SEPTEMBER 1
DEMO: A demonstration in words.
A poetry reading on the RNC, President Bush and the crisis in Iraq
Presented by Rattapallax, Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church & ISSUE Project Room.
Featuring Sonia Sanchez, Grace Paley, Carl Hancock Rux, Sapphire, Katha Pollitt, Mark Doty, Cornelius Eady, Vijay Seshadri, Hettie Jones, Hal Sirowitz, Bob Holman, Grace Schulman, Eileen Myles, Marie Ponsot, Robert Polito, John Yau, Rodrigo Toscano, Carol Mirakove, Greg Fuchs, Anselm Berrigan, Laura Elrick, Bruce Andrews, Kathy Engel, Dana Maisel, and many others.
Venue
St. Mark’s Church
131 E. 10th St. & 2nd Ave., New York City.
FREE
SEPTEMBER 17
ErstQuake 1
Presented by Erstwhile, Quakebasket and the Project Room
Featuring:
Margarida Garcia / Barry Weisblat
Keith Rowe solo
Greg Kelley / Jason Lescalleet
Keith Rowe / Sean Meehan
ErstQuake 1 is the first in what will hopefully be an ongoing series of collaborative events between Erstwhile Records and Quakebasket, both based in and around NYC.
ErstQuake 1 showcases many of today’s most exciting young electroacoustic improvisers, featuring musicians from New York, Boston, the UK, Portugal and New Zealand.
The two night, eight set program features three world premieres, two duos involving UK guitar/electronics legend Keith Rowe, with NYC percussionists Tim Barnes and Sean Meehan, as well as the trio of Boston-based trumpeter Greg Kelley, Brooklyn-based laptopper David Daniell, and Meehan.
Also featured is the duo of Kelley and tapeloops magician Jason Lescalleet (based in Maine), who released a superb record on Erstwhile, Forlorn Green; the duo of Barnes and Lescalleet, who will record a CD for Erstwhile soon after the festival; and the duo of Portugese doublebassist Margarida Garcia and NYC-based Barry Weisblat on homemade electronics, who have performed numerous times in France, Portugal and the US and who have an upcoming CD due out soon on Quakebasket.
The program is completed by two much-anticipated solo sets, one by New Zealand-born, NYC-based laptopper Dion Workman and one by Rowe.
Venue
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street, between Rivington and Delancey
$10
SEPTEMBER 18
ErstQuake 1
Presented by Erstwhile, Quakebasket and the Project Room
See information above…
Featuring:
Dion Workman solo
Tim Barnes / Jason Lescalleet
Greg Kelley / Sean Meehan / David Daniell
Keith Rowe / Tim Barnes
Venue
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center
107 Suffolk Street, between Rivington and Delancey
$10