Owl Light Featured Event

Poetry, and a little music!

On October 1, the Sea of Coffee Open Mic. at Dalai Java, 157 S. Main St., Canandaigua, NY will host beginning at 7 pm an open mic. and featured readers ryki zuckerman and William Berry, Jr.  Signup 6:30 to 7pm.

ryki zuckerman is a co-editor of Earth’s Daughters, one of the longest publishing feminist poetry journals in the US. She curates the Literary Cafe at CFI reading series (at the Center for Inquiry) in Amherst, NY. Her work has been published in print magazines and online journals, and she has a full-length volume, Looking for Bora Bora (2013), and seven chapbooks to her credit. Zuckerman, who has a Bachelors and Masters in Art Education from State University of Buffalo College, is a retired Art Professor. She has tried to retain a sense of what Rachel Carson called “child wonder” in her poetry.

William E. Berry, Jr. hails from the Bronx but has been a resident of Auburn and a Dean of Institutional Initiatives at Cayuga County Community Colle for over a decade. In his career he has been employed in furthering empowerment, diversity, sustainability and culture I several major universities across New York State. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Lehman College in New York City and a Masters from Boston University.

In 2010, Berry launched Aaduna, Inc., a nonprofit organization identifying and promoting new and emerging writers and artists, especially people of color.

Berry, writes rhythmic poetry recently presented, with music, at The William Seward Museum.