Telepoem Booth State College

09/08/2018

A great 3rd Anniversary party at The Makery tonight, and lots of interest in the Telepoem Booth by young and old.

09/01/2018

WAHOO! The Telepoem Booth is at The Makery. We had to take the computer out to move it, but it will be hooked up by their celebration next weekend. Thanks to John Ziegler for all his hard work to make this happen, to Elaine Wilgus for hosting the Booth for the past year and a half at Webster’s, and to Handy Delivery for doing the heavy lifting during the move!

08/31/2018

The Telepoem Booth is MOVING to The Makery at 209 W. Calder Way. Webster’s has been a wonderful setting, but to get fresh interest and new listeners, we have always planned to move the booth about once a year, and The Makery agreed to take us for 2018-19. The booth will be there in time for their 3rd anniversary celebration next week. Stop by for a listen in the new digs. To visit their website, go to http://themakerypa.com.

11/02/2017

Due to unforeseen complications, the call for new poetry submissions is retracted for the time being. Stay tuned.

10/19/2017

Wahoo! Another call for poems for the Telepoem Booth!

We especially want to see poems from older folks, teens and members of LGBTQ and minority groups.

Submit 1-3 poems from November 15 – December 15, 2017

Please use the online form found at: http://bit.ly/2gkGcYV.

Here are the guidelines:

· Each poem should be no more than 40 lines. Narrative, rhymed and free verse, as well as prose and slam poetry are great.
· Sexually graphic and/or hateful content will not be considered.
· Previously published poems are OK. Please give credit to the original publisher.
· All rights will be retained by the author.

Submissions will receive a response in January 2018.

For more information, please e-mail [email protected].

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Welcome to the submission form for the State College Telepoem Booth! We are looking for a variety of poems including narrative, lyric, formal, slam, you name it! We appreciate your interest and look forward to reading over your submissions! Poetry submissions are due by January 1st, 2017 using the f...

04/21/2017

Some of you may have been disappointed this week. We had a glitch with the amplifier and the booth was down for a couple of days. But let it be known that the Telepoem Booth is up and running again. Hurrah!

04/19/2017

Thanks, StateCollege.com!

The TelePoem Booth is the first of its kind in State College and is located at Webster's Bookstore Café. The interactive art display was the brainchild of artist and writer, Elizabeth Hellstern, who was on-hand for the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday evening. Hellstern's first TelePoem Booth is

04/18/2017

Jackie Padilla from WTAJ-TV interviewed our very own Sarah Russell to get all the details about the Telepoem Booth State College:

These days you don't see many phone booths, but in Centre County you'll find one with an artistic touch.

04/18/2017

Thanks to WJAC-TV News for the coverage!

STATE COLLEGE – What once stood on the streets of Phoenix in the early 1970s now sits inside Webster’s Bookstore in State College.No longer used for making telephone calls, the “Telepoem” is now used to listen to a piece of poetry.John Ziegler is the man r

04/17/2017

Video from Friday night's ribbon-cutting ceremony! The Telepoem Booth State College is open to the public and can be found at Webster's Bookstore & Cafe.

Come check out our area's newest interactive art installation, owned by Art Alliance of Central PA and generously funded by the Knight Foundation's Donor-Advised Fund at Centre Foundation.

More details: http://bit.ly/2prSNh2