Shining a light on the Massachusetts South Coast creatives with the semiannual cultural zine, Sippizine.
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'Tis the season to hunker down and write - or is it? Next week brings a hunky dory lineup of spoken word events in our neck of the snow. It may be your excuse to trudge out of the dark and into the light... warming up with new words and conversations with other word lovers. Check out this run of fun on Thursday, February 124pm Lenore Balliro - Remind me to tell you - Poetry at the Dartmouth Cultural Center 5 - 7pm Write with Community - Vestibules - Braitmayer Family Galleries at the Whaling Museum 7pm - Anomaly Poetry - Open Mic - Co-Creative Center in New Bedford Already have plans next Thursday? Click over to the Write With Community calendar for more ideas. On Friday the 13th, there's storytelling at Gallery X. Plus, more poetry on Valentine’s Day at GroundWork. Of course, if you prefer to stay in...May I suggest perusing any issue of Sippizine for local poetry, prose and art? Or… start your words flowing for Sippizine’s next call for work? Volume 7 - Theme Lucky - Open call from March 8 - 29, 2026I got to show off Sippizine print copies at the Star Store in December. While everyone enjoyed the free food, my highlights were:
Hope you are healthy, warm and safe, Alanna |
Alanna Nelson
Shining a light on the Massachusetts South Coast creatives with the semiannual cultural zine, Sippizine.
I'm still here, Reader. Opening up the email client, my jaw dropped. Was it really three months since my last note to you? Volume 7, Lucky, went live 3 months ago! Click to read it now. Krista Allen's frosty cover photo looks so refreshing on this summer day. While spring and theme of lucky combine in contributions by Midori Evans and Nancy Mitton, Lenore Balliro's Lucky Enough brings summer, home and luck together. What you think of the latest issue of Sippizine? Reply to this email and let...
Has it ever happened to you, Reader? You're writing and you can't find the word you want. No luck wwiping through a thesaurus, so you click a search bar (some of you are already into your preferred AI account, I know). It's lunch time, so hunger pangs push me to search "fortunate nibbles." And I get... Fortune Feimster playing Nibbles Maplestick from Zootopia 2. It takes two to tango, but a threesome to be sumpin’! Let’s find you a reptile and romp the swamp!”―Nibbles Maplestick And a new...
Are you feeling it? "Lucky," is the theme of the next South Coast literary frolic. Sippizine is ready for your poetry, prose and art through midnight, April 4, 2026. Help spread the word! Call or text a friend. Repost the announcement on Instagram. Share it on LinkedIn. Forward this email to a creative you know. Thank you! Not feeling lucky? Check out Laura Pedulli's 60 Miles South of Albuquerque from Sippizine - Volume 6. Thursday, March 12 is AHA - Literary Fun Night! 5pm - Whaling Museum...