Thursday, April 8, 2010

Poets Rock Roosevelt Island's Gallery RIVAA On Friday Night - Celebrate National Poetry Month With Alphabet Coffeehouse, Flatbush & More


This Friday night Poets will Rock Roosevelt Island's Gallery RIVAA starting at 8 PM with Mike Marcellino and Gil Fagiani as well as singer-songwriters Stacy Rock and Chris Fuller. According to Gallery RIVAA:
“Poetry is music of the soul.” Notebook Writer host, poet Mike Marcellino discovers what Voltaire meant by that with his guests – poets Gil Fagiani, Queens, NY, who will read from his new collection about Spanish Harlem in the 1960s, “A Blanquito In El Barrio”(Rain Mountain Press); Jane Ormerod, from New York City, who will read from her new book of poems, “Recreational Vehicles on Fire” (Three Rooms Press); Erica Miriam Fabri, NYC poet & performance artist, author of “Dialect of a Skirt” (Hanging Loose Press) and Babs Martin, Tulsa, OK, songwriter and vocalist with “Babs Martin and the Trip” who will perform songs from her new album, “Awake in the Fog” Mike introduces his new recording, “Alphabet Coffeehouse” and talks with special guest Tad Sudol, president of the non-profit Roosevelt Island Visual Art Association, which operates Gallery RIVAA. Mike, Gil and Jane will perform in a two-part poetry and music series to mark National Poetry Month at Gallery RIVAA, 527 Main St., New York at 8pm, Friday, April 9 and 4pm, Saturday, April 24....
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