Wednesday, December 25, 2013

1/3/2014: 7th Annual NYC Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading

7th Annual Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading 6pm, Jan 3, 2014 at Cornelia St. Cafe
Celebrate the start of the new year with the 7th annual Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading, Jan. 3, 2014, 6pm at Cornelia St. Cafe (29 Cornelia Street, between W. 4th and Bleecker in NYC).

Charles Bukowski was truly one of the few and far between: a champion of the outsider, the lost and lonely, the outcasts from society. His work resonates like none other, revealing the core of what it is to be human—sans electronics—counting on nothing, but ready to win, be it with horses, women or writing. 

The event, held on the first Friday of the new year since 2008, will feature performances of Bukowski poems and tales by a unique cast of hardcore fans including controversial monologist/actor Mike Daisey, playwrights Richard Vetere and Michael Puzzo, poets Angelo Verga and Puma Perl, plus Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges.

Readers will explore Bukowski’s works with respect to its place in contemporary culture. What would Buk think of ObamaCare? iPhones? Smart drugs? So much seems to have changed since his time—has it really? 

Rare videos of Bukowski, plus giveaways of Buk books, CDs, DVDs and other prizes will highlight the event. Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $12 which includes (naturally) a free drink! Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village, between W. 4th Street at Bleecker (http://corneliastreecafe.com/). 

Info and reservations: info@threeroomspress.com 

This year's reading will also toast the one year anniversary of THE MONTHLY at Cornelia Street Cafe, hosted by Three Rooms Press, which brings together writers, artists, philosophers and scientists to discuss a monthly theme. Past themes have included women in love, conspiracy theories (on the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination), and illegal Leaves of Grass, an exploration of grass-related ideas from Walt Whitman to the War on Drugs.

Information on key performers:

Mike Daisey is an American monologist, author, actor and raconteur best known for his extemporaneous monologues about Nikola Tesla, L. Ron Hubbard, Steve Jobs and Apple's supply chain in China, the Department of Homeland Security, the history of the New York transit system, 9/11, the inventor of the neutron bomb, Wal-Mart and a variety of other topics. He has recently been touring nationally with his new monologue, THE SECRET WAR about America's relationship with guns. 

Richard Vetere is an American playwright and screenwriter whose work has received international critical acclaim. His most recent work includes the play Last Day, and a novel, Baroque, about Caravaggio and the people he painted in Rome. His authored a recent poetry collection, The Other Colors in a Snow Storm. Movies include The Third Miracle, How to Go Out on a Date in Queens, and the cult classic, Vigilante. His highly-praised new novel, THE WRITERS AFTERLIFE, is due out in March 2014 on Three Rooms Press. 

Michael Puzzo is an American playwright and actor associated with the Labyrinth Theater Company. His new play, Spirits of Exit Eleven, set in a New Jersey strip club/pizza parlor on Halloween had its NYC premiere in 2013 and received high critical praise. He loves Bukowski! 

Peter Carlaftes is a New York-based screenwriter, playwright, actor, poet, and editor. He is the author of 12 plays, including a noir treatment of Knut Hamsun’s Hunger, and the celebrity rehab center spoof, Spin-Dry. He has appeared in numerous Off-Broadway productions, including his comic solo performance piece, Lenny Bruce: Dead & Well, as well as Barefoot in the Park and Stephen Adly Guirgis' Den of Thieves. As an author, Carlaftes has penned three books: A Year on Facebook (humor), Drunkyard Dog and I Fold With The Hand I Was Dealt (poetry) and Triumph for Rent (3 plays). He is a co-director of Three Rooms Press, and has served as editor for the annual Dada journal, Maintenant, the annual short story anthology, Have a NYC, and the recent photography and poetry book by punk rock bassist Mike Watt, On and Off Bass. 

Angelo Verga is a former postal worker, like Bukowski, and curator of the literary events at Cornelia Street Cafe, as well as a teacher, editor and poet. His work has been published in hundreds of journals, and his books include "A Hurricane Is," 3 Poets 4 Peace (Against The Tide, 2003), 33 New York City Poems (Booklyn, 2005) and Praise for What Remains (Three Rooms, 2009). 

Puma Perl is a poet, performance artist and curator, founder of DDAY Productions and author of several poetry collections including: Ruby True, Kunckle Tattoos and Belinda and Her Friends. She notes, "with Bukowski, you can open any book randomly and find a poem to read." 

Kat Georges is a New York-based poet, playwright, performer and designer. In New York since 2003, she has curated poetry readings, performed widely, and written and directed numerous Off-Broadway plays (including Jack Kerouac: Catholic by Larry Myers, and The Old In-and-Out, by Madeline Artenberg and Karen Hildebrand, as well as her own work SCUM: The Valerie Solanas Story, and Art Was Here, a play inspired by Dada predecessor Arthur Cravan). She is co-director of Three Rooms Press. Books include Slow Dance and 120 Beats a Minute, Punk Rock Journal and Our Lady of the Hunger.

Friday, November 29, 2013

Three Rooms Press 2013 Pushcart Nominees announced

Pushcart-Prize-imageThee Room Press is thrilled to announce the nomination of six outstanding works for The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses. Nominations for work officially published in the calendar year 2013 include:

Three Rooms Press is a small press dedicated to publishing excellent cut-the-edge creative content. We have recently been picked up for distribution by PGW and we’re excited by a future of increased exposure for our authors. We are currently accepting short stories for the next edition of HAVE A NYC: New York Short Stories (see submission guidelines here) and writing and art for the next edition of Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art (submission guidelines here). We congratulate all of the nominees and look forward to hearing back from the Pushcart Prize editors with positive news!

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

12/6: Three Rooms Press Annual Prose! Poetry! Party at Cornelia St. Cafe NYC

3x3-readers

Since ancient times, everyone knows that the best things in come in Threes (think: The Three Stooges!). In honor of the old maxim “omen trim perfectum”, we present three sets of three superb writers recently, or about to be, published by Three Rooms Press.

Join us for a Prose! Poetry! Party! with award-winning authors (and kick-ass performers!) including the fiercesome threesome Hala Alyan (winner of the 2013 Arab American Book Award for Poetry), Richard Vetere (author of the forthcoming TRP book, The Writers Afterlife), and David Lawton (author of Sharp Blue Stream (TRP, 2013)); the terrific trio Jane Ormerod (author of Welcome to the Museum of Cattle (TRP, 2012) and Recreational Vehicles on Fire (TRP, 2009)), Thomas Fucaloro (author of the forthcoming It Starts in the Belly and Blooms (TRP, 2014) and Inheriting Craziness is a Soft Halo of Light (TRP, 2010)), and Jane LeCroy (author of Signature Play (TRP, 2012); and the mighty triad Robert Gibbons (author of Close to the Tree (TRP, 2012)); Matthew Hupert (author of Ism is a Retrovirus (TRP, 2011)), and George Wallacetroika (author of EOS: Abductor of Men (TRP, 2012) and Poppin' Johnny (TRP, 2009). The event will be hosted by Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges. All authors will be available to sign books and take photos at the reading. Plus all audience members will be eligible to win free prizes throughout the event!

ABOUT THREE ROOMS PRESS Three Rooms Press is a New York-based publisher and performing arts producer, founded in 1993. Since its inception, it has served as a leading independent publisher of creative content, including poetry translations, drama and art sourced from the burgeoning international spoken word, music and underground art scenes. In 2011, it expanded its publishing line to include cutting edge work in fiction, creative historical nonfiction, memoir, photography and art. In addition, Three Rooms Press produces and promotes a variety of literary and cultural events in New York, Paris, Berlin, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and more, including readings, plays, workshops and concerts.

Friday, November 22, 2013

Tonight 11/22: Grant Hart, Exene Cervenka, Charles Plymell, Legs McNeil headline JFK/NYC/OMG Conspiracy Event

JFK/NYC/OMG feat Charles Plymell, Grant Hart, Exene Cervenka, Legs McNeil

On the 50th Anniversary of the assassination of JFK, Three Rooms Press presents "JFK/NYC/OMG," an examination of conspiracies on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President Kennedy. Speakers include musician-philosopher Grant Hart, poet-novelist-publisher Charles Plymell, musician-writer-conspiracy therapist Exene Cervenka, Allen Ginsberg archivist Peter Hale, writer and Punk magazine co-founder Legs McNeil, and actor-writer Peter Carlaftes (channeling the spirit of Lenny Bruce). The event will take place Friday, November 22, 6 pm at Cornelia Street Cafe (29 Cornelia Street, between Bleecker and W. 4th), in the West Village. Tickets are $20, available at the door (arrive early to ensure admission). Additional information: info@threeroomspress.com. About the performers: Grant Hart s best known for his work as drummer and songwriter in the seminal punk band Hüsker Dü, as well as an extended career as a solo singer/songwriter, who recently released The Argument, a concept album based on John Milton’s Paradise Lost. Hart will speak and sing about how the assassination shaped the lives of his generation. Charles Plymell is a poet, novelist and publisher, best known for his underground magazines, including Zap Comix and The Last Times, and collaborations with beat authors Allen Ginsberg, William Burroughs, Herbert Huncke and Neal Cassady. His most recent book is Benzedrine Highway (Kicks Books). Plymell, will talk about reaction of the Beats to the assassination and the conspiratorial extension against the Kennedy clan. Exene Cervenka is lead vocalist for the LA-based bands X and The Knitters. In addition to her musical career, she has written several books, and has recently developed an online video series using the persona Christine Notmyrealname - Conspiracy Therapist. She will unearth the facts behind the conspiracies. Legs McNeil is a writer and rock music historian. He is the co-founder and a writer for Punk magazine, and a former senior editor at Spin, as well as the author of Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, and the forthcoming Tomorrow Is Cancelled: The Oral History of the JFK Assassination. Peter Hale is a poet, archivist and protégé of Allen Ginsberg. He looks after the late Ginsberg’s Estate, helping to preserve the truth and history of the Beat movement. He will read Ginsberg’s poem “Nov 23, 1963: Alone.” Peter Carlaftes is a writer, actor and co-director of Three Rooms Press. The author of four books and eight plays, he recently developed a one-man show, Lenny Bruce: Dead and Well, in which he portrays a reincarnated Lenny Bruce, examining the madness of current world from his unique inspired perspective.
JFK/NYC/OMG Examining Conspiracies on the 50th Anniversary of the Assassination of JFK Friday, November 22, 6 pm Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker & W. 4th St.) Admission: $20 (one drink minimum) information: info@threeroomspress.com For those not in the NYC area, the performance will be streamed live at http://www.gander.tv/event/cornelia-street-cafe-three-rooms-press-presents-jfknycomg-1122-6pm-8pm

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Nov 17: Four House-Poets of the Apocalypse at Specs Bar (across from City Lights Bookstore, San Francisco)


Three Rooms Press and Specs Bar/North Beach presents:

THE FOUR HOUSE-POETS OF THE APOCALYPSE
Sunday, November 17; 7:00-8:30 pm
Specs' Twelve Adler Museum Cafe 
12 William Saroyan Pl
San FranciscoCA 94133
(415) 421-4112

A One Time North Beach Hang with NYC Poets Kat Georges and Peter Carlaftes hooking up with SF Favorite Son and Daughter Neeli Cherkovski and Agneta Falk Hirschman.

Reading Poems from 7pm -8:30 on Sunday, November 17.  

East meets West In Specs Bar on Saroyan Alley. 
Across the street from City Lights Bookstore. 

This is normal. This is crazy. Poetry in North Beach. Call me maybe.

Sponsored by Specs. It's a bar. You can drink. No cover.

Nov. 13: EOS:hope--A Bilingual Benefit Reading to support Project Hope for Greece



The poetry of George Wallace 
interpreted in Greek and English by Anthoula Katsimatides | Martha Tompoulidou | Marina Stenos | Peter Carlaftes | Kat Georges

In EOS: Abductor of Men, a bilingual poetry collection (Greek-English) dedicated to the contemporary struggles of the Greek people, George Wallace rivets readers with his thoroughly original, modern day poetic flow, elevating bakeries to the temples of gods and love to a powerful river. To celebrate this unique book and to raise awareness of the ongoing crisis in Greece, Three Rooms Press presents a special bilingual benefit reading on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2013.

All profits from books sold at the event will be used to support Project Hope for Greece, a movement aimed at creating philanthropy amongst North Americans in response to the worst financial and humanitarian crisis facing Greece in an entire generation. Complimentary food and drinks will be provided by GRK: Fresh Greek and YA Mastiha Liqueur.

Readers include actress, wrier and philanthropist Anthoula Katsimatides, distinguished Greek actress Martha Tompoulidou, writer and philanthropic consultant Marina Stenos, and Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges.

Additional information and reservations: Three Rooms Press, 212-731-0574, info@threeroomspress.com

7 pm, Wednesday, November 13, 2013 
Press and Communication Office of the Permanent Mission of Greece to the UN 
305 E 47th Street, 2nd Floor | New York, NY 10017
Free Admission
Complimentary food and beverage provided by GRK: Fresh Greek, YA Mastiha Liqueur.

“George Wallace realigns the rules... And the transcendent spirit, above materiality, is the spirit of Greekness, of Greeks. The poems in EOS are hopeful poems of what is possible, real, holy. The collection leaves me with a belief in the endlessness of people, their connection to the past—and to each other, and to all time.”
— Tryfon Tolides, Tsotili, West Macedonia, Greece, Lannan Foundation Resident

About George Wallace
George Wallace (AB, MPH, MFA) is an award winning poet and journalist from New York who has performed his work across America and in Europe. Author of Poppin’ Johnny (Three Rooms Press, 2009) and twenty-five chapbooks of poetry, he has served as editor of Poetrybay (www.poetrybay.com), Long Island Quarterly, Walt’s Corner, Great Weather for Media, and other electronic and hard copy literary publications. A former Peace Corps Volunteer, USAF Medical Officer and Community Health Organizer, he is winner of the CW Post Poetry Prize and the Poetry Kit Best Book award. With Oklahoma poet laureate Carol Hamilton he co-founded the Woody Guthrie Poetss, and was named a “Next Generation Beat” by the Lowell Celebrates Kerouac festival committee. In 2003, George Wallace was named first Poet Laureate for Suffolk County, NY. In 2011 he was named Writer in Residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace.

About Three Rooms Press
Three Rooms Press is a New York-based publisher and performing arts producer, founded in 1993. Since its inception, it has served as a leading independent publisher of creative content, including poetry translations, drama and art sourced from the burgeoning international spoken word, music and underground art scenes. In 2011, it expanded its publishing line to include cutting edge work in fiction, creative historical nonfiction, memoir, photography and art. In addition, Three Rooms Press produces and promotes a variety of literary and cultural events in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Berlin, London, and more, including readings, plays, workshops and concerts. Website: www.threeroomspress.com

Monday, September 2, 2013

Sept 13: Ajaccio -- Patrizia Gattaceca Poetry Reading, Music and Book Launch



Three Rooms Press de vous présenter
Isula D’Anima / Soul Island
Puemi di / Poems by

Patrizia Gattaceca 

Corsu è Inglese
Traduit par Frédérique Mattei Jordan

Three Rooms Press hè felice di presentà vi Soul Island/ Isula d'Anima a prima racolta puetica bislingua in corsu è in inglese di Patrizia Gattaceca.

Connue en Corse et à l'extérieur de l'île en tant que chanteuse, auteur compositeur, acteur du Riacquistu et co-fondatrice avec son amie Patrizia Poli des Nouvelles polyphonies corses , Patrizia Gattaceca nous offre ici une poésie qui embrasse le monde avec des images de lunes, de montagnes ou de mer en même temps qu'elle exprime les émotions complexes du coeur et de l'âme humaine .

We are very excited to present this incredible book in Southern Corsica. Our launch in Bastia was a resounding success and we are thrilled that Locu Teatrale has agreed to host this event in Ajaccio. See you 13 Septembre.

Presentation de l'ouvrage et musique
13 septembre à 18 heures
Locu Teatrale
8 Rue Hyacinthe Campiglia
20090 Ajaccio, Corse
04.95.10.72.03
locu-teatrale@wanadoo.fr

Soul Island / Isula d’anima
poems by / puemi di
Patrizia Gattaceca
In Corsican and English / Corsu et inglese
Translated by / traduttu da
Frédérique Mattei Jordan

ISBN 978-0-9835813-7-6
Three Rooms Press (New York)
http://threeroomspress.com/authors/patrizia-gattaceca/

DADA! à la carte PARIS 10 September

Three Rooms Press and Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture presents

¡DADA! à la CARTE PARIS!

An Evening of Disruptive and Provocative Poetry, Performance and Film

Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture

34, Avenue de New York, Paris, France

Tuesday, 10 September, 1900h

http://monabismarck.org 
Featuring art & performance by:

Henrik Aeshna (London/US/SA/Paris), David Barnes (London/Paris), Fork Burke (Switzerland/New York), Pontus Carle (Berlin/Paris), DADAnewyork feat. Robert Hieger and Joanie Hieger Fritz Zosike (NYC), Léone Jaffin (New York/Paris), Antonia Alexandra Klimenko (San Francisco/Paris), Philip Meersman (Brussels/Paris), Bruce Sherfield (Kansas/Paris), Catherine Sorba (New York/Paris), Christophe Touraud (Paris/Paris), Dominique Vinciguerra (New York/Paris), Peter Waugh (London/Vienna/Paris), Constantin Xenakis (Athens/Paris), Beate Bendel and Poul R. Weile (Berlin)

and more! hosted by 

Peter Carlaftes + Kat Georges (New York/Paris)

Dada is still alive and kicking, and New York-based publisher Three Rooms Press will be celebrating its ongoing influence at ¡DADA à la CARTE PARIS!, an evening of eclectic and disruptive visual art, poetry, film and performance art at Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture in Paris on Tuesday, 10 September, 1900h. Tickets are €20 (general admission) and €10 (students). Tickets may be purchased at the door on the day of the event. Limited seating; please arrive early for preferred admission. 

The event will feature performances by American, French, Belgian and German artists and writers published in TRP's Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art, as well as other cutting edge artists associated with the press. 

Performers include Henrik Aeshna (Cabaret Toxique, Tsunami bOOKS); David Barnes (poet and host of SpokenWord Paris); Fork Burke (poet/photographer); Pontus Carle (artist); DADAnewyork feat. Robert Hieger and Joanie Hieger Fritz Zosike (performance artists);  Léone Jaffin (filmmaker, author and actress); Antonia Alexandra Klimenko (poet and performance artist); Philip Meersman (sound and poetry performance artist); Bruce Sherfield (musician, poet, Bastille journal); Catherine Sorba (filmmaker); Christophe Touraud (actor & comedian); Dominique Vinciguerra (photographer); Peter Waugh (experimental poet); Constantin Xenakis (electro-kinetic sculptor, code interpreter, concrete word artist); and Beate Bendel and Poul R. Weile (visual and performance artists). The event will be hosted by Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges

For further information and to reserve tickets, email rsvp@monabismarck.org

About Maintenant 7 

Maintenant 7: A Journal of Contemporary DaDa Writing and Art (Three Rooms Press, 2013) is the most recent installment of an annual series published since 2005. The current issue features work by Jerome Rothenberg, Charles Plymell, Mike Watt, Gerard Malanga, Claude Pelieu, Mary Beach, Brion Gysin, William Burroughs, Antonia Alexandra Klimenko, Susan Shup, Pontus Carle, Philip Meersman, Constantin Xenakis & many more. Copies will be available for purchase at the event, and are available online at http://threeroomspress.com/authors/maintenant-dada-journal/ 

About Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture 

The Mona Bismarck American Center for Art and Culture aims to strengthen understanding and friendship between France and the United States by enabling the discovery of the richness and diversity of American art and culture through exhibitions, educational programs and events. The Center, located near the Eiffel Tower in the heart of Paris, additionally promotes synergies with organizations that seek to deepen the relationship between the United States and Europe. Further information: monabismarck.org 

About Three Rooms Press 

Three Rooms Press is a New York-based publisher and performing arts producer, founded in 1993. Since its inception, it has served as a leading independent publisher of cut-the-edge content, initially sourced from the burgeoning international spoken word, music and underground art scenes. In 2012, it expanded its publishing line to include cutting edge work in fiction, creative historical nonfiction, memoir, photography and art. In addition to work by individual artists, Three Rooms Press publishes two annual publications: HAVE A NYC: New York Short Stories (featuring short stories that use New York City as their setting), and Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art. In addition, TRP produces and promotes a variety of events; since 1992 it has staged more than 400 major cultural events in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, London, Bastia and more, including readings, plays, workshops and musical events.

Sunday, August 11, 2013

Aug. 30th: TRP presents Fruits of Labor: A Labor Day Weekend Literary Feast at Cornelia St. Cafe

Labor-image

Fruits of Labor

A Labor Day Weekend Literary Feast of Labor Movements, Labor Pains, and Labors of Love

Featured performers:

Amanda Boekelheide  | Ryan C. Daley | 

Laura McCullough | Danielle Trussoni  

Tana Wojczuk

Friday, August 30, 6 pm | Cornelia Street Cafe

29 Cornelia Street (between W. 4th & Bleecker) | 212-989-9319

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor. —Victor Hugo

Kick off your Labor Day Weekend like never before as Three Rooms Press presents "Fruits of Labor: A Labor Day Weekend Literary Feast of Labor Movements, Labor Pains and Labors of Love," the latest installment of The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe, Friday, August 30, 6pm. The event features a wide ranging group of literary artists and cultural icons, including New York Times best selling novelist Danielle Trussoni (Angelopolis, Angelology, Falling Through the Earth: A Memoir), poet/editor Laura McCullough (Rigger Death & Hoist Another, What Men Want), poet/essayist Tana Wojczuk (published in The New York Times, The Believer, Tin House), award-winning actor and movement choreographer Amanda Boekelheide, and cultural critic Ryan C. Daley. Additional special guest to be announced. Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges host. 

Featured guests will provce that L-A-B-O-R is NOT a four-letter word! In a perfect world the fruits of labor are sweet indeed, from the beauty of birth following labor pains, to the beauty of fairness resulting from a successful labor movement. And a labor of love, in a perfect world, would always infer success. 

 So get into the spirit of Labor! Friday, August 30 at 6 pm at Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street (btwn W. 4th & Bleecker), 212-989-9319. For more information contact TRP at info@threeroomspress.com. Admission $8 (includes a free drink) 

FRUITS OF LABOR is the latest installment of The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe, a unique series curated by Three Rooms Press that brings together leading poets, intellectuals, performers and budding rebels on a different topic each month. Upcoming events include: OCTOBER 4: LET'S GET KG! a celebration of October baby Kat Georges; NOVEMBER 22: JFK! NYC! OMG! an examination of conspiracy theories on the 50th anniversary of the assassination of JFK featuring Charles Plymell, Grant Hart, Exene Cervenka and more; DECEMBER 6: REVELATION: A THREE ROOMS PRESS PARTY! featuring new and upcoming books by Richard Vetere, Janet Hamill, Eamon Loingsigh, Thomas Fucularo, Lisa Panepinto and more.

Tuesday, July 30, 2013

Three Rooms Press Strikes Distribution Deal with Publishers Group West



Three Rooms Press is very pleased to announce that effective September 1, 2013 all titles published by us will be distributed under the Perseus banner by PGW (Publishers Group West, a division of Perseus Books Group). PGW is the leading book sales and distribution company in the United States, representing over 100 independent client publishers.  This is something our press has been working hard at for months and now all that hard work has come to fruition for our authors, our readers and our press. 

Raise your glass and here's a toast to Three Rooms Press!

We'll be announcing a ton of exciting upcoming titles within the next couple weeks so stay tuned! 

Sunday, July 28, 2013

August 2: Doggin' Around - Stories by Pets at Cornelia Street Cafe



Three Rooms Press presents The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe

Doggin' Around

A Celebration of the Dog Days of Summer 

Stories by pets read by friends and family 

Featuring: 
Jennifer Cody Epstein | Susie Moloney 
Cecilia Copeland  | Pam Belluck   
and NYC Vet Cary Nulton, DVM

Hot enough for ya? Duh! The Dog Days of Summer are here!

Throughout history, people marked the event in many ways. Brady's 1813 Clavis Calendraria referred to the period as an evil time "the Sea boiled, the Wine turned sour, Dogs grew mad, and all other creatures became languid; causing to man, among other diseases, burning fevers, hysterics, and phrensies." Back in Roman times, they used to sacrifice a brown dog to placate the anger of Sirius, The Dog Star, hoping to turn down the heat!


Thankfully, times have changed. A new tradition is being born this year, as Three Rooms Press celebrate the Dog Days of summer with stories and poems by and about pets.
Wait -- Pets write? You bet they do! Join us as we present stories by New York's finest dogs (and cats), read by their loving author friends.


Our featured lineup includes international best-selling novelist Jennifer Cody Epstein (The Gods of Heavenly Punishment, The Painter from Shanghai), Canadian horror fiction writer Susie Moloney (The Thirteen, A Dry Spell), award-winning playwright Cecilia Copeland (The Next Time, The Wicked Son), plus author and New York Times health and science writer Pam Belluck (Island Practice). We'll even have New York veterinarian and poetry lover Cary Nulton (MetVetNYC) on hand to discuss tips on how to help your pet stay healthy in the heat! Plus Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat (not Cat!) Georges will co-host the event.

It all goes down Friday, August 2 at 6 pm at Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street (btwn W. 4th and Bleecker), 212-989-9319. Admission just $8 (includes a free drink!)


For more information contact TRP at info@threeroomspress.com.


DOGGIN' AROUND is the latest installment of The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe, a unique series curated by Three Rooms Press that brings together leading poets, intellectuals, performers and budding rebels on a different topic each month.

and New York veterinarian Cary Nulton 

Friday, August 2, 6 pm 
Cornelia Street Cafe 
29 Cornelia Street 
(between W. 4th and Bleecker) 
212-989-9319

Upcoming events include: AUG 31: LABOR PAINS, stories about parenthood and the joys and stresses of birth of all kinds; OCTOBER 4: LET'S GET KG! a celebration of October baby Kat Georges; NOVEMBER 22: JFK! NYC! OMG! an examination of conspiracy theories

Thursday, July 4, 2013

July 5: That's Independents! show at Cornelia St. Cafe NYC features 5 rockin' independent presses talkin' passionate publishing



Three Rooms Press presents The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe 

THAT'S INDEPENDENTS! 

A Celebration of Independent (and we mean "Really Independent") Presses 

Friday, July 5, 6 pm Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker and W. 4th St.) Admission: $8 (includes a free drink) 

Three Rooms Press presents a rockin' celebration of 5 kickass NYC-based Independent Presses at "That's Independents!" the July 5 installation of the beloved literary series "The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe." Doors open 5:45 pm, showtime is 6 pm. Admission is $8, which includes a free drink. 

Each press will talk about their publishing ethos—and what sets them apart—then present work by some of their current authors. Presses include: The Unbearables (featuring Steve Dalachinsky, Bonny Finberg and Ron Kolm); In Stereo Press (featuring Aimee Herman, Megan Dibello, Daniel Dissinger and Sam Jablon); Kicks Book (featuring Miriam Linna, playing an old suitcase while reciting the raunchy early work of Harlan Ellison), Great Weather For Media (featuring Rick Mullin and Frank Simone), and Three Rooms Press (featuring Hala Alyan and Peter Carlaftes). The event will be hosted by Kat Georges. 

It's gonna be a lit blast--like you've never seen before! 


About The Presses 

The Unbearables 

The UNBEARABLES are a free-floating, in-your-face Autonomous Zone of Dadaists, Noir Humorists and Beer Mystics. They base their actions of the book, TAZ, by Hakim Bey; they liberated the Brooklyn Bridge every September 13th for many years, picketed the New Yorker magazine, decrying the shitty poetry therein, and occupied the New School where they gave a series of anti-seminars. They continue onward with Be-Ins and readings, usually in New York City , but they have ventured as far abroad as Prague , where they did a series of events in 2011. (http://unbearables.com). 


In Stereo Press 

William Burroughs once said of Jack Kerouac, “Kerouac was a writer because he wrote.” We at In Stereo Press would like to add, “…and he was an artist because he made NOISE!” Founded March 2008, in Boulder, Colorado, In Stereo Press is an online zine specializing in undiscovered/new/contemporary writing, music, and visual art.  We encourage every artist to MAKE THEIR VOICE HEARD! http://www.instereopress.com 


Kicks Books 

KICKS BOOKS is an independent publisher based in Brooklyn NY, whose "hip pocket paperback" line reflects the pulp obsessions of founder, Miriam Linna (Norton Records founder and former drummer for The Cramps). A longtime collector of printed matter, and paperback books in particular, Linna fulfilled a promise to a friend by publishing his rehab writings in book form.  SWEETS by rhythm & blues music legend Andre Williams, appeared in 2009 and has been followed by singular offerings by writers Harlan Ellison, Nick Tosches, Sun Ra and Kim Fowley. This summer, Kicks Books will present landmark collections of poetry by British beat hero Royston Ellis and American road poet laureate Charles Plymell. http://nortonrecords.com/kicksbooks/ For this show, Miriam will beat on an old suitcase and recite raunchy early writing of Harlan Ellison. 


Great Weather For Media 

Founded in January 2012 by former Uphook Press editors Jane Ormerod, Thomas Fucaloro, and Brant Lyon—and later joined by George Wallace and Russ Green—great weather for MEDIA focuses on the unpredictable, the bright, the dark, and the innovative… We are based in New York City and showcase both national and international writers. As well as publishing the highest quality poetry and prose, we organize numerous readings, performances, and book releases in New York City and across the country. http://greatweatherformedia.com 


Three Rooms Press 

Three Rooms Press, founded in 1993, initially served as a leading independent publisher of poetry, drama and art sourced from the burgeoning spoken word, music and underground art scenes in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. Since 2012, it has expanded its mission to publish cutting edge work in fiction, creative historical nonfiction, memoir, photography and art. In 2014, it will expand its line to include children’s books. Books are now offered in print and digital formats, with an emphasis on excellence in content, design and formatting. In addition, TRP produces and promotes a variety of events; since 1992 it has staged hundreds of major cultural events in San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, London and more, including readings, plays, writing workshops, seminars, dance and musical events. http://threeroomspress.com. AND This will be a particularly celebratory event, since Hala Alyan's TRP book, Atrium, was awarded the 2012 Arab American Book Award for Poetry!!! She will be on fiyah!! 


More on The Show

It's general admission, so get there early! Doors open 5:45 pm. Show starts promptly at 6. Totally cheap at $8 which includes a drink. You can't get a better deal than this for NYC so scrape up your pennies and talk to some really fun people who publish the kind o' books you love! Info at info@threeroomspress.com

Thursday, June 20, 2013

Atrium, poems by Hala Alyan, wins 2013 Arab American Book Award for Poetry

Three Rooms Press is thrilled beyond belief to announce that the winner of the 2013 Arab American Book Award for poetry is Hala Alyan for her poetry collection Atrium (Three Rooms Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-9835813-8-3).

 Established in 2006 by the Arab American National Museum, the Arab American Book Award honors significant literature by and about Arab Americans. It is the only literary competition of its type in the U.S. The Arab American Book Award was brought about by the Arab American National Museum and faculty members of the nearby University of Toledo. The winning titles are chosen by groups of selected readers including respected authors, university professors, artists and AANM staff.

The Awards are given during an invitation only event in the Fall of the award year. The AANM first gave these awards in 2007 for books published in 2006; for 2007, the number of submissions more than doubled from the inaugural year. Information about Hala and other award winners will be forthcoming on http://www.arabamericanmuseum.org/bookaward

About Atrium, Poems by Hala Alyan

(Three Rooms Press, 2012, ISBN 978-09835813-8-3, 102 Pages, Size: 6" x 9") 

 In Atrium, Alyan traces lines of global issues in personal spaces, with fervently original imagery, and a fierce passion and intense intimacy that echoes long after initial reading.

Alyan was recently tapped as a finalist in the Nazim Himet Poetry Competition, and has etched her mark on other award-winning poets who are universal in their praise:

 “Don't miss the dazzling Hala Alyan. Wow. When she says ‘the poetry like a spear,’ she isn't kidding.” —Naomi Shihab Nye;

“Hala Alyan’s poems startle us with their beautiful, enigmatic images and capture us with their passionate engagement with the world. A powerful debut.” —Chitra Divakaruni;

 “For all the stunning angularity in this vision, we do not doubt that what we are seeing and sensing here is a surprising, sharp-edged sense of the real, of a world that had been there all along, just waiting for this poet and these poems to reveal. Start to finish, these poems convey a singular vision and represent an important new voice in the international poetry arena.” —Fred Marchant

To order your copy of Atrium, click here. For wholesale and college discount information, please email info@threeroomspress.com

Thursday, June 13, 2013

June 14-22: The Old In and Out at Stage Left Theater, NYC




What happens when young newlyweds in the era of "free love" realize that "happily ever after" is the last thing they're likely to get? "The Old In and Out," a new play by Madeline Artenberg and Karen Hildebrand, directed by Kat Georges, tells the stories of four free-spirited women who, while looking for love, discover their true independent selves. Not since "The Vagina Monologues" has live theater captured the voices of contemporary women with such honesty and compassion. Adult themes and language.
A portion of profits will be donated to V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls.
The Old In and Out
A New Play
Written by Madeline Artenberg and Karen Hildebrand
Directed by Kat Georges
Starring: Holly Crane, Eloise Eonnet, Olivia Jampol and Rachel Ritacco
Opens June 14, 7:30 p.m.
Runs Friday and Saturdays thru June 22
Stage Left Studio Theater
214 West 30th Street, 6th Floor
(between 7th and 8th Avenues)
Tickets: $20, are available online at: http://the-old-in-and-out.eventbrite.com
Tickets are going fast, so may not be available at the door. 

FYI: Doors open at 7 pm. Due to the nature of this show, no one will be allowed admission after 7:25 pm. Please plan to arrive by 7:15 to ensure seating.

June 29: ¡DaDa Land in LaLa Land! at Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA 4 pm


Three Rooms Press presents

¡DADA Land in LALA Land!

A Highly Eclectic, Disruptive Performance Event Hell-Bent on Blowing Mindsplus the official West Coast launch of Maintenant 7: Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and ArtSaturday, June 29, 2013  |  4 pm | Doors open 3:45 pm

Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center 681 Venice Bl. Venice, CA 90291 Phone 1-310-822-3006

Get your DADA on as Three Rooms Press presents ¡DADA Land in LALA Land!, a wild ride of contemporary DaDa performance and poetry by leading maverick artists. The event includes the West Coast launch of the internationally-renowned Maintenant 7: Journal of Contemporary DaDa Writing and Art, which features more than 100 visual and literary works by artists and writers worldwide. The event takes place Saturday, June 29, 4-6 pm at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice. Costumes encouraged. 

Featured performers include famed playwright-poet Doug Knott (Last of the Knotts), Mike Mollett and LA DADA (Carma Bums), Joanie Fritz Zosike (DADAnewyork), and Jeff Boynton and Mona Jean Cedar (Circuitry + Poetry). Additional performers include poet Marie Lecrivain, Bibiana Padilla Maltos and Christian Georgescu. The event will be hosted by Three Rooms Press co-directors and New York-based performance artists Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges. And -- JUST ADDED! -- performance poet extraordinaire Linda J. Albertano! 

In addition, the event features the world premieres of Friends Scream for 2 Days (a mini DaDa Opera with music lyrics by Jan Michael Alejandro) and The Mirrored City (a DaDa ASL performance piece written by Jan Michael Alejandro, Jody Stevenson and Kalen Feeney, with ASL poetry by REZ). Both of these pieces will be performed by a cast of deaf actors, with ASL interpreters. 

General admission is $10; discounted admission for seniors, students and Beyond Baroque members is $5. Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center is at 681 Venice Blvd., Venice, CA 90291, phone: 310-822-3006. For additional information and reservations, email info@threeroomspress.com

Maintenant 7: A Journal of Contemporary DaDa Writing and Art (Three Rooms Press) is the most recent installment of an annual series published since 2005. The current issue features work by Jerome Rothenberg, S.A. Griffin, Scott Wannberg, Charles Plymell, Mike Watt, Gerard Malanga, AD Winans, Marc Olmsted, Claude Pelieu, Mary Beach, Brion Gysin, William Burroughs and many more. Copies will be available for purchase at the event, and are available online at http://threeroomspress.com/authors/maintenant-dada-journal/

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

May 14-20: TRP hits Berlin for CUT Intl Performance 2013 shows

Three Rooms Press hits Berlin next week for two wild performances as prt of the 2013 CUT International Performance Festival, May 14-20. We join an incredible line up of performers from Europe, Japan, Korea and more -- in fact, our first of two totally different performances kicks off the festival on Tuesday, May 14. Full festival details here: http://www.openspace32.de/Cut/Cut_e.php

Read on for what we're doing. If you're in the Berlin area next week, stop by and check us out! Whoa

Performance 1:
RIBBON CUTTING CEREMONY:
GRAND OPENING OF “THE END OF LIFE”
LOCATION: BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ
Near the Metro M5 Bombadier Flexity Tram Stop
DATE: TUESDAY, MAY 14
TIME: 7 PM

Three Rooms Press leads a group of people on a walk through Berlin Alexanderplatz station. After exactly fifteen minutes, a ribbon will be extended across the path of the group, and a banner will be erected which says “End of Life: Grand Opening” (bilingual signage). The “owner” (Peter Carlaftes) will announce that it is time for the grand opening of his new business venture “The End of Life.” Mistress of ceremonies Kat Georges will hand out disposable cameras and will stand with the “owner” for cheesy photos in front of the ribbon and banner. Then, using an oversized pair of scissors, he will cut the ribbon and allow people to enter the end of life. Once they pass by the cut ribbon, they must “die” by laying on the ground. The last person to pass through the cut ribbon will be the “owner”. The mistress of ceremonies will invite those who have not passed through the ribbon to take photos until she yells “Cut,” at which time all those who have entered The End of Life will be permitted to rise from the “dead” and leave.
Performance 2:

CUT: THE MIRACLE SESSION
LOCATION: RAW Tempel
Revaler Straße 99
D-10245 Berlin- Friedrichshain
DATE: FRIDAY, MAY 17
TIME: 9 PM

Three Rooms Press invites people of Berlin to join in as they attempt to recreate the miracle of the seven loaves and a few small fish (or was it five loaves and two fish?). A hungry crowd will gather. Performers Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges will speak until it starts to become dark in the performance space. Then a disciple or two will recommend that we send the crowd away. Three Rooms Press will reply:
"We have compassion for these people. We do not want to send them away hungry, or they may collapse on the way."
At that point seven loaves of bread and a few fish will be uncovered. The performers will look up to heaven and give thanks, then, using a knife and fork, they will attempt to feed all who are present with the available bread and fish. All the while the stage lighting will change from sunset to, by the end of the feast, the last shreds of grey dusk.


https://www.facebook.com/OpenSpaceBerlinCutThreeRoomsPress1

Here's to meeting and to raising the bar on performance art in Berlin and the world.

Tuesday, April 30, 2013

"The Old In and Out" play set for world premiere June 14 in NYC

 
 What happens when young newlyweds in the era of "free love" realize that "happily ever after" is the last thing they're likely to get? "The Old In and Out," a new play by Madeline Artenberg and Karen Hildebrand, directed by Kat Georges, tells the stories of four free-spirited women who, while looking for love, discover their true independent selves. 

Not since "The Vagina Monologues" has live theater captured the voices of contemporary women with such honesty and compassion. Adult themes and language. 

A portion of profits will be donated to V-Day, a global movement to end violence against women and girls. 

The Old In and Out

A New Two-Act Play 

Written by Madeline Artenberg and Karen Hildebrand
 
Directed by Kat Georges
 
Starring: Holly Crane, Eloise Eonnet, Olivia Jampol and Rachel Ritacco 

Opens June 14, 7:30 p.m.
 
Runs Friday and Saturdays thru June 22

Stage Left Studio Theater
 
214 West 30th Street, 6th Floor 

(between 7th and 8th Avenues) 

Tickets: $20 
Order by clicking on the EventBrite icon below or go to http://the-old-in-and-out.eventbrite.com

Friday, April 12, 2013

April 13: Rainbow Book Fair in NYC


Join Three Rooms Press and our NYC partners Great Weather for Media as we link up with books, books, books at the Fifth Annual Rainbow Book Fair, on Saturday, April 13 from noon to 6 pm. NEW LOCATION!! Holiday Inn Midtown, 440 W. 57th Street between 9th and 10th aves.

Special Table Signings at the Three Rooms Press table:
2:30-3:00 Peter Carlaftes, Author of I Fold With the Hand I Was Dealt
3:00-3:30 Robert Gibbons, Author of Close to the Tree
3:30-4:00 Jane Ormerod, Author of Welcome to the Museum of Cattle and Recreational Vehicles on Fire
4:00-4:30 Kat Georges, Author of Our Lady of the Hunger

The fair features plenty of great independent vendors, plus readings throughout the day, including featured appearances by Emanuel Xavier (If Jesus Were Gay and other poems), Lesléa Newman (October Mourning), Sarah Schulman (Israel/Palestine and the Queer International), Julian Earl Farris (The Sin Warriors) and David Leddick (The Beauty of Men Never Dies). Plus a Poetry Salon curated by Nathaniel Siegel and Regie Cabico with over 75 poets reading nonstop.

Admission is just $3 (yep, that's just three smackaroos). More info: http://rainbowbookfair.org
See you there!

April 12: All open poetry reading on death and taxes! and money! Cornelia Street Cafe, NYC



Three Rooms Press presents The (bi) Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe In honor of National Poetry Month and Tax Day

Gimme Shelters:

Right Ons and Write Offs

All-open poetry reading on the theme of taxes, tax shelters & the pros & cons of money

Friday, APRIL 12, 6 pm Cornelia Street Cafe 29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker and W. 4th St.) SPECIAL DISCOUNT ADMISSION: $8 (includes a free drink)

The open poetry mic is back at this special edition of The Monthly! It's tax season AND National Poetry Month. Do poets know about money — or the lack thereof? You bet they do! Find out all points of view as Three Rooms Press presents "Gimme Shelters: Right Ons and Write Offs," with a special discount cover price of only $8 (includes a free drink). 

Special readings of poems on the topic of money by poetry masters including Langston Hughes, Harryette Mullen, John Ashberry, Philip Larkin, Shel Silverstein and more. Plus—door prizes and a CASH PRIZE giveaway! Bring your own poems to share, or just enjoy listening! Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $12, which includes a free drink. Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village, between W. 4th Street at Bleecker (http://corneliastreecafe.com). 

Reservations and additional information: info@threeroomspress.com. Gimme Shelters is the latest installment of The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe, a unique series curated by Three Rooms Press that brings together leading poets, intellectuals, performers and budding rebels on a different topic each month. Upcoming events include: MAY 3: HAVE A NYC 2 (readings of New York-based short stories! Special $8 cover charge); JUNE 7: HYDROGEN JUKEBOX (modern poetry performed to live rock band); JULY 5: INDEPENDENT PRESS FESTIVAL!

Friday, March 29, 2013

Friday, April 5: "Illegal Leaves of Grass": Poetry, Animation & Comedy of Grass-Related ideas from Walt Whitman to the War on Drugs

In honor of National Poetry Month and 420 Day

Illegal Leaves of Grass

An exploration of grass-related ideas from Walt Whitman to the War on Drugs

Friday, APRIL 5, 6 pm 

Cornelia Street Cafe 
29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker & W. 4th St.) 
Admission: $12 (includes a free drink) 

An wild array of comics, dramatists and visual artists hit the stage as Three Rooms Press presents "Illegal Leaves of Grass: An exploration of grass-related ideas from Whitman to The War on Drugs" 

 Visual artists include DEAN HASPIEL (an Emmy-award winning animator, and creator of the Eisner Award-nominated Billy Dogma) and PETER SCHMIDEG (offering the world premiere of his animated Walt Whitman poem). Dramatists include JOHN FARRELL (founding member of NYC’s legendary Everyman Company and author/star of Off-Broadway show Walt Whitman: Time Traveler), along with PAUL DeRIENZO (detailing his "War Against the War on Drugs"). And wrapping up the show will be the hilarious sketch comedy duo BLEACH & BONG, along with stand-up comic, political activist and 2013 NYC mayoral candidate RANDY CREDICO. 

The event will include giveaways of Illegal Leaves of Grass-related dvds, books and other prizes!

Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $12, which includes a free drink. Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village, between W. 4th Street at Bleecker (http://corneliastreecafe.com). Reservations and additional information: info@threeroomspress.com

Illegal Leaves of Grass of  is the latest installment of The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe, a unique series curated by Three Rooms Press that brings together leading poets, intellectuals, performers and budding rebels on a different topic each month. Upcoming events include: APRIL 12: GIMME SHELTERS (all-open poetry reading—to account for yourself!! Special $8 cover charge); MAY 3: HAVE A NYC 2 (readings of New York-based short stories! Special $8 cover charge); JUNE 7: HYDROGEN JUKEBOX (modern poetry performed to live rock band).

Wednesday, March 20, 2013

The Launch Pad Goes Corsican: Monday, March 25! Rare Appearance By Patrizia Gattaceca!



Direct from Corsica! An Evening with Singer/Songwriter/Poet
PATRIZIA GATTACECA and Friends
Featuring the U.S. Launch of her book
Isula d’Anima / Soul Island

Renowned Corsican singer/songwriter/poet Patrizia Gattaceca travels to New York City for the launch of her first English / Corsican book Isula d’Anima / Soul Island (Three Rooms Press) at Le Poisson Rouge on Monday, March 25 at 7 pm. She will read from her book in English, French and Corsican, plus perform her music, with special guests.

PATRIZIA GATTACECA is well-known worldwide as a singer-songwriter, active in the Reacquistu (the Corsican cultural revival movement), and founder, with Patrizia Poli of the female polyphonic singing trio Les Nouvelles Polyphonies Courses, which catapulted to international fame after a stunning performance in the 1992 Winter Olympics. She has performed and recorded with John Cale, Patti Smith, Manu Dibango  and numerous other international musicians. Her poetry is remarkable: proverbs, filled with imagery of moons and mountains and sea and underneath it all, the taut sensation of loss and sorrow, the heartfelt exploration of the loneliness of the human condition, and, as well-known Corsican poet Ghjacumu Thiers describes, "the infinite within the finite." 

In addition to her creative work, Gattaceca is known as "one of the most courageous women of France." In 2007, she was accused of aiding Yvan Colonna, a suspect in the 1998 murder of Claude Érignac, the prefect of Corsica. Some background: On February 6, 1998, as he left a theater in Ajaccio, Corsica, Érignac was shot three times in the neck. An investigation identified Colonna as the prime suspect. He disappeared, sparking the biggest manhunt in French history. Colonna was captured in 2003.  

Four years later, Gattaceca was indicted for aiding Colonna in 2002 and 2003. She was shackled, brought to a Paris prison and fiercely interrogated for nearly a week. For three years, while her case was pending, she was unable to leave France, hampering her international singing career. When she finally was brought to trial in May 2010, she risked years of penal servitude for aiding Colonna. She admitted to feeding Colonna but denied that act made her a terrorist, telling Journal du Diamanche in a pretrial interview that while she disobeyed one law, she had obeyed another: “the duty to show hospitality and solidarity toward someone she considered innocent.” In July 2010, she was sentenced to time served. The prosecution immediately made an unprecedented appeal and, after numerous delays, Gattaceca is slated to go back to trial in April 2013. 

The Three Rooms Press edition of Isula d'Anima / Soul Island marks one of the world's only Corsican-English poetry books. UNESCO classifies Corsican as a potentially endangered language, although it is a key vehicle for the preservation of Corsican culture which is rich in proverbs and polyphonic song. Three Rooms Press' goal in publishing the book was to help preserve the language, and thereby the culture for future generations. 

The Launch Pad @ LPR is a series, created by Three Rooms Press in partnership with Le Poisson Rouge, which brings newly published work of established, emerging and estranged poets from around the world to the New York spotlight. Session 4 of The Launch Pad @ LPR is Monday, March 25. Doors open 6:30 pm; showtime: 7 p.m. Le Poisson Rouge is at 158 Bleecker Street (at Thompson). 

Additional information: info@threeroomspress.com.

Thursday, February 21, 2013

March 15: Dada Poetry/Performance Festival @ Cornelia Street Cafe


The Sixth Annual 

NYC Dada Poetry and Performance Salon

featuring the NYC launch of 

Maintenant 7: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art

plus live reading & performances by

  • Experimental poet JEROME ROTHENBERG
  • Romanian Dada descendent VALERY OISTEANU
  • The Duke of Dada PETER CARLAFTES
  • Electronica Music/Performance by BANLIEUE QUEENS
  • DADAnewyork LOIS KAGAN MINGUS & ROBERT HIEGER
  • New Jersey Dada JOHN J. TRAUSE 
  • Los Angeles Dada JAN MICHAEL ALEJANDRO

Friday, March 15, 6 pm
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker & W. 4th St.)

NEW YORK—Modern day Dada poets, collagists, performers and artists are creating controversial and thrilling work that continues the spirit of the avant garde art movement sprung from disgust with World War I. Their work will be featured at 6th Annual NYC Dada Poetry and Performance Salon—and launch for Maintenant 7: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing and Art—on Friday, March 15, 6 pm at Cornelia Street Cafe. Featured performers include visual/sound poet Jerome Rothenberg, Romanian Dada madman Valery Oisteanu, the maverick Duke of Dada Peter Carlaftes, vibrant DADAnewyork performance artists Lois Kagan Mingus and Robert Hieger, and surprise guests. The event is sponsored by Three Rooms Press.

The first 10 people will receive a free copy Maintenant 7 and all will be eligible to win Dada-related prizes including books, dvds, photographs and more.

Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $12, which includes a free drink. Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village, between W. 4th Street at Bleecker (http://corneliastreecafe.com). Reservations and additional information: info@threeroomspress.com. 

Maintenant 7: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing & Art is the sixth edition of an annual collection of contemporary Dada work inspired by Dada instigator and Three Rooms Press spiritual advisor Arthur Cravan. Since 2008, the Three Rooms Press series has collected outsider art, poetry, mail art, collages and more from around the world. This year's issue, edited by Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges, features an essay about Marcel Duchamp's seminal work Fresh Widow by New York gallery owner Francis Naumann, poetry by American writers Gerard Malanga, Andy Clausen, Roger Conover, Charles Plymell, Mike Watt, W.K. Stratton and Jerome Rothenberg, and an expanded selection of work by leading European, Asian and Central American dadaists including Tomomi Adachi, Jaap Blonk, Lucille Calmel, Jelle Meander, Philip Meersman, Ulf Stolterfoht, J.L. Rodríguez Pittí and many more.  

The original Dada movement peaked from 1916-1922, primarily involved visual arts, literature—poetry, art manifestoes, art theory—theatre, and graphic design, and concentrated its anti-war politics through a rejection of the prevailing standards in art through anti-art cultural works. Its purpose was to ridicule what its participants considered to be the meaninglessness of the modern world. In addition to being anti-war, dada was also anti-bourgeois and anarchist in nature.

The Dada Salon is the latest installment of The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe, a unique series curated by Three Rooms Press that brings together leading poets, intellectuals, performers and budding rebels on a different topic each month. Upcoming events include: APRIL 3: ILLEGAL LEAVES OF GRASS (a tribute to Walt Whitman and an exploration of the movement to legalize marijuana); MAY 3: HAVE A NYC 2 (readings of New York-based short stories); JUNE 7: HYDROGEN JUKEBOX (modern poetry performed to live rock band).