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Last Minute Addition to Howl! Schedule-Howl! Poets in the Garden, Saturday, September 4th
September 3, 2010HOWL ! Poets in the Garden !Saturday Sept 4th 2pm-6pmFREELocation: The Garden on East 11th Street between Avenues B and C- south side of the streetA gathering of poets – featuring Dorothy Friedman August, Steve Dalachinsky, Ilsa Gilbert, Barbara Henning, Kate Irving, Norman Macaffe, Lissa Moira, Yuko Otomo, Ron Price, Tom Savage, Susan Scutti, Phyllis…
Continued“Art Around the Park†Will Add Boundless Color to the 7th Annual Howl! Festival in Tompkins Square Park in NYC’s East Village, Sept. 11th and 12th Attention Artists : There Are Still a Few Open Spaces!
September 2, 2010Photo by Nicholas Bergery The 2010 Howl! Festival is pleased to announce that “Art Around the Park†will return for its 14th year in Tompkins Square Park. Conceived in 1992, “Art Around the Park†joined forces with Howl Festival when it began. Over the years, important artists such as Tony Feher, David Row, Olivier Mosset,…
ContinuedAnother Unfortunate Case of Too Many Letters In Alphabet City
September 1, 2010It has come to our attention that yet another poet, Emanuel Xavier, has had his name misspelled in some of the Howl! Festival press materials. He unwittingly joins a most elite club of poets with temporarily misspelled names, whose charter members are Susan Scutti, Amy Ouzoonian and Thomas Fucaloro. Emanuel Xavier will be reading at The…
ContinuedThere Just Aren’t Enough Letters in the Alphabet to Describe Howl! Festival’s Esteemed Guest Poets Susan Scutti, Amy Ouzoonian and Thomas Fucaloro
August 31, 2010No two poets are alike, but we know three poets who have all, very recently, suffered comparable misfortune. Susan Scutti, Amy Ouzoonian and Thomas Fucaloro had their names misspelled on various Howl! Festival press materials and even on this blog. No doubt each of them will interpret the adversity with great individuality. Hopefully, they will…
ContinuedElla Lounge Joins the Howl! Festival with a week of performances to benefit the Howl! H.E.L.P. Fund
August 29, 2010Ella Lounge, the first and only place to bring the Hollywood glamour of the roaring 20s and 30s to Avenue A, has joined the Howl! Festival’s esteemed list of sponsoring venues. The formidable line-up includes popular female jazz vocalists Teresa Mora, Baby Jane Dexter, Nanette Natal and Jahneen/Jeannine Otis, Melange, the inimitable singer/actor/Broadway veteran Larry…
ContinuedThe 7th Annual Howl! Festival Pays Tribute to 9/11 in Tompkins Square Park in NYC’s East Village- All Events Are Free and Open to the Public
August 29, 2010Performance artists, poets, musicians, and dance companies honor 9/11 at the 7th Annual HOWL! Festival in Tompkins Square Park, (7th–10th Streets, between Avenues A & B), on the weekend of Sept. 10, 11 and 12. Chanters, a free meditation zone, meditation walk, yoga classes for both children and adults, a calling of names station and…
ContinuedGoogle Request of the Day
August 28, 2010Please google the word “howl.†The top three results are currently: 1. 1. A Wikipedia page devoted to Allen Ginsberg’s poem 2. 2. Howlfestival.com 3. 3. An IMDB listing of the movie, “Howl,†starring James Franco as Allen Ginsberg. Now please…
ContinuedHowl! Poetry Events at Theatre 80, St. Mark’s Church and Tompkins Square Park
August 28, 2010Monday Sept 6th Theatre 80 St. Marks: 80 Saint Marks Place 4pm-6pm $10.00 SISTER SON/JI by Sonia Sanchez In Sister Son/Ji, written by Sonia Sanchez, directed by SC2 and starring Jacqueline Gregg, poet/playwright Sanchez unflinchingly examines the paradoxical notions of liberation within in the Black Power Movement. Sonia Sanchez is a Poet. Mother. Professor. National…
ContinuedHowl! Spotlight -Howl! Festival’s Traditional Opening Night Reading of Allen Ginsberg’s Poem, “Howl,” in Tompkins Square Park- September 10th, 2010, 5-7PM
August 25, 2010Bob Holman The 7th Annual Howl! Festival, the East Village Festival of the Arts, will begin Friday night, September 10th, 5 to 7 PM, with the festival’s traditional reading of the iconic Allen Ginsberg poem, “Howl.†Taking place on the South Stage, (Avenue A and 7th Street), the reading will feature an amalgam of the East…
ContinuedHowl! Spotlight -Personal Appearance by Filmmaker Jerry Aronson to Screen and Discuss…
August 24, 2010JERRY ARONSON’S ‘THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ALLEN GINSBERG’ In-person appearance by the filmmaker Jerry Aronson with Q and A and DVD signing. A New York Exclusive screening. One night only – to benefit the HOWL ! H.E.L.P. Fund ! Thursday, Sep 9 8 PM – 9:30 PM $10.00 Theatre 80 St. Marks, 80 St. Marks Place 212-388-0388 The re-release…
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