AWESOME CREATOR: Legacy Russell, Brooklyn NY: Wayward Ceremonies for Our Times
WHO: Legacy Russell Legacy asks of her work, “Who killed the pork chops? What price bananas? Are you my Angel?” She creates “tangible constructions inspired by the often intangible landscapes…
SOUND/STAGE: Song from the Uproar
SONG FROM THE UPROAR is a “multimedia chamber opera” …and is like nothing you’ve ever seen. Marrying intensely rigorous avant classical music from the visionary new composer Missy Mazzoli, with the…
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE! PRINT! A Celebration
We are just simply beyond ourselves with excitement about this saturday’s festivities… and so busy getting everything ready that we have been very quiet on the web front… invitations have…
AWESOME CREATORS :: SPRING PREVIEW
With Poetry Month recently ended, I find myself having separation anxiety from the influx of lovestuff our 30/30/30 series was made of. I’ve been excited to note that our poetry…
POETRY MONTH 30/30/30: Inspiration, Community, Tradition: DAY 30! (Could it be?) :: Lindsey Boldt on Aimé Césaire
The other night poets Julian Brolaski and E. Tracy Grinnell were in town and in a bar rotten with poets in North beach, we got to talking about translation and…
POETRY MONTH 30/30/30: Inspiration, Community, Tradition: DAY 28 :: Roxanne Hoffman on Urayoán Noel
As an active participant of the New York poetry scene since about 2004, as a writer, performer, frequenter of open mics, writing workshop participant, reading series host and small press…
POETRY MONTH 30/30/30: Inspiration, Community, Tradition: DAY 27 :: Annie Paradis on Prageeta Sharma
“The heritage of being alone is to transmit truth to yourself faithfully, to still the paradigm of what opposes you in the world.” – ON LOVE, from Bliss to Fill …
AWESOME CREATORS *NEED YOUR HELP* :: SUPPORT THE OCCUPY POETRY ANTHOLOGY!
In the introduction to the Occupy Wall Street Poetry Anthology it reads, “all movements need their poets to set the tone, to raise the questions and express the sensibility.” And…
POETRY MONTH 30/30/30: Inspiration, Community, Tradition: DAY 25 :: Ana Bozicevic on Marguerite Yourcenar
disclaimer, from Ana: “if you need a word about why I am featuring a novelist as a poetic influence; her work is poetic to the point of absurdity.” et alors… —…
POETRY MONTH 30/30/30: Inspiration, Community, Tradition: DAY 24 :: Elana Bell on Aracelis Girmay
It is impossible to encounter Aracelis Girmay’s work and not be moved. She writes with such an enormous heart that you cannot help being expanded in the presence of her…
