Fwd: Poetry Events Sunday Feb 1

[Dan Wilcox]

from the busy Poetry Laureate of Saratoga Springs --

DWx

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From: Jay Rogoff <jro...@skidmore.edu>
Date: Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Subject: Poetry Events Sunday Feb 1
To: Jay Rogoff <jro...@skidmore.edu>

TWO--COUNT 'EM, TWO--POET LAUREATE EVENTS THIS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1!

Sunday, February 1, 11 to 1, POETRY REPAIR CAFÉ CONTINUES

Poet laureate Jay Rogoff will host the second Poetry Repair Café upstairs at the Northshire Bookstore, 424 Broadway, Saratoga Springs. Bring an original poem you'd like to discuss. Check in upstairs and leave your cellphone number, so Jay can text you when your turn arrives. In the meantime, feel free to browse in our area's best independent bookstore.

Sunday, February 1, at 3 pm, LAUREATE POETRY SERIES OPENS AT TANG MUSEUM

A remarkable conjunction of poetry stars will convene at Skidmore College's Tang Museum in Saratoga Springs, NY. Chase Twichell, April Bernard, and Peg Boyers, award-winning authors who all live in Saratoga Springs, form a sterling lineup for the first event in the Laureate Poetry Series, programmed by city poet laureate Jay Rogoff. The reading, in the museum’s Payne Room, is free and open to the public. Q & A, book signing, and reception will follow. Further info at the Tang's website: https://tang.skidmore.edu/calendar/2817-the-laureate-poetry-series-presents-april-bernard-peg-boyers-and-chase-twichell Hope to see you there!

          This event is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

       

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