This short reading by Val of a poem he wrote in honor of the Sandisfield Arts Center for its 25th anniversary (2020) captures more than thousands of ordinary words could about what is so magical in this space.
Video by Peter Baiamonte.
Category: poetry
SARC 2020 in Review: Online Workshops, Poetry, Art
For 2020, we'd planned a bang-up celebration season of our 25th anniversary... that, along with so much else, could not happen. Insread, we offered what we could online, fun and informative workshops for photographers and crossword puzzle fans, a film trailer by Jerry Herman for his film, "Our Town [...]
“Giving Tuesday 2020”: The gift of poetry from our donors, read by Ben Luxon
For Giving Tuesday this year (May 5, 2020), we made an offer that would be meaningful to a very special type of audience, and donor -- a Sandisfield Arts Center-type audience and donor:
Donate in any amount, and mention a poem you'd like to hear Ben Luxon read. We'll draw names from a hat and [...]
For Memorial Day, A Requiem from our own Ben Luxon
As we approach Memorial Day 2020, a Memorial Day unlike any other in our country's history, it's good to remember how it originated and what it is meant to memorialize. From History.com:
Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the years following the Civil War and became an official [...]
Today’s Poets in Conversation with the Masters
“A large number of the poems I most admire and which seem to be most original are talking back to other poets of other ages.”
—Richard Wilbur
On September 28, 2019 the Sandisfield Arts Center presented "Today's Poets in Conversation with the Masters," with poems of masters such as Frost, Auden, [...]
