50 EVENTS PLANNED, JANUARY 2009 TO JAN 2010
(6 REMAINING, 44 COMPLETED)
Most recent update: December 1, 2009
In December 2009, our events celebrate American history and American poetry between the years 1860 and 1900, in a chronological monthly "time travel" fashion. Please review the details below, and set dates aside in your personal calendars now if you would like to attend.
1. SUN DEC 6, 2009, 12:15 TO 1:15PM - GROUP LUNCH AT BLUE OCEAN ASIAN BISTRO, 5754 RIDGE PLAZA/BERKSHIRE VALLEY RD., OAK RIDGE, NJ
2. SUN DEC 6, 2009, 1:30-3PM - THE HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 13: "AMERICAN POETRY, 1860-1875" AT THE JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM (CIRCA 1874), MILTON ROAD, JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, NJ - FREE (PART OF "CHRISTMAS IN THE VILLAGE" CELEBRATION)
Poet/Publisher David Messineo and select members of The Six Centuries Club present a series of "one poem" performances, featuring researched American poetry from the 1860s and 1870s, in the dining room of this small, preserved Victorian house. Port-o-john on site. Free color programs featuring nearby Sussex County advertisers will be provided to participants. A separate document, containing Sussex County microfilm research findings about county events in the 1800s and early 1900s, will be available for purchase for $10, $5 of which will be donated to our hosts, The Jefferson Township Historical Society.
3. SAT DEC 26, 2009, LAFAYETTE, NJ, 1-3PM - "POETRY BY CANDLELIGHT" - THE HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 14: "AMERICAN POETRY, 1876-1900," FEATURING THE POETRY OF EMILY DICKINSON AND STEPHEN CRANE
4. SAT DEC 26, 2009, LAFAYETTE, NJ, 3-4PM - THE SENSATIONS MAGAZINE CREATIVE EVENTS SERIES OPEN READING FOR 2009 SIX CENTURIES CLUB MEMBERS (ORIGINAL POETRY ON ANY THEME, NEW POEMS FROM 2008-2009 ENCOURAGED)
This event completes the first two centuries of our Historic American Poetry Survey, with this 1876-1900 segment. The years 1901-2010 will be covered in this series in the year 2010.
Appended to this event will be a reading in the ongoing Creative Events Series, the second longest continually operating poetry reading series in New Jersey. Poets are encouraged to bring new "general theme" poems from 2008-2009 to share.
This reading will be videotaped for inclusion in the Sensations Magazine Video Collection. A literary holiday season gift will be provided to each guest in attendance.
5. SAT DEC 26, 2009, LAFAYETTE, NJ - GROUP DINNER IN A PLACE TO BE DETERMINED
COMING IN 2010
Events in 2010 will focus on a different decade (or two) every month, covering the years 1901-2010.
6. JANUARY OR FEBRUARY 2010 - HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 15: "AMERICAN POETRY, 1901-1939" - LOCATION STILL TO BE DETERMINED
- COMPLETED 2009 EVENTS -
1. SUN JAN 11, LAFAYETTE, NJ - SECOND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF THE SIX CENTURIES CLUB: "MUSIC" THEME READING AND SCREENING OF VIDEO CLIPS FROM PAST EVENTS
2. SUN FEB 8, 5PM, NEW YORK, NY - GROUP TRIP TO SEE "CORNBURY," AN OFF-BROADWAY PLAY ABOUT THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, CIRCA 1702
3. TUES FEB 12, 7PM - JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP, NJ - FREE
"LINCOLN'S LEGACY" AT JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP PUBLIC LIBRARY, 1031 WELDON DRIVE, JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP
4. WED FEB 18, 7PM, BOONTON, NJ - FREE
"A TEENAGER'S FIRST HAND ACCOUNT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION," HOSTED BY BOONTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
5. SUN FEB 22, 2:30PM, NETCONG, NJ - MUSCONETCONG FOUNDRYMEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY MEETING, STANHOPE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH (LOWER LEVEL), 2 ROUTE 183, NETCONG, NJ
6. SAT FEB 21, 1PM, LAFAYETTE, NJ - "THE 16th CENTURY AMERICAN EXPERIENCE" - PART 1, 1501-1539
7. SAT MAR 7, 1PM, LAFAYETTE, NJ - "THE 16th CENTURY AMERICAN EXPERIENCE" - PART 2, 1540-1600
8. SAT MAR 21, 1PM, LAFAYETTE, NJ - "THE 17th CENTURY AMERICAN EXPERIENCE" - PART 1, 1601-1640
9. SAT MAR 28, 8PM, TEANECK, NJ - BRETT RUTHERFORD AT THE CLASSIC QUICHE CAFE, TEANECK, NJ
10. SAT APRIL 11, 5:30-7:30PM - "POETRY BY CANDLELIGHT: THE 17th CENTURY AMERICAN EXPERIENCE, 1641-1670." FINALE TO THE SERIES SPONSORED BY THE SIX CENTURIES CLUB AND SENSATIONS MAGAZINE. THE SIX CENTURIES CLUB MEETING ROOM, LAFAYETTE, NJ.
11. FRI APRIL 17, 7PM - DAVID MESSINEO, NATIONAL POETRY MONTH FEATURE, WITH ROBERT MILBY AND OTHERS - FLORIDA PUBLIC LIBRARY POETRY CAFE, FLORIDA, NY
12. SAT APRIL 18, 1-2PM - "A 1705 POETRY READING," FEATURING AMERICAN POEMS WRITTEN BETWEEN 1671 AND 1705, AND POEMS INSPIRED BY THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT TRIALS, AT Van RIPER-HOPPER HOUSE, BERDAN AVE., WAYNE, NJ
13. SAT APRIL 18, 3-5PM, FORT LEE, NJ - "SENSATIONS MAGAZINE ONE MORE TIME: A NATIONAL POETRY MONTH FEATURE" AT FORT LEE PUBLIC LIBRARY, FORT LEE, NJ. FEATURE POETS: MOIRA BAILIS, DAVIDSON GARRETT, VERA GELVIN, EUGENIA MACER-STORY, DAVID MESSINEO, SUSANNA RICH, AND JACQUELINE de WEEVER. ALSO SHOWCASING 1995 FORT LEE LIBRARY DANCE PERFORMANCES ON VIDEO, FEATURING DANCER KLEBER de FREITAS.
14. FRI MAY 1, 6-9PM, NEWTON, NJ - DEBUT OF "VOICES FROM HERE" ANTHOLOGY OF SUSSEX COUNTY POETS - SUSSEX COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, NEWTON, NJ (PARTICIPATING, NOT SPONSORING)
15. SUN MAY 3, 10:30AM-NOON - DAVID MESSINEO, "THE 21ST CENTURY MEANING OF EQUALITY," SPONSORED BY, AND HELD AT, UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH, NEWTON, NJ
16. SAT JUNE 6, 2009, 1-3PM, LAFAYETTE, NJ - "THE HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, 1700-1775"- FREE TO ATTEND
17. SAT JULY 4, 2009, LAFAYETTE, NJ, 1-3:30PM - "AN 18th CENTURY FOURTH OF JULY" AT VILLAGE HALL, OLDE LAFAYETTE VILLAGE: CONCERT, POETRY READING, AND PUBLIC READING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
18. SAT JULY 18, 2009, LAFAYETTE, NJ, 2-4:30PM - "THE HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY - PART 2: 1775-1799"- FREE TO ATTEND
19-21. SAT AUG 1, 2009, LAFAYETTE, NJ, 2-10PM - "FOCUS ON THE FOUNDING FATHERS: 1700s SPEECHES AND WRITINGS"
2-4PM - "THE HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 3: 1700s WRITINGS OF THE FOUNDING FATHERS"
4:30-6:30PM - DINNER AT LAFAYETTE HOUSE, LAFAYETTE, NJ
8-9:30PM - "DUCK CROSSING" AT KEAN UNIVERSITY, ZELLA FRY THEATER IN THE VAUGHN-EAMES BUILDING
22. SUN AUG 23, 2009, 2:30-3PM - THE SIX CENTURIES CLUB AND SENSATIONS MAGAZINE PRESENT "POETRY OF THE CANAL ERA" AT WHARTON CANAL DAY, WHARTON, NJ (HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 4)
23. SUN SEPT 6, 1-2:30PM - "AMERICAN POETRY, 1801-1825" AT OLD MONROE SCHOOLHOUSE, HARDYSTON, NJ (HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 5)
24. SUN SEPT 6, 3-3:45PM - "THE 1824-25 TOUR OF THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, IN NARRATIVE AND POETRY" AT FRIAR MOUNTAIN MODEL RAILROAD, SPARTA, NJ (HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 6)
25. SUN SEPT 6, 4-5PM - MUSIC FROM THE 1824-25 TOUR OF THE MARQUIS DE LAFAYETTE, ON VIDEO, AT THE SIX CENTURIES CLUB, LAFAYETTE, NJ
26. THURS SEPT 17, 6:30PM - A PUBLIC READING OF THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION AT SUSSEX COUNTY MAIN LIBRARY, FRANKFORD TOWNSHIP, NJ
27. SAT SEPT 19, EVENING - HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 7: "AMERICAN POETRY, 1826-1840" AT CONGRESS HALL, CAPE MAY, NJ
28. SAT/SUN SEPT 19-20 - WRITER'S RETREAT, WILDWOOD/WILDWOOD CREST/CAPE MAY, NJ
29. THU SEPT 24, 7PM - "AMERICAN POETRY, 1759-1790" AT THE CIRCA 1790 FOSTER-ARMSTRONG HOUSE, MONTAGUE, NJ
30. SAT SEPT 26, 8PM - GROUP TRIP TO SEE JOHN J. TRAUSE AT CLASSIC QUICHE, TEANECK
31. SAT OCT 10, 1-2PM - HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 8: "THE POETRY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN - 16 POEMS BY OUR 16th PRESIDENT, 1824-1863"
32. SAT OCT 10, 2-2:30PM - HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 9: "THE POETRY OF PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER"
33. SAT OCT 10, 2:30-4:30PM - HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 10: "AMERICAN POETRY, 1841-1860," FEATURING POETRY BY PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER, EDGAR ALLAN POE, HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW, AND PORTION OF THE 1855 EDITION OF WALT WHITMAN'S "LEAVES OF GRASS"
34. SAT OCT 10, 4:45PM - PUBLISHER'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT RIVIERA MAYA RESTAURANT, BRANCHVILLE
35. SUN OCT 11, 5PM - GROUP TRIP TO SEE EUGENIA MACER-STORY FEATURED AT PRARIE FIRE JAZZ ENSEMBLE SERIES, NEW YORK, NY
36. TUES OCT 13, 7:30PM - GROUP TRIP TO SEE PAUL NASH AND DENISE la NEVE FEATURED AT WATCHUNG BOOKSELLERS, MONTCLAIR
37. WED OCT 14, 7PM - GROUP TRIP TO SEE SANDER ZULAUF FEATURED AT WCW COOPERATIVE SERIES, RUTHERFORD
38. SAT OCT 24, 8PM - GROUP TRIP TO SEE DAVIDSON GARRETT FEATURED AT CLASSIC QUICHE, TEANECK, NJ
39. THU NOV 5, 7:30PM - GROUP TRIP TO SEE ELAINE BARDEN AT WATCHUNG BOOKSELLERS, MONTCLAIR, NJ
40. THU NOV 19, NOON - "CONEY ISLAND: THE BREATHTAKING BRIDGE BETWEEN THE VICTORIAN AND MODERN ERAS" AT HANOVER MANOR, EAST HANOVER, NJ
41. THU NOV 19, 7:30-9PM - HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 11: "THE CIVIL WAR IN POETRY" AT SPARTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY, SPARTA, NJ
42. SUN DEC 6, 12:15PM - GROUP LUNCHEON AT BLUE OCEAN ASIAN BISTRO, OAK RIDGE, NJ
43. SUN DEC 6, 1:30-3PM - HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 12: "AMERICAN POETRY, 1860-1875" AT JEFFERSON TOWNSHIP HISTORICAL SOCIETY MUSEUM, MILTON, NJ
44. SAT DEC 26, 1-3PM - HISTORIC AMERICAN POETRY SURVEY, PART 14: "AMERICAN POETRY, 1876-1899" AT THE SIX CENTURIES CLUB MEETING ROOM, LAFAYETTE, NJ
45. SAT DEC 26, 3-4PM - THE SENSATIONS MAGAZINE CREATIVE EVENTS SERIES - OPEN READING ON ANY THEME, FOR SIX CENTURIES CLUB MEMBERS
46. SAT DEC 26, 4-5PM - HOLIDAY GIFT DISTRIBUTION FOR MEMBERS/GROUP DINNER
HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
Since 1987, Sensations Magazine has sponsored events ranging from poetry, live music, and dance to writers' workshops, retreats, and literary and historical lectures and walking tours. The Sensations Magazine Creative Events Series, our travelling non-smoking poetry reading series, has been in operating annually since 1988, and is in 2009 the third longest ongoing poetry reading series in the state of New Jersey.
Since September 2007, our new parent company, The Six Centuries Club, brings an American history slant to our events, along with a widely diverse range of offerings. Our three-part series on Lafayette history (the man and the township) in 2007-2008 segued into events related to America during the 1500s and 1600s. Events related to America in the 1700s will be presented between April and September 2009; events related to America in the 1800s will be presented between September and December 2009.
During 2009, expect history lectures; movie and documentary screenings; day trips; presentations of poetry and live music, both contemporary and historical; and expect diverse events in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and possibly a fourth state. Some events will be open to the general public, and free to attend. Others will be private, for members only and select invited guests.
Per Event Manager David Messineo: "Our 2009 schedule meets all of our past promises: events in multiple states; events accentuating both poetry and history; event diversity, including lectures, live music, movies, museums, performance art, plays, live poetry, and possibly a writer's retreat. In making the majority of events free to attend, and holding the majority of them in Sussex County and surrounding towns, we continue our multi-year commitment to bring 'the arts' to Sussex County, without the $5, $7, $15, $25, or $78 price tag per person that often accompanies events offered by other in-county organizations. We wish to again thank our 2007 and 2008 small business advertisers, whose generosity in those years helped us to 'keep it free' during 2009 (please take out those color programs we handed out in 2007 and 2008 and refer to them for our supporters). We hope Sussex County and other residents now will do their part, by simply making the time to attend our events and show their support. We also hope some new subscribers will join at the $50 and higher membership levels, to give us the extra spending power we need to sustain the free events roster into 2010 and 2011."
