[David Rosenthal]

I am excited to announce that I will be starting a new reading series here in the East Bay. It will be at St. Alban's Episcopal church in Albany (right next door to Berkeley) and will take place from 7:00 - 9:00 pm on the first Wednesday of each month beginning September 5, 2012. There will be featured readers and an open mic.

This area is lousy with poetry readings, so to make a niche for this reading, we will be focusing formal poetry. I am currently working on lining up some featured readers. Open readers will be encouraged, though not required of course, to read formal work.

So, if you are a Bay Arean or if you plan to be in the Bay Area on or about the first Wednesday of a month, come on by. Also, if you have something to hawk like a book or whatnot (or not), and you plan to be around here on one of those Wednesdays, let me know and maybe we can set you up as a feature.

I will post more details as they emerge.

David R.

[Roger Slater]

Congratulations, David. Sounds great.

Might I suggest that you try live-streaming the readings on the Internet? You may not know just how easy this is to do, provided that your venue has WiFi. There may be other similar services, but I can vouch for Ustream, which is entirely free. All you need is a laptop with a webcam. Ustream will also record the event for those who missed it, so when it's over you can post the link and more people can see it.

I wish you great success.

[R. Nemo Hill]

Great news, David.
I'll let you know if I make it to the Bay Area again this autumn!

Nemo

[Rick Mullin]

Great news David!

And best of luck! I think the focus on metrical poetry will help get the series off the ground. You increase energy with restraints, right? And look at how successful David Park was launching a figurative art movement in the Bay Area in the 1950s when people were being shot for not painting abstract pictures. A desperately-needed revival of the grand tradition in a new idiom.

So, here's to the New Bay Area Figurative Art movement, this time in poetry. I am in and out of the zone--hopefully I can attend a reading before long.


Louise, David Park, circa 1960

[Cally Conan-Davies]

And I'm not too far above you now, so I'll join the movement, too!! At last, David Ahhh, we might....ahhhh.....steal a kiss!!!

Cally

[Charlotte Innes]

Fantastic, David! Hey, I'm in LA... There are a ton of good poets here that would be willing to fly or drive (it can be done) that short distance to Northern Cal.--especially during the summer months for teaching types. (That includes me!) But if you need names, I can send you a list.

Charlotte