HOWL! HAPPENING presents 5 Years of Partnership with LiVE MAG! Join us for an evening of Art, Film, and Poetry to celebrate the release of The EDGY ISSUE hosted by Publisher Jeffrey Cyphers Wright and Editors Ilka Scobie and Lori Oritz.

LiVE MAG! has evolved from its original conception as an onstage event and produces multiple live shows and an annual journal of art and poetry. To celebrate the release of its 19th issue, LiVE MAG! will present a selection of readings from The EDGY ISSUE along with a screening of short films by Luigi Cazzaniga, Sono Kuwayama, and Marcia Resnick. The event will also highlight artwork in the new issue including a presentation by the painter Brett De Palma. Other guests include Sarah Arvio, Max Blagg, and Leah Elimeliah.

About LiVE MAG!: LiVE MAG! was born to run at the Bowery Poetry Club. It began when Bob Holman asked Jeff Wright to produce a show. Wright conceived the show as a performance/publication event where publishers, writers, and audiences could swap and share. The idea was that by reading, or staging, a poem it would be like publishing it.

Jeffrey Cyphers Wright: LiVE MAG! publisher moved to New York City in 1976 and began Hard Press, publishing poetry postcards and books Wright has written 18 books of poetry including Blue Lyre, Triple Crown, Employment of the Apes, All in All, and Take Over with a foreword by Allen Ginsberg. 

Ilka Scobie: LiVE MAG! Deputy Editor, is a native New Yorker, poet and art critic. She has written extensively for artnet and currently contributes to London’s Artlyst. Recent poems have appeared in Poetry in Performance, Vanitas, and here/there. She was also Deputy Editor of Cover Magazine.

Lori Ortiz LiVE MAG! Associate Editor, Designer/Developer, holds a BFA from Alfred University has enjoyed an accomplished painting career. She has written arts journalism for NYC and national cultural trade and weekly publications since 2003 and is the author of Disco Dance. She has been a member of the design and web developer communities since 2009.