The Savoring Of Words and Wine: Remembering Jane Weston

Jane  with PA member Cora Santaguida

Following a protracted illness, venerated PoemAlley member Jane Weston passed away last Tuesday at the age of 92. She will be greatly missed.

Usually from the favorite vantage of a corner booth shared with her friend Norm Heller, Jane was known to the group meeting weekly at Curley's Diner and returning guest poets for her sprightly smile and well-observed feedback, imparted over a glass of wine. 

While not a poet, herself, Jane was especially valued as an island of serenity when the stream of conversation got occasionally heated in response to themes raised by a particular piece of writing.

Jane was also active in the Green Party, having run for public office in Fairfield County several times, including Registrar of Voters in Weston and as Judge of Probate in Stamford (winning 11 percent of the vote). In addition, she served two terms as Co-Chair of the Green Party of Connecticut.

Services are tentatively planned for this coming Saturday or Sunday at Lacerenza Funeral Home at 8 Schuyler Avenue in Stamford; Zoom access will be provided online for those unable to attend. Friend and fellow PA member Richard Duffee, who is Jane's conservator, can be reached at 203-278-4013 for further details.

Robert Zwilling To Moderate This Evening's Open Mic Night @ Barnes And Noble

Prolific digital artist and speculative writer Robert Zwillig will be filling in for Frank Chambers and Ralph Nazareth as guest host of tonight's Open Mic poetry program at Barnes & Noble in Stamford, where all are invited to have a listen, or to bring something to read, either of their own creation, or by a beloved writer.

Following up on his November featured reading, where he shared material from last June's Modern Primitive Poetry 36 Illustrated Titles With Out The Words and other titles, Robert is a familiar, active member of Tuesday Night At Curley's/PoemAlley and is known for his satirical genre-bending/blending approach to the associations between the environmental, the technological and the socio/economic—not only in terms of where such associations find us at the moment and may be taking us, but even where they might have taken us, too, as described in the 2018 three-part short story, Steam Age Fighter.

Founded by Frank Chambers, Barnes & Noble’s Open Mic Poetry meets the second Monday of each month in the Music/Movies section on the main floor of the bookstore (located in the Stamford Town Center), beginning at 7:15 p.m.

For more information, contact:

Barnes & Noble

100 Greyrock Place, Suite H009

Stamford, CT 06906

203-323-1248