Three Rooms Press: Poet and Alzheimers Activist Gary Glazner On Tap at Cornelia St. Cafe Friday, Aug. 20th

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Poet and Alzheimers Activist Gary Glazner On Tap at Cornelia St. Cafe Friday, Aug. 20th

FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 2010

6 PM | CORNELIA STREET CAFE

SON OF A PONY POETRY SERIES

Featured poet

GARY GLAZNER

PLUS

NYC's Best Open POETRY Mike

Hosted by

Kat Georges

Gary Glazner is the founder and Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Poetry Project, (APP). The National Endowment for the Arts listed the APP as a “best practice” for their Arts and Aging initiative. NBC's “Today” show, NPR's “All Things Considered” and Voice of America have featured segments on Glazner’s work. Harper Collins, W.W. Norton and Salon.com have published his work. In 2010, the U.S. Embassy is funding a pilot project for the APP in Germany. To date the APP has held programming in 20 states and served over 10,000 living with dementia. More info at www.alzpoetry.org.

The featured reading follows the fabulous Son of a Pony open reading at the cafe. Poet/rocker/mistress of ceremonies Kat Georges hosts. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.; the open reading begins at 6 p.m. Admission is $7, which includes a free drink.

Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, between W. 4th Street & Bleecker, just around the corner from the W. 4th Street subway station. Phone: 212-989-9319. www.corneliastreetcafe.com

Photo credit: Mike McGee

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