Fwd: Summer Poet Laureate & other Poetry events

[Dan Wilcox]

on to another busy month of Poetry -- Enjoy!

DWx

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From: Jay Rogoff <jro...@skidmore.edu>
Date: Thu, Jun 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Subject: Summer Poet Laureate & other Poetry events
To: Jay Rogoff <jro...@skidmore.edu>

Greetings, poetry lovers & friends,

I'm pleased to attach in Word a partial list of poetry events in the Saratoga Springs area this summer. July events in which I play a role will include the following, including a gig as interviewer for the NYCB preperformance "Setting the Stage" events at SPAC:

Wednesday, July 1, 7 pm, Saratoga Arts, 320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs:

Laureate Poetry Series: FREEdom VERSE. Original poems inspired by the Declaration of Independence at 250. Poets include Joseph Bruchac, Carol Graser, Maggie Greaves, Susan Jefts, Kathleen McCoy, Jay Rogoff, Nancy White, and emily xyz.

 

July 8-11, Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Jay Rogoff will conduct preperformance interviews with current and former New York City Ballet dancers at the Charles R. Wood Stage. Free to ticketholders; a tent will protect us from sun or rain.

            Wednesday, July 8, 6:30 pm: Jonathan Stafford, Artistic Director

            Thursday, July 9, 6:30 pm: Taylor Stanley and Daniel Ulbricht, Principal Dancers

            Friday, July 10, 1 pm: Tiler Peck, Principal Dancer, Choreographer

            Saturday, July 11, 6:30 pm: Wendy Whelan, Associate Artistic Director

 

Tuesday, July 14, 8 pm, Davis Auditorium, Skidmore College. New York State Summer Writers’ Institute Reading, Joanna Scott (fiction) and Jay Rogoff (poetry).

 

Thursday, July 16, 5:30 pm, Yaddo Rose Garden, Saratoga Springs. The Nature of Art: Two Yaddo Poets. Gregory Djanikian and Jay Rogoff, with 18 Yaddo residencies between them, share their work and their experiences at Yaddo. Admission free; registration required: https://yaddo.org/event/the-nature-of-art/

You'll find a fuller list in the attachment. Enjoy your summer all!

All best,

Jay

Jay Rogoff

Saratoga Springs Poet Laureate, 2026-2027

jro...@skidmore.edu

Learn about my latest book, Becoming Poetry: Poets and Their Methods,

and my most recent poetry collection, Loving in Truth: New and Selected Poems