Z-list: After the Deluge 9/27/11

+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) […]

Boog Fest 5 lineup 8/5-8/9/11 NYC

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 […]

Censorship: Howl & Tropic of Cancer readings 7/8- 7/9/11

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 […]

Boog Turns 20 With 5th Annual Welcome to Boog City Festival 8/5 – 8/9/11

Update: Some photos from Boogfest 2011 are at Ian’s Flickr: here. IW:  There’s a chance I will be reading there.  Keep you updated. Hi all, Boog turns 20 on Fri. Aug. 5, and we’ll kick off year 21 with our 5th annual Welcome to Boog City Poetry and Music Festival. The fest will span from—Save […]

Jane Eyre Movie: Kimberly and Stephanie’s wild adventure

I love the book Jane Eyre! I love studying various movie and mini-series of Jane Eyre. So, I just had to find a way tonight to go the premiere of the new Jane Eyre movie, directed by Cary Fukunaga, with Mia Wasikowska. It is only at select theaters this week. Well, my friend Stephanie and […]

David Amram: The First 80 Years trailer

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5v6MeanQ28] This is the trailer for the upcoming documentary about the life and times of Classical/Jazz/film score composer/conductor/jazz french hornist/world musician and Beat novelist Jack Kerouac’s musical collaborator, David Amram.

‘On the Trail’ now on IMDb (via On the Trail: Jack Kerouac in Cheyenne, Wyoming – The Movie)

h/t Hank Stone “On the Trail: Jack Kerouac in Cheyenne” is now listed in the Internet Movie Database which is the largest listing of movies and movie related information in the world. Click on the logo to check out the page which is still being constructed. … Read More via On the Trail: Jack Kerouac […]

Poets in Port Winter 2010/11 Sked

    11/26 Friday 7:30pm Open Poetry Reading Sponsored by the Northport Arts Coalition. Please include a favorite poem by someone else. Caffé Portofino, 249 Main St., Northport, opposite the theater. http://persistentfool.blogspot.com/2007/10/poets-in-port.html http://northportarts.org/ http://caffeportofino11768.com/ No Poets in Port in December. 2011:  

Are You a Spork? trailer

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzwGxAd9GnQ] a short trailer for Kyo Maclear’s new children’s book, “Spork”, published by Kids Can Press. Illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault.  Tweeted by Naomi Klein. IW: As a Polish-Rusisan-Alsation-Czech Jew, I can only say Spork long and prosper.

Welcome to Boog City 9/24 – 9/28/10 Lineup

Hi, A little over a month from now, from Fri., Sept. 24 through Tues. Sept. 28, we’ll be putting on the fourth annual Welcome to Boog City poetry and music festival. It will feature 43 poets and 17 musical acts over the five days. Among the festival highlights are: —our classic album live series presents it’s first […]

Electoral Guerilla idea for long voting lines

KW: Want to clear up long voting lines at the polls and make Republican Commissioners of Elections/Secretaries of State add new voting machines and better service? Solution: Use the long voting lines, that extend passed the measured out “electioneering zone” in front polling places, to distribute literature for competing third party candidates.