Hi PIBsters! It’s another installment of the Random Email. It’s chock full of PoetryInBaltimore goodness. Lot’s going on this creeptastic month of October..planning my costume now-I definitely need good stuff to wear for the Halloween Bash and the October 29 B-More Erotic Show..see you there!!
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Wednesday, October 6 • 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Singer's Bar & Restaurant
227 West Chase Street
Baltimore, MD
!SPEAK YOUR PIECE!
David Eberhardt will be the featured poet for !SPEAK YOUR PIECE! on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. This weekly, featured performer and open mic event takes place every Wednesday night at Singer’s in Mount Vernon, 227 West Chase Street. The event will be preceded by an open mic. Sign-up for the open mic will begin at 6:30 pm. This event is free and open to the public.
A night of eerie poems - poems of horror and horribleness with ha...rdly any let up - poems of sex and violence and politics (politrix?), poems in the Poe manner, poems on prison, serial killers and so forth - all washed down by some spooky music. Please come to be very afraid and scared. Eberhardt is a poet/activist - himself an ex con who did time in the federal slammer at Lewisburg for pouring blood on draft files as a protest tot the Vietnam War- an action by the "Baltimore 4", including Father Phil Berrigan. He later received a pardon from President Ray gun- who really should have asked Dave for a pardon. Be that as it may, Eberhardt has published two small, quite collectable books of poetry - The Tree Calendar and Blue Running Lights. He likes the sound of "Eberhardt has published widely" (very vague). 69 years old - he works at the Baltimore City Jail, oppressing inmates - but seriously - he is an Administrator in the Inmate Programs Department.
!SPEAK YOUR PIECE! is hosted and organized by award-winning poet, performer & actor, M. S. Sanders. This event is presented by Singer’s Bar & Restaurant and Concurrence Multimedia.
Singer’s Bar & Restaurant is a boutique restaurant and bar with a focus on current music, comedy, spoken word, independent film and other forms of entertainment in the heart of the cultural district of Baltimore. Singer’s hosts nightly events spotlighting some of the best established performers and upcoming talent from local notables to out of state imports.
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Kid's Got Poetry Writing Workshop
1st thursday of the month Thursday October 7th
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Hamilton Gallery
5502 Harford Road, Hamilton , Md 21214
Hosted by Sophia Matricciani and co hosted by Julie Fisher
of
www.PoetryInBaltimore.comThe event is a workshop designed by a kid for kids to learn and practice how to write poetry. An adult needs to come too. Especially for kids who might need help writing down their ideas. Everyone will get a chance to read their poetry too.
$5 per person. 1/2 is a donation to the gallery.
5 or older with an adult
more info call
443-418-4762
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Essential Sundays Reading at Minas’
June 6
4pm
Reading begins with open mic followed by feature poets
Julie Fisher hosts
Minas’ Gallery and Boutique
815 W. 36th Street
Baltimore, MD 21211
410-732-4258
Featured Poets:
Jim Warner is the author of the poetry collections social studies and Too
Bad It’s Poetry (Paper Kite Press). His poems have appeared in Word Riot,
Drunken Boat, Cause and Effect, In The Arms of Words: Poetry for Disaster
Relief (Sherman-Asher), and various other journals. Jim Warner is
currently the Assistant Director of Graduate Creative Writing Programs at
Wilkes University.
Born and raised in northwest Washington DC, Alex Alexander is a ...recent
graduate of the Maryland Institute College of Art where she spent all four
years striving to meld the realms of performance poetry and fine art
photography. As an alumna of the DC Youth Slam Team, Alex studied under
such local poets as, Kenneth Carroll, Lisa Pegram, Isaac Colon and Sage
Morgan-Hubbard; competing in the 2005-06 Brave New Voices International
Youth Poetry Slams. Combining rich, soulful vocals with aggressive,
sharp-tongued prose, Alexander delivers an elegant, matter-of-fact
performance channeling artists from Nina Simone to Allan Ginsberg and
beyond. As a member of the LGBT community, her poems span the matters of
identity, gender, sexuality and ones defiant journey through life’s
obstacles.
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PerVerse
Friday, October 15 • 7:30pm - 9:00pm
PerVerse
Where The Arts Get Twisted
Poetry reading with several features and open mic.
Featured Poets
Cliff Lynn and Gene Hosey
Hamilton Art Gallery
...5502 Harford Road,
Baltimore, MD 21214
(near the intersection of Harford Road and Hamilton Avenue)
doors open for open mic sign up -7:30 pm
show begins 8:00 pm
Sponsored by Poetry in Baltimore and hosted by Julie Fisher.
Featured Poets: Gene Hosey and Cliff Lynn
Gene Hosey's poetry has been seen world-wide, through his own efforts at
printing up performance copies of works and getting them into the saddle
bags of willing mules who are traveling anywhere. Having not concentrated
on the grind of seeking publication, he has been lucky enough to be seen
occasionally by publishers who invite him to make books, none of which are
available currently. Hosey has performed with fellow artists in theater,
music, filmmaking, recording, television and radio, to name a few, in
locations you are all familiar with, geographically speaking. He has also
done some time in schools and with community groups and others to help
create the need for what we do. He mostly concentrates on grabbing the
time to put pen to paper, sandbagging against the inevitable.
Cliff Lynn is an award-winning poet and orioles fan. he hasn't won any
awards for the latter. a retired navy man, he has read poetry in vegas,
california, texas, hawaii, pennsylvania, northern virginia and maryland,
and gets kicked out of denny's a lot.. with multi-media poet rocky jones,
he co-hosts two monthly reading series in annapolis, and with r.j.
ridgely, one series in westminster.
cliff was the inspiration for the barbara decesare instant classic 3-act
mini-play "cliff gets kicked out of denny's a lot". his favorite poets
include richard brautigan, gene hosey and julie "fisher king" fisher.
More info 443-418-4762 or
Julie@poetryinbaltimore.com Mix It Up! at Mixers
Tuesday, October 19 • 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Mixers 6306 Bel Air Road, Baltimore, Md 21206
Poetry and Acoustic Music Open Mic followed by Feature Performers
open mic sign up 8:00 pm
FREE
Featured Performers Tuesday October 19th
Julie Fisher
Lawrence Leaf
Suzanne X
Hosted by
Julie Fisher of PoetryInBaltimore and Lawrence Leaf
for more info
Julie @ 443-418-4762
julie@poetryinbaltimore.comMoaning Pipe Cabaret
October 21
6:30-8:30 p.m.
at Ukazoo Books, 730 Dulaney Valley Road, Towson.
Sign-up begins at 6:15 p.m.
The Moaning Pipe Cabaret invites you to participate in an all out creative showcase. All outlets welcome! Bring your music, your dance, your words, your rants, comedy, drama, voices, bodies, hearts and souls.
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Masquerade Ball with 4 Baltimore poets and music by The Bobwhites
Friday, October 22 • 7:30pm - 11:30pm
Friday OCT 22nd Masquerade Ball Benefit for Hamilton Gallery
Poets
Alex Alexander,
Chris "Batworth" Ciattei,
Jenny Keith,
M.S. Sanders
Music by The Bobwhites
$5 in advance $7 at door
Hosted by Julie Fisher of PoetryInBaltimore.com and Lawrence Leaf
Prize for Best Costume
Benefit for the Hamilton Gallery
5502 Harford Road (across from the Hamilton Tavern)
Baltimore, Maryland 21214
more info 443-418-4762
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The B-more Erotic Performance Arts Series specializes in the provocative. Do you enjoy being transported from the daily routine, shocked, amazed, transfixed? Surrender to the pleasure of performers who know how to do it. The B-More Erotic Performance Arts Series wants to rub you the right way with its unique array of sexually-charged performance.
Friday October 29th
featuring:
EarthGoddess
Suzanne X
Tai Allen
AdlLib
and more to be announced....
doors open 7:30 pm
show starts at 8pm
Tickets $10 at the door
more info
www.bmoreerotic.weebly.comor 443-418-4762
julie@poetryinbaltimore.comSave the Date-Yours Truly and all my good poetry pals are reading.
Artdromeda is a 3-day art festival in Historic Pigtown, to be held November 11-13, 2010 in Historic Pigtown, a diverse up-and-coming neighborhood with a unique history within walking distance to downtown Baltimore and the Inner Harbor. ARTDROMEDA will be held in various commercial properties, including but not limited to 756, 762, 771 and 784 Washington Blvd. To register to show art or perform, please visit
www.artdromeda.com
