02/05/16: 3rd Annual NYC William S. Burroughs Birthday Tribute featuring Genesis Breyer P-Orridge

Three Rooms Press presents BURROUGHS 10.2, the third annual celebration of the birthday of Beat icon and postmodern trailblazer William S. Burroughs, plus a special tribute to fellow wild boy David Bowie, on Friday, February 5, at Cornelia Street Cafe. 

The event will be highlighted by work from renowned performance artist Genesis P-Orridge, Burroughs readings by poet Aimee Herman and jazz poet/collagist Steve Dalachinsky; a re-enactment of the 1974 Rolling Stone Magazine conversation between William Burroughs and David Bowie, plus a moving singalong to favorite Bowie songs led by (direct from The Late Show) singer/guitarist Davey Patterson. Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges host. 

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/).  Additional details: info@threeroomspress.com.

What a Great Event!: Last Boat to Yokohama Inaugural Launch 5/19/15 at Cornelia Street Cafe

Amazing launch celebration last night for the extraordinary book LAST BOAT TO YOKOHAMA: The Life and Times of Beate Sirota Gordon. As a lifelong feminist, I'm very proud to have published this book about such an incredible woman! If you have never heard of her, start here. Then consider having a look at this wonderful new book on Amazon.  Many thanks to authors Nassrine Azimi and Michel Wasserman who traveled from Japan for this event. We're having a second launch tonight at The Rubin Museum. A few tickets are still left. Get them here.

Here are some photos from this moving and compelling event.

Last Boat to Yokohama authors Michel Wasserman and Nassrine Azimi 

Beate Sirota Gordon's daughter Nicole Gordon and son Geoffrey Paul Gordon

Nassrine Azimi, Nicole Gordon, Geoffrey Paul Gordon and Michel Wasserman

At the after party with Nassrine Azimi and Michel Wasserman

Author Nassrine Azimi explains how Beate Sirota Gordon inspired her.

Author Michel Wasserman discusses interviewing Beate Sirota Gordon for Last Boat to Yokohama.

Composer and musicologist Raphael Mostel shares personal memories of Beate Sirota Gordon.

Music archaeologist Allen Evans reveals how he uncovered original of famed classical pianist Leo Sirota, Beate's father.

Prominent attorney and teacher Nicole Gordon shares memories of her mother, Beate Sirota Gordon.

Three Rooms Press co-director Peter Carlaftes describes how Three Rooms Press became involved in publishing Last Boat to Yokohama.

Actor/playwright Geoffrey Paul Gordon reads a moving elegy to his mother, Beate from Last Boat to Yokohama

5/19: LAST BOAT TO YOKOHAMA Inaugural NYC Launch at Cornelia Street Cafe

 

Three Rooms Press cordially invites you to attend the inaugural launch of the extraordinary biography LAST BOAT TO YOKOHAMA: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF BEATE SIROTA GORDON, Tuesday, May 19, 6 pm, at Cornelia Street Cafe. 

The event will feature readings by authors Nassrine Azimi and Michel Wasserman, a special presentation by composer/musician and Beate associate Raphael Mostel, and readings by Nicole Gordon (attorney, teacher and Beate's daughter) and Geoffrey Paul Gordon (playwright, actor and Beate's son). Admission is $8, which includes a free beverage. Books will be available at the event for signing and purchase. 

In 1946, a remarkable woman secretly helped create Japan’s new constitution, writing an article that mandated equal rights for all women in Japan. Few could imagine that Article 24 was the work of a 22-year-old Vienna-born, naturalized American woman of Ukrainian-Jewish descent who had grown up in Japan. Her name was Beate Sirota, and to this day she remains an idol for generations of Japanese women. This extraordinary biography includes a foreword by Beate, an in-depth look at her father, the world-renowned classical pianist Leo Sirota, personal diaries from the World War II era by her mother, Augustine, as well as a detailed overview of Beate’s life, including the ongoing impact of her contributions to the Japanese constitution, as well as her personal impact on world ­culture fostered by four decades of dedication to introducing authentic dance, theater, and music of the Far East to American audiences.

High Praise for LAST BOAT TO YOKOHAMA and Beate Sirota Gordon

"All of us have a lot to learn from Beate Gordon—a woman with the courage to match her convictions." —Yoko Ono 

"An important book. Every woman on both sides of the Pacific should know about Beate Sirota Gordon and what she did for the women of Japan." —Martha Burk, Money Editor, Ms. Magazine; Director, Corporate Accountability Project, NCWO; Equal Time with Martha Burk, KSFR 

"Last Boat to Yokohama is a necessary addition to myriad of books written about World War II. It is complementary to Beate Sirota Gordon’s memoir The Only Woman in the Room and deserves a place in any school, public or personal library.” —Anne Lee, Shojo Power

"Anything about the remarkable Beate Gordon is interesting. And that's too mild an adjective.  Nassrine Azimi and Michel Wasserman continue this tradition in their splendid new book, LAST BOAT TO YOKOHAMA.  I was lucky enough to know Beate and my admiration for her is unlimited. You must get a copy for yourself. I will not lend mine." —Dick Cavett, talk show host, actor and writer 

"Beate Gordon was an amazing woman who was a pioneer in many ways. What she did as a woman in helping to create Japan’s new constitution is historic. She introduced to me Suzushi Hanayagi. We collaborated on 15 major works for opera and theatre. Suzushi changed my life. It was the wisdom of Beate to bring us together. Few women of the 20th century have had her courage and vision. She did in the 20th century what Admiral Perry did in the mid 19th century." —Robert Wilson, experimental theater director and playwright 

"An inspiring book about an inspiring woman." —Tommy Koh, Ambassador-at-Large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore; and Chairperson, Water Leaders Summit 

"A fascinating book about an extraordinary woman." —BookPleasures 

“[Beate Gordon’s] contribution in drafting language about women's rights for the new constitution was instrumental in effecting significant cultural change.  Later, she would pursue a career in the performing arts in New York, where through her work at the Japan Society she brought the very essence of what was precious in Japanese culture and art to America. Read LAST BOAT TO YOKOHAMA and be inspired by her remarkable life." —Yo-Yo Ma, cellist 

For more information about this event or LAST BOAT TO YOKOHAMA, please email Three Rooms Press at info@threeroomspress.com

Three Rooms Press presents The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe

Dog Daze

Celebrating the Dog Days of Summer 
with Poems & Stories By and About NYC’s Favorite Pets

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 6 PM

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

Featured performers:
PAM BELLUCK New York Times health and science reporter and author (Island Practice)
TOM RAGÚ Comedian, host of "The Tom Ragú Sit-Down Comedy Show” and "Tom Ragú and Friends”
T.C. GARDSTEIN Poet, editor, astrologer, performer; author of Circuit
TIA LEWIS Short story author and Cornell University student

Plus hosts PETER CARLAFTES and KAT GEORGES

Hot enough for ya? Duh! The Dog Days of Summer are here. Cool off as Three Rooms Press celebrate the Dog Daze, a literary salon with stories and poems by and about NYC’s favorite pets (don’t worry — we’ll cover cats too!). Friday, August 1, 6 pm at Cornelia Street Cafe. Our featured lineup includes New York Times health and science writer PAM BELLUCK (Island Practice); professor, writer, pundit and political satirist TOM RAGÚ (comedian, host of “The Tom Ragú Sit-Down Comedy Show” and “Tom Ragú and Friends”); poet, editor, astrologer T.C. GARDSTEIN (Circuit) plus the debut performance of short story writer & Cornell University Student TIA LEWIS. Three Rooms Press co-directors Peter Carlaftes and Kat (not Cat!) Georges will co-host the event.

DOG DAZE READING

Friday, August 1, 6 pm 
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (btwn W. 4th and Bleecker) 212-989-9319

Admission $8 (includes a free drink) Details: info@threeroomspress.com

DOG DAZE 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. THREE ROOMS PRESS is a New York-based, fiercely independent publisher inspired by Dada, Punk and Passion. CORNELIA STREET CAFE is a Greenwich Village institution offering live jazz and literary events 7 nights a week, plus delicious food and superb drinks.

3/7: Women on Top: feat. Annie Finch, Beth Lisick, Angelica Page, Hettie Jones, Amber Atiya

WOMEN ON TOP:

Five Phenomenal Perspectives

A NATIONAL WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH CELEBRATION

Featuring readings and performances by these incredible artists:

Annie Finch | Beth Lisick  

Angelica Page | Hettie Jones | Amber Atiya

and host Kat Georges

Friday, March 7, 2014, 6 pm Cornelia St Cafe, NYC

29 Cornelia Street | between W. 4th & Bleecker 212-989-9313 | www.corneliastreetcafe.com 

To celebrate National Women’s History Month, Three Rooms Press presents “WOMEN ON TOP: Five Fresh Perspectives” at Cornelia Street Cafe Friday, March 7 at 6 pm. The event features readings and performances by five passionate, irreverent and intense women writers, artists and cultural leaders including writer/actor Angelica Page, poet/activist Hettie Jones, writer/performer Beth Lisick, poet Amber Atiya and poet/performer/mentor Annie Finch. Three Rooms Press Co-Director Kat Georges hosts.

Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $12 which includes a free beer, wine or soft 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

The event is part of THE MONTHLY series at Cornelia Street Cafe, hosted by Three Rooms Press, which brings together writers, artists, philosophers and scientists to delve into a different theme each month from divergent perspectives. Past themes have included conspiracy theories (on the 50th anniversary of JFK’s assassination), Illegal Leaves of Grass, an exploration of grass-related ideas from Walt Whitman to the War on Drugs, and notable literary figures including Charles Bukowski and William Burroughs.

Three Rooms Press is a New York-based leading independent publisher of cut-the-edge creative content, including poetry, translations, drama, literary fiction, creative historical nonfiction, memoir, photography and art. Recent and forthcoming books include Lisa Panepinto's ON THIS BORROWED BIKE, Janet Hamill’s TALES FROM THE ETERNAL CAFE (with an introduction by Patti Smith); MIKE WATT: ON AND OFF BASS, a photo memoir by the great punk rock bass player; and the forthcoming novels THE WRITERS AFTERLIFE by Richard Vetere and LIGHT OF THE DIDDICOY by Eamon Loingsigh. http://threeroomspress.com

Annie Finch is a poet permformer and mentor who "speaks for something larger than the ego" according to UC Berkeley professor Charles Altieri: http://anniefinch.com; Winner of numerous awards, Annie’s poetry has been featured on Def Poetry Jam, National Public Radio, and Voice of America, in journals such as Poetry, Kenyon Review, Yale Review, Hudson Review, and Paris Review, and in many anthologies, most recently The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century American Poetry, and author of six books of poetry including Eve, Calendars, Among the Goddesses, and Spells: New and Selected Poems.

Beth Lisick is a New York Times bestselling author and performer who has blown away audiences the world over: http://bethlisick.com; She is the author of five books: the memoir collection Yokohama Threeway and Other Small Shames, the New York Times bestselling comic memoir Everybody Into the Pool, the gonzo self-help manifesto Helping Me Help Myself, the story collection This Too Can Be Yours, and the performance poetry/story collection Monkey Girl.

Angelica Page is a playwright/performer of the highest possible voltage: http://angelicapage.com; She most recently starred on Broadway in the Tony nominated The Best Man, is currently developing her memoir-play Turning Page, as well as documentary film and book of selected memoirs about her mother, the legendary Geraldine Page.

Hettie Jones has been a mover/shaker since the Beats and the author of How I Became Hettie Jones: http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/444; She is currently involved with PEN American Center's Prison Writing committee and runs a writing workshop at the New York State Correctional Facility for Women at Bedford Hills. Hettie Jones lives in New York City, where she writes and teaches at The New School.

Amber Atiya is an uncompromising queer poet and powerful performer: http://www.drunkenboat.com/db14/1poe/atiya/; Yes, Amber Atiya is a queer poet. Yes, she performs (Theater for the New City, Fashion Institute of Technology, Lehman College, Nuyorican Poets Café, etc.) and has been published (Cartier Street Review, Word Riot, Brownstone Poets Anthology, and Coloring Book, an anthology of multicultural writers, with work forthcoming in A Gathering of the Tribes). Yes, she is co-founder of a weekly women’s writing group, currently celebrating its nine year anniversary.

02/07: NAKED BURROUGHS: 100 Year Tribute to William S. Burroughs feat. PENNY ARCADE

Three Rooms Press presents NAKED BURROUGHS: a 100 Year celebration of Beat icon and postmoderns trailblazer William S. Burroughs on Friday, February 7, at Cornelia Street Cafe. The event will be highlighted by tribute readings and discussions by performance artist and Burroughs associate Penny Arcade, poet Steve Dalachinsky and spoken word artist Kat Georges. Also on tap will be an audience group reading of an excerpt from Burroughs’ iconic masterpiece NAKED LUNCH. Three Rooms Press co-director Peter Carlaftes hosts.

Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $8 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/).

Info and reservations: info@threeroomspress.com. For additional press details, including photos, interviews and press passes, please call Peter Carlaftes at 212-731-0574.

Information on key performers:

Penny Arcade is a performance artist, actress and playwright, best known for her show Bitch!Dyke!Faghag!Whore!  She has worked with numerous underground film and theater artists including John Vaccaro’s Playhouse of the Ridiculous, Jack Smith, Charles Ludlam, Quentin Crisp and Andy Warhol. She is a co-founder of the Lower East Side Biography Project, an oral history of New York’s Bohemian culture from the 50s to the present.

Steve Dalachinsky is a New York downtown poet and author of the PEN Award-winning book The Final Nite & Other Poems (2006). Dalachinsky's main influences are the Beats, Blake, The Odyssey, obsession, socio-political angst, human disappointment, music (especially Jazz), and visual art with leanings toward abstraction. His work, for the most part is spontaneous and leans towards transforming the image rather than merely describing it, in what he now refers to as transformative description/descriptive transformation.

Kat Georges is a New York spoken word artist, designer and co-director of Three Rooms Press. Her books include the poetry collection Our Lady of the Hunger and Punk Rock Journal. She will read an excerpt from Burroughs’ classic novella Junky.

About the Monthly:

THE MONTHLY at Cornelia Street Cafe, hosted by Three Rooms Press, 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.

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. Books include Janet Hamill’s TALES FROM THE ETERNAL CAFE (with an introduction by Patti Smith); MIKE WATT: ON AND OFF BASS, a photo memoir by the great punk rock bass player; and the forthcoming novels THE WRITERS AFTERLIFE by Richard Vetere and LIGHT OF THE DIDDICOY by Eamon Loingsigh.

Joel Allegretti and John J. Trause Strike Up the Poets at Son of a Pony this Friday 10/19

Three Rooms Press & Cornelia Street Café  present Son of a Pony Poetry Reading Series

Friday, October 19, 2012: Featured Poets: JOEL ALLEGRETTI and JOHN J. TRAUSE; PLUS NYC's Most Lovely Open POETRY Mike; Hosted by Kat Georges

The infamous Son of a Pony Poetry Reading series at Cornelia Street Cafe continues its fall classic with an October 19 reading featuring two of the most unique voices on the East Coast: Joel Allegretti and John J. Trause are featured, plus you are invited to join the stupendous open reading.

JOHN J. TRAUSE, said to be the secret love child of Henri Langlois and Mary Meerson (or is it Marie Menken and Willard Maas?), is the author most recently of Inside Out, Upside Down, and Round and Round (Nirala Publications), as well as Seriously Serial (Poets Wear Prada), and Latter-Day Litany, the latter staged Off-Off Broadway.  He has shared the stage with Steven Van Zandt, Anne Waldman, Karen Finley, and Jerome Rothenberg and the page with William Carlos Williams, Richard Kostelanetz, Lita Hornick, Woody Allen, Ted Kooser, and Pope John Paul II.  Aside from his literary work, his artwork has been exhibited in The MoMA Staff Show and elsewhere, and is in the permanent collection of The Museum of Menstruation.  At various times in his life he has been mistaken for being a priest, a policeman, a pimp, and a pornographer.  One does not know what is more impressive, his book collection or his array of turtlenecks. 

Joel Allegretti is the author of four collections of poetry: Europa/ Nippon/ New York: Poems/ Not-Poems (Poets Wear Prada, 2012); Thrum (Poets Wear Prada, 2010); Father Silicon (The Poet’s Press, 2006), selected by The Kansas City Star as one of 100 Noteworthy Books of 2006, a list that included novels by Cormac McCarthy and Thomas Pynchon; and The Plague Psalms (The Poet’s Press, 2000). Allegretti’s poems have appeared in Smartish Pace, PANK, The New York Quarterly, Maintenant: A Journal of Contemporary Dada Writing & Art, MARGIE, Fulcrum and many other national journals, as well as in The Best American Poetry blog.

Plus--the exciting Son of a Pony open reading, hosted by the indefatigable Kat Georges. YOU are invited to read your poetry! Sign up at 5:45 p.m.;  open reading begins at 6 p.m. Admission is $8, which includes a free drink.  Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village of New York City (between W. 4th Street and Bleecker). 212-989-9319

Poets Peter Murphy & Maxine Patroni Read at NYC's Cornelia Street Cafe July 20th

Three Rooms Press & Cornelia Street Café 

present Son of a Pony Poetry Reading Series

Friday, July 20, 2012

Featured Poet: Peter E. Murphy

Spotlight Poet: Maxine Patroni

PLUS NYC's Terrific Open POETRY Mike; with special guest host Karen Hildebrand

Peter E. Murphy was born in Wales and grew up in New York City where he operated heavy equipment, managed a night club, and drove a cab. He is the author of a book of poems, Stubborn Child, and a chapbook, Thorough & Efficient. His unique poetry writing assignments have recently been collected in Challenges for the Delusional. Recipient of six Poetry Fellowships from the NJ State Council on the Arts, he teaches poetry writing at Richard Stockton College and directs the annual Winter Poetry and Prose Getaway and other programs for writers and teachers. www.MurphyWriting.com

Maxine Patroni recently graduated from New York University with her MFA in Poetry. While there, she worked as a Writer in the Public Schools Fellow, volunteered for NYU's Goldwater Hospital Program, and was an intern at The Cornelia Street Cafe. Her work has appeared in The Literary Review.

Plus--the invigorating Son of a Pony open reading, hosted by the rapturous special guest host Karen Hildebrand. YOU are invited to read your poetry! Go For It! Doors open at 5:45 p.m.;  open reading begins at 6 p.m. Admission is $8, which includes a free drink.  Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village of New York City (between W. 4th Street and Bleecker). 212-989-9319

Three Rooms Press & Cornelia Street Café present Son of a Pony Poetry Reading Series
Featured poet: Andy Clausen; Spotlight poet: Pamela Twining
PLUS NYC's Sensational Open POETRY Mike; Hosted by Kat Georges
Friday, February 3, 6 pm

Three Rooms Press is pleased to present one of our favorite poets: the incredible Andy Clausen, who will be sharing the spotlight with one of his favorite poets: the phenomenal Pamela Twining. Favorites in February? Check this out.

In 1968, ANDY CLAUSEN signalled the intensity of his energetic spoken word recital when he performed naked save for an American flag tie at the Conference Of Small Magazine Editors and Publishers in Berkeley. The following month, when Allen Ginsberg caught a glimpse of Clausen at the Rolling Renaissance readings in San Francisco, he thought he was seeing the young Neal Cassady. Allen Ginsberg not only called him the "Future of American Poetry" but in the introduction to Without Doubt, said he would take a chance on a "President Clausen." Clausen has taught at Naropa University and given readings and lectures at many universities, prisons, poetry conferences, and cafes at home and around the world. He has worked for poetry in the schools agencies in California, New Jersey, Colorado and New York. He is presently working on memoirs of his friendship and adventures with Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso and many others of the Beat Generation. "Andy, I may give your life structure, but you are the Miracle Worker of this team." ~ Janine Pommy Vega

PAMELA TWINING is the author of "i have been a river . . ." and is "a poet of the highest order," according to Donald Lev, poet, actor and publisher of Home Planet News. Chris Wood notes that her poetry "will leave you standing beside quiet waters, listening to the rustling of wind-tossed leaves, longing for her unique voice; poetry which beacons the spirit to wake, and draws us into the ever-present magic of the word."

The featured reading follows the renowned Son of a Pony open reading at the cafe, hosted and curated by the dynamic Kat Georges. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.; 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

COMING UP:

Friday, Feb 10:
Son of a Pony Special Editions!!
Featured reader: Michael T. Fournier; Spotlight poet: Lisa Panepinto
PLUS NYC's Sensational Open POETRY Mike; Hosted by Kat Georges
(normally we don't run on the SECOND Friday, but the venue was kind enough to offer this rare opportunity, so come on down and let us justify their faith!

MICHAEL T. FOURNIER is a poet, novelist and essayist, who's new  novel, Hidden Wheel explores the conflict and resolutions between art and technology. His book-length discussion of the Minutemen’s 1984 album “Double Nickels On The Dime” is the 45th installment of Continuum Press’s “33 1/3” series. His writing has appeared in Pennsylvania English, Stolen Island Review, Pitchfork, Fluke, Chunklet and the Boston Phoenix. He has taught literature and punk rock history at Emerson College, Tufts University and University of Maine. LISA PANEPINTO is tha author of Island Dreams, a chapbook (Cabildo Press). She lives in Orono, Maine, and is one of our fave poets!


VERY SPECIAL SHOW!!
Friday, February 17, 6 pm
Featured reader: Janet Hamill performing with Lost Ceilings
PLUS NYC's Sensational Open POETRY Mike; Hosted by Kat Georges
Neo-Surrealist JANET HAMILL has performed widely in NYC, across the country and in Europe at museums, venues and festivals such as St. Marks Church, The People’s Poetry Gathering, The Walt Whitman Cultural Center, the Andy Warhol Museum, The Rubin Museum, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and Patti Smith’s Meltdown Festival in London. She has released two CD’s of spoken word and music in collaboration with the band Moving Star (Bob Torsello, Jay LoRubbio and Greg Feller, all members of the band Shrubs).  Flying Nowhere (Yes No Maybe Records, 2000) was produced by Lenny Kaye and executive-produced by Bob Holman; the CD featured cameo performances by Lenny Kaye and Patti Smith.  Genie of the Alphabet (Not Records 2005), produced by Janet Hamill and Bob Torsello, featured cameos by Lenny Kaye, Patti Smith, Bob Holman and beat legend David Amram.   Moving Star, now reconfigured as Lost Ceilings with new guitarist Mark McNutt, is presently developing material for their first CD.

NYC Native Linda Lerner & Andrew Boston set to spark up Son of a Pony Friday Jan. 20

Three Rooms Press & Cornelia Street Café present

SON OF A PONY Poetry Reading Series

FRIDAY, January 20, 6 pm

Featured poet: Linda Lerner

Spotlight poet: Andrew Boston

PLUS NYC's Sensational Open POETRY Mike

Hosted by Kat Georges

Following a raucous time to kickstart 2012 at the 4th Annual NYC Charles Bukowski Poetry Reading on January 6th, Son of a Pony shimmers again on Friday, January 20 with featured readings by NY native Linda Lerner, rock solid up and comer Andrew Boston, and NYC's best open reading, hosted by Three Room Press's stimulating Kat Georges.

LINDA LERNER's most recent poetry collection "Takes Guts & Years Sometimes" (NY Quarterly Books, 2011) is a heartfelt work that examines how to maintain a sense of beauty and humor in the face of adversity. Lerner has authored 12 other poetry collection; several were Small Press Reviews' picks. Her work has been published in numerous journals including New York Quarterly, Onthebus, Van Gog's Ear, Lips, and more. A native New Yorker, she has read widely throughout the U.S.

ANDREW BOSTON recently released his first chapbook "Elvis at 21." His work has been published in the Uphook press anthology "Gape seed" and he hosts a Sunday reading series at ABC No Rio on the Lower East Side. He is currently studying at NYU and serving as poetry editor for the upcoming issue of Tribes magazine.

The featured reading follows the renowned Son of a Pony open reading at the cafe, hosted and curated by the dynamic Kat Georges. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.;  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

Gary Indiana and Jeffrey Cyphers Wright at Son of a Pony NYC 12/2

Three Rooms Press and
Cornelia Street Cafe

present

SON OF A PONY 
Poetry Reading Series

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2011
6 pm

Featured poet: Gary Indiana

Spotlight poet: Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

PLUS NYC's Sensational Open POETRY Mike

Hosted by Kat Georges

GARY INDIANA is the author of several poetry books, plays and novels, the most recent of which is The Shanghai Gesture. His collaboration with Louise Bourgeois, To Whom It May Concern, was published in 2011 by Robert Violette Editions.

JEFFREY CYPHERS WRIGHT is best known as a poet and author of 11 books of verse. He is also the former publisher of Cover and is currently the editor of Live Mag! His artwork has been in numerous shows, most recently at Tribes Gallery. He writes criticism for Artnexus and The Brooklyn Rail. www.livemagnyc.com

The featured reading follows the renowned Son of a Pony open reading at the cafe, hosted and curated by Kat Georges. Doors open at 5:45 p.m.;  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

Poet Pamela Sneed Rocks Her Words at Cornelia Street Cafe Friday, Oct. 1

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010 6 PM
CORNELIA STREET CAFE
SON OF A PONY POETRY SERIES
Featured poet PAM SNEED
plus NYC's Best Open POETRY Mike
Hosted by Kat Georges

Pamela Sneed is a New York-based poet, performer, writer and actress. She is the author of Imagine Being More Afraid of Freedom Than Slavery, published by Henry Holt (1998.) And KONG and other works published by Vintage Entity press 2009.

Sneed is the recipient of the 2006 BAX award for performance. She has been featured in the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Source, Time Out, VIBE, Karl Lagerfeld's "Off The Record," on the cover of New York Magazine and in 2009 her work appeared in Essence magazine.

Recent & forthcoming publications include work in The 100 Best African American Poems edited by Nikki Giovanni (Nov. 2010),and Best American Short Plays. In 2001, 2002, and in 2005 she headlined the New Work Now Festival at Joe's Pub/Public Theater and performed before sold out houses.

The featured reading follows the fabulous Son of a Pony open reading at the cafe. Poet/convivial 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

3rd Annual Dada Poetry Salon Friday, March 19, Cornelia St. Cafe

What: Dada Poetry Salon
When: March 19, 2009, 6-8 pm
Where: Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia St., NY, NY 10014
Cost: $7 (includes free house drink)
Costumes encouraged!

It's back! And better than ever. The third annual edition of the very special one-night-only DaDa Poetry Salon, with DaDa hostess Kat Georges!

Featured guest poets will include DaDa superstars including boxer/poet Arthur Cravan and dada manifesto creator Tristan Tzara, brought back to life for this special event. Plus: new videos, book giveaways and more. The first 50 people will receive a free copy of the inaugural and only issue of Maintenant 4 (inspired by Arthur Cravan's 1915 Maintenant magazine, the first 'zine ever produced!). Included in the FREE zine is a special limited edition CD of contemporary Dada music and Wordscapes.

Wear your favorite Dada fashion, bring your Dada-inspired poetry for the open reading (sign up at 5:45, limited spaces available!).

Poet Alfred Celentano plus Lorca Tribute Friday at Cornelia Street Cafe

Poet Alfred Celentano has lived in and around New York all his life, and works in New York City. He has been writing poetry for over 25 years. He also plays guitar and started writing poetry as lyrics for songs. His work has been published in several periodicals, including the Bay Area Poets Coalition in San Francisco and Philadelphia Poets.

Frederico García Lorca, the most important Spanish poet and dramatist of the 20th century, came to New York in 1929, writing many great poems during his one-year stay here. Celebrate the 80th anniversary of Lorca's New York days by bringing your favorite Lorca poem to read in either English or Spanish or both.

The featured readings will follow an open reading at the cafe. Poet/raconteur 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

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20 | 6 PM
CORNELIA STREET CAFE
SON OF A PONY
Featured reader: Alfred Celentano
PLUS
Special tribute to the poetry of Federico García Lorca
Host: Kat Georges
$7 includes free drink

Poet Alan Harawitz features at Cornelia Street Friday, November 6, with Scott Wannberg & David Smith plus open reading

Widely-published New York poet Alan Harawitz will be the featured poet, reading new and selected works, at the terrific Son of a Pony poetry series on Friday, November 6th, 6 p.m., at Cornelia Street Cafe in Greenwich Village.

Harawitz' poems have appeared in about 70 publications including Rattle; Poet Lore; Fugue; Pivot; Open Spaces; Pearl; Roanoke Review; California Quarterly; Red Wheelbarrow; and Main Street Rag among others.
Two mini-featured readings will be given by visiting troubadours David Smith and Scott Wannberg. Smith's most recent book "White Time" is on Off Beat Pulp Press. Wannberg's book "Strange Movie Full of Death" (on Viggo Mortenson's Perceval Press) has received rave reviews in the blogosphere.
The featured readings will follow an open reading at the cafe. Poet/racanteour 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

Poet John Amen on the Pedestal at Cornelia Street Cafe Friday, Oct. 16

John Amen, a well-known poet and notable editor of award-winning bimonthly literary journal, The Pedestal Magazine, will read from his new collection At the Threshold of Alchemy on October 16th, 6 p.m., at Cornelia Street Cafe in Greenwich Village.

Amen is the author of three collections of poetry: Christening the Dancer (Uccelli Press 2003), More of Me Disappears (Cross-Cultural Communications 2005), and At the Threshold of Alchemy (Presa 2009), and has released two folk/folk rock CDs, All I’ll Never Need and Ridiculous Empire (Cool Midget 2004, 2008). His poetry has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including, most recently, Rattle, The New York Quarterly, The International Poetry Review, Gargoyle, and Blood to Remember. He is also an artist, working primarily with acrylics on canvas. Amen travels widely giving readings, doing musical performances, and conducting workshops. Amen is also well known as the founder and editor of the award-winning literary bimonthly, The Pedestal Magazine (www.thepedestalmagazine.com).

His reading will follow an open reading at the cafe. Poet/racanteour 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

Poet Matthew Hupert Ignites Cornelia Street Cafe This Friday

Getting into the last month of summer and what better way to celebrate than by going to a poetry reading at the wonderful Cornelia Street Cafe in olde' Greenwich Village.


Matthew Hupert is a multi-media artist, a writer, and that rarest of birds - the native new-yorker. He is the Founder of the Neuronautic Institute, Chairman of The NALF (New Amsterdam Liberation Front, which is dedicated to returning new york city back to the dutch) and president of the Norman Bates School of Motel Management. He believes the primary role of the Artist is to be the stick that your Zen master smacks you in the head with. His poetry has been published in "The Formalist", the dadaist journal "Maintenant3", and the Anthology "150 contemporary sonnets." He has self published 4 chapbooks, and has a major book publication coming.

Son of a Pony is NYC's most beloved Poetry Reading Series. Open mike before the feature, hosted by the inimitable Kat Georges--arrive early to sign up. Everyone is welcome to participate: from novices to poet laureates. Cornelia Street Cafe is known as a launching pad for superstars so you never know who might show up to revisit their roots or try out new material. Poets and artists spotted at Cornelia Street include Mark Strand, Paul Violi, Ira Cohen, David Amram, Judith Molina, Suzanne Vega, Eve Ensler and the list goes on and on.

Admission just $7, and that includes free drink.

Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (btwn W. 4th & Bleecker)
212-989-9319
Info: threeroomspress@mac.com

Harold Norse Memorial Reading: Monday, July 20, Cornelia St. Cafe

A memorial reading and poets’ tribute will celebrate the life of writer Harold Norse (who died June 8, 2009), at 6 p.m., Monday, July 20 at Cornelia Street Café in Greenwich Village.

The reading is co-curated by poet and Beat scholars Valery Oisteanu and Kat Georges. The line up of scheduled readers is made up of Norse’s friends, colleagues and fans including: Ira Cohen, Max Blagg, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Steve Dalachinsky, Shelley Miller, Angelo Verga, Tom Walker, George Wallace and others.

Born 1916, in New York City, Norse earned degrees at Brooklyn College and NYU, before becoming--at age 22 in 1939--a member of W. H. Auden's inner circle. William Carlos Williams called him “the best poet of your generation.” Norse lived in the “Beat Hotel” in Paris, 1960-63, with William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso. There he wrote his experimental cut-up novel, Beat Hotel, now in its 30th printing. In 1974, City Lights published Norse’s Hotel Nirvana: Selected Poems, establishing him among the leading Beat poets.

He was nominated for the 1974 National Book Award. He was also recognized for his work "Memoirs of a Bastard Angel," which documents his relationships with W. H. Auden, Christopher Isherwood, e.e. cummings, Tennessee Williams, William Carlos Williams, James Baldwin, Dylan Thomas, Burroughs, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Bukowski, Robert Graves, Anais Nin, Paul and Jane Bowles and many more. He continued to write until his death this month in San Francisco.

Cornelia Street Café is at 29 Cornelia St. (between W. 4th St. & Bleecker), near the W. 4th Street A-B-C-D-E-F-V. Admission is $7, which includes a free drink. For reservations and additional information, call 212-731-0574 or email threeroomspress@mac.com.

Primiere Poet Angelo Verga at Cornelia Street Friday, Feb. 20

Angelo Verga's new poetry book, "Praise for What Remains" (Three Rooms Press) is a real gem, one of those books you start and can't put down. It's unlike anything I've seen and I've been read it now about 10 times.

Catch this one-time only complete reading of an amazing artist at New York's fabulous Cornelia Street Cafe Friday Feb. 20, 6 p.m.

Angelo Verga has been very widely published in the Americas & Europe. His six collections of poems include 33 NYC Poems (Booklyn, 2005), and A Hurricane Is (Jane Street, 2003). Verga promotes poetry in public spaces, notably The Cornelia Street Cafe where he curates over 300 literary events per year. He lives & writes in a highrise above the western edge of Manhattan with the Statue of Liberty as his night light.

In the amazing "Praise for What Remains," Verga takes on the capitalistic greed that multiplied exponentially in the last decade, and the resultant financial mecca that is now in the process of imploding. His takes are alternately tender and merciless, tearing down every sacred cow with poetry that explodes off the page in its confident stance.

Open reading before the feature. Sign up at 5:45 to be sure you make the list. Only $7 and that includes a free drink.

Charles Bukowski Tribute Night: Friday, Jan. 2 at Cornelia St. Cafe

Burnt out like Norton? Perfect. Come to Cornelia St. Cafe for the first Son of a Pony reading of 2009, where we’re once again celebrating the life with a tribute reading to Charles Bukowski. Poet 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 well in the post-holiday drip that we feel each year, especially since his passing in 1994.

At this tribute reading, you are invited to drown your sorrows one last time before the resolutions really kick in, and read your favorite Bukowski poem, or an original poem that was inspired by Bukowski.

We’ll be showing videos of Bukowski, giving away books, photos and other prizes.

Plus a select number of readers including Peter Carlaftes, Angelo Verga, Ryan Buynak and Host Kat Georges will bring Bukowski poems to life in a very special performance right before your bleery eyes. Open reading sign up starts at 5:45. Get there early to get on the list or show up late and we'll find a way to squeeze you in.

Son of a Pony Reading Series
Date: Friday, January 2, 2009; Time: 6-8 p.m.
Feature: Charles Bukowski Tribute Reading
Host: Kat Georges
Place: Cornelia St. Café
29 Cornelia St. (btwn W. 4th and Bleecker); 212-989-9319
Admission: $7 (includes free drink)