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April 2019 Please check out these venues for fine creative expression in 2019 -updates on future gigs always pending

Stark Reality !

YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!!

FRIDAY 4/12 STARK OPEN MIC!!POETS/SPOKENWORD/MUSICIANS!! PASSION IS THE KEY!! featuring MAD DENNIS, the poet and amazing performance artist….He is raw, powerful and amazing..

FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2019
7:00 PM TO 10:00 PM

STARK REALITY OPEN MIC

@ 353 STUDIOS 

1st and 3rd FRIDAY EVERY MONTH!!

7:00 pm SIGN UP!!

EVERYONE PERFORMS!!

WIDE OPEN MIC! EVERYONE GETS

7 MIN. IN SONG, MUSIC, WORDS, DANCE, COMEDY, RAP !! GRAB THE MIC!!

7:00 pm sign up and show!!

MUSICIANS, POETS, SPOKEN WORD, DARING COMICS, SINGERS, ACTORS, PERFORMANCE ART IN ANY WAY YOU CONJURE IT!!

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Hosted by DJ VIV

STARK REALITY OPEN MIC@ 

353 STUDIOS

353 W.48th ST.(2nd Floor)- bet. 8th & 9th Ave. 

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Coming to Fredonia State College April 26 a special visit and performance from Bernard and Diane Block- more details pending-

Bernard Block, born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, studied with the poet Colette Inez and earned his living as a caseworker for the Bureau of Child Welfare, NYC.  He has featured at all the major poetry venues in NYC and in Philadelphia, Columbia, SC and Laugharne, South Wales.  Bernard hosted the long-running Series “From Whitman to Ginsberg” at Cornelia St. Café (21 editions!)  38 poems are published in the on-line European literary journal, Levure Littéraire #8, #9 and #12.  He is also widely published in Arianna Huffington’s on-line journal Thrive Global.  Bernard’s poetry book  Am I My Brother’s Keeper?, released by Dark Light Publishing, is available on Amazon and from the author:  disviolin@yahoo.com

Diane Block is a professional classical violinist who trained at the Manhattan School of Music, with a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree in Violin Performance.  At MSM she developed a passion for Romantic and Modern Poetry, shared by close musician friends at monthly salons.  Since then she experiences an intimate link between classical music and poetry.  Diane has featured her poetry at all the major venues in New York City and Long Island.  She is married to the poet Bernard Block and together they have co-featured in Philadelphia, Laugharne, South Wales and NYC.  Her poems have been published in the prestigious European on-line literary journal Levure Littéraire No. 9 and numerous anthologies.  Diane and cellist Terry Batts comprise the violin/cello Duo Gemini Journey, often accompanied by Fred Simpson on percussion.  They have performed at Cornelia St. Café and many libraries and museums in NYC and Long Island.

If it’s Sunday and it’s poetry in New York City, it must be the Parkside.

Hosted by Thomas Lawton & George Wallace.

Open mic, 2 drink minimum (alc/non), $2 donation

Great Weather for Media Spoken Word Sundays, takes place every week from 4-6pm at  the back room of The Parkside Lounge, 317 East Houston, New York, New York 10002 (bet. Clinton & Attorney). Directions: F train 2nd Ave and walk east 3 blocks. Great stage, great sound, and an amazing retro decor. What’s not to love? It’s free, but we encourage you to buy drinks with the wonderful waitresses,

Great Weather presents spoken word Sundays NYC @ The Parkside Lounge

Plus an excellent open mic

http://greatweatherformedia.com/       http://greatweatherformedia.com/calendar/

http://newyork.carpediem.cd/events/2764796-poetry-at-the-parkside-a-mad-gleam-sneak-peek-at-the-parkside-lounge/

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March 23 @ NYPL Mulberry St. 

featuring Italiani per caso, Italians by Chance 

Bernard Block and Rosalie Calabrese

Bernard Block,born and raised in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, hosts the Series “From Whitman to Ginsberg.”  Almost 40 poems have been published in the European literary journal, Levure Littéraire #8, #9 and #12. His poetry collection Am I My Brother’s Keeper? (Dark Light Publishing) is available on Amazon.

Rosalie Calabrese is a native New Yorker and management consultant for the arts whose poems have appeared in Cosmopolitan, Poetry New Zealand, The New York Times, Critical Sociology, Psychoanalytic Perspectives and many other publications, including anthologies and on the Web. Her sixth chapbook,Remembering Chris was published by Poets Wear Prada.

WHERE: Mulberry Street Public Library

10 Jersey Street, New York, NY

Corner of Mulberry and Jersey Streets,

East of Lafayette Street, one block south of Houston Street

Wheelchair accessible

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Stark Reality !

YOUR VOICE MATTERS!!!

STARK REALITY OPEN MIC

@ 353 STUDIOS 

1st and 3rd FRIDAY EVERY MONTH!!

7:00 pm SIGN UP!!

EVERYONE PERFORMS!!

WIDE OPEN MIC! EVERYONE GETS

7 MIN. IN SONG, MUSIC, WORDS, DANCE, COMEDY, RAP !! GRAB THE MIC!!

7:00 pm sign up and show!!

MUSICIANS, POETS, SPOKEN WORD, DARING COMICS, SINGERS, ACTORS, PERFORMANCE ART IN ANY WAY YOU CONJURE IT!!

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm

Hosted by DJ VIV

STARK REALITY OPEN MIC@ 

353 STUDIOS

353 W.48th ST.(2nd Floor)- bet. 8th & 9th Ave. 
New York, NYC 

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Poetry Grows in Brooklyn Heights

Your host- Patrica Carragon

Park Plaza Restaurant

Next Reading 1/26/2019

For more directions:

Please check the MTA’s “The Weekender” for all transit updates. 

http://web.mta.info/weekender.html

$4 Donation – plus Food/Drink – Open-Mic

Curated by Patricia Carragon

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Now In Our 23th Year!

Hosted by Su Polo-

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Saturn Series Poetry Reading & Open Mike

Saturn Series Poetry Reading & Open Mike
at Barlovento – 7:30pm

A Night of Extraordinary Wordsmiths!
Please buy a drink or food Amazing menu of Latin foods! Beer, wine Sangria and soft drinks

Sign up to read your poetry in the open mike  More info at http://www.supolo.com
at Barlovento
430 Third Avenue at corner of 30th Street, NYC

Train: 6 to 33th Street, walk East to 3rd Ave. and down 3 blocks to 30th Street. (28t St. Stop is closed)

•Saturn Series Poetry/Spoken Word Reading
Every Monday Writers Open Mike NYC, now in its 23nd year.
Starts at 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm, Sign up at 7:15.
Open Mic plus 2 features. Open mike surrounds features.
$3. donation requested plus a food/beverage purchase to support this great venue.

Some additional essential links-

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Carol Vossler Bluseed Studios    http://bluseedstudios.org/
Dan Berggren       http://berggrenfolk.com/
Patricia Carragon       http://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/

 Howard Thompson   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Thompson_%28film_critic%29        (details included below)

The International Bar formerly THE COAL YARD  Corner of 1st Avenue & 6st. East Village NYC .The official Rubber Eden Bar is one that my Kid’s GF picked out for me on the lower east side one Fall. Must to check out the. No sound system (only a old juke box)  nice and dark, circular bar stocked with regulars, ill-regulars, beats, punks, hippies, left-overs, reheated souls and characters galore and aglow. Friendly bartenders, cheap beer (yea they have 3 buck High Life) and a killer court yard out back (as displayed here) to have a butt and talk in. Here’s a link for more info

http://yelp.com/biz/coal-yard-bar-new-york

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Essential Radio

Howard Thompson’s radio tour-de-force program entitled Pure  on WPKN 89.5 FM from Bridgeport, Connecticut can be heard the 1st & 3rd Friday of the month, 1-4pm. Not in Tri-State terrestrial broadcast area of Long Island/Conn/Mass ? Not to worry you can stream this excellent eclectic free-for all. Just no telling what you’ll hear from Howard’s incredibility voluminous encyclopedic discography, but always the very best of the best across the broad spectrum of expression from Rock n Roll to the aural sonic world beyond. Perfect way to kick off the weekend. Essential links below:

http://tunein.com/radio/WPKN-895-s21976/

or

http://stream.wpkn.org/

Miss a past program ? (there all very diverse & worthwhile)

http://archives.wpkn.org/show/profile/183

More background of the hosts extensive history in the music biz

http://archives.wpkn.org/host/profile/393

And addition is own internet radio station is highly recommend as well

http://northforksound.blogspot.com/

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All of my work is available at number of any number of on-line venues (just Google) However you can skip the middle men and deal w/ me directly. Faster and I’ll cut you a better deal. Previously released editions of the books/Cds, etc. are for sale directly through this website. Simply use the contact button (on the home page) to make inquiry. I can cut a better deal than the outside vendors. (Pay-Pal, money orders, cash, barter) And I’m not going to apologize for the shameless self-promotion here….yeah I know it’s all such small potatoes, but GD it those are my potatoes. So deep fry, bake or mash it, but put some starch in the Arts…. you cheap SOB