Brighton-Based Poet Rosy Carrick to Perform at Poetry Night

Poetry Night at Bistro 33 is proud to welcome Brighton-based poet Rosy Carrick on Wednesday, October 21st at 9 P.M.

Rosy Carrick’s poetry has been described as simultaneously shocking, sensual and comedic. Longtime host of Hammer and Tongue, Brighton England’s largest monthly poetry and spoken word event, Carrick teaches writing workshops for adults and youths. She spends much of her time traveling through the UK and abroad reading poetry, and is currently on tour. Carrick holds a B.A. in English and Writing from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and an MA in Critical Theory and Creative Writing from Sussex University. In addition to performing her poetry, Rosy may discuss some of her recent academic publications, including essays with titles such as ‘Getting Lost: Death, Bliss and Creativity,” and “‘Avant-Garde Poetry: Disordered Eating or Unpalatable Truth?” This fall and winter she will participate in “The Cinderella Project,” an innovative multimedia collaboration which seeks to “blur the boundary between paint and performance to create an immediate, visceral and interactive experience for its audience.” Visit her website, www.rosycarrick.co.uk for more information, to read samples of her poetry, and purchase her latest CD, VOLODYA.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list. Poetry Night at Bistro 33, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 9 P.M., with an open microphone segment at 10 P.M.

Poetry Reading by Poet and Translator William O'Daly

Poetry Night at Bistro 33 is proud to welcome poet, translator, and co-founder of Copper Canyon Press, William O’Daly on Wednesday, October 7th at 9 P.M.

A resident of the Sierra Nevada foothills of northern California, William O’Daly is a poet, translator, and fiction writer. His published works include eight books of the late and posthumous poetry of Chilean Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda (Still Another Day, The Separate Rose, Winter Garden, The Sea and the Bells, The Yellow Heart, The Book of Questions, The Hands of Day, and World’s End), and a chapbook of his own poems, The Whale in the Web. O’Daly was a finalist for the 2006 Quill Award in Poetry for Still Another Day and was profiled on NBC’s The Today Show. A National Endowment for the Arts Fellow, he has worked as a literary and technical editor, a college professor, and an instructional designer; his poems, translations, essays, and reviews have been published in a wide range of magazines and anthologies. He is a co-founder of prestigious Copper Canyon Press. With co-author Han-ping Chin, he recently completed a historical novel, This Earthly Life, based on the Chinese Cultural Revolution.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list. The poet and musician Rob Roy will be visiting Bistro 33 from Korea in order to participate in the open mic. Don't miss it!

Poetry Night at Bistro 33, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 9 P.M., with an open microphone segment at 10 P.M.

Who: William O’Daly

What: Poetry Night at Bistro 33
When: Wednesday, October 7th 9pm
Where: Bistro 33, 226 F. St.

Media Contact:
Andy Jones
aojones@ucdavis.edu
http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com
Bistro 33 – (530) 756-4556

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Blue Moon Literary and Art Review Reading Tonight!

Tonight, Friday September 18, the Blue Moon is releasing their fourth issue. The John Natsoulas Center for the Arts will be hosting the event at the corner of first and E.

Come by at 7pm for wine, appetizers, and fantastic readings from the upcoming issue, which features beautiful artwork by local artist Pat Mahoney, the winner of the Will Albrecht Young Writer Contest, and much more.

Yosefa Raz performs at Poetry Night at Bistro 33

Yosefa Raz is an Israeli-American poet and UC Davis graduate who impresses audiences with the sensitivity and international flavor of her poetry. Raz has published poetry, fiction and translations in Glimmer Train, ZYZZYVA, Tikkun Magazine, Lilith, Bridges and Zeek. Her full length poetry book, In Exchange for a Homeland, was published in 2004 by Swan Scythe Press in Davis. She has been an editor for Bridges: A Feminist Journal, and is currently the poetry editor for Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought & Culture. Originally from Jerusalem, Yosefa Raz currently divides her time between Tel Aviv and Berkeley, where she is working on a PhD in Hebrew Literature.

For more information about Yosefa Raz and samples of her writing, visit her blog at www.yosefaraz.blogspot.com.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list.

Poetry Night at Bistro 33, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 9 P.M., with an open microphone segment at 10 P.M.

Jenny Overman Performs One Woman Show

Poetry Night at Bistro 33 is proud to welcome Jenny Overman on Wednesday, September 2nd at 9 P.M. She will be performing her one-woman show titled “Worries on Wall St. and Mr. Jones.”

Jenny Overman is a performance poet, artist, dancer and actress who looks forward to presenting a new piece of theatrical poetry, “Worries on Wall St. and Mr. Jones,” at Poetry Night at Bistro 33. A native New Yorker now living in Oakland, Overman is the author of the poetry collection I am So White in Some Ways, a book that explores topics concerning social status, race, body image, sexuality and religion.

“Worries on Wall St. and Mr. Jones” is a poetic and personal telling of Jenny Overman's relationship with New York City, Wall Street, and the economic crisis. The performance will addresses themes of loss, wealth, Judaism, anti-Semitism, and creativity. Included will be a narrative poem about Bernie Madoff as well as other poignant and topical pieces that respond to personal, social, and economic insecurity.

More information about Jenny can be found at www.jennyoverman.com.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list.

Thrilling performance by Alice Anderson

Wednesday night Alice Anderson's presence and grace enchanted the audience.

Above was the marvelous opening act by Patrick Grizzell

Critical Acclaim for Alice Anderson

Alice Anderson is a gifted, intense, lucid, and absolutely fearless young poet. Human Nature marks a splendid debut. - Thomas Lux

The poet here is someone new in American letters. . . These poems are shocking and bravem relentless in their obsessive power. - Garrett Hongo

Alice Anderson is willing to investigate the darkest of answers . . . her ferocious map of the past also points the way out. "Welcome," she tells us "to the living." - Mark Doty

Beware, all who enter here. Anderson's remarkable first book, winner of the 1994 Elmer Holmes Bobst Award for Emerging Writers, is like an outcropping of hell-the reader is compelled by fascination and horror to keep reading. These are poems of paternal incest and complicity: the brother brought into the sister's room to watch her sexual activity with the father; the mother talking about it with the daughter as if "we're in this together"; the woman grown, betrayed, enraged, and convinced that "no man will ever adore me that way again." Dedicated to Sharon Olds, these poems bear her influence: the unflinching look at a difficult reality, the rich attention to physical detail, the rush of overwhelming experience, the aesthetic control. The book's last line-"It's the human's nature to survive, welcome to the living"-which also gives the book its grim and hopeful title, celebrates survival. Anderson's life force is implicit in the language throughout these
poems, objective, exact, charged with an emotional force given only to those who have been to hell and returned to tell the tale. - Publisher's Weekly, starred review

Alice Anderson performs at Poetry Night at Bistro 33

Poetry Night at Bistro 33 is proud to welcome Alice Anderson on Wednesday, August 19th at 9 P.M.

Author of the New York University Press book Human Nature, which has won two major first book prizes, Alice Anderson is a strikingly talented poet. One can find her work in journals such as New York Quarterly, New Letters, Agni and The Plum Review; and in anthologies such as On The Verge: Emerging Poets and Artists in America; American Poetry, The Next Generation; and The Why and Later: Poets Speak on Rape. Anderson’s classic poem “The Split” appears in the 20th anniversary edition of The Courage to Heal. A longtime advocate for victims of incest and domestic violence, Alice Anderson now writes out of Sacramento, having escaped the post-Katrina Mississippi coast. Her poetry addresses difficult subjects with eloquence and grace.

Opening for Alice Anderson will be Patrick Grizzell. Co-Founder and former President of the Sacramento Poetry center, Patrick Grizzell is a poet, songwriter and visual artist who has published Dark Music: Selected Poems and Stories (edited by D.R. Wagner), Chicken Months, and The Goat of Esmeralda.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list.

Thanks to the 80 people who showed up to hear D. R. Wagner

Sasa Afredi opens for D. R. and excites the crowdAbove the large crowd listens intently to D. R.

D. R. sings one of his songs

D. R. Wagner to perform at Bistro 33

Poetry Night at Bistro 33 is proud to welcome D. R. Wagner on Wednesday, August 5th at 9 P.M.

D. R. Wagner has authored over 20 books of poetry and letters, and has produced over 50 magazines and chapbooks. He was the founder and editor at Niagara Press and Runciple Spoons Press, and had worked with and published poets such as d.a. levy, Kenneth Rexroth, Allen Ginsberg, and Jim Morrison. In addition to his literary career, D. R. Wagner is also a singer-songwriter, musician and a visual artist of work that has won international awards and appeared in numerous publications and museum collections. Wagner has taught Design at UC Davis for twenty years.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list.

Poetry Night at Bistro 33, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 9 P.M. with an open microphone segment at 10 P.M.


Bistro 33, 226 F. St.

(530) 756-4556

Thanks to Everyone for the Huge Success

There was a great turnout to see Bill McDonald, Crystal Anderson and the open mic. last night. There were around 70 people, a tremendous crowd for the Summer.

Above Crystal Anderson stirs up the crowd


Bill McDonald begins his diverse poetry reading

Bill concludes the wild trip he took us on

Bill McDonald Performs with a Reading by Crystal Anderson

Poetry Night at Bistro 33 welcomes the inestimable Rev. Bill McDonald, Vietnam veteran and poet. McDonald will be performing his reading on Wednesday, July 15th at 9 P.M.

Bill McDonald has had an accomplished literary career as a poet, essayist, and storyteller. With over 300 interviews on television, radio and in print, McDonald has been a longtime advocate for poetry as a mode of expression, remembrance, and healing. A major pillar of his writing and community involvement has been his experience in Vietnam from 1966-1967 when he served as a crew chief/door gunner on Huey helicopters. In addition to a print memoir, A Spiritual Warrior’s Journey, McDonald has published two books of poetry: Purple Hearts and Scared Eye. Along with his extensive work as a radio host, Bill McDonald has founded two organizations that support authors: The Military Writer’s Society of America and The American Author’s Association (where he is President Emeritus). Bill McDonald’s appearance at Bistro 33 on July 15th will be his first public poetry reading in the City of Davis.

Crystal Anderson is a local poet and educator, a graduate of the creative writing program at UC Davis, and a poetry reviewer for Sotto Voce Magazine.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list.

Bistro 33 – (530) 756-4556
226 F. St. in Davis
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Great Summer Turnout for Bob Stanley

Summer is in full swing, and even though the population of Davis is drooping, Bob Stanley drew a crowd to hear his poetry. We hope to see you next time for another exciting edition of Poetry Night at Bistro 33.

Bob Stanley Performs at Poetry Night at Bistro 33

Poetry Night at Bistro 33 welcomes Bob Stanley, acclaimed teacher and poet laureate-elect for the city of Sacramento. Stanley will be performing his reading on Wednesday, July 1 at 9 P.M.

Bob Stanley has written poetry and volunteered in poetry organizations for over three decades. President of the Sacramento Poetry Center since 2006, Mr. Stanley also served on the board of Alameda Poets, and he has led workshops and readings all over Northern California. In 2008, Bob organized a gathering of poets laureate for the California Arts Council, and in 2009 he edited Sometimes in the Open, an anthology of poems by sixty-five laureates. His poems have won a number of awards, including the California Focus on Writers prize in 2006, and have been published in numerous journals and anthologies. Bob got his BA in English at UCLA (1974) and an MA in Creative Writing from Sacramento State (2005). Bob teaches Creative Writing and English at Sacramento State University, Sacramento City College, and UC Davis Extension. His first chapbook, Walt Whitman Orders a Cheeseburger, was released by Rattlesnake Press in 2009. Bob has been selected to be the poet laureate of Sacramento for a two-year term, beginning in July 2009.

Attendees are encouraged to arrive early to secure a table, and to sign up for a spot on the Open Mic list.

Poetry Night at Bistro 33, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 9 P.M. with an open microphone segment at 10 P.M.

Flatmancrooked Book Release

Thanks to everyone who attended the Flatmancrooked book release. There was a great turnout and we apologize for those who had to stand, but we're sure with the free alcohol that it's all water under the bridge. Hope to see you all at future events.

Below are some photos of the event with the featured performers and the crowd.

Above is the early crowd before the show started.

Above is Elijah Jenkins giving a shout out rap to Dr. Andy

Here is James Kaelan reading his works from the Flatmancrooked anthology

The great Peter Grandbois delights the audience

Flatmancrooked's Book Release Wednesday

Book Release Party for Anthology of Great New Writing Done During an Economic Depression at Poetry Night at Bistro 33

Poetry Night at Bistro 33 is proud to welcome Flatmancrooked’s Peter Grandbois and James Kaelan, with a special performance from executive director, Elijah Jenkins on Wednesday, June 17 at 9 P.M.

Peter Grandbois’ is the author of The Gravedigger (Chronicle Books, 2006), a Borders Books and Music “Original Voices” selection, and a Barnes and Noble “Discover Great New Writers” pick. His translation of San Juan: A Memoir of a City was recently nominated for a PEN Translation award, and he is the recipient of an honorable mention for the 2007 Pushcart Prize. Grandbois currently teaches creative writing and contemporary literature at California State University, Sacramento. His book, The Arsenic Lobster: A Hybrid Memoir is forthcoming from Spuyten Duyvil Books later this year.

James Kaelan writes for The Sweet Science and for Bedlam Magazine. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, Davis and a Master of Fine Art from Boston University. He has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and his novel, Brute, is set for release in 2010.

Elijah Jenkins is the co-founder and executive director of Flatmancrooked, a Sacramento-based literary journal. His work has appeared in McSweeney’s Internet Concern, NOO Journal, Underground Voices, and a Flatmancrooked anthology.

This event will feature a hosted bar courtesy of Bistro 33 and Flatmancrooked. The first 50 attendees will receive a complimentary drink ticket. The purchase of the latest Flatmancrooked anthology ($10 or more) will earn the lucky reader a second drink ticket.

Poetry Night at Bistro 33, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 9 P.M. with an open microphone segment at 10 P.M.

Who: Flatmancrooked’s Book Release featuring Peter Grandbois and James Kaelan, with a special performance from Elijah Jenkins

What: Poetry Night at Bistro 33
When: Wednesday, June 17
Where: Bistro 33, 226 F. St.

Media Contact:
Andy Jones
aojones@ucdavis.edu

http://poetryindavis.blogspot.com

Bistro 33 – (530) 756-4556

BELLA MERLIN PERFORMS AT BISTRO 33 TOMORROW NIGHT

Poetry Night at Bistro 33 is proud to welcome Bella Merlin on Wednesday, June 3 at 9 P.M.

LOVE, LOSS AND LYRIC: A one-woman show with Bella Merlin!
a kaleidoscope of poetry, song, monologue and mystery

Combining original songs with rhythm and rhyme, Bella invites you to explore the human soul in what promises to be an unusual evening at the Bistro 33. Bella's acting work includes two seasons at the Royal National Theatre (both new works and classics) as well as appearances on BBC Radio and television and in theatres across the UK. Her publications include the best-selling THE COMPLETE STANISLAVSKY TOOLKIT, and her latest book, ACTING: THE BASICS is due out in February 2010. She is currently working on an album of original songs entitled BAREFOOT AND GUITARS, and she is Professor of Acting in the Theatre and Dance department at UC Davis. She will be performing in Jade McCutcheon's new play, ELEPHANT'S GRAVEYARD at the Mondavi Centre in Fall 2009.

Poetry Night at Bistro 33, hosted by Andy Jones and produced by Brad Henderson, occurs on the first and third Wednesday of every month at 9 P.M. with an open microphone segment at 10 P.M.


Who: Bella Merlin

What: Poetry Night at Bistro 33

When: Wednesday, June 3

Where: Bistro 33, 226 F. St.

Media Contact:

Andy Jones

aojones@ucdavis.edu

Bistro 33 – (530) 756-4556

many thanks to james ragan for a great show!

Studio 301 Productions presents "A Midsummer Night's Dream"

Performance Dates:
Thurs 5/14 – Sun 5/17, 8pm
Thurs 5/21 – Sat 5/23, 8pm
Sun 5/24, 2pm

All performances occur on the Wyatt Deck on Old Davis Road across from the Wyatt Pavilion Theatre in the UC Davis Arboretum.

Doors open at 7:30 P.M.

Poetry Night at Bistro 33 Presents James Ragan

What: Bistro 33 Poetry Night to Feature James Ragan, International Statesman/
Los Angeles Screenwriter/Acclaimed Modern Poet

When: Wed evening, May 20th, 9-10 PM show. No cover. Open mic to follow10-11 PM.

Where: Bistro 33 Restaurant & Lounge, 226 F Street, Davis, CA, 530-756-4556

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contact: Brad Henderson, bhenderson@ucdavis.edu, cellular 530-864-1778
for additional info and/or to arrange interviews with Dr. Ragan

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Hosted by the popular Bistro 33 Poetry Night Series, internationally acclaimed poet, Dr. James Ragan, will appear in Davis for a one-night-only show, May 20th, Wednesday, from 9 to 10 PM, in the Bistro 33 events room. Poetry Nights at Bistro 33 represent a unique, 3-year-long-running community outreach project, co-sponsored by Sacramento restaurateur/business owner, Matt Haines, and two faculty members from UC Davis' University Writing Program (UWP), Andy Jones and Brad Henderson. The poetry night series has received positive press from Sunset magazine, the Sacramento Bee, and davismagazine.com.

Ragan will be promoting his 6th volume of poetry, Too Long a Solitude, as well as his famous outreach credo: "poetry used to move to minds of kings and queens and all the people in all the lands...and now is the time, once again, for poetry to reclaim lost ground...to be central in the song of mainstream life...."

Not only is the show a celebration of poetry in downtown Davis, but also it is a reunion of kindred spirits. Back in the late 1980s, over 20 years ago, Dr. Ragan mentored Poetry Night sponsor, Brad Henderson, while Brad earned his MFA in creative writing at the University of Southern California. Henderson is a third-generation faculty at UC Davis and a fifth-generation Davis resident. The protégé in role of his alter ego--the neo-cowboy poet and blues-rock drummer known as "beau hamel"--will open for his mentor as the warm-up act. Henderson/Hame's colleague, "Dr. Andy" Jones--author/award-winning educator/radio show host/"who's who" icon in Yolo County will emcee the show.

All ages are welcome. The event is free. However, Bistro 33 will serve its full menu of beverages and evening bar food items in the events room, before and during the performance. The main restaurant will also be available for full-menu dining before the show. Bistro 33 expects a packed house and recommends that attendees come early to ensure seating. Doors open to the events room at 8:30 PM. The main restaurant and lounge are open all-day long till 11 PM.

James Ragan has read his work before five heads of state and audiences at Carnegie Hall and the United Nations. In 1985 he was one of three Americans (with Robert Bly and Bob Dylan) invited to perform at the First International Poetry Festival in Moscow. In addition to his most recent book, Too Long a Solitude, Ragan's published collections of his award-winning poetry include In the Talking Hours, Womb-Weary, The Hunger Wall, Lusions, Selected Poems, and Shouldering the World. He is also an accomplished screenwriter whose credits include The Longest Yard, The Border, Matilda, and Oscar-winner, The Deerhunter. Dr. Ragan served for twenty-five years as Director of the Graduate Professional Writing Program at the University of Southern California. He now writes full-time and travels/lectures extensively as one of the United States' most beloved ambassadors of modern poetry.

ANDY JONES TO READ HIS POETRY AT THE UNITARIAN CHURCH OF DAVIS

F R I D A Y , M A Y 1 5 t h
7:30 p.m.
27074 Patwin Road
Davis, CA

The Other Voice
Sponsored by the Unitarian Church of Davis

DR. ANDY JONES
Professor of Composition and Literature at the University of California, Davis
and
DANYEN POWELL
of the Sacramento Poetry Center

Rick Campbell @ Bistro 33

Thank you to all the guests and poetry fans that came by Bistro 33 in Davis to see Rick Campbell. It was a great event! Come by again!

nameless magazine's

e x p r e s s i o n
r e d e f i n e d
a night of student prose, poetry, music, performance, and art

thursday, may 14
7 - 10 p.m.
Griffin Lounge
at the UC Davis Memorial Union

SICKSPITS OPEN MIC NIGHT

T O N I G H T!

May 5
Sign-ups: 7 p.M.
Show begins at 7:30 p.M.
Griffin Lounge
UC Davis Memorial Union

"Meditation on the Limitation of Desire" by Rick Campbell

In this morning of cardinals
the neighbor's cattle low
and a dog—who knows its master?—
wails like a penitent awakened
not from nightmare, but just another
night's dream.

The cardinals are constant.
Warblers intermittent. Woodpecker
a surprise, each drumming new
and unexpected. Behind this,
every few minutes, a dove coos.

All of this seems now destination.
As if, like the armadillo
diligently shuffling through the brush
toward our garden, I too
have long been seeking this soil,
its grubs and worms.

Sometimes we stretch the metaphor
too thin, our artifice transparent
as the locust husks clinging
in afterlife to the loblolly's rough bark,
its darker sap. In this desire
to make ourselves one
with the world outside our skin
and blood, our frail but impassable
barriers, we miss the obvious—
that it is desire for the armadillo,
the hawk high in the soft sky,
the sun not yet fully above the trees
that makes us what we are,
not less than the song,
but someone listening, someone
wanting to sing.

...

Please join us in welcoming Rick Campbell to Poetry Night at Bistro 33 on Wednesday, May 6 beginnig at 9 p.m. in 226 F. Street, Davis, California.

SICKSPITS POETRY SPEAK OFF

T O N I G H T

UC Davis' poetry and spoken word group, Sickspits will battle it out with UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and Stanford in a poetry speak-off!

April 30th
7:30 p.m.
Science Lecture Hall 123 on the UC Davis Campus

Poetry Reading by UC Davis Creative Writing Alumni, Francisco Reinking and Mischa Erickson

T O N I G H T!

April 30th
126 Voorhies on the UC Davis Campus
8 - 10 P.M.

Poets Franciso Reinking and Mischa Erickson are graduates of the UC Davis Creative Writing program. Their work has been published in the American Poetry Review.

RICK CAMPBELL on MAY 6

Campbell is the winner of a Pushcart Prize, an NEA Fellowship in Poetry, and two fellowships from the Florida Arts Council. He has published books such as The Traveler's Companion, A Day's Work, and Setting the World in Order - a winner of the Walt McDonald Prize; he has also published his poetry and essays in The Georgia Review, The Florida Review, and The Prairie Schooner among others. His latest book of poetry, Dixmont was published in November 2007.

He now serves as the director of Anhinga Press and the Anhinga Press Prize Poetry, and teaches English at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee. He lives with his wife and daughter in Gadsden County, Florida.