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re: We Three Productions
We Three Productions Reading Series at D.B.A. Mon, June 17 at 8 p.m.
Monday, June 17 at 8 p.m.
We Three Productions Reading Series Presents:
Patricia Carragon, Boni Joi, and Lisa Faith Phillips
at
D.B.A. 41 1st Ave. East Village, NYC-10003
(212) 475-5097
telreadings@gmail.com
FREE ADMISSION
Take the F Train to Second Ave. B, D, 6 Train to Bway/Lafayette
for more direction info:
www.hopstop.com/
LISA FAITH PHILLIPS
Lisa Faith Phillips is a playwright and a comedian and has been participating artist at theatres in New York, London, Barcelona and Findlay, Ohio. Lisa's musical-comedy self-help lecture Savvy Secrets of Successful Mistresses will open the East to Edinburg Festival at 59E59 Theatres here in NYC July 9-11. Then she will take her one-woman show All-Nude College-Girl Revue or how I made it through the LSE to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival August 19-24. 2013. Find out more at Savvy Secrets.com. Lisa is Director of Digital Strategy and Development at Hachette Book Group.
Boni joi
Boni Joi has an MFA from Columbia University. Her poems have appeared in Arabella, Long Shot, Boog City Reader, Drivers Side Air Bag, Big Hammer, Mind Gorilla, Lungfull and the Brooklyn Rail. She is also a rotating member of the show mortified and featured on NPR. Her first book of poetry, "Before, During and After was published in 2012. Boni lives with her husband, musical chef, Tobi Joi in Brooklyn.
PATRICIA CARRAGON
Patricia Carragon is a New York City writer and poet. Her publications include Avocet, Best Poem, BigCityLit, CLWN WR, Chantarelle’s Notebook, Clockwise Cat, Danse Macabre, Ditch Poetry, First Literary Review-East, Inertia, Lips, MÖBIUS, The Poetry Magazine, Marymark Press, Maintenant, Mad Hatters’ Review, The Mom Egg, New Verse News, The Long Island Quarterly, The Toronto Quarterly, Word Salad, and more. She is the author of Journey to the Center of My Mind (Rogue Scholars Press). She is a member of Brevitas, a group dedicated to short poems. She hosts and curates the Brooklyn-based Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of the annual anthology. Her latest book is Urban Haiku and More (Fierce Grace Press, 2010). For more information, please check out her Web sites at http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com and at http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/.
We Three Productions Reading Series
We Three Productions Reading Series at D.B.A. Mon, June 17 at 8 p.m.
Monday, June 17 at 8 p.m.
We Three Productions Reading Series Presents:
Patricia Carragon, Boni Joi, and Lisa Faith Phillips
at
D.B.A. 39 1st Ave. East Village, NYC-10003
(212) 475-5097
Take the F Train to Second Ave.
for more direction info:
www.hopstop.com/
April/May Publications
April/ May Publication News
Hi Poets and Friends,
Sorry to be late on this newsletter, but my poem, "Dance For the Dawn," is on the Summer Gazebo Readings Blog for April 17
http://summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com/2013/04/patricia-carragon.html
My "Redheaded Tulips" haiku is on The Weekly Avocet #24 along with other nature poems from Helen Peterson, Charles Portolano, Mary Jo Balistreri, and more.
Cheers,
Pattie
Andrew Kaufman and Katrinka Moore at Cafe Dada
Brownstone Poets presents Andrew Kaufman and Katrinka Moore on Tuesday, June 18 at 7 p.m. at Café Dada. Enjoy the Old World ambiance in Park Slope that’s near several subways. Feast on French-Hungarian cuisine and delectable pastries. Relax with some wine or beer, a cup of coffee or tea while listening to great poetry. There’s an open mic as well. Poetry does grow in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Brownstone Poets presents:
Andrew Kaufman and Katrinka Moore
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Starts at 7 p.m. – Sign up at 6:45 p.m.
Café Dada
57 Seventh Avenue (at the corner of Lincoln Place) Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11217 718-622-2800
Subways:
2 or 3 to Grand Army Plaza B or Q to Seventh Avenue F or G to Seventh Avenue (9th Street) R to Union Street, plus a bit of a walk.
http://www.hopstop.com/
$4 donation + food/drink - Open-Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon
pcarragon@gmail.com
brownstonepoets.blogspot.com
http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
http://myspace.com/pattiekake8
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712
BIOS:
Andrew Kaufman grew up near NYC, graduated from Oberlin College, earned his MFA in poetry writing from Brooklyn College, and his MA and Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Toronto. His Cinnamon Bay Sonnets won the Center for Book Arts chapbook competition, and was followed by Earth's Ends, winner of the Pearl Poetry Award. He is the recipient of an NEA award and two Pushcart poetry nominations, and his poems have appeared in numerous journals. He has also published critical work on William Blake, and written for New York Newsday and The Detroit News. His latest book of poems is Both Sides of the Niger (Spuyten Duyvel Press, 2013). The Cinnamon Bay Poems (Rain Mountain Press) is forthcoming in 2014. He lives in New York City and currently teaches literature at SUNY Purchase.
Katrinka Moore started out as a choreographer and dancer, made a brief foray into performance art, ended up writing poetry, then ventured into making visual poems and collages as well. Recent work appears in MungBeing, Otoliths, and First Literary Review-East. Katrinka is the author of Thief (BlazeVOX, 2009) and This is Not a Story, which won the New Women’s Voices Prize and was published by Finishing Line Press in 2003. She is currently sending out a minimalist epic, Numa, about a shape-shifting creature.
The Brownstone Poets Anthology
The Brownstone Poets 2013 Anthology is a reality! Thanks to my editorial staff (Cindy Hochman, Brenda J. Gannam, and Karen Neuberg) for their tireless teamwork in making this project happen. Inside this issue: A spread dedicated to Marianne Moore A spread dedicated to Special Guest Poet, D. Nurkse Special memorial spreads to honor Brant Lyon, Iris Berman, and Elizabeth Harrington Over a dozen photos to delight Poetry from the following 66 contributors I have just delivered them to Poets House for the annual showcase reading coming up on Thursday, June 27th. Details to come . . .
Ron Kolm, Eve Packer and Ron Price Hit Brooklyn Hts.
Ron Kolm, Eve Packer, and Ron Price Bring Downtown Manhattan to Downtown Brooklyn
Brownstone Poets presents Ron Kolm, Eve Packer, and Ron Price on Saturday, June 1 at 2:30 p.m.. at the newly renovated Park Plaza Restaurant in historic Brooklyn Heights. Enjoy the varied menu at this affordable family-run diner while listening to great poetry. Poetry grows in Brooklyn Heights and there's an open mic as well.
Brownstone Poets presents:
Ron Kolm, Eve Packer, and Ron Price Saturday, June 1 at 2:30 p.m.
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St.and Pineapple Walk
Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900
Subways:
Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street,
4, 5 or R to Court Street, Borough Hall
For more directions:
http://www.hopstop.com/
$4 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open-Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon
pcarragon@gmail.com
brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/
patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
myspace.com/pattiekake8
facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712
Bios:
Ron Kolm is a member of the Unbearables, and an editor of several of their anthologies; most recently, The Unbearables’ Big Book of Sex! Ron is a contributing editor of Sensitive Skin magazine and a senior editor of the Evergreen Review. He is the author of The Plastic Factory and, with Jim Feast, the novel Neo Phobe. He's had work recently published in Jeff Wright's Live Mag!, and Steve Cannon's Gathering of the Tribes. Ron's papers were purchased by the New York University library, where they've been catalogued in the Fales Collection as part of the Downtown Writers Group.
Eve Packer is a Bronx-born poet/performer who appears solo, with music, in dance and theater. She has published three poetry books--Skulls Head Samba, PLAYLAND: POEMS 1994-2004, and NEW NAILS, all from Fly By Night Press--has four poetry/jazz CDs. She has one son, one daughter in law, and one grandson. Eve Packer lives downtown and swims daily.
Ron Price has published in, among others, The American Poetry Review, Poetry, and Zone 3. He is the author of Surviving Brothers, a chapbook, and A Crucible for the Left Hand. A Small Song Called Ash from the Fire was nominated for a National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize. A True Account of the Failure of Bodies to Adequately Burn, a chapbook, came out a few weeks ago.
THE FOUR HORSEMEN RIDE AGAIN AT THE CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ
THE FOUR HORSEMEN RIDE AGAIN AT THE CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ
THE FOUR HORSEMEN RIDE AGAIN AT THE CORNELIA STREET CAFÉ
THURSDAY, MAY 30 FROM 6P.M. TO 8 P.M.
BOB QUATRONE, HOST
$8 ADMISSION GIVES YOU A DRINK
READERS:
VIVIANA GRELL RON KOLM LARISSA SHMAILO EVE PACKER ROBERT GIBBONS BONI JOI RONNA LEBO GORDON GILBERT JR CYNTHIA TORONTO EVIE IVY PATRICIA CARRAGON JANE ORMEROD GEORGE WALLACE
The Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street New York, NY 10014
Phone: 212.989.9319
BY SUBWAY A, B, C, D, E, F, and M to West 4th St. or 1 to Christopher St.-Sheridan Square.
WWW.HOPSTOP.COM/
Bob Quatrone and Cynthia Toronto at Cafe Dada
Brownstone Poets presents Bob Quatrone and Cynthia Toronto on Tuesday, May 14 at 7 p.m. at Café Dada. Enjoy the Old World ambiance in Park Slope that’s near several subways. Feast on French-Hungarian cuisine and delectable pastries. Relax with some wine or beer, a cup of coffee or tea while listening to great poetry. There’s an open mic as well. Poetry does grow in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Brownstone Poets presents:
Bob Quatrone and Cynthia Toronto
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Starts at 7 p.m. – Sign up at 6:45 p.m.
Café Dada
57 Seventh Avenue (at the corner of Lincoln Place) Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11217 718-622-2800
Subways:
2 or 3 to Grand Army Plaza B or Q to Seventh Avenue F or G to Seventh Avenue (9th Street) R to Union Street, plus a bit of a walk.
http://www.hopstop.com/
$4 donation + food/drink - Open-Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon
pcarragon@gmail.com
brownstonepoets.blogspot.com
http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
http://myspace.com/pattiekake8
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712
BIOS:
Bob Quatrone graduated from Columbia College in 1965 and was Woodrow Wilson Fellow in 1967. He served as Program Host and Director for the Walt Whitman Poetry Society during the mid-1980's. He was a featured poet for the St. Mark's Poetry Project in 1997. He currently hosts The 4 Horsemen Reading at The Cornelia Street Cafe in New York City and lives in New Jersey.
Cynthia Toronto is recognized as a forerunner of cutting-edge spoken word performance. Since the early ’80s she’s pioneered a form combining elements of poetry, music, theater and media portraying unique glimpses of urban life or any subject relevant to humans. She has penned eight books of poetry, including work in several anthologies, most recently Token Entry: New York City Subway Poems by Smalls Books and Three Room Press’ Maintenant 5 & 6, Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing & Art, and currently teaches acting and speech at City College of NewYork and Hostos Community College.
Bernard Block and Gordon Gilbert, Jr. at Park Plaza Restaurant
Bernard Block and Gordon Gilbert, Jr. to Read at Park Plaza Restaurant, Sat. May 4 at 2:30 p.m.
Brownstone Poets presents Bernard Block and Gordon Gilbert, Jr. on Saturday, May 4 at 2:30 p.m. at the newly renovated Park Plaza Restaurant in historic Brooklyn Heights. Enjoy the varied menu at this affordable family-run diner while listening to great poetry. Poetry grows in Brooklyn Heights and there's an open mic as well.
Bernard Block and Gordon Gilbert, Jr.
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Starts at 2:30 p.m.
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St.and Pineapple Walk
Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900
Subways:
Take the A or C to High Street, 2 or 3 to Clark Street,
4, 5 or R to Court Street, Borough Hall
For more directions:
http://www.hopstop.com/
$4 donation + food/drink – Open-Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon
pcarragon@gmail.com
http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/
http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
http://myspace.com/pattiekake8
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712
BIOS:
Bernard Block’s poems have appeared in the NY Quarterly and the Colorado Review. He has published four chapbooks: Quest, Prometheus Returns, Portraits and To Music. Bernard is presently the curator and host of the Anti-Tea Coffeehouse Poetry Collective Series at the Cornelia Street Cafe.
West Village resident Gordon Gilbert has co-authored a trilingual children’s book, Discovering Roots (2010). Still unpublished: several books of poetry, and a few short stories. Currently producing and directing his Monologues from the Old Folks Home, he also hosts beat generation writer celebrations at the Yippie Museum Café in NYC.
Alan Braverman and Anthony Vigorito at Cafe Dada
Brownstone Poets presents Alan Braverman and Anthony Vigorito on Tuesday, April 16 at 7 p.m. at Café Dada. Enjoy the Old World ambiance in Park Slope that’s near several subways. Feast on French-Hungarian cuisine and delectable pastries. Relax with some wine or beer, a cup of coffee or tea while listening to great poetry. There’s an open mic as well. Poetry does grow in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
Alan Braverman and Anthony Vigorito
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Starts at 7 p.m. – Sign up at 6:45 p.m.
Café Dada
57 Seventh Avenue (at the corner of Lincoln Place) Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11217 718-622-2800
Subways:
2 or 3 to Grand Army Plaza B or Q to Seventh Avenue F or G to Seventh Avenue (9th Street) R to Union Street, plus a bit of a walk.
http://www.hopstop.com/
$4 donation + food/drink – Open-Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon
pcarragon@gmail.com
http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/
http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
http://myspace.com/pattiekake8
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712
BIOS:
Alan Braverman, Brooklyn poet, painter, and retired NYC schoolteacher, began writing poetry at a Kansas Christian College. Escaping the draft, this college became his sanctuary (although he is Jewish). He wrote controversial poems that were published in the school newspaper until they were censured. After college, Alan stopped writing. Five years ago, he attended an open mic at the Park Slope Barnes and Noble. Ken Siegelman, Brooklyn's Poet Laureate, hosted the readings. He inspired Alan to write again. He has been featured at three venues, and has illustrated a book of poems, by Anthony Vigorito (who is the current MC at the Barnes and Noble reading).
Brooklyn poet Anthony Vigorito was mentored by Ken Siegelman and has authored three chapbooks, Pier 48 South Brooklyn, Clefs & Palettes, and 17 West. He is the host of Ken Siegelman’s Poetry Outreach at the Park Slope Barnes and Noble and Tom Kane’s Boulevard Bards at Boulevard Books Café in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn.
