Poetry has had its shining moments in the swing of cultural trends, though lately a quality slam seems few and far between. So where should you go when you need a dose of narcotic wordplay? You’d go to the Bowery Poetry Club silly! (duh!) Every Tuesday the Club presents the Urbana Poetry Slam featuring a prolific new poet. Tonight watch Sarah Morgan kill it...
New Yorkers often preach about maintaining the fabric of our City, yet complain about the noise. Gamal Hennessy’s Seize the Night reminds us of the importance of responsible NYC nightlife and how essential it is to our community. It’s an industry that by its nature gets a bad rap but is fundamental to our city both socially and fiscally. The preview party for it is this Thursday at Happy Ending Lounge. There will be an open bar courtesy of Absolut Vodka from 7:00- 8:00 pm. Considering the shindig is to celebrate a book about nightlife we’re betting that it’s going to be a blast. Plus did you read the part about an open bar?!
The New York City Museum of Complaint is a collection of 132 letters addressed to the Mayor between 1751 and 1969, making a range of complaints on topics such as swindles and corruption to bad luck and broken hearts. Celebrated essayist Philip Lopate will read selected text.
“The IBNYC is an alliance of independent booksellers working together to promote the cultural, literary and economic benefits of shopping at the city's diverse collection of bookstores. We are united in our goal to keep indie bookstores thriving and raise awareness of the vital contributions that these local businesses make to New York City's rich tradition as a center of publishing and bookselling.”
While Allan Tannenbaum was the photo editor of the SoHo Weekly News he produced a body of work that can only be described as iconic. His photographs documented the 70’s from parties to politics, from street gangs to street divas, and from the homeless to Hollywood stars.
This Saturday is Free Comic Book Day. Participating comic book shops around the world are giving comics away for free to anyone who drops into their stores.
William Heller is a 16 year-old that goes by the nickname of Lowboy, mainly because of his fondness for riding the subway. Not the most exciting of hobbies, but then again you're not a schizophrenic off his meds who believes that the world is going to end in 10 hours.
NYU’s School of Continuing and Professional Studies and KGB Bar present a panel of comics writers and artists who will discuss graphic novels and what American Splendor writer Harvey Pekar has called “graphic non-novels”—memoirs in the form of book-length comics. Think Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Alison Bechdel's Funhouse.
OSO Restaurant at the Southampton Inn continues its Dinner and… series, a night of fine food and conversation with Hamptons luminaries. On deck is Bob Zellner, author of The Wrong Side of Murder Creek, a stirring look back at his life during the civil rights movement.
