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.
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Here's to meeting and to raising the bar on performance art in Berlin and the world.
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
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 Cafe29 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
NYC Dada Poetry and Performance Salon
featuring the NYC launch ofMaintenant 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 Cafe29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker & W. 4th St.)
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