NYC Community Poetry Calendar
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Mar. '07          Apr. '07          May '07          Jun. '07          Jul. '07

May 2nd
Sam Abrams & Jim Cohn @ Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
131 E. 10th Street
8:00 pm, $8, $7 students, $5 members
http://www.poetryproject.com/calendar.html

May 3rd
Boog City: D.A. Levy Lives: Celebrating the Renegade Press @ ACA Galleries
Fewer & Further Press (Wendell, Mass.), Editor Jess Mynes, www.fewfurpress.blogspot.com
Anchorite Editions (Albany, NY), Editor Chris Rizzo, www.anchoritepress.blogspot.com
529 W 20th St., 5th Floor
6:00 pm, Free
http://www.acagalleries.com/

May 4th
The Poetics of Walking: Baudelaire & Beyond @ Poets House
Brenda Coultas, Lytle Shaw, Jonathan Skinner & Stephen Vincent
72 Spring Street, 2nd Floor, SoHo
7:00 pm, $7, free to Poets House members
http://poetshouse.org/progcoming.htm

May 4th
Michael Robins, Christopher Janke, & Elizabeth Hughey @ Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn (L to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan)
7:00 pm, Free
http://www.petescandystore.com

May 5th
Segue Series: Susan Bee & Johanna Drucker @ Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, just above Houston (F to 2nd Ave or 6 to Bleecker)
4:00 - 6:00 pm, $6
http://segueseries.blogspot.com/

May 5th
Michael Robins, Christopher Janke, & Elizabeth Hughey @ The Ear Inn
326 Spring Street (C/E to Spring Street; 1/9 to Canal Street; N/R to Prince Street)
3:00 pm, Free
http://www.mbroder.com/ear_inn/

May 7th
Harry Mathews & Doug Nufer @ Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
131 E. 10th Street
6:00 pm, $8, $7 students, $5 members
http://www.poetryproject.com/calendar.html

May 7th
Matthew Friedman, Carol Novack, Idra Novey, & Mary Wallach @ Telephone Bar & Grill
149 Second Ave. (betwn. 9th & 10th Streets)
8:00 pm
http://www.madhattersreview.com/events.shtml

May 8th
Wystan Curnow & Joel Kuszai @ Saatchi & Saatchi
Introduced by Charles Bernstein, co-sponsored by Segue
375 Hudson Street (at Houston)
7:00 pm, Free

May 9th
An Evening of Poets & Painters with Granary Books @ Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
John Yau & Archie Rand, Johanna Drucker, Larry Fagin & Trevor Winkfield, Charles Bernstein & Susan Bee, Anne Waldman, Ron Padgett, Julie Harrison and others
131 E. 10th Street
8:00 pm, $8, $7 students, $5 members
http://www.poetryproject.com/calendar.html

May 10th
Transparency & the Invisible: Reading in Respose to Gego (1912-1994) @ Poets House
Alan Gilbert, Ann Lauterbach, Lesle Lewis & Mónica de la Torre
72 Spring Street, 2nd Floor, SoHo
7:00 pm, $7, free to Poets House members
Preceded at 6:00 pm by a free guided tour of the Gego exhibit @ The Drawing Center, 35 Wooster St.
http://poetshouse.org/progcoming.htm

May 10th
Experimental Text Festival @ The Ontological-Hysteric Theater
New work from Bronwen Bitetti, Karinne Keithley, Rachelle Knowles, Tan Lin, Johanna Linsley, Ruth Margraff, and Jason Szalla. Lighting by Jeanette Yew. Curated by Sally Oswald and Jennifer Tsuei.
31 East 10th Street at 2nd Ave. (upstairs at St. Mark's) (4/5/6 to Union Sq., 6 to Aster Pl., L to 3rd or 1st)
7:00 pm, $10, Reservations recommended
http://www.ontological.com/

May 11th
A Glorious Celebratory Festival of Brief Readings from Some Recently Publishined & Highly Awesome Chapbooks, to be Followed by Revelry @ Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
curated by Matthew Zapruder, featuring Dottie Lasky, Valzhyna Mort, Dan Chelotti, Kate Hall, Cindy King, Betsy Wheeler, Travis Nichols, Monica Fambrough, Lori Shine, Kathy Ossip, Cole Heinowitz and Stephanie Ruth Anderson
131 E. 10th Street
6:00 pm, $8, $7 students, $5 members
http://www.poetryproject.com/calendar.html

May 11th
Experimental Text Festival @ The Ontological-Hysteric Theater
New work from Bronwen Bitetti, Karinne Keithley, Rachelle Knowles, Tan Lin, Johanna Linsley, Ruth Margraff, and Jason Szalla. Lighting by Jeanette Yew. Curated by Sally Oswald and Jennifer Tsuei.
31 East 10th Street at 2nd Ave. (upstairs at St. Mark's) (4/5/6 to Union Sq., 6 to Aster Pl., L to 3rd or 1st)
8:00 pm, $10, Reservations recommended
http://www.ontological.com/

May 11th
Nathan Parker & Abraham Smith @ Pete's Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn (L to Lorimer, G to Metropolitan)
7:00 pm, Free
http://www.petescandystore.com

May 12th
Segue Series: Language Poetry & the Body: A Panel @ Bowery Poetry Club
with Bruce Andrews, Steve Benson, Maria Damon, & Leslie Scalapino
Moderated by Tim Peterson & Erica Kaufman
308 Bowery, just above Houston (F to 2nd Ave or 6 to Bleecker)
4:00 - 6:00 pm, $6
http://segueseries.blogspot.com/

May 12th
Gary Joseph Cohen, Gretchen Primack, Vincent Zompa @ The Ear Inn
326 Spring Street (C/E to Spring Street; 1/9 to Canal Street; N/R to Prince Street)
3:00 pm, Free
http://www.mbroder.com/ear_inn/

May 12th
Experimental Text Festival @ The Ontological-Hysteric Theater
New work from Bronwen Bitetti, Karinne Keithley, Rachelle Knowles, Tan Lin, Johanna Linsley, Ruth Margraff, and Jason Szalla. Lighting by Jeanette Yew. Curated by Sally Oswald and Jennifer Tsuei.
31 East 10th Street at 2nd Ave. (upstairs at St. Mark's) (4/5/6 to Union Sq., 6 to Aster Pl., L to 3rd or 1st)
7:00 pm, $10, Reservations recommended
http://www.ontological.com/

May 13th
Experimental Text Festival @ The Ontological-Hysteric Theater
New work from Bronwen Bitetti, Karinne Keithley, Rachelle Knowles, Tan Lin, Johanna Linsley, Ruth Margraff, and Jason Szalla. Lighting by Jeanette Yew. Curated by Sally Oswald and Jennifer Tsuei.
31 East 10th Street at 2nd Ave. (upstairs at St. Mark's) (4/5/6 to Union Sq., 6 to Aster Pl., L to 3rd or 1st)
7:00 pm w/ post-show reception, $10, Reservations recommended
http://www.ontological.com/

May 14th
The City Visible: Chicago Poetry for the New Century @ Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
Poets featured in the anthology The City Visible, published by Cracked Slab Books, will read to celebrate its publication. Reading will include William Allegrezza, Joel Felix, Simone Muench, & Kristy Odelius
131 E. 10th Street
8:00 pm, $8, $7 students, $5 members
http://www.poetryproject.com/calendar.html

May 16th
Tracie Morris & Charles Bernstein @ Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
131 E. 10th Street
8:00 pm, $8, $7 students, $5 members
http://www.poetryproject.com/calendar.html

May 19th
Segue Series: Jack Kimball & Eileen Myles @ Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, just above Houston (F to 2nd Ave or 6 to Bleecker)
4:00 - 6:00 pm, $6
http://segueseries.blogspot.com/

May 19th
Henrietta Goodman, Kim Burwick, & Kaya Oakes @ The Ear Inn
326 Spring Street (C/E to Spring Street; 1/9 to Canal Street; N/R to Prince Street)
3:00 pm, Free
http://www.mbroder.com/ear_inn/

May 21st
Evan Kennedy & Trish Salah @ Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
131 E. 10th Street
8:00 pm, $8, $7 students, $5 members
http://www.poetryproject.com/calendar.html

May 22nd
The Enigmatic Life of E.A. Lacey @ Poets House
Conversation re queer identity & lit. with Wayne Koestenbaum and R. M. Vaughan
72 Spring Street, 2nd Floor, SoHo
7:00 pm, $7, free to Poets House members
http://poetshouse.org/progcoming.htm

May 23rd
Rae Armantrout & Peter Gizzi @ Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
131 E. 10th Street
8:00 pm, $8, $7 students, $5 members
http://www.poetryproject.com/calendar.html

May 25th
MiPOesias Reading Series @ Stain Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Kaya Oakes, Evie Shockley, & Karl Parker
766 Grand Street (L to Grand Street, one block West)
7:00 pm, Free
http://miporeadingseries.blogspot.com
http://www.mipoesias.com

May 25th
Lost & Found: A Program of Film co-curated by David Gatten @ Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
131 E. 10th Street
10:00 pm, $8, $7 students, $5 members
http://www.poetryproject.com/calendar.html

May 26th
Segue Series: Rae Armantrout & Elaine Equi @ Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, just above Houston (F to 2nd Ave or 6 to Bleecker)
4:00 - 6:00 pm, $6
http://segueseries.blogspot.com/

May 28th
Jeffrey Cyphers Wright & David Vogen @ Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
131 E. 10th Street
8:00 pm, $8, $7 students, $5 members
http://www.poetryproject.com/calendar.html

May 30th
Neo-Benshi Beast Unleashed on the East! @ Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church
Program of 'hit' Neo-Benshi performances includes West Coast masters Roxanne Hamilton, Stephanie Young, Rodney Koeneke, and Mac MacGinnes, along with NYC's own Gary Sullivan, Nada Gordon, Elaine Equi, and Vincent Katz followed by a program of short films by Abigail Child, Brian Kim Stefans, Neo-Benshi co-creator Konrad Steiner, and Brandon Downing.
131 E. 10th Street
8:00 pm, $8, $7 students, $5 members
http://www.poetryproject.com/calendar.html