Walt Whitman, South & North: A week of readings NYC

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Walt Whitman, South & North: A week of readings - NYC

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Walt Whitman, South and North - A Week of Readings, including:

Aug. 27 benefit reading for War Resisters League

There may still be one or two people added to the Aug. 27th event, but I wanted to send people who will be reading that night the tentative lineup for the event, and also the initial information (further below) that Madeline Millan and Chris Brandt are emailing around re their weeklong series of readings. Thanks again, Eliot Katz

*** Benefit for the War Resisters League, Aug. 27, 2006:

On the evening of Sunday, August 27th, 7pm, at The Medicine Show, 549 W. 52nd Street (near 11th Ave.), 3rd Fl., New York City, there will be a poetry reading to benefit the War Resisters League. The theme of the event will be honoring the work of poets Allen Ginsberg and Ernesto Cardenal.

The August 27th event will be part of a weeklong series of readings at The Medicine Show and Cornelia Street Cafe focusing on the wide-ranging influence of Walt Whitman on poets from South and North America.

The poets and speakers scheduled to appear on the August 27th event are: Chris Brandt, Sandra Maria Esteves, David Henderson, Eliot Katz, Rochelle Kraut, David McReynolds, Urayoan Noel, Bob Rosenthal, and Liz Werner. If time permits, there will be an open mic poetry reading following the featured readers.

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And here's the initial e-flyer being sent by Chris Brandt and Madeline Millan for the entire week of events they're organizing. The next version of the flyer will be updated to include the poets and speakers appearing at each event.

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Walt Whitman, South and North: WHITMAN'S INFLUENCE ON LATIN AMERICAN AND NORTH AMERICAN POETS six nights, twelve hosts, many readers - Whitman each night, and an emblematic pair of poets, one Latin- and one North-American, and others of their generation, read by an eclectic collection of poets. *MST = Medicine Show Theater *CSC = Cornelia Street Cafe (see below for more info) Friday, August 25, MST Hosts, James Cascaito and Mario Pozada Readings: Ezra Pound, Ruben Dario, and others. Saturday, August 26, MST Hosts, Madeline Millan, Amy Lemmon, Carlos Montano Readings: Gabriela Mistral, Elizabeth Bishop, and others. You Know, This Is Why Asians Get Beat Up 72 There are many many different cultures even within a high school (unless it's some prairie town with a population of 5K): Goth, jock, geek, preppy, ghetto.... Being middle-clbutt or working clbutt or... Special guest: Pilar Blanco reading Garcia Lorca Sunday, August 27, MST Hosts, Eliot Katz and Bob Rosenthal Readings: Allen Ginsberg, Ernesto Cardenal, and others. This reading will be a benefit for War Resisters League, suggested contribution $10, half of which goes to WRL. You Know, This Is Why Asians Get Beat Up 69 NYC XYZ It's not easy to find a good job if you have a criminal record. That's just a fact. Sure, you can be. However, even tough guys can get shot. It's much better... Monday, August 28, CSC Hosts, Ruth Saavedra, Amy Lemmon, Chris Brandt Readings: Pablo Neruda, Edwin Rolfe, and others. Tuesday, August 29, CSC Hosts, Madeline Millan and Chris Brandt Radings: Poets of the 60's and after: Mario Benedetti, Phillip Levine, Olga Orozco, Galway Kinnell, Martin Espada, etc. Wednesday, Aug. 30, CSC Hosts, Rich Villar and the Acentos Crew NYCLU: How to Deal with Fetus Fanatic Pharmacists BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 NYCLU: How to Deal with Fetus Fanatic Pharmacists Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit sent by Michael Givel (activ-l) - Aug 18... Readings: Contemporary Latino & Hispanic-American poets, and North Americans with connections to Latin America * MST - These 3 events will be at Medicine Show Theatre, 549 West 52nd Street, 3rd Floor (C, E to 50th St.; 1 to 51st St; N, R, to 49th St.; M * CSC - These 3 events will be at Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street, West Village, at 6:00 p.m. Admission is $6.00 (includes one drink) - (A, B, C, D, E, F, V to W. 4th St.; 1 to Sheridan Square) * ================================================================ NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us ================================================================ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (FreeBSD) iQCVAwUBROYn60amV5Um0R3tAQL3aQQAmIneT4I+pi+E0JDbCHXiUD9GHTZHkzcR xOhVceCdCM81pVylpgC6J+tOD7gDvYVf2nznYbAck0R1umHQLW3+tVgO6Ul9oMJQ WcpzN8y9ezscQ-r5eL02GlApPn7JfEql-96t05POb5fVtbNakFmYNC4H0BvcArG+ aIBaudOq6O0= =lfVv -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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