During the Nuyorican Poets Café's building's reconstruction, the café brings their famous poetry slam series to the Bowery Poetry Club on 308 Bowery (between E. Houston & Bleecker Streets) in Manhattan, NYC. Weekly on Monday evenings, in-person. Doors open at 6:30 P.M. Slam takes place from 7:00 to 9:00 P.M. Tickets: $20 in advance/online or at the door. Alternately hosted by JRose and The Bee. [ more info ]
Spanish/Gallician/English/Multilingual series. Open Mic with guest poets. A meeting point for poets and musicians from all over the world and in all languages. [ more info ]
A new play by Andrei Codrescu about writer Kerry Thornley who served with Lee Harvey Oswald in the US Marines and wrote a novel about him a year before he killed JFK. Featuring Bob Holman as Kerry. November 13, 2023 at Bowery Poetry Club,
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe brings their famous slam series to the Bowery Poetry Club. Hosted by JRose and The Bee. Monday night at 7pm. Doors open at 6:30pm. GET TICKETS.
Tuesday Evenings at 7:30 pm featuring a variety of New York poets. [ more info ]
SINGLE MALT SCOTCH WHISKEY POETRY SLAM
January 10, 2024 7-9pm at The Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery) $25 at the door (cash or Venmo) ~ 5 readers/5 scotch whiskeys. Featuring Michael Datcher, John Coletti, Coco Fitterman, Joey Yearous-Algozin & Mónica de la Torre.
“On our earth, before writing was invented, before the printing press was invented, poetry flourished. That is why we know that poetry is like bread; it should be shared by all, by scholars and by peasants, by all our vast, incredible, extraordinary family of humanity.” That was Pablo Neruda, I’m Bob Holman, and this is the “Poetry Is Bread” podcast, where poetry challenges us, makes us think, and, with imagination and courage, changes the world. Subscribe to our podcast to get notifications of new episodes or check us out at https://bowerypoetry.podbean.com/.
Eight poets at their favorite eight restaurants in New York City during the Covid-19 Pandemic.
The “Poetry Is Like Bread” Ghazal is a collaborative poem created by a world of poets to nourish us all through the Pandemic and to envision the world After.
Watch the extraordinary reading and group poem responding to the death of George Floyd and tackling issues of race in America.
Bowery Poetry Club and Bowery Arts and Sciences, ltd. are supported, in part, by public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts with the support of NY Governor and the New York State Legislature. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
