Richard Robbins will be featured October 18, Midtown Scholar, 1302 N. 3rd St..

Richard Robbins will be featured performer at the Scholar on October 18. at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 North Third Street.

Robbins grew up in Southern California and Montana. He studied with Richard Hugo and Madeline DeFrees at the University of Montana, where he earned his MFA. He’s published several books of verse, most recently Radioactive City (Bellday Books, 2009) and Other Americas (Blueroad Press, 2010). He has received awards from The Loft, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Poetry Society of America.

From 1986-2014, Robbins directed the Good Thunder Reading Series at Minnesota State University Mankato, where he directs the creative writing program.


All events at the Midtown Scholar, 1302 N. Third Street, run from 7 to 9 pm. Poetry Thursdays, hosted by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel, meets every week at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore, 1302 North Third Street, (across from the Broad Street Market) Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17102. Ph: 717.236.1680.

September open mics and a Poet's Cruise

This week, September 20-- Open mic at the Midtown Scholar
Upcoming: September 25, Pride of the Susquehanna-- the 
Second Annual Poets' Cruise hits the water at 7pm.
September 27-- Open Mic at the Midtown Scholar

The Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel is pleased to be a sponsor for the Second Annual Poet's Cruise.

Come, set sail on the Pride of the Susquehanna, and enjoy an evening of poetry, in motion.  

Harrisburg’s current poet laureate, Rick Kearns, will introduce Harrisburg’s original poet laureate, Gene Hosey. Christine O’Leary-Rockey will also be featured. 

There will also be an open mic for readers who sign up prior to the 7pm departure.

Harrisburg school board director, Carrie Fowler, will be aboard The Pride collecting journals, notebooks, and dictionaries for young, aspiring writers and poets of Harrisburg city schools. Attendees are encouraged to donate to this wonderful cause. 

Adult beverages will be available, this is a 21+ event. 

This event will commence at 6:00pm-9:00pm on Tuesday, September 25th, 2018. The boat will be docked from 6:00pm-7:00pm and then set sail, returning at 9. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the dock.

The Midtown Scholar Bookstore

Coming in October, the renowned Maria James Thiaw will be featured performer at the Scholar on October 4. All events at the Midtown Scholar, 1302 N. Third Street, run from 7 to 9pm.

Stunning Lost Alphabet book, dra ihop Aztek glypher, After the Aughts, Marty Esworthy

A cascade of world lyrics.

Former noise-band gonzo, founder of the

New East Coast Literary Wave, Marty
Esworthy captures verbo-viz in a bottle
in a captivating new tome.

After the Aughts merges
graphics and poetry
to conjure illuminating non-sense
for a new millennium.

John Catalano, Marty Esworthy performing on the 2018 Lost Alphabet summer promotional tour.

Truly a requirement for any modern aesthete's
library. Esworthy's words come alive like
few versifiers. This poetry, coupled 
with esoteric and vibrant art, delivers a
tour-de-force of the human experience.
New world, new look.

Marty Esworthy and Erika Eberly, on the road for After the Aughts

In twenty years, all-- well, most poetry books
will look like this:

Going from "Fer Chrissake, Just 'Cos You
Don't Dream in Colour
Doesn't Mean We Can't Be Friends!"
to "Istanbul Not" will take you
backwards through half the book and
forward through life, and
I really don't think that I can recommend
any better way
to enjoy this art than to simply hold it close
and let the eyes wander gleefully.
Life is for the living.

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Lost Alphabet Press, 2018.

https://www.amazon.com/After-Aughts-
Marty-Esworthy/dp/
1948333821/

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COMING May 24: GENE HOSEY to MIDTOWN SCHOLAR

         COMING May 24: GENE HOSEY

Gene Hosey is an award-winning poet, performer, and was the original poet laureate of Harrisburg. He was a founding member of the nationally known poets and performers group, "The Paper Sword".
Publications include poetry and reviews in numerous literary journals such as New Letters, Cutthroat Journal of the Arts, One Trick Pony Review, Fledgling Rag,  Experimental Forest, and Black Magnolias as well as spoken word albums, and four amazing verse collections.
Hosey performs vigorously along the Eastern Seaboard, sometimes with a band. Sometimes abounding with simply his own unique fervor! He lives the storybook American life in a place called Lisburn, with his creative wife and companion, Terrie.

Gene Hosey reminds us that we are moving toward what Dennis Hopper, paraphrasing Andy Warhol, paraphrasing Duchamp, described as a time when the 'artist' will merely point, and whatever it is the artist points at  is 'art'.
The Midtown Scholar Bookstore js located at 1302 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA 17102, Phone: 717.236.1680.


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Here's Hosey performing-- https://www.facebook.com/almostuptown/videos/1257250727594/

On May 3, an enervating poetry open mic, Midtown Scholar Bookstore

an After-Mayday open reading, Midtown Scholar

No sign-up, it’s Quaker-style all the way!
The almost Uptown Poetry Cartel’s coming attractions through spring and summer: Annie Ginder, Rick Kearns, Gene Hosey, and a player to be named later.

Featured poets are generally preceded by a brief open reading.
Gene Hosey will be in the spotlight  (May 24), Annie Ginder
(June 21).
Rick Kearns will perform at Harrisburg’s Midtown Scholar
Bookstore on July 12th.

Come early as seating is limited. It all goes down from 7 to 9 pm.

1302 N. 3rd Street, More info: 717.236.1680. Listen, read, enjoy.
Everything's waiting for you.

Doors open at 6:45.

https://www.midtownscholar.com

CHRISTINE O'LEARY-ROCKEY at POETRY THURSDAYS, APRIL 26th

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APRIL 26: FEATURING: 
CHRISTINE O'LEARY-ROCKEY at POETRY THURSDAYS 

Christine O'Leary-Rockey will perform verse from her renowned book, "The 3 Faces of Brahman" (PostDada Press, 2010). She'll also be reading from new works.

For many years O'Leary-Rockey had been involved with the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel, and she's returning to her old haunts to do a special reading of new and older works. April 26, at the Midtown Scholar Bookstore in Harrisburg, PA.

Poet Jack Veasey writes, "Christine O'Leary Rockey's deftly wrought poems draw from impressive resources: a finely-tuned lyric ear, a penchant for aphorism, a storehouse of haunting images, and a lifetime of sharp insights into human nature and experience. is a philosopher is a plumbing of the depths of the history of the Bible and classical myths.

O'Leary-Rockey has gotten into everything from radio to teaching, and counseling, but poetry, says Christine "is the only thing that lasts." Recent publications include the Bloom Magazine, Fledgling Rag, New East Coast Literary Wave, and Experimental Forest.

The Midtown Scholar Bookstore is located at 1302 North 3rd Street, Broad Street Market, Harrisburg, PA 17102, just across from the historic Markethaus.

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Poetry Thursdays. 2018 Spring, Summer special events include Poets Gene Hosey (May 24), Annie Corbally (June 21), and Rick Kearns (July 12) all featured at Harrisburg's Midtown Scholar.

Featured poets are generally preceded by a short open mic. Come early as seating is often limited.

https://www.midtownscholar.com

Poetry Thursdays, April 19-- Hydrangeas, Crocuses and Christine (coming soon)

April, “mixing. memory and desire, ...with spring rain.” --T.S. Eliot

April 19: an open reading at Midtown Scholar
All about crocuses and hydrangeas and their
inherent reflective qualities. Sort of
a suggested theme, if you like suggestions.

Ultimately, it's your theme that matters,
your choice, your gig--- there's no sign-up sheet,
no thematic restrictions, read as the spirit moves you,
I mean, you got to move.
Read, listen. Declaim! Everything's waiting for you.

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Poetry Thursdays, a renowned reading series
is hosted by the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel.

APRIL 26: Featuring
Baltimore's Christine O'Leary-Rockey, who'll perform works from
her book, "The 3 Faces of Brahman" (PostDada Press, 2010),
April 26 at the Scholar. The Midtown Scholar
Bookstore is located at 1302 North 3rd Street, across
from the Broad Street Markethaus, Harrisburg, PA 17102,
Phone: 717.236.1680.

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.......And, featured in May:
Harrisburg’s first poet laureate,
the redoubtable Gene Hosey!

Poetry of Glasnost open mic, April 5th, Don't be Cruel!

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“April is the cruelest month, breeding. lilacs out of the dead land, mixing. memory and desire, stirring. dull roots with spring rain.”  T.S. Eliot

Our first special OPEN POETRY READING this month on will be on April 5. It's open to all. Come read or listen. Our theme (not obligatory) is a celebration of the spirit of Glasnost.

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Finally, it's Spring. Featured performers coming soon--  Rick Kearns, Christine O'Leary-Rockey, Gene Hosey, and more. These special presentations are generally preceded by a brief open reading. Come early, seating, time is limited.

Brokering peace for decades: the Almost Uptown Poetry Cartel, Poetry Thursdays. Seven to nine p.m. Yes, every Thursday, open to all and sundry.