READINGS Wednesday 12/27 RICHARD KOSTELANETZ, JEROME ROTHENBERG Reading ...
RICHARD KOSTELANETZ, JEROME ROTHENBERG
Reading & discussion of role of manifesto-anthologies; National Arts Club, 15 Gramercy Park South (20th St.) 212-604-4823; 7, free.
Thursday 12/28
POETRY SLAM
Felice Belle hosts, open mic follows; Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 E. 3rd St. (betw. Aves. B & C), 212-505-8183; call for info.
Saturday 12/30
POETRY SERIES
Yictove hosts weekly open mic; Knitting Factory, Alterknit Theater, 74 Leonard St. (betw. B'way & Church St.), 212-219-3055; 6, $5.
Sunday 12/31
OUR UNORGANIZED READING (O.U.R.)
Bob Hart, J.D. Rage, Carl Herr, Peter Kerns & Bruce Weber hosts spoken word every Sunday?no time limit, no list, no features, no b.s.; ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. (betw. Suffolk & Clinton Sts.), 718-638-2927; 3, contrib.
Monday 1/1
GLOBAL WARMING
Seventh-annual spoken word/performance extravaganza benefits City Harvest food retrieval. Event feat. more than 150 performers, musicians, performance artists & poets, incl. Meena Alexander, Christine Aptowicz, Brett Axel, Jennifer Blowdryer, Steve Cannon, Michelle Carlo, Steve Dalachinsky, Lex Gray, Epstein & Hassam, Susan Sherman, Yictove, Cheryl Boyce Taylor & others. Three-minute open mic provided, bring canned goods; CB's Lounge, 313 Bowery (Bleecker St.), 212-674-3585 or www.poetrycentral.com/globalwarming; 4-12 a.m., free.
MARATHON READING 2000
More than 100 performers incl. Patti Smith, John Cale, Jim Carroll, Penny Arcade, Lenny Kaye, Douglas Dunn, John Giorno, Dael Orlandersmith, Nick Zedd, Peter Straub, Eileen Myles & many others in annual marathon reading; Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church, 131 E. 10th St. (2nd Ave.), 212-674-0910; 2 p.m.-at least 12 a.m., $15, $12 st./s.c.
SATURN POETRY GROUP
NYC poetry periodical along w/John Chism, Bill Duke & Su Polo host weekly readings, this week: open mic; Revival, 129 E. 15th St. (betw. 3rd Ave. & Irving Pl.), 212-598-4820; 7:30, $3.
Tuesday 1/2
DA OPEN
Ko D Gras hosts weekly no-list, no-limit, no-cover, anti-slam at Carpo's; 189 Bleecker St. (MacDougal St.), 212-353-2889; 8:30, $1 min.
HARRY ELLISON'S POETS CIRCLE
Ellison lectures on "creative meeting of mystical poetry & contemporary experience," discussion of participants' poetry follows w/workshop; Corrado Bakery Cafe, 120 E. 15th St. (Irving Pl.), 718-651-1664; 6:30-9:30, $7.
POETRY JAM
Women's open mic poetry reading w/host Vittoria Repetto feat. readings by Francine Witte & Traci Skillings at 208 W. 30th St., #201 (betw. 7th & 8th Aves.), 212-946-4356; 7-10, $3.