NEWSFLASH: The Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza is moving to the third Wednesday of each month (see below for details) - and the new Crisis Chronicles Press publication Fu@k Poetry, featuring work by 40 or so no-b.s. poets from around the globe, is finally available by clicking here.
Featured readings and Lix and Kix events:
poster by Dianne Borsenik
Effective immediately, the Lix and Kix poetry series Dianne Borsenik and I host at Bela Dubby in Lakewood is moving to the 3rd Wednesday of each month. Tuesday was never our preferred day - we only took it in the first place because that was the only day our first venue, the 806 in Tremont, would give us their space - and we only kept it because we figured people were already used to our having Lix and Kix on a Tuesday. But I've been itching to change the day for some time now - largely because there are two other very worthy poetry events that happen around Cleveland on the 3rd Tuesday of each month: the Nia Coffeehouse at the Coventry Village Library and (during the school year, at least) the CSU Poetry Center's longstanding reading series. Moving to the 3rd Wednesday allows us to complement and support these other fine venues instead of competing with them. And this makes me happy.
Here are a few upcoming happenings I hope you'll check out:
Thursday 11 February 2010 at 7 p.m. — John Burroughs will be featured poet at Dunkin' Donuts on State Rt. 303 in Brunswick, Ohio, hosted by the Brunswick Art Works. An open mic will follow.
Wednesday 17 February 2010 at 7 p.m. — J.E. Stanley (co-author, with Joshua Gage, of the newly released Intrinsic Night, from Sam's Dot Press), Jack McGuane (Poet Laureate of Lakewood and author of Sleeping with My Socks, from deep cleveland press), and Roger Craik (author of the just published Of England Still, from Finishing Line Press) will be featured poets during the Lix and Kix poetry extravaganza at Bela Dubby, 13321 Madison Ave. in Lakewood, Ohio. An open mic will follow.
Wednesday 17 March 2010 at 7 p.m. — The 2nd annual Lix and Kix St. Patrick's Day extravaganza will feature Trenchcoat Manifesto (poetry and music by Tom Adams and Richard Hearn), Michigan performance poet Zach Ashley, and Cleveland Heights' very own Sammy Greenspan (author of Step Back from the Closing Doors, from Pudding House Publications) at Bela Dubby, 13321 Madison Ave. in Lakewood, Ohio. An open mic will follow.
Saturday 27 March 2010 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. — The 2nd annual Feed the Gays benefit for the Cleveland State University GLASA (Gay, Lesbian And Straight Alliance) scholarship fund will feature an art show and an eclectic array of poetic and musical performers including Dianne Borsenik and John "Jesus Crisis" Burroughs at the Bounce Night Club & Union Station Cafe located at 2814 Detroit Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio.
Friday 2 April 2010 at 6:30 p.m. — Dianne Borsenik and John Burroughs will be featured performers during the Ohio Poetry Association's poetry & music series at the New Beginnings Cafe, 141 East Center Street in Marion, Ohio. An open mic will follow.
Oh, and I've uploaded about 300 of my photos from Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest (which Dianne and I co-hosted on 16 January at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, PA) to my Facebook profile, in case you're interested in having a look.
Later in 2010 we will be hosting an attempt to bring the World Record for the longest live reading ever to the Cleveland area. Ten days and nights! Details forthcoming....
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Jesus Crisis Poetry Chapbooks:
Bloggerel, 2nd edition - by Jesus Crisis
Identity Crises - by Doug Manson, Jesus Crisis and Bree
6/9: Improvisations in Dependence - by Jesus Crisis
Recently published by Crisis Chronicles Press:
Hard Drive/Soft Wear - by Dianne Borsenik
Elyria: Point A in Ohio Triangle - by Alex Gildzen
Suburban Monastery Death Poem - by d.a. levy
The Bat's Love Song: American Haiku - by Heather Ann Schmidt
Coming Soon from Crisis Chronicles Press:
PITH - by Will Northerner
Fever Dreams and Other Poems - by Yahia Lababidi
The Hart of Cleveland: Early Poems - by Hart Crane
Poems in Crisis - by Langston Hughes
Transient Angels - by Heather Ann Schmidt
Offline - by Jesus Crisis
Shuts Up - by Jesus Crisis
New works by Kent Brown, Dianne Borsenik and others
And the inaugural issue of Fuck Poetry, an anti-censorship collection featuring work by forty poets - nearly half from northern Ohio and the rest from across the globe.
What you've missed recently:
January 16th 2010 (all day til midnight) - Lix and Kix (Dianne Borsenik and I) hosted Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest at The Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in the historic town of North East (near Erie), Pennsylvania. The day began with an hour of open mic at 1 p.m. then continue with live music and more than 30 featured poets from six states. We sprinkled in more open mic throughout the day.
December 15th (7 pm) - Lix and Kix at Bela Dubby featured Heather Ann Schmidt (here from Michigan to launch her new Crisis Chronicles Press chapbook The Bat's Love Song: American Haiku) and Nin Andrews (author of The Book of Orgasms and the newly published Southern Comfort from CavanKerry Press). An open mic followed.
November 13th
(8:30 pm) - at Borders Books (17200 Royalton Rd. in Strongsville), John
Burroughs, aka Jesus Crisis, was the featured reader during the Deep Cleveland Poetry Hour.
November 17th (7 pm) - Lix and Kix at Bela Dubby hosted three fine featured poets: Mnemosyne editor Jen Pezzo (aka Kerowyn Rose), MoonLit editor (and author of the vanZeno Press collection Emergency Contact) Claire McMahon, and (from Cincinnati) novelist (and author of the West End Press poetry collection Crow Call) Michael Henson. An open mic followed.
October 20th (7 pm) at the Bela Dubby Art Gallery and Beer Cafe (13321 Madison Ave. in Lakewood) - Lix and Kix (hosted by Dianne Borsenik and me) break the mold! Featured poet Ralph La Charity (from Cincinnati) and 10-string guitarist JJ Haaz will weave in and out of an experimental fu@k-the-format get-in-where-you-fit-in poetic open mic free-for-all on the Lix and Kix poetry series' one year anniversary.
October 17th (7 pm) at Visible Voice Books
(1023 Kenilworth Ave. in Cleveland) - Jane Rosenberg LaForge,
Christopher Bowen, Dianne Borsenik and I read for Burning River, as the
book launch celebration for After Voices continued.
poster by JJ Haaz
October 16th (7 pm) at the Morgan Conservatory (1754 E. 47th Street in Cleveland) - The first of two days of Cleveland readings hosted by Burning River (www.burningriver.info). I performed poetry accompanied by 10-string guitar master JJ Haaz. Jane Rosenberg LaForge from New York (we celebrated the release of her new chapbook, After Voices), Bree of Cleveland Heights' Green Panda Press, and Burning River's own Christopher Bowen were also featured.
September 15th 2009 - Lix and Kix at Bela Dubby in Lakewood, Ohio, featured poets the David Smith (a.k.a. Handsome Duke Deal from Los Angeles, CA) and Russ Vidrick (Cleveland, OH) were joined by musical guest Leah Lou. Open mic will follow.
September 8th 2009 - John "Jesus Crisis" Burroughs was one of several featured poets (including Black Poetic) during the Nia Coffeehouse's debut at the Karamu House in Cleveland. Vince Robinson and the Jazz Poets hosted -- sponsored by the Cleveland Museum of Art.
September 5th 2009 - John "Jesus Crisis" Burroughs and Dianne Borsenik read from and signed their latest chapbooks at the Last Wordsmith Book Shoppe in North East, Pennsylvania (near Erie) - with featured music by Chernaly.
18 August 2009 - Ra Washington, Kisha Nicole Foster and (from Detroit, MI) Lisa Vicious™ were our featured poets at the Bela Dubby Art Gallery and Beer Cafe in Lakewood, Ohio. Our ever-exciting open mic will follow. And free wi-fi is included.
15 August 2009 - Mint Jam '09 at the Crosby Mint Farm in St. Johns, Michigan. Click here to read more about it.
7 August 2009 - Jesus Crisis, Dianne Borsenik and Gina Tabasso were featured poets at Pumpkin Hollow Antiques & Cafe in Bellville, Ohio, emceed by Mark Hersman.
21 July 2009 - Celebrating our relocation to the Bela Dubby! Scheduled features were Cleveland's own Terry Provost (author of Compassionate Imperialism) and two poets all the way from New York state: Will Northerner and Kent Brown.
16 June 2009 - Ohio poets Patti O'Luanaigh and Clarissa Jakobsons were our featured performers for Lix and Kix 9 at Visible Voice Books in Cleveland.
19 May 2009 - Finally back in Cleveland after years of living abroad, legendary poets, publishers, artists and world travelers Steven B. Smith & Kathy Ireland Smith were our featured readers for Lix and Kix 8 at Visible Voice Books in Cleveland.
21 April 2009 - Lix and Kix 7 at Visible Voice Books (1023 Kenilworth in Cleveland) - Our featured poets were (from Monroeville) Zachary Moll, & (from Toledo) Michael Grover.
March 20th at The Lit in Cleveland, Ohio - Come Together: Imagine Peace - reading to support Peace Show 2009 - featuring Bree, John "Jesus Crisis" Burroughs, Alice Cone, Michael Fiala, Sarah Gridley, Stephen Haven, Jennifer Karmin, Jack McGuane, Ray McNiece, Philip Metres, Robert Miltner, Michael Salinger, Leonard Shelton, Ann Smith, Larry Smith, Andrew Summerson & more. Event ran from 7 to 10 pm at The Lit: Cleveland's Literary Center, 2570 Superior Avenue. Click here for more information.
10 March 2009 at 9 p.m. in Toledo, Ohio - The Collingwood Poetry Series presents featured poets Jesus Crisis & Dianne Borsenik at the Collingwood Arts Center (2413 Collingwood Blvd.) in Toledo, Ohio. Michael Grover and John Dorsey were our hosts.
17 March 2009 (St. Patrick's Day) - We'll be featuring poets Gina Tabasso & T.M. Göttl (with musical accompaniment by Zach) at the Bela Dubby Art Gallery and Beer Cafe at 13321 Madison Ave. in Lakewood Ohio.
17 February 2009 - Lix and Kix V featured Cleveland poets Steve Goldberg and Nick Traenkner, and was hosted by Jesus Crisis & Dianne Borsenik at the 806 Wine & Martini Bar in Cleveland.
20 January 2009 - Lix and Kix IV, featured poet C. Allen Rearick & poet/playwright Elise Geither, and was hosted by Jesus Crisis & Dianne Borsenik at the 806 Wine & Martini Bar.
14 January 2009 - Featured reading by John "Jesus Crisis" Burroughs & Jason Floyd Williams at Mac's Backs bookstore at 1820 Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
16 December 2008 - Lix and Kix III, featured Cleveland poet Miles Budimir, Toledo poet John Dorsey and singer/songwriter Leah Collova, hosted by Jesus Crisis & Dianne Borsenik at the 806 Wine & Martini Bar.
18 November 2008 - Lix and Kix II, featuring poet Roger Craik & poet/singer Dominique Glick, hosted by Jesus Crisis & Dianne Borsenik at the 806 Wine & Martini Bar.
7 October 2008 - Anti-censorship poetry extravaganza (first-ever Lix & Kix) at the 806 Wine and Martini Bar in Cleveland, featuring Jesus Crisis & Dianne Borsenik with music, open mic, and cash bar:
23 August 2008 - Jesus Crisis and Split Pea/ce were the featured performers during Saturday Night at the Poet's Haven. Podcasts of my reading are available at www.poetshaven.com (Episodes 6 and 8):
7 August 2008 - Featured reading by Jesus Crisis & Dianne Borsenik at Jim's Coffeehouse, 2 Lake Avenue in Elyria, Ohio.
Coming as soon as possible to this site:
Daily additions to the Crisis Chronicles Online Library
As Sly Stone would say, "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)." Peace!
