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POETRY NOW! THE EAST VILLAGE SCENCE |
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Written by Jay Greene
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Poetry Now! The East Village Scene, A Seminar: Join us on Saturday, August 26, at the Bowery Poetry Club for this seminar which will include panel discussions, live interviews, and performances to illuminate the roots and traditions of the historical and present cultures of the Downtown Poetics. Expected participants include: Ed Sanders, John Giorno, David Henderson, Celena Glenn, Steve Cannon, Miguel Algarin, Sandra Maria Esteves and Sapphire. This being the First Katrina Anniversary, we will follow this event by putting our poetry into action with a Mega-Marathon Benefit, produced by former Study Abroad on the Bowery student Nick Bredie.
1:00 – 1:45pm Open Mic Today! : The changing dynamics of the Lower East Side… How to keep a scene from becoming insular/insulated… Poetry vs. performance and music… Hip-hop Impact… The future: Where are the teens and 20s?
With The O'Debra Twins, Faceboy, Reverend Jen, Aric Shunneson
2:00 – 2:45pm Old School and Beyond: The changing dynamics of the Lower East Side… Visual Art/Film/Theater/Poetry… Andy Warhol as Poet… Poet as Artist
With Ed Sanders, John Giorno, Taylor Mead, Bob Holman
3:00- 3:45pm The Roots of Spoken Word: Nuyorican and Umbra Poets: In the Beginning was the Spoken Word… The Beats and Pre-Beats… Is there continuity in the Oral Tradition?
With Miguel Algarín, Steve Cannon, David Henderson, Bob Holman
4:00- 4:45pm Poetry Now: "A Spoken Word Take"
With Celena Glenn, Sapphire, Deanna Zandt, Edwin Torres
5:00pm Battle of the Bartenders: A Slam
6:00pm Audience SpeakOut
7:00pm Amazing Disgrace: A Benefit for Common Ground Relief New Orleans. [Suggested donation $15]
The Bowery Poetry Club, situated in a neighborhood with a rich, culturally diverse poetic history, is an artist-run safe house located at 308 Bowery (between Houston and Bleecker).
About Bowery Arts & Science:
Bowery Arts and Science is a nonprofit organization seeking to preserve and enhance the oral tradition of poetry via live readings, media documentation and creation, and to restore poetry to the center of our culture, as it is in oral cultures. Our mission includes a strong educational component, introducing all manner of poetries to students of all ages; the preservation of endangered languages via the valuation of the poetry of these cultures; and the infusion and integration of poetry with other arts and the daily life of the citizenry.
For further information:
www.boweryartsandscience.org
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