A busy week...
Out of town guests (my very kind mother in law was here to play with Mose and let me get some work done) meant a trip to the Botanical Gardens! What a GOOD GOOD thing to do in winter! All warm and summery and sweet.
In other news, I am booking readings. Northeasterly in June, and Northwesterly and Midwesterly in May. So far I am MOST freaked and happy about the 92nd Street Y! Hosted my MAKOR! (the organization I'd love to work for if I ever return to the world of Jewish communal work).
Also, of course, a visit to IOWA!!! To read LIVE from Prairie Lights!!!
Now if only I could find a Seattle reading for the week of May 20th, when I'll be in town for my cousin's bat mitzvah...
Anyone know anyone in Seattle?
Also hunting readings in Portland and Eugene (late May), Philly/Baltimore/DC/Boston (mid-late June) and Chicago/ St. Louis/ Minneapolis (early May) Or anywhere driving distance from such places.
Anyone???
In a perfect world I'll have Jewishy and poem-y readings on each leg of the trip. But I must say that a Jewish Community Center might pay for gas, while fun poetry bar-readings don't always pay for beer.
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Hey there! The best places for readings in Seattle are Open Books, an all-poetry bookstore in Wallingford, Elliot Bay Bookstore (downtown Seattle) - and, well, there are a bunch of neighborhood bookstores I'd recommend if I knew where you want to be.
Hope this helps!
Check a place called "Iota" in Arlington, Va. They have scheduled poetry as well as open mics and music.
Thing is, I've never been there, so I can't tell you much about it, other than the fact that it's been there for years.
(http://www.iotaclubandcafe.com/)
Laurel--
May 20th is the weekend of the big Skagit River Poetry Festival, about an hour drive (maybe 90 minutes depending on how South you are) from Seattle. There should be a lot going on there.
if email me modpoet (at) excite.com and I'll get some info together for you.
Hi. I'm a native Atlanta-n in exile in Eugene and could help you hook up a reading. Email me at teacherwriter@comcast.net.
If you're interested in the DC Jewishy side, I can check our schedule (school may be out already by then), but the DCJCC is always an option. As for the bookish side, Politics and Prose is a great place to read. Let me know if you'd like help pursuing any of these options.
Iota is gorgeous! My favorite club in VA. You have to read there, if you can (they have no dressing rooms..which was cool if you wanted to run into your favorite folk singer in the bathroom...which I did). Plus. the resturant on the other side is really, really good! And smoke-free.
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My wife grew up in St. Louis. She says Left Bank Books (http://www.left-bank.com/) is the place you need to check out there.
Let us know when you're in DC so we can promote the hell out of it on the blog. And yes, I fully expect to meet you if you venture out here to the dc-hinterlands to see Reb, my almost neighbor.
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