Progressive Poetry Calendar
June Swoon edition
June
3, Thursday, 6:30-8:00 PM: The Big Nothing, a moderated discussion on negative theology, mysticism, rabbinical dialogues and disquistions on "nothingness" via the work of poet Edmond Jabes, featuring Andrew Zitcer & Tom Devaney, ICA Auditorium, 36th & Sansom, 215.898.7108
10, Thursday, 6:30 PM: CA Conrad introduces The Philly Sound: Alicia Askenase, Tom Devaney, hassen, Mytili Jagannathan, Ish Klein, Chris McCreary, Ethel Rackin, Molly Russakoff, & Frank Sherlock, The Gleaners Café, 917 S. 9th Street, in the © of the Italian Market, 215-563-3075 (CA) or 215-923-3205 (Gleaners)
16, Wednesday, Noon-7:30 PM: Bloomsday, a reading of James Joyce’s Ulysses on the 100th anniversary of the day on which it was set, The Rosenbach Museum, 2010 DeLancey Street (which owns Joyce’s typescript & will sell you a bound reproduction for $200 & change). If you would like to read, please contact Katie Samson, Bloomsday Coordinator, at 215.732.1600 or email bloomsday@rosenbach.org
then riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s, to
Finnegans Wake
for
16, Wednesday, 7:00 : Concert for Kerry, emceed by XPN star & the godfather of folk Gene Shay, with special guest David Bromberg, So’s Your Mom, Psych-a-Billy, Beaucoup Blue, Mike Miller, Jazzmin, Saul Broudy & Frank Malley, Finnegans Wake, 3rd & Spring Garden Streets, $12 online or $15 at the door. Take back the White House for Bloomsday!
