THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2012
8-9:30
DDAY AT THE BOWERY PRESENTS:
FELONIOUS FRAULEINS!
BOWERY POETRY CLUB
308 BOWERY (BET HOUSTON & BLEECKER)
POETRY, PERFORMANCES, & MORE!
HOSTED BY BIG MIKE
PRODUCED BY BIG MIKE, FAUX MAUX & PUMA PERL
FEATURING:
ANNE HANAVAN - FRONT WOMAN HOT PUNK BAND TRANSGENDERED JESUS /WRITER /FILMMAKER/ LOWER EAST SIDE ICON! HER STORIES APPEAR IN THE NEWLYPUBLISHED “UNBEARABLES BOOK OF SEX”. HER BAND RECENTLY OPENED FOR LAURIE ANDERSON & PHILIP GLASS; READING VENUES INCLUDE THE BOWERY POETRY CLUB, WOW CAFE & MUCH, MUCH MORE!
LARA KONESKY - A 32 YEAR OLD PERSON FROM COLUMBUS, OHIO. SHE ENJOYS EXAGGERATIONS, WORKING WITH REFUGEES, BARBARIC AND REBELLIOUS CHILDREN, BURDENS, AND BEING VERY SOBER. AFTER EXTENSIVE PHILOSOPHICAL TRAINING, SHE DECIDED THE ONLY REAL LIFE WAS THE LIFE OF THE WRITER.
NICCA RAY - THE SUBJECT OF GEORGE SPENCER’S DOCUMENTARY PRESENTED BY THE ARTS (PERFORMING) AT TRIBES TITLED NICCA RAY: FROM HOLLYWOOD TO NEW YORK, A BAD TRIP. IT HAD ITS FIRST SCREENING ON JANUARY 2, 2012 ON THE MANHATTAN NEIGHBORHOOD NETWORK AND CAN BE SEEN ON VIMEO. HER POEMS AND SHORT STORIES HAVE APPEARED IN THE UNBEARABLES BIG BOOK OF SEX, HANGING LOOSE, FAROUTFURTHEROUTOUTOFSIGHT, OCTOBER BABIES, AND WE LIVE FOR BLOOD AND GLORY. SHE IS CURRENTLY WORKING ON A BOOK ABOUT HER FATHER, FILM DIRECTOR NICHOLAS RAY.
PUMA PERL –POET/WRITER/PERFORMANCE ARTIST/PRODUCER/CURATOR AND CO-CREATOR OF DDAY PRODUCTIONS AND THIS EVENT - AUTHOR OF THE FULL LENGTH COLLECTION"KNUCKLE TATTOOS," THE AWARD WINNING CHAPBOOK "BELINDA AND HER FRIENDS," WIDELY PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS AND ANTHOLOGIES, INTERNATIONALLY!
http://pumaperl.blogspot.com/
BIG MIKE IS THE AUTHOR OF 2 BOOKS, 81 POUNDS AND SIBLING RIVALRY AND APPEARS IN THE ANTHOLOGY ONE MILLIMETER, ALL PUBLISHED BY PRETTY POLLUTION PRESS. BIG MIKE IS KNOWN FOR HIS PERFORMANCE ART AND WAS AWARDED BEST NEPTUNE IN THE 2004 MERMAID PARADE IN CONEY ISLAND.
$6 AT THE DOOR BUYS YOU A GOSHDARNED GOOD TIME!
3 MINUTE OPEN MIC - SIGN-UP AT 7:45
http://www.bowerypoetry.com/#February_16
