She particularly enjoys working with diverse populations. Her fascination with dance reflects the environment and she is partial to tribal, ritual, and expressionistic type of performance, relying heavily on ethnic forms for style and structure. Mindy particularly loves to improvise and perform with folks who want to try something "new.” She hosts a reading series at the Community Garden at 6th Street and Avenue B in the East Village. Mindy’s web site is:
http://web.me.com/mlevokove/Mindy_Levokove/Welcome.html
Posted by Brown-stone Poets at 6:55 PM 0 comments
Labels: Brooklyn, Events, Patricia Carragon, Poetry
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan and RL at Park Plaza Restaurant Sat, 6/4 at 2:30 p.m.
Poetry Grows in Brooklyn Heights
The Brownstone Poets presents:
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan and RL
Saturday, June 4 at 2:30 p.m.
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St.and Pineapple Walk
Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900
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/
$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open-Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon email: pattiekake@earthlink.net
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:
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan, the appointed Suffolk County Poet Laureate for 2009 – 2011, is the founder and president of The North Sea Poetry Scene, Inc. and The North Sea Poetry Scene Press. She was nominated for Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for her book, Let Me Tell You Something. She is listed in Poets & Writers. She is also the editor of Long Island Sounds Anthology, the host of TNSPS’s Arts Forum TV Show on CH. 20 on Cablevision in Riverhead, N.Y. and the Lead Poetry Jurist for the East End Arts Council, Riverhead, N.Y. Her four chapbooks are The Bitter, The Sweet, One Woman's Voice, Let Me Tell You Something and For Michael. Tammy's fifth chapbook is Life's a Beach. She hosts a reading in Patchogue.
Born in Philadelphia, but raised mostly in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, RL began writing at the age of 13. During his youth, RL was highly influenced by his former pastor, the late Ernestine M. Shivers. RL’s life changed the night he met Ebony Washington, the host of Thursday spoken word at Kay's Kafe, in the Bronx. RL made his name at The Sugar Shack, Hottest Poets, Sankofa & The Nuyorican Poets Cafe. RL began hosting The Big Mouth Bout, a one-on-one slam featuring the top poets in the NYC area. Cheyenne Roadhouse became RL's weekly stomping ground to build his talent as host and poet. For 2 successful years RL and Kool Breeze became a household name in the apex of poetry with their back and forth verbal joustings, as well as the growth of the BMB's which soon began spreading from the Roadhouse to The Bowery Poetry Club & CBGB's. In September 2005, RL began hosting his own spoken word night, “RL's Lyric Lounge.” RL worked out of Iimani Cafe in Bed Stuy. His early features included Ngoma, Kasim Allah, Harlem 125 & ItsReaLight. He moved his series to Food 4 Thought Cafe. There, along with assistance by Kool Breeze & his best friend Tanya Arnold, RL kept the Lyric Lounge as a full force in the spoken word community. Mixing his strong, Christian beliefs with the love for the arts, he has always believed everyone deserves their chance to be heard. Because of his being influenced by Langston Hughes, his abstract form of writing dares to paint a picture of life from different angles. He was always taught by Kool Breeze to look at the ''bigger picture.'' RL gets you to do just that.
Reply
Brownstone Poets / Blog
OPEN-MIC READING at Park Plaza Sat, 6/4
REVISED SCHEDULE Poetry Grows in Brooklyn Heights
Due to cancellations,
The Brownstone Poets presents:
OPEN-MIC READING
Saturday, June 4 at 2:30 p.m.
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St.and Pineapple Walk
Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900
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/
$3 Voluntary Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open-Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon email: pattiekake@earthlink.net
pcarragon@gmail.com
http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/
http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
http://myspace.com/pattiekake8
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712
Reply
The Brownstone Poets Anthology at Poets House
Brownstone Poets 2011 Anthology at the 19th Annual Poets House Showcase
The 19th Annual Poets House Showcase
I’m happy to announce that The Brownstone Poets 2011 Anthology is to be showcased at Poets House.
Please come to Poets House and enjoy the beauty and emotion that is poetry.
Tuesday, June 28–Saturday, July 30
The 19th Annual Poets House Showcase
Members Preview: Tuesday, June 28, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Opening Reception: Tuesday, June 28, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
On view: through July 30 during regular library hours
Admission Free
Poets House 10 River Terrace - New York, NY 10282 (212) 431-7920 http://poetshouse.org/ Poets House
Directions
http://www.hopstop.com/?city=newyork
SUBWAY Take the 1, 2, 3, A or C lines to Chambers Street Station. Walk west along Chambers and take a left at River Terrace.
BUS The M22 runs along Chambers between North End Ave and the Lower East Side. The M20 travels from the Upper West Side and the southern tip of Battery Park City to North End Ave. The Downtown Connection, a free Lower Manhattan shuttle bus, travels to North End Ave from South Street Seaport and from Broadway along Murray Street; for more information, visit: www.downtownny.com
FERRY Monday through Friday, ferry riders from New Jersey can travel via NY Waterway and disembark at the Port Authority Ferry Terminal at the World Financial Center and walk north to River Terrace.
Reply
REVISED SCHEDULE: Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan at Park Plaza Restaurant
REVISED SCHEDULE Poetry Grows in Brooklyn Heights
The Brownstone Poets presents:
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan
Saturday, June 4 at 2:30 p.m.
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St.and Pineapple Walk
Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900
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/
$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open-Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon email: pattiekake@earthlink.net
pcarragon@gmail.com
http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/
http://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
http://myspace.com/pattiekake8
http://en-gb.facebook.com/people/Brownstone-Poets/541314712
BIO:
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan, the appointed Suffolk County Poet Laureate for 2009 – 2011, is the founder and president of The North Sea Poetry Scene, Inc. and The North Sea Poetry Scene Press. She was nominated for Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for her book, Let Me Tell You Something. She is listed in Poets & Writers. She is also the editor of Long Island Sounds Anthology, the host of TNSPS’s Arts Forum TV Show on CH. 20 on Cablevision in Riverhead, N.Y. and the Lead Poetry Jurist for the East End Arts Council, Riverhead, N.Y. Her four chapbooks are The Bitter, The Sweet, One Woman's Voice, Let Me Tell You Something and For Michael. Tammy's fifth chapbook is Life's a Beach. She hosts a reading in Patchogue.
Reply
My Review for Susan Maurer’s Maerchen
My Review for Susan Maurer’s Maerchen in the June Issue of Gently Read Literature
My Review for Susan Maurer’s Maerchen in the June Issue of Gently Read Literature
Maerchen, Susan H. Maurer, Maverick Duck Press, 2008
Mythology, colored by Druid shamans, inspired Susan H. Maurer to document her poetic journey, Maerchen. Like a Celtic design, Maurer’s thirteen poems weave the past into the 21st Century. Her fascination with Celtic history began in the basement of the Jefferson Market Library in Greenwich Village, New York, where she read about the Celts and Druids in The Encyclopedia of Religion. Although the facts of this edition of The Encyclopedia of Religion were questionable according to a revised edition, learning about the myths and poetic traditions sent Maurer on her Celtic quest. (Read more at http://gentlyread.wordpress.com/2011/06/01/through-celtic-eyes-patricia-carragon-on-susan-maurers-maerchen/)
Please also check out Susan Maurer’s Poetry Thin Air Interview on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp0RVTsRsYo
Poetry Thin Air Interview - Susan Maurer www.youtube.com
Reply
30th Anniversary of Lips Magazine
Lips Magazine will hold a Publication Celebration Reading for the 30th Anniversary Issue of Lips, Number 34/35, on Thursday, May 26, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.
Readers to include:
Stanley Barkan, Svea Barrett, Norma Bernstock, Patricia Carragon, Peter Chelnik, Gail Fishman Gerwin, Grace Henderson, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Martin Golan, Jim Gwyn, Joan Cusack Handler, Diana Lagomarsino, Laine Sutton Johnson, Adele Kenny, Sheila Massoni, Barbara MInch, Bob Rosenbloom, Arthrur Sharon, John J. Trause, and surprise guests from this issue and past issues of Lips.
Hosted by Laura Boss
7 p.m. Free Admission Open-Mic ( time permitting) Contact: Laura Boss, Editor @ 201-662-1303 or Library: 973-744-0500
30th Anniversary Issue of Lips Reading Montclair Public Library (Auditorium) 50 South Fullerton Ave. Montclair, NJ Library: 973-744-0500
http://www.hopstop.com/
www.montclairlibrary.org
Reply
Elizabeth Harrington and Mindy Levokove at Tillies of Brooklyn
Poetry Grows In Ft. Greene
The Brownstone Poets Presents:
Elizabeth Harrington and Mindy Levokove
Tuesday, June 21
Starts at 7p.m. – Sign up at 6:45 p.m. – We must be out by 9 p.m.
Tillies of Brooklyn
248 DeKalb Ave. (corner of Vanderbilt and DeKalb)
Brooklyn, NY 11205 Phone # (718) 783-6140
Take the J, R or Q trains to DeKalb Avenue, the C to Lafayette, the G to Clinton/Washington
2, 3, 4, 5 to Nevins St. http://www.hopstop.com/
$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink – Limited Open Mic - one poem (3-minute limit)
Curated by Patricia Carragon emails: pattiekake@earthlink.net
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:
Elizabeth Harrington has a Ph.D. in psychology and works at a market research firm in New York. She grew up in Oklahoma, which is the emotional and physical setting for much of her poetry. Her poems have appeared in several journals, including: The Hudson Review, Field, Nimrod, The Sun, Rattapallax, The Paterson Review, and The Spoon River Poetry Review. She was a winner of the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award (granted by The Poetry Project, Passaic Community College), first runner-up in the dA Center for the Arts Poetry Prize, and a finalist in Comstock Review's Muriel Craft Bailey Award, and in The Ledge and Grayson Books poetry chapbook contests. She is included in an anthology of poems about divorce ("Split Verse: Poems to Heal the Heart").
Mindy Levokove is a multi-media performance artist who uses dance, music, costumes, vocalization, video, and spoken word. She enjoys working with people of varied backgrounds, abilities, and interests. She particularly enjoys working with diverse populations. Her fascination with dance reflects the environment and she is partial to tribal, ritual, and expressionistic type of performance, relying heavily on ethnic forms for style and structure. Mindy particularly loves to improvise and perform with folks who want to try something "new.” She hosts a reading series at the Community Garden at 6th Street and Avenue B in the East Village. Mindy’s web site is: http://web.me.com/mlevokove/Mindy_Levokove/Welcome.html
Reply
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan and RL at Park Plaza Restaurant
She particularly enjoys working with diverse populations. Her fascination with dance reflects the environment and she is partial to tribal, ritual, and expressionistic type of performance, relying heavily on ethnic forms for style and structure. Mindy particularly loves to improvise and perform with folks who want to try something "new.” She hosts a reading series at the Community Garden at 6th Street and Avenue B in the East Village. Mindy’s web site is: http://web.me.com/mlevokove/Mindy_Levokove/Welcome.html
Posted by Brown-stone Poets at 6:55 PM 0 comments Labels: Brooklyn, Events, Patricia Carragon, Poetry Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan and RL at Park Plaza Restaurant Sat, 6/4 at 2:30 p.m.
Poetry Grows in Brooklyn Heights
The Brownstone Poets presents:
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan and RL
Saturday, June 4 at 2:30 p.m.
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St.and Pineapple Walk
Brooklyn, NY 11201 - 718 – 596 – 5900
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/
$3 Donation – plus Food/Drink - Open-Mic
Curated by Patricia Carragon email: pattiekake@earthlink.net
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:
Tammy Nuzzo-Morgan, the appointed Suffolk County Poet Laureate for 2009 – 2011, is the founder and president of The North Sea Poetry Scene, Inc. and The North Sea Poetry Scene Press. She was nominated for Pulitzer Prize in 2006 for her book, Let Me Tell You Something. She is listed in Poets & Writers. She is also the editor of Long Island Sounds Anthology, the host of TNSPS’s Arts Forum TV Show on CH. 20 on Cablevision in Riverhead, N.Y. and the Lead Poetry Jurist for the East End Arts Council, Riverhead, N.Y. Her four chapbooks are The Bitter, The Sweet, One Woman's Voice, Let Me Tell You Something and For Michael. Tammy's fifth chapbook is Life's a Beach. She hosts a reading in Patchogue.
Born in Philadelphia, but raised mostly in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, RL began writing at the age of 13. During his youth, RL was highly influenced by his former pastor, the late Ernestine M. Shivers. RL’s life changed the night he met Ebony Washington, the host of Thursday spoken word at Kay's Kafe, in the Bronx. RL made his name at The Sugar Shack, Hottest Poets, Sankofa & The Nuyorican Poets Cafe. RL began hosting The Big Mouth Bout, a one-on-one slam featuring the top poets in the NYC area. Cheyenne Roadhouse became RL's weekly stomping ground to build his talent as host and poet. For 2 successful years RL and Kool Breeze became a household name in the apex of poetry with their back and forth verbal joustings, as well as the growth of the BMB's which soon began spreading from the Roadhouse to The Bowery Poetry Club & CBGB's. In September 2005, RL began hosting his own spoken word night, “RL's Lyric Lounge.” RL worked out of Iimani Cafe in Bed Stuy. His early features included Ngoma, Kasim Allah, Harlem 125 & ItsReaLight. He moved his series to Food 4 Thought Cafe. There, along with assistance by Kool Breeze & his best friend Tanya Arnold, RL kept the Lyric Lounge as a full force in the spoken word community. Mixing his strong, Christian beliefs with the love for the arts, he has always believed everyone deserves their chance to be heard. Because of his being influenced by Langston Hughes, his abstract form of writing dares to paint a picture of life from different angles. He was always taught by Kool Breeze to look at the ''bigger picture.'' RL gets you to do just that.
Reply
My Cupcake Chronicles # 13 is out for Friday the 13th on Red Fez
My Cupcake Chronicles # 13 is out for Friday the 13th on Red Fez Issue #34 - May 2011 http://www.redfez.net
I'm part of this wonderful list of fezzies:
FICTION Jason Lancaster Cooney Forrest Aguirre Jeff Chon Patricia Carragon Fawzy Zablah Timothy Gager Bill Ectric George Sparling Tom Andrews Donald O'Donovan Cindy M. Kelly
NON-FICTION Margaret Ozemet Frankie Metro
REVIEWS Patrick Simonelli Ani Smith Michael Filippone Robert Kloss
DISPATCHES FROM ATLANTIS Paul Corman-Roberts
VIDEO Cecelia Chapman, Jeff Crouch and Steve Johnson
PHOTOGRAPHY & ART Eleanor Leonne Bennett F.N. Wright
POETRY Julie Valin Matt Amott Luis Rivas Justin Hyde Cassandra Dallett Melanie Browne Nathan Savin Scott Jessica McHugh M.P. Powers Alan Catlin ML Heath Marc Pietrzykowski Craig Fishbane Dan Provost
Sheri L. Wright Ben Bartman Jack Varnell Clara Hope Mitchell William John Watkins David Cicerone John Grochalski Changming Yuan Melissa Hansen
Reply
Read My Fiction piece "Anna's Wish" in Danse Macabre
Read My Fiction piece "Anna's Wish" in Danse Macabre
Check out the {issue xlvi}Morgenblätter of Danse Macabre for the Breakfast Fiction edition where my piece, Anna's Wish, is on the entree with
Brigid Burke - Wesley Fairman - Jill Brown Fulton - Melinda Giordano - Gail Gray
http://dansemacabre.art.officelive.com/BreakfastFiction.aspx
Reply
The Brownstone Poets Anthology is Here!
The Brownstone Poets 2011 Anthology is Here!
A labor of love brought together with the help of my team of assistant editors, Cindy Hochman, Brenda J. Gannam, and Karen Neuberg. Kudos to all three! Without their help and guidance, this anthology would not have been possible.
Copies will be sold at the readings for $6.
Stay tuned for the Annual Brownstone Poets Anthology Reading, hopefully, to be held in September. Details to come . . .
Will bring copies to Poets House for the Annual Showcase. Details to come . . .
Congrats to the contributors (the features from last year and the poets who came to support the Brownstone Poets venues), who will be getting their comp copy:
ELYZSABETH AHNE BABETTE ALBIN Austin Alexis Mary Askin-Jencsik Harry Bentivegna Lichtenstein IRIS BERMAN JANICE BRABAW DANIEL BROWN PATRICIA CARRAGON MITCH CORBER steve dalachinsky FRED DASIG GEORGE DICKERSON DAVID ELSASSER THOMAS FUCALORO BRENDA J. GANNAM DAVIDSON GARRETT KAT GEORGES GORDON GILBERT, Jr. ALLAN DAVID GOLDSCHMIDT RUSS GREEN BOB HART BOB HEMAN R. NEMO HILL CINDY HOCHMAN MATTHEW HUPERT eVIE IVY Ice Gayle Johnson TED JONATHAN APRIL Mignon JONES PAMELA L. LASKIN QUINCY r. LEHR LINDA LERNER RICHARD LEVINE HELLER LEVINSON MARIA LISELLA GEORGIA LUNA BRANT LYON MIKE MARCELLINO JAMES MCMENAMIN Max Nemerovsky KAREN NEUBERG CAROL NOVACK D. NURKSE Tom Oleszczuk JANE ORMEROD mireya perez ELLEN POBER RITTBERG JOSEPH CHARLES REBIS, JR. BARBARA Reiher-Meyers SUSANNA RICH LINDA ROTHSTEIN SCOTT RUMMLER Thaddeus RUTKOWSKI SUSAN SCUTTI SAVONNA SMITH GEORGE SPENCER Dd. SPUNGIN JOHN A. TODRAS ZEV TORRES JOHN J. TRAUSE BARRY WALLENSTEIN BRUCE WEBER ERNEST K. WOODLEY
Reply