Yiddish Yoga by Lisa Grunberger: New Video Excerpts!

TRP friend Lisa Grunberger has just released a bunch of new videos of her performing excerpts from her forthcoming book "Yiddish Yoga." Find out more on her website: http://www.yiddishyoga.com.

And watch for her New York book launch coming this fall!

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

Mike Watt & Richard Hell join forces this Sat at Bowery Poetry Club

Three Rooms Press is gearing up for history in the making as we celebrate the 25th anniversary of the release of the Minutemen's classic album "Double Nickels on the Dime" at Bowery Poetry Club Sat. July 25th at 7:30.

The event will commemorate the album with spoken word and musical versions of most of the 40+ songs on the double record. TRP's own Kat Georges will host the event, which will be a benefit for Doctors without Borders. The lineup includes Minutemen bassist Mike Watt, Richard Hell (godfather of punk), Michael T. Fournier (author of Double Nickels on the Dime (33-1/3 press), New Jersey experimental indie rock band Tweede Kamer, Minutemen tribute band Pillowman (from Worcester, MA), Maybe Partying Will Help (from Bethlehem, PA), mystery punkster The Bass Player from Hand Job, electro-poetic mistress Jackie Sheeler, Jazz piano cabaret duo Not King Cole & Kayo, and punkster poet Kat Georges (author of Punk Rock Journal).

Bookmark this page, spread it around, and tell your buddies to get there early: this will sell out.

The event will be webcast live in case you can't be there live--but hey--you'll have a lot more fun if you're there.

Saturday, July 25th, 7:30 pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (btwn Bleecker & Houston)
NYC 212-614-0505
Tix ONLY $10 at the door

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

TRP presents 3 Fun Events in NYC This Week!!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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