Thursday, June 25, 2009

CHICK POETS INVADE CENTRAL PARK! SAT, JUNE 27, 6-9 PM

Check out the GRRLS! in Central Park this Saturday, with a super strong line up of super strong chick poets. It's at the Naumberg Bandshell, near 72nd street, outdoors, with a PA that'll blow the roof off of NYC.

Three Rooms Press Founder Kat Georges will be rockin' the mic along with belly dancer/poet Evie Ivy (http://poetswearprada.home.att.net/EvieIvy.html), Christine Timm (whose poems include Sleeping with Gregory Corso, Sleeping with Charles Bukowski and Sleeping with Whitman, http://www.myspace.com/christine_timm), and Cynthia Toronto, a forerunner of cutting-edge Spoken Word Performance, award-winning poet with eight books of poetry, well known for her video documentaries on Los Angeles poets.

Plus host Angela Peluso, incredible poet and former Playboy Model, who's been organizing and producing the Naumberg Bandshell reading series for years.

Arrive early--stay late and enjoy the end of the overly long rainy season. Bring your own work for the open air open mike.

Central Park
Naumberg Bandshell (72nd Street)
FREE FREE FREE

Monday, June 15, 2009

TRP presents 3 Fun Events in NYC This Week!!

This is a great week for poetry in NYC. Three Rooms Press is proud to be hosting three events, including:

THURSDAY, JUNE 18
8 p.m. - 11 p.m.
Kiva Cafe Open Reading Series
Featured Readers: Jewel Allison & Peter Carlaftes
Host: Kat Georges

Join us for a brand new reading series, held the first, third and fifth Thursday of every month at Kiva Cafe in Tribeca: the little cafe with the big heartJewel Allison is a spoken word artist and author of the poetry collection "Stealing Peace." She was a finalist in the 2002 Def Jam poetry contest, and has been a featured performer nationwide. Her jazz-driven poetic style reflects her lifelong passion for music. Poet Peter Carlaftes is the author of 7 books, including his just-completed series of Bar Poems. His work is part Bukowski, part Baudelaire, and all Beautiful. Open reading before & after the feature; arrive early to sign up and get a seat. . No cover charge; discounts on coffee, beer and wine all night.

KIVA CAFE 139 Reade Street, between Hudson and Greenwich (near Chambers St. 1 train station): 212-587-1198
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FRIDAY, JUNE 19
6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Son of a Pony at Cornelia Street Cafe
Featured Reader: Graham Buchan
Host: Kat Georges

Graham Buchan graduated as a Chemical Engineer but has spent his working life in the film, video and television industries, including a substantial spell at ABC News' London bureau. His first poetry pamphlet, Airport Reading, was published in 2004 and his first full collection, There is Violence in these Vapours in 2007, both from the tall lighthouse (www.tall-lighthouse.co.uk). He was joint winner of Piccadilly Poets in 2001 and the Cellar Slam Champion in 2006. His poetry has appeared in two dozen magazines, one national newspaper and three anthologies, and he has also published travel writing, short stories, and poetry, film and art appreciation. He has read in New York, Vancouver and Austin.Open reading before & after the feature; arrive early to sign up and get a seat.

Open reading before the feature; arrive early to sign up. Cover: $7, includes free drink

CORNELIA STREET CAFE 29 Cornelia Street, btwn W. 4th & Bleecker (near W. 4th Street A-B-C-D-E-F-V train station) 212-989-9319

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SATURDAY, JUNE 20
4 p.m. – 5:30 pm.
Bowery Poetry Club
Book Launch for
Ryan Buynak's "Yo Quiero Mas Sangre"
featuring
Bloodthirsty Poetry, Decadent Theater and Delinquent Rock-n-Roll

Celebrate the end of spring on Saturday, June 20th at Bowery Poetry with red-hot performances by NYC's downtown scribes and musicians. Poet Ryan Buynak reads from his piercing new collection Yo Quiero Mas Sangre (Three Rooms Press); performers Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges explore decadence in modern life with the biting new satire,"Sarah's Choice" and longtime downtown singer/songwriter Bob Musial performs with his band of beloved music mavens, Bob's Bios.

Doors open 3:45 p.m.. Show begins at 4 p.m. Tickets: $8.

BOWERY POETRY CLUB 308 Bowery (between Bleecker & Houston) 212-614-0505
Info/reservations: threeroomspress@mac.com.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

TRP Heads to Sea for Figment Festival on Governor's Island

Join over 300 artworks, performances, and projects will be brought to Governors Island… and we expect well over 10,000 New Yorkers to join us to engage in FIGMENT. We invite participants to bring art, costumes, toys, games, and other activities… but all you really need is your willingness to participate (and maybe a picnic lunch and water!).

It's all FREE--INCLUDING THE FERRY TO THE ISLAND!

You can take full advantage of FIGMENT by just wandering around, or you can view a schedule and map in advance on our website at http://figmentnyc.org. Catch the ferry every hour on the hour at 10 South Street in Manhattan.

TRP's own Kat Georges & Peter Carlaftes will perform their charming and wild "Greenagers in Love" musical act on the Performance Stage (PD54) each day of the festival at 3:45 p.m. See you there!

If you're out of the area, deathly ill, or just can't make it for some strange reason, please check out our recent performances on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/3RoomsPress