Thursday, February 26, 2009, 6pm-7pm, £3
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
Royal Pump Rooms,
The Parade,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4AA
British poet Kelvin Corcoran will recite poems inspired by the spiky, twisted forms of the sculptures on display in the Geometry of Fear exhibition. The exhibition, which brings together sculptures and works on paper from the Arts Council Collection, explores the generation of sculptors that emerged in the post-war years and created work in direct response to the horrors of the Holocaust, World War II and the climate of fear generated by the Cold War. Corcoran’s poems, taken from his recently published book, What Hit Them (Oystercatcher Press, 2008), focus on the post-war achievement of key figures in the group and put the sculptures into a contemporary and personal context.
Places are limited for this event which takes place within the exhibition space. Please call 01926 742700 to reserve your place.
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Showing posts with label February 2009. Show all posts
Thursday, February 26, 2009
LONDON: Rhythm & Muse
Thursday, 26th February, 2009, 8.30pm-10.30pm, £5/£4
The Lion,
27 Wick Road,
Teddington,
TW11
Guest poets Myra Schneider and Andre Mangeot, music from singer-songwriter Janis Haves, plus an open mic (book in advance)
Email Alison Hill for more details: alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk or see
new website at: www.rhythmandmuse.org
The Lion,
27 Wick Road,
Teddington,
TW11
Guest poets Myra Schneider and Andre Mangeot, music from singer-songwriter Janis Haves, plus an open mic (book in advance)
Email Alison Hill for more details: alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk or see
new website at: www.rhythmandmuse.org
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
ST ALBANS: Chris Hicks on Poetry Link tour
Wednesday, 25th February, 2009, 8pm
Oral Cabaret @ The Maltings Arts Theatre
February’s Poetry Link tour is headlined by Chris Hicks – the sharpest legal mind in poetry. Chris is a quarter of Aisle16 and his work has featured on McSweeneys, Radio 1 and Resonance FM. He has performed at Reading, Glastonbury, Leeds, Latitude and Port Elliot Literature Festival.
With Mat Lloyd.
Oral Cabaret @ The Maltings Arts Theatre
February’s Poetry Link tour is headlined by Chris Hicks – the sharpest legal mind in poetry. Chris is a quarter of Aisle16 and his work has featured on McSweeneys, Radio 1 and Resonance FM. He has performed at Reading, Glastonbury, Leeds, Latitude and Port Elliot Literature Festival.
With Mat Lloyd.
Monday, February 23, 2009
LEWES: Lewes Poetry
Tuesday, February 24th, 2009, 8pm, £5
Lewes Arms,
Lewes,
1 Mount Place,
Lewes,
East Sussex
Lewes Poetry celebrates its first birthday with an extended set by Elvis McGonagall. Elvis won the World Slam Poetry Championships and is a regular performer on Radio 4’s Saturday Live. It’s just a fiver for that, an open mic, and the famous prize limerick competition.
Lewes Arms,
Lewes,
1 Mount Place,
Lewes,
East Sussex
Lewes Poetry celebrates its first birthday with an extended set by Elvis McGonagall. Elvis won the World Slam Poetry Championships and is a regular performer on Radio 4’s Saturday Live. It’s just a fiver for that, an open mic, and the famous prize limerick competition.
PETERBOROUGH: Chris Hicks on Poetry Link tour
Tuesday, 24th February, 2009, 8pm
Speakeasy @ The Glass Onion
February’s Poetry Link tour is headlined by Chris Hicks – the sharpest legal mind in poetry. Chris is a quarter of Aisle16 and his work has featured on McSweeneys, Radio 1 and Resonance FM. He has performed at Reading, Glastonbury, Leeds, Latitude and Port Elliot Literature Festival.
With Jenny Orr and Cardinal Cox.
Speakeasy @ The Glass Onion
February’s Poetry Link tour is headlined by Chris Hicks – the sharpest legal mind in poetry. Chris is a quarter of Aisle16 and his work has featured on McSweeneys, Radio 1 and Resonance FM. He has performed at Reading, Glastonbury, Leeds, Latitude and Port Elliot Literature Festival.
With Jenny Orr and Cardinal Cox.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
NORWICH: Chris Hicks on Poetry Link tour
Monday, 23rd February 2009, 8pm, £5
The Monday Night Alternative @ Norwich Arts Centre
February’s Poetry Link tour is headlined by Chris Hicks – the sharpest legal mind in poetry. Chris is a quarter of Aisle16 and his work has featured on McSweeneys, Radio 1 and Resonance FM. He has performed at Reading, Glastonbury, Leeds, Latitude and Port Elliot Literature Festival.
With Molly Naylor, Patrick Lappin and Susie Showers.
The Monday Night Alternative @ Norwich Arts Centre
February’s Poetry Link tour is headlined by Chris Hicks – the sharpest legal mind in poetry. Chris is a quarter of Aisle16 and his work has featured on McSweeneys, Radio 1 and Resonance FM. He has performed at Reading, Glastonbury, Leeds, Latitude and Port Elliot Literature Festival.
With Molly Naylor, Patrick Lappin and Susie Showers.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
SOUTHEND: Chris Hicks on Poetry Link tour
Sunday, 22nd February, 2009, 7pm
Sundown @ Tiffins Restaurant
11-12 The Esplanade,
Southend
February’s Poetry Link tour is headlined by Chris Hicks – the sharpest legal mind in poetry. Chris is a quarter of Aisle16 and his work has featured on McSweeneys, Radio 1 and Resonance FM. He has performed at Reading, Glastonbury, Leeds, Latitude and Port Elliot Literature Festival.
With Project Adorno and Johnny Fluffypunk.
Sundown @ Tiffins Restaurant
11-12 The Esplanade,
Southend
February’s Poetry Link tour is headlined by Chris Hicks – the sharpest legal mind in poetry. Chris is a quarter of Aisle16 and his work has featured on McSweeneys, Radio 1 and Resonance FM. He has performed at Reading, Glastonbury, Leeds, Latitude and Port Elliot Literature Festival.
With Project Adorno and Johnny Fluffypunk.
LEAMINGTON SPA: PureandGoodandRight
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009, 7pm to book a slot, 7.30pm prompt start, £3/£2
The Fox,
32 Clarendon Avenue,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4RZ
PUREandGOODandRIGHT is an open mic poetry event - we also have great guest performance poets! Every event is an opportunity for YOU to come along and perform your poetry!!
Our VERY special guest this month is our very own and truly amazing Dick Leith. He has been a regular performer at PureandGoodandRight for the last two years. He specialises in daft verse, silly voices and likes nothing more than a good laugh. He is also a singer songwriter, actor, storyteller, lecturer and academic writer...an all-round show-off!
Frequent visitors to PGR will know that even a victim of Medusa's worst stare would find it impossible not to crack a smile at much of Dick's verse. By turns laugh-out-loud funny, bitingly satirical, and often deeply thought provoking - this is a chance to see a true master of his craft being given the chance to do what he does best.
With open mic support from…….YOU! Come and share your poems - seasoned poets and first time performers most welcome!
If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, please email pgrpoetryandpints@talktalk.net
The Fox,
32 Clarendon Avenue,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4RZ
PUREandGOODandRIGHT is an open mic poetry event - we also have great guest performance poets! Every event is an opportunity for YOU to come along and perform your poetry!!
Our VERY special guest this month is our very own and truly amazing Dick Leith. He has been a regular performer at PureandGoodandRight for the last two years. He specialises in daft verse, silly voices and likes nothing more than a good laugh. He is also a singer songwriter, actor, storyteller, lecturer and academic writer...an all-round show-off!
Frequent visitors to PGR will know that even a victim of Medusa's worst stare would find it impossible not to crack a smile at much of Dick's verse. By turns laugh-out-loud funny, bitingly satirical, and often deeply thought provoking - this is a chance to see a true master of his craft being given the chance to do what he does best.
With open mic support from…….YOU! Come and share your poems - seasoned poets and first time performers most welcome!
If you're planning to come along, or would like to know more about the night, please email pgrpoetryandpints@talktalk.net
Friday, February 20, 2009
LEAMINGTON SPA: Geometry Of Fear
Thursday, February 26, 2009, 6pm-7pm, £3
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
Royal Pump Rooms,
The Parade,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4AA
British poet Kelvin Corcoran will recite poems inspired by the spiky, twisted forms of the sculptures on display in the Geometry of Fear exhibition. The exhibition, which brings together sculptures and works on paper from the Arts Council Collection, explores the generation of sculptors that emerged in the post-war years and created work in direct response to the horrors of the Holocaust, World War II and the climate of fear generated by the Cold War. Corcoran’s poems, taken from his recently published book, What Hit Them (Oystercatcher Press, 2008), focus on the post-war achievement of key figures in the group and put the sculptures into a contemporary and personal context.
Places are limited for this event which takes place within the exhibition space. Please call 01926 742700 to reserve your place.
Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum
Royal Pump Rooms,
The Parade,
Leamington Spa
CV32 4AA
British poet Kelvin Corcoran will recite poems inspired by the spiky, twisted forms of the sculptures on display in the Geometry of Fear exhibition. The exhibition, which brings together sculptures and works on paper from the Arts Council Collection, explores the generation of sculptors that emerged in the post-war years and created work in direct response to the horrors of the Holocaust, World War II and the climate of fear generated by the Cold War. Corcoran’s poems, taken from his recently published book, What Hit Them (Oystercatcher Press, 2008), focus on the post-war achievement of key figures in the group and put the sculptures into a contemporary and personal context.
Places are limited for this event which takes place within the exhibition space. Please call 01926 742700 to reserve your place.
KENDAL: A Twist Of Malice reading
Saturday, 21st February, 2009, 2pm-3pm, all welcome
Waterstones,
Westmorland Centre
A Twist of Malice
Meg Peacocke, Carole Bromley, Gina Shaw and Rosemary McLeish will be reading poems from this popular new anthology and more…plus wine and nibbles.
‘Nothing mimsy about these poems by older women. Fierce, funny, disturbing and fairly vicious. Lovely’.
Michele Hanson in The Guardian
Waterstones,
Westmorland Centre
A Twist of Malice
Meg Peacocke, Carole Bromley, Gina Shaw and Rosemary McLeish will be reading poems from this popular new anthology and more…plus wine and nibbles.
‘Nothing mimsy about these poems by older women. Fierce, funny, disturbing and fairly vicious. Lovely’.
Michele Hanson in The Guardian
Thursday, February 19, 2009
LONDON: Shoestring Take 5 '09
Friday, 20th February, 2009, 7pm (doors open 6.30), £4/£3, wine
Trinity United Reform Church
1 Buck St,
Camden Town
(2 minutes Camden Town tube.)
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Shoestring's Take 5 '09 Australian edition with Adrian Caesar, Christopher Salveson and guest poet Peter Porter. Poets from the floor very welcome. Cinnamon Press is our new sponsor - please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Proceeds to COLD WEATHER SHELTER
Trinity United Reform Church
1 Buck St,
Camden Town
(2 minutes Camden Town tube.)
Ruth O'Callaghan presents Shoestring's Take 5 '09 Australian edition with Adrian Caesar, Christopher Salveson and guest poet Peter Porter. Poets from the floor very welcome. Cinnamon Press is our new sponsor - please bring a copy of the poem if you wish to be considered for the new anthology.
Proceeds to COLD WEATHER SHELTER
BRADFORD: Basir Sultan Kazmi in performance
Friday 20th February, 6.30pm, FREE
Theatre in the Mill,
University of Bradford
Reserve your place by calling 01274 233200
Born in Pakistan in 1955, Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Bradford, Basir Sultan Kazmi, is a poet who works in the ghazal tradition, following in the footsteps of his late father, Nasir Kazmi.
Basir both studied and taught English Literature at the Government College Lahore where he edited Ravi (1974) and ran the college literary and dramatic societies. He studied for his M.Ed, P.G.C.E and M.Phil at the University of Manchester between 1991 and 2000. Currently a teacher in Manchester, Basir has also worked for the BBC Asian programme (19991-92) and has conducted poetry and drama workshops all over the UK.
He has published an Urdu poetry collection Moj-e-Khayal (1997) and his translations of ghazals were published as A Little Bridge (1997) and Generations of Ghazals (2003) as well as in several magazines and anthologies.
Basir’s Urdu play Bisaat was published in 1987 and its translation The Chess Board in 1997. In 1992 he won the North West Playwrights Workshop Award.
His plays have been performed in theatres across the north of England and he has given poetry readings in Europe, Pakistan and the USA.
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Theatre in the Mill,
University of Bradford
Reserve your place by calling 01274 233200
Born in Pakistan in 1955, Royal Literary Fund Fellow at the University of Bradford, Basir Sultan Kazmi, is a poet who works in the ghazal tradition, following in the footsteps of his late father, Nasir Kazmi.
Basir both studied and taught English Literature at the Government College Lahore where he edited Ravi (1974) and ran the college literary and dramatic societies. He studied for his M.Ed, P.G.C.E and M.Phil at the University of Manchester between 1991 and 2000. Currently a teacher in Manchester, Basir has also worked for the BBC Asian programme (19991-92) and has conducted poetry and drama workshops all over the UK.
He has published an Urdu poetry collection Moj-e-Khayal (1997) and his translations of ghazals were published as A Little Bridge (1997) and Generations of Ghazals (2003) as well as in several magazines and anthologies.
Basir’s Urdu play Bisaat was published in 1987 and its translation The Chess Board in 1997. In 1992 he won the North West Playwrights Workshop Award.
His plays have been performed in theatres across the north of England and he has given poetry readings in Europe, Pakistan and the USA.
TLMC on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7080962005
Myspace www.myspace.com/tasminlittlemusiccentre
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
LONDON: Rhythm & Muse
Thursday, 26th February, 2009, 8.30pm-10.30pm, £5/£4
The Lion,
27 Wick Road,
Teddington,
TW11
Guest poets Myra Schneider and Andre Mangeot, music from singer-songwriter Janis Haves, plus an open mic (book in advance)
Email Alison Hill for more details: alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk or see
new website at: www.rhythmandmuse.org
The Lion,
27 Wick Road,
Teddington,
TW11
Guest poets Myra Schneider and Andre Mangeot, music from singer-songwriter Janis Haves, plus an open mic (book in advance)
Email Alison Hill for more details: alison-hill@blueyonder.co.uk or see
new website at: www.rhythmandmuse.org
BALLINA: Kevin Higgins
Thursday, February 19th, 2009, 8pm
Ballina Arts Centre
Kevin Higgins was born in London in 1967, and grew up in Galway City, where he still lives. He is co-organiser of the highly successful Over The Edge literary events. His two poetry collections are The Boy With No Face (Salmon, 2005) and Time Gentlemen, Please (Salmon, 2008). The Boy With No Face was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award and has recently gone to its second printing. One of the poems from Time Gentlemen, Please, My Militant Tendency, features in the Forward Book of Poetry 2009. He is the poetry critic of The Galway Advertiser. His work will be featured in the forthcoming anthology Identity Parade – The New British and Irish Poets (Bloodaxe, 2010). His third collection of poems, Frightening New Furniture, will be published by Salmon Poetry next year.
http://www.ballinaartscentre.com/events/2009/feb/19/kevin-higgins-reading/
Ballina Arts Centre
Kevin Higgins was born in London in 1967, and grew up in Galway City, where he still lives. He is co-organiser of the highly successful Over The Edge literary events. His two poetry collections are The Boy With No Face (Salmon, 2005) and Time Gentlemen, Please (Salmon, 2008). The Boy With No Face was short-listed for the 2006 Strong Award and has recently gone to its second printing. One of the poems from Time Gentlemen, Please, My Militant Tendency, features in the Forward Book of Poetry 2009. He is the poetry critic of The Galway Advertiser. His work will be featured in the forthcoming anthology Identity Parade – The New British and Irish Poets (Bloodaxe, 2010). His third collection of poems, Frightening New Furniture, will be published by Salmon Poetry next year.
http://www.ballinaartscentre.com/events/2009/feb/19/kevin-higgins-reading/
LONDON: Apples & Snakes Open Mic
Thursday, February 19th, 2009, 7.30pm, £3
The Albany,
Douglas Way,
London,
SE8 4AG
Newcomers meet the seasoned performers on equal terms. It's simple - a roomful of poets, performers and people who just want to hear poetry. Arrive early and claim your all important slot in the spotlight. Hosted by Inua 'Phaze' Ellams and featuring Esther Poyer.
Box Office:02086924446
Info:www.applesandsnakes.org/02084656154
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
KENDAL: A Twist Of Malice reading
Saturday, 21st February, 2009, 2pm-3pm, all welcome
Waterstones,
Westmorland Centre
A Twist of Malice
Meg Peacocke, Carole Bromley, Gina Shaw and Rosemary McLeish will be reading poems from this popular new anthology and more…plus wine and nibbles.
‘Nothing mimsy about these poems by older women. Fierce, funny, disturbing and fairly vicious. Lovely’.
Michele Hanson in The Guardian
Waterstones,
Westmorland Centre
A Twist of Malice
Meg Peacocke, Carole Bromley, Gina Shaw and Rosemary McLeish will be reading poems from this popular new anthology and more…plus wine and nibbles.
‘Nothing mimsy about these poems by older women. Fierce, funny, disturbing and fairly vicious. Lovely’.
Michele Hanson in The Guardian
SHEFFIELD: Cake Open Mic
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009, from 8pm
CAKE art space,
above Lounge bar,
West Street,
Sheffield
This is only our second event, but the first was awesome, so it's back by popular demand and now it's monthly! An open mic event, featuring spokenword, haiku, poetry, slam, sonnet - everyone welcome!
CAKE art space,
above Lounge bar,
West Street,
Sheffield
This is only our second event, but the first was awesome, so it's back by popular demand and now it's monthly! An open mic event, featuring spokenword, haiku, poetry, slam, sonnet - everyone welcome!
LONDON: Ride The Word
Wednesday, 18th February 2009, 7.30pm-9pm, FREE
Holborn Library,
32-38 Theobalds Road,
London
WC1X 8PA
On stage will be Jay Merill, Elizabeth Baines, Julia Bird, Vincent De Souza and Katy Evans-Bush, plus special guests Rack Press and New River Writers.
Holborn Library,
32-38 Theobalds Road,
London
WC1X 8PA
On stage will be Jay Merill, Elizabeth Baines, Julia Bird, Vincent De Souza and Katy Evans-Bush, plus special guests Rack Press and New River Writers.
Sunday, February 15, 2009
GLASGOW: Waxing Lyrical
Monday, 16th February 2009, 7.30pm, £1
Waxy O'Connors
44 West George Street
Glasgow
Outspoken Word presents Waxing Lyrical, the newest monthly spoken word evening on the block. Hosted by J.S. Savage and Ray Evans - the aforementioned Outspoken Word - this peomises to be an uncompromising evening of hard hitting verse and uncensored lyric.
Waxy O'Connors
44 West George Street
Glasgow
Outspoken Word presents Waxing Lyrical, the newest monthly spoken word evening on the block. Hosted by J.S. Savage and Ray Evans - the aforementioned Outspoken Word - this peomises to be an uncompromising evening of hard hitting verse and uncensored lyric.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
LONDON: Sundays at the Oto
Sunday, February 15th, 2009, 3pm-5 pm, £4 entry.
Café Oto,
18-22 Ashwin Street,
Dalston,
London
E8 3DL
Presented by Peter Philpott, and featuring Sarah Jacobs, Richard Makin, Dawn Scarfe and Mel Gough.
Art, language and music come together. Sarah Jacobs is a sculptor making objects, performance, installation, books on paper, and books in electronic form. Her electronic piece Deciphering Human Chromosome 16: We Report Here uses text in a visual way to document the ethical, economic, political and philosophical polemics associated with mapping the human genome, and their changes through time
Richard Makin is a writer of fiction and poetry and a visual artist. Experience his language as a complex and haunting landscape to drift across.
Carillon is an experimental sound performance by artists Dawn Scarfe and Mel Gough. Guitars are tuned to resonant nodes in cymbals to produce a rich bell-like sound. The aim is to investigate accents and textures within the spectrum of resonant sound in immersive and meditative live exploration. Expect from this afternoon completely new stances on language, music and performance!
for further information:
* http://www.myspace.com/sundaysattheoto
* Facebook Group: Sundays at the Oto
Café Oto,
18-22 Ashwin Street,
Dalston,
London
E8 3DL
Presented by Peter Philpott, and featuring Sarah Jacobs, Richard Makin, Dawn Scarfe and Mel Gough.
Art, language and music come together. Sarah Jacobs is a sculptor making objects, performance, installation, books on paper, and books in electronic form. Her electronic piece Deciphering Human Chromosome 16: We Report Here uses text in a visual way to document the ethical, economic, political and philosophical polemics associated with mapping the human genome, and their changes through time
Richard Makin is a writer of fiction and poetry and a visual artist. Experience his language as a complex and haunting landscape to drift across.
Carillon is an experimental sound performance by artists Dawn Scarfe and Mel Gough. Guitars are tuned to resonant nodes in cymbals to produce a rich bell-like sound. The aim is to investigate accents and textures within the spectrum of resonant sound in immersive and meditative live exploration. Expect from this afternoon completely new stances on language, music and performance!
for further information:
* http://www.myspace.com/sundaysattheoto
* Facebook Group: Sundays at the Oto
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