BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Howl! Arts - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Howl! Arts X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.howlarts.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Howl! Arts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210423 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210614 DTSTAMP:20260603T231831 CREATED:20210412T181338Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220420T224359Z UID:10000562-1619136000-1623628799@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:AL DIAZ: A Subterraneous Journal DESCRIPTION:A Subterraneous Journal\, a collection of his current work\, was all completed during the months of the pandemic (2020-21). The linguistic play in Diaz’ work has always been about engaging the viewer to read and identify with the ideas in his writing. Dealing with “present-day life on this massively screwed-up planet of ours\,” the artist’s thought-provoking messages are intended to inspire action. The politically loaded social commentary and humor give his text-based work visual life. The virtual exhibition will be on view starting April 23rd.   \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nPrev\n1 of 1\nNext\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n In The Studio with Al Diaz\n \n \n \n \n \n\nPrev\n1 of 1\nNext\n\n \n \n \nDiaz will also be painting a new mural on the theme of Spring at 246 Bowery. The public is invited to visit and watch his process on Tuesday\, April 20th.  \n \nDiaz\, a first-generation graffiti writer who is well-known for his collaboration with Jean-Michel Basquiat on SAMO©\, works in new formats for this exhibition. Banners\, canvases\, grids of ink-transfer-illustrated tile\, and shaped works suspended from the ceiling surround and immerse the audience in a large-scale\, visually stimulating narrative installation.  \nA three-dimensional journal\, this collection of works includes some of the artist’s most ambitious pieces to date. Most of the pieces are created using what Diaz calls a “constrained alphabet” comprised exclusively of reclaimed New York City Transit WET PAINT signage characters\, and subway-system icons. The work is presented in a variety of mixed media\, applications\, and scales while maintaining a visual theme. A large banner extending across one entire gallery wall reads: “After a prolonged period of isolation and confinement we became fearful and suspicious.” \n“I’ve been experimenting with what I refer to as my WET PAINT/Subway Letters series for 11 years now\,” says Diaz\, “and continue to enjoy sharing the surprisingly vast possibilities that can be produced with a restrained\, limited number of characters.” \nFor an in-depth article about Al’s life and artistic trajectory\, check out Al Diaz: 4 the Creatively Defiant. \nAbout Al Diaz \nAl Díaz’s creative career spans five decades. Of Puerto Rican descent\, he was raised in New York City and by age 15 was an influential first-generation subway graffiti artist known as “BOMB-ONE.” His friendship and artistic collaboration with high school classmate Jean-Michel Basquiat on the SAMO© graffiti writings—an avant-garde social critique—has been noted often in contemporary art history. Diaz’ contributions to the cultural renaissance of the East Village from that period also include musical percussion and performance art\, and have made him a key member of a celebrated artistic community that continues to influence and attract interest today. \nDiaz has been a featured panel speaker at The New School\, The Museum of the City of New York and The African American History Museum (Smithsonian). He appears in the documentaries Radiant Child\, Rage to Riches\, and Boom for Real\, films focusing on the life of Jean Michel Basquiat and the NYC music and art culture of the 1980s.  \nAl Diaz lives and works in Brooklyn\, New York. \nThis program is supported\, in part\, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/al-diaz-a-subterraneous-journal/ LOCATION:Howl! Happening\, 6 East 1st Street\, New York City\, NY\, 10003\, United States CATEGORIES:Exhibition,Gallery,Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/al_install-scaled.jpg GEO:40.7248189;-73.991658 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street New York City NY 10003 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=6 East 1st Street:geo:-73.991658,40.7248189 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210525T200000 DTSTAMP:20260603T231831 CREATED:20210422T182617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210524T155852Z UID:10000590-1621972800-1621972800@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:Puma Perl & Friends DESCRIPTION:Every Tuesday Night in May at 8 PM \nMay 4\, 11\, 18\, and 25\, 2021 \nPart of Howl’s Artist-in-Residence Series \nPuma Perl and Friends is art at its best—collaborative\, thrilling\, and authentic. There is no posturing; it’s poetry and music and its own divine experience. —Elizabeth Grey\, writer \nHowl Arts is pleased to present its May artist-in-residence: performing poet Puma Perl. She will host and curate Howl’s May residency series\, bringing spoken-word and musical performances featuring her original work with guest appearances from writer and musician friends who join her in a variety of configurations. \nMay 4: Puma Perl with poets Jane Ormerod and Nicca Ray.\nMay 11: Puma Perl with musicians Joe Sztabnik and Dave Donen. Intermission by Nicca Ray\nMay 18: Puma Perl with musicians Joff Wilson and Seaton Hancock. Intermission by Jane Ormerod\nMay 25: Puma Perl with musicians Joff Wilson\, Joe Sztabnik and Dave Donen\, with special guest Seaton Hancock. Intermission by Joff Wilson and/or Joe Sztabnik.\n\nPuma utilizes her life on the Lower East Side as a backdrop for her writing and performances. The first of her five books\, Belinda and Her Friends\, was published in 2008. Along the way\, she moved into working with downtown musicians\, and in 2012 began the improvisational band Puma Perl and Friends.  \n\n  \nThese shows will reflect Perl’s journey from street poet to published writer and seasoned performer—including solo unaccompanied readings by Puma and two of her great friends\, Nicca Ray (Ray by Ray\, Back Seat Baby) and Jane Ormerod (founding editor of great weather for Media\, author of Welcome to the Museum of Cattle). \nThe poet will also welcome some of her band members\, and more friends\, to paint the music behind the words: Joff Wilson\, the band’s co-founder; Joe Sztabnik; and Dave Donen. Saxophonist Seaton Hancock will make a guest appearance. \nPuma Perl and Friends are happy to be reuniting after a long year and look forward to the next journey \nAbout Puma Perl\nPuma Perl is a poet\, writer\, performer\, and producer. She’s the author of two chapbooks\, Ruby True and Belinda and Her Friends\, and three full-length poetry collections\, knuckle tattoos\, Retrograde (great weather for MEDIA)\, and Birthdays Before and After (Beyond Baroque Books). She is the creator\, curator\, and host of Puma’s Pandemonium\, events which fuse spoken word and rock and roll. As Puma Perl and Friends\, she performs regularly with a group of talented musicians. She’s received three awards from the New York Press Association in recognition of her journalism and was the recipient of the 2016 Acker Award in the writing category.  \n\nAbout Puma’s Guests\nDave Donen: percussionist\, The Lenny Kaye Connection and more\nSeaton Hancock (aka Raven\, Chuckie): saxophonist\, visual artist. Plays solo and with bands of all genres\nJane Ormerod: publisher\, editor\, poet\nNicca Ray: writer\, memoirist\, poet\nJoe Sztabnik: musician\, songwriter\, founding member of New York Junk\nJoff Wilson: musician\, songwriter\, founder of Bowery Boys and SoulCakeAbove Photo by Robert Butcher\nHomepage Photo by Anne Husick URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/puma-perl-friends-2021-05-25/2021-05-25/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Happening Soon,Performance,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Puma-Perl-portrait-by-Robert-Butcher-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210526 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210527 DTSTAMP:20260603T231831 CREATED:20210524T173255Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210525T164748Z UID:10000591-1621987200-1622073599@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:The Full Moon Show with John Pizza: HARD DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 26\, 2021\nOn Howlarts.org \nWe’re coming out of quarantine and things have been pretty “hard.” We’ve been chained to our apartments and confined to zoom meetings. But there’s still room to make stuff\, to write poetry\, and to perform. \nJoin performer John Pizza and rapper Charlie Smarts (@giggityschwiggity) for Hard. It’s a full-moon quarantine poetry park meet-up\, proving that even in the middle of a pandemic\, you can still ride your bikes to Herbert Von King Park\, write a song\, and make a music video.  \nJohn Pizza is a performer\, builder\, and drawer. He uses trash and thrift-store detritus scrounged in his Brooklyn neighborhood to tell stories and make his shows. He loves the macabre and the mushy sweet. His sculptures are performative\, and his performances involve sculptures—an object theatre of weird surprises.  \nAbout Tom Murrin and the Full Moon Show \nPerformance is anything done with purpose and style. —Tom Murrin \nHowl! Happening is home to the archive of Tom Murrin\, aka Alien Comic\, Godfather of Performance Art. Every full moon without fail\, paid booking or not\, in all seasons and whatever the weather\, he performed his Luna Macaroona Full Moon Show. When he had a club date that fell on the full moon\, he’d wrangle his friends to perform as guests—pushing the careers of groundbreaking performers like David Cale\, David Sedaris\, Amy Sedaris\, Blue Man Group\, Ethyl Eichelberger\, Lisa Kron\, and many others. When he didn’t have a club date\, he performed on the street for passersby\, transforming the pedestrian atmosphere with his madness and magic. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/the-full-moon-show-with-john-pizza-hard/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Happening Soon,Performance,Special Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/John-PIzza-Moon-_-72.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210529T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210529T190000 DTSTAMP:20260603T231831 CREATED:20210525T165304Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210529T143200Z UID:10000589-1622291400-1622314800@www.howlarts.org SUMMARY:HOWL! Remembers LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 29\n12:30 PM – 7 PM\nStreaming Live on Howlarts.org \nPoets\, come out of your closets\, open your windows\, open your doors\, You have been holed up too long in your closed worlds … Poetry should transport the public / to higher places / than other wheels can carry it … — Lawrence Ferlinghetti\, Populist Manifesto\, 1976 \nEarlier this year we lost the incomparable poet\, painter\, and social activist\, Lawrence Ferlinghetti (March 24\, 1919 – February 22\, 2021). Howl! Arts and Bob Holman are honored to bring together a spectacular group of poets\, writers\, filmmakers\, activists\, musicians\, and artists to pay tribute to Ferlinghetti’s genius—reading poems\, telling stories\, and sharing memories. The evening includes individual and group readings\, film premieres\, and recorded and live presentations that highlight Ferlinghetti’s influence and importance to generations of creators.  \nThe event will begin with a screening of the film Ferlinghetti: A Rebirth of Wonder\, a feature-length biopic by Chris Felver. Following this screening\, Bob Holman will read John Tytell’s essay The Last Lighthouse\, before introducing the first-ever group reading of Ferlinghetti’s book of poems A Coney Island of the Mind—29 poems read by 29 poets from around the globe. Originally published in 1958\, A Coney Island of the Mind has sold over a million copies\, making it one of the most successful books of poetry in history. \nThe program continues with the Premiere of two important recordings:  Ed Sanders’ audio interview with Ferlinghetti speaking about his days as the Captain of a U.S. Navy submarine chaser in WWII—one of the first vessels to go to Nagasaki after the bombing and the World Premiere of Pictures of a Gone World\, a film by Paul Holzman. This previously unreleased recording session of Ferlinghetti reading the poem of the same name is accompanied by the American composer and musician David Amram.  \nArtist\, writer\, activist Guillermo Gomez-Peña will offer a prayer for Ferlinghetti\, before screening a video by Alystyre Julian of Anne Waldman reading a selection of Ferlinghetti poems accompanied by Devin Brahja Waldman on saxophone. \nInterspersed with these presentations a wide array of creators will read their own and Ferlinghetti’s work. Among the artists invited to participate are: Ammiel Alcalay\, David Amram\, JoAnne Akalaitis\,  Eszter Balint\, Andrei Codrescu\, Ann Charters\, Len Chandler\, Garrett Caples\, Al Diaz\,  Guillermo Gomes-Peña\, Joy Harjo\, David Henderson\, Juan Felipe Herrera\, Hettie Jones\, Heather Letier\, Gerard Malanga\, Eileen Myles\, Amy Evans McClure\, Kevin Maloney\, Yuko Otomo\, Edgar Oliver\, Puma Perl\, Charley Plymel\, Pam Plymell\, Margaret Randall\, Felice Rosser\, Bob Rosenthal\, Ed Sanders\, Pamela Sneed\, David Shapiro\, Sokuzan\, Steven Taylor\, John Tytell\, and Regina Weinrich. \nThe evening’s program concludes with a symphony of voices as artists\, writers and poets take to the stage at Howl Arts / Howl Archive for a live group reading of Ferlinghetti’s I am Waiting. URL:https://www.howlarts.org/event/howl-remembers-lawrence-ferlinghetti/ LOCATION:NY CATEGORIES:Happening Soon ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.howlarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/2506-Ferlinghetti-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR