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A Little Bit Louder (See "Thirteen (13) Bar") ABCNoRio Gallery and Performance Space Sundays at 3 $3 156 Rivington St Feature + Open Info: (718) 638-7039 abcnorio.org Academy of American Poets 588 B'way, Ste 1203 (212) 274-0343 x12 poets.org cgoldstein@poets.org Benefactor Readings ($5, 7-8:30, reception follows): 11 Thur Farrar, Straus and Giroux: Paul Muldoon / David Ferry 16 Tues Northwestern U Press: Meena Alexander / Linda McCarriston 17 Wed HarperCollins: Mark Doty / Campbell McGrath 23 Tue Knopf: George Bradley / Cynthia Zarin 24 Wed Houghton Mifflin: Glyn Maxwell / Grace Schulman Albany & Upstate [See "Upstream"] Arlene Grocery 95 Stanton St Asian American Writers Workshop 16 West 32nd St, Suite 10A (212) 494-0061 email: desk@AAWW.org Aviatrix Reading Series Flying Bridge Community Arts Ctr 522 Court St Bklyn (F to Smith/9th St) ~ . Back Fence Sundays at 3:15. One drink min. 155 Bleecker (at Sullivan) (212) 475-9221 Feature(s) + open. Host: Brigid Murnaghan 07 14 Francesca Simone / Albert Depas 21 Robert Kramer / Celestine Frost 28 Poet to Poet Baggot Inn, Smash Nova's Saturday Joyfest (formerly 'The Unnamable Poetry Reading Series' [See Series on Series, Jan '01 issue. Eds.] Saturdays at 3 unless o/w noted. $5 ($2 discount on first drink.) Free for listeners. 85 W 3rd St (Sullivan/Thomp) (212) 477-0622 baggotinn.com) Feature(s) + open. Curator: David Mark Speer / dmspeer1@hotmail.com Barnard College Women Poets at Barnard 4th Fl, Barnard Hall B'way at 116th St. Katy Lederer: katy@bway.net 05 Fr/06 Sat $20/40 Women Poets in Perf: Fr Gertrude to Present. Barnes & Noble Union Sq (17th St) (212) 253-0810 17 Wed 7 Free. Yale Younger Poets. Bluestockings Women's Bookstore & Café 172 Allen St (at Stanton/ F to 2nd Av) Events begin at 7 and are free unless o/w noted. (212) 777-6028 / fax: -6042 bluestockings.com (info@) Mick Walsh (mickisnice@home.com) 6BC Botanical Garden 622 E 6th St (B / C) (212) 475-0656 kag475@aol.com The Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery (Bleecker-Houston: F to 2nd Av, 6 to Lafayette - opp. CBGB's) (212) 641-0505 bowerypoetry.com Note: New club seeks proposals for open dates. 03 Wed 9 Free Barrista Reading. Bowery staff speaks out. Free organic coffee. 04 Thur 7 Urbana Slam, every Thurs in April. Feature at 8: Gleanis Shearer 07 Sun 2 Four Way Books (features: Joanna Goodman, Browning Porter, Kurt Brown, Rebecca Wolff) 10 Wed 7 Free Persian poetry (Rumi, Hafiz, etc.) 11 Thur 10 $5: Beat Poetry Slam! Prize: $50. Host: Bob Holman. 12 Fri 7 $7 The Black Beats: Bob Kaufman, Ted Joans, LeRoi Jones 13 Sat 4 Free. Beat Chicks Live Roundtable. Reading at 8. 14 Sun 2-5 Free Book Party: Herschel Silverman 17 Wed and 24, 8 and 11: Zach Glass Band ~ . The C-Note 157 Ave C (10th St) (212) 677-8142 (no cover) Caffé Sha Sha 510 Hudson St (Christopher / W 10th) (IRT1 to Christopher or IND to W 4th) One drink min. crosenstock@worldnet.att.net 07 Sun 7 Patricia Spears Jones / Concettina McCauley / Jeanne Marie Beaumont Caffè Taci 2841 B'way (110th St) Venue frequently for BigCity Lit's mid-monthly recording sessions. Spacious, high-ceilinged Tuscan ambience, succulent food, live opera Wed,Fri,Sat. Res.:(212) 678-5345. Cave Canem Poets New School's Tishman Auditorium 66 W 12th St Box Off: (212) 229-5488 04 Thur 7 $5 QBR: The Black Book Review and the New School Writing Program present a conversation and reading with Pulitzer Prize Winner Yusef Komunyakaa. Host: Terrance Hayes. 08 Mon 7 Free Cave Canem and the Academy of American Poets present the 2001 Cave Canem Poetry Prize Winner, Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon, in a reading with the contest judge, Marilyn Nelson, renowned author and Poet Laureate of Connecticut. Info: (212) 274-0343 x12 CBGB's Gallery 313 Bowery 982-4052 / 677-0455 CCS Reading Series Sundays at 3:00 p.m. $7/5. Civic Center Synagogue, 49 White St. A Four Way Books Event; Founding Exec Dir: Martha Rhodes Note: In February, this series moved to the Bowery Poetry Club (see above) 07 Sun 2 p.m. $7 Joanna Goodman, Kurt Brown, Rebecca Wolf, Browning Porter Center for Book Arts, La Plume Reading Series Thurs at 7 unless o/w noted. $5 contrib. 28 W 27th St 3rd Fl (Ring 7 if door is locked.) Info: (212) 264-4792 (mvidibor@home.com) Feature(s) plus open. Founding Curator: Marlene Vidibor (917) 903-1177 / Other info: (212) 864-2823 *19 Fri Paolo Javier (Tagalog), Rafiq Kathwari (Urdu) Columbia University 114th / B'way Cooper Union 51 Astor Pl [Site of many of the People's Poetry Gathering readings sponsored by City Lore. See Series Reviews, May'01/June'01. Eds.] Cornelia Street Café [Series on Series, Feb'01 issue.] Sun, Wed, Fri at 6 unless o/w noted. $6 (first drink free) 29 Cornelia St (Bleecker/W 4th) (212) 989-9319 corneliastreetcafe.com) Features only except Fri. Curator: Angelo Verga Friday open mic (Pink Pony West). Curator and host: Jackie Sheeler (Feature at 7) Info: poetz.com Thur 04 Monthly salon. Fri 05 Pink Pony West: Feature plus open. Sat 06 Arab-American Writers. Hosts: Ramzis and Nada Sun 07 7 Entertainng Science. Host: Roald Hoffmann. This month: "Art and the Brain, Art on the Brain," with Diane Ackerman, actor/writer Jack Klaff, neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux (The Emotional Brain). Wed 10 New School Chapbook reunion: poets Sanford Frase, Susan Hoove, Helen Tzagoloff, Angelo Verga, & Ronald Wardall Thur 11 Celebrate the publication of Enter the Ford by James Agee, also Deedee Agee's Momentum, both in Double Take Magazine. Reception follows. Fri 12 Pink Pony West: Meghan Cleary plus open. Sat 13 Italian American Writers. Host: Bob Vicusi. Sun 14 Poet Paul Oppenheimer' s reading/book launch. Tue 16 The Writer's Room. Features: Leslie Garis, Alison Lowenstein & Sally D. Wiener. Marianna hosts. Wed 17 Prose: John Mc Caffrey hosts Susan Chi, Joan Minieri, Krishna Stark Thur 18 6 Robin's book launch. 9-11 $10 Melvin Sparks Trio jazz/blues with poets Vicki Hudspith, Angelo Verga, and special guest Golda Soloman Fri 19 Pink Pony West: Aileen Reyes plus open. Sat 20 Greek American Writers. Host: Dean Kostos Sun 21 Poets George Dickerson, Maggie Balistreri, Cathy McArthur Tue 23 MFA Poetry Programs. Host: Michele Rosenthal. This month: Columbia Wed 24 Prose: MFA fiction hosted by Eugenia Klopsis & Asari Beale. Features : Daniel Coshnear and Siri Hustvedt Thurs 25 Mimi Schartz book launch & buffet Fri 26 Pink Pony West: Leanne Averbach plus open. Sat 27 Caribbean-American writers/performers. Host: Martine Dominique Sun 28 Donna Cartelli hosts Marcella Harb, Ian Ganassi, Frank Rubino * Mon 29 Music with/without words: Pianoman John Fischer Tues 30 Johnny Lorenz, Sarah Herrington, Ted Jonathan. Host: Angelo Verga ~ . Dixon Place (OPEN CHANNELS) 309 E. 26th St (2nd Av) Contact Sara Juli at (212) 532-1546 X 101 FAX: (212) 532-1094 / sjuli@dixonplace.org dixonplace.org The Drawing Center 35 Wooster St (212) 219-2166 ~ . Ear Inn Saturdays at 3 unless o/w noted. Free. 326 Spring St (west of Greenwich) Info: Michael Broder (212) 246-5074 Exoterica [See Series Review, Mar'01, Series on Series, Sep'01.] The Society for Ethical Culture 4450 Fieldston Rd (Riverdale, BX) (IRT 1 to 242nd St) 3 p.m. Feature(s) + open. Director: Rick Pernod Info: (718) 549-5192 (wubbies@earthlink.net Calendar of events: exoterica.org 06 Sat 8 Gray Jacobik, widely published (Best American Poetry 1997, 1999; Poetry, Kenyon Review,etc.), recipient of NEA fellowship, Juniper Prize, etc. Brave Disguises, winner of AWP Poetry Series Award, will be published Fall 2002 by U of Pittsburgh Press. Preview: May: * June: 08 JAY LIVESON MEMORIAL POETRY AND MUSIC FESTIVAL The Fifty-Five (55) Bar 55 Christopher (7th Av) (IRT 1 to Sheridan Sq) (212) 989-9883 55bar.com 14 Sun Noon-7 $5 Open mic and jazz. Benefit for poetz.com and its Calendar. Host: Dale Hardman Fourteenth (14th) Street Y [See Series on Series, Dec'00, Series Review Jan'01.] 344 E 14th St (1st Av) (212) 780-0800 x 255 Director: Wendy Sabin-Laker Artistic Coord.: Veronica Golos $7 unless o/w noted 11 Thur 7:30 p.m. $7 WhYWomen WhYWords: ANATOMY OF A DOLL written and performed by Terri Muss; Music by John Link "A superbly acted, searing, heartbreaking, intelligent, poetry-prose piece, which confronts the awakening of memory and the revealed truth of the devastation of the child, and the triumph of the woman." — V Golos Please RSVP A Gathering of the Tribes (See "Tribes") Greenwich Village Center (The Children's Aid Society) 219 Sullivan St Here 145 Spring St (Soho) Café/theatre Housing Works Used Books & Café 126 Crosby St (B'way/Lafayette, Houston/Prince) Events are free and start at 7 unless o/w noted. (212) 334-3324 housingworksubc.com Bookstore@housingworksubc.com. M-W: 10-8, ThFr: 10-9; Sat: 12-9; Sun: 12-7 April Events Hunter College 68th/Lex 8th Fl (212) 772-5164 Host: Elena Georgiou 11-13 ThFrSat $75/35/25 Pop! Francis Patrelle's full-length dance work with music from the 30's, 40's, and 50's. ~ . Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette St joespub.com tickets @ telecharge (212) 239-6200 dinner resvrn's & info: (212) 539-8778 The Juilliard School B'way/65th St (Lincoln Ctr) KGB Bar ['Degrees of Apprenticeship' MFA series poets (Brooklyn College) recorded live 12/18/00. See Dec'00. Sarah Lawrence College 'Degrees' reading recorded 3/7/02. See Mar'02 and Audio/CD. Eds.] Mondays at 7:30, unless o/w noted. Free. 85 E 4th St (212) 505-3360. Features only. Curators: Star Black / David Lehman * vendôme arts presents: Michael Mott (Tue 23), John Yau and Albert Mobilio (Tue 30) The Kitchen 519 W 19th St Info: (212) 255-5793, ext. 11 Big stage for theatrical performances / readings. Call for schedule. [See review of Edwin Torres's Gecko Suite in Mar'01, full text in Oct'01.] The Knitting Factory Sats at 6 unless o/w noted. $5 74 Leonard St (1 / 9 to Franklin) knittingfactory.com Feature(s) + open. Host: Yictove 11 Thurs 8:30 $13/15. Beatfest featuring Tracie Morris, Ursula Rucker w/ DJ Logic. Beatfest2002.com. Info: (212) 219-3006. 12 Fri 9 Help Yourself! reading: Thad Rutkowski 13 Sat 8 $13 / 15. Featuring Amiri Baraka, Carl Hancock Rux, w/ DJ Spooky Korova Milk Bar (See "Milk Bar") ~ . Libraries in The NYC Public Library System * 24 Wed 6:30 Free. "Seismic Stanzas" Editor panel: Ram Devineni, Alice Quinn, Martha Rhodes, Julia Spahr (Spons: CLMP). 42/5th. Lola (Sophisticated Mondays) 30 W 22nd (5th/6th) Spoken word. 7 p.m. unless o/w indicated. Free (212) 221-7611 x 308 or baddish@aol.com N / R to 23rd. Mad Alex Presents (at Locus Media) 594 B'way (Houston/Prince) Suite 1010 (212) 343-1691 / madalexpresents@yahoo.com Makor [See Series Reviews, Jan'01 and Apr'01. Eds.] 35 W 67th St (212) 601-1030 makor.org Elliott Rabin, Dir Educ (elliott.rabin@makor.org) A program center of the 92nd St Y. MAY Preview: * 09 7:30 $15/12 Preëminent essayist and poet Dana Gioia (Can Poetry Matter?) appears with LyR 2002 Lyric Concision Award winner, Samuel Menashe (The Niche Narrows) in Makor's "Poetry & Mentorship" Series. Manitoba's Proletkult Poetry Circus Feature + open. At 7 unless o/w noted. $5 Ave B/ 7th St (212) 459-2653 (magdalena@poetic.com) Milk Bar (Korova Milk Bar) 200 Ave A (at 12th St) At 7:30 unless o/w noted. $2 (one drink min.) Info: (718) 389-2666 Monthly reading Moroccan Star Sundays at 1 p.m. 205 Atlantic Ave Feature(s) + open. Hosts: Evie Ivy / Tom Oleszczuk (A staple for many years, this series has been discontinued.) ~ . Museums Bronx Museum 1040 Grand Concourse (165th St) (718) 681-6000 Brooklyn Museum of Art 200 Eastern Pkwy Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave (89th St) (212) 423-3587 15 Mon 8 $18/12 "POETRY SPEAKS" Billy Collins, Galway Kinnell, Sonia Sanchez read and discuss their favorite American poets from Poetry Speaks: Hear Great Poets Read Their Work From Tennyson to Plath. Elise Paschen, co-editor, moderates. Sponsored by The Guggenheim and Sourcebooks, Inc. Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave (212) 570-3807 (Curator: Pia) 13 Sat 6:15 Poetry reading in connection with Benjamin B Turner exhibit. (Meet at tour sign in the Great Hall). Museum of The City of New York 1220 Fifth Ave (103rd/104th St) Candida Norton (212) 534-1672 X 207 cnorton@mcny.org mcny.org * 07 Sun 2 $7/5 The Pen Bond Revisited. Discussion, group of Arab-American writers on Kahil Gibran, in connection with a current exhibit. Contemporary poets read. 11 Thur 6 $7/5 Marie Ponsot and Sapphire reading from their own work and work by their favorite NY poets. Reservations suggested. MAY: 15 Wed 6 Historian/biographer Blanche Wiesen Cook on Eleanor Roosevelt. 23 Thur 6 Lillian Ross reads. Famed classic picture, "New Yorker Women." Nicholas Roerich Museum 319 W 107 (WEA/Rvsd) (212) 864-7752 / director@roerich.org Hours: Tues - Sun 2:00-5:00 (Museum presents music ensembles on a regular basis.) 09 Tue 7:00 Free. Karen Swenson South Street Seaport Museum 207 Front St NYC 10038 (212) 748-8735 Fax: (212) 748-8610 Steve Turtell, Dir of Public Programs sturtell@southstseaport.org Events ~ . National Arts Club 15 Gramercy Pk S (212) 539-3738 15 Mon 6:30 $100 (tax ded.) COMMUNITY~WORD PROJECT BENEFIT READING. Mark Doty, Grace Schulman, Ernesto Quinonez. Community~Word Project is a literacy program for NYC youth. Silent auction, refreshmts. communitywordproject.org New York Dance & Arts Innovations ("NYDAI") (212) 931-6839 nydai.org Art Nights at Europa Club 98-104 Meserole Av. Greenpt (Bklyn) $10/5/free until 8 Nexus Gallery 345 E 12th St (212) 982-4712 nexusgallery.com 09 Tues 7 Features: Joe Osterhaus / Scott Hightower. Ninety-Second (92nd) St Y [See Series Reviews, Feb '01.] 1395 Lex (212) 415-5500 (92ndStY.org) 01 Mon 8 $25 Words Birds and Music: Poet Nora Naranjo-Morse and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival 08 Mon 8 $16 Julia Alvarez / Helena María Viramontes * 15 Mon 8 $16 Anne Carson's Translation of Electra Preview: Nuyorican Poets Café 236 E 3rd St (B/C) Wed/Fri Slams Sam (212) 780-9386 - Res.: 212-505-8183 FAX: 212-475-6741 nuyorican@mindspring.com nuyorican.org Press: Alex Moreno (212) 807-1337 The Orange Bear 47 Murray St (W B'way/Church) Poet to Poet First and third Suns at 4 unless o/w noted $3 / $3 min. Feature(s) plus open. Host: Thomas Catterson (212) 566-3705 07 T Catterson, book signing 21 Evie Ivy / Alan Harawitz Ozzie's 251 5th Av at Garfield St, Bklyn . N/R to Union. Free. Phoenix Series Curator: Michael Graves. Bar and Books, 636 Hudson St (Horatio/Jane) (212) 229-2642 A,C,E to 14th & 8th Av Alternative venue: Soho 20 Gallery, 511 W 25th St Features plus open Sundays from 5-8 p.m. unless o/w noted mikegraves50@hotmail.com or Jill Parshley (917) 213-1896 11 Thurs 6-9 $5 Evan Eisman / Richard Levine at Soho 20 Gallery. Eisman won 2nd prize in the 2000 Lyric Recovery™ competition. Levine's work has recently won recognition in several competitions, including the Discovery/The Nation. Pink Pony West Reading Series Fridays at Cornelia St Café at 6 unless o/w noted. Feature follows open at 7:45 Host: Jackie Sheeler Info: poetz.com Benefit at 55 Bar 4/14! La Plume Reading Series [See Series on Series, Nov'01.] at The Center for Book Arts 28 W 27th St (3rd Fl) Events begin at 7:00 and cost $5 unless o/w noted. Founding Curator: Marlene Vidibor (917) 903-1177 * 19 Fri Paolo Javier (Tagalog) and Rafiq Kathwari (Urdu) Poetry Project, St. Mark's Church [See Series on Series, Dec'00,'01 and Series Review, Jan'02] Events cost $7 unless o/w noted. 131 E 10th St (2nd Ave) (212) 674-0910 (poproj@thorn.net) Readings: Mon (8 open, 7:30 sign-up), Wed and Fri (8:00 or 10:30). Dir: Ed Friedman / Program Coord: Tracy Blackmer Details: (poetryproject.com) 05 Fri 10:30 Connect, new interdisciplinary journal. Features: Janie Geiser, Meredith Holch, Wu Wenguang, Jack Waters 08, Mon 8:00 FILM/VIDEO NIGHT 10 Wed 8:00 Joanne Kyger (Again: Poems 1989-2000 (La Alameda Press, 2001)). As Ever forthcoming (Penguin), with Janine Pommy Vega, director of Incisions/Arts (prison writers), author of two collections. 12 Fri 10:30 Black Took Collective: The Wild Reading Poetry Society of America 15 Gramercy Park NYC 10003 poetrysociety.org 04 Thur 7 Free Memorial Reading for Agha Shahid Ali 05 Fr/06 Sat $20/40 Women Poets in Perf: Fr Gertrude Stein to Present. At Barnard. 10 Wed 6:30 POETRY IN MOTION® 10th Anniv. in NYC: Creeley, Dove, and Sonia Sanchez read theirs and others that have appeared on subway trains and buses. PoMo Contest: April 1-June 29. Winners' poems will be posted by MTA. Guidelines: poetrysociety.org or call (1-800)USA-POEM. 11 Thur 6  Women Poets of NYC. Museum of the City of NY. Poets House Seminar center and library co-founded in 1985 by Stanley Kunitz (Former U.S. Poet Laureate). 72 Spring St Events are $7 / free for members unless o/w indicated. (212) 431-7920 (Kasey Jueds/ kasey@) (poetshouse.org) *(Poets House closed for a while for renovations, but reopened and celebrated the weekend of Nov 9-10. See Series Reviews Dec'01.) 06/07 Sat/Sun 5-7 Annual showcase of poetry books published in preceding year * 12 Fri 7 $7 Experimental mag editor panel: Lee Anne Brown, Ravi Shankar et al. Spons: CLMP. 16 Tue 7 $7 Translation: Rika Lesser * 18 Thurs 7 $15 Benefit for Storyline Press. Jeanne Marie Beaumont, David Yezzi et al. Org. by Blue Hour/WhY Women. Posman Books Sunday afternoons at 3 p.m., unless o/w noted One University Pl (NE corner, Washington Sq) (212) 533-2665 Curator: Tom Padilla [Posman held its last reading in April and has closed. We expect to carry at least one article shortly on this well-loved bookstore. Eds.] Pratt Institute (Bklyn Campus) ("Writers, Live") 200 Willoughby Ave Marcella Harb, Curator 718-626-3570 Marharb@aol.com pratt.edu/writerslive (--Jonathan Lethem). Queens College 65-30 Kissena Blvd (LIE) Flushing (718) 997-4646 qc.edu/qcer ~ . * EVERYTHING GOES? ON WNYE-FM (91.5), WEEKDAYS, 6-6:30 PM Director: Irwin Gonshak 08 Mon: Pam Fenton/Karen Gormandy 09 Tues: Part 1: George Dickerson & James Ragan 10 Wed: Part 2: George Dickerson & James Ragan 11 Thurs: Joel Allegretti 12 Fri: Pamela Booker (Note: Radio recordings are ordinarily made weekdays at the station at 112 Tillary St. in Brooklyn. If you would like to cut a professional broadcast-quality tape by appointment at your convenience and at reasonable cost, contact the magazine at editors@nycBigCityLit.com.)—Eds. Reading Between A & B 510 E 11th St Unless o/w noted, free readings are Mondays at 8. readAB.com Curators: Meghan Cleary / Jonathan Thirkield Sarah Lawrence College Titsworth Lecture Hall 1 Mead Way, Bronxville (917) 441-0870 romi1@msn.com Saturn Series at Revival Bar [See Series on Series, Mar '01 issue. Eds.] Mondays at 7:30 p.m., unless o/w noted. $3 donation. 129 E 15th St Feature(s) + Open Hosts: John Chism, Su Polo and William Duke (poetrycentral.com) Shelter Island Summer Series, "Poems in the Garden" Sponsored by Rebel Road 5 Rebel Road, Shelter Island, NY. Info: (212) 966-1667, lilazemborain@inch.com. Siberia Bar Cellar Series 356 W 40th St (9th Av / black doors) Small Press Nights, Weds, 8 p.m., free Sponsored by Ugly Duckling Press ugly.duckling@pobox.com uglyducklingpresse.org Sophisticated Mondays (See "Lola") Spiral Thought (at Fall Café; formerly at Shakespeare's Sister) 307 Smith St, Bklyn Sun at 8 unless o/w noted. Features only. Emily Brown (718) 832-2310 http://home.switchboard.com/SpiralThought E-mail: spiralthought@juno.com PMB 105, 358 7th Ave Bklyn 11215 (3/17/02: Spiral Thought's series has moved to the Fall Café at 307 Smith St in Cobble Hill.) 4/14: Robert Dunn features (at Fall Café) Upcoming: 5/12, 6/9, 7/14, 8/11, 9/15, 10/13, 11/10, 12/15 Symphony Space 2537 B'way (at 95th St) Lauren Weintraub 212-864-1414 FAX: 212-932-3228 marketing1@symphonyspace.org symphonyspace.org ~ . Taci (see Caffè Taci) Teachers & Writers Collaborative 5 Union Sq 7th Fl (212) 691-6590; www.twc.org. Contact: Darlene Gold, Alba Hernandez, Bruce Morrow FAX: 212-675-0171 jdavis@panix.com, info@twc.org 10 Wed 7-9 Free HELIOTROPE X 2: VOLUME 2, Launch features Jean Valentine, D. Nurkse, Rachel Hadas, Sabra Loomis, Wendy W. Larsen. Info:heliopoems.com. 12 Fri 6:30 $8 Mervyn Taylor and Sylvie Kandé, features on the April issue of Big City Lit, appear. The magazine's '12' section feature, Adam Merton Cooper, may appear last-minute. Composer Paul Winston discusses and performs excerpts from his ballet based on the legend of Staggerlee. The first- and second-prize LyR 2002 winners, Bertha Rogers and Gyorgyi Voros claim their awards. Info: (212) 864-2823. Thirteen (13) Bar Lounge ("A Little Bit Louder") Mon at 7. 13 E 13th St (B'way/Univ Pl) upstairs $5 ($4 for students with ID) Host: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez (212) 979-6677 / loudpoet@aol.com geocities.com/loudpoet Tillie's 248 DeKalb Avenue Brooklyn (718) 783-6140 9:00 p.m. Thursdays Open mic hosted by Christine $2 cover Town Hall 123 W 43rd St (212) 307-4100 A Gathering of the Tribes Sundays, 5-7 p.m., unless o/w noted. 285 E 3rd St (C/D) (212) 674-3778 (info@tribes.org) Fridays 7:30-9:30 $3 Stoop Poetry Workshop. Participants bring several copies of one poem. Sundays 5-7 p.m. $3 Feature(s) + open. http://www.tribes.org. Gallery open Tuesdays-Sundays 12-6 p.m. or by appointment. The Underground Lounge 955 West End Ave (at 107th St) Open mic, Mondays at 8, hosted by the Freestyle Family Orchestra. freestylefamily.com Urbana Sundays at 7 p.m., unless o/w noted. $5 CBGB's Gallery 313 Bowery (Bleecker) (cbgb.com/slamschedule.html) IKOsalami@aol.com ~ . Westbeth Community Room 55 Bethune St (at Washington St) (212) 691-2764 14 Sun 7 Free. Lynda Schor (Appetites), James Cervantes, Halvard Johnson (Changing the Subject). Info: halvard@earthlink.net. The West End Bar 2911 Broadway (113/114th Sts) (212) 662-8830 Open: First Sunday of the month, 8 p.m. Universal Spectrum Series: hiphop / poetry / folk vocals / jazz / storytelling Host: Zander Wordsmiths@Halcyon 227 Smith St., Bklyn Thur at 7:30. Free. Sponsored by: Marisa Simon Info: (718) 260-9299 wordsmiths@halcyonline.com Writers Live (See "Pratt Institute") The Writer's Voice West Side YMCA 5 W 63rd St 08 Mon "Generating Fiction" Workshop (1st of 10 with Thad Rutkowski). Call (212) 875-4124. The Zinc Bar 90 W Houston (Laguardia/Thompson) [underground] Sundays at 6:37 p.m. Cost is $4 unless o/w noted (Fish Drum $5) 212-533-9317, 718-802-9575 or 212-366-2091 lungfull@interport.net (lungfull@rcn.com) NYC Single Events: