This Saturday, November 4, Behind the Egg: A Reading Series presented by Tool A Magazine and Unpleasant Event Schedule at 4:00pm at POINT 5 The Capital District Federation of Ideas (383.5 Madison Avenue, Albany) featuring Pierre Joris and Ted Pelton Pierre Joris, UAlbany English professor, avant-garde poet and leading translator, is the author of Poasis, a collection of his original poetry, among other books or poems. Born and raised in Luxembourg, Joris works in three languages: English, French and German. As a result of his multiple fluencies and ties to multiple cultures, Joris's poetry is characterized by cross-linguistic puns, energetic wordplay, and reflections on the nature of language.
For more about Joris:
http://www.albany.edu/~joris/
http://pjoris.blogspot.com/
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/joris_pierre.html
Ted Pelton's newest book, Malcolm and Jack, is a novel based on a conjectured meeting between Jack Kerouac and Malcolm X, is just out from Spuyten Duyvil. Excerpts appear in La Petite Zine and on this site. Pelton had completed a Master's in Creative Writing at University of Colorado at Boulder, a PhD in English at University of Buffalo, and received a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship in Fiction. He is the author of the novella Bhang (Blazevox Books 2004).
In addition to fiction, he has also published widely as a critic, having written on Robert Creeley, Ben Marcus, Kenneth Koch, and Kenyan novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o in Contemporary Literary Criticism, Fiction International, electronic book review, and elsewhere. He lives in Buffalo, where he is an Associate Professor of Humanities at Medaille College.
For more about Pelton:
http://www.tedpelton.com
http://www.spuytenduyvil.net/fiction/malcolmandjack.htm For more information on the Behind The Egg reading series, go to
http://unpleasanteventschedule.com/behindtheegg/
Translations Lost and Found, works by Tara Fracalossi and Harold Lohner at Albany Center Galleries. Translations Lost and Found, works by Tara Fracalossi and Harold Lohner opens November 7 and runs until December 16. The opening reception will be held on December 1 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and the gallery will participate with neighborhood galleries for 1st Friday. The gallery is located on the second floor of The Albany Public Library. There is free parking off of the Elk Street entrance behind The Library. For more information, please contact Sarah Martinez at (518) 462-4775. Tara Fracalossi has indexed and archived thousands of her own photographs for over a decade and has developed a regimented art practice. Before she stores her photographs away in a permanent archive, she shrinks and prints reproductions of the original photograph using a color copier, and draws a series of collages compiled of duplicated degenerated photographs composed directly on the wall or on paper. Fracalossi’s process of art making correlates with the ideas she has about systems and authenticity, and her artwork flows melodically in a pendulum that oscillates between order and the random. Harold Lohner also translates and sorts photographs but uses a very different approach. Lohner explores concepts dealing with sensuality and spirituality using a technique of building textured layers of images and removing saturated colored inks, forming slightly larger than life masculine faces and male figures. Lohner’s monoprints are exceptionally gestural and exquisite and he often works in sequence, creating double-sided mono-prints. Combining classical art practices and contemporary issues, his work re-examines mythology in a fresh innovative way. Both Tara Fracalossi and Harold Lohner received their M.F.A. from The University at Albany, State University. Fracalossi is the Gallery Director/Curator at the Hudson Valley Community College Teaching Gallery where she also teaches photography and gallery management. Recently she was included in The Only Book Show, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY. She has also exhibited at The Arts Center in Saratoga Springs, Smack Mellon Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, Roshambo Gallery, Healdsburg, California, and Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn, NY to name just a few. Lohner is an Associate Professor of Art at The Sage Colleges and he most recently exhibited at ALL Gallery in New Haven, CT and the Dadian Gallery, Henry Luce III Center for the Arts and Religion in Washington, D.C. He has exhibited in nearly 100 exhibitions throughout the past twenty years. He is also known for his extensive font design, which can be viewed and purchased at www.haroldsfonts.com.
The mission of Albany Center Galleries is to be dedicated to the exhibition of art by skillful artists of the Mohawk-Hudson Region and the development of a strong and knowledgeable public for the visual arts. It promotes the emergence of this region as an important source of contemporary art.
Albany Center Galleries
161 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12210
518 . 462 . 4775
www.albanycentergalleries.org
director@albanycentergalleries.org
Hosted by John Broduer and MotherJudge on Sunday, October 29 starting at 7:00PM at Tess' Lark Tavern (453 Madison Ave., Albany)
21 and over - No cover
Hosted by Mother Judge and John Brodeur, co-hosts of the long-running Lark Tavern open-mic night, "Why Can't I Be You IV" is the fourth in an ongoing series (following 4/1/01 @ Lionheart, 10/31/03 @ the Larkin, and 4/1/05 @ Lark Tavern), originally organized by area online magazine thehiddencity. The event brings together Capital region singer-songwriters, bands, and instrumentalists from all genres to perform cover versions of songs by other area musicians. In other words, we "do" each other.
A partial lineup of performers for "Why Can't I Be You IV" is, in no particular order: Charmboy, Mother Judge, John Brodeur, Ramblin' Jug Stompers, Steve Candlen, Bryan Thomas, Princess Mabel, the Black Fuel, the Decadent Royals, Katie Haverly, Rob Jonas, Laura Boggs, Mitch Elrod, Nick Matulis, and the Sense Offenders. More additions and surprises are anticipated.
This year's event also promises to incorporate video submissions from Matt Durfee, as well as area musicians who have moved on to other regions, including event co-founders Tom Burre and Amy Abdou. Links to past events:
April Fools' Day 2001
http://www.thehiddencity.com/events/010401whycantibeyou.html
Halloween 2003
http://www.thehiddencity.com/events/031031whycantibeyou.html
April Fools' Day 2005
http://www.thehiddencity.com/events/050401whycantibeyou.html
For more information, contact John Brodeur (tigerpop1@yahoo.com) or Mother Judge (motherjudge@hotmail.com).
Poets Night Out is a featured reading series with an open mic afterwards held on the 4th Tuesday of every month at Billy Jacks, 77 Central Avenue. The next reading will be Tonight, Tuesday, October 24th with Bob Sharkey and Rachel Zitomer. Bob Sharkey is the author of The Yellow Fairy and has been published in Other, Metroland, Liquid Ohio, Nerve Cowboy, and Barbaric Yawp. Rachel Zitomer is a native of Albany who just received her PHD in English from SUNY Albany and is the author of the chapbook Three Sides of The Looking Glass published by APD Press. The reading, hosted by Don Levy, starts at 8:30 and there is a suggested donation of $2.00. For more info call (518) 472-3588. Important Note: Open mic now including musicians. This is another straight friendly reading like its sister reading, Live From The Living Room held on the second Wednesday of every month at The Capital District Gay & Lesbian Community Center at 332 Hudson Avenue.
“Lifshin is here to stay. For men, she’s sexy. For women, she’s an archetype of gutsy independence. As a poet, she’s nobody but herself. Frighteningly prolific and utterly intense. One of a kind.”
- San Francisco Review of Books It is Lyn Lifshin’s gift to seem perfectly artless, to make poems of immediacy and power from the humblest of near-to-hand materials. Her themes are the classic themes of lyric poetry, the innocence of childhood, the ecstasy of sex, the mystery of death, and her word choices are the poetic equivalents of the artist’s circles, squares, and primary colors. Just as Alexander Calder could make a lion out of a coat hanger, Lyn Lifshin can make something memorable out of a handful of even the most familiar English words: mother, daughter, wind, moon, lover, horses, and roses. Something memorable, something fresh and entirely her own. Lyn Lifshin will be reading from her new book, Another Woman Who Looks Like Me, at the Open Door Book Store at 7:00PM on November 9. The Open Door is located at 128 Jay Street in Schenectady. For more information, call 518-316-2719
Figure Drawing Sessions
Due to attendance drop off our weekly figure drawing sessions each Tuesday and Sunday evenings have been postponed. Figure drawing will start up again in November using a pre-registration & pre-pay method rather than a drop-in method. Once we have finalized our dates for the new figure drawing sessions we will post them on our calendar and you will be able to register through our website. 6 Hour Modeling Session
This Saturday we have a 6 hour single pose modeling session scheduled from Noon to 6. Space is limited, please pre-register by emailing Nina Stanley at nina.stanley@uagmembers.org or call the UAG at (518) 426-3501. Cost is $25. We provide the model and the space, you provide the creativity and art supplies. Any medium is welcome. For more information please visit our calendar by http://upstateartistsguild.org/events/index.php?E_.... If you would like more information on these or other upcoming UAG workshops please email our Workshop Committee at workshop@upstateartistsguild.org. UAG College Student Show
The submissions for our 2006 College Student Show are due this Friday, October 20th. All students currently enrolled in either graduate or undergraduate studies are invited to submit. You can find a submission form in PDF format here: http://upstateartistsguild.org/events/index.php?E_... The show opens November 3rd and runs through November 24th. We look forward to seeing your work! Upstate Artists Guild
247 Lark Street
Albany NY 12210
http://upstateartistsguild.org
From Aidan Thompson: Please join us for the next Jawbone reading coming up this Friday, October 20 at 7:00 at the Red Square, 388 Broadway, corner of Broadway and Hudson. Featured readers will be James Fox, second-year PhD student at SUNY, and local poets Daniel Nester and Erik Sweet. Hope to see you there! Michael Jonik, Michael Peters, Chris Rizzo, Randall Horton, and Aidan Thompson. Directions from SUNY:
Take Central Avenue and continue as Central turns into Washington Avenue, then State Street. Take a right on Broadway (bottom of long hill). The Red Square is on the right, one block down.
By The Book: Genre and Gender - A Readers’ Advisory Conference This November 13 and 14, Albany Public Library will be hosting its third annual continuing education opportunity for library professionals, library school students, and library support staff. By the Book: Genre and Gender - A Readers’ Advisory Conference will include presentations by well-known readers’ advisory experts Kaite Mediatore Stover from the Kansas City Public Library and David Wright from the Seattle Public Library on providing readers’ advisory services tailored to romance readers and Gen-X readers.
Attendees will also have the opportunity to participate in two breakout sessions during the conference, choosing from: Bombs, Bullets, and Beyond: What Men Read; After Booktalking: an alternative programming roundtable; See Jane Read: An Overview of Chick Lit; and tours of APL’s award-winning Cybermobile. On Monday evening, November 13th, guests will attend an exclusive Book Tasting program, APL’s newest, most popular readers’ advisory program for adults. They will enjoy an eclectic mix of food and fiction as they sample treats from a local restaurant and chat about David Kamp’s The United States of Arugula. Amy Maurer Mclaughlin, Head of the Readers’ Services Department said, “Our annual readers advisory conference is an opportunity for staff to develop and refine professional skills that will benefit our customers. We continually strive to find new ways to connect customers with suggestions that they will enjoy reading, listening to or viewing. Hosting the annual readers advisory conference is opportunity for us to be proactive in our professional development and to share our experience with other library professionals and library school students.” A recognized leader in innovative library service, Albany Public Library is pleased to host this annual event, with flexible and affordable registration options that allow librarians, library school students, and paraprofessional staff of all levels to take away valuable real-world advice from By the Book: Genre and Gender. To attend the conference, registration must be received by uesday, Nov. 7, 2006. For more information contact Amy Maurer McLaughlin at mclaughlina@uhls.lib.ny.us or 518-427-4349.
Writers of the newly published book Veterans of War, Veterans of Peace, edited by Maxine Hong Kingston, will be reading and signing books at The Bookstore in Lenox this Saturday, October 21, at 5 p.m. Phil Johnson of Great Barrington and Fred Marchant of Boston will read selections from this collection of creative, redemptive storytelling spanning five wars and written by those most profoundly affected by it. For more than 12 years, National Book Award-winning author Maxine Hong Kingston has led writing-and-meditation workshops for veterans and their families. The contributors to this volume--combat veterans, medics, and others who served in war as well as draft resisters, deserters, and peace activists--are part of this community of writers working together to heal the trauma of war through art.
Phil Johnson served in the U.S. Air Force medical corps from 1962 to 1968. He worked in psychiatric and medical wards in Air Force hospitals in New Jersey and California, helping to treat the increasing numbers of persons who came back wounded physically and emotionally from the Viet Nam War. Johnson's short fiction and poetry have appeared in numerous magazines. He has read his work in the San Francisco Bay area, and at the Poetry Project and the Zinc Bar series in New York City. In 2003 his play Outskirts of Nowhere was given a staged reading by actors at the Flea Theater in lower Manhattan. He hosts a radio program featuring spoken word and music across cultures on WBCR 97.7 FM in Great Barrington, MA. Fred Marchant enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 1968 so that he could go to Viet Nam and be, as he imagined it, a writerly witness to that war. He was a young poet, just out of college, and thought it was his special fate and duty to do so. Two years after enlisting, Marchant formally declared his conscientious objection to the war in Viet Nam and to all wars. He became one of the first Marine officers ever to be discharged as a conscientious objector. It took him 20 years of writing before his experience as a C.O. made it into his poetry. He has since published three books of poetry, and he is a Professor of English at Suffolk University in Boston where he directs the Creative Writing Program and the Poetry Center.
Mr. Johnson and Mr. Marchant will be joined in the reading by Matt Tannenbaum. The Bookstore is located at 11 Housatonic Street in Lenox. For more information, call Matt Tannenbaum at 413-637-3390.
From Mike himself-- so after a beautiful week in cape cod and two fab days in maine, ( or as kerouac said, celebrating october in the railroad earth) em, I and my cousin Chris and her husband were rearended by a fully loaded logging truck going 40 miles and hour and propelled into oncoming traffic for another head on collison...miraculously, only real bad bangs and bruises and rib sprains for em, chris and carlos, and a slightly fractured femur collar for yours truly resulted. the highlander looks like a volkswagon now, but the damn thing held up.
The Three Poets, Elaine Handley, Marilyn McCabe and Mary Sanders Shartle, will be reading their poetry at Borders on 395 Broadway in Saratoga Springs, this Friday, October 20, at 7:00 p.m.
The Three Poets recently won the Adirondack Center for Writing Literary Award for Best Book of Poetry for their chapbook "Notes from the Fire Tower: Three Poets on the Adirondacks". They will soon be offering the companion book "Glacial Erratica: Three Poets on the Adirondacks, Part 2."
Daniel Nester has a great article on the Poetry Foundation website about Lyn Lifshin and her recent reading at Caffe Lena in Saratoga. Nester talks about her work appearing in more than 300 journals (this includes Albany Poets quarterly journal, Other:____) and more, "We talk about a lot of things—how her father’s friend Robert Frost praised her poetry when she was a teenager; how she walked away from her dissertation on 16th-century poet Sir Thomas Wyatt and dove head-first into contemporary poetry journals; how a member of the Byrds, seeing her picture in Rolling Stone, offered to take her away and marry her." Link to Rejection Slip? What Rejection Slip?
Community of Writers: a reading sponsored by the Hudson Valley Writers Guild on Saturday, October 21, 2:00PM at Albany Center Galleries in the Albany Public Library (161 Washington Ave., Albany). Scheduled Writers:
Tim Cahill, Journalist
The Poet Essence, Performance Poet
Rachel Zitomer, Scholar Free and open to the public For information call: 449-8069 or visit www.hvwg.org Made possible by The City of Albany, and by The Arts Grant program funded through the State and Local Partnership Program of the NYS Council on the Arts and the Arts Center of the Capital Region. The Hudson Valley Writers Guild: an active, local writing community
We are very saddened to learn of the recent unexpected passing of local poet, musician, and friend, Pat Covert. Pat had been a member of the local arts community dating back to the poetry readings at the old QE2 in Albany hosted by Tom Nattell. More recently Pat had appeared at the New Age Cabaret, Valentines, and the 2002 Albany Word Fest. On Monday, October 30, we will be presenting a special Poets Speak Loud tribute to the life and work of Pat Covert at the Lark Tavern with featured poet Deb Bump. Link to more information on the Poets Speak Loud tribute to Pat Covert
Linda Pastan and Gerald Stern will be reading at the Writers Institute on November 30th at 8p. Not to be missed. New York State Writers Institute Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center Uptown Campus, SUNY Albany Free. Info: 518-442-5620 Directions to PAC: http://www.albany.edu/pac/directions.html
I am sorry to say but the next scheduled reading of Live at the Living Room at the Capital District Gay & Lesbian Community Center on October 11th has been cancelled so that everyone can enjoy attending Jerome Rothenberg's reading on the same night at the UAG Gallery on Lark Street (go to www.albanypoets.com events calendar for more info). Live from the Living Room will be back on November 8th with everybody's favorite modern drunkard, Josh McIntyre. And don't forget our sister reading at Billy Jacks at 77 Central Avenue will be on October 24th with the winning combo of Bob Sharkey and Rachel Zitomer and musicians are now welcome to play at the open mic portion of that reading. Sincerely, Don Levy
On Thursday, October 12, Word Thursdays at Bright Hill Center will present New York novelist Henry Grinberg and Delhi poet Sharon Ruetenik. They will read from their works after the open reading and intermission, which begins at 7 PM. The poets will be reading in the Word & Image Gallery, now featuring the 5th Bright Hill Press North American Juried Book Arts Exhibit. Bright Hill Center is located at 94 Church Street in Treadwell, one block north of Barlow's General Store. Henry Grinberg was born and educated in England, where he spent World War II as a schoolboy in London, sometimes evacuated to the country and sometimes subjected to severe bombing by the Nazi enemy. These experiences are incorporated into his first novel, Wild About Harry. His second, Allegro Con, asks the agonizing question, how did the German nation, self-proclaimed the most cultivated and educated on earth, both commit and countenance bestiality in World War II? Now a United States citizen, he holds a Ph.D. in medieval studies and has taught literature and writing at the City University of New York. He is the author of scholarly and popular articles and reviews. He has recorded selections from The Canterbury Tales in Middle English, released on his own Medieval Sounds label. He is a passionate World War II buff, an ardent lover of classical music, and an amateur pianist and double bass player. He is also a certified psychoanalyst with a practice in New York City. He is married to prize-winning poet and
playwright Suzanne Noguere. Sharon Ruetenik is Coordinator of the Writing Center at SUNY Delhi. She also teaches various composition and literature courses for the Humanities Department. Her poetry has appeared in various journals and anthologies, including New Press, Phoebe, Agate, and Small Pond, and in the BHP publications Out of the Catskllls and Just Beyond and The Second Word Thursdays Anthology; she has also served as associate editor for several BHP publications. She was an writer in residence at the Catskill Center's Platte Clove Residency site this past season. Ruetenik lives in Delhi. Word Thursdays Bright Hill Press's 2006 programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts, the A. Lindsay and Olive B. O'Connor Foundation, the Walter Rich Charitable Foundation, the Otis A. Thompson Foundation, the Tianaderrah Foundation, the Dewar Foundation, the A. C. Molinari Foundation, the Delaware National Bank of Delhi, Stewart's Shops, area businesses, and its members and friends. For further information and for information about Bright Hill Press and its programs, contact Bright Hill Center at 607-829-5055 or email the Center at wordthur@stny.rr.com Word Thursdays/Bright Hill Press
Where Literature Lives!
94 Church Street, POB 193
Treadwell, NY 13846-0193
web site: http://www.brighthillpress.org;
e-mail: wordthur@stny.rr.com
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The Gateway to the Literary New York!
On Thursday, October 5, the Times Union ran an article about The Barn. "...after nearly two years of organizing concerts, gallery shows and benefits with its sister organization Rock2Rebuild, the Albany Barn is working on creating another kind of home -- an actual structure where artists can live, work and play." Be sure to check out the article and The Barn's website for more information on this much needed addition to the local arts community and how you can help "raise the Barn". Link to A barn raising for growing the arts - Times Union - Albany NY
The Times Union had this article in the Sunday paper this weekend about the redevelopment of downtown Albany and how the scenery has changed in the past ten years, making the area an "entertainment district." "The eating-and-drinking efflorescence seems an undeniable success. It also raises questions: Has downtown reached its saturation point for bars? Is there more to downtown than entertainment?" This also begs the question: Is there more to "entertainment" than eating and drinking? And, where does the arts community of Albany fit into the equation, especially with the plans for the new convention center? Link to Eat, drink, be merry. Now what? - Times Union - Albany NY
Open Mic on the topic of Occupation and Resistance with Evan Greer from Riotfolk Wednesday, October 25th at 8:00pm at 98 Grand St., Albany
On October 25th the Ironweed House is having a petroleum-free day (no electricity, heat, hot water, or stove) in conjunction with Lights out America and the Declaration of Peace to protest the war in Iraq and the presence of the United States in the Middle East.
That night the Ironweed House is holding an Open Mic on the topic of Occupation and Resistance. This can include resistance to the United States' occupation in the Middle East, the occupation of police officers in our neighborhoods, or the occupation we all go to every day, our 'Jobs'. Of course all songs, poems, and performances shared on any topics are gratefully appreciated.
This event is being hosted by Evan Greer from Riotfolk:
"Evan Greer is twenty-one years old and lives somewhere between the Greyhound bus and your couch. Equally at home leading sing-along’s in a union hall or sweating in a basement punk show, his lyrically driven and energetic songs speak to radicals and hell raisers of all generations. His powerful voice and presence often lead him to leave the microphone and stage and stand facing the crowd with nothing but an acoustic guitar and a whole lot of passion. At once intensely personal and analytical, these are songs that will leave you saying, "Yes, me too," and also, "I never thought of it that way." They are songs to sing and clap along to and songs to remind you that you're not the only one.
Since leaving school in 2005, Evan has toured extensively across North America and Europe, and shared stages with performers like Billy Bragg, Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Chumbawamba, Emma's Revolution, Charlie King, Pamela Means, Defiance Ohio, Leftover Crack, Atila the Stockbroker, Foundation Movement, and Oi Polloi. In fall of 2005 he spent six weeks on the road with legendary labor singer Anne Feeney."
We have updated the Albany Poets Podcast three times this week. You can now download the September edition of Poets Speak Loud featuring Pierre Joris with Mitch Elrod at the Lark Tavern and Albany Poets Presents from September and October with a featured performance from The Poet Essence. You can download these new podcasts here and you can listen to the podcasts right in your browser by using the new Podcast Player.
Trashion Tickets on Sale Now!
All proceeds benefit the Fulton Street Gallery and the Roarke Center. Saturday, October 7, 2006, Revolution Hall, 425 River St. Troy, NY. Doors open at 7pm. Music starts at 8pm. Fashion Show starts at 10pm. Art installations & dance performances throughout the night. Trashion is a recycled fashion show which will showcase wearable art, performance pieces, dance, a puppet show, and installation art using recycled or used materials. Hosted by Mary Panza with music by Ten Minute Turns, 100 Monkey Theory, DJ Back from Japan and skfl. Trashion is an initiative of artists previously involved with Discard Avant Garb, which raised a total of $16,000 for art's organizations in the Capital District. Cheap Shuttle Transportation between Albany & Troy provided by Northland Transportation Inc. 12-3am, $5 gets you across the river. For more info, contact trashion@gmail.com
Admission is $15 in advance, $18 at the door. Advance tickets are available at:
-www.revolutionhall.com
-Dana Rudolph & Company (209 River St., Troy)
-Flavour Cafe (228 Fourth St., Troy)
-Pi Naturals (2217 5th Ave, Troy)
-Silver Fox Enterprises (302 Lark St., Albany)
-Ultra Violet Cafe (next-door to the Spectrum 8,Albany)
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