Readings Wednesday 4/18MAKOR POETRY & MENTORSHIP READINGIsraeli poet Dahlia Ravikovitch & ...
MAKOR POETRY & MENTORSHIP READING
Israeli poet Dahlia Ravikovitch & Carmela Tal-Baraon read in Hebrew & English; Makor, 35 W. 67th St. (betw. Columbus & Central Park W.), 212-601-1000; 7:30, $7.
THE RUSSIAN SAMOVAR SERIES
Poet/critic James Fenton (Out of Danger, The Strength of Poetry) reads; 256 W. 52nd St. (betw. B'way & 8th Ave.), 212-757-0168; 7, $3.
Thursday 4/19
BRAD KESSLER & MARK WINEGARDNER
Read from Lick Creek & Crooked River Burning; Housing Works Used Book Café, 126 Crosby St. (betw. Houston & Lafayette Sts.), 212-334-3324; 7, call for price.
Friday 4/20
PINK PONY WEST
Open mic w/Maggie Balistreri plus garage rock/poetry act Janet Hamill & Moving Star; Cornelia St. Café, 29 Cornelia St. (6th Ave.), 212-989-9319; 7, $6, price incl. 1 drink.
Saturday 4/21
AN AFTERNOON OF POETRY
Feat. Eleanor Lerman; Bloomingdale Branch Library, 150 W. 100th. St. (betw. Amsterdam & Columbus Aves.), 212-222-8030; 2, free.
EAR INN AFTERNOONS
Susan Cronin, Phillis Levin & Kate Light read; 326 Spring St. (Hudson St.), 212-226-9060; 3, free.
YICTOVE HOSTS EVENINGS AT THE KNITTING FACTORY
Open mic & Pink Brown; 74 Leonard St. (betw. B'way & Church St.), 212-219-3006; 6, $5.
Sunday 4/22
CORNELIA ST. CAFE
Eliot Katz, F. Omar Telen, Ice & Bob Rosenthal read; 29 Cornelia St. (6th Ave.), 212-989-9319; 6, $6.
ALBERT DESILVER, MACGREGOR CARD, CAROL SZAMATOWICZ
Read tonight at series hosted by Lungfull magazine, the poetry journal that prints finished copies & rough drafts of each poem, so you can "eavesdrop on the process"; Zinc Bar, 90 W. Houston St. (betw. LaGuardia Pl. & Thompson St.), 212-533-9317; 6:30, $3.
Monday 4/23
THE DISCOVERY/THE NATION 2001 POETRY CONTEST READING
Contest for emerging poets at 92nd St. Y's Unterberg Poetry Center, 1395 Lexington Ave. (92nd St.), 212-996-1100 for more info; 8:15, $12.
DON QUIXOTE REDISCOVERED
Tammy Grimes, Betsey Von Furstenberg, Anne Jackson, Eli Wallach & Fritz Weaver read from Tobias Smollett's new translation of Cervantes, sponsored by the TIPA Project; 5th Ave. Presbyterian Church, 5th Ave. (55th St.), 212-247-0490; 12:30, free.
LOUISE ERDRICH
Appears to promote The Last Report on Miracles at Little No Horse; Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.
KGB
With Bob Hicok & Claudia Keelan; 85 E. 4th St. (betw. 2nd & 3rd Aves.), 212-505-3360; 7:30, free.
PATTI MUNTER
Reads from her debut novel, Spinning Lucy Snow; the Half King, 505 W. 23rd St. (8th Ave.), 212-462-4300; 7, free.
KATHLEEN NORRIS
Author of Amazing Grace & The Cloister Walk milks the memoir cash cow w/a book on growing up in the Dakotas; Union Sq. Barnes & Noble, 33 E. 17th St. (betw. B'way & Park Ave. S.), 212-253-0810; 7:30, free.
SLAM THIS!
W/Guy LeCharles Gonzales, open mike, DJs & 2-for-1 drinks; 13 Bar/Lounge, 35 E. 13th St. (betw. B'way & University Pl.), 212-979-6677; 7, $4-$5.
Tuesday 4/24
HARRY ELLISON'S POETRY CIRCLE
Ellison lectures, discussion of participants' poetry follows; Corrado Bakery Cafe, 120 E. 15th St. (Irving Pl.), 718-651-1664; 6:30, $7.
POETRY JAM
All women open mic feat. Carolina Mancuso & Elaine Schwager at Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.