EC Poetry & Prose

Second Sunday Salon Series for June
2024-06-09 13:00 - 14:30 UTC | Oca Mocha, 5410 East Drive, Arbutus, MD, 21227, United States
Join us for our Second Sunday Salon Series at the Oca Mocha cafe in Arbutus, MD. June’s feature is TBA.

Second Sunday Salon Series at Oca Mocha - Erin P.T. Canning
2024-08-11 13:00 - 14:30 | Oca Mocha, 5410 East Drive, Arbutus, MD, 21227, United States
Join us for our Second Sunday Salon Series at the Oca Mocha cafe in Arbutus, MD. For August, our feature is Erin P.T. Canning. Terri Simon will be hosting this event. After Erin reads and does a Q&A with Terri, we will take a short break and then have an open mic.
Note: the Salon Series time has changed. Events will now run from 1:00-2:30 pm.
Erin’s bio:
Erin P.T. Canning is an author, editor, coach, and host of the Parents Who Write podcast. After donating six years to motherhood, she published her first fantasy romance novel in 2023. She earned her MA in Writing from Johns Hopkins and lives with her husband and two boys in Maryland.

Second Sunday Salon Series - Brenda Bunting
2024-09-08 13:00 - 14:30 | Oca Mocha, 5410 East Drive, Arbutus, MD, 21227, United States
Join us for our Second Sunday Salon Series at the Oca Mocha cafe in Arbutus, MD. For September, our feature is Brenda Bunting. Patrice Smith will be hosting this event. After Brenda reads and does a Q&A with Patrice, we will take a short break and then have an open mic.
Note: the Salon Series time has changed. Events will now run from 1:00-2:30 pm.
Brenda’s bio:
Poet and Spoken Word Artist, Brenda Bunting is an award-winning orator and advocate for racial, social and environmental justice. Regularly published online and in print, Brenda promotes the therapeutic use of writing poetry for mental and emotional wellness and healing from traumatic events.
Her latest work is Poems of Love and Violence In Between Life and Death, 1st and 2nd Editions.

Brenda can be found on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pg/BDBPoet

Baltimore Book Festival 2024
2024-09-28 11:00 - 2024-09-29 17:00 | md
Fallen Tree Press and EC Poetry and Prose will have a table at this year’s Baltimore Book Festival in and around Waverly Main Street in Baltimore on September 28th & 29th. We will have books published by FTP and books written by members of ECPP. Come check out the festival and support the arts!

Second Sunday Salon Series - Robert Jenner
2024-10-13 13:00 - 14:30 | Oca Mocha, 5410 East Drive, Arbutus, MD, 21227, United States
Join us for our Second Sunday Salon Series at the Oca Mocha cafe in Arbutus, MD. For October, our feature is Dr. Robert Jenner. Janet Walenta will be hosting this event. After Robert reads and does a Q&A with Janet, we will take a short break and then have an open mic.
Note: the Salon Series time has changed. Events will now run from 1:00-2:30 pm.
Robert’s bio:
My name is Robert Jenner and I received my Ph.D. in History from the University of Maryland in 1995 specializing in Diplomatic and Modern U.S. History. I hold an MA from the University of Chicago and a BA from American University. I taught for 10 years and then worked in documentary film. My first book, “FDR’s Republicans”, was published in 2011. I have been a professional lecturer for the last 10 years and my most recent book is a compilation of those lectures and titled: “25 Short Histories of Interesting People, Places and Things.”
Robert Jenner

Free Fall Baltimore
2024-10-26 16:00 - 18:00 | Ivy Bookshop, 5928 Falls Rd, baltimore, md, 21209
We’ll be celebrating Free Fall Baltimore at the Ivy Bookstore with readings by ECPP members Cliff Bernier, Zorina Frey, and Patti Ross. Come join us and listen to some great poetry. There will be an open mic after the features read, so bring your work to share. There will also be time to meet & mingle.

Writing the Land
2024-10-27 13:00 - 15:00 | Howard County Conservatancy, 10520 Old Frederick Rd, Woodstock, MD, 21163, United States
Join the Howard County Conservancy and HoCoPoLitSo (the Howard County Poetry and Literature Society) on Sunday Oct. 27, 1 to 3 p.m., for Writing the Land, a nature poetry reading.
The last in the Conservancy’s Amphitheater Performance Series features poet Patti Ross, who wrote two poems for the Conservancy and its land, reading her work with poets Naomi Ayala and Hiram Larew. All three will read in our garden amphitheater. The anthology featuring Ross’s poetry about the Conservancy and essays about the 232 acres will be on sale. Refreshments will be served. Free to attend.
