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Seen: an evening of portaits and poetry

Friday May 7th – 8pm
Cracker Factory (35 Lehigh Street, Geneva NY)

Poetry readings by Lauren K Alleyne, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
Portaits by Rachel Eliza Griffiths

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..Poets For Ayiti

Presents a Reading From
“For the Crowns of Your Heads”
A Poetry Chapbook to Support the Rebuilding of
Bibliotheque du Soliel

Wednesday, April 28, 8 pm
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery

Featuring:
Yolaine M. St. Fort
Jean Marie Roumer
Melissa Beauvery
Ella Turenne
Yesenie Montilla
Mahogany Browne
Linda Baldanzi
Monica A. Hand
Keisha-Gaye Anderson
Sharon Dennis Wyeth
Marie-Ovide Dorcely
Denize Lauture
Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Marta Lucia Vargas
Janlori Goldman
Kathy Engel
Kimberley Ann Rogers
Lisa Wujunovich

Limited Edition Chapbooks available with $20 minimum donation

Poets for Ayiti (www.poetsforayiti.org) is a collective of poets from diverse backgrounds committed to the power of poetry to transform and educate.

For the Crowns of Your Heads is a collection of poems published by Poets for Ayiti to raise funds for the rebuilding of Bibliotheque du Soliel, the Port-au-Prince library destroyed during the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti. As a thank-you for your tax-deductible donations of $20 or more, you will receive a copy of this limited edition chapbook. Bibliotheque du Soliel is a project of Haiti Soliel (www.haitisoliel.org), a 501c3 organization based in Berkley, CA.

Poets for Ayiti is generously sponsored by The Cave Canem Foundation. If you cannot make the event but would like to make a donation, please follow the link below to make a gift and receive For the Crowns of Your Heads in return!

Ars Poetica, Photographs by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Exhibit Opening, March 18, 6 – 8:30, 20 Jay Street Suite 310-A DUMBO

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Ars Poetica, Photographs by Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Opening Reception: March 18, 6 – 8:30 pm
20 Jay Street Suite 310-A Brooklyn/DUMBO

Exhibit Dates: March 18 – May 31, 2010

Featuring portraits of the Cave Canem Poetry Collective including poets Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, Yusef Komunyakaa, Carl Phillips, Nikky Finney, Myronn Hardy, Frank X Walker, Mahogany Browne, Ed Roberson, Terrance Hayes, Roger Bonair Agard, Ross Gay, Dante Micheaux, Aracelis Girmay, Lyrae Van-Clief Stefanon, and many more.

Opening Reception: March 18, 6 – 8:30 pm 20 Jay Street Suite 310-A Brooklyn/DUMBO
Poetry Readings Include: Kamilah Aisha Moon, Mahogany Browne, Amanda Johnston, Iain Pollock, Marcus Jackson and more.
Live Jazz by the Guillaume Laurent Trio

For Further Information, Please Contact: Camille Rankine, 718.858.000 www.cavecanempoets.org

As part of its Portraits of Poets: 1910 to 2010 exhibition, The Poetry Society of America will exhibit Rachel Eliza Griffith’s portraits of Lucille Clifton with Nikky Finney, Toi Derricotte, Rita Dove, Martín Espada, Jack Gilbert, Linda Gregg, Yusef Komunyakaa, Ishmael Reed and Ed Roberson. The exhibition is open to the public January 5-15, weekdays, 10 am-5 pm, National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park, NYC. Please read on for details of Opening Night reception with readings.http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/about/centennial_news/ The exhibit will include drawings, photographs, and oil portraits of distinguished poets from W. B. Yeats, Robert Frost, and Marianne Moore to Lorine Niedecker, Frank O’Hara, Etheridge Knight, Gary Snyder, Adrienne Rich, and Audre Lorde.
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010, 6:00 pmCocktail reception with readings by Galway Kinnell, Marie Ponsot, Yusef Komunyakaa, and Richard HowardFront parlor, National Arts ClubBenefit ticket $50RSVP Benefit tickets only to Brett Fletcher Lauer
7:00 pmReading by SapphireFree and open to the public
Exhibition dates:Tuesday January 5th through Friday, January 15thWeekdays, 10:00 am – 5:00 pmNational Arts Club15 Gramercy ParkNew York, New York 10003

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Jill Krementz’s Photo Journal

Founding publisher Amanda Johnston introduces Torch to New York City. Join Cave Canem in celebrating the success of this ambitious on-line journal dedicated to showcasing work by emerging and established black women writers.

Contributors Lauren K. Alleyne, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Tayari Jones and Kamilah Aisha Moon read from their work.

Selected photographs from Rachel Eliza Griffiths’ oeuvre will be on display in Cave Canem’s new home at 20 Jay Street, Brooklyn.

$10 general admission
$7 for seniors and students with i.d.
All proceeds to benefit Torch and Cave Canem

Ann Schaumburger, Taryn Wells, and Locks In Translation Opening
You are invited to two solo exhibitions of new work by Ann Schaumburger And Taryn Wells As well as The Inaugural “Open A.I.R.” group exhibition, Locks In Translation, Curated by JoAnne McFarland at A.I.R. Gallery October 7 – November 2, 2009 Opening Reception: Thursday, October 8, 2009 6pm to 8pm