Photos from 2nd Tuesdays 11-10-09

Thanks to Ron Fichman, Rodger Lowenthal, Tracy Greenlee, Rachelle Cheykin, Joe Roarty, Jay Sivitz and our host Diane Sahms-Guarnieri. You can see photos by clicking this link: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12065560@N04/sets/72157615011933081/

12 Poets at Penn Book Store

 

Penn Arts Crawl Presents:

 

Suppose an Eyes Poetry Group
Friday November 20, 6-7 pm
Penn Bookstore
3601 Walnut Street

 

Readers: Carole Bernstein, Sharon Black, Francesca Costanzo, Patricia Green, Helen Sewell Johnson, Jody Kolodzey, Jax Peters Lowell,  George McDermott, Joseph Myers, Sean Oliveira, Steve Shelly, and Laura Spagnoli.

 

 

Suppose An Eyes is an ongoing workshop for poets sponsored by the Kelly Writers House at the University of Pennsylvania. The group is open to members of the greater Philadelphia community. For information about Suppose An Eyes, contact Pat Green, patricia78@aol.com 

 

Brake and Meora in Fox Chase November 28th

The Fox Chase Review and The Mad Poets Society present The Fox Chase Reading Series @ 3 Sisters Corner Café on November 28^th at 2pm. 

Featured Poets:

Mel Brake and Adam Meora

 An Open Mic follows the featured poets.

Mel Brake:

Mel Brake was raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated with a B.S. degree from West Chester University. As a romantic, he has written poetry as a method of healing, self-love and to express his inner thoughts and feelings. He was featured poet at Robin’s Book Store by Philadelphia Poets, Live Poets Society, Mad Poets Society, Poets and Prophets, Manayunk Art Center and many others. His works are in Philadelphia Poets Journal 2007 and 2008, Mad Poets Review Fall 2007, and Fox Chase Review 2008. He was recently the poet of the month on Janet Mason’s online magazine. His first published CD/chapbook entitled; Adoration of The Sol is available at www.myspace.com.

To read the poetry of Mel Brake please visit The Fox Chase Review at:

http://www.foxchasereview.org/08AW/17-MelBrake.html

Adam Meora

Adam Meora is a Philadelphia based poet. Adam is the Director of The Poetics Arts Performance Project and hosted The Blam Series in the East Falls section of the city. He has been published in the small and electronic press.

To read the poetry of Adam Meora please visit The Fox Chase Review at:

http://www.foxchasereview.org/08AW/18-AdamMeora.html

This December in Fox Chase:

December 8^th @ 7pm – 2^nd Tuesdays Poetry Open Mic at The Blue Ox Bistro

2nd Tuesdays Poetry Open Mic – November 10th

 The Fox Chase Review and The Blue Ox Bistro

Present

The Fox Chase Reading Series

2^nd Tuesdays Poetry Open Mic

November 10, 2009

7pm to 9pm

Host: Diane Sahms-Guarnieri 

Please join us for the “2^nd Tuesdays Poetry Open Mic” at The Blue Ox Bistro located at Rhawn St. and Oxford Ave in the Fox Chase Section of Philadelphia. Come early to sign up and enjoy the great atmosphere of The Blue Ox Bistro, excellent menu and ten rotating drafts on tap.  Sign up early for the open mic by emailing us at foxchasereadingseries@yahoo.com 

Transportation: Our venues are located one block from the Septa Fox Chase Station. The station is 15 minutes from Market East Station via the R-8 in Center City. If you take the R-8 to “2^nd Tuesdays Poetry Open Mic” save your receipt- The Blue Ox Bistro will pay your fare!  The Fox Chase Bus Loop also services the 18 and 24. There is free parking behind the Bistro.

Outstanding Reading by Lou McKee

Lou McKee gave an outstanding reading this afternoon at 3 Sisters Corner Cafe. Lou was followed in the open mic by Bill Van Buskirk, Lisa Baron, Diane Sahms-Guarnieri, Nancy Barrett, Rodger Lowenthal and Joe Roarty.

An excellent time was had by all. To view photos of the afternoon please visit http://www.flickr.com/photos/12065560@N04/sets/72157614581079088/

 

Reminder: Lou McKee in Fox Chase October 31st

The Fox Chase Review and The Mad Poets Society presents The Fox Chase Reading Series @ 3 Sisters Corner Cafe October 31st @2pm.

Featured Poet: Louis McKee

Louis Mckee has poems forthcoming in APR, 5 A.M., Chiron Review, Pearl, and Rattle among others. RIVER ARCHITECTURE, a selected poems was published in 1999, and a collection of newer work, NEAR OCCASSIONS OF SIN, appeared in 2006. Adastra Press has published MARGINALIA, a volume of his translations from Old Irish of monastic poems. STILL LIFE, a chapbook of poems has been issued from Foothills Publishing and JAMMING, is a prize winner and forthcoming from TLOLP.

To read the poetry of Louis McKee please visit:

http://www.foxchasereview.org/09AW/05-LMcKee.html

An open mic will follow Mr. McKee

3  Sisters Corner Cafe is located at the corner of Barnes and Loney Streets just off Oxford Ave. in the Fox Chase section of Philadelphia.  3 Sisters is located one block from the R-8 Fox Chase regional rail terminal and the SEPTA 18 and 24 stop in front of the cafe.

THIS NOVEMBER IN FOX CHASE:

November 10th @7pm – Second Tuesdays Poetry Open Mic @ The Blue Ox Bistro

November 28th @2pm- Mel Brake and Adam Meora feature @ 3 Sisters Corner Cafe

Fox Chase Review Nominees for the Pushcart Prize

The Fox Chase Review is pleased to announce the following nominations for the Pushcart Prize. 

Sin by Louis McKee – http://www.foxchasereview.org/09AW/05-LMcKee.html

Urban Frost by Mike Cohen – http://www.foxchasereview.org/09AW/13-MCohen.html

The She-Bat by Lynn Levin – http://www.foxchasereview.org/09AW/01-LLevin.html

40th Birthday Poem by A.D. Winans – http://www.foxchasereview.org/09WS/11-ADWinans.html

For Etheridge Knight (1931- March, 1991) by Jeffrey Ethan Lee – http://www.foxchasereview.org/09AW/06-JELee.html

Empty Chairs by Maria Lisella – http://www.foxchasereview.org/09AW/27-MLisella.html

 

New Poetry Workshop at Big Blue Marble Book Store

This notice is from our good friend Mike Cohen, host of the Poetry Aloud and Alive Series at Big Blue Marble Book Store in the Mt. Airy section of Philadelphia.

New! Poetry Writing Classes at Big Blue Marble Bookstore

Featuring Hal Sirowitz, Award Winning Poet, the Former Poet Laureate of Queens, New York and Minter Krotzer, Non-Fiction and Prose Poem Writer, Creative Writing Teacher

Special One Day Workshop – Sunday, December 13th from 3-5pm ($25 – includes reading materials fee)

Poetry Workshop Series – Sundays from 3-5pm starting January 10th

Six sessions, meeting on Sunday afternoons from 1-3pm, January 10th – February 28th (no class Martin Luther King and President’s Day
weekends) ($150 – includes reading materials fee)

In both the workshop and class series, Hal and Minter will lead a workshop focusing on poetry drawn from one’s life stories mostly in the forms of free verse and the prose poem. Selected poetry texts will be read and discussed. There will be in class writing and optional sharing. Series classes include private one-on-one meeting with teachers at the end of the series and a celebratory reading at the Big Blue Marble Café.

You must pre-register/register with Minter directly by November 30th (full payment) for the one day class and by January 4th ($50 deposit) for the series. Space will be limited. Please note that there has been enormous interest in these classes and we expect them to fill soon.
For more information on the classes or to register, please e-mail
Minter: minterk@gmail.com.
                                               === About Hal: Hal Sirowitz is the author of four books of poems, Mother Said, My Therapist Said (both Random House), Father Said, and Before, During & After (both Soft Skull Press). His work has been translated into nine languages including Icelandic and Turkish! Garrison Keillor has read his work many times on NPR’s Writer’s Almanac and he has included Hal’s poems in his anthologies, Good Poems and Good Poems for Hard Times. Hal has performed and appeared on MTV’s Spoken Word Unplugged, PBS’s Poetry Heaven, NPR’s All Things Considered, and Fresh Air with Terry Gross. Awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship. Hal is the former Poet Laureate of Queens, New York.

About Minter: Minter Krotzer’s prose has been published in Many Mountains Moving, the Saint Ann’s Review, the Arkansas Review, Upstreet, Night Train, Before and After: Stories from New York (WW Norton 2002), Louisiana in Words (Pelican Press), God Stories (Random House 2008), and in the upcoming Hint Fiction anthology (WW Norton).
She has received writing fellowships at the New School, where she received an MFA, Bennington College, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Squaw Valley Writers Conference.

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Verse broadens the mind, scientists find

Have a look at this post on Amy King’s Blog:

Verse broadens the mind, scientists find

Listen to the PAPP Symposium

The Poetic Arts Performance Project recently held a panel discussion on the Philadelphia Poetry Scene. Panel members included CA Conrad, Tamara Oakman, Michelle Myers, Debrah Morkun. and Sherrod Smallman. 

You can have a listen to the audio of the event by clicking this link: http://www.box.net/shared/d77b4n66cu

Although this was not an event sponsored by FCRS we thought you may enjoy a listen.