a p h i l o p h o n e m a ™ affiliate [HOME PAGE LINK] [Self-]Listings / January 2002 [We expect to automate this feature. Meanwhile, listings are still low-tech and very labor-intensive. Send in this format to editors@nycBigCityLit.com by the 20th. Query regarding ad space. Eds.] Special Events / Editors' Picks 09 Wed 7 $5 (2 drinks) Powell Leonard & The Lionhearted Players. Comedy variety show. Jessi Cleaver, Colleen DeJohn, Irene Georgeian et al. Busker Browns, 307 E 53rd. Info: 718-482-8790. Co-hosted by Ella L. Smith. ellasmith@earthlink.net 13 Sun 1:00 p.m. $5 Edward Field in his only area reading for the year. Author of ten books of poetry, including A Frieze for a Temple of Love (Black Sparrow), five novels, and the narration for the Academy Award winning film, To Be Alive. At Exoterica, The Society for Ethical Culture, 4450 Fieldston Rd (Riverdale, Bronx). Info: (718) 549-5192. 17 Thur 7 $5 A Tribute Reading for Agha Shahid Ali. Featuring Kazim Ali, Tina Chang, Regie Cabico et al. reading their favorite of the beloved Kashmirian author's poems. Asian American Writers Workshop, 16 West 32nd St, Suite 10A, (212) 494-0061 24 Thur 7:30 $15, 12 Enid Dame (Lilith, Home Planet News), inspiration for many of the contributors to the "Because They Did" feature (See Archive Jan'01), Veronica Golos and Jessica Stein appear, with the anticipated release of that feature's Print Series monograph, in Makor's "Poetry & Mentorship Series." 35 W 67th St. Reservations recommended. Call (212) 601-1030. (A 92nd St Y program center.) 25 Fri 6:30 $10 Against The Tide presents Poets for Peace, a reading at Bread and Roses, with Zoe Anglesey, Chris Brandt, Martin Espada, Cornelius Eady, Veronica Golos, Yusef Komunyakaa, Rashidah Ismaili, D.H. Melhem, Grace Paley, Angelo Verga, David Williams. Music by Pam Parker / Joe Uehlein. Special message from Mumia Abu Jamal. Venue: Local 1199 310 West 43rd Street. RSVP: 718-653-1153. Contributions go to HERE Local 100 (Hotel and Restaurant Workers) and Women in Black. FEB PREVIEW: 02 Sat 7:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Free. Groundhog Day Celebration Honoring Staten Island Chuck at the Staten Island Zoo, sponsored by Staten Island OUT LOUD. Readings of poetry (Robert Louis Stevenson's "My Shadow," Philip Miller's "February 2," and Patricia Lawson's "Being and Groundhogginess") [See Feb'01 issue], multilingual fables and Native American folk tales. Info: 718-907-0709. NYC Regular Series: /         NYCSingleEvents Self-Listings: Upstream Regular Series and Single Events [Unless otherwise indicated, all times are p.m.] A Little Bit Louder (See "Thirteen (13) Bar") ABCNoRio Gallery and Performance Space Sundays at 3 p.m. $3 156 Rivington St Feature + Open Info: (718) 638-7039 abcnorio.org Academy of American Poets poets.org Albany & Upstate [See "Upstream"] Arlene Grocery 95 Stanton St Jan. 13 Sun 4:30 Speakeasy prose: Thad Rutkowski Asian American Writers Workshop 16 West 32nd St, Suite 10A (212) 494-0061 email: desk@AAWW.org 10 Thur 7 $5 Pakistani American fiction writer Tahira Naqvi (Dying in a Strange Country) 17 Thur 7 $5 Tribute Reading for Agha Shahid Ali. Featuring Kazim Ali, Tina Chang, Regie Cabico et al. reading their favorite Ali poems. 19 Sat 7:30 $5 (re)collection. an open space. Sign up and share your work. Special guests TBA. 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 06 Arthur Zim 13 Lee Klein / Jeffrey Joe Nelson 20 Penelope MacGuffin / Sheryl H. Simler 27 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 p.m. 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 Floor, Barnard Hall West Side of B'way at 116th St. Katy Lederer: katy@bway.net Bluestockings Women's Bookstore & Café 172 Allen St (at Stanton/ F to 2nd Av) Events begin at 7 p.m. and are free unless o/w noted. (212) 777-6028 / fax: 777-6042 bluestockings.com (info@) Mick Walsh (mickisnice@home.com) 02 Wed Blue Heights: feature Maria Serrano 04 Fri 5-7 p.m Art Opening: Melissa Glasser 15 Tue Screening, Women Make Movies 18 Fri Amber Hollibaugh 'My Dangerous Desires' (DUKE), lesbian sex radical and political activist 19 Sat Edvige Giunta 'Writing with an Accent' (St. Martin's Press) / Fawzia Afzal-Khan 'The PreOccupation of Postcolonial Studies' (DUKE) 25 Fri Belladonna! all women open mic poetry hosted by poet-teacher Rachel Levitsky. Features: Deborah Richards / Barbara Einzig. 29 Tue Poetry Jam and Women's Open Mic 30 Wed Acoustic Women's Open Mic / Feature: Elisa Peimer 6BC Botanical Garden 622 E 6th St (B / C) (212) 475-0656 kag475@aol.com The C-Note 157 Ave C (10th St) (212) 677-8142 (no cover) Caffè Taci 2841 Broadway (110th Street) 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. 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. 3 below Canal (Church / B'way). Founding Exec Dir: Martha Rhodes, Four Way Books. 06 6:00 Ross Martin, John Minczeski, Rick Meier, D. Nurkse. [Brooklyn Poet Laureate, D. Nurkse's poems appear on Big City, Little/New York and are upcoming in the Feb'02 issue. Eds.] Center for Book Arts, La Plume Reading Series Thursdays at 7 p.m. unless o/w noted. $5 contribution. 28 W 27th St 3rd Fl (Ring 7 if door is locked.) Info: (212) 264-4792 (mvidibor@home.com) Feature(s) plus open. Curator: Marlene Vidibor (917)903-1177 March 15 James Ragan (Czech/Slovak) April 19 Paolo Javier (Tagolo), Rafiq Kathwari (Urdu) Columbia University 114th / B'way Cooper Union 51 Astor Place [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 p.m. unless o/w noted. $6 (first drink free) 29 Cornelia St (Bleecker/W 4th) (212) 989-9319 corneliastreetcafe.com) Features only except Fridays. Curator: Angelo Verga Friday night open (Pink Pony West). Curator: Jackie Sheeler (Feature at 7:45.) Info: poetz.com Thur 03 Artists' salon. Friends of the café gather. Fri 04 Pink Pony: Joel Allegretti plus open Sat 05 Arab-American Writers. Hosts: Ramzis and Nada Sun 06 Nobel Laureate (chem.) Roald Hoffman: Science for Poets: "Thermodynamics and the Purpose of Life" Wed 09 Russian-American writers. Host: Andrey Gritsman Fri 11 Pink Pony: Ken McManus plus open Sat 12 Italian American Writers Sun 13 Toby Simon & Eileen Hennessey. Host: A. Verga Tue 15 The Writer's Room with features Max Blagg, Ben Gantcher and Dan Henson Wed 16 Yasmin Dalisay presents Sarah Lawrence MFA students: Mary Tautin, Judy Katz, Christina Manning Curtis Fri 18 Pink Pony: Linda Lerner plus open Sat 19 Greek American Writers hosted by Dean Kostos Sun 20 $10 Jane Goldberg presents an evening with tap dancer & poet Jackie Raven, composer Carman Moore Tue 22 Nancy Hoffman & music hosted by A. Verga Wed 23 Andrea Dunham presents women poets: Felice Belle, Infinity et al. Fri 25 Pink Pony: "The House of Pernod" Rick Pernod, backed by Andy Bassford on bass, Paul Schonberg on guitar Sat 26 Caribbean-American writers/performers. Host: Martine Dominique Sun 27 Donna Cartelli hosts Eleni Sikelianos, Noam Schiendlin, Susan Smith Nash Tue 29 Reading & book party for Tony Gloeggler's One Wish Left (Pavement Saw Press). Hosted by A. Verga Wed 30 Tales of The City: NYC Prose by Donald Breckenridge, Alexandra Shelley, hosted by A. 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 p.m. 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, Bronx) 3 p.m. Feature(s) + open. Director: Rick Pernod Info: (718) 549-5192 (wubbies@earthlink.net) Calendar of events: http://members.aol.com/exoterica January 13 1:00 p.m. $5 Edward Field in his only area reading for the year. Author of ten books of poetry, including A Frieze for a Temple of Love (Black Sparrow), five novels, and the narration for the Academy Award winning film, To Be Alive. Preview: February 17 1:30 Thomas Lux March 24 1:30 Jackson MacLow 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 Coordinator: Veronica Golos $7 unless o/w noted New writing classes begin January 14. Instructors: Patricia Smith, Nicholas Roerich prize winner Kate Light, Cornelia Street Café's Angelo Verga, Cave Canem's Erica Doyle, screenwriter Jelayne Miles, and Veronica Golos, the Y's poet-in-residence. To register, call 212-780-0800 ext. 0. THE NEWS FROM POEMS -- Angelo Verga Mondays 7:00-8:30 PM Jan 14 first class. 10 weekly sessions CPLP 104 Members $200 / Non-members $225 A Gathering of the Tribes (See "Tribes") Greenwich Village Center (The Children's Aid Society) 219 Sullivan St 17 Thur 7-9 First Session of 10-Week Workshop with Dean Kostos (PEN member). Cost: $350 Info: (212) 255-6860 / Mayos2000@aol.com 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 p.m. unless o/w noted. Café space now doubled. (212) 334-3324 housingworksubc.com Bookstore@housingworksubc.com. M-W: 10-8, ThFr: 10-9; Sat: 12-9; Sun: 12-7 January Events Hunter College 68th St / Lexington Av 8th Fl (212) 772-5164 Host: Elena Georgiou ~ . Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette St joespub.com tickets @ telecharge 212-239-6200 dinner reservations & info: 212-539-8778 The Juilliard School B'way/65th St (Lincoln Center) KGB Bar ['Degrees of Apprenticeship' MFA series poets (Brooklyn College) recorded live 12/18/00. See Dec'00 and Audio/CD. Eds.] Mondays at 7:30 p.m., unless o/w noted. Free. 85 E 4th St (212) 505-3360. Features only. Curators: Star Black / David Lehman 12 Sat 7 p.m. Fiction: Crystal Mandler, Ron Egatz, Bob Slaymaker March 7: Big City Lit™ records its March feature: Sarah Lawrence MFA students, grads, faculty. 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) Feature(s) + open. Host: Yictove 17 Thu Yictove with jazz band Pink Brown, plus open Korova Milk Bar (See "Milk Bar") Libraries in The New York Public Library System Lola (Sophisticated Mondays) 30 W 22nd (5th/6thAves) Spoken word. 7 p.m. unless o/w indicated. Free (212) 221-7611 x 308 or baddish@aol.com N / R to 23rd. Casual attire, but no workboots, sneakers or hats. 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 of the 92nd St Y. 15 Tue 7:30 $12,15 The 50 Greatest Love Letters with David Lowenherz 24 Thu 7:30 $12, 15 Enid Dame (Lilith and her Demons, Home Planet News), inspiration for many of the contributors to the "Because They Did" feature (See Archive Jan'01), Veronica Golos, Jessica Stein appear, with the anticipated release of that feature's Print Series monograph, in Makor's "Poetry & Mentorship Series." Res rec. (212) 601-1030. (Recent features: Galway Kinnell, Richard Howard et al. A 92nd St Y program center.) 31 Thu 7:30 $12,15 Steve Zeitlin / Ilana Harlow (Giving a Voice to Sorrow) FEB: 13 Wed 7:30 $12, $15 Israeli English-Language Poets, Karen Alkalay-Gut / Rachel Tzvia Back 14 Thur 7:30 HaMakor HaIvri. Host: Ruby Namdar. In Hebrew. 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. $3 min. + $3 contribution 205 Atlantic Ave (Bklyn Hts) Feature(s) + open. Hosts: Evie Ivy / Tom Oleszczuk Info: (718) 789-3943 Museums Bronx Museum 1040 Grand Concourse (165th St) (718) 681-6000 Brooklyn Museum of Art 200 Eastern Pkwy Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave (88th St) (212) 423-3587 Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave (212) 570-3807 Museum of The City of New York 1220 Fifth Ave Stephen Turtell 534-1672 X 207 sturtell@mcny.org mcny.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 02-31 Paintings, Joanna Turkiewicz-Zajaczkowska. 13 Sun 7:30 "Indofunk," blend, Indian classical / hip-hop / funk 20 Sun 7:30 Drori Mondlak Improv Ens Nicholas Roerich Museum 319 W 107 (WEA/Rvsd) (212) 864-7752 / director@roerich.org Hours: Tues - Sun 2:00-5:00 Feb 19 Tue 7:00 Free. Emily Grosholz, Eleanor Wilner April 9 Tue 7:00 Free. Karen Swenson Ninety-Second (92nd) St Y [See Series Reviews, Feb '01.] 1395 Lexington (212) 415-5500 (92ndStY.org/reading/readings.asp) Preview: Feb 4 Mon 8:15 p.m. $16/10. Louise Glück / Karl Kirchwey [Event will be reviewed here. Eds.] Feb 25 Mon 8:00 $16/$10. Galway Kinnell / C.K. Williams [Event will be reviewed here. Eds.] Nuyorican Poets Café 236 E 3rd St (B/C) Wed/Fri Slams Contact: 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. Poet to Poet Sun at 4 p.m. unless o/w noted $3 / $3 min. Feature(s) plus open. Host: Thomas Catterson (212) 566-3705 MelindaLevokove@excite.com. Jan 6 George Dickerson, Barry Wallenstein Ozzie's 251 Fifth Ave. at Garfield St, Bklyn . N/R to Union. Free. 24 Thurs George Dickerson, Richard Levine, Enrique Zaldua. Phoenix Series Curator: Michael Graves. New venue at Bar and Books, 636 Hudson St (Horatio/Jane) mikegraves50@hotmail.com 13 Sun 6:30 Jeanne Marie Beaumont (Placebo Effects, former editor, American Letters & Commentary) and Nicholas Johnson (Senior Poetry Editor, Big City Lit™) feature. Open sign-up at 6:00. Pink Pony West Reading Series Fridays at 6 unless o/w noted. Feature follows open at 7:45 p.m. Host: Jackie Sheeler Info: poetz.com (See 'Cornelia St.') 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. Curator: Marlene Vidibor (917) 903-1177 March 15 James Ragan (Czech/Slovak) April 19 Paolo Javier (Tagolo), 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 p.m. open, 7:30 sign-up), Wed and Fri (8:00 or 10:30). Director: Ed Friedman / Program Coordinator: Tracy Blackmer Details: (poetryproject.com) 01 Tues 2:00 p.m. New Year's Day Marathon Reading [See Series on Series Dec'01, Series Review, Jan'02.] 07 Mon 8 Open Reading / Sign-up at 7:30. 09 Wed 8 Marcella Durand (Western Capital Rhapsodies, just out from Faux Press) and Betsy Fagin, editor/ founder of webzine/press, Blue Press™. Recent/forthcoming work: The East Village Poetry Web, Kenning, Fence. 11 Fri 10:30 Michael Shulman (virtuoso avante-gardist feature solo on electric and acoustic violin) and The Future Pill led by Monte Arnold and an ensemble led by singer-songwriter Brendan O'Shea. 14 Mon 8 Cecilia Woloch / Kazim Ali: From Los Angeles, Woloch is a poet-in-the-schools and a teacher of creative writing workshops. First book: Sacrifice; new book forthcoming from BOA Editions. Ali's poems combine politics with the physical nature of language. 16 Wed 8 Jack Collom / Harris Schiff. Collom has published widely. Collections include Calluses of Poetry (Treehouse Press, 1996), The Task (Baksun Books, 1996), Red Car Goes By: Selected Poems 1955-2000 from Tuumba Press. Other: Poetry Everywhere (Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1994, with Sheryl Noethe) and Moving Windows (T&W Collaborative, 1995). Schiff published The Harris Review and has produced several books. In 1996, he established $lavery - Cyberzine of the Arts, http://www.cyberpoems.com. 18 Fri 10:30 p.m. "Language Art" Talk that Talk: Roger Bonair-Agard, Erica Doyle, Monica Ferrell, Mark Nickels. Bonair-Agard, a native of Trinidad & Tobago, was the Nuyorican Poets Café's "Fresh Poet of the Year" in 1998 and National Poetry Slam Individual Champion, 1999. Doyle's work appears in Best American Poetry 2001, Bum Rush the Page, Role Call, etc. She is a fellow of Cave Canem. Ferrell, a 2001 Discovery/The Nation winner, has poems in The Paris Review, The Boston Review, etc. She teaches writing at Brooklyn College. Nickels's nearly 600-line poem, "Cicada," is the title work in his new book out from Rattapallax Press. He grew up in western Michigan. [See Review in the Jan'01 issue. Eds.] 21 Mon 8:45 Amie Siegel / Brian Blanchfield. Siegel is a poet and film and video artist. Her first book, The Waking Life, was published by North Atlantic Books (Berkeley, CA). Her films and videos have been shown at the Whitney Museum. Blanchfield has appeared in Volt, Swerve, Seneca Review, Ploughshares, The Literary Review, Fence, etc. Editor: Tibor de Nagy Editions. 23 Wed 8 Donna Brook / Hayan Charara. Brook's poems have appeared in The World, Verse, River Styx, Hanging Loose, etc. Most recent collection: A More Human Face (Hanging Loose Press). Charara's first book, The Alchemist's Diary, is out this year from Hanging Loose Press. Currently editor of Graffiti Rag. Other publications: Chelsea, Kenyon, etc. 25 Fri Semi-Annual Workshop Reading 28 Mon 8 Michael Clune / Marco Villalobos. Clune was born in Dublin July 4. Villalobos's poetry has appeared recently in Brooklyn Review, and SPAWN. Work upcoming in Bumrush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam. 30 Wed 8 Mark McMorris / Juliana Spahr. Morris's collections are: Palinurus Suite (Paradigm, 1992), Figures for a Hypothesis (Leave, 1995), Moth-Wings (Burning Deck, 1996), and The Black Reeds (U of Ga Press, 1997). Spahr's Response (Sun & Moon Press) won the National Poetry Series Award. She co-edits Chain. 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@) (http://www.poetshouse.org) *(Poets House closed for a while for renovations to its space on 72 Spring Street, but reopened and celebrated the weekend of Nov 9-10. See Series Reviews Dec'01.) Poetry Society of America 15 Gramercy Park NYC 10003 poetrysociety.org 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 ~ . 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) 07 Jason Smith 14 Gary Stien 21 Madeline Artenberg 28 Harry Ellison Preview: Feb 4 - Eileen Brilliant Feb 11- Ricccon Feb 18 - David Breitkopf Feb 25 - Maurice Daitz Mar 11 - Thad Rutkowski (poetry/prose) 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 Shakespeare's Sister) 270 Court 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 1/13, 2/10, 3/10, 4/14, 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 Square. 212.691.6590; www.twc.org. Contact: Darlene Gold, Alba Hernandez, Bruce Morrow FAX: 212-675-0171 jdavis@panix.com, info@twc.org FEB PREVIEW: 07 Thur 7 p.m. Celebration of writers from the Frederick Douglass Creative Arts Center. Hosted by Fred Hudson. Readers include: Patrick Bass (journalist, books editor, Essence), Jaira Placide (Fresh Girl), Arthur Flowers (novels: De Mojo Blues; Another Good Loving Blues), NEA Fiction Fellowship recipient. 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 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 Jan. 6, Sun 1:00 Thad Rutkowski Writers Live (See "Pratt Institute") 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) Curator: Brendan Lorber (Editor, Lungfull) 13 Ansel Matthews / Maggie Balistreri 20 Lisa Jarrot / Kevin Larimer 24 Thurs Joe Elliot / Tim Davis 27 Kimberly Lyons / Brenda Iijima NYC Single Events: