Jazz and Poetry Marathon at Flushing Town Hall

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Jazz & Poetry Marathon at Flushing Town Hall
In celebration of National Jazz and Poetry Month
April 16-17, 2005

Flushing Town Hall, 137-35 Northern Blvd., Flushing, NY 11354
(one block east of Main Street in Downtown Flushing, at the corner of Linden Pl.)
Subway: 7-train to Main Street/Flushing
Phone: (718) 463-7700 x222
Web: www.flushingtownhall.org/jazzandpoetry.html
Marathon is free and open to the public.

Beginning on April 16 and ending on April 17:
12 noon-2pm: Poetry & music from local students of all ages.

2:15-2:30pm: Poetry reading by Elliot Bassman.

2:30-3pm: Poetry and music by David Gonzales and Lisa Sokolov.

3:00-3:45pm: Jazz performance by Joel Harrison (guitar) & Peter Apfelbaum (saxophone).

3:00-3:45pm: Tina Seligman leads an interactive, all-ages poetry “scroll jam” in the
Community Gallery (during Harrison/Apfelbaum performance).

3:45-4pm: Poetry reading by Vincent Tomeo.

4:00-4:30pm: Poetry reading by Rosemary Dellapina’s Second + Third-grade poetry club.

4:30- 5:30pm: Poetry & music performance by Steve Dalachinsky (poet) and
and Matthew Shipp (jazz pianist).

5:30-6pm: Saul Bennett reads his poetry about Queens in the 1940s and 50s.

6:00-6:30pm: Poetry reading by George Wallace (Suffolk County Poet Laureate), Kate Kelly,
and Al Jones.

6:30-7:30pm: Jazz performance by Gary Versace (piano) & Chris Cheek (saxophone)

7:30-8pm: The Poet’s Circle will present a reading of their member’s work. Poets to include: Mireya Perez, Madeline Artenberg, Michael Harrington, Jeffrey Hootterer, Barbara Liss, Iris Schwartz, Evie Iry, and Urayoan Noel

8:00-10pm: JAZZ CLASSIQUE in the concert hall featuring Michael Mossman, Antonio Hart and Michael Lipsey playing master works by Ravel, Milhaud and Jimmy Heath (tickets $10).

10:00pm-12 midnight: The Bowery Poetry Club’s Bob Holman will be joined by leading NYC poets and musicians to present a two-hour performance. Featured performers will include: Ishle Yi Park (Queens Poet Laureate), Hal Sirowitz, Moonshine, Leticia Viloria, Simone Gorrindo, Jackie Sheeler, Talk Engine, Seren Divine, Regie Cabico, and others.

12 midnight-1am: Performance by Everton Sylvester (poet) with Searching For Banjo (his acclaimed jazz ensemble featuring Booker King and Chas Burnham).

1:00am-2am: Jazz performance by The Nat Jones Trio (piano, bass & drums). Will include impromptu performances by guest poets and musicians.

2:00am-3am: Matvei Yankelevich, James Hoff +Julien Poirier, of Ugly Duckling Presse (a non-profit art & publishing collective that regularly engages in actions off the page that involve music, poetry, and performance) will perform “a piece for mouth, noise and horn.”

3:00am-9am: Film Screenings: “Straight, No Chaser,” “Il Postino,” “Pull My Daisy” and more!

9:00am-10am: Tai Chi demonstration/class in the gallery while Chinese poems are read aloud.

12 noon-3pm: Gospel Brunch featuring the New Generation Gospel Singers (tickets $27).