big ups!
I just wanted to say big ups to the talented and beautiful Katy Richey, one of her poems is in the Fall Issue of Torch.
Here is a little bit about Torch:
Torch was established to promote the work of African American women. We provide a place to celebrate contemporary poetry, prose, and short stories by experienced and emerging writers alike. We prefer our contributors to take risks and offer a diverse body of work that examines and challenges preconceived notions regarding race, ethnicity, gender roles, and identity.
Within Torch, we offer a special section called Flame that features an interview, biography, and work sample by an established writer as well as an introduction to their Spark, an emerging writer who inspires them and adds to the boundless voice of creative writing by Black women.
Here is a link to Katy's bio and poem:
http://www.torchpoetry.org/Fall 07/katyrichey.htm
AMIRI BARAKA in DC JAN 11, 2008 @ ALL SOULS
OR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 1, 2008
Contact:
Kenneth Carroll, Executive Director
DC WritersCorps
202 332-2848
202 332-5455
Kenny@dcwriterscorps.org
www.dcwriterscorps.org
DC WritersCorps Presents Award-winning Author Activist
Amiri Baraka - "Role of the Writer in an Era of Terrorism"
Friday, January 11, 2008, 6:30 PM
All Souls Church
16th and Harvard Streets, NW
Washington, DC, 20009
(Columbia Heights Metro)
DC WritersCorps presents the most influential living Black writer, Amiri Baraka, to kick off its quarterly fundraisinig efforts. Amiri Baraka will read, sign books, and discuss the role of the writer in fostering social, political and economic justice. The author of over 30 books, an award winning poet and playwright, and the former New Jersey Poet Laureate, Amiri Baraka will make available and sign a limited number of his groundbreaking book of poetry, “Preface to a Twenty Volume Suicide Note.”
Also featured on the program will be Liani Mataka, youth poets from DC WritersCorps schools and the 2kNation programs, and adult writing instructors.
The program will be held at the historic All Souls Church at 16th & Harvard Streets, NW, and all proceeds will benefit DC WritersCorps programs for DC youth. General admission is $25, $10 for students.
DC WritersCorps is a 501c3 that has been serving DC youth in after school writing programs since 1995, our mission is to use literature to strengthen literacy skills and to provide youth with a lifelong tool for learning and success.
DC WritersCorps, Inc.
2437 15th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20009
202 332-2848/202 332-5455fx
http://www.dcwriterscorps.org
INTERSECTIONS in East of River Magazine, story by Alan King
INTERSECTIONS Article from East of the River (click here)
Nina Mercer's Gutta Beautiful returns.....
NEW FEDERAL THEATRE PRESENTS NINA ANGELA MERCER’S
“GUTTA BEAUTIFUL,” AT ABRONS ARTS CENTER
OCTOBER 18 THROUGH NOVEMBER 11
October 2007
Nina Angela Mercer
Woodie King, Jr.’s New Federal Theatre launches its 38th consecutive season with Nina Angela Mercer’s dynamic drama "GUTTA BEAUTIFUL," opening Wednesday, October 18 through Sunday, November 11, 2007, at Henry Street Settlement’s Abrons Arts Center / Recital Hall (466 Grand Street--Manhattan).
"GUTTA BEAUTIFUL" tells the searing story of Lola, a young Black woman who finds herself at a crossroads in love and life after discovering her own role in her man Michael’s choice to surrender to popular culture and the drug trade economy. Set in contemporary Washington, DC, Lola’s journey, as well as Michael’s and her girlfriends “Suga Sweet” and “Orchid,” transcend time, exploring the history of love and life for people of color. “The play represents both the imaginary and fantastic landscape of our collective psyche and the hard-core physical reality of our daily lives,” advises Ms. Mercer. “It is both beautiful and painfully ugly. The reality of our lives today is put in conversation with the dungeons of West Africa during the transatlantic slave trade, the Middle Passage, the auction blocks here in the Americas, the Black Power Movement, the Hip Hop Culture, and beyond.”
The talented cast of this impressive *Actor’s Equity Production consists of: *Daria Hardeman; Zuhairah McGill; *Ryne O’Connor; Gil Pritchett; Vanya Robinson; Lamont Stephens; Roxie Trapp-Dukes; David Wright (The Source); and Fauzi (DJ).
It is produced and presented by
Woodie King Jr. (NFT Founder and Artistic Director), Directed by Eric Ruffin, and Stage Managed by *Bayo. Completing the exceptional play’s creative team are *Rosita Timm (Assistant Stage Manager); Anthony Davidson (Set Design); Shirley Pendergast (Lighting Design); Reggie Ray (Costume Design); M. Scott Johnson (Video Design); Kimani Fowlin (Choreographer); and Sean O’Halloran (Sound Designer).
Born and raised in Washington, D.C. and now residing in New York, Nina Angela Mercer is a playwright, essayist, fiction writer and visual artist. Her play, "GUTTA BEAUTIFUL" has been produced at D.C.'s Warehouse Theatre (2005), and for D.C.'s first Capital Fringe Festival at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre (2006). She received her M.F.A. from American University and studied Transnational Feminist Literature of the 20th century in the English Doctoral Program at the University of Maryland. She has taught at American University, University of Maryland, and Howard University, and is also the Founder and Artistic Director of Ocean Ana Rising, Inc., a non-profit arts incubator and outreach project. Nina is the proud mother of two daughters.
A must see, "GUTTA BEAUTIFUL" has mass appeal and will forge a new chapter in the world of theatre. We invite audiences (Parental Advisory) from age 17 and above to experience the uniquely honest, realistic depictions of life that speak to every generation.
The renowned artist/activist Harry Belafonte said, "I had the occasion to see the play in Washington DC and the talent revealed by Ms. Mercer is deserving of all support. . . As is indicated by her writing, she is a playwright to be taken seriously. I whole heartedly support your presentation of this very contemporary and provocative play.”
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Running from October 18, 2007 through November 11, 2007, “GUTTA BEAUTIFUL” performance schedule is: Wednesdays–Fridays (7:30 PM), Saturdays (3:00 PM & 7:30 PM) and Sundays (3:00 PM)
General Admission is $20.00. For credit card orders call Ticket Central Box Office (212-279-4200). To contact New Federal Theatre: 212-353-1176 / Newfederal@aol.com / Web-site: www.Newfederaltheatre.org.
Millennium Arts Salon presents....
Host: Millennium Arts Salon
Location:
10/19: Parish Gallery Georgetown 1054 31st Street, NW, Washington, DC
and
10/20: Busboys & Poets @ 14th & V NW
When: Friday, October 19, 6:00pm
Phone: 301 650 2073
Dear Friends of Millennium Arts Salon,
Please join us as we kickoff the 2007-2008 Millennium Arts season with a weekend Celebration of Film entitled Movin "Pictures". Our Friday and Saturday lineup of events is as follows:
Click here to read more
Renee Stout @ HEMPHILL Sept 15 - Oct 27
If you ask Renee Stout about her work she might tell you first that she is a "healer" or a "medicine woman" and in the same breath she might say she is a big picture woman seeking music and metaphor to give voice to the communal energy and exchange that she is a witness to every day of her life.
Click here to read more
big ups...
If you don't know about literary force that is Felicia Pride, you better get with it...she has a few new projects out and if i know her as well as i think I do a bunch more in the works.
Check out her latest "The Message: 100 Life Lessons from Hip-Hop's Greatest Songs"
http://www.feliciapride.com/
News from Kim Roberts of Beltway Poetry Quarterly
*******note from Kim Roberts of Beltway Poetry Quarterly
Dear Friends:
I am writing to share some exciting personal news.
My second book, The Kimnama, is newly released by Vrzhu Press. A book-length poem about my experiences living in New Delhi, The Kimnama looks at India's rich religions, history, architecture, and street culture. I was playing with that tension between a long narrative and the lyric, imagistic quality of short sections (the poem is divided into 38 sections)--and I'm very pleased with how it came out. You can read excerpts, reviews, and get ordering information from the press website:
http://www.vrzhu.com.
(See my display ad in the current issue of Poets and Writers, on page 158!)
I also want to announce a new web site devoted entirely (and somewhat overwhelmingly) to me. My author site includes a bio, photos, upcoming events, and tons of links. You can find it at:
http://www.kimroberts.org.
A Weigh With Words!!!
NEW DOCUMENTARY PUTS D.C. YOUTH IN DIRECTOR'S CHAIR WHILE PUTTING WORDS IN THE HOT SEAT
WASHINGTON (August 8, 2007) - One Common Unity in association with Straight, No Chaser Productions presents A Weigh With Words, the first film from the ongoing "A Nu View" program.
A Weigh With Words is a documentary film project which calls upon the community to reflect on how language has been and could be used as a tool for conflict or compassion. Featured in the film is a diverse collection of locally and internationally known activists, artists, academics and politicians. The list of contributors includes civil rights icon Dorothy Height, DC Rep. Eleanor Holmes-Norton, recording artist Raheem DeVaughn, author and rhetorician Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, scholar and poet E. Ethelbert Miller, and hip-hop legend Darryl "DMC" McDaniels. The film was produced by the non-profit organization One Common Unity in association with Straight, No Chaser Productions, and will screen for one night only at the Regal Cinema-Gallery Place in Chinatown at 7pm on Wednesday, August 22 nd, 2007. Accompanying this screening will be a panel discussion with the filmmakers as well as a screening of the critically-acclaimed documentary Invisible Children.
A chief component of the production crew for A Weigh With Words was a team of six DC high school students who were selected to participate in the pilot project of "A Nu View", One Common Unity's youth film-making program. The youth shadowed the filmmakers during the production process and were active in every aspect of the film's production, including conducting all of the interviews. Each student was required to complete an essay detailing memorable production experiences, as well as reflections on the power of words.
"This film has potential to have a profound effect on the hearts, minds and actions of those who see it," offers producer Charneice Fox of Straight, No Chaser. "The youth group has had a chance to meet and interact in depth with prominent community leaders and celebrities, not to mention the fact they've contributed to the production of a film that will be seen by their peers, elders and one day their children. It's a tremendous opportunity for a select group of 10th, 11th and 12th graders and we're all excited to have been able to work with them. We hope to do something similar with a different group next year."
The film's focus on how words are used is timely in light of recent controversial gaffes on the part of several high-profile figures, including radio personality Don Imus, retired star athlete Tim Hardaway, university administrator Ralph Papitto, and actors Michael "Kramer" Richards and Isaiah Washington. The film presents an open dialogue on the many topics brought to the fore by these individuals' comments such as race, class, homosexuality and gender identity. The film also explores the issue of censorship versus free speech as it relates to hip-hop culture and homophobia.
One Common Unity (OCU) is a member supported non-profit organization whose mission is to nurture sustainable, caring communities through innovative peace education, arts and media. Since 2000, OCU has been producing community events and offering alternatives to violence and creative outlets for artistic expression.
Straight, No Chaser Productions, a multimedia organization offering consulting and workshops, has written and produced a number of films that have been screened in film festivals across the country. Their award-winning drama Multitude of Mercies, selected as part of Black Entertainment Television's Rap-It-Up Series, has garnered a Cable Positive Award.
A Weigh With Words was underwritten by the Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence and benefited from support from a number of local businesses and community-based non-profit organizations. Tickets are available at Busboys and Poets, Java Green, and online at www.OneCommonUnity.org.
Contact: Charneice Fox, Program Director, A Nu View, (202) 390-1081 or charneice@onecommonunity.org
Shout Out!! DC WritersCorps Youth perform at GALA, July 27,28
Shout out!!
co-directed by quique aviles
&
sage morgan-hubbard
D.C.-area, Black and Latino youth explore
race, culture, and identity through original poetry,
monologues, dance, and music in a
multi-dimensional vision of home.
july 27&28, 2007
-two shows only-
These shows are free from youth under 18!
¡No se pierda esta exploración sincera y poderosa entre
jóvenes de dos razas!
gala hispanic theatre
3333 14th street, nw
call 202-234-7174
www.galatheatre.org
Shout Out! is a collaboration between GALA Hispanic Theatre’s Paso Nuevo program, DC WritersCorps, Spoken Resistance, and the Theatre Lab Shool of Dramatic Arts. The project is made possible with the support of the Mayor’s Office of Latino Affairs, the U.S. Department of Juvenile Justice, the Lynch Foundation, and the Beckner Fund.
INTERSECTIONS @Honfluer (Wednesday, July 18th, 7:30PM) featuring Sarah Browning, Jehanne Dubrow and Carly Sachs
Hello Lovers of Poetry, Art and Music!
First I want to thank you all for your support of poetry and art in Anacostia. It is our hope that we can continue to count on your support of INTERSECTIONS, The American Poetry Museum and the Honfleur Gallery.
If you missed our last reading on June 20th with Carolyn Joyner and Melissa Tuckey you missed a great time. Melissa drew us into her world of contrasts with some new poems and poems from her newly published chapbook Rope as Witness available at http://www.puddinghouse.com/. Carolyn Joyner shared with us some meditative and spiritual poems, in which she made use of formalists poetic structures (sonnet, pantoum, villanelle ) yet infused with the vernacular and the concerns of the everyday people.
INTERSECTIONS took a break on the 4th of July to contemplate and celebrate the meaning of independence, we invite you to bring your independence poems (written either by you or someone else and share them during the Open Mic segment of INTERSECTIONS on Wednesday July 18th at 7:30pm, when INTERSECTIONS welcomes: Sarah Browning, author of the just released Whiskey in the Garden of Eden; Carly Sachs, author of the steam sequence, which won the 2006 Washington Writers' Publishing House first book prize and Jehanne Dubrow, author of a collection of Holocaust poetry, THE PROMISED BRIDE, which will be published by Finishing Line Press later this summer.
In addition to all of this great poetry you should also take the time to enjoy the ANACOSTIA EXPOSED exhibit that is on display now through July 28th. It features the photography of Northern Irish photographer Mervyn Smyth and the the poetry of Fred Joiner (that's me!!!), Tony Medina, Kyle Dargan, Kathryn Richey, Derrick Weston-Brown, Alan King, Rosetta Thurman, Marlene Hawthorne Thomas and Abdul Ali.
As always, the Reading Series will conclude with a discussion and open mic session. Get there early to reserve your spot.
Please also keep in mind that INTERSECTIONS happens every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month!
INTERSECTIONS is held at the Honfleur Gallery located at 1241 Good Hope Rd SE in Washington DC., 202-889-5000 x 141. Feel free to peruse the gallery and take in the artwork.
Fore more information, questions or to send a query to read at INTERSECTIONS please email dc (dot) intersections (at) gmail (dot) com.
More info on INTERSECTIONS July 18th's readers:
Sarah Browning is the author of Whiskey in the Garden of Eden and co-editor of D.C. Poets Against the War: An Anthology and coordinates the group of the same name. She is the recipient of an individual artist fellowship from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities and the People Before Profits Poetry Prize. Her poems have appeared in Sycamore Review, The Literary Review, and Shenandoah. She was Guest Editor of The Wartime Issue of Beltway. She lives in Washington DC with her husband and son.
Jehanne Dubrow was born in Italy and grew up in Yugoslavia, Zaire, Poland, Belgium, Austria, and the United States. She is a Ph.D. candidate in creative writing at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is currently as a Sosland Foundation Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Hudson Review, Gulf Coast, The New England Review, and Poetry Northwest. A chapbook of Holocaust poetry, THE PROMISED BRIDE, will be published by Finishing Line Press later this summer.
Carly Sachs teaches creative writing at George Washington University. Her first book of poems, the steam sequence won the 2006 Washington Writers' Publishing House first book prize. With Reb Livingston, she curates Lolita and Gilda's Burlesque Poetry Hour at Bar Rouge. She is the editor of the why and later, an anthology of poems that women have written about rape and sexual assault, which is forthcoming from deep cleveland press.
Her poems have appeared in numerous literary journals and anthologies including Alimentum, Another Chicago Magazine, Beltway Quarterly Review, Coconut, CrossRoads, MiPoesias, Poem Memoir Story, No Tell Motel, Runes Review, Best American Poetry 2004 and were part of the inaugural Verse and Vision Project of the Cleveland RTA.
She has given readings at The Washington D.C. Jewish Community Center, The Writer's Center, The Library of Congress, George Washington University, Emory University, The KGB Bar, and The Baltimore Book Festival.
This summer she will be teaching a poetry workshop at the Havurah Institute at Franklin Pierce College in New Hampshire. In the fall of 2007, she will be teaching a poetry workshop at the F. Scott Fitzgerald Literary Festival in Rockville, MD.
Starting in September 2007, Carly will be an Arts Fellow at the Drisha Institute in New York City.
See you at INTERSECTIONS!
Thank you for your continued support!
Fred Joiner
Curator and Host
Sunday, July 15, 6-8 pm Release Party/Reading: Whiskey in the Garden of Eden by Sarah Browning
Release Party/Reading
Whiskey in the Garden of Eden by Sarah Browning
Sunday, July 15, 6-8 pm
Langston Room, Busboys & Poets
14th & V Streets, NW
Washington, DC
U Street/Cardozo on the Metro green line
www.busboysandpoets.com, 202-387-POET
Consider coming at 4PM for Sunday Kind of Love, when we'll celebrate new chapbooks by E. Louise Beach, Michael Gushue, Alan King and Melissa Tuckey. Plus an open mic!
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For further information contact: Bernie Geyer 703-255-2769 or berniegeyer@yahoo.com
The Word Works Publishes First
Poetry Collection by Sarah Browning
(Washington, DC) The Word Works is pleased to announce the publication of Whiskey in the Garden of Eden, the first collection of poetry by Sarah Browning.
“Was there whiskey in the garden?” Sarah Browning asks in “Things They Never Tell You.” “They don’t say / how long Eve dreamed / of reaching…before she took.”
Browning is coeditor of D.C. Poets Against the War: An Anthology, a founder of D.C. Poets Against the War, and coordinator of Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness. She has received the People Before Profits Poetry Prize and an individual artist grant from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities.
Whiskey in the Garden of Eden can be ordered online at www.WordWorksDC.com or contact editor@WordWorksDC.com
The Word Works Capital Collection is a book imprint established in 1989 to showcase the outstanding poetry of writers in the greater Washington, DC, area. In 2006, the series was renamed the Hilary Tham Capital Collection after Ms. Tham, who passed away in June 2005. Tham served for 11 years as The Word Works’ Editor-in-Chief and was the author of more than 10 books of poetry, fiction and memoir.
The Word Works is a non-profit literary organization, based in Washington, DC, publishing contemporary poetry and poetry in translation in collectors’ editions.
Praise for Whiskey in the Garden of Eden:
When was the last time you were tempted by a good book of poetry? After reading Whiskey in the Garden of Eden all I could think about was the "Browning" of America. It comes none too soon. Sarah Browning writes like a woman who understands the world is too often divided between blacks and whites.
One can experience the joys of motherhood in this collection. This woman loves her son. I also like how Browning is able to navigate the streets and politics of Washington D.C. This is her home- her city. Praise for the poet who wrote this book.
- E. Ethelbert Miller
Sarah Browning has broken away from the pack with a lyrical discourse on race, class and the myriad mystifying ways our lives are shaped by cities. In these pages are words many of us have struggled to say, but can't, and words that we repeat endlessly, but not nearly as well. With unflinching language that is both lush and fearless, Browning burrows beneath the surface and gives voice to what lies dormant. Her courage forges an unforgettable signature.
- Patricia Smith
Whiskey in the Garden of Eden is aptly named. As the title suggests, these poems have a bracing honesty, at once stinging and clear. This poet has the courage to say what needs to be said, from the personal to the political (and the two are often intertwined). Sarah Browning takes on the hard questions—war, race, urban poverty—and never loses her cool. Her voice is tough and funny and smart. Read on. Find out for yourself.
- Martín Espada
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Upcoming readings and signings by Sarah Browning, Whiskey in the Garden of Eden:
Sunday, July 15, 6 pm
Release party!
Langston Room, Busboys & Poets
14th & V Streets, NW
Washington, DC
U Street/Cardozo on the Metro green line
www.busboysandpoets.com, 202-387-POET
Wednesday, July 18, 7:30 PM
INTERSECTIONS
Honfleur Gallery
1241 Good Hope Rd. SE
Washington , D.C.
Curated and Hosted by Fred Joiner
Refreshments provided. Suggested donation is $2
Saturday, July 28, 2 PM
Karibu Books, Pentagon City Mall
1100 South Hayes Street, Arlington, VA
703.415.1118
www.karibubooks.com
June 21 opening Reception for "Portraits of Black Music"
Sunday, June 17, 4 pm Patricia Smith @ Sunday Kind of Love, BusBoys and Poets
Sunday Kind of Love
A Busboys & Poetry Event
Third Sundays of the Month, 4 pm
Busboys & Poets
14th & V Streets, NW, Washington, DC
U Street/Cardozo stop on the green line Metro
Hosted by Sarah Browning, Coordinator of D.C. Poets Against the War
& Regie Cabico, Artistic Director of Sol & Soul
Open Mic at each event!
Sunday, June 17, 4 pm - Patricia Smith
Called “a testament to the power of words to change lives,” Patricia Smith is the author of four books of poetry: Teahouse of the Almighty, a 2005 National Poetry Series selection; Close to Death; Big Towns, Big Talk, which won the Carl Sandburg Literary Award; and Life According to Motown. A four-time individual champion on the National Poetry Slam, Smith has also served as the Bruce McEver Chair in Writing at Georgia Tech University, been a featured poet on HBO's Def Poetry Jam, and has performed her work around the world.
Readings and workshops made possible in part by a grant from the D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities.
For more information: womenarts2@aol.com, 202-387-POET
from BELTWAY POETRY QUARTERLY
from BELTWAY POETRY QUARTERLY
http://www.beltwaypoetry.com
Highlights from POETRY NEWS: June 2007
for full listings, please see: http://washingtonart.com/beltway/ponews.html
COMPETITIONS, GRANTS and CALLS FOR ENTRY
The Cultural Development Corporation is now taking applications for artist housing in a former warehouse in the Woodridge neighborhood of NE DC. Forty affordable live/work housing units will be available to artists and their families with a move-in date of 2009. Applications accepted on a first-come first-served basis beginning June 4. For eligibility requirements and an application, see: http://www.culturaldc.org/projects/projects_in_development.html.
DC Commission on the Arts, Artist Fellowship Program grants in Literature and the Performing Arts. Provides support for individual artists who make a significant contribution to the arts and who promote the arts in DC through artistic excellence. Deadline: June 6. http://dcarts.dc.gov.
Towson Prize for Literature. Prize of $1,000 given annually to a MD resident (of at least 3 years) for books of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction published in the last 3 years or scheduled for publication in 2007. Publishers, institutions, or individuals may submit 5 copies of a book or ms. No entry fee. Deadline: June 15. Required application and complete guidelines at: http://www.new.towson.edu/english/index.asp.
Not Just Air seeks submissions for two upcoming issues. Issue 7: "Earth, Fire, and Water" (deadline June 15) and Issue 8: "Pregnant" (deadline Sept. 30). Authors are encouraged to interpret the themes creatively. Seeks verse, fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, reviews, short plays, multimedia works, translations. Previously published material that is not available elsewhere on the web is welcome. Simultaneous OK. Send submissions to transom@notjustair.org. Attach only Word or Rich Text files. Full guidelines at: http://www.notjustair.org.
Gival Press Annual Oscar Wilde Award. Best previously unpublished original poem written in English (any length) which relates GLBT life by a poet age 18 or older. Blind reading format: no identification on poem, cover letter with name, address, phone, email, and title. Include SASE. Winner receives $100 and publication on the press's web site. Judged by previous year's winner. $5 reading fee. Deadline: June 27 (postmarked). Mail to: Robert L. Giron, Oscar Wilde Award, Gival Press, PO Box 3812, Arlington, VA 22203. http://www.givalpress.com.
The Nora School Reading Series seeks submissions for its upcoming 8th season. Submit 5 typed pages of poetry with cover letter and SASE. Deadline: July 15. Christopher Conlon, Nora School Reading Series, 955 Sligo Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910. http://www.nora-school.org.
If Poetry Journal, a new print journal edited by Donald Illich, seeks submissions. Send 1-5 poems, any style, previously unpublished. The editor has a particular interest in "humorous and surrealistic poetry, but with some heart and weight to it." Send by email only, no attachments. Deadline: July 31. Mail to: mailto:ifpoetryjournaleditor@gmail.com.
The Amistad, the on-line literary journal of Howard University, seeks submissions for the Fall 2007 issue on the theme Ars Poetica (broadly interpreted to include the craft of creating any art form, not just poetry. Send work that "responds to the impulses of the artist, or how the audience responds to art"). Open to poetry (2-3 poems, 40 lines or less), short fiction (up to 2,000 words), essays (up to 2,000 words), interviews and book reviews (up to 1,500 words), and visual art (in PNG, GIF, or JPG format). Send work in Word, Text, or Rich Text attachment with your full name, title, and genre as the file name. Include a short bio (75 words or less), and full contact info, in the body of the email. The subject line of the email should have your full name and genre. Deadline: Sept. 1, 2007. Mail to: submit@amistadjournal.net. Full guidelines and past issues at: http://www.coas.howard.edu/english/publications-amistad.html.
WORKSHOPS, EXHIBITIONS, AND SPECIAL EVENTS
Friends Wilderness Center, Birding and Nature Journaling, June 2. The center is on the Rolling Ridge land preserve 20 minutes outside Harpers Ferry or Charles Town, WV, and approximately one hour west of the Beltway in Northern Virginia. "Rise with the birds and join fellow nature enthusiasts for an all-day event." Led by writer and biologist Sarah Snyder. Bring journal and writing implements; all ages welcome. $5 donation requested; $7 additional for lunch. Limited to 25 participants. Gather at Niles Cabin (the main building) at 8am for birding and 11am for journaling. Lunch at 12:30 pm. For more information and to register, call Sheila Bach at (304) 728-4820 or email snbach@earthlink.net. http://www.friendswilderness.org.
Very Special Arts and Liz Lerman Dance present "The Farthest Earth From Thee: A Suite of Sonnets," original dance work inspired by Shakespeare's sonnets, also includes text and video. June 2 & 3. Greenberg Theater, DC. Tickets $12.50 - $25. Features company and guest dancers with and without disabilities; appropriate for all ages. Info and tickets: http://www.vsarts.org.
"Writing the Body: A Poetry Workshop," led by Anne Becker. For those who have experience with life threatening illnesses or chronic conditions, as patients, care-givers or family members. Meets Saturdays and Sundays for 5 sessions. 6/2 and 6/16 from 1-4 pm, 7/1, 7/15, 7/29 from 3-6pm. Limited to 12 participants. $200 fee. Additional information and on-line registration at http://www.bodywriting.org or call (301) 270-8037.
"Inspired Results" exhibition, Takoma Park Community Center, Atrium Gallery, June 2 to June 30. Reception: Friday, June 8, 7-9 pm. Free. (Reception includes music, performance, and refreshments.) Poetry and visual art on display. Participating poets include: Anne Becker, Brian Gilmore, Kathleen O'Toole, Merrill Leffler, Chris Llewellyn, and Ann Slayton. Takoma Park Arts & Humanities Commission, 7500 Maple Ave., Takoma Park, MD. (301) 891-7224.
The Writers Center Summer 2007 classes in poetry, fiction, nonfiction, stage and screen, and youth writing. Fees charged. Instructors include: Anne Becker, Kenneth Carroll, Nan Fry, Daniel Gutstein, Reuben Jackson, C.M. Mayo, Yvette Neisser, Richard Peabody, Stanley Plumly, and Elizabeth Poliner. http://www.writer.org.
"Living on Words: Get Inspired, Get Writing, Get Published," 2007 Washington Independent Writers Conference, Saturday, June 9. Fees charged. Featured writers include: C.M. Mayo, Leslie Pietrzyk, Peter Bowerman, and Francine Prose. Sessions on agents, research, the web, issues of craft, travel writing, health writing, and more. http://www.washwriter.org.
"Mining the Past," Poetry workshop with Patricia Smith. Saturday, June 16, 3-6 pm. "Write new work beginning with a map. The workshop is designed to help poets revisit moments we've paved over, small moments in our past that we've never imagined writing about." Bring notebook; limited to 12. Hosted by DC Poets Against the War and Busboys and Poets. Busboys and Poets, 14th & V Streets NW, DC. $25 fee. Register by sending an email to Sarah Browning: womenarts2@aol.com. http://www.dcpaw.org.
"Critique Your Complete Novel, Not Just a Couple of Chapters," a workshop led by Richard Peabody. Meets every 2 weeks on Wednesday nights from 7:30 to 10:00 pm from June 27 through September 11 (7 sesssions, ending on a Tuesday night) in Arlington, VA. Limited to 5 students. $500 fee ($125 nonrefundable). Students must commit to all 7 sessions. Send a chapter and synopsis of a completed novel (from a ms. in the 250-350 page range). Send queries to: Gargoyle@gargoylemagazine.com.
Hurston/Wright Foundation's Writer's Week, American University, Washington, DC, July 15-21. Panels and workshops in poetry in fiction for Black writers. Faculty includes Kwame Alexander, A. Van Jordan, Chris Abani, and Mat Johnson. Fees charged; financial aid available. http://www.hurstonwright.org.
West Virginia Writer's Workshop, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, July 19-22. Workshops in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction, individual conferences, lectures on craft, and publishing panels. Fees charged. http://www.as.wvu.edu/english/cw.
The Gathering, Keystone College, La Plume, PA, July 26-29. Book discussions, lectures, and workshops. Speakers include Carlos Eire, Katherine Paterson, Molly Peacock, and Francine Prose. Fees charged. http://academic.keystone.edu/thegathering.
AREA READINGS and PERFORMANCES
June 2
Queering Sound 07: local, national and international artists, with a non-exclusive curatorial focus towards gay, lesbian, and post-gender-identified participants, who explore sound, digital arts, noise, and spoken word. Featuring live performances by BLK w/Bear, R.H. Bear, J.R. Logan, Northern Machine, Doug Poplin, Renee Shaw aka VJ Poppins, P.D. Sexton, and Dan Vera. Also digital contributions from Arthur Loves Plastic, Fabiano Cueva & Maria Teresa Ponce, Nick Lopata, Marc Manning, Minibloc, and Ultra-red. Presented by the Triangle Artists Group.
Saturday, 8:00 pm
$8 Admission. The Warehouse Next Door, 1021 7th St. NW, DC. (202) 783-3933.
June 3
Celebration of Ann Darr. Readings of Darr's work and stories about her life and influence presented by Myra Sklarew, Cicely Angleton, Barbara Goldberg, Merrill Leffler, Silvana Straw, and Sunil Freeman
Sunday, 2:00 pm
Free. The Writers Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda, MD. (301) 654-8664.
June 4
Cafe Muse: Bruce Bennett and Joshua Weiner
Monday, 7:00 pm
Free. Friendship Heights Village Center, 4433 S. Park Ave., Chevy Chase, MD. (301) 581- 9439.
June 5
Miller Cabin Series: Deborah Ager and Tung-Hui Hu
Tuesday, 7:30 pm
Free. Joaquin Miller Cabin, Picnic Area 6, Rock Creek Parkway, Beach Drive and Military Road Overpass, DC.
June 8
Kim Roberts, author of The Kimnama
Thursday, 6:30 pm
Free. Candida's World of Books, 1541 14th St. NW, DC. (202) 667-4811.
June 8
Book Party for Terence Winch's Boy Drinkers, with live Irish music and guest readers
Thursday, 7:30 pm
Free. The Warehouse, 1017 7th St. NW, Convention Center neighborhood, DC. (202) 783-3933..
June 10
Vrzhu Press reading: Kim Roberts and Hiram Larew
Sunday, 2:00 pm
Free. The Writer's Center, 4508 Walsh St., Bethesda, MD (301) 654-8664.
June 10
Iota Poetry Series: Nathalie F. Anderson and Maria Terrone
Sunday, 6:00 pm
Free. Iota Cafe and Club, 2832 Wilson Blvd., Clarendon neighborhood, Arlington, VA. (703) 522-8340 or (703) 256-9275.
June 12
Miller Cabin Series: Nigel Assam and Laura Goldberg
Tuesday, 7:30 pm
Free. Joaquin Miller Cabin, Picnic Area 6, Rock Creek Parkway, Beach Drive and Military Road Overpass, DC.
June 13
Brookland Reading Series: 4th Annual Dog Days Reading, poetry celebrating canis lupus familiaris
Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Free. Brookland Visitor's Center, 3420 9th St. NE, DC. (202) 526-1632.
June 17
Sunday Kind of Love: Patricia Smith. Followed by open mic. Hosted by Sarah Browning and Regie Cabico.
Sunday, 4:00 pm
Free, but donations accepted. Busboys & Poets, 14th and V Streets NW, U Street neighborhood, DC. (202) 387-POET.
June 19
Miller Cabin Series: Heather Blain and Shep Ranbom
Tuesday, 7:30 pm
Free. Joaquin Miller Cabin, Picnic Area 6, Rock Creek Parkway, Beach Drive and Military Road Overpass, DC.
June 20
Poesis Series: Mel Belin and Patric Pepper. Music provided by Shep Williams and James "Curly" Robinson. Followed by open mic. Hosted by Cliff Bernier.
Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Free. Pentagon City Borders Books, 1201 S. Hayes St., Arlington, VA (703) 418-0166.
June 25
Burlesque Poetry Hour: Gwendolyn Mintz, Shanna Compton, and William Allegrezza
Monday, 8:00 pm
Free. Bar Rouge, Hotel Rouge, 1315 16th St. NW, DC. (202) 232-8000.
June 26
Miller Cabin Series: Young Poets Program
Tuesday, 7:30 pm
Free. Joaquin Miller Cabin, Picnic Area 6, Rock Creek Parkway, Beach Drive and Military Road Overpass, DC.
June 27
Natalie Lobe and James Hopkins. Followed by open reading.
Wednesday, 7:00 pm
Free. Kensington Row Books, 3786 Howard Ave., Kensington, MD. (301) 949-9416.
***PLEASE NOTE: Open mic events are not listed on this page. Please see our full listing of Reading Series for more information***
Information subject to change. Please call in advance to confirm events.
To get your event listed, send complete information during the month prior to beltway.poetry@juno.com.
INTERSECTIONS Tonight: Wednesday 6/6/07 7:30 PM @ the Honfleur Gallery
Hello Lovers of Poetry, Art and Music!
This is a friendly reminder about the first session of INTERSECTIONS for the month of June; Wednesday June 6th at 7:30 PM at the Honfleur Gallery 1241 Good Hope Rd. SE
Washington , D.C. 20020
Come join us as we celebrate the re-opening of the Honfleur Gallery (after the flood ) and the our first reading for the month of June.
Here is our line up for the evening:
PATRICK WASHINGTON- aka Black Picasso, RIO -Regarded by many as one of the country's premier performance poets, Patrick represents classic poetry with a hip-hop aesthetic. Weaving spoken & at times improvised lyrics through anything from live instruments to DJ's to beat box vocal percussion, Patrick consistently proves himself a master of genre fusion. A tried & true slam poet for the past 6 years, he has emerged victorious and brought down the house at various poetry slams & universities along the east coast. His take on life, love, art & the music that moves him are presented with such passion & energy that listeners will feel as if they have been shoved head-first into a vivid landscape totally of his making. On the literary front, Patrick has been included in several anthologies available nationally, including: "Life Through Black Eyes" (Rom Publications), "Crucifixion of my Soul" (Veracity Press), and the forthcoming "Share This Book" (Blacklustre Entertainment). He was also a contributing writer to "Tough Love: the life & death of Tupac Shakur" (Alexander Publishing).
Joel Dias Porter (aka DJ Renegade) was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. He served in the US Air Force, and after leaving the service, he became a professional DJ in the DC area. From 1994 through 1999 he competed in the National Poetry Slam, finishing as high as second place in the individual competition, and was the 1998 and 1999 Haiku Slam Champion. Places his poems have been published include Time Magazine, The Washington Post, Callaloo, Antioch Review, Red Brick Review, and the anthologies Meow: Spoken Word from the Black Cat, Short Fuse, Role Call, Def Poetry Jam, 360 Degrees of Black Poetry, Slam (The Book), Revival: Spoken Word from Lollapallooza, Poetry Nation, Beyond the Frontier, and Catch a Fire. He also edited and did layout for The Black Rooster Social Inn, an anthology of poems and photos of visual art. In 1995, he received the Furious Flower "Emerging Poet Award" from James Madison University. Places he has performed include the Today Show, the documentary SlamNation, on BET, and in the feature film Slam. The father of a young son, he has a CD of jazz and poetry on Black Magi Music, entitled "LibationSong".
A poem can curve like
the bell of a tulip or
a pistol grip
- Joel Dias Porter
We are honored to have with us a group of young poets from the Washington Middle School for Girls that share from their work and French artist Delphine Perlstein , whose exhibit just opened on June 2 at Honfleur. We also have the sounds of Mello -D & the Rados .
We hope to see you there.
Thank you for your continued support and interest in INTERSECTIONS!
Fred Joiner
Curator and Host
Links to artists:
http://www.poemcees.com - Patrick Washington
http://renegadesblog.blogspot.com/ -Joel Dias Porter (aka DJ Renegade)
http://www.delphineperlstein.com/ - Delphine Perlstein
http://www.washingtonmiddleschoolforgirls.org/ - Washington Middle School for Girls
http://www.thermiterecords.com/- Mello-D & the Rados
http://www.americanpoetrymuseum.org/ -American Poetry Museum
http://www.honfleurgallery.com
Please feel free to forward this email to any interested party!
dc (dot) intersections (at) gmail (dot) com
Artist housing...
from the Cultural Development Corporation
Artist Housing Scoop
Thanks for expressing interest in CuDC’s upcoming artist housing opportunities. To keep you in the loop, this monthly update provides project status reports, lists any “to do” items and shares other opportunities. Please feel free to contact us if you have questions.
Project Update
• Douglas Street Work/Live Condominiums – Applications will be accepted beginning MONDAY
Make your dream of home ownership come true. CuDC will begin accepting applications for purchase of the 41 work/live condominium units at 2414 Douglas Street NE, WDC 20018 on June 4, 2007 at 9 am. Applications and instructions are available to download at http://www.culturaldc.org/projects/projects_in_development.html.
Applications will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Applications may be hand-delivered or mailed. If you mail your application and it is received prior to June 1st, you will be asked to resubmit your application. If a mailed application is received on June 1st or 2nd, we will consider it to have been received with the mail on June 4th. Mail is typically delivered to CuDC at 3:30 pm; all applications received in the mail will be date and time stamped at that point. We will accept applications until August 9, 2007 at 5 pm. If you have questions, call 202.315.1324 or e-mail housing@culturaldc.org.
Please Note: CuDC’s office is located in a residential building. Please respect our neighbors and do not “camp” outside the building prior to June 4th. For delivery after June 4th, CuDC’s office is open 10 am to 6 pm Monday through Friday and Saturday 12 – 6 pm.
• Dance Place Arts and Housing Project. CuDC is excited to announce our role as a consultant to Artspace Projects (a national, nonprofit organization) and Dance Place for their development of a new mixed-use arts center in the Brookland neighborhood. CuDC will provide a local arts “voice” and expertise to the project. We need you to help get this project going, please take 10 minutes of your time to complete their online survey, available at www.ArtspaceWashDC.org . This survey will assist in the development of affordable new space where artists may live and work, and a new home for Dance Place in the Catholic University/Brookland area of Northeast DC. Responses will help determine interest in a potential arts community, design the facility, and assess housing and workspace needs. If you have questions please contact us at housing@culturaldc.org or 202.315.1324.
Have you checked out our website? Find eligibility requirements, projects under development and completed projects at http://www.culturaldc.org/projects/artist_housing.html.
Other Opportunities
New Space Roundtable. Join CuDC and invited area experts – Amy Cavanaugh, Associate Director of ARCH for Arts and Culture, ARCH Development Corp. and Patrick Stewart, Executive Director, Atlas Performing Arts Center – for a roundtable discussion on the role location plays in the facility planning process. Following a tour of the new Honfleur Gallery, we will address how to prioritize the factors involved in making a location choice and how to mitigate audience challenges before, during and after. What factors should you consider? How do you balance the needs of your organization with the wants of your audience? What’s the best way to prepare your current audience for the move – and how do you develop a new audience in your new neighborhood? Bring your legends, lessons learned & questions to share with fellow arts administrators. Refreshments will be served. The Roundtable will be held at the Honfleur Gallery 1241 Good Hope Road, SE Washington, DC 20020 on Wednesday, June 6, 2007, 9:30 – 11:30 am. To register, visit www.flashpointdc.org or email redcircle@flashpointdc.org by 6:00 pm on Monday, June 4, 2007. Red Circle Members are free, non-members are $40.
Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. Lecture at the IDB: Gender and Identity in the Caribbean: Afro-Costa Rican Women
Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.
Gender and Identity in the Caribbean:
Afro-Costa Rican Women
with Syracuse University Professor Dr. D. Kwame Dixon
to see the flyer and photo of Dr. Dixon, open this link: http://www.iadb.org/cultural/email_files/kwame.pdf
Dr. Kwame Dixon will examine the literary discourse of Afro-Costa Rican writers with particular emphasis on the works of Eulalia Bernard, Shirley Campbell, and Delia McDonald. Afro-Hispanic writers, except for Nicolas Guillén, Nancy Morejón (Cuban) and possibly Manuel Zapata Olivella (Colombian), are for the most part socially excluded by the traditional Latin American literary canon because their writing is considered too specific in its themes on the black experience. It is argued that the writings of Afro-Hispanic writers are socially cleansed from the larger literary canon of Caribbean and Latin American literature. This discussion aims to show how Afro-Costa Rican women, through use of identity and gendered discourses, situate Afro-Hispanic writing within the larger frame of Latin American and Caribbean literature.
This lecture is being presented in anticipation of National Caribbean American Heritage Month in June. Dr. Dixon lives and works at the Syracuse University Center in Madrid, Spain, and is currently Visiting Professor of African American Studies at Syracuse University where he teaches courses focused on Race, Democracy and Human Rights in Afro-Latin America.
He earned his Ph.D. in 1997 from Clark Atlanta University and his primary research is focused on understanding how race, racial discrimination and gender intersect to create particular forms of discrimination and marginalization that lead to human rights violations. Dr. Dixon is a Fulbright scholar and has conducted extensive field research on Afro-American communities in Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, Cuba, and Nicaragua. In 1999 and 2000 Dr. Dixon served as a consultant to Amnesty International for the United Nations World Conference.
Enrique V. Iglesias Conference Center - Inter-American Development Bank - 1330 New York Avenue NW Washington, DC
Metro Center, 13th Street exit - Free and open to the public – Photo ID required First come, first seated
After the event, visit the IDB Cultural Center Art Gallery exhibition: Young Costa Rican Artists: Nine Proposals.
www.iadb.org/cultural 202 623 3558
DC WritersCorps celebrates its 10th Annual Youth Poetry Slam League Championship. Mon, May14th Kennedy Center
Press Release
Monday, May, 9, 2007
for more information contact 202 332-2848 or Kenny@dcwriterscorps.org
For Immediate Release
DC WritersCorps celebrates its 10th Annual Youth Poetry Slam League Championship,
Monday, May 14th, 6:00 PM sharp at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage with a special ALL-STAR Poetry Slam Event!
This special and free poetry slam event will bring together some of the country's best adult poetry performers versus some of the best youth poets who have participated in DC WritersCorps over the past decade.
All-star poets include Silvana Straw, Regie Cabico, DJ Renegade and Chris August. These poets have participated on DC and NY Poetry Slam Team and have a vast resume of personal performing experience. On Monday this “Old School Team” will go against the DC WritersCorps “All Star Young'uns” which include Isaac Colon, Sage Morgan Hubbard, Tony Denis, and Catherine Witt. These young poets have represented Washington, DC in poetry slams for the past ten years, and Catherine Witt was MVP of the 2006 Stuart Hobson Middle School Youth Poetry Slam League Champions.
Our Slam Master will be Lisa Pegram, Director of Programs for DC WritersCorps. You could be a judge and help to determine old school vs. younguns on Monday, May 14, 2007 at 6:00 PM.
Overview:
DC WritersCorps has offered community writing workshops and literacy programs to at-risk and underserved residents in Washington, DC since 1994. In that time we've served over 10,000 residents, employed over 150 writers, and partnered with 100 community sites. DC WritersCorps sends accomplished writers into DC public middle/junior high schools to serve over 500 youth a year.
Mission:
To use literature, media, performance and the teaching of creative writing to help youth change their orientation towards reading and writing and to strengthen basic literacy skills. Through artistic development, we provide hands on work experience and leadership skills to prepare youth for academic and lifelong success.
WritersCorps Projects:
In-school creative writing workshops; After-school creative writing clubs; Youth Poetry Slam League; 2kNation Radio Journalism Program; Youth Apprentice Program (YAP) DC National Youth Slam Team
DC WritersCorps Program Partners
College Bound, Inc., Sol y Soul, DC Public Schools, CentroNia, Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, Department of Parks and Recreation, DC Housing Authority
Funders: Freddie Mac; Eugene Fdn & Agnes Meyer Fdn; Fannie Mae Fdn; Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Fdn; The Ludacris Fdn/Pepsico; Morning Star Fdn; DCCAH; Serve DC; Children's Fund of Metropolitan Washington; Spring Creek Fdn; Jacob & Charlotte Lerhman Fdn; Marpa Fdnt; NEA; Community Fdn of the Natl. Capitol Region; Hattie M. Strong Fdn; Karibu Books
To find out more or to support us, go to www.dcwriterscorps.org,
This celebration is a collaboration between DC WritersCorps, The Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage and Sol y Soul.
UNDERWATER, MAY 12th organic electronica sound and visual performance
click here to view flyer
underwater : an art performance presentation
organic electronica sound and visual performance
saturday 5/12 : 8pm @ 1520 14th st, nw
[14th & church sts nw : 1 block morth of "p" st.]
music : aphrodizia
visual art : dissedent display + megasleepyhead
human sculpture : painted lady performance project
RSVP for May 12 :
http://www.galbanum.com/music
read more about the artists featured in UNDERWATER:
http://www.aphrodizia.net/s&d
more info at:
www.aphrodizia.net
"We Begin Here, Poems for Palestine and Lebanon" reading at Grace Church Thursday, May 10th, at 7 pm.
A reminder of the reading to celebrate the publication of "We Begin Here, Poems for Palestine and Lebanon" edited by Kathy Engel and Kamal Boullata, at Grace Church on Thursday, May 10th, at 7 pm. The reading will feature local poets Sarah Browning, Wade Fletcher, E. Ethelbert Miller, Richard Schaaf, and others. We'll be joined by editor and poet Kathy Engel.
Following the reading, we'll have a moderated discussion with special guests and peacemakers, Hannah Schwarzschild, a labor and employment attorney in Philadelphia and an activist with Jewish Voice for Peace and Nadia Hijab, who is a Senior Fellow at the DC-based office of the Institute for Palestine Studies, and co-director of its Washington, D.C. office.
For more information about the anthology—or to order your copy—go to
www.interlinkbooks.com
Grace Church is located at 1041 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20007. For public transportation take the blue connector shuttle bus to Wisconsin Avenue and walk south. Two hours of free parking are available (with validation) at Lowe's Cinema Garage, at Wisconsin Avenue and K street.
That morning, from 10-11 am, "We Begin Here" will be featured on WPFW 89.3 FM, on the show "On the Margin" with Josephine Reed. Please tune in! Here are the poets and activists you'll hear from:
Kamal Boullata, co-editor with Kathy Engel of We Begin Here: Poems for Palestine and Lebanon. Painter and writer born in Jerusalem 1942. Living in Paris.
Sarah Browning is founder of DC Poets Against the War whose first book Whiskey in the Garden of Eden is forthcoming from The Word Works in July, 2007.
Alexis De Veaux is a poet, fiction writer, playwright, essayist, and biographer, whose acclaimed biography of Audre Lorde, Warrior Poet (2004) won the Zora Neale Hurston - Richard Wright Foundation Legacy Award. She is associate professor in the department of women's studies at SUNY Buffalo.
Kathy Engel is a poet, teacher, producer, and consultant for social justice and peace organizations. She is theauthot of two collections: Banish the Tentative (1989) and Ruth's Skirts (2007). She serves on the board of the US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation.
Martin Espada is author of several collections of poetry, most recently The Republic of Poetry (2006), and professor of English at the University of Massachusettes Amherst, where he teaches creative writing, Latino Poetry, and the work of Pablo Neruda.
Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz is an activist writer, and scholar whose most recent book is The Colors of Jews: Racial Politic and Radical Diasporism. She teaches comparative literature at Queens College and with the Bard College Prison Initiative.
E. Ethelbert Miller is the author, most recently, of How We Sleep on the Nights We Don't Make Love. He is chair of the board of the Institute of Policy Studies.
Melissa Tuckey is events coordinator of D.C. Poets Against the War and the organizer of the evening's reading and discussion. Her chapbook, Rope As Witness, has just been released by Pudding House Press.
Anacostia Mural Painting
Local D.C. Artist Cheryl Foster will collaborate with Tracey Gallogly of Northern Ireland on a painted mosaic mural. Local youth from ARCH skills,
Lifepieces to Masterpieces and Covenant House will be working with the two artists to complete the piece in the span of two weeks. The work starts on Monday May 7th and will continue until the 18th at 2208 Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE, Washington DC 20020.
There will be a Mural Unveiling on Saturday, May 19th at twelve noon with a reception to follow.
Anyone interested in volunteering to work on this project should call Briony Evans at 202-889-5000 x113 or email her at bevans (at) archdc.org
Brief information about the artists:
Cheryl Foster has over ten years of teaching experience as well as a long list of public art commissions in and around Washington and Maryland. Foster has worked with the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities as well as many other public organizations in the region. Her murals can be seen in the Arlington Cemetery, Fort McNair's Enlisted Men's renovated Dining Hall, D.C.'s Office on Aging Wellness Centers and numerous businesses and residences along the east coast.
Tracey Gallogly has worked on public commissions for murals and sculptures in Dublin and Belfast. She has been exhibiting work in various galleries in Belfast since 1997. Recently she worked with the New Belfast Community Arts Initiative and local youth to create two community mural projects.
(5/3)MESHELL N'DEGEOCELLO & W.Ellington Felton @ 9:30 Club!
click here for tickets
Call for Submissions: Words, Beats and Life Journal
It Ain’t My Fault: Blame it on Hip-Hop
Many believe rap music to be culpable for the failing within black communities. Jay-Z and Lil’ Jon have become more popular targets than racism and poverty for political pundits and self-appointed race men. The WBL Journal staff is looking for submissions that address this re-emerging phenomenon. The overarching theme for this issue is “It Aint My Fault: Blame it on Hip-Hop,” but below you will find themes to guide your research.
Click here to read more
INTERSECTIONS examines the Poetics of Hip-Hop @ Honfleur Gallery, May 1st , 7:30pm
The American Poetry Museum presents
INTERSECTIONS @ Honfleur Gallery
1241 Good Hope Rd. SE
Washington , D.C. 20020
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 at 7:30pm
hosted by Fred Joiner.
Suggested Donation is $2.
Click here to read more
Renee Stout article in WashPost Magazine
check it out
here
artists housing check it out.
Douglas Street Artist Housing - Applications now available
deadline: Thursday, August 09
Cultural Development Corporation (CuDC) has partnered with Manna, Inc., to develop approximately 40 affordable work/live housing units for artists and their families at 2414 Douglas Street, NE, in the Woodridge area of Washington, DC. The intent of this project is to create work/live artist housing — units designed primarily as functional studio space with basic living space as an ancillary use. The renovation of an existing warehouse plus new construction will provide units ranging from approximately 700 to 1,050 sq. ft., in addition to 1,390 sq. ft. of flexible space for communal arts activities. To maximize artist eligibility, units will be available at two price points suitable for a range of low- and moderate-income households as defined by DC’s Department of Housing and Community Development. CuDC and Manna anticipate that units for low-income households will be priced starting in the mid-$100Ks. Units for moderate-income households will be priced starting in the mid-$200Ks. Please see page two for income limits.
Construction is scheduled to begin in the fall of 2008, with occupancy expected in 2009.
Applications are now available. To download the application instructions and form please visit http://www.culturaldc.org/projects/projects_in_development.html. CuDC will start accepting applications on Monday, June 4, 2007 at 9 a.m. All applications are due to CuDC no later than 5 p.m., Thursday, August 9, 2007. Subject to acceptance of the application and completion of the supporting documentation, eligible artists will have access to purchasing a work/live condominium in the Douglas Street project on a first-come/first-served basis.
Questions: contact housing@culturaldc.org
for more info:
CuDC
t: 202.315.1305 or www.culturaldc.org
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2007 WPFW CELEBRATION OF APRIL JAZZ & POETRY APPRECIATION MONTHWPFW CELEBRATION OF APRIL JAZZ & POETRY APPRECIATION MONTH
WPFW CELEBRATION OF APRIL JAZZ & POETRY APPRECIATION MONTH
FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 2007
Kenny Carroll – poetry
Brian Gilmore - poetry
Marshall Keys - reeds
Butch Jackson – congas
Emory Diggs - bass
Live in the studios of WPFW/89.3FM 10:00PM to 12:00Midnight
In celebration of April Jazz & Poetry Appreciation Month, please tune in to
WPFW, 89.3 FM on Friday, April 27th (The anniversary of Duke Ellington’s
birth).from 10:00PM until 12:00 Midnight for a WPFW celebration of Jazz &
Poetry Appreciation Month.
The in-studio live performance will be led by resident area poets Kenny
Carroll and Brian Gilmore, both published writers and nationally-renowned
poets, as well as resident-area saxophonist Marshall Keys, also an
established musician and recording artist. The group will also feature
Butch Jackson on congas, and Emory Diggs on bass, and other invited poets.
Again, that’s this Friday, April 27th from 10:00PM to 12:00 midnight, a
live, in-studio celebration of April Jazz & Poetry Appreciation Month, over
the airways of WPFW Radio (89.3 FM), your home for Jazz & Justice radio. To
reserve a seat for the live studio audience, please call 202-588-0999, and
press ‘0’ for the receptionist.
INTERSECTIONS @ Honfleur Gallery hosted by me
The American Poetry Museum presents
INTERSECTIONS @ Honfleur Gallery
1241 Good Hope Rd. SE
Washington , D.C. 20020
April 18th, 2007 at 7:30pm
hosted by Fred Joiner.
Suggested Donation is $2.
Come join us for our inaugural event, an evening full of visual art and poetry at the Honfleur Gallery, featuring the poetry of Colette Bryce, Kyle Dargan and Holly Bass.
The evening will also include a question and answer session with our featured readers and we will close the evening with an open mic .
Colette Bryce born and raised in Derry, Northern Ireland. Bryce is the author of The Full Indian Rope Trick (2004) and is the current North East literary fellow at the universities of Newcastle and Durham. She is also the author of The Heel of Bernadette (2000), and winner of the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival Prize for Best First Collection.
Kyle G. Dargan is a member of American University's Creative Writing faculty and the Managing Editor for Callaloo. His poetry and nonfiction have appeared in Denver Quarterly, The Star Ledger, Ploughshares, Shenandoah, and other publications. His first collection, The Listening, won the 2003 Cave Canem Prize and he is currently completing a second manuscript entitled A Bouquet of Hungers.*
Holly Bass is a poet, writer, and performer. Her poems have been published in Callaloo, Cave Canem 2000 Anthology and Black Prison Writings. She presented readings of her solo performance pieces "Black Like Coffee" and "Diary of a Baby Diva" to full houses at Arena Stage and Woolly Mammoth Theater in Washington, DC. She has written for the Wall Street Journal, The Washington City Paper, and American Theater Magazine. In addition to freelance writing, she teaches creative writing in DC-area public schools and is a member of the Carla and Co. dance troupe. She recently completed a fellowship with the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University. She has performed her poetry at numerous universities and art centers, including the Kennedy Center, the Whitney Museum, and the Apollo Theater. She was awarded two Artist Fellowship grants from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities. She holds a BA from Sarah Lawrence College and a Master's in Journalism from Columbia University.*
*bio from Beltway Quarterly, www.beltwaypoetry.com
