2/27 Verse Envisioned Finale @ Panza Gallery

THIS SATURDAY…

VERSE ENVISIONED FINALE

A CELEBRATION OF PITTSBURGH POETRY AND ART

 

Saturday, Feb. 27

5 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Panza Gallery

115 Sedgwick St., Millvale 15209

 

* A conversation with SAM HAZO

 

* Readings by poets BOB VALASEK, LIANE ELLISON NORMAN, SCOTT SILSBE, DAVID KUTCHER, RONNA EDELSTEIN, JULIE CECCHINI, CHRIS YEAGER 

 

* Talks by artists LENORE THOMAS, ALAN BYRNE, BILL PFAHL

 

Hang around after the program for drinks, conservation, and to wander rooms full of art and artifacts in a former German music hall.

 

Greg Victor

OpEd/Forum Editor

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

 

1/31 Galway Kinnell Memorial Reading @ EEBX & Free Monster Poems @ Most Wanted Fine Art

TONIGHT at East End Book Exchange…

Widely admired for poems of depth, tenderness and beauty, Kinnell published 10 collections, including The Book of Nightmares (1971), a book-length lyric that reflects his work in the Civil Rights Movement and activism against the Vietnam War. Among many honors, he received the 1982 Pulitzer Prize in poetry, the National Book Award and was a MacArthur “genius” Fellow.

Galway Kinnell Memorial Reading

Date: Saturday, January 31st at 7:00 PM

Location: East End Book Exchange

The following Pittsburgh poets will read from Kinnell’s work:Jan Beatty
Jimmy Cvetic
Angele Ellis
Lynn Emanuel
Terrance Hayes
Sam Hazo
Joy Katz
Ed Ochester 
Mike Schneider
Marianne Trale
Michael WursterOpen mic/open discussion to follow readers

Music: Scots-Irish solo fiddle by Jan Hamilton of Devilish Merry

Here’s an article about the event by Rege Behe.

ALSO TONIGHT at 7, at Most Wanted Fine Art…

HEADLINING MONSTERS
Juliet Cook
John Thomas Menesini
The Devilz in the Detailz
Requiem
Cherri Baum
Shawn Maddey
Penny Delapoison

…and Margaret [Bashar] and [Rachael] Deacon will also monster, because really.

Jason Baldinger will also be reading at this monster party.

Both events are FREE like Freedonia.