READINGS Wednesday 8/30 LEXIE BROCKWAY POTAMKIN Human rights activist & former Miss World ...
LEXIE BROCKWAY POTAMKIN
Human rights activist & former Miss World USA discusses new book What Is Spirit?: Messages from the Heart; Barnes & Noble @ The Citigroup Center, 160 E. 54th St. (3rd Ave.), 212-750-8061; 12:30, free.
SYLVIA BROWNRIDGE
Author discusses new book Ten Women Who Shook The Earth; Village Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. Lafayette St. & B'way), 212-420-0816; 7:30, free.
CATHERINE BUSH
Writer speaks on The Rules of Engagement; Village Barnes & Noble, 4 Astor Pl. (betw. Lafayette St. & B'way), 212-420-0816; 7:30, free.
Thursday 8/31
GRACE EDWARDS
Author reads, discusses & signs copies of her latest murder mystery set in Harlem?Do Or Die; Borders, 5 World Trade Center, Church St. (Vesey St.), 212-839-8049; 6, free.
Friday 9/1
BELLADONNA POETRY
Rachel Levitsky hosts poets Cecilia Vicuna, Letta Neely & Tisa Bryant with all-female open mic to follow; Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
PINK PONY
Extended open mic night; Pink Pony, 176 Ludlow St. (betw. Houston & Stanton Sts.), 212-253-1922; 7, $5.
Saturday 9/2
GRACE CHANG
Author discusses Disposable Domestics: Immigrant Women Workers In The Global Economy & no Hollywood executive is safe; Bluestockings, 172 Allen St. (betw. Stanton & Rivington Sts.), 212-777-6028; 7, free.
KNITTING FACTORY
Extended open mic night; Knitting Factory, 74 Leonard St. (betw. B'way & Church St.), 212-219-3055; 6, $5.
Sunday 9/3
CENTERFOLD
Weekly poetry reading & open mic; 263 W. 86th St. (B'way), 212-866-4454; 5:45, contrib.
OUR UNORGANIZED READING (O.U.R.)
Spoken word every Sunday, hosted by Bob Hart, J.D. Rage, Carl Herr, Peter Kerns & Bruce Weber?no time limit, no list, no features, no b.s.; ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington St. (betw. Suffolk & Clinton Sts.), 718-638-7039; 3, contrib.
POETRY SLAM @URBANA
Open mic & slam plus zaftig stylings of LA poet Gerry Quickly; CB's Gallery, 313 Bowery St. (Bleecker St.), 212-443-9921; 7, $5.
Monday 9/4
SATURN REVIVAL SERIES
Open mic hosted by John Chism, Bill Duke & Su Polo feat. Linda Lerner; Revival, 129 E. 15th St. (betw. 3rd Ave. & Irving Pl.), 212-598-4820; 7:30, $3.
Tuesday 9/5
HARRY ELLISON'S POETS CIRCLE
Weekly lecture on art & craft of poetry followed by readings of participants' works; Corrado Bakery Cafe, 120 E. 15th St. (Irving Pl.), 718-651-1664; 6:30, $7.
POETRY BEAT
Viviana Grell, Frank Robinson & Eman Rimawi host open mic w/featured reader Joshua Meander; Music Room, Village Community School, 272 W. 10th St., (betw. Greenwich & Washington Sts.), 212-946-4356; 7, $3.
WITOLD RYBCZYNSKI
Plus the reexamination of the screwdriver as most influential new tool of last millennium in One Good Turn; Upper West Side Barnes & Noble, 2289 B'way (82nd St.), 212-362-8835; 7:30, free.