Events coming up in Cleveland, Ohio

Shows, Readings, and Other Performances
at Gallery 324 in the Galleria, in downtown Cleveland, Ohio
Gallery 324 at the Galleria
1301 East Ninth Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44114
216/780-1522

Readings, Performances, and Shows
$1.00 Parking in the Galleria Parking Garage Saturdays
$3.00 Parking in the Galleria Parking Garage after 4pm Weekdays
Free parking on E 9th and E 12th Streets after 6pm
Free parking on St Clair after 7 pm

February 24 - Miles Budimir, Josh Gage,
Jack Kashubeck

February 24 - Saturday at 7pm
The Veda Fashion Show
Fashions by local fashion designer VEDA

March 3 -- Patti O´Luanaigh, Claire McMahon

March 10 - Saturday at Noon
Joanne Cornelius, Dan Smith,

March 10 - 24  -- Opening Reception March 10, 6 - 9 pm
Art from Odessa, Ukraine
A collection of artists from Odessa, presented by Lillia Feinstein
Alex Schvetz
Uri Gavrilchenko
Tanya Shubina
Oleg Nedosheeko
Irakliy Savgulidze
Orik Zagrabyan
Alex Malik
Valentin Philipenko
Irina Dobrovetskaya
Sergei Belik\Vera Kulgina
Tanya Goncharwnko
Alex Lantukov
Victor Sapatov
Alex Strelnikov
Igor Vareshkin
Viatalik Kuzman
Greg Palatnika
Natasha Stasukova
Curated by Jody Hawk and Bernadette Glorioso

March 17 - Saturday at Noon
Mary Lu Franks, Steve Goldberg,
Wendy Shaffer

March 23  - Friday Special Event @ 7:30 pm:
The Laughter League
for two extraordinary evening performances.

March 24 - Saturday at Noon
Philip Metres, Bob King,
Christophe Casamassima,

March 24  - Saturday Special Event @ 7:30 pm:
The Laughter League
for two extraordinary evening performances.

March 31 - Saturday at Noon
Catherynne Valente

March 31- April 7 - LCC Comics Show
Opening Reception 6 - 8 pm
Winners of the Lakeland Community College
Comics Contest

April 7 - Saturday at Noon
Mary O´Malley

At Gallery 324 in the Galleria at Erieview, downtown
April 13, 2007 -Friday at 7 pm
The Kenneth Patchen Festival Reception
Larry Smith (Bottom Dog Press), Kenneth Patchen biographer, &
Doug Manson (SUNY, Buffalo), editor of Celery Flute Player,
the Kenneth Patchen Newsletter,
Kenneth Patchen Silkscreens on loan from the Trumbull Art Guild,
Warren, Ohio
Douglas Paisley´s paintings of The Journal of Albion Moonlight with
text
Reception with Cash Bar

At Gallery 324 in the Galleria at Erieview, downtown
April 14, 2007 - Saturday at Noon
The Kenneth Patchen Festival Reading
Featuring, from Detroit,
M.L.Liebler and the Magic Poetry Band  
accompanying readings by
Chris Franke
Nina Gibans
Tom Kryss
Jim Lang
Michael McMahon
Doug Manson
Charles Potts
Larry Smith, and others to be announced

At the Barking Spider Tavern in University Circle.
April 14, 2007 - Saturday at 7 pm
The Kenneth Patchen Festival Jam
Featuring, from Cleveland,
The John Richmond All-Stars
accompanying readings by
Adam Brodsky
Bree
Katie Daley
Ben Gulyas
Terry Provost, and others to be announced

April 14 - 28, 2007 - Opening Reception April 14, 6-9 pm
The Kiefer Show
Photographs by Bruce and Gerry Kiefer.

April 21

April 27, 28, 29 - Wake Up and Live Theater
"Strictly Platonic?" 7:30 curtain Friday and Saturday;
3 pm Sunday curtain

April 28, 2007 - Saturday at Noon
Mary Weems, Kisha Foster

May 5 - 12, 2007 -  Five by Five by Five Show
Five images each by five artists in the fifth month.
Yeah, we´re desperate for a theme, because the
incredible diversity of these talented artists defies quick
description. Come see these remarkable pieces by
five of the most interesting artists in Cleveland.
Andrea Levy, Chuck Wimmer,
Ed Beyer, & George Kocar
Curated by Marcus Bales

June 9 - 16, 2007 -  Objects of Desire
Curated by Jody Hawk and Bernadette Glorioso

July 14 - 28, 2007 - Outsider Art
Curated by Mark Kuhar

September 28 - October 13, 2007 - The Lovers Show
Curated by Herb Aschermann
Sponsored by Ambiance

The Art Shows at Gallery 324
$1.00 Parking in the Galleria Parking Garage Saturdays
$3.00 Parking in the Galleria Parking Garage after 4pm Weekdays
Free parking on E 9th and E 12th Streets after 6pm
Free parking on St Clair after 7 pm

Gallery Hours: M-F 10 am - 5 pm, Sat 10 am - 2 pm

January 1 - March 31:  Taken By Storm -
The Art of Storm Thorgerson
Signed and numbered silkscreen prints and giclees
By the designer of Pink Floyd´s and Led Zeppelin´s and
other bands' album covers. It´s not nostalgia - it´s a remarkable
review of the images that formed the taste of three generations
of rockers and rollers.
Curated by Marcus Bales

January 13 - February 3:  "Best of NOIS" Show
Sylvia Albertelli/Masek Ralph Bacon
Cathie Bleck, D. Brent Campbell, Celeste DeSapri, Jacqueline
Freedman, Dan Frey, Robert Brandon Gossett, Lou Grasso, Ron Hill,
Jamie Hills, Milan Kecman, George Kocar, Nancy Lick, Claudia Lynch,
Paula Pindroh, Merrill Rainey, Chris Rall, Melyssa Rohrs, and Ralph
Solonitz.
Curated by George Kocar

February 10 - 24:  Greg Terepka
The Bold Intentions Show
Twenty-two flowers individually pose and glow in a transcendent light
that highlights their forms, voluptuous and sinuous and vivid. No,
nothing like Georgia O´Keefe - these images capture the long line of
the forms. Terepka photographs flowers as if they were sheathed in
long dresses and white gloves, standing looking back over their bared
shoulders at something surprisingly interesting.
Curated by Marcus Bales

March 10 - 24:  Odessa Art Show
Various media and artists from the vibrant art scene in
Odessa, Russia; an amazing congeries of styles and images.
Curated by Jody Hawk and Bernadette Glorioso

April 8 - 14 - Opening Reception April 14, Noon to 3 pm
Kenneth Patchen Festival
Silkscreens by Kenneth Patchen; a reading of Patchen´s poems; perhaps
a play by Patchen performed in the Gallery by Charenton Theater.
Curated by Larry Smith

April 14, 2007 - The Kiefer Show Opening at 6pm
Bruce and Gerry Kiefer´s photographs
Curated by Marcus Bales

May 5 - 12, 2007 -  Five by Five by Five Show
Five images each by five artists in the fifth month.
Yeah, we´re desperate for a theme, because the
incredible diversity of these talented artists defies quick
description. Come see these remarkable pieces by
five of the most interesting artists in Cleveland.
Milan Kecman,  Andrea Levy,
Chuck Wimmer, Ed Beyer,
& George Kocar
Curated by Marcus Bales

June 9 - 16, 2007 -  Objects of Desire
Curated by Jody Hawk and Bernadette Glorioso

September 28 - October 13, 2007 - The Lovers Show
Curated by Herb Aschermann
Sponsored by Ambiance

Volume I Issue 2 launched, plus journal/contributor news

Poemeleon Volume I Issue 2 has just launched, so please do check it out.

It's a feast for the mind -- and the eyes. Just click on the link(s) at the end of each poem to view the artwork that the poem is responding to. There are also a few surprises in there -- it's not just limited to paintings.

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Three contributors have recently released books:

larry bauer (Volume I Issue 1), health insurance and other matters of death, from Foothills Publishing; 

Sheila Black (Volume I Issue 1), How to be a Maquiladora, from Main Street Rag press; and

Alex Grant (Volume I Issue 2), Chains & Mirrors, from Harperints. Congratulations!

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Lastly, Poemeleon limited edition chapbooks -- featuring work from Volume I Issue 1, which was dedicated to place -- are now available for purchase online at $5/each including s&h. 

These are the poems that were read during the launch reading in July (see navigation sidebar for a link to the photos), including work by Maureen Alsop, larry bauer, Lavina Blossom, Gayle Brandeis, Wendy Taylor Carlisle, Chella Courington, Catherine Daly, Lucia Galloway, Bob Hicok, Judy Kronenfeld, and Ren Powell. 

I only have a limited quantity left, and they will never be reprinted. All proceeds go toward the production costs of Poemeleon.

Contact me for details: editor (at) poemeleon (dot) org 

Inlandia anthology reading

In case any of you are within driving distance of downtown Riverside, there is a reading this Saturday to celebrate the launch of a new anthology called Inlandia. Several Poemeleon contributors are included in the anthology, and the reading will feature 14 inland-area authors, including the award-winning novelists Susan Straight and Gayle Brandeis. I will be there assisting with book sales. Check out the flyer below for more information.

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Celebrating our Region in Word, Image, and Sound INLANDIA FESTIVAL @ Riverside Public Library SATURDAY December 9, 10 am - 6 pm

The public is invited to a day-long Festival, celebrating excellence in literature, music, and photography of the Inland Empire.

It's all happening indoors and outdoors at RIVERSIDE PUBLIC LIBRARY, 3581 Mission Inn Avenue, right next door to the Mission Inn, on Saturday, December 9, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

14 Authors will present their work, with discussion, book-signing and sales.

Live music performances include: SENRYU TAIKO DRUMMERS, MORONGO BIRD SINGERS, GUSTAVO & LUZ ROMERO singing MEXICAN CORRIDOS, and DOMINIQUE McCAFFERTY singing songs composed at the Mission Inn.

Multi-ethnic food booths will sell all kinds of delicious dishes on the Library Plaza. Historic photographs of the region will be on display in the Library through the month of December.

The festival is inspired by the publication of a new book, titled INLANDIA: A LITERARY JOURNEY THROUGH CALIFORNIA'S INLAND EMPIRE.

Dan Bernstein described it as, "a literary anthology with all the twists and turns of a sticky, can't-put-it-down novel".

Juan Felipe Herrera calls it, "a mesmerizing, visionary collection* a California tour de force".

Heyday Books' publisher Malcolm Margolin will be emcee, and Juan Felipe Herrera will assist, along with Riverside Public Library's life-sized mascot, Buzz Bee.

The 14 authors who will be reading and discussing their work from this book include: Susan Straight, Katherine Saubel, Kevin Siva, Lowell Bean, Laura Kalpakian, Michael Jaime-Becerra, Alex Espinoza, Gayle Brandeis, Dwight Yates, Juan Delgado and Sholeh Wolpe. Deborah Wong will read for George Fujimoto and Mary Paik Lee, and Naomi Harada will read Sumi Harada's poem about her mother.

Historic photographs on special display are from Riverside Public Library's large SHADES OF RIVERSIDE collection, gathered over a period of years from local families.

In addition, the Library is displaying the large and little-known AVERY FIELDS COLLECTION of historic panoramic views of the region.

RELATED EVENT: December 5 at 6:30 pm Special Screening of Historic Silent Film, The Winning of Barbara Worth, by Henry King, starring Ronald Coleman, Vilma Banky, Gary Cooper, 1926, adapted from the best-selling novel by HAROLD BELL WRIGHT, who lived and wrote at the Mission Inn Hotel and in Redlands. Introduction by Cynthia Morrill, PhD, Asst. Professor of English at Riverside City College.

For general Information call (951) 826 - 5369 or visit www.riversideca.gov/library-Events

Le Deuxième Sexe?, all-women artist exhibit and readings

Ran across this listing for an art exhibit and readings, including Poemeleon contributor Chella Courington, and thought I would pass it along.

Carlotta’s Passion Fine Art is pleased to present Le Deuxième Sexe?, an all-women artist exhibit from September 9th – September 24th.

You are cordially invited to attend the artist’s reception on Saturday, September 9th, from 7:00 pm – 10:00 pm. The exhibit includes works by Diane Gamboa, Margaret Garcia, Linda Arreola, Olivia Sanchez Brown, Mari Cardenas, Judith Duran, Simone Gad, CiCi Gonzalez, Fei Lu, Poli Marichal, Isabel Martinez, Lucia Maya, and Audri Phillips.

Women's Writer Series Carlotta's Passion Fine Art is offering a series of readings by highly gifted women writers and poets, many of whom have been rewarded with very positive critical acclaim.

Reading Schedule Sunday, September 10th, 3:00 pm: Charlotte Innes, Kim Grant, and Cora Moncrief Friday, September 15th, 8:00 pm: Yvette Johnson, Liz Gonzalez, and Mona Jean Cedar Sunday, September 17th, 3:00 pm: Pat Alderete, Consuelo Flores, Reina Prado, and Maria Elena Gaitan Friday, September 22th, 8:00 pm: Bridget Kelley-Lossada, Judith Terzi, and Chella Courington Sunday, September 24th: 3:00 pm: Kathleen Tyler, Marte Broehm, and Lucinda Michele Knapp.

rs@carlottaspassion.com 323 259 1563 2012 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles, 90041

Editor's Blogs

In case anyone hasn't found it yet, I wanted to alert you to my blog regarding the progess of this journal. Recent posts include notes on the inaugural issue launch reading, the upcoming submission deadline, and ekphrastic poetry links.

Visit the Poemeleon blog here, or my personal blog -- with recent entries on the painter Modigliani -- here.