Monday Sept 8th, 2008 8pm to 10pm

St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery

131 East 10th Street

New York , NY 10003

Main Sanctuary



Poetry Turn On !

An evening of poetry readings by poets: Miguel Algarin, Mahogany Browne,

Regie Cabico, Steve Cannon, Michael Cirelli, Brenda Coultas, Sam Diaz, John Farris, Merry Fortune , Celena Glenn, Lois Griffith, Bill Kushner, Jill Magi, Filip Marinovich, Chris Martin, Stephen Motika, Amy Ouzoonian, Eve Packer, Kristin Prevallet, Shappy, Moonshine Shorey, Rachel M. Simon, Tracy K. Smith, Stacy Szymaszek, Clare Ultimo.



This incredible group of poets come together to present their work and represent five of the numerous poetry organizations and venues that serve New York City and the World poetry throughout the year: The Bowery Poetry Club , A Gathering Of The Tribes, Nuyorican Poets Café, The Poetry Project and Poets House.



A reception in the Parish Hall will follow the reading, and serve as an opportunity to meet the poets, purchase books, become a member, and celebrate this year’s HOWL !

Festival.



This reading is FREE and Open to the Public.



Websites for the participating organizations are listed here:

www.bowerypoetry.com

www.tribes.org

www.nuyorican.org

www.poetryproject.com

www.poetshouse.org



Contact: nathanielsiegel@nyc.rr.com

Hello there Poetry Lovers!!

It's SHAPPY here! Won't you join me this Tuesday night July 8th at 7pm
as NYC-URBANA brings you an eclectic evening of poetry, music and
video with some our COMMUNITY'S BEST!!

We'll have rare and unseen video treasures from TAYLOR MALI and SHAPPY
and vintage footage from Urbana's past!

PLUS each of our wonderful team members -- Arianne, Soulful, Eboni and
Kesed -- will be bringing you new and exciting work accompanied by
music, dance, beats and video! Expect the unexpected as our brave team
tries something new and different before all the slamming that's ahead
of them!

AND who better to have join us for an evening of new and experimental
work than our old friend and FIVE-TIME Urbana team member and TWO-TIME
National Poetry Slam Champion : CELENA GLENN!

That's right! CELENA will be IN THE HOUSE!!

She's been touring the world with her band, BUNNY RABBIT
(http://www.myspace. com/loversandcry pts) and we are super excited to
have her back home! And when Celena is here, you never know what other
special guests might kicking it too (hinthint)!

SO COME ON OUT, see amazing eclectic work and help OUR TEAM raise a
little scratch to get to Nationals!

And if you want to help out, but aren't in the area, PLEASE check out
our online store:

http://original. bowerypoetry. com/urbana/ shop.htm

ALL PROCEEDS GO TO SENDING OUR TEAM TO THE NATIONAL POETRY SLAM!!!

See ya on TUESDAY!!

SHAPPY
NYC-Urbana Slammaster

Tues July 8
Multi-Media Night w/C. Glenn!
Time: 7pm
Price: $7
Venue: Bowery Poetry Club
Address: 308 Bowery (Bowery between Hudson and Bleeker)
Phone: 212-614-0505
Travel: Subway: B, D, F, V to Broadway–Lafayette St; 6 to Bleecker St
Website: http://www.bowerypo etry.com

URBANA CALENDAR 2008

(WEEKLY URBANA EVENTS BEGIN AGAIN WITH ...)

7/8/2008 MULTI-MEDIA NIGHT with CELENA GLENN
Come see your favorite slammers on celluloid! Vintage MTV spots mixed
up with new documentaries! Plus LIVE performances! Including CELENA
GLENN!! Proceeds go towards sending the Team to Nationals!!

7/15/2008 EAST COAST INVITATIONAL
Come see NYC-Urbana battles against WORCESTER, DC / BALTIMORE and
WHITE PLAINS!! Proceeds go towards sending the Team to Nationals!!

7/22/2008 NYC REGIONAL!!
Come root for Urbana at our home venue for the 2nd NYC REGIONAL POETRY
SLAM! We will battle against NUYO, BAR 13 and NJ's LOSER SLAM! Come
see which venue is crowned VICTORIOUS! Proceeds go towards sending the
Team to Nationals!!

7/29/2008 SEND OFF / AUCTION / OLD SCHOOL vs. NEW SCHOOL NIGHT
Our last Urbana show before the Team heads off to Madison! See their
group pieces! Buy one-kind art works -- and you guessed it!! All
Proceeds go towards sending the Team to Nationals!! PLUS see old
school Urbana compete against this KILLER 2008 Team!!

__._,_.___

Let the tan, thin, beautiful people go their
bar-b-ques and pool parties -- us NERDS know how to
party our OWN way!

Come down to the Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery;
www.bowerypoetry.com) on Tues July 1st for the 5th
Annual NERD POETRY SLAM & TRIVIA OFF!!

Nerd Icon & BPC Bartender SHAPPY SEASHOLTZ hosts this
annual event which celebrates all this NERD!

Test your dork trivia prowess, win pop culture prizes
and sign up for the open NERD POETRY SLAM, where your
verse about Star Trek, your sestina about Iron Man
and/or your ode to the inherent eroticism of Carl
Sagan could make you a WINNER!

With performances / appearances by queer nerd rapper
SOCE THE ELEMENTAL WIZARD, Texas geek poet PHIL WEST
(photo attached) and IFC’s Ultimate Film Fanatic of
the North East JORDAN HOFFMAN, among many others.

So come to the NERD SLAM!! As Yoda says, there is no
TRY, only DO!

Tues July 1
URBANA'S 5TH ANNUAL NERD SLAM
Time: 7pm
Price: $7
Venue: Bowery Poetry Club
Address: 308 Bowery (Bowery between Hudson and
Bleeker)
Phone: 212-614-0505
Travel: Subway: B, D, F, V to Broadway–Lafayette St; 6
to Bleecker St
Website: http://www.bowerypoetry.com


NYC-URBANA CALENDAR JULY 2008

7/1/2008 NERD SLAM / NYC-URBANA FUNDRAISER
Shappy returns to host this annual contest of trivia
and compulsive collecting. Proceeds go towards sending
the Team to Nationals!!

7/8/2008 SLAM FILM FEST / NYC-URBANA FUNDRAISER
Come see your favorite slammers on celluloid! Vintage
MTV spots mixed up with new documentaries! Plus LIVE
performances! ! Proceeds go towards sending the Team
to Nationals!!
Price: $7
Venue: Bowery Poetry Club
Times: July 8 7:00pm.
Address: 308 Bowery (Bowery between Hudson and
Bleeker)
Phone: 212-614-0505
Travel: Subway: B, D, F, V to Broadway–Lafayette St; 6
to Bleecker St
Website: http://www.bowerypoetry.com

7/15/2008 East Coast Invitational
Come see NYC-Urbana battles against teams from
Worcester (MA), DC/ Baltimore and White Plains (NY)!
Proceeds go towards sending the Team to Nationals!!
Price: $7
Venue: Bowery Poetry Club
Times: July 15 7:00pm.
Address: 308 Bowery (Bowery between Hudson and
Bleeker)
Phone: 212-614-0505
Travel: Subway: B, D, F, V to Broadway–Lafayette St; 6
to Bleecker St
Website: http://www.bowerypoetry.com

7/22/2008 New York City Regional Slam at Urbana
Come see all three NYC Poetry Slam venues battle it
out, and see which teams earns a year's worth of
BRAGGING RIGHTS!! Proceeds go towards sending the Team
to Nationals!!
Price: $7
Venue: Bowery Poetry Club
Times: July 22 7:00pm.
Address: 308 Bowery (Bowery between Hudson and
Bleeker)
Phone: 212-614-0505
Travel: Subway: B, D, F, V to Broadway–Lafayette St; 6
to Bleecker St
Website: http://www.bowerypoetry.com

7/29/2008 Group Piece/Urbana Auction
Our last Urbana show before the Team heads off to
Madison! See their group pieces! Buy one-kind art
works and deals with -- you guessed it!! All Proceeds
go towards sending the Team to Nationals!!
Price: $7
Venue: Bowery Poetry Club
Times: July 29 7:00pm.
Address: 308 Bowery (Bowery between Hudson and
Bleeker)
Phone: 212-614-0505
Travel: Subway: B, D, F, V to Broadway–Lafayette St; 6
to Bleecker St
Website: http://www.bowerypoetry.com

The O'Debbie Awards are right around the corner! On Monday, June 2nd at 10:00, The O'Debra Twins will celebrate SHOW & TELL'S 5th birthday by handing out the most retarded awards they can think of. Be red carpet ready at The Bowery Poetry Club, which is located at 308 Bowery between Houston and Bleecker. Five bucks gets you into the most glamorous event that the Lower East Side can muster!

Every year, The O'Debbie Awards commemorate the craziest and most ridiculous moments of the past year by handing out golden statues to the maniacs who frequent SHOW & TELL. Bazillions of downtown favorites will grace the stage to celebrate! This could be the most star studded O'Debbie Awards yet! Among the masses are Corn Mo, Rev Jen, The Mangina, Murray Hill, Gato Loco Low End, and SHOW & TELL'S house band, A Brief View of the Hudson. There will be so many more!!! As always, The O'Debra Twins are your lovely hostesses! Dress in your most fabulous Lower East Side finery! This cannot be stressed enough. The O'Debbie Awards have proven to be one of the loudest, most out of control, most fun events of the year. You would be insane to miss it!!!

"Best of New York!!!" – Village Voice

"Goofy and wonderfully funny…The Bowery Poetry Club's anything goes festival of weird. An NYC must!" – Next Magazine

"Belly laugh funny!" – The New York Sun

"Two of the smartest, most perverse gals in the city… they deserve more attention than most of this city's conventional comedians." - NY Press

UNCLE SHAPPY at the NEW YORK CITY COMIC-CON!

Join me as I finally get a chance to read Nerd poems at an actual comic book convention! It's a the Javits Center in NYC from April 18-20. Me and my crew are there Friday (April 18) at 5:45pm! It's me, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, Jaimie Martin, Ed Garcia and Soce, The Elemental Wizard!

April is great month for poets -- a chance for us to squeeeeeeeeze into opportunities we might otherwise not have fit into! So huzzah that National Poetry Month can open those doors for us!

For example, New Yorkers who love local NPR stations might hear some familiar voices on WNYC next month, as short poems by Bob Holman, Ishle Yi Park, Taylor Mali, Shappy & me will be broadcast throughout April. How neat is that?

Also, as further proof of the awesome power of National Poetry Month, here are some nutty events that I'll be participating in the forthcoming weeks. Please feel free to come out if you are in the respective hoods:

Thurs, April 03, 2008 -- Frequency North Reading Series
Shappy and I are planning to ROCK Albany as a part of this beloved and quirky reading series, curated by NYC ex-pat, WIYF editor and old pal, Daniel Nester. For more information on the Frequency North Series, please check out their website here.

Saturday, April 05, 2008 -- Lower East Side Girls Club Series
I'll be joining fellow NYC performance divas Jeanann Verlee and Jessi Robertson at this beloved (and FREE) reading series, taking place every Saturday at 3:30pm at the Art+Community Gallery [56 East 1st Street (1st/2nd Aves)]. For more information on the Lower East Side Girls Club Performance Series (and its amazing line-ups; Rachel McKibben and Tara Betts are upcoming features!), please check out their website here.


Monday, April 14, 2008 -- Words In Your Face Reading at The (frikking!) STRAND!
By some miracle of God, The Strand bookstore wanted to do a "Words In Your Face" reading! Here's the skinny from the Strand website: "To celebrate National Poetry Month, the Strand has partnered with Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz, the author of Words in Your Face; A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of The New York City Poetry Slam, who will curate a Poetry Slam-inspired reading at the Strand with NYC poets, including TAYLOR MALI, author of What Learning Leaves and JOHN S. HALL, of King Missile fame. The reading will open with poetry from NYC youth Poetry Slam organization, URBAN WORD." For more information on the reading, please check out the Strand website here or RVSP at the Facebook Events page here.

Monday, April 21, 2008 -- Kelly Writers House
Again, another completely awesome gig, thanks in part to National Poetry Month. The performance is being funded by the yearly Oral Poetry Fund: nice! Here's the skinny from the Kelly Writers House website: "Come and learn about one of the most explosive art movements of the 21st Century: the Poetry Slam. Author/slam poet (and Philly-native) Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz will explore the birth, growing pains and continuing development of this raucous poetry event... In addition to walking the audience through the Poetry Slam's atonishing twenty year history, Cristin will be joined by four New York City slam poets -- Shappy Seasholtz, Edward Garcia, Nicole Homer and Chad Anderson -- who will illustrate the variety of work found in the slam, including comedic pieces, political pieces and electrifying group work." For more information on the reading, please check out the Kelly Writers House website here or RVSP at the Facebook Events page here.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008 --Page Meets Stage: JEFF McDANIEL vs. SAGE FRANCIS
Does this not sound like the sickest show EVER? Jeff McDaniel battling Sage on the Bowery Poetry Club stage? Come on! And I'm hosting because Taylor is out of town. Nice! If you haven't seen the adorable flyer for this event, check out here here. Jeff looks a like teddy bear on it!

Oh, and did I forget to mention that Saturday, April 26th is Dachshund Day at Washington Square Park? The time when 100+ dachshunds -- some in *costume* -- descend upon the city!

Viva National Poetry Month!!! April RULES!

LAST AMERICAN VALENTINE RELEASE PARTY

Show up EARLY on Tuesday cuz we've got a little something new and
exciting! We have a book release party for THE LAST AMERICAN VALENTINE
from Write Bloody Press just in time for VALENTINE'S DAY! We'll be
having a reception (read: FREE FOOD!) and book signing at 6pm with an
amazing show to follow featuring poems / poets from the book, including:

DERRICK BROWN!!
BEAU SIA!!
JEFFREY MCDANIEL!!
AMBER TAMBLYN!!
MINDY NETIFEE!!
ROGER BONAIR-AGARD! !
LYNNE PROCOPE!!
VICTOR INFANTE!!
CRISTIN O'KEEFE APTOWICZ!!
SHAPPY SEASHOLTZ!!

Derrick will kick a few extra poems, and then it'll be time for the
CUTE BOY SLAM! Only cute boys can compete and they MUST have CUTE
POEMS!! Costumes, props and music are encouraged! And more ever MORE
surprises may be introduced by the host, Cute Boy Slam founder AMANDA
NAZARIO! (CUTE!)

NOTE: cuz of the built-in AWESOMENESS, there will be NO OPEN-MIC OR
OPEN-SLAM THIS WEEK! (unless you are ready to rock the CUTE BOY SLAM!)
but who cares when you have a line-up like THIS! ;)

SEE YA THERE!!
Slam Master Shap

Here's the skinny:
6:00 pm-book signing and reception
6:45 pm-all-star poetry reading
7:45 pm-More from Derrick Brown
8:30 pm CUTE BOY SLAM!
9:30 pm-show over

Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008
Last American Valentine & Cute Boy Slam!
$7 cover
Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery