Vermont Artists for Peace, David Budbill, among
many other performers, South Church, St. Johnsbury, VT, 7:00 p.m.
March 3: The Lysistrata Project, with David Budbill in the
role of the Leader of the Chorus of Old men. The Flynn Theatre,
Burlington, VT, 7:00 p.m. For more information about the performance at
The Flynn contact: kthomas@flynncenter.org
For More information about The Lysistrata Project go to: www.lysistrataproject.com.
February 16: A Poetry Reading In Honor of the Right of
Protest as a Patriotic and Historical Tradition, with David Budbill,
Galway Kinnell, Grace Paley, Donald Hall, Ruth Stone, Jay Parini,
Jamaica Kincaid, Jody Gladding, Greg Delanty and William O'Daly. First
Congregational Church, Manchester, VT, 4:00 p.m. For more information
contact: contact Northshire Bookstore at 1-800-437-3700 or (802)
362-2200.
2002
December 31: FATHER AND DAUGHTER
TOGETHER: Two Poets, Two Generations: from Green Mountain Zen Poetry to
Hip-Hop Flavored Spoken Word: a poetry performance by David Budbill and
Nadine Wolf Budbill, First Night Celebration, Montpelier, VT,
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. For more information contact
Jesse Ahee at Onion River Arts Council: (802) 229-9408, or email:
orac@together.net
December
31: On National Public Radio's THE WRITERS ALMANAC, Garrison Keillor
will read two new, as yet unpublished, poems by David Budbill,
"Tomorrow" and "Like Smoke from Our Campfire." For more information go
to: http://almanac.mpr.org/
December 28: An Interview About and Excerpts from A FLEETING
ANIMAL: AN OPERA FROM JUDEVINE: From 12:00 to 2:00 p.m. on Vermont
Public Radio's "Saturday Afternoon at the Opera." Host Peter Fox Smith
will interview composer Erik Nielsen and librettist David Budbill about
their opera A FLEETING ANIMAL and play excerpts from the October 2000
production of the opera. Available on-line in real-time at: http://www.vpr.net/
November 6-10: Residency at Warren Wilson College, Asheville,
NC: Readings, Classes, The 12 Bar Blues as Poetry Workshop. For further
information contact: Emilie White at: etwhite8@earthlink.net
or Ruby Chorbajian at: ruralkicks@hotmail.com
October 25: FATHER AND DAUGHTER TOGETHER: Two Poets, Two
Generations: from Green Mountain Zen Poetry to Hip-Hop Flavored Spoken
Word: a poetry performance by David Budbill and Nadine Wolf Budbill,
South Common Community Center (SCcubed), Chelsea, VT, 7:30 p.m., $7.00
and $5.00. South Common Community Center (SCcubed) is on the corner of
Rt. 110 and the South Common. For more information contact Tracy
Penfield at: (802) 685-3157
July 16: FATHER AND DAUGHTER TOGETHER, from Green Mountain
Zen Poetry to Hip-Hop Flavored Spoken Word: a poetry performance with
bowls, bells, gongs and Shakuhachi by David Wolf Budbill and Nadine
Wolf Budbill, The Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick, VT, 7:00 p.m., for more
information contact: Linda Ramsdell at: galaxy@vtlink.net
June 9: David Budbill and William Parker present SONGS FOR A
SUFFERING WORLD at The Hardwick Townhouse, Hardwick, Vermont, 7:00 p.m.
For more information call: Addy Smith at (802) 533-7422 or email: addy_smith@hotmail.com
June 8: BUDBILL AND PARKER IN MONTREAL: David Budbill and
William Parker perform their latest collaboration, SONGS FOR A
SUFFERING WORLD, at Montreal's renown New Music venue, Casa Del Popolo,
4873 Boulevard Saint Laurent. The evening begins with Montreal
spoken-word performers lead by Fortner Anderson followed by Budbill and
Parker. For more information call (514) 284-3804 or visit website: www.casadelpopolo.com
or email; info@casadelpopolo
June 7: David Budbill receives The Walter Cerf Award for
Lifetime Achievement in the Arts, presented by The Vermont Arts Council
at the Annual Meeting of The Vermont Arts Council at the Southern
Vermont Arts Center, Manchester, VT. Time TBA. For more information
contact: Arlene Coughlin at: coughlin@arts.vca.state.vt.us
May 30: David Budbill and William Parker perform SONGS FOR A
SUFFERING WORLD at the Seventh Annual Vision Festival at The Center,
268 Mulberry Street, between Prince and Houston Streets, New York City,
8:PM. For more information go to: http://www.visionfestival.org/
May 15: David Budbill will be the post-play discussion leader
at NO LIE, a new theatre piece that confronts issues of race and
tolerance in America. NO LIE will be performed at St. Johnsbury
Academy, St. Johnsbury, VT, at 7:00 p.m. This event is co-sponsored by
St. Johnsbury Academy and the Axelrod Education Fund of the American
Civil Liberties Union of Vermont. For more information call the ACLU at
(802) 223-6304
May 7: Lecture: DANVIS TALES: THE STORIES OF ROWLAND E.
ROBINSON, Rochester Public Library, Rochester, VT, 7:00 p.m., for more
information call: Sandy Lincoln at (802) 767-3927 or at: Sandy@seasonedbooks.com
April 30: Reading and Master of Ceremonies, sponsored by
River Arts of Morrisville, VT, at The Senior Center in Morrisville,
7:00 p.m. For more information contact: Brooke Hemenway at: (802)
888-2401
April 24-27: Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club presents:
JUDEVINE by David Budbill, Directed by Joy Fairfield, Produced by
Lesley Ma, Loeb Drama Center Experimental Theater, 64 Brattle Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138, April 24, 25, 26 and 27 at 7:30 p.m. and April 24
and April 27 at 2:30 p.m., Free Admission, Tickets Recommended. Call
the Loeb Box Office, (617) 547-8300.
April 23: David Budbill reads from new work and from MOMENT
TO MOMENT with musical bowls, bells, gongs and so forth. The Kellogg
Hubbard Library, Montpelier, VT, 7:00 p.m., for more information
contact: Aline White at: khlprograms@hotmail.com
April 17: Reading/Performance, Goddard College, Plainfield,
VT, 7:30 p.m., Haybarn Theatre. For more information contact Carol
Dickson at: dicksonc@goddard.edu
April 17: Class Visit and Talk, Emily Bernard's class: Racism
in American Culture, The University of Vermont, Lafayette 302,
Burlington, VT, 1:25 to 2:15 p.m.
April 15: Keynote Speaker, Diversity Day: "Open Your Eyes" at
People's Academy, Morrisville, VT, all day. For more information
contact Moria Donovan at: Moira_Donovan@breadnet.middlebury.edu
April 14: Poets for Peace, a Reading with Ellen Bryant Voigt,
Jody Gladding, Eva Hooker, Jim Schley and David Budbill, 7:00 p.m.
Unitarian Church, Montpelier, VT. For more information contact: Jim
Schley at: jschley@sover.net
April 4-7: Residency with the Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic
Club, for rehearsals of JUDEVINE, Loeb Drama Center Experimental
Theater, 64 Brattle Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, for more information
contact: Lesley Ma at: lesleyma@fas.harvard.edu
March 31: The Expanding Secret Company, presents an Easter
Sunday AntiWar Show, at Compost Art Center, 39 Main St., Hardwick. At
4:30, acclaimed documentary film, WINTER SOLDIER. At 5:30 an opening
reception including toytheater shows, videos, including a video of
David Budbill's and William Parker's performance SONGS FOR A SUFFERING
WORLD. Art by Sam Kerson, Max Schumann, Jerome Lipani and Helen Rabin.
At 7:30 poets David Budbill, Nadine Wolf Budbill, Bob Nichols, Duncan
Nichols, Didi Pershouse and Tara Lipani, plus a Last Supper and
Crucifixion by the Bread and Puppet Theater and cardboard toy theater
and much more. For more information call (802) 525-8853 or (802)
472-9613.
March 29: Class Visit with Nadine Wolf Budbill, Sally
Zitzman's Language Arts Classes, People's Academy, Morrisville, VT,
8:00 a.m. to Noon, Poetry in Performance, for more information contact,
Sally Zitzman at: sally.zitzmann@morrisville.org
March 12: Class Visit: Paul Eschholz's Vermont Literature
Class at The University of Vermont, 2:00 to 3:15 p.m. to talk about
MOMENT TO MOMENT, for more information contact: Paul Eschholz at: peschhol@zoo.uvm.edu
March 8: Class Visit, Fifth Grade, Fairfield Elementary
School, Fairfield, VT, 10:00 a.m., to talk about BONES ON BLACK SPRUCE
MOUNTAIN, for more information contact: Dick Shanley, Principal, (802)
827-6639
February 13: Lecture: Danvis Tales: The Stories of Rowland E.
Robinson, Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, VT, 7:00 p.m., for more
information call: Paula Davidson at (802) 426-3581
February 7: David Budbill reads from his poetry, Champlain
College, Burlington, VT, 7:00 p.m., in the Morgan Room of Aiken Hall,
on Summit Street. For more information contact Jim Ellison at: (802)
865-6406
February 5 & 6: Playwriting Residency, Hazen Union
High School, Hardwick, VT, Vermont Young Playwrights. For more
information contact: Judy Henchel at: Henchelplant@kingcon.com
January 24 & 25: Playwriting Residency, Hazen Union
High School, Hardwick, VT, Vermont Young Playwrights. For more
information contact: Judy Henchel at: Henchelplant@kingcon.com
January 12: Lecture: Danvis Tales: The Stories of Rowland E.
Robinson, Gallery at the Vault, 68 Main Street, Springfield, VT, 5:00
p.m. (Note early start time), for more information call: Deena Guillet
at: (802) 885-1561
January 10:"If You Won't, Who Will?" 2:40 p.m., closing
remarks at the Dare to Dream: Building Communities Free of Violence and
Discrimination Conference, Bentley Lecture Hall, Johnson State College,
Johnson, Vermont. For more information contact: Alex Low at: outreach@pshift.com
January 4 & 5: JUDEVINE IN TWO ACTS: Adapted for High
Schools, Greendale High School Theatre Department, Greendale,
Wisconsin, Char Manny, Director, for more information contact: Char
Manny at: charsplace@go.com
2001
David Budbill and William Parker, presented
a new work:
PHOENIX RISING:
Improvisation and Incantation for 911 and Beyond
November
18th: at 7:00 p.m. at The Unitarian Church, Main Street, Montpelier,
VT. $10.00. For more information call The Onion River Arts Council at
(802) 229-9408 or email:
orac@together.net.
Tickets can be reserved in advance with a credit card by calling or
emailing The Onion River Arts Council.
November 18: David Budbill and
William Parker perform at a Benefit Performance for Central Vermont
Home Health and Hospice, Barre Opera House, Barre, VT, 3:00 p.m. For
more information contact: Erik Nielsen at nielsen@sover.net
November 17: at 6:30 p.m. at The Full Moon Cafe, South
Strafford. The performance and a supper of soup and bread included in
the $15.00 admission fee, BYOB. Contact: Margo Baldwin 802-765-4869 or mbaldwin@sover.net
November 16: at 7:00 p.m. at Studio Place Arts, Main Street,
Barre, free, pass the hat. Contact: Eva Schectman, Studio Place Arts,
201 N. Main St., Barre, VT 05641, 802 479 7069, spa4arts@sover.net,
www.studioplacearts.com
November 1: "Moment to Moment and More" David Budbill reads
from his books JUDEVINE and MOMENT TO MOMENT at The Trapp Family Lodge,
700 Trapp Hill Road, Stowe, VT, in the Mozart Room at 8:00 p.m., Free.
October 24: Panel: NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND'S HARDSCRABBLE SOIL:
WHY IS IT SUCH WONDROUS FODDER FOR POETRY AND FICTION? Panelists
include David Budbill, Katherine Paterson, Philip Baruth and Jodi
Picoult. Panelintroduced by Chris Bohjalian, and moderated by UVM
English professor PaulEschholz. Sponsored by PEN. Reception and book
signing to follow. BillingsCampus Center Theater (adjacent to Ira Allen
Chapel), 7:30 p.m.
October 19: David Budbill and William Parker, Improvisation
in the Ashes and the Dust, 8:30 p.m., C.U.A.N.D.O. 9 Second Avenue,
Second Avenue at Houston, New York, NY.
October 17: David Budbill reads from and talks about the work
of Hayden Carruth at A TRIBUTE TO HAYDEN CARRUTH sponsored by The
Poetry Society of America in New York City. Others participating
include: Galway Kinnell, Adrienne Rich, Ellen Bryant Voigt, Marilyn
Hacker, Jean Valentine, Grace Paley, and Sam Hamill. 7:30 p.m., The
Great Hall, Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street, New York City, admission:
$5.00. For more information contact: Eve Grubin at eve@poetrysociety.org
October 12-14:Residency, Greendale High School Theatre,
Greendale, Wisconsin, in the drama department to help them prepare for
their upcoming production of JUDEVINE. For more information contact:
Char Manny at: CharsPlace@aol.com
October 6: Join David Budbill, Sam Hamill and Olga Broumas,
"The Poets of Copper Canyon Press," at the Catskill Mountain
Foundation's Performing Arts Center, Main St. (rte. 23a), Hunter, NY
1244, where there will be a "meet the poet" reception, open mike,
poetry sampler and group discussion with audience participation. Then
move across the street to the Cafe and Theater for the formal reading
and finally, get your signed books at the Catskill Mountain Foundation
Bookstore. 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. For more information: call (518) 263-4908
or email: catskillmtn@yahoo.com
September 12: David Budbill and Erik Nielsen talk about and
play excerpts from, A FLEETING ANIMAL: AN OPERA FROM JUDEVINE at Wake
Robin, Shelburne, VT, 7:30 p.m. for more information contact: Susan
DuCharme, Activities Coordinator, (802) 264-5107
September 8: Rusty Dewees (star of THE LOGGER and featured as
Antoine in David Budbill's JUDEVINE) reads an excerpt from David
Budbill's new novel, BROKEN WING, as part of a benefit for Vermont
Stage Company: VERMONT FICTION LIVE: GREAT WRITING READ BY GREAT
ACTORS, 7:30 p.m., Flynn Center for the Performing Arts, Burlington,
VT. Pre-show Reception, 6:30 p.m., For Tickets Call 86-FLYNN. Other
writers being read: Julia Alvarez, Chris Bohjalian, John Irving, Howard
Frank Mosher and Jay Parini. This event will be recorded for broadcast
by Vermont Public Radio.
September 4: David Budbill will participate in a reading to
Celebrate the Winooski River at Bear Pond Books, Main Street,
Montpelier, VT, at 7:00 p.m. Sponsored by The Onion River Arts Council.
For more information contact: Samantha Kolber at: samanthakolber@hotmail.com
July 30: Reading and Q&A, "In Many Genre," Green
Mountain Writers Conference, Tinmouth Pavilion on Chipman Lake,
Tinmouth, VT, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. For more information call: (802)
775-5326 or (650) 365-5101, or go to: http://www.vermontwriters.com/index.html
July 18: Reading and Discussion: "Poetry: High or Low?"
Craftsbury Public Library, Craftsbury Common, VT, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. for
more information contact Leslie Rowell at: (802) 586-9683 or 586-7798
June 20: Lecture: Danvis Tales: The Stories of Rowland E.
Robinson,Carpenter Carse Library, Hinesburg, VT, at 7:30 p.m., for more
informationcall: Jane Racer at (802) 482-2878.
June 7: Participant in a panel, "Jazz and the Independent
Spirits" at 7 p.m., Flynn Space, as part of the Discover Jazz Festival,
Burlington,VT, Other panelists: Raphe Malik, Bob Blumenthal, Pete
Gershon, and LewKannenstine. For more information: call: 802-863-7992,
or go to:http://www.discoverjazz.com/
June 1: Evening's Featured Poet, The 6th Annual Vision
Festival, The Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard Street, New York, NY 10013,
Located four blocks south of Canal, between Broadway and Church St.,
beginning at 7:30 p.m. For more information go to: http://www.visionfestival.org/
May 25-27: Residency and Readings: The New England
LiteratureProgram at the University of Michigan, in residence at Camp
Kabeyun, AltonBay, New Hampshire, Contact: Jackie Livesay, (603)
875-3526
May 24: Poetry Reading and Talk, The Vermont Library
Association Annual Conference. Topic: "Accessible and Direct: A Plain
Speaking Poet Reads from His Work and Talks About Why he Writes the Way
He Does," The Grand Hotel, Killington Ski Area, Killington, VT. For
more information contact: Louise Murphy: lmurphy@norwich.edu
May 23: Post Play Discussion Leader, for "To Kill a Mocking
Bird" at Lost Nation Theatre, Montpelier, VT, 10:30 a.m., for more
information go to : http://www.lostnationtheater.org/page4.html
May 17: Resident playwright, Vermont Young Playwrights
Festival, Royal Tyler Theatre, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT,
9:00 a.m.-10:00 p.m. For more information call Vermont Stage Company,
(802) 862-1479
May 16:Lecture: Danvis Tales: The Stories of Rowland E.
Robinson,Library, Quechee, VT, at 7:30 p.m., for information contact
Kate Schaal at:phone: (802) 295-1232
April 19: Poetry Reading at Borders Books & Music, 29
Church Street, Burlington VT, 7:00 p.m. For more information contact:
Brian Hadley, Community Relations Coordinator, (802) 865-2711 or bhadley@bordersstores.com
April 12: Post Play Discussion Leader, for "Collected
Stories" at Lost Nation Theatre, Montpelier, VT, 8:00 p.m., for more
information go to : http://www.lostnationtheater.org/page4.html
April 9: On National Public Radio's THE WRITER'S ALMANAC,
Garrison Keillor will read again from David Budbill's latest book of
poems MOMENT TO MOMENT, published by Copper Canyon Press. Mr. Keillor
will read "The First Green of Spring." For more information go to: http://almanac.mpr.org/
April 2: On National Public Radio's THE WRITER'S ALMANAC,
Garrison Keillor will read again from David Budbill's latest book of
poems MOMENT TO MOMENT, published by Copper Canyon Press. Mr. Keillor
will read "Bugs in a Bowl." For more information go to: http://almanac.mpr.org/
March 31: On National Public Radio's WEEKEND ALL THINGS
CONSIDERED, Lisa Simeone interviews David Budbill about his work and
his newest book, MOMENT TO MOMENT: POEMS OF A MOUNTAIN RECLUSE. To hear
interview go to: http://www.npr.org/ramfiles/watc/20010331.watc.08.rmm
March 29: Poetry Reading, George Washington University,
Washington, DC, 8:00 p.m., Media and Public Affairs Building, Room B-07
(Northeast corner of H and 21st Streets NW). For more information
contact David McAleavey: dmca@gwu.edu
March 22: Reading and Classes at Charlottesville High School,
Charlottesville, VA, 11:30 to 1:15, For more information contact: Nancy
Cobble Damon at The Virginia Festival of the Book:ncd8nr@cms.mail.virginia.edu
March 22: Reading, Charlottesville Public Library, Main
Branch, Charlottesville, VA, 4:00 p.m., For more information contact:
Nancy Cobble Damon at The Virginia Festival of the Book: ncd8nr@cms.mail.virginia.edu
March 21: Performance of ZEN MOUNTAINS-ZEN STREETS with
William Parker at The Prism, 214 Rugby Road, Charlottesville, VA, a
9:00 p.m., two sets. $8.00 advance/$10.00 at the door. For more
information contact: Fred Boyce. Director, The Prism at: tunes@mail.theprism.org
or go to:http://www.theprism.org.
March 13:Poetry Reading with Jody Gladding and Jim Schley at
7:00 p.m. at The Galaxy Bookshop, Hardwick, VT, for more information
contact: Linda Ramsdell: @ galaxy@vtlink.net
or go to: http://www.galaxybookshop.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp
March 9: Poetry Reading from MOMENT TO MOMENT: POEMS OF
AMOUNTAIN RECLUSE, plus new poems, both with bowls. Center for Social
Ecology, Plainfield, VT, 7:00 p.m. For more information contact:
Claudia Bajiackas at: ise@sover.net
March 3: JUDEVINE: Excerpts from the Two Act Play, Wellesley
High School Drama Department, Wellesley, MA, High School Auditorium,
7:30 p.m.. For more information contact: Sophi Sagall at:sophi_sagall@wellesley.mec.edu
February 18:On National Public Radio's THE WRITER'S ALMANAC,
Garrison Keillor will read again from David Budbill's latest book of
poems MOMENT TO MOMENT, published by Copper Canyon Press. Mr. Keillor
will read two poems "Dilemma" and "In the Ancient Tradition." For more
information go to:http://almanac.mpr.org/
February 17: Chinese New Year Celebration--Rochester Style,
Rochester, VT, at 2:00 p.m. David Budbill will lecture on Ancient
Chinese Poetry. For details of the talk go to: http://www.davidbudbill.com/lexworks.html
and scroll down to A LITTLE INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT CHINESE POETRY. At
12:30 that same day, Lois Eby will deliver a lecture/slide presentation
on Zen Ink Painting. For more information contact: Sandy Lincoln,
Rochester Public Library, (802) 767-3927
February 9: JUDEVINE: Excerpts from the Two Act Play,
Wellesley High School Drama Department, Wellesley, MA, High School
Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.. For more information contact: Sophi Sagall at:sophi_sagall@wellesley.mec.edu
February 8: JUDEVINE: Excerpts from the Two Act Play,
Wellesley High School Drama Department, Wellesley, MA, High School
Auditorium, 4:00 p.m.. For more information contact: Sophi Sagall at:sophi_sagall@wellesley.mec.edu
January 27: Talk: about artistic collaboration on A FLEETING
ANIMAL: AN OPERA FROM JUDEVINE, with composer Erik Nielsen, League of
Vermont Writers, Quarterly Meeting, 2:00 p.m., Chandler Music Hall,
Randolph, VT. For more information contact: Don Peabody at sacha@together.net
January 18,19, 25, 26: Four Day Playwriting Residency, Hazen
Union High School, Hardwick, VT, Vermont Young Playwrights. For more
information contact: Guy Smythe: gsmythe@hazen.k12.vt.us.
January 8: One Day Residency, Wellesley High School,
Wellesley, MA, in the drama department to help them prepare for their
upcoming abbreviated production of JUDEVINE. For more information
contact: Sophi Sagall at: sophi_sagall@wellesley.mec.edu
January 5:On National Public Radio's THE WRITER'S ALMANAC,
Garrison Keillor will read again from David Budbill's latest book of
poems MOMENT TO MOMENT, published by Copper Canyon Press. Mr. Keillor
will read "The Sixth of January." For more information go to: http://almanac.mpr.org/
2000
December
31:Poetry Reading, First Night Celebration, Montpelier, VT, 4:30 to
5:00 p.m. at The Kellogg Hubbard Library, Main Street, Montpelier.
December 8: On National Public Radio's THE WRITER'S ALMANAC,
Garrison Keillor will read again from David Budbill's latest book of
poems MOMENT TO MOMENT, published by Copper Canyon Press. Mr. Keillor
will read "The Three Goals." For more information go to:
http://almanac.mpr.org/
November 30:performance of ZEN MOUNTAINS-ZEN STREETS with
David Budbill & William Parker at New England College,
Henniker, NH, Simon Center, time TBA, for more information contact: Don
Melander: apfelholtz@aol.com
November 15: "Points
North" host Fran Stoddard interviews David Budbill about his
writing life, the new "A Fleeting
Animal: An Opera from Judevine," his new book of poems "Moment to Moment: Poems of a Mountain
Recluse" and other things, on Vermont Public Television, 7:30
p.m. More at: www.vpt.org
November 8: Reading, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Skylight
Conference Room, Agency of Natural Resources, State of Vermont,
Waterbury, VT, for more information contact: Ginny McGrath at gmcgrath@FPR.ANR.STATE.VT.US
November 2 and 3: Reading, Classes and Residency at The
Holderness School, Holderness, New Hampshire. For details contact Peter
Durnan: Peter_Durnan@holderness.org
November 1: Poetry Reading and Discussion, Plymouth State
College, Plymouth, NH, Silver Cultural Arts Center, Frost Commons, 3:30
to 5:00 p.m.
October 27, 28, 29: World Premiere Performances of A FLEETING
ANIMAL: AN OPERA FROM JUDEVINE, for details go to: http://www.davidbudbill.com/fleeting.html
October 24: Reading, 7:00 p.m., Bear Pond Books, Montpelier,
VT, contact Pat Lyon-Surrey at (802) 229-4406. Part of the Chelsea
Green Publishing Company "The Heard is the Word" Authors' Reading
Series.
October 20, 21, 22: World Premiere Performances of A FLEETING
ANIMAL: AN OPERA FROM JUDEVINE, for details go to: http://www.davidbudbill.com/fleeting.html
October 21: 1:00 - 3:00 p.m., Reception and Reading for
Congressman Bernie Sanders, Middlebury Town Theater, Merchants Row,
Middlebury, VT, featuring: readings by David Budbill, Julia Alvarez,
Bill Eichner, Ron Powers and Bernie Sanders. Suggested donation: $10.00
For more information call: Sanders for Congress, (802) 862-1505
October 15: Reading, 8:00 p.m., for the National Wildlife
Federation's Annual Meeting, Lake Mansfield Trout Club, Stowe, VT, for
more information contact Steve Wright (802) 229-0650
October 14, Workshop, 2:00 to 3:00 p.m., Reading,
Q&A, Book Signing, 3:00 to 4:00 p.m., Chappaqua Public Library,
195 S. Greeley Avenue Chappaqua, NY 10514, for information call: Joan
Kuhn at (914) 238-4779
October 13, Reading, Q&A, Book Signing, 12 noon to
1:30, Malden Public Library, 36 Salem Street, Malden, MA 02148, for
information call: Stacy Holder at (781) 324-0218
October 12: Reading, Q & A, Book Signing, 6:30 p.m.,
Sixteen Acres Branch of the Springfield Library, 1187 Parker Street,
Springfield, MA 01129. For information, call Jean Canosa-Albano at
(413) 263-6800, ext. 291
October 3: On National Public Radio's THE WRITER'S ALMANAC,
Garrison Keillor will read again from David Budbill's latest book of
poems MOMENT TO MOMENT, published by Copper Canyon Press. Mr. Keillor
will read "Stillness,O, Stillness." For more information go to: http://almanac.mpr.org/
September 26: Lecture: Danvis Tales: The Stories of Rowland
E. Robinson, Newfane Historical Society, Newfane, VT, at The Union Hall
on Route 30 at 7:30 p.m, for information call: Mary Laitres, (802)
257-00753 or email: marylait@sover.net
September 25: Lecture: Danvis Tales: The Stories of Rowland
E. Robinson Universalist Church, Cavendish, VT, 7:00 p.m. for
information call: The Cavendish Historical Society, Foster M. Johnson,
(802) 226-7273
September 24: 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., Reception and Reading for
Congressman Bernie Sanders, Northern Lights Bookshop and Cafe, 378
Railroad Street, St.Johnsbury, VT, featuring: a reading by David
Budbill, refreshments and light fare for more information call: Sanders
for Congress, PO Box 391, Burlington, VT 05402 (802) 862-1505
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September 18: performance, 7:00 p.m., of an excerpt from A
FLEETING ANIMAL: AN OPERA FROM JUDEVINE, libretto by David Budbill,
music by Erik Nielsen, as part of the Vermont Millennium Music
Festival's Final Concert, Barre Opera House, Barre, VT, for more
information contact: VMMF, P.O. Box 833, Montpelier, VT 05601 or westhill@sover.net
or (802) 223-6242
September 16: Reading, 10:00 a.m., from "The Second
Shepherds' Play & A Pulp Cutters' Nativity" at Vermont
Millennium Festival's Medieval "Faire," State House Lawn, Montpelier,
VT, for more information call: Michael Arnowitt at (802) 229-0984 or
contact: VMMF, P.O. Box 833, Montpelier, VT 05601 or westhill@sover.net
or (802) 223-6242
September 6: Reading, 7:00 p.m., Northern Lights Bookstore,
St. Johnsbury, VT, contact Caroline DiMaio (802) 748-4463. Part of the
Chelsea Green Publishing Company "The Heard is the Word" Authors'
Reading Series.
August 13: Lecture: Danvis Tales: The Stories of Rowland E.
Robinson, McClure Library, Pittsford, VT, 2:00 p.m. for information
call: (802) 483-2972
August 1:Seven new poems appear in the August issue of THE
SUN, 107 North Roberson Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27516 or call: (919)
942-5282 or go to: http://www.thesunmagazine.org/
For subscriptions write: The Sun, Subscription Dept., P.O. Box 3000,
Denville, NJ 07834-3000, or call (888) 732-6736. Subs are $34 a year,
$17 for six months.
July 27: The Green Mountain Writers' Conference, Tinmouth,
Vermont. http://www.vermontwriters.com/
June 1-2: Residency and Readings: The New England Literature
Program at the University of Michigan, in residence at Camp Kabeyun,
Alton Bay, New Hampshire, Contact: Jackie Livesay, (603) 875-3526
May 26: DAVID BUDBILL performs: A LOVE SUPREME: A FOUND POEM
FOR BLACK MUSIC with WILLIAM PARKER, on acoustic bass, HAMID DRAKE, on
drums, KIDD JORDAN, on tenor saxophone and ROY CAMPBELL, on trumpet at:
THE FIFTH ANNUAL VISION FESTIVAL, Friday, May 26th at approximately
10:00 p.m., at New Age Cabaret, 23 St. Mark's Place, NY, NY, for more
information, tickets, etc. go to: http://www.visionfestival.org/
May 18: After Dinner Reading: Lake Mansfield Trout Club,
Stowe, VT, c. 7:30 p.m.
May 16: Reading and Talk: Out and About, Morrisville, VT,
11:00 a.m., call (802) 888-3729
May 10: Reading at Wake Robin, Shelburne, VT, 7:30 p.m.
contact: Susan DuCharme, Activities Coordinator, (802) 985-9400
April 27: Performance of ZEN MOUNTAINS-ZEN STREETS with
William Parker at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, RISD
Auditorium, 17 Canal Walk, Providence, RI, 8:00 p.m.
April 16: Reading/Signing, Barnes and Noble Bookstore, 102
Dorset Street, South Burlington, VT, 3:00 p.m., contact: Nance Nahmias,
(802) 864-7505
April 12: Reading: Capitola Book Cafe, Capitola, 7:30 p.m.
Contact: Jen Ramage, 1475 41st Avenue, Capitola (831) 462-6297
April 11: Reading: San Francisco Zen Center, SF, 7:30 p.m.
Contact: Michael Weinger, 300 Page Street, San Francisco (415) 255-6531
April 10: Residency at Seaside High School, Seaside, CA [The
Twelve Bar Blues as Poetry: Workshop, Reading Poetry to Improvised
Music: Workshop, etc.]
April 10: Reading: Thunderbird Bookshop, Carmel, 7:00 to 8:30
p.m. Contact: Ginna Bragg or Lynda Richards, 3600 The Barnyard, Carmel,
CA, (831) 624-1803
April 6: Workshop at Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, time and
place tba
April 5: Reading at Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, 7:00 p.m.,
place tba
April 2: Garrison Keillor reads "Bugs in a Bowl" from MOMENT
TO MOMENT: POEMS OF A MOUNTAIN RECLUSE on National Public Radio's "A
Writer's Almanac."
March 31: Reporter Kim Tedrow's feature story about and
interview with David Budbill goes up on http://iuniverse.com/
March 29: Reading at New England College, Henniker, NH, 7:00
p.m. Class visits in the afternoon.
March 9: Reading/Performance with William Parker's Little
Huey Creative Music Orchestra, 8:00 pm, Merkin Hall, 129 West 67th
Street, New York, NY, 10023, between Broadway and Amsterdam, box
office: (212) 501-3330 or visit
http://www.metrobeat.com/E/V/NYCNY/0007/46/62/
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February 18: Garrison Keillor reads "Dilemma" and "In the
Ancient Tradition" from MOMENT TO MOMENT: POEMS OF A MOUNTAIN RECLUSE
on National Public Radio's "A Writer's Almanac."
January 21: Reading and Signing at The Book Rack, The
Champlain Mill, Winooski, VT, 7:00 p.m.
January 5: Garrison Keillor reads "The Sixth of January" from
MOMENT TO MOMENT: POEMS OF A MOUNTAIN RECLUSE on National Public
Radio's "A Writer's Almanac."
1999
December 20:
Garrison Keillor reads "Trying to be Who I Am" & "On the Road
to Buddahood" from MOMENT TO MOMENT: POEMS OF A MOUNTAIN RECLUSE on
National Public Radio's "A Writer's Almanac."
December 15: Garrison Keillor reads "What It is Like to Read
The Ancients" from MOMENT TO MOMENT: POEMS OF A MOUNTAIN RECLUSE on
National Public Radio's "A Writer's Almanac."
December 8: Garrison Keillor reads "The Three Goals" from
MOMENT TO MOMENT: POEMS OF A MOUNTAIN RECLUSE on National Public
Radio's "A Writer's Almanac."
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