WELCOME


Thanks for visiting, and thanks for your interest in the Carriage House Series. Walt Whitman wrote, “To have great poets, there must be great audiences.” Whether we meet electronically or in person, we're happy to share our commitment to poetry and to poets with you, our "great audience."



THE CARRIAGE HOUSE
POETRY SERIES



The Carriage House Poetry Series was established by Adele Kenny in December of 1998. The initiative began as a project funded in part by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Department of State, through a grant administered by the Union County Division of Cultural and Heritage Affairs. With the support of additional grants and the Fanwood Borough Mayor and Council, the series features some of the finest contemporary poets each year. All readings are held in the Kuran Arts Center (a nineteenth century carriage house, formerly known as the Fanwood Carriage House and for which the series was named). The Arts Center is located on Watson Road (off Martine Avenue, GPS use 75 N. Martine Avenue) in Fanwood, New Jersey. Readings are held at 8PM on the third Tuesday of each month from February - June and from September - December. All readings are free and open to the public.


The Carriage House Series is pleased to feature a wide range of both nationally-known and local poets. Readers have included Gerald Stern, Stephen Dunn, Alicia Ostriker, Patricia Smith, Taylor Mali, and Maria Gillan. Most readings include an open mic after the feature, and audience members are invited to share their poems.


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"One demands two things of a poem. Firstly, it must be a well-made verbal object that does honor to the language in which it is written. Secondly, it must say something significant about a reality common to us all, but perceived from a unique perspective. What the poet says has never been said before, but, once he has said it, his readers recognize its validity for themselves." (W. H. Auden)



Monday, January 2, 2012


2012 Calendar


January - Winter Hiatus

February 21 - Michael T. Young

March 20 - George Drew

April 17 - Renee Ashley and Cat Doty

May 15 - Joe Weil and BJ Ward

June 19 - David Vincenti and Scott Summers

“Voices from History”

July & August - Summer Hiatus

September 18 - Matthew Thornburn

October 16 - Ken Ronkowitz

November 20 - Nancy Scott and Dave Worrell

December 11 - 14th Anniversary Celebration

(Details TBA)