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Featuring Ian Wilder with spoken word on “Jacob and Mohammed” followed by Jim Frazzitta and friends paying tribute to Steve Forbert’s “Romeo’s Tune”
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Oct 23: Poets for Renewable Energy and Peace event in NYC
Posted on October 12, 2011 by kwilder
Featuring: Anne Waldman, Eliot Katz, Sahar Muradi, Zohra Saed, The Mast (featuring Haale Gafori and Matt Kilmer), Sara Goudarzi, Bob Rosenthal, Papoleto Melendez, Yusuf Misdaq, Tahani Salah, Jackie Sheeler, Chris Brandt, David Henderson, and surprise special guests. 10/22/2011 update: New additions to the evening’s celebrations: -Plus! Guest speaker, the author and investigative reporter, Greg Palast […]
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Z-list: After the Deluge 9/27/11
Posted on August 27, 2011 by iwilder
+08/29 Monday 7pm Gazebo Readings, at Schoolhouse Green Foxhurst Rd opposite Locust Ave, Oceanside, New York (just east of Long Beach Road). http://summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com/2008/01/directions.html Featured Authors: Beverly Kotch, Annabelle Moseley, Paul Grossman, Doug Swezey +08/30 Tuesday poet Steven Schmidt at the MikNic Lounge in Columbia Bay, Brookylyn (it’s near Carroll Gardens) 200 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY 11231 (corner of Sackett) (917) […]
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Reading at BoogFest 2011: Vid & Pic
Posted on August 8, 2011 by iwilder
The Welcome to Boog City festival continues tonight and tomorrow night. The full schedule can be found on this pdf. You can find the facebook event here. This is a video of Ian Wilder reading his poem thinking of Jane standing on the edge of the woods. As a bonus there is his Steve Earle poem at […]
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Poets in Port, plus
Posted on July 18, 2011 by iwilder
Poets in Port is the 4th Friday of Every month: 07/22 Friday 7:30pm Poets in Port, featuring Milind Padki plus open reading Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theater.http://northportarts.org/ 08/26 Friday 7:30pm Poets in Port, featuring Ed Luhrs plus open reading Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theater.http://northportarts.org/ 09/23 Friday 7:30pm […]
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Complete Welcome to Boog City Fest Sked 8/5 -8/9/11
Posted on July 7, 2011 by iwilder
Update: Some photos from 2011 Boogfest are at Ian’s Flickr: here. IW: Ian will be reading on Sun. Aug. 7, at 12:20 p.m. for 10 minutes at Unnameable Books (600 Vanderbilt Ave., bet. Prospect Pl./St. Marks Ave., Brooklyn) Hi, One month from now, from Fri., Aug. 5 through Tues. Aug. 9, we’ll be celebrating Boog’s 20th anniversary by putting […]
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Z-List Summer 2011
Posted on June 10, 2011 by iwilder
06/11 Please join NAC this Friday and Saturday for our 5th Annual Plein Air Painting Event. Observe fine painters at work along the waterfront all day on Friday and from 9-3 on Saturday. Meet the artists as they paint and choose a painting to bid on for our silent auction. Gallery reception starts at 11AM […]
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Boog Fest 5 lineup 8/5-8/9/11 NYC
Posted on June 9, 2011 by iwilder
Update: Some photos from Boogfest 2011 are at Ian’s Flickr: here. Two months from now, from Fri., Aug. 5 through Tues. Aug. 9, we’ll be celebrating Boog’s 20th anniversary by putting on the fifth annual Welcome to Boog City poetry and music festival. The poetry readings are curated by Jim Behrle, Joanna Fuhrman, and me. The music is booked by Brian […]
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Poet/Musician Gil Scott-Heron dies: “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”
Posted on May 28, 2011 by kwilder
(excerpt from) LA Times Gil Scott-Heron dies; influential poet/musician helped inspire rap Gil Scott-Heron, whose late 1960s and early ’70s poetry set to rhythmic jazz music, especially “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised,” was one of the most important and obvious inspirations for rap music, has died, according to his British publisher… Ron Carter, who […]
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PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse: Banjo, Shoreham thoughts, and a sing-a-long (via PeaceSmiths) 6/3/11
Posted on May 26, 2011 by iwilder
The PeaceSmiths June 2011 Coffeehouse is dedicated to the memory of Lisa Fishbein PeaceSmiths Topical, A-Typical, Folk Music, Poetry, and Whatever Coffeehouse Friday, June 3rd at 8pm with Music by Maria Fairchild A presentation: Shoreham and Spirituality with Peter Maniscalco Andy Greenhouse sing-a-long PLUS Open mic: Maybe you! Held at: The First United Methodist Church in Amityville, $7 suggested […]
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Censorship: Howl & Tropic of Cancer readings 7/8- 7/9/11
Posted on May 19, 2011 by iwilder
B.J. SPOKE GALLERY CELEBRATES FILTH IN WALT WHITMAN COUNTRY B.J. Spoke Gallery, 299 Main Street Huntington, NY, 631-549-5106. bjspokegallery.com. B.J. Spoke Gallery in Huntington, Long Island, will be tributing resistance to literary censorship with an exhibition called Censorship, and with readings from works that were brought to trial on charges of obscenity. The readings are part of its […]
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Walt Whitman’s Birthday: Two videos and a special way to celebrate!
Posted on May 15, 2011 by kwilder
About the video…
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5/6/11 Coffeehouse: Music and a creative LGBTIQ presentation (via PeaceSmiths)
Posted on May 1, 2011 by iwilder
PeaceSmiths May Coffeehouse Friday, May 6th 8pm First up: Music with Drivin’ Wheel (Sonny Meadows, Bob Westcott, Robert Langley) Second set: Hermaphrodites with Attitude present “Out Full Monty” Cynthya BrianKate and John Schindler (Un)cover LGBTIQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer) Issues* Third set: Open Mic, maybe you! The PeaceSmiths Coffeehouse is held at: The […]
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Create prairie poems and paintings on the Hempstead Plains
Posted on April 27, 2011 by kwilder
Prairie poetry writing and painting on Long Island? Absolutely. That will be happening on the Hempstead Plains at Nassau Community College, Garden City, 9:30 AM-1:30 PM, Sat., May 7. Fee is $10, payable to the Friends of Hempstead Plains at Nassau Community College. To register and for information call 516-572-7570 or email info at friendsofhp […]
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