The Segal Center is pleased to present a staged reading of acclaimed poet and playwright Marcus Gardley’s "...And Jesus Moonwalks the Mississippi," a story of love and longing set at the bitter end of the Civil War in the American South. Experience Mr. Gardley’s "richness of... language, which often finds pungent poetry in the African-American vernacular" (The New York Times) in this special evening of theatre. Tea Alagic ("The Brothers Size") directs.
6:30 p.m., Monday, June 28, 2010
Martin E. Segal Theatre.
Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016-4309 | ph: 212-817-1860 Free!
Monday, June 28, 2010
Monday, June 7, 2010
Free and Open...
Lillian Vernon Creative Writers House/NYU
58 West 10th Street (bet 5th and 6th Avenues)
Thursday, June 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Free & Open to the Public
Robert Hershon's most recent book is Calls from the Outside World, his 12th collection. His work has appeared in The Nation, American Poetry Review and Poetry 180, and numerous other magazines and periodicals, and he has recently written for the Poetry Foundation and Best American Poetry websites. Among his awards are two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and three from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Hershon has edited Hanging Loose Press since 1966 and served as director of The Print Center since 1976.
Hettie Jones has published three collections of poems: Drive (winner of the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber Award), All Told, and Doing 70. Her celebrated memoir of the Beat Scene, How I Became Hettie Jones, is regarded as a model of the genre. Her many other books include, No Woman No Cry, co-authored with Rita Marley, and several books for children. Jones lectures widely and currently teaches in the Graduate Program in Creative Writing at the New School and at the 92nd Street Y.
Chuck Wachtel is the author of the novels Joe The Engineer, winner of the Pen/Hemingway Citation, and The Gates; a collection of stories and novellas: Because We Are Here (all Viking-Penguin); and five collections of poems and short prose, including The Coriolis Effect and, most recently, What Happens to Me. A new novel, 3/03, will appear in summer 2010. He has written the screenplay for Joe The Engineer currently in pre-production as a film. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at N.Y.U.
58 West 10th Street (bet 5th and 6th Avenues)
Thursday, June 17, 6:30pm-8:30pm
Free & Open to the Public
Robert Hershon's most recent book is Calls from the Outside World, his 12th collection. His work has appeared in The Nation, American Poetry Review and Poetry 180, and numerous other magazines and periodicals, and he has recently written for the Poetry Foundation and Best American Poetry websites. Among his awards are two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and three from the New York Foundation for the Arts. Hershon has edited Hanging Loose Press since 1966 and served as director of The Print Center since 1976.
Hettie Jones has published three collections of poems: Drive (winner of the Poetry Society of America’s Norma Farber Award), All Told, and Doing 70. Her celebrated memoir of the Beat Scene, How I Became Hettie Jones, is regarded as a model of the genre. Her many other books include, No Woman No Cry, co-authored with Rita Marley, and several books for children. Jones lectures widely and currently teaches in the Graduate Program in Creative Writing at the New School and at the 92nd Street Y.
Chuck Wachtel is the author of the novels Joe The Engineer, winner of the Pen/Hemingway Citation, and The Gates; a collection of stories and novellas: Because We Are Here (all Viking-Penguin); and five collections of poems and short prose, including The Coriolis Effect and, most recently, What Happens to Me. A new novel, 3/03, will appear in summer 2010. He has written the screenplay for Joe The Engineer currently in pre-production as a film. He teaches in the Creative Writing Program at N.Y.U.
A SEA OF POETRY...
Poets for Living Waters Action -- In Honor of WORLD OCEAN DAY
Tuesday, June 8th @ 7 p.m.
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave (between Dean St & St Marks Ave)
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Trains -- 7th Ave (Q, B) // Grand Army Plaza (2, 3) //
Clinton-Washington Aves (C)
Readings from Poets for Living Waters and of work by Leslie Scalapino,
Muriel Rukeyser, and Lorine Niedecker
http://poetsgulfcoast.wordpress.com/
Poets included are BEYER, BOZICEVIC, BROLASKI, COOLEY, IIJIMA, KING and MOHABIR
Tuesday, June 8th @ 7 p.m.
Unnameable Books
600 Vanderbilt Ave (between Dean St & St Marks Ave)
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Trains -- 7th Ave (Q, B) // Grand Army Plaza (2, 3) //
Clinton-Washington Aves (C)
Readings from Poets for Living Waters and of work by Leslie Scalapino,
Muriel Rukeyser, and Lorine Niedecker
http://poetsgulfcoast.wordpress.com/
Poets included are BEYER, BOZICEVIC, BROLASKI, COOLEY, IIJIMA, KING and MOHABIR
EARSHOT Reading Series this Friday:
Friday, June 11th @ 7:30 PM
@ Rose Live Music
Hosted by Nicole Steinberg
$5 + one free drink
Featuring: Chip Livingston (Museum of False Starts) Ana Bozicevic (Stars of the Night Commute) ***
Emily Brandt (New York University)
Danniel Schoonebeek (Sarah Lawrence College) *Michael Alpiner (Queens College)*
Rose Live Music is located at 345 Grand Street in Brooklyn,
between Havemeyer and Marcy.
Visit their website for directions: http://roselivemusic.com/. EARSHOT is a bi-monthly reading series, dedicated to featuring new and emerging literary talent in the NYC area. Visit http://www.earshotnyc.com/ for more information or e-mail Nicole Steinberg at earshotnyc@gmail.com. Follow the EARSHOT twitter feed at http://twitter.com/earshotnyc
***No doubt you know Michael--and, if you’ve been to TURNSTYLE reading series, you also know Ana as one of the coordinators from the Center for the Humanities/CUNY Grad. Ctr.
$5 + one free drink
Featuring: Chip Livingston (Museum of False Starts) Ana Bozicevic (Stars of the Night Commute) ***
Emily Brandt (New York University)
Danniel Schoonebeek (Sarah Lawrence College) *Michael Alpiner (Queens College)*
Rose Live Music is located at 345 Grand Street in Brooklyn,
between Havemeyer and Marcy.
Visit their website for directions: http://roselivemusic.com/. EARSHOT is a bi-monthly reading series, dedicated to featuring new and emerging literary talent in the NYC area. Visit http://www.earshotnyc.com/ for more information or e-mail Nicole Steinberg at earshotnyc@gmail.com. Follow the EARSHOT twitter feed at http://twitter.com/earshotnyc
***No doubt you know Michael--and, if you’ve been to TURNSTYLE reading series, you also know Ana as one of the coordinators from the Center for the Humanities/CUNY Grad. Ctr.
Theater, Art, Installations, ... CUNY in the Summertime
"This Week at CUNY"
SUBSCRIBE TO THIS WEBSITE FOR EVENTS ACROSS THE CUNY CAMPUSES:
http://www.cityuniversityofnewyork.org/news/newswire-services.html
[CLICK “SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSWIRE” ETC.]
… GONE IN 60 SECONDS -- THE WORLD'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL … Artist Dorrit Title explores her grandparents' memories of the Holocaust through paintings and mixed media. … Michael Yates Crowley and Michael Rau Theatre: Real Dogs--Their suburban basement is the set and fear is the main character. … Students in all majors compete for a chance to win cash prizes for their entrepreneurial ideas. ...Installation of Susan Sills' re-interpreted life-size wood cutouts of characters and objects from Old Masters restructures the timelines of modern art history, making way for playful narrative….
SUBSCRIBE TO THIS WEBSITE FOR EVENTS ACROSS THE CUNY CAMPUSES:
http://www.cityuniversityofnewyork.org/news/newswire-services.html
[CLICK “SUBSCRIBE TO NEWSWIRE” ETC.]
… GONE IN 60 SECONDS -- THE WORLD'S FIRST INTERNATIONAL ONE-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL … Artist Dorrit Title explores her grandparents' memories of the Holocaust through paintings and mixed media. … Michael Yates Crowley and Michael Rau Theatre: Real Dogs--Their suburban basement is the set and fear is the main character. … Students in all majors compete for a chance to win cash prizes for their entrepreneurial ideas. ...Installation of Susan Sills' re-interpreted life-size wood cutouts of characters and objects from Old Masters restructures the timelines of modern art history, making way for playful narrative….
Friday, June 4, 2010
**Summertime Opportunities**
Sun Jun 20, 12:00pm
11th Annual Literary Magazine Fair
The Fair offers a wide variety of literary magazines and journals sold to the public at discount prices. All proceeds from sales will go to Housing Works and CLMP.
at Housing Works Bookstore
126 Crosby St., NYC
Sun Jun 27th 12:00-5:00pm
2010 Bronx Museum Book Fair
An afternoon of food, music, local writers and the work of ten publishers to promote small presses and publications.
1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY
**these gleaned from Ugly Duckling Presse website:
info@uglyducklingpresse.org
11th Annual Literary Magazine Fair
The Fair offers a wide variety of literary magazines and journals sold to the public at discount prices. All proceeds from sales will go to Housing Works and CLMP.
at Housing Works Bookstore
126 Crosby St., NYC
Sun Jun 27th 12:00-5:00pm
2010 Bronx Museum Book Fair
An afternoon of food, music, local writers and the work of ten publishers to promote small presses and publications.
1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY
**these gleaned from Ugly Duckling Presse website:
info@uglyducklingpresse.org
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