Poets for Hurricane Katrina relief
Wednesday September 14, 2005
from A Gathering of the Tribes, The St. Mark’s Poetry Project & the Bowery Poetry Club:
On October 1, 2005, artists, musicians, and poets from New York and New Orleans band together at the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina rebuild their lives and their city. Featuring performances by Toni Morrison, Cecil Taylor, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dael Orlandersmith, Anne Waldman, Denize Lauture, Suheir Hammad, Roger Kamenetz, Steve Cannon, Bill Martin, Eddie Bobé, Moira Crone, Hal Sirowitz, Patricia Spears Jones, and others, the Poetry Project will donate 100% of proceeds from the event directly to the 21st Century Foundation’s Hurricane Katrina Recovery Fund.
Emceed by poets and New Orleans natives Tonya Foster and Greg Fuchs, this all-star afternoon of music, poetry, and testimonials begins at 1 pm and ends at 4 pm in the Sanctuary of St. Mark’s Church. Performances will be followed by a party from 4 pm to 7 pm in St. Mark’s Church’s Parish Hall, where books and New Orleans-themed food, including pralines, gumbo, red beans and rice, and chicory coffee will be for sale, with proceeds going to the 21CF Hurricane Katrina Recovery Fund. The Poetry Project is also asking for donations of books, journals, artworks, and clean clothing in good condition to go to Hurricane Katrina survivors.
The evening is co-sponsored with A Gathering of the Tribes, The Federation of East Village Artists and the Bowery Poetry Club. These arts organizations have banded together to pool their talent and resources toward helping Hurricane Katrina survivors rebuild while also honoring the deep and vibrant artistic history and spirit of New Orleans. We raise our voices to remember Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Buddy Bolden, Kate Chopin, Tennessee Williams, John Kennedy O’Toole, and the myriad other giants of American creative history who found their home in the Crescent City, in the hopes that a new generation of musicians, poets, dancers, visual artists, and other creative artists, will again make it their home. New Orleans musicians, artists, and poets who have taken shelter in New York are particularly welcome to the event.
The Bowery Poetry Club will also be hosting a benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims on Friday, September 30 beginning at 9 pm, based on the work of New Orleans-based poet Kalamu ya Salaam, with performances by Amiri Baraka and Eric Bogosian, among others. For more information please contact the Bowery Poetry Club at 212.614.0505.
On October 1, 2005, artists, musicians, and poets from New York and New Orleans band together at the Poetry Project at St. Mark’s Church to help survivors of Hurricane Katrina rebuild their lives and their city. Featuring performances by Toni Morrison, Cecil Taylor, Yusef Komunyakaa, Dael Orlandersmith, Anne Waldman, Denize Lauture, Suheir Hammad, Roger Kamenetz, Steve Cannon, Bill Martin, Eddie Bobé, Moira Crone, Hal Sirowitz, Patricia Spears Jones, and others, the Poetry Project will donate 100% of proceeds from the event directly to the 21st Century Foundation’s Hurricane Katrina Recovery Fund.
Emceed by poets and New Orleans natives Tonya Foster and Greg Fuchs, this all-star afternoon of music, poetry, and testimonials begins at 1 pm and ends at 4 pm in the Sanctuary of St. Mark’s Church. Performances will be followed by a party from 4 pm to 7 pm in St. Mark’s Church’s Parish Hall, where books and New Orleans-themed food, including pralines, gumbo, red beans and rice, and chicory coffee will be for sale, with proceeds going to the 21CF Hurricane Katrina Recovery Fund. The Poetry Project is also asking for donations of books, journals, artworks, and clean clothing in good condition to go to Hurricane Katrina survivors.
The evening is co-sponsored with A Gathering of the Tribes, The Federation of East Village Artists and the Bowery Poetry Club. These arts organizations have banded together to pool their talent and resources toward helping Hurricane Katrina survivors rebuild while also honoring the deep and vibrant artistic history and spirit of New Orleans. We raise our voices to remember Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Buddy Bolden, Kate Chopin, Tennessee Williams, John Kennedy O’Toole, and the myriad other giants of American creative history who found their home in the Crescent City, in the hopes that a new generation of musicians, poets, dancers, visual artists, and other creative artists, will again make it their home. New Orleans musicians, artists, and poets who have taken shelter in New York are particularly welcome to the event.
The Bowery Poetry Club will also be hosting a benefit for Hurricane Katrina victims on Friday, September 30 beginning at 9 pm, based on the work of New Orleans-based poet Kalamu ya Salaam, with performances by Amiri Baraka and Eric Bogosian, among others. For more information please contact the Bowery Poetry Club at 212.614.0505.
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