Posts Tagged ‘Georgia Popoff’

Before #Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Mattered

Wednesday, March 18th, 2015

Syracuse is extremely fertile ground for poets, writers and story-tellers. Here is a sound clip from a reading done by Jackie Warren-Moore (who we call our poet laureate) during the Apartheid & Identity event in Downtown Syracuse last week. Her tale illustrates that activism by women and social justice also run deep in our roots.

To find out how this story from her childhood ends, check her out during a public reading, or purchase a copy of her work.

Warren-Moore gave the reading along with Georgia Popoff and Vanessa Johnson.

Verse by Verse by Verse

Friday, March 13th, 2015
Warren-Moore, Johnson and Popoff shared their work at the Atrium at Clinton Square on Thursday.

Warren-Moore, Johnson and Popoff shared their work at the Atrium at Clinton Square on Thursday.

Word on the Street

Friday, April 4th, 2014
“Poetry is alive; poetry is important…poetry is not a luxury”
Georgia A. Popoff
Author and poet Georgia A. Popoff was the speaker Thursday night at the new Point of Contact Gallery at the Warehouse.

Author Georgia A. Popoff read and discussed her poetry Thursday night at the new Point of Contact Gallery. She is the workshop coordinator for the Downtown Writers Center.

Point of Contact (Punto de Contacto) is still located on the Connective Corridor,but the gallery has officially moved to the Nancy Cantor Warehouse on West Fayette Street.  The street-level location was buzzing last night for the poetry reading and book fair kick-off.  The audience included students, local authors, artists and SU staff members.

We found the lighting less adequate than the former location (East Genesee Street), but the new space is more inviting and eclectic.

Each Thursday this month, the gallery will host a new writer to celebrate National Poetry Month.