Poetry Reading by Jeri Theriault
Fri, Jun 28
|Eastport
Maine poet and visual artist Jeri Theriault will give a poetry reading and lead a two-day workshop on the final weekend of June at EAC. Join us!
Time & Location
Jun 28, 2024, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Eastport, 36 Washington St, Eastport, ME 04631, USA
About the event
A Maine poet and visual artist will give a poetry reading and lead a two-day workshop on the final weekend of June at Eastport Arts Center. Jeri Theriault will share her poetry at 7 pm, Friday, June 28, at Eastport Arts Center. The reading is free of charge and includes stories of how the poems originated. Theriault’s husband, Philip Carlsen, a composer and cellist, will perform as part of the evening
A resident of South Portland, Theriault has published five books of poetry, including Self-Portrait as Homestead, released in 2023. A lifelong poet, she added visual art to her repertoire 15 years ago, creating collages. Theriault will illustrate the connection between the two in her series of presentations.
“My last book came out last summer and its sort of a piecing together of memories and the idea for the workshops came from that,” she explained. “The idea is to encourage…