Dye & Bleach House Poetry Series (3rd Thursday of the month)
FREE ADMISSION
(DONATIONS GRACIOUSLY ACCEPTED)
3rd Thursday of the month thru May 2026
Steve Veilleux
Welcome to EC-CHAP’s Dye & Bleach House Poetry Series! The series will be facilitated by Steve Veilleux., published author and Poet Laureate of Thompson, CT. All sessions will take place in the Dye & Bleach House Community Gallery, 156 River Road, Willington, CT.
The show’s format will consist of two open mic segments as well as a segment for the featured artist. Intermission will give audience and poet the chance to meet one another and the opportunity to purchase signed publications.
The open-mic segments will provide the opportunity for audience members to read their own original work. We are planning to allow for two half-hour sessions, one at the beginning of the event, and the other at the end. Readers will be given up to five minutes to present, and we will have a signup sheet.
The Featured Readers for October 16th include Sandra Yannone and Philippa Paquette.
Sandra Yannone
Sandra Yannone is the current poet laureate of Old Saybrook and author of two collections from Salmon Poetry, The Glass Studio (2024) and Boats for Women (2019). In April, 2026, Salmon will publish Unsinkable: Poems Inspired by the Titanic, an anthology in which she serves as co-editor. She also hosts the international online reading series Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry. Visit her at www.sandrayannone.com for more information.
Philippa Paquette
Philippa Paquette graduated from Keele University in England with a double major in Psychology and Biology. She came to America as a Harkness Fellow with the Commonwealth Fund and studied Psychology at Yale University. She worked in private practice and as a school psychologist and after retirement became a Master Naturalist. Philippa has always written poetry for her own delight and recently published her first book, Beyond the Edge. It is available at Arts and Academic Publishing, Pomfret, CT.
Writers who are interested in featuring should reach out to Steve Veilleux by email: Veilleuxs50@gmail.com or phone 860-324-4942.
Please join us for EC-CHAP’s D&BH Poetry Series! This program is hosted by the "Eastern Connecticut Center for History, Art, and Performance" (EC-CHAP) and Steve Veilleux. Doors 6:00pm / Presentation 6:30pm. Free Admission - Donations Accepted
We are pleased to offer our exclusive "BYOB&F" model - Bring Your Own Beverage & Food TM (Wine & Beer Only - I.D. Required).
For more information, please call 518-791-9474.