Robert Savino

Poet Laureate
2015-2017
Suffolk County, NY

2017 Readings, Workshops & Events:

1/5      Smithtown Library (Feature) 6:30 pm
1/14    All Souls' Church, Main St,
            Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
            Feature: Mario Susko
1/15    Poets4Paris Reading, Oceanside
            Library, 2pm - 5 pm
2/6      Barnes & Noble - East Northport
            7:30 - 9:30 pm (Feature)
2/11    All Souls' Church, Main St,
            Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
            Feature: Margo Goodman
3/11    All Souls' Church, Main St,
            Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
            Feature: David Axelrod and
            John A. Brennan
4/1      Poetry Reading (Feature)  7:30 pm
            Poquatuck Hall; 1160 Skippers Lane,
            Orient
4/8      All Souls' Church, Main St,
            Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
            Feature: Maria Manobianco  and
​            Sharon Lou Doyle        and ....
            Walt Whitman Birthplace  at 7 pm
            Laurels, Book Launch: Poems by
            Long Island Poets Laureate
4/21    Diliberto's Winery;  250 Manor Lane;
            Riverhead    6:30 pm  (Feature)
5/6      Princess Ronkonkoma Awards  1 pm
            (Co-Host), Emma Clark Library,
            Setuaket
5/13    All Souls' Church, Main St,
            Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
            Feature: To Be Announced  
10/7    Princess Ronkonkoma Poetry Award
            Emma Clark Library   (Host)
10/12  90.3 FM radio interview with
             James P. Wagner; Host: Rita Monte
             for the bilingual book: 
             No Distance Between Us
10/21   88.7 FM Radio interview with 
             James P. Wagner;
             Host: Cav. Josephine A. Maietta
             for the bilingual book: 
             No Distance Between Us
10/26   Book Launch 7 pm
              No Distance Between Us
              Brumidi Lodge, 2075 Deer Pk Ave.,
              Deer Park.


2016 Readings, Workshops & Events:

1/9   All Souls' Church, Main St,
         Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host)
         Feature: Jim Papa & John Williams
2/7    Super Poem Sunday 1 - 4:30 pm
          (Contest Judge)
2/13  All Souls' Church, Main St,
          Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
          Feature: Jan LaRoche & 
          Orel Protopopescu
2/19   Huntington Barn, 8 pm (Feature)
2/26   Sagra del Libro 
           Italian American Book Festival
           Lt. Joseph Petrosino Lodge Hall
           Manhattan (Little Italy), 6pm -10 pm
2/27   LIQ 25th Anniversary at the Walt 
           Whitman Birthplace 12 pm - 3 pm
           PPA Poetry East Meadow Library
           2 - 4 pm (Feature)
3/5     Poetry at Poquatuck,
           Poquatuck Hall, Orient  7 - 10 pm 
           (Feature)
3/12  All Souls' Church, Main St,
          Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
3/14  Writers Read Series at 
           John D. Calandra Italian American 
           Institute - 6 pm
           (Feature with NCPL Lorraine Conlin &
           QCPL Maria Lisella)
4/3     Molloy College, Rockville Ctr - 3-5 pm
           Reception Room - Kellenberg Hall
           (Feature with NCPL Lorraine Conlin)
4/8     Poetry Reading Emma S. Clark
           Memorial Library 7 pm (Feature)
4/9     All Souls' Church, Main St,
           Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
            Poetry Street on the Road
            Riverhead Free Library 3 pm
4/12   Poetry Zone Port Jefferson Free
           Library 6:30 pm (Feature)
4/14   Long Island Library Resources
           Council 50th Anniversary Gala
           (more details to follow)
4/16   Artists & Poets Gallery/Panel
           Floyd Memorial Library 3 pm
4/17   Favorite Poem Celebration
           Walt Whitman Birthplace  1 pm
4/24   Gayl Teller Poet of the Year
           Walt Whitman Birthplace   2 pm
5/5     Long Island Library Conference
           (more details to follow)
5/14   All Souls' Church, Main St,
           Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host)  
5/15  Princess Ronkonkoma Event
           Port Jefferson Village Center
           Co-Hosting with Judy Turek   
6/2      Jack Jack's Coffee House 7:30 - 9pm
6/4-5  Pinksy Poet in Residence
           Walt Whitman Birthplace
6/9     Barnes & Noble - Lake Grove  7 pm
           (Feature with NCPL Lorraine Conlin)
6/11  All Souls' Church, Main St,
          Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
6/26  Poetry Street - 2nd Anniversary
          Blue Duck Bakery Café   2-4 pm
          309 E. Main St., Riverhead
          (Feature w/ Dr. James A. Banks 
          (Dr. Love), Russ Green, Nancy Keating,
          Bri Onishea, and Kelly Powell
 6/26  James Wagner Book Launch/Birthday   
           Theater 294, 294 Route 109;
           Farmingdale    5-8 pm 
7/9     All Souls' Church, Main St,
           Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
TBD   Barnes & Noble, Huntington Sq. Mall
           4000 East Jericho Turnpike,
           Northport at 8 pm  (Feature)
7/23   Bards Day at the Walt Whitman 
           Birthplace   5 pm
8/5     Sip This Coffee House
           64 Rockaway Ave, Valley Stream 
           (Feature w/ Lorraine Conlin) 7:30 pm
8/13   All Souls' Church, Main St,
           Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
           Kerouac Annual Softball Trophy    
           Game  11 am - 2 pm
8/22   Summer Gazebo Reading;
           Foxhurst Road, Oceanside   7 pm
           (Feature w/ Gayl Teller, Ann Kenna,
           & Lorraine Conlin)
8/29   Project 9 Workshop Leader
            6:30 pm-9:30 pm, Islip Location
9/3     WRHU 88.7FM Radio Interview with
           AIAE Cav. Josephine Maietta
9/10   All Souls' Church, Main St,
           Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
           and
           Celebrate Poetry -Remembering 9/11
           Oceanside Library 2-4 pm
9/11   Barnes & Noble - Bay Shore  4pm
9/17   First Paumanouk Poetry Pow Wow 
           Walt Whitman Birthplace - 12 - 6 pm
9/18   Italian Experience at Hofstra  11 am
10/1   Princess Ronkonkoma Award 
           Celebration Emma Clark Library  1pm
10/8   All Souls' Church, Main St,
           Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
           and
           Cyrus:Chai & Coffee Co.  7pm - 10 pm
            Featured with Danielle Myers
10/9    OSIA Columbus Day Parade
            Kickoff Ceremony Cultural Poem, 
            Huntington
11/12 All Souls' Church, Main St,
           Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
11/13 Veteran's Favorite Poem Project
           Walt Whitman Birthplace at 2 pm
11/17 Barnes & Noble  East Northport 8 pm
11/28 A Taste of Italy Opening Ceremony
            Reading; Brookhaven Town Hall
12/10 All Souls' Church, Main St,
           Stony Brook Village, 11 am (Host) 
12/22 Tribute to Maxwell C. Wheat
            Hicksville Library, 6:30 pm

2015 Readings, Workshops & Events:

6/27     Italian Heritage & Cultural Festival,
                12:30 pm, Smithtown Fairgrounds
6/28     Bards Day 2015, Walt Whitman
                Birthplace State Historic Site, 2 pm
7/11     Saturday Art & Poetry in the Park
             at the Gazebo, Northport Harbor
             Park with Gladys Henderson
             10 am - 5 pm; Poetry at 4 pm
8/3       Oceanside Gazebo, 7 pm
                 Suffolk, Nassau & Queens PL's
8/8       Kerouac Softball Challenge 2015
                 All Borough Beats vs. Zen Tigers
                 Bay Shore Brightwaters 
                 Penataquit Drive; Bay Shore
                 Little League field, 11 am
9/12     All Souls' Church, Main St,
                  Stony Brook Village, 11 am
9/20      Hofstra Cultural Festival
                 Hofstra University, 11:15 am
              A Taste of Poetry Book Launch
                  Walt Whitman Birthplace, 2 pm
10/10   All Souls' Church, Main St,
                  Stony Brook Village, 11 am
10/11   Columbus Day Parade
               Grand Marshall,  Huntington
10/17   Locust Valley Library, 2 pm (Feature)
11/14   All Souls' Church, Main St,
                  Stony Brook Village, 11 am
12/12   All Souls' Church, Main St,
                  Stony Brook Village, 11 am
12/12   East Islip Library 2-4 pm (Feature)

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