Three Rivers Arts Festival, Gateway Center, Pittsburgh, PA

May 30, 1971, 8:30 PM

Part of the Pennsylvania Poetry Series, a state-wide poetry reading series launched in 1971 by the International Poetry Forum with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Sawhill Lounge, Howard Miller Center, Thiel College, Greenville, PA

April 20, 1971, 8:00 PM

Part of the Pennsylvania Poetry Series, a state-wide poetry reading series launched in 1971 by the International Poetry Forum with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Reading sponsored in cooperation with the Thiel Artist and Lecture Committee.

Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

April 7, 1971, 8:30 PM

"Bits and Pieces." Reading of works by Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, e.e. cummings, and others. Tickets $2.00; students $1.50. Sponsored by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Replacement event for Ogden Nash, who canceled due to surgery.

*Event scheduled for April 7, 1971; canceled due to surgery. Replaced by Anne Jackson and Eli Wallach, who read Nash's work alongside the poetry of Edna St. Vincent Millay, Dorothy Parker, e.e. cummings, and others. Intended introducer Vincent Artz.

Edinboro, PA

Part of the Pennsylvania Poetry Series, a state-wide poetry reading series launched in 1971 by the International Poetry Forum with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Philadelphia, PA

Part of the Pennsylvania Poetry Series, a state-wide poetry reading series launched in 1971 by the International Poetry Forum with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Easton, PA

Part of the Pennsylvania Poetry Series, a state-wide poetry reading series launched in 1971 by the International Poetry Forum with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Clarion, PA

Part of the Pennsylvania Poetry Series, a state-wide poetry reading series launched in 1971 by the International Poetry Forum with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Fine Arts Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

March 25, 1971, 8:00 PM

Part of the Pennsylvania Poetry Series, a state-wide poetry reading series launched in 1971 by the International Poetry Forum with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Reading sponsored by Adolf and Felicia Leon Lecture Series of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania.

Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

March 17, 1971, 8:30 PM

Introduction by Mirene Ghossein. Adonis recipient of the International Poetry Forum's International Award. Poems read in Arabic by Adonis, with English from Samuel Hazo, translator of Adonis and founding director of the International Poetry Forum. Hazo first encountered Adonis' poetry through the Russian translations presented by Yevgeny Yevtushenko at the International Poetry Forum in 1966. Tickets $2.00; students $1.50. Sponsored by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Additional readings by Adonis in Greensburg and Philadelphia as part of the Pennsylvania Poetry Series, a state-wide poetry reading series launched in 1971 by the International Poetry Forum with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

February 24, 1971, 8:30 PM

"Three New Poets." Introduction by James Cavalier. Richard Shelton recipient of the International Poetry Forum's United States Award. Tickets $2.00; students $1.50. Sponsored by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

February 10, 1971, 8:30 PM

"Walt Whitman's America." Tickets $2.00; students $1.50. Sponsored by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Replacement event for John Osborne's intended "A Playreading" event following cancellation of Osborne's United States tour.

*Event canceled and replaced by Alexander Scourby reading due to Osborne's cancellation of his United States tour. Intended event title: "A Playreading"; intended introducer S. Joseph Nassif.

Wilkes College Center for the Performing Arts, Wilkes-Barre, PA

February 3, 1971, 8:00 PM

Part of the Pennsylvania Poetry Series, a state-wide poetry reading series launched in 1971 by the International Poetry Forum with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Jennie May Fels Auditorium, Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA

December 13, 1970, 2:30 PM

Part of the Pennsylvania Poetry Series, a state-wide poetry reading series launched in 1971 by the International Poetry Forum with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Featuring Abbie Huston Evans, recipient of the 1970 Citation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. Event also marked as inaugural S. Beryl Lush Poetry Reading.

Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

December 9, 1970, 8:30 PM

Fifth Anniversary Festival. Introduction by Samuel Hazo. Tickets $2.00; students $1.50. Sponsored by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

William Meredith also participated in various events as International Poetry Forum Poet-in-Residence for the 1970–1971 season, a position hosted in cooperation with Carlow College, Carnegie Mellon University, Chatham College, Duquesne University, the University of Pittsburgh, and Point Park College.

Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

November 18, 1970, 8:30 PM

Introduction by William Meredith. Tickets $2.00; students $1.50. Sponsored by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Music Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

November 4, 1970, 8:30 PM

"Irish Ballads and Verses." Special Appearance. Tickets $2.00, $3.00, $4.00. Sponsored by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

October 28, 1970, 8:30 PM

"Poems for Paintings." Introduction by Jerrold Rouby. Tickets $2.00; students $1.50. Sponsored by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Additional reading in Meadville, PA, as part of the Pennsylvania Poetry Series, a state-wide poetry reading series launched in 1971 by the International Poetry Forum with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Carnegie Lecture Hall, Pittsburgh, PA

October 7, 1970, 8:30 PM

Introduction by John N. Kyle. Tickets $2.00; students $1.50. Sponsored by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Season tickets $14.00; students $10.00.

Additional reading in Erie, PA, as part of the Pennsylvania Poetry Series, a state-wide poetry reading series launched in 1971 by the International Poetry Forum with support from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.