Jane Gentry Vance
Kentucky Poet Laureate
2007 -
2008
2008
July 25-27,
2008
Friday-Sunday
Kentucky’s Women Writers Retreat,
readings and workshops
Kentucky Wesleyan College
3000 Frederica
Street
Owensboro, KY
(contact, Kelly Moffett,
kmoffett@kwc.edu)
June 22,
2008
Sunday, 1:30 p.m.
Opening speech, Governor’s School
for the Arts
Kentucky Center for the Arts
Louisville, KY
(contact, Heather Weston Bell, hbell@kentuckycenter.org,
502-562-0148)
June 20, 2008
Friday, 11:30 a.m.
Reading
and discussion, Louisville Woman’s Club Literature Section
Big
Spring Country Club
Dutchman’s Lane
Louisville, KY
(contact,
Frances Coady, 502-899-1363)
June 12-17,
2008
Thursday-Tuesday
Lexington Seminar, concluding colloquium on
Academic Leadership
Northeast Harbor, Maine
(contact, Mac Warford
at warfordm@verizon.net)
May 13, 2008
Tuesday, 7 p.m.
Presentation, W.T.
Young Library Tenth Anniversary Celebration
(contact, Clay Gaunce,
cgaunce@email.uky.edu, 859-257-0500,
#2016)
May 9, 2008
Friday, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
The Tenth
Annual Clay County Reading Celebration
Goose Rock Elementary School
364 Hwy 1524
Manchester, KY 40962
(7 miles south of town)
Phone: 606-598-3740
http://www.gre.clay.k12.ky.us
April
30, 2008
Wednesday, 7 p.m.
Reading and discussion
Big
Sandy Community and Technical College
Prestonsburg, KY
(contact, Mary
Stepp, mary.stepp@kctcs.edu,
606-886-3863)
April 24, 2008
Thursday, 10 a.m.
Kentucky Writers' Day Celebration
Capitol Rotunda
Frankfort,
KY
(contact, Tamara Coffey, Kentucky Arts Council,
Tamara.Coffey@ky.gov, 502-564-3757,
#479)
April 23, 2008
Wednesday, 2 p.m.
Talk for
English awards ceremony
Old Student Center Theater
University of
Kentucky
Lexington, KY
(contact, English office,
lcombs@email.uky.edu)
April 22, 2008
Tuesday, 7 p.m.
“The Importance of
Writing,”
Eastern Kentucky University Writing Awards Banquet
Stratton Cafeteria, EKU campus
(contact, Dr. Marshall Myers,
859-622-5861)
April 22, 2008
Tuesday, time and place tba
Reading Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
(contact,
Young Smith, young.smith@eku.edu,
859-622-5861)
April 21, 2008
Monday, 1:30 p.m.
Chapter
S PEO, reading and discussion
Midway College
Midway, KY
(contact, Barbara Mabry, bmabry1416@gmail.com)
April
19, 2008
Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Signing books, Southern
Kentucky Book Fest
Sloan Convention Center
Bowling Green, KY
(contact, Diana McQuady, diana.mcquady@wku.edu)
April
15, 2008
Tuesday, 5:30-8:30 CST
“Evening of Poetry,”
reading and open mike
Ohio County High School
(contact, Todd Autry,
todd.autry@ohio.kyschools.us)
April 14,
2008
Monday
“Kentucky Women Writers,” Chapter S,
Versailles PEO
Elise Wallace’s house
Kidd’s Mill
Road
Versailles, KY
(contact, Sara Meekins at 873-3991)
April 10, 2008
Thursday, 7 p.m.
“Creating the
Soul of Kentucky: Kentucky Poems”
McCracken County Public Library
555 Washington Street
Paducah, KY
(contact, Bobbie Wrinkle,
270-442-2510, #18)
April 8, 2008
Tuesday, 6:30
p.m.
Reading and book signing
Paul Sawyier Public
Library
Frankfort, KY
(contact, Diane Dehoney,
502-352-2665)
April 6, 2008
Sunday, 3-5 p.m.
“An Afternoon with the Poet Laureate,”
Harrison County
Arts Council
Cynthiana, KY
(contact, Sarah S. Kinney,
sarah.kinney@kctcs.edu)
April 1, 2008
Tuesday, 6:30 p.m.
Reading and
discussion of creative process
Luther Luckett Correctional Facility
LaGrange, KY
(contact, Marc Wessels, 502-222-0363)
March 29,
2008
Saturday, 9 a.m.
M.I. King Library Press Weekend Printing
Workshop, reading and printing poems
Margaret I. King Library,
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
(contact, Paul Holbrook,
peholbr@Yahoo.com)
March 27,
2008
Thursday
Reading and workshop
Pike County Central High
School
100 Winners Circle Drive
Pikeville, KY
(contact, Dedra
Hall, dedra.hall@pike.kyschools.us,
606-432-4352)
March 18, 2008
Tuesday
Poetry Out
Loud Competition, judge
Kentucky State University
Frankfort, KY
(contact, John Benjamin, John.Benjamin@ky.gov, 888-833-2787,
#483)
March 15, 2008
Saturday, 12:15 p.m.
“Creating the Soul of Kentucky: Kentucky Poetry”, Kentucky
Humanities Council Talk
Woman’s Club of Central Kentucky
210 N.
Broadway
Lexington, KY
(contact, Dorothy Cassada,
sweetpeagirl@insightbb.com)
March 8, 2008
Saturday, noon – 2 p.m.
Reading
and book signing with Richard Taylor, Kentucky Crafted: The Market
Kentucky Exposition Center, Freedom Hall
Louisville, KY
(contact,
Tamara Coffey, tamara.coffey@Ky.gov,
502-564-3787, #479)
March 8, 2008
Saturday, 10-11:30 a.m.
Reading and workshop, Kentucky Crafted: The Market
Kentucky
Exposition Center, Freedom Hall
Louisville, KY
(contact, Tamara Coffey,
tamara.coffey@Ky.gov, 502-564-3787,
#479)
March 5, 2008
Wednesday, 11:45 a.m.
“Being
Poet Laureate” and short reading
Woodford County Woman’s Club
231 Lexington Street
Versailles, KY
March 4, 2008
Tuesday
Greenup County talk and workshop
Wurtland Middle
School
(contact, Amy Perry, amy.perry@greenup.kyschools.us,
606-833-5483)
March 3, 2008
Monday, 1 p.m.
Talk,
“Poems as a Way of Knowing”
Greenup County High
School
Greenup, KY
(contact, David DeBorde,
david.deborde@Greenup.kyschools.us)
February
26,2008
Tuesday, 7 p.m.
“Creating the Soul of Kentucky:
Kentucky Poems”
Slider Recital Hall
Lindsey Wilson
College
210 Lindsey Wilson Street
Columbia, KY
(contact, Phil
Hanna, hannap@lindsey.edu, or
270-384-8250)
February 21, 2008
Thursday, 6 p.m.
Reading and talk, Woodford County Retired Teachers
Association
Versailles Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall
Versailles, KY
(Contact, Nancy Duncan at
859-873-5399)
February 14, 2008
Monday, 11 a.m.
John
L. Hill Chapel, Reading and Talk, Jo Shoop Women’s
Symposium
Georgetown College
Georgetown, KY
(contact, Gretchen
Ziegenhals, gretchen_ziegenhals@georgetowncollege.edu)
February 10, 2008
Sunday, 7 p.m.
Reading of an A.
Lincoln poem
Kentucky Humanities Council Lincoln Bicentennial
Celebration
Singletary Center for the Arts
Avenue of
Champions
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY
(contact,
Humanities Council, 859-257-5932)
February 3, 2008
Sunday, 2 p.m.
Reading and Discussion at Winterfest Kickoff
Jessamine County Library
Nicholasville, KY
(contact, Keyth
Sokol, 859-885-3523, #224, or ksokol@jesspublib.org)
January 24, 2008
Thursday
Reading and question and
answer
Elizabethtown Community College
Elizabethtown, KY
(contact, Mick Kennedy, mick.kennedy
@kctcs.edu)
January 24, 2008
Thursday, 12:30
p.m.
Reading and discussion, Versailles Book Club
Versailles, KY
(contact, Sara Hellard and Sue Dozier)
January 17,
2008
Thursday
11:30 a.m.
Reading and discussion, Lamplighter
Book Club
Danville, KY
(contact, Patty Lamp)
January
10-13, 2008
Thursday to Sunday
Reading and Speaking to the
Lexington Seminar
Aspen-Wye River Conference Center
Houghton
House
Queenstown, Maryland
(contact, Mac Warford at
warfordm@verizon.net)
January 3-8, 2008
Thursday to Tuesday
Conducting
workshops, along with Libby Oakes and Joe Survant
Western Kentucky
University Writers Workshop
Western Kentucky University
Bowling
Green, KY
(contact, Mary Ellen Miller,
Mary.Miller@wky.edu)
2007
March 30, 2007, 1 p.m.
and
March 31, 2007, 10 a.m.
Pine Mountain Writers
Conference
Lodge at Pine Mountain State Park
Pineville,
KY
April 14, 2007
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
A Gathering of
Kentucky Writers, Publishers, and Booksellers
Carnegie Center
150
West Second Street
Lexington, KY
April 20, 2007
10 a.m.
Kentucky Writers Conference
Bowling Green Community College of
Western Kentucky University
2355 Nashville Road
Bowling Green,
KY
April 21, 2007
10 a.m.- 3 p.m.
Southern Kentucky
Book Fest
Sloan Convention Center
I-65, Exit 22, adjacent to
Holiday Inn
University Plaza , Highway 231
Bowling Green,
KY
April 24, 2007
10:00 a.m.
Kentucky Poet Laureate
Induction Ceremony and Reception
The Capitol Rotunda
Frankfort,
KY
May 3, 2007
12 noon
Second Seniors luncheon
Second Presbyterian Church
460 E. Main St.
Lexington,
KY
May 4-5, 2007
Eastern Kentucky University
Writers
Conference
EKU campus
Richmond, KY
(Prof. Young Smith,
contact)
May 8, 2007
9 a.m.-2 p.m.
Huntertown
Elementary School Career Day
785 Huntertown Road
Versailles, KY
May 22, 2007
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Fundraiser for
Carnegie Center
Home of George and Lawanna Privette
Lexington, KY
May 24, 2007
12:30 – 2 p.m.
Speaker Huntertown
Elementary School Graduation
785 Huntertown Road,
Versailles,
KY
June 5-6, 2007
7:30 p.m.
Eastern Kentucky
University’s Creative Writing Conference
EKU campus
Richmond,
KY
(Prof. Young Smith, contact)
June 14, 2007
9
a.m.- 12 p.m.
St. John’s Episcopal Church Reading Camp
(for first--fourth graders)
210 Main Street
Versailles, KY
40383
(contact, Sarah Meekins at 873-3991)
June 22-27,
2007
National gathering of state poets laureate
Hanover,
Indiana, and Indianapolis, Indiana
(contact, Joyce Brinkman at
317-328-0545)
June 23, 2007
1 p.m.
Reading
Seymour, Indiana Public Library
(contact, Joyce
Brinkman at 317-328-0545)
July 30, 2007
Monday,
Noon
Speaker “The Shape of Kentucky Literature,” Kentucky
Literature Academy
(for high school teachers)
Carnegie Center
for Literacy and Learning
215 W. Second Street
Lexington, KY
(contact, Rachel Noble at 859-254-4175)
August 28,
2007
Tuesday, 10 a.m.
Speaker and reader for Poetry
Corner
Deanne Nevels’ seventh grade English class
Edythe J.
Hayes Middle School
Lexington, KY
September 12,
2007
Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.
Speaker and reader for Retired Teachers
of Bourbon, Fayette, and Clark Counties, “My Path to Poetry,”
Stoner Creek Country Club, Paris
(contact, Denver Pochodzey,
859-987-7071)
September 15, 2007
Saturday, 2
p.m.
Reading at RiverStone Gallery in Somerset
Sponsored by the
Jones Foundation and the Watershed Arts Alliance
(contact, Sonya
Jones at drjones@jonesfoundation.net)
September 18, 2007
Tuesday, 9:30 a.m.
Assembly
speaker, “Why You Should Be a Writer”
Southside Elementary
School
1300 Troy Pike
Versailles, KY
(contact, Mary O’Rear,
873-6458)
September 21, 2007
Friday, 7 p.m.
Reading
in series “New Books by Great Authors,”
Carnegie Center for
Literacy and Learning
215 W. Second Street
Lexington, KY
(contact,
Leatha Kendrick at 859-254-4175)
October 4, 2007
Thursday,
7 p.m.
Reading in series “Authors in Our Midst,” discussion
follows
St. Matthews/Eline Library
3940 Grandview
Avenue
Louisville, KY
(contact Marilyn Clark at
mclarklou@aol.com)
October
6, 2007
Saturday, 12 noon
Attend presentation of Chaffin Award for
Appalachian Literature to Erik Reece at the Kentucky Folk Art Center at
Morehead State University; and give short reading at subsequent book fair at
Coffee Tree Books in Morehead, KY
(contact Crystal Wilkinson at
crystal729@aol.com)
October 10, 2007
Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
Reading from
and discussion of Portrait of the Artist as a White Pig,
private
book club
Louisville, KY
October 11, 2007
Thursday,
6:30 p.m.
Talk “Creating the Soul of Kentucky: Kentucky
Poetry,”
Carroll County Library
136 Court Street
Carrollton,
KY 41008
(contact, 502-732-7020,
carrollcountylibrary.org)
October 12, 2007
Friday, 7 p.m.
Reading in the InKy
Reading Series, the Rudyard Kipling
422 West Oak St.
Louisville, KY
(contact, Lynnell Edwards, lynnell.Edwards@gmail.com)
October
24, 2007
Wednesday, 11:30 a.m.
Reading at Holly Hill Inn, to
benefit the Carnegie Center
Lexington, KY
(contact, Donna Hacker,
846-4732)
October 24, 2007
Wednesday, 3:15
p.m.
Reading and talk, Georgetown Book Club
Georgetown,
KY
October 26, 2007
Friday, 5:30-7:30
15th Anniversary
Celebration
Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning
215 W. Second
Street
Lexington, KY
(contact, Rachel Noble,
859-254-4175)
October 27, 2007
Saturday, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Reading and Art Exhibit
Arts Association of Oldham County
Railroad Street
LaGrange, KY
(contact, Pam Tallman at
pamtallman1@insightbb.com)
November
3, 2007
Saturday, 2 p.m.
Reading at RiverStone Gallery,
sponsored by the Jones Foundation and the Watershed Arts Alliance
Somerset,
KY
(contact, Sonya Jones, drjones@jonesfoundation.net)
November
8, 2007
Thursday, 7 p.m.
Reading and Workshop, Rainsticks Writing
Group
Glasgow-Barren County Public Library
(contact, Martha Nell
Thomas at jthomas@scrtc.com)
November
9, 2007
Friday, 9 a.m.
Two writing workshops, Barren County High
School
(contact, Letitia Hughes)
November 10,
2007
Saturday, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Kentucky Department of Libraries and
Archives Kentucky Book Fair
Dudgeon Convention Center
Frankfort, KY
(Contact, Connie Crowe, kybookfair@ky.gov)
November
13, 2007
Tuesday, 8:30 a.m.
Talk and Reading, Sue Churchill’s
Creative Writing class
Woodford County High School
Versailles,
KY
(contact, Sue Churchill, 873-5434)
November 17,
2007
Saturday, 6 p.m.
Reading and discussion of Portrait of the
Artist as a White Pig,
Melissa Taylor Bell’s book group
(private)
November 27, 2007
Tuesday, 7
p.m.
Reading at Centre College
Danville, KY
(contact Lisa
Williams, 859-238-5257, lisa.Williams@centre.edu)
December
1, 2007
Saturday, 2 p.m.
Kentucky Humanities Council Talk,
“Creating the Soul of Kentucky: Kentucky Poems”
Woman’s
Club of Central Kentucky
210 N. Broadway
Lexington, KY
(contact,
Dorothy Cassada, 254-9821)
December 6, 2007
Thursday,
7 p.m.
Morehead State University
Morehead Folk Art Center
Morehead, KY
(contact, Crystal Wilkinson)
Jane
Gentry Vance can be contacted at
859-873-5700 or
jgvance@alltel.net.
Kentucky Arts Council
500 Mero
Street
21st Floor, Capital Plaza Tower
Frankfort, KY
40601
502-564-3757
Toll Free: 888-833-2787
FAX:
502-564-2839
Page Updated: 06/26/2008
