THE BROWNSTONE POETS


(Photo Credit:Patricia Carragon )

PATRICIA CARRAGON hosts and curates this
Brooklyn-based Poetry Series & Open Mic

Breaking News about the Brownstone Poets!!! I am happy to announce that the Brownstone Poets will be in Carroll Gardens, starting Tuesday, July 22 at 7PM

at The Fall Cafe at 307 Smith Street, Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.
I will still hold a Saturday reading at the Fifth Avenue Restaurant at least once a month until further notice.






Tuesday Readings
The Fall Cafe
307 Smith Street (between Union & President Sts.)
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231
7PM
$3 donation + food/drink - Limited Open Mic
Take the F or G to Carroll Street & exit at President Street





Saturday Readings
FIFTH AVENUE RESTAURANT & DINER
432 5th Avenue
(between 8th & 9th Sts.)
Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215
4:30PM
$3 donation + food/drink - Regular Open Mic
Take the R or F to 4th Avenue - 9th Street


ABOUT PATRICIA

For EVIE:
I want to wish my lovely co-hostess, EVIE IVY, much success in her endeavors. I thank her for the wonderful times we spent together in launching this little Brooklyn reading and for making it a safe haven for poetry. We will miss "our Muse."
-- Patricia Carragon



SUBMISSION GUIDELINES FOR THE BROWNSTONE POETS 2009 ANTHOLOGY TO COME JULY 2008



Copies of the 2008 anthology are now available!
BookCourt @ 163 Court Street, Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, NY



CONGRATULATIONS TO THE FOLLOWING CONTRIBUTORS TO THE 2008 ANTHOLOGY:

Austin Alexis* Mary Askin-Jencsik* Fareed Bitar* Charles J. Butler* Patricia Carragon* Robert Dunn* Richard Fein* Allan D. Goldschmidt* Bob Heman* Roxanne Hoffman* Evie Ivy* Susanne Kaufman* Carl Kavadlo* Linda Lerner* Gabriel A. Levicky* Brant Lyon* Joshua Meander* Max Nemerovsky* Tom Oleszczuk* Nicholas Patti* Rosann Pellegrino* Bill Pyles* Eugene Ring* Sarah Sarai* Donald R. Siegel8 Jeanne R. Slavin Siegel* George Spencer* Jack Tricarico* Bruce Weber



Saturday, April 12-19, The Brownstone Poets Anthologies 2007 & 2008 The 16th Annual Poets House Showcase Opening Reception: Saturday, April 12, 1:00-4:00pm

NYPL Jefferson Market Branch 425 Sixth Avenue (at West 10th Street)
Admission free



Copies of the 2007 anthologies are still available at these bookstores:


Bluestockings @ 172 Allen Street, Lower East Side, NYC


The Golden Notebook @ 29 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY


Robin's Bookstore @ 108 S13th Street, Philadelphia, PA



Current July Schedule



Saturday at 4:30PM at The Fifth Avenue Restaurant
Salute to Otto's Shrunken Head Shout Out
*Hobo Bob & Obsidian*





Tuesday, July 22 at 7PM at The Fall Cafe
Salute to Poetry Bay Magazine
*George Wallace, Geraldine Green & Mankh*







Please, scroll down to view the entire 2005/2006/2007/2008 Schedule


2008

  • January 5: Austin Alexis & Carl Kavaldo
  • January 26: JeeLeong Koh & Vittoria Repetto
  • February 2: Peter Chelnik & Sally Milgrim
  • March 1: Gabriel A. Levicky & Joshua Meander
  • March 15: Donald Siegel & Jeanne Slavin-Siegel
  • April 26: Craig Fishbane & Su Polo
  • May 3: Alex Caldiero, Laura Ludwig & Eugenia Macer-Story
  • May 24: Robert Gibbons & George Spencer
  • Friday, June 6: Brownstone Poets Anthology Event @ BookCourt
  • NO READING ON JULY 5
  • July 19: Hobo Bob & Obsidian at the Fifth Avenue Restaurant
  • July 22: George Wallace, Geraldine Green & Mankh at The Fall Cafe
  • August 2
  • August 19
  • September 6: Ngoma & TBD
  • September 20: Richard Jeffrey Newman or September 23
  • October 21
  • November 1
  • November 18
  • December 6: Demetrius Daniel & Joy Leftow



  • 2007

  • January 6: S.David & Allan David Goldschmidt
  • January 20: Bob Heman & Nathan Whiting
  • CANCELLED *****February 3: Richard Newman & John J. Trause
  • March 3: Radomir Luza, Jr. & Frank Simone
  • March 17: Bill Pyles & Alan Barysh
  • April 7: Charles J. Butler & Jack Tricarico
  • April 21: Mad Poets of PA: Eileen D'Angelo, Richard Bank, G. Emil Reutter, Dave Worrell, Autumn Konopka,Camelia Nocella
  • May 5: Thaddeus Rutkowski & Bob Quatrone
  • May 19: Chocolate Waters & Larissa Shmailo
  • CANCELLED ***** June 23 : Zork & LV
  • July 7: Ray Pospisil & David Lawton, plus special guest poet, Ramon Matos, the "Christina Poet"
  • July 21: Linda Lerner & Theo Coates
  • July 28 : Zork & LV
  • August 18: Vincent Quatro che & Richard Fein
  • September 1: Edgar Carlson & Max Nemerovsky
  • September 15: Riverside Poets
  • CANCELLED **** October 6 : Sarah Sarai & Thomas Fucaloro
  • CANCELLED **** October 20: Thomas Fucaloro & Sarah Sarai
  • November 3: Dorothy F. August & guest
  • November 17: Donald Lev & John J. Trause
  • December 1: Alan Baxter & Robin Small-McCarthy



    2006

  • January 7: Carol Novack & Tom Oleszczuk
  • February 4: Peter Weisman & Big Mike
  • March 4: Robert Dunn & Leigh Harrison
  • April 1: Madeline Artenberg & Iris N. Schwartz
  • May 6: Bruce Weber & Joanne Pagano Weber
  • June 3: Rich Hemmings & EJ Antonio
  • July 1: George Wallace & Brant Lyon
  • August 5: Phillip Levine & Lisa Roma
  • September 2: Eugene Ring & Bob Hart
  • September 16: Joy Leftow, Ricki Stuart & Special Guest Poet, Graham Bucham
  • October 7: Stanley H. Barkan & Aleksey Dayen
  • November 4: Jackie Sheeler & Angelo Verga
  • November 18: Amy Ouzoonian & G Emil Reutter
  • December 2: Jay Chollick & Liza Wolsky



    2005

  • August 6: Roxanne Hoffman & Jane Ormerod
  • September 3: William Duke & Iris Berman
  • October 1: Jean Lehrman & Pete Dolack
  • November 5: Ice & Mindy Matijasevic
  • December 3: Su Polo & Mary Elizabeth Shanahan

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