~Rita Dove, American Poet
(b. 1952)
Sunday, May 31, 2009
WORDS OF WISDOM
Going to the library was the one place we got to go without asking for permission. And they let us choose what we wanted to read. It was a feeling of having a book be mine entirely.
Friday, May 29, 2009
TOMORROW NIGHT!
| Saturday, May 30 2009 6:00pm |
Emotional Rescue
An evening of interactive poetry with R. Nemo Hill, Precious Jones, Jennifer L. Knox, and Jason Schneiderman
Hosted by Jane Ormerod
The Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (West 4th/Bleecker Street)
$7 incl. one drink |www.corneliastreetcafe.com |ormerodj@msn.com
Subway: A/C/E/B/D/F/V to West 4th, or 1 to Christopher/Sheridan Squar!
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Sunday, May 24, 2009
WORDS OF WISDOM
If there is no struggle, there is no progress.
~Frederick Douglass, African-American Author (1817-1895)
Friday, May 22, 2009
| Monday, May 25 2009 7:00pm |
Poet's Lounge
Features TBA + open mike
Hosted by Angela Peluso and Gordon Gilbert
Presented by Collective Poets
Yippie Cafe
9 Bleeker Street
Free | poetdujour7@hotmail.com
TODAY'S WORD
QUADRIVIUM
The more advanced division of the seven liberal arts, comprising arithmetic, geometry, astronomy, and music.
This was prominent during the Middle Ages.
Book Expo @ Javits Center
SOFT SKULL @ Book Expo America, Javits Center
WhenFriday, May 29, 2009
WhereJavits Center (map)
DescriptionSat. 5/29, 1:30-2:30 Book Expo America, Javits Center
Thursday, May 21, 2009
TODAY'S WORD
KITSCH, n.
Something of tawdry design or content created to appeal to undiscriminating taste.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Def Poets @ Solomon Porch
| Thursday, May 21 2009 8:00pm |
HBO Def Poets
Features are La Bruja and Hebrew Mamita and Narubi, also Comedian Sergio Chicon
Hosted by Raul Kahayarix Rios
Presented by LatinosNYC
Solomon Porch
307 Stuyvesant Avenue
by Hasley Street, Brooklyn
$10 | latinosnyc.ning.com |latinosnyc.ning.com/xn/detail/2324339:Event:1782| rcruzrios1@nyc.rr.com | 646-352-1759
Subway: A to Utica Avenue, get off at the back of the station and walk 4 blocks on Stuyvesant Avenue
TODAY'S WORD
JALOUSIE
A window blind or shutter of overlapping horizontal slats or strips that may be tilted.
Monday, May 18, 2009
TODAY'S WORD
SOLILOQUY
1. A speech in a drama in which a character reveals inner thoughts as if alone.
2. The act of talking to oneself.
Sunday, May 17, 2009
WORDS OF WISDOM
That's the way things become clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.
~Madeleine L'Engle
Friday, May 15, 2009
TODAY'S WORD
IBIDEM
In the same place; in the same book, passage, etc.
Used to avoid the repetition of a reference.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Kids' Open Mic
| Friday, May 15 2009 7:30pm |
Kids' Open Mic: Huntington
Canvas Presents Kids Open Mic Night.
Hosted by Joe Iadanza, featuring Kids… for music, spoken word,art, creative expression at
Canvas Gallery,
51 Gibson Ave.
Huntington
Refreshments provided by Whole Foods Market
$5 Cover Charge
To sign up or for more information on the Kids Open Mic contact:info@pulitzerandpanetta.com
Poetry Slam
| Friday, May 15 2009 10:00pm |
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Spotlight poet & slam (be sure to come early)
Hosted by Mahogany Browne
Followed by the Open Room, a midnight open mike right after the Slam every Friday Night!!! Bring a poem and read!
Hosted by A-Trayn
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd Street (Avenues B/C)
$10 (each show) |www.nuyorican.org | 212-505-8183
Subway: F to 2nd Avenue, R to 8th Street, 4/5 to 14 Street, 6 to Astor Place
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Friday, May 08, 2009
DIZEThursday, May 07, 2009
MEAGAN BROTHERS
| Friday, May 8 2009 6:00pm - 8:00pm |
Meagan Brothers
Meagan Brothers, poet & songwriter, with
Mike Fornatale
Hosted by Jackie Sheeler
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street @ 6th avenue/bleecker
$7 gets you a free house beverage
any subway to washington square
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009
Sunday, May 03, 2009
WORDS OF WISDOM
What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments,
but what is woven into the lives of others.
~Pericles
Friday, May 01, 2009
Reading @ Poetry Project
Dorothea Lasky & Kristin Palm
| May 4, 2009 | ||
| 8:00 pm |
Monday
Dorothea Lasky is the author of AWE (Wave Books, 2007) and Black Life (Wave Books, 2010). Her chapbooks includeTourmaline (Transmission Press, 2008), The Hatmaker’s Wife (Braincase Press, 2006), Art (H_NGM_N Press, 2006), and Alphabets and Portraits (Anchorite Press, 2005). She has been educated at Washington University, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, and Harvard University. Currently, she studies creativity and education at the University of Pennsylvania. Kristin Palm grew up in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, and lived in Detroit for many years. She currently resides in San Francisco, California. Her writing has appeared in LVNG, Bird Dog, Boog City, Chain, There, Dusie and the anthologyBay Poetics (Faux Press, 2006), as well as numerous magazines and newspapers, including Metropolis, Planning and the Detroit Metro Times
St. Mark's Church
131 E. 10th Street @ 2nd Ave.
Subway: 6 to Astor Place; F to Second Avenue
Be An Extraordinary Person
This is the book I am currently reading. It's a great book for those who want to live out their dreams. There's more to life than being ordinary. Genevieve
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