2009

• 03/11/2009 (Wednesday) at 7PM in Rutherford NJ: @ On the Terrace of the Williams Center for the Arts, One Williams Plaza, Rutherford, New Jersey 07070 (201.939.6969) FREE! ROXANNE HOFFMAN & The Words of William Carlos Williams + Open Reading from the Floor. William Carlos Williams Poetry Cooperative (Second Wednesday) Reading Hosted by John J. Trause and Jane Fisher

2008

• 01/01/2008 Future Light: The 14th Annual The New Year's Alternative Spoken Word Performance Marathon from 2PM to Midnite at The Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (off Bleecker Street), East Village NYC. Produced by Bruce Weber and Miriam Stanley. Featuring 150 Poets + Open Mic! Poets will be reading as well as selling and signing their books, CD's, DVD's and literary magazines. FREE - Please bring canned goods and paperback books to donate to City Harvest and Books Behind Bars.
• 01/20/2008 Prairie Fire All Stars featuring PETER CHELNIK, ROXANNE HOFFMAN, PATRICIA CARRAGON & More... Sunday, January 20 from 8PM to 10PM at The American Theater of Actors, 314 West 54th Street (btwn. 8th & 9th Aves.) New York, N.Y. Suggested Donation of $5.
• 01/28/2008 A Trio of Poets: Lyrical & Lucious Monday January 28 from 6PM to 8PM featuring LARISSA SHMAILO, DOUG GOETSCH and ROXANNE HOFFMAN at The Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia Street (Downstairs), New York, NY 10014 (Btwn Bleecker & West 4th Sts.) Info/Directions: 212.989.9319. Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. $7 cover includes house drink. Hosted by Angelo Verga.
• 02/08/2008 at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street (Downstairs), NY, NY 10014 (212.989.9319) Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink. Featuring GIL FAGIANI & MARIA LISELLA. Host: Me!
• 02/10/2008 at 6PM: The Four Horsemen @ The Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street NYC 10014 212.989.9319 Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink Featured readers include ROXANNE HOFFMAN, Evie Ivy, Jane Ormerod, Joy Leftow, Linda Lerner, BRANT LYON Eve Packer, Frank Simone + more TBA + Open Mic. Hosted by Bob Quatrone
• 03/04/2008 at 7:30PM: diVerseCity presents a night of Poets Wear Prada featuring AUSTIN ALEXIS, IRIS BERMAN, ALEX O. BLEECKER, PETER CHELNIK, GEORGE HELD, BOB HEMAN, SUSAN MAURER, JEE LEONG KOH, EFRAYIM LEVENSON, BRANT LYON, SHERYL H. SIMLER, JOHN J. TRAUSE, LAURA VOOKLES @ La Negrita 999 Columbus Ave & 109th St New York, New York 10025 7:30PM - 10PM FREE Hosted by Roxanne Hoffman, Publisher/Editor PWP Books.
• 03/14/2008 at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street (Downstairs), NY, NY 10014 (212.989.9319) Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink. Featuring BOB QUATRONE. Host: Me!
• 4/11/2008 at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street (Downstairs), NY, NY 10014 (212.989.9319) Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink. Featuring MARIA SASSI & SWAPAN BASU. Host: Me!
• 4/27/2008 at 7:45PM: The Prairie Fire Reading Series @ The American Theater of Actors, 314 West 54th Street, (btwn 8th & 9th Aves), New York, NY 10019. Featuring Poets: EVIE IVY, DAVID LAWTON, EUGENA MACER-STOREY, ROXANNE HOFMAN + Open Mic. Your suggested donation of $5 helps to support the theater. Hosted by PETER CHELNIK
• 05/05/2008 (Monday) at 6PM: The Four Horsemen @ The Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street NYC 10014 212.989.9319 Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink Featured readers include STEVE DALACHINSKY, ALICE B. TALKLESS, ROBERT DUNN, PATRICIA CARRAGON, ROXANNE HOFFMAN*, EVIE IVY, EVE PACKER, BRANT LYON, BONI JOI, ANGELA PELUSO, JANE ORMEROD, FRANK SIMONE, MICHAEL COOK, LINDA LERNER, NAJLA SAID + Open Mic! Hosted by BOB QUATRONE.
• 05/09/2008 (Friday) at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street NYC 10014 212.989.9319 Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink Featured Readers: EVIE IVY & CHRISTINE TIMM + Limited Open Mic! (About 20 3-minute slots as time allows) Hosted by ROXANNE HOFFMAN*.
• 06/06/2008 (Friday) at 6PM: Pre-Father's Day Celebration @ The Five Spot Featuring NGOMA & MO BEASLEY(Host of Urban Erotika) with Special Guest ROXANNE HOFFMAN* + Open Mic (Musicians, poets and singers are all welcome!) @ The Five Spot, 459 Myrtle Avenue (c/o Washington Avenue), Brooklyn, NY 11205 Info/Directions: 718.852.0202 Admission: $10. Hosted by Tantra-Zawadi.
• 06/13/2008 (Friday) at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street NYC 10014 212.989.9319 Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink Featured Readers: DAVID LAWTON & SARAH SARAI + Limited Open Mic! (About 20 3-minute slots as time allows) Hosted by ROXANNE HOFFMAN*.
• 07/12/2008 (Friday) at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street NYC 10014 212.989.9319 Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink Featured Readers: NGOMA + Limited Open Mic! (About 20 3-minute slots as time allows) Hosted by ROXANNE HOFFMAN*.
• 08/08/2008 (Friday) at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street NYC 10014 212.989.9319 Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink Featured Readers: SHARON LYNN GRIFFITHS & LINDA LERNER + Limited Open Mic! (About 20 3-minute slots as time allows) Hosted by ROXANNE HOFFMAN*.
• 09/19/2008 (Friday) at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café 29 Cornelia Street NYC 10014 212.989.9319 Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink Featured Poet: ROXANNE HOFFMAN* + Limited Open Mic! (About 20 3-minute slots as time allows) Hosted by BRANT LYON.
• 09/20/2008 (Saturday) at 11AM - 8PM: Boog City Small, Small Press Fair @ CAKE SHOP 152 Ludlow St. (btwn. Stanton & Rivington Sts.) New York, N.Y. 10002 Take F/V to 2nd Ave. (11AM - 8PM) $5 Admission. Featured Performers/Presses: 11:10 a.m.-Brant Lyon, LOGOchrysalis; 11:20 a.m.-Andrew Bishop, Graphic Union Press; 11:30 am: Celena Glenn, Bowery Books; 11:40 a.m.-Mark Lamoureux, Cy Gist Press; 11:50 am: Ariana Reines, Fence/Fence Books; 12:00 pm: Adam Golaski, flim forum press; 12:10 pm: Damian Weber, House Press; 12:20 am: Virna Teixeira, Litmus Press/Aufgabe; 12:30 pm: Jaye Bartell, little scratch pad; 12:40 pm: Jeff Downey, Octopus Books; 12:50 pm: Melissa Christine Goodrum, Other Rooms Press; 1:00 pm: Ric Royer, Outside Voices; 1:10 pm: Austin Alexis, Poets Wear Prada; 1:20 pm: Tom Savage, Straw Gate Books;and more! Hosted by David A. Kirschenbaum, Editor Boog City
• 10/29/2008 (Wednesday) at 7PM in Brooklyn, NY: The Green Pavilion Poetry Event Celebrates Halloween! with ROXANNE HOFFMAN & VANESSA BOYD + Open Mic @ The Green Pavillion Restaurant 4307-18th Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11218 Info/Directions: 718.435.4722 Take F train to 18th Ave. $3 donation + $5 food/drink minimum. Hosted by Evie Ivy with Sol Rubin.
• 11/29/2008 (Saturday) from 5PM to 7PM in NYC @ Smalls Jazz Club, 183 West 10th Street, New York, NY 10014 (where 10th Street meets Seventh Avenue) Take 2/3 to 14th St. and exit at W. 12th St. & 7th Ave. $6 cover. Info: www.smallsjazzclub.com, 212-252-5091. Smalls Jazz Club Lit Series Features ROXANNE HOFFMAN & TBA Plus Open Mic. Hosted by Christine Timm & Lee Kostrinski.

2007

• 01/01/2007 The New Year's Alternative Marathon at The Bowery Poetry Club at 308 Bowery off Bleecker Street, East Village hosted by Bruce Weber - Roxanne & many many more great poets on the bill!
• 03/31/2007 (4PM - 7PM) Poets House 2007 Showcase Our lastest releases from Poets Wear Prada in celebration of "April is National Poetry Month" are out and will be on display at The Poets House 2007 Showcase: "Payday Loans" by Jee Leong Koh "The Little Book of Fairy Tales & Love Poems" by Iris Berman as well as our Spring/March 2007 Releases: "Cone Investigates" by Bob Heman "Dances with Tears" by Efrayim Levenson and our 2006 Releases: "Found in a Cord" by Alex O. Bleecker "Freak Show" by Ricki Stuart "Your Infidel Eyes" by Brant Lyon Please come to the reception at least the public one if you are not a member of Poets House (of course you really should take this opportunity to visit and join to support this wonderful organization and its library.) Please tell all you friends and boast about our new chapbooks and the press! The books will be on display all of April for National Poetry Month. Saturday, March 31 The Poets House Showcase Opening Reception Members Preview: 4:00-5:00pm Public Reception: 5:00-7:00pm Showcase on-view through April 30 The Poets House Showcase, an awe-inspiring display of all of the poetry published in the United States since last year, opens with a festive reception and the chance to chat with fellow writers and readers about the latest innovations in contemporary verse. @ Poets House, 72 Spring Street, 2nd Floor Free admission & complimentary refreshments on the premises. Take the #6 train to Spring Street The showcase will be on view throughout National Poetry Month until 4/30: Tuesday – Friday 11AM – 7PM Saturday 1PM – 6PM Call Poets House at 212.431.7920 for more information Your Friends, Roxanne & Herb Editors/Publishers, Poets Wear Prada, Hoboken NJ
• 04/04/2007 (8PM - 10:30PM) Five Points Poets' Lounge at Silk Road Place | 30 Mott St., street level | $3 cover. One drink minimum ($5) Hosted by Feliza Marisol.
• 04/12/2007 (6 - 7:30PM) Five Minutes of Fame - Part II a poetry reading at the closing reception of ANDY WARHOL: IN HIS WAKE. Reading and Magazine Collation with Dorothy F. August, Patricia Carragon, Ron Kolm, Bill Kushner, Jackie Sheeler, Larissa Shmailo, and Carol Wierzbicki. Exhibition opened uptil 10PM. @ The Carrozini von Buhler Gallery, 407 West 13th Street, (btwn. 9th Ave. & Washington St) The exhibition is free and open to the public. Reading Hosted by Dorothy F.August. Art Exhibit Curated by Cynthia von Buhler, Amy Cohen Banker and Kevin Kushel. Call 646 - 336 - 8387 for more information Take the A, C, E, or L train to 14th Street at 8th Ave.
• 04/29/2007 (5pm - 7pm) Book Party & Signing for Juanita Torrence Thompson celebrating the publication of her book "New York and African Tapestries" from Fly By Night Press with readings by Michael Graves, Dominick Arbolay and myself @ Tribes Gallery,285 East 3rd Street #2, New York, NY 10009 Info: 212.674.3778 By Your Donation ($5 Suggested)
• 05/26/2007 at 2PM: The Phoenix Reading Series Hosted by Michael Graves at High Chai Tea Room, No. 18 Ave. B, Alphabet City - Manhattan - NYC (212.477.2424) Open reading follows until about 5pm or 5:15 pm Comfy salon space. Hat Passed to Pay Gratuity to Features and Host. (Please purchase drink/snack to support the venue.) Featured Writers: JOEL ALLEGRETTI ("Father Silicon" and "The Plague Psalms" from The Poet's Press), LINDA LERNER ("City Woman", March Street Press and "Living In Dangerous Times", Presa Press), JOHN J. TRAUSE (William Carlos Williams Poetry Cooperative Reading @ Rutherford Public Library), and Me!
• 06/27/2007 at 6PM: PWP Publication Launch Party @ The Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street (Downstairs), NY, NY 10014 (212.989.9319) Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink. Featuring Peter Chelnik, Sheryl H. Simler, Susan Maurer, Jee Leong Koh & Iris Berman with Efrayim Levenson, Bob Heman, Brant Lyon, Alex O. Bleecker, Ricki Stuart, Austin Alexis and Laura Vookles. Hosted by Publishers/Editors: Roxanne Hoffman & Herbert Fuerst
• 07/20/2007 at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street (Downstairs), NY, NY 10014 (212.989.9319) Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink. Featuring Nick Johnson and R. Nemo Hill. Guest Host: Me!
• 07/29/2007 at 5PM: Pride Alliance of Long Island & Poets Wear Prada present a Rainbow Reading + Open Mic at Pisces Cafe 14A Railroad Avenue (at the Babylon Station of the LIRR) Babylon, Long Island, New York 11702 featuring VITTORIA REPETTO Author of "Not Just a Personal Ad" (Guernica 2006) and host of the Women's Poetry Jam at Bluestockings Bookstore for the last seven years; R. NEMO HILL Editor/Publisher, Host of Modern Metrics and Author of "The Stange Music of Erich Zann" (Hippocampus Press 2005). with Special Guest CHAVISA WOODS Writer in Residence and Editor of "A Gathering of the Tribes" with Hosts Kevin Wisher & Roxanne Hoffman.
• 08/01/2007 at 6PM: Escape from New York! Join Richard Loranger and a slew of swanky poets including moi at his official Goodbye to New York reading, and get your fill of fond farewells (and kick-ass poetry). Gettouddaheah! @ The Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012 (212.614.0505) Foot of First Street, between Houston & Bleecker, across the street from CBGBs. Take F train to Second Ave, or 6 train to Bleecker. $4. Cash Bar and Refreshment Stand.
• 08/16/2007 at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street (Downstairs), NY, NY 10014 (212.989.9319) Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink. Featuring Arthur Bitterman & The Riverside Poets. Guest Host: Me!
• 09/08/2007 at 6PM: Reading at Robin's Books @ Robin's Bookstore, 108 South 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215.735.9600) 6PM - 8PM Free. Featuring Patricia Carragon & myself. Curator: Larry Robins
• 09/14/2007 at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street (Downstairs), NY, NY 10014 (212.989.9319) Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink. Featuring PATRICIA CARRAGON & TANTRA Guest Host: Me!
• 09/15/2006 at 4:30PM: The Brownstone Poets @ FIFTH AVENUE RESTAURANT & DINER 432 5th Avenue (btwn. 8th & 9th Sts.)Brooklyn, N.Y. 11215 (718.832.8131) 4:30PM - 7PM; $3 Donation + Food/Drink Min; Hosted by Patricia Carragon; This Riverside Poet reads with ARTHUR BITTERMAN, DEEANNE GORMAN, MARGE HAUSER & EVIE ERIS. Take R or F to 4th Ave. - 9th St. Or take the B63 bus on 5th Ave.
• 09/16/2007 at 6PM: PWP Publication Launch Party @ The Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street (Downstairs), NY, NY 10014 (212.989.9319) Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink. Featuring Laura Vookles, Austin Alexis, Brant Lyon, Iris Berman with Bob Heman, Peter Chelnik, Sheryl H. Simler, Susan Maurer, Jee Leong Koh, Efrayim Levenson, Alex O. Bleecker, and Ricki Stuart. Hosted by Publishers/Editors: Roxanne Hoffman & Herbert Fuerst
• 09/23/2007 (6PM - 10PM) Poetic License 2007 #2 at Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park, N.Y.C. FREE! - Spoken Word Feature with JACKIE SHEELER, EVIE IVY, ANGELA PELUSA and LARRY SIMON & his band + Open Mic.Hosted by ANGELA PELUSA. Open Sign-up starting 5:30PM. Take B/C to 72st & Central Park West or 1/2/3/9 to 72nd St & Bway and walk over.
• 10/12/2007 at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street (Downstairs), NY, NY 10014 (212.989.9319) Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink. Featuring JOEL ALLEGRETTI & GENE MYERS. Guest Host: Me!
• 10/27/2007 at 7:30pm An Evening of Poetry and Music: MOBIUS, THE POETRY MAGAZINE celebrates its 25th Anniversary @ The Baha'i Center, 53 E 11th St, NYC (betw. University Pl. & B'way) not far from NYU, New School and Union Square. In the auditorium which holds 125. TONI PARKS, daughter of the late, great GORDON PARKS (LIFE photojournalist, filmmaker, author, poet, composer) is flying in from England to read Gordon's poetry at the event. I'll be reading along with COLETTE INEZ, SAMUEL MENASHE, DANIEL THOMAS MORAN, and HAL SIROWITZ. JUANITA TORRENCE THOMPSON, Editor/Publisher will be Emcee & will also read. There will be a Music Solo performed by HEUN CHOI (cellist) Limited Seating RSVP: mezopr@gmail.com Tax deductible suggested $5 donation at door. THIS EVENT IS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT FROM XEROX CORPORATION. Additional funding by HUGH W. THOMPSON
• 10/30/2007 at 7PM Women’s/Trans’ Poetry Jam & Open Mike @ Bluestockings Bookstore 172 Allen St. (btwn. Stanton & Rivington), New York, NY 10002 (1 ½ blocks blocks south from E.Houston NYC) 212.777.6028 info@bluestockings.com www.bluestocking.com Hosted byVittoria Repetto OPEN MIC Sign-Up at 7PM, 8 minute limit. Bring your poetry, your prose, your songs, and your spoken word. (Take V or F train to 2nd Ave. and exit from the 1st Ave exit and walk south down Allen St. (aka. 1st Ave) 1 ½ blocks to the store.) $5 Suggested Donation; I'm featured with MAUREEN BRADY.
• 10/31/2007 at 7PM The Green Pavilion Poetry Event & Halloween Party @ at The Green Pavillion 4307-18th Ave. Bklyn, NY 718.435.4722 F train to 18th Avenue $3.00 donation, min to rest. Hosted by Evie Ivy with Sol Rubin. I'll be reading with RICKI STUART, Author of Freak Show (PWP 2006)
• 11/07/2007 (7PM-9PM): 8 Million Stories features NYC's Best Storytellers, First Wednesdays. November Line Up: BIG MIKE, JACKIE SHEELER, TONY GLOEGGLER, JEAN LEHRMAN @ Jimmy’s No. 43 Stage located at 43 East 7th Street in NYC (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues). 1 Drink Minimum (or food purchase) + Hat Passed ($3 Suggested Donation) Hosted by PWP Publisher/Editor: Roxanne Hoffman
• 11/09/2007 at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street (Downstairs), NY, NY 10014 (212.989.9319) Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink. Featuring PETER CHELNIK & MIRIAM STANLEY. Guest Host: Me!
• 11/17/2007 at 2PM New York Poetry Forum @ Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' & Airmen's Club, 283 Lexington Ave. (at 37th St.), New York, NY 10016-3540 (212.683.4353) Hosted by Daniel Fernandez. Featured with SHERYL H. SIMLER & other Poets of the Month TBA with Piano Solos by Georgette Wegh Lichtenstein and Mark Fiedler plus Open Mic
• 12/01/2007 (3PM - 6PM) The Riverside Poets Presents: Roxanne Hoffman & TBA + Open Mic Curated by Arthur Bitterman. @ NYPL Riverside Branch, 127 Amsterdam Avenue [at W. 65th St.], New York, NY 10023-6447. Call us at (212.870.1810 or e-mail us at riverside@nypl.org. Take 1/9 to 66th St./Lincoln Center; walk west one block. or A,B,C,D,to 59th St./Columbus Circle; transfer to 1/9 to 66th St./Lincoln Center; walk west one block.
• 12/02/2007 (5PM-7PM): Phoenix Reading Series features JEAN LEHRMAN, FREDDY DASIG and myself plus the open mic (for poetry) at BENGAL CURRY located in Tribeca at 65 West Broadway (Btwn. Murray & Warren, South of Chambers St., North of WTC) New York, NY 10007 212.571.1122 $2 Suggested Contribution + Food/Drink Purchase to Support the Venue. Hosted by Michael Graves
• 12/03/2007 (7PM-10PM): POETS WEAR PRADA PUBLICATION LAUNCH PARTY features JOHN T. TRAUSE, CHAVISA WOODS, LAURA VOOKLES and many many more! @ Jimmy’s No. 43 Stage located at 43 East 7th Street in NYC (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues). 1 Drink Minimum + Hat Passed ($5 Suggested Donation) Hosted by PWP Publishers/Editors: Roxanne Hoffman & Herbert Fuerst
• 12/14/2007 at 6PM: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street (Downstairs), NY, NY 10014 (212.989.9319) Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink. Featuring JEE LEONG KOH & TAMIKO BEYERS. Guest Host: Me!

2006

• 01/01/2006 (2pm - midnite) Codex Solaris: The 12th Annual Alternative New Year's Day Spoken Word/Performance at The Bowery Poetry Club at 308 Bowery off Bleecker Street, East Village curated and hosted by Bruce Weber and others- 175 Performers + Open (I'll read between 2pm and 4pm) Free - Bring canned goods and paperback books for City Harvest and Books Behind Bars
• 02/01/2006 (8PM - 10PM) TEABAG Poets' Lounge at Silk Road Place 30 Mott St., street level No cover. One drink minimum ($5) Hosted by Feliza Mirasol & Produced by Telly Wong - Featuring ROXANNE HOFFMAN, TEE, FELICE, TAIYO NA,VIVIAN ST.GEORGE & More!
• 02/15/2006 (8PM - 10PM) TEABAG Poets' Lounge at Silk Road Place 30 Mott St., street level No cover. One drink minimum ($5) Hosted by Feliza Mirasol & Produced by Telly Wong Featuring JAY LEGASPI, ROXANNE HOFFMAN, JANE ORMEROD, ASIA & More
• 02/26/2006 (3PM - 5PM) Special Guest at CD Release Party for Larissa Shamailo's new collection The No-Net World (SongCrew 2006) hosted by Poet to Poet® at The Back Fence at 155 Bleecker Street (corner of Thompson) Greenwich Village, New York City at 3PM. No Cover 1 Drink Minimum, Emceed by Robert Dunn. The No-Net World has Poetry by Larissa and Music by Bobby Perfect. Selections from the CD will be performed by Larissa and Bobby. Copies of the CD will be available for purchase. Joining Larissa, Bobby and Roxanne on stage will be George Dickerson, Leigh Harrison and Chocolate Waters. (Note: $3 Donation normally requested to support Medicinal Purposes Literary Magazine will be waived for this special event!)
• 03/08/2006 (8PM - 10PM) TEABAG Poets' Lounge at Silk Road Place 30 Mott St., street level No cover. One drink minimum ($5) Hosted by Feliza Mirasol & Produce by Telly Wong - ANTHONY JOEL LEE with PATRICIA CARRAGON, ROXANNE HOFFMAN, FERNANDO DEGUIA, REGIE CABICO, KEVIN NADAL, JOHN J. TRAUSE & ASIA
• 03/10/2006 (6PM - 8PM) Special Guest Host for PINK PONY WEST Reading Series at The Cornelia Street Cafe | 29 Cornelia Street (off Bleecker St.) West Village, NYC | 212-989-9319 Curated by Jackie Sheeler $6 admission includes free drink with featured poet IRIS N. SCHWARTZ + Open Poetry Mic.
• 03/17/2006 (6PM - 8PM) Special Guest Host for PINK PONY WEST Reading Series at The Cornelia Street Cafe | 29 Cornelia Street (off Bleecker St.) West Village, NYC | 212-989-9319 Curated by Jackie Sheeler $6 admission includes free drink with featured poet JUDY KAMILHOR + Open Poetry Mic.
• 03/18/2006 (2PM - 6PM) New York Poetry Forum at Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' & Airmen's Club 283 Lexington Ave. (at 37th St.) New York, NY 10016-3540 (212.683.4353) Hosted by Daniel Fernandez - Featured with Poets of the Month JEANNE & DONALD SEIGEL & ZELDA FRIEDMAN plus Piano Solos by Georgette Wegh Lichtenstein and Mark Fiedler, Discussion and Recitation by Walter Brandes on "The Science of Language in Shakespeare" and Open Mic
  
• 03/26/2006 (6PM - 8PM) ABC NO RIO Reading Series at ABC NO RIO 158 Rivington Street between Clinton & Suffolk Streets, Lower East Side, NYC funded in part by The New York State Council on the Arts, curated by Bruce Weber and others, special event hosted by Patricia Carragon - A Celebration Recognizing The Longest Running Bar Reading in the Village at The Back Fence with Co-Curator Brigid Murnaghan & Special Guest Susan Maurer
• 04/12/2006 (8PM - 10PM) TEABAG Poets' Lounge at Silk Road Place 30 Mott St., street level No cover. One drink minimum ($5) Curated by Feliza Mirasol & Produced by Telly Wong - Featuring BIG PHONY and performances by EUGENE SONG, MATT SIA, TEE, ROXY HOFFMAN, MITCH CORBER, plus more! with Guest Emcee, host of our Tuesday Night Comedy Dugout and our Friday Night Variety Show William Lee Please join us every Wednesday night @ 8:00 p.m.
• 04/29/06 (2PM - 4PM) Roxanne is EMCEE for CD Release Party for Larissa Shamailo's new collection The No-Net World (SongCrew 2006) at The Bowery Poetry Club | 308 Bowery @ Bleecker, right across from CBGB's | F train to Second Ave | 6 train to Bleecker | 212-614-0505 in the East Village, New York City | $6 Cover The No-Net World (Song Crew 2006) has Poetry by Larissa and Music by Bobby Perfect. Selections from the CD will be performed by Larissa and Bobby. Copies of the CD will be available for purchase. Joining Larissa and Roxanne on stage as special guests: Keith Roach (Nuyorican Poets' Cafe, spoken word radio Eadon's Place) Iris N. Schwartz (Widely Anthologized Poet/Novelist and Singer) Peter Spagnuolo ("Booklyn (no typo) Collective", "10 by 14") John Amen (Editor of "The Pedestal Magazine" and Author of "More of Me Disappears") with Music by Bluebird featuring Eclectic Chanteuse, Leigh Harrison and guitarist/producer Bobby Perfect and more TBA.
• 05/10/2006 (8PM - 10PM) TEABAG Poets' Lounge at Silk Road Place | 30 Mott St., street level | No cover. One drink minimum ($5) Curated by Feliza Mirasol & Produced by Telly Wong - A Book Party for BARBARA PURCELL celebrating the release of her debut collection "Black Ice: Poems" from Fly By Night Press. with performances by ROGER PINNELL, ROXANNE HOFFMAN, ANDREY BYSTROV, REGIE CABICO, BOB HOLMAN, BERTO, CARISSA VILLACORTA and special guests! Please join us every Wednesday night @ 8:00 p.m. with NYC's leading poets and singer/songwriters.
• 05/11/2006 (7PM) at Fusion Arts Museum located at 57 Stanton St New York, NY 10003 (Lower East Side) Info/Direction: 212.995.5290 or email the director at Deborah54@aol.com. Gallery Opening and a Group Reading Featuring singer CATHY CRISCI, and poets BIG MIKE, URAYOEN NOEL, ROXANNE HOFFMAN, GEORGE WALLACE, BARBARA PURCELL, JESUS PAPOLETO MELENDEZ,AMY OUZOONIAN, KIRPAL GORDON. Take the F or V train to the Second Avenue-Houston Street station.
• 06/19/2006 (7:30PM - 9:30PM | Open Sign Up @ 7PM) Saturn Series at Nightingale Lounge 213 Second Ave. NYC NY (NW Corner of East 13th St & 2nd Ave.) at 8:00 PM - Featured Poet. Hosted by Su Polo and David Elsasser. $3 Donation + 2 Drink/$6 Minimum
• 06/21/2006 (11PM - 1AM) THE NEW YORKERS on TV26, TV35 in New York and on TV31 in Melbourne, Florida and TV5, TV10 in Key West, Florida and simultaneously streamed on www.tv26newyork.com, tv35newyork.com, and on tv31melbourne.com, tv5keywest.com and tv10keywest.com NEW YORK'S ONLY "LIVE" NIGHTLY LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW, BEING HOSTED BY VETERAN BROADCASTER, JAMES CHLADEK - Interview & Reading (about 15 minutes)
• 07/04 (10PM - 12AM) Sandy Kane's Blew Comedy Party at EASTERN BLOC 505 East 6th Street between Avenues A & B. "Cum & Laugh your assholes off!" says Sandy Kane. "Stand-Up Comedy is a lot like oral sex, it promises to be fun once you get over the gag factor" say Doc Rox. Join us and the other crazies after the Macy's fireworks for some laughs and some beers. No Cover/No Minimum but please buy a drink or 2 to support the house.
• 07/09 - 07/13(6PM - 8PM) A Celebration of Walt Whitman: Reading of a "Leaves of Grass" over a multi-night series of programs by some NYC's Leading Poets @ The Cornelia Street Cafe | 29 Cornelia Street (off Bleecker St.) West Village, NYC | 212-989-9319 Curated by Angelo Verga & Bill Zavatsky $6 admission includes free drink - I'll be reading 07/09,07/10,07/12
• 07/27/2006 (7PM - 9PM) Lalita Java Readings, 210 East 3rd Street (Betw. B & C) Coffee Bar Reading Hosted by Dorothy F. August - Featured Reader with Mitch Corber, John Silver, Carol Wierzbicki + Open (1st five people to sign-up, 3 min. each)
• 08/12/2006 (11AM - 7PM) Diversity Child Care Providers Association, Inc. presents their first Annual Street Festival & Fiesta at East 112th Madison & Park Avenues, New York, New York and admission is FREE. Event organized by DIVERSITY CHILD CARE PROVIDERS ASSOCIATION, INC, 1694 Madison Avenue - Suite 19A, New York, NY 10029 | 212-348-2733 P | 646-672-5319 F | Vist us online at www.childcare.meetup.com/64 or contact us by Email at dccpassoc at aol.com I'm doing my Comedy/Poetry 12:20PM-12:35PM, Patricia Carragon (Performance Poetry) is on from 1:00PM-1:15PM, Esmerelda Imperio, Flamenco Dancer is on from 1:20PM-1:35PM & Many Many More Exciting Performers!
• 08/13/2006 (9PM - 10:30PM)Sandy Kane's Blew Comedy Party at The New York Improv, 318 W. 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019 (Between 8th and 9th Avenues) Take the 1 or 9 train to 50th St., and walk three blocks north to 53rd St. Turn west on 53rd St. and walk to Eighth Ave. $20 Cover ($10 Cover with attached coupon) + 2 Drink Minimum. Sandy Kane(Emcee), Sue Ball, Angry Bob, Mad Dog, Roxanne Hoffman and more!
• 08/14/2006 (6:30PM - 8:30PM) Prairie Fire Poetry The 2nd Mondays of Every Month at DOWNTOWN UPTOWN (DTUT) 1626 2nd Avenue Btwn. 84th & 85th Sts. Upper East Side, NYC 1 Coffee/Drink Purchase Minimum No Cover with purchase of coffee/tea & desert. Hosted Peter Chelnik. I am featured poet. Join me at the open mic!
• 08/16/2006 (8PM - 10PM) TEABAG Poets' Lounge @ Silk Road Place 30 Mott St. (street level - back room) $3 Cover + 1 Drink/$5 Minimum + Tip. Book Release Party for PATRICIA CARRAGON, celebrating her first collection "JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF MY MIND" (ROGUE SCHOLARS PRESS 2005)with Special Guests REGGIE CABICO, AMY OUZOONIAN, EVIE IVY, ROXANNE HOFFMAN and others TBA! Curated by Feliza Mirasol & Produced by Telly Wong - Please join us every Wednesday night @ 8:00 p.m. For Bookings Contact Jeannel by Email to jen @ teabagnyc.com
• 09/13/2006 (8PM - 10PM) TEABAG Poets' Lounge at Silk Road Place 30 Mott St., street level $3 Cover + 1 Drink/$5 Minimum + Tip. Featured Poet/CD Release Party with Special Guests JACKIE SHEELER/TALK ENGINE, JOEL ALLEGRETTI, PATRICIA CARRAGON, MARTIN TYRELL, ALLAN DAVID GOLDSCHMIDT, PHIL LINZ and others TBA! Curated by Feliza Mirasol & Produced by Telly Wong - Please join us every Wednesday night @ 8:00 p.m.
• Sorry To Be Resheduled! 09/18/2006 (7PM - 10PM) I'm on at 8PM @ 169 BAR (at Rutgers St.) 169 East Broadway, NYC 10002 Take F to East Bway. $8 Cover. "169's small, unadorned interior with red vinyl bar stools, a pool table and pizza-parlor booths reserves an open floor beside the bar for dancing. Old neighborhood regulars as well as youngsters settle in for drinks on most weeknights." - Citysearch For bookings and more information, contact Bruno by email and visit www.lesproductions.com
• 09/17/2006 (5PM - 7PM) Poetry, Performance & BYO Barbecue @ Arlene Schloss's Loft & Garden Space, A's Wave (Second Floor), 330 Broome St., New York City, NY Cost: Hat Passed Readers include: DAVID HATCHETT, ROXANNE HOFFMAN, DOROTY F. AUGUST, EMMA Z, LIL HATCHETT, and more TBA. Hosted by Dorothy Friedman August
• 09/20/2006 (6PM - 7:30PM) Raise your voice against sexual violence during the open mic session at ROCKIN’ THE MIC AGAINST RAPE, A night of poetry and microphone organized by organized by the anti-rape activists of NOT IN OUR CITY, a grassroots project of The New York City Alliance Against Sexual Assault with MOTHABONES, REBECCA GOSS, ROXANNE HOFFMAN, AMY OUZOONIAN, LARISSA SHMAILO, LYSA ANDERSON, MIZZ. DOPE, SARAH JANE JOHNSON, MIRIAM STANLEY, DENISE REICH, O'BRIEN DENNIS, XAN ROBERTI, ALEXIS CAPUTO, and more! @ Bowery Poetry Club,308 Bowery off Bleecker Street, East Village Take F/V/D to Bway/Lafayette or #6 to Bleecker St. For more info & to sing up for open please contact Christine St. John or visit www.nycagainstrape.org
• 09/24/2006 (6PM - 10PM) Poetic License 2006 #2 at Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park, N.Y.C. FREE! - Spoken Word Feature with EVIE IVY, BIG MIKE, FRANK SIMONE, PETER KEARNS with Special Guest SPELLER LITTLEWING + Open Mic.Hosted by ANGELA PELUSA. Starting 5:30PM. Take B/C to 72st & Central Park West or 1/2/3/9 to 72nd St & Bway and walk over.
• 09/25/2006 (8PM - 10PM) Hidden Treasure Reading Series The Last Monday of Every Month at Johnny O's, 2152 Westchester Ave. Bronx, NY (Castle Hill Ave. stop on #6 train) Hosted by Mindy Matijasevic. For more info: Contact Mindy at MindyintheBronx @ aol.com Featured Poet + Open Mic.
• ***Sorry Cancelled*** 10/04/2006 (10PM - 11:30PM)Sandy Kane's Blew Comedy Party at The New York Improv, 318 W. 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019 (Between 8th and 9th Avenues) Take the 1 or 9 train to 50th St., and walk three blocks north to 53rd St. Turn west on 53rd St. and walk to Eighth Ave. $20 Cover ($10 Cover with attached coupon) + 2 Drink Minimum. Sandy Kane(Emcee) with Sue Ferrer, Zorba, Doc Rox and more!
• 10/07/2006 (3PM - 6PM) The Riverside Poets Presents: Arthur Bitterman & Roxanne Hoffman + Open Mic Curated by Arthur Bitterman. @ NYPL Riverside Branch, 127 Amsterdam Avenue [at W. 65th St.], New York, NY 10023-6447. Call us at (212.870.1810 or e-mail us at riverside@nypl.org. Take 1/9 to 66th St./Lincoln Center; walk west one block. or A,B,C,D,to 59th St./Columbus Circle; transfer to 1/9 to 66th St./Lincoln Center; walk west one block.
• 10/14/2006 (1PM - 4PM) A Benefit for One of Our Own: FRANK SIMONE, Please help cover the rising medical costs of Poet, Painter, Fiction Writer, and Decorated Vietnam War Veteran Frank Simone! BOWERY POETRY CLUB, 308 Bowery (bet. Houston & Bleecker Sts.), N.Y.C., Take F train to Second Ave. or 6 train to Bleecker St . featuring BRUCE WEBER, JOANNE PAGANO WEBER,THADDEUS RUTKOWSKI,LARISSA SHMAILO, ROXANNE HOFFMAN,BRANT LYON,PETE DOLACK, MIRIAM STANLEY, JANE ORMEROD, JEAN LEHRMAN, IRIS N. SCHWARTZ, ROBIN SMALL-MCCARTHY, MARYELLEN CAMMAROSANO, PATRICIA CARRAGON,ANGELA PELUSO, TOM GUARNERA,ALAN BAXTER, + SPECIAL GUESTS + limited open mike! Hosts: Pete Dolack, Iris N. Schwartz & Miriam Stanley $10 recommended donation, plus one drink (All proceeds go to Frank Simone)
• 10/18/2006 (8PM - 10PM) TEABAG Poets' Lounge at Silk Road Place 30 Mott St., street level $3 Cover + 1 Drink/$5 Minimum + Tip. Curated by Feliza Mirasol & Produced by Telly Wong - Please join us every Wednesday night @ 8:00 p.m.
• 10/25/2006 (7PM - 10PM) Green Pavillion Poetry Event at The Green Pavillion 4307-18th Ave. Bklyn, NY 718.435.4722 F train to 18th Avenue $3.00 donation, min to rest. Hosted by Evie Ivy with Sol Rubin at 7PM - Double Poetry Feature with AMEILIA TERRY + Open Mic
• 11/19/2006 at 5:30PM (till 7:30PM) The Phoenix Reading Series, Hosted by Michael Graves at High Chai Tea Room, No. 18 Ave. B, Alphabet City - Manhattan - NYC (212.477.2424) Open reading follows until about 7pm or 7:15 pm Comfy salon space. Hat Passed to Pay Gratuity to Features and Host. (Please purchase drink/snack to support the venue.) Featured Writer: JOEL ALLEGRETTI, Myself plus 2 more TBA.

2005

• 01/01/2005 The New Year's Alternative Marathon at The Bowery Poetry Club at 308 Bowery off Bleecker Street, East Village hosted by Pete Dolack - Roxanne & many many more great poets on the bill!
• 01/08/2005 Nomad's Choir at St. Veronica's Church 149 Christopher Street (Between Greenwich and Washington Sts.) - Greenwich Village, NYC - Saturday 2 - 6 PM Hosted by Joshua Meander $3 Admission & Open Mic- Poetry Feature
• 01/24/2005 Welcomed Words at Rue de Jardin, 4th & Garden Sts., Hoboken NJ. Featured Poet $3 Donation + Food/Drink Purchase With Open Mic Hosted by Bill Rood Monday - 8PM
• 01/29/2005 Benefit for Loving Touch Animal Rescue at The Vault 92 Springfield Blvd., Queens Village, NY 11428 Tel: (718) 479-2594 Featured with Evie Ivy and Sour Grapes. $5 contribution for Loving Touch Animal Rescue. Hosted by Robert Dunn
• 02/13/2005 Radomir's TSUNAMI RELIEF NEW YORK at The Bowery Poetry Club at 308 Bowery off Bleecker Street, Lower East Side - Saturday 12-2PM - $5 admission for everyone -70% donation will go towards the Red Cross hosted by Radomir Luza, Jr.
• 02/15/2005 Jordan's Steakhouse and Lounge, 247 Newark Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07302, Comedy Night hosted by Karen Elkind from 9PM - 10:30PM. Take PATH to Grove St.
• 03/15/2005 Jordan's Steakhouse and Lounge, 247 Newark Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07302, Comedy Night hosted by Karen Elkind from 9PM - 10:30PM. Take PATH to Grove St.
• 03/28/2005 Artist Strike Twice Harm Reduction Benefit, The Spark Cafe & Art Center, 161 West 22nd St. NY, NY 10011, 212.929.3381 from 5PM - 8PM. Hosted by Paul Cherashore. Featured Poet with Susan Osterman and Susan L. Yung.
• 04/08/2005 Salsa Dance Benefit for 5 District 1 Schools, Ukrainian National Home, 140 2nd Ave. at 9th St. at 7PM $10 in Advance, $15 at Door- Featured Comic with Pete Glismann, Live Music by "Son de Madre" + Cash Bar & Food! Great Raffle!
• 04/19/2005 Jordan's Steakhouse and Lounge, 247 Newark Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07302, Comedy Night hosted by Karen Elkind from 9PM - 10:30PM. Take PATH to Grove St.
• 04/22/2005 Sassi Keenan presents Stand Up To Spoken Word! Comedy meets Poetry in Inwood, Cafe 7 Lounge, 4710 Broadway, btw. Arden St. & Dongan Pl., Every Thursday from 7pm-9pm, No Cover/$5 food/beverage min., Take A to 200th & Dyckman
• 06/05/2005 Poetic License 2005 #1 at Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park, N.Y.C. FREE! - Spoken Word Feature with AMY 'UZI' OUZOONIAN, FRANKIE MICHELLE & BRETT AXEL Hosted by ANGELA PELUSA. Starting 5:30PM. Take B/C to 72st & Central Park West or 1/2/3/9 to 72nd St & Bway and walk over.
• 06/10/2005 TEABAG Open Mic @ SILK ROAD PLACE 30 MOTT ST. (Lower Level) Chinatown, NYC Take 6,J,M,N,Q,R,W,Z to Canal St. www.teabagopenmic.com Only $1! Featured with Patricia Carragon, Jane Ormerod & Others...
• 06/25/2005 WORD BEAT: Poetry + Piano + Percussion + Primavera 7:00PM-10:00PM Hosted by Roxanne Hoffman & Brant Lyon at Shutters Cafe, 433 West 34th St. (Between 9th & 10 Aves.) Manhattan, NYC. $5 Cover with Food/Beverage Purchase. Featured with BRANT LYON, DIANA GITESHA HERNANDEZ, BURT ECKOFF and others. Plus Open Mic.
• 07/17/2005 BEAT NIGHT NYC: An evening of spoken word accompanied by live music Hosted by Larry Simon. The Cornelia Street Cafe, 29 Cornelia St, NY, NY (212) 989-9319 6:30PM - 7:30PM. $6 Cover includes a drink. Additional Donation requested to pay band's transportation. Featured Reader with ICE, ALICE KLUGHERZ & KARYN KAY, Accompanied by The Larry Simon Ensemble (Larry Simon-Guitar/music director, Cynthia Chatis-flute, Nate Edgar-Bass, Mike Barron & Frank Laurino- Percussion, and Special Guest: Patrick Grant-keyboard)
• 08/05,08/12,08/19,8/26/2005 Pink Pony West Reading Series at the Cornelia Street Cafe - Guest Host
• 08/6/2005 The Park Slope Ale House Poets Society. Hosted by Evie Ivy and Patricia Carragon. 1PM - 3PM at The Park Slope Ale House located at 356 6th Ave. at the corner of 5th St. Brooklyn, NY 11215, 718.788.1756 (Take the F to Seventh Ave. or the R to Union St.) $3 Donation - $5 Minimum Food/Drink. Featured with JANE ORMEROD.
• 08/17/2005 The Spoken Word. Hosted by Mick Lexington at The Fish Bar 237 E 5th St New York, NY 10003 917.684.5435 (Featured Poet) 8PM - 10PM (7:30PM Doors Open/Sign Up) No Cover No Minimum
• 09/10/2005 13th Street Reperatory Company's Poetry Theatre at The 13th Street Repertory Company Theatre (New Plays for the American Theatre), 50 West 13th Street (btw. 6th & 7th Aves) NY, NY 10011 Info/Directions: 212.675.6677 from 2:30pm to 5pm, Featured Poet with EVIE IVY. Hosted by Peter Emile. $6 Admission includes a drink.
• 09/17/2005 JOHN AMEN AND FRIENDS: A special event celebrating the release of John Amen's new book, More of Me Disappears (Cross-Cultural Communications 2005) at The Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery St. (btw. Bleecker & Houston Sts.) East Village, NYC Featured with JOHN AMEN, GEORGE WALLACE, AMY OUZOONIAN, ALAN SEMERDJIAN & CHOCOLATE WATERS.
• 10/08/2005 Radomir's KATRINA RELIEF EVENT 12NOON to 1:30PM at The Bowery Poetry Club at 308 Bowery off Bleecker Street, Lower East Side - Saturday 12-2PM - $5 admission for everyone -70% donation will go towards the Red Cross and will be matched by Conde Naste Publications. Hosted by Radomir Luza, Jr. Featured with PATRICIA CARRAGON, JANE ORMEROD, MONICA LUZA and others
• 10/26/2005 Green Pavillion Poetry Event at The Green Pavillion 4307-18th Ave. Bklyn, NY 718.435.4722 F train to 18th Avenue $3.00 donation, min to rest. Hosted by Evie Ivy with Sol Rubin at 7PM - Double Poetry Feature with RAMON MATOS
• 10/30/2005 SPARK Open Mic at SPARK CAFE & ART CENTER, 161 West 22d St. (bet. 6th & 7th Ave.) [F,R,E to 23rd St. /1,9 to 23rd St.] Admission: $5, Info:718.482.3045, Hosted by Viviana Grell. Featured with BIG MIKE.
• 10/30/2005 WORD BEAT: Poetry + Piano + Percussion + Primavera 7:00PM-11:00PM Hosted by Roxanne Hoffman & Brant Lyon at Shutters Cafe, 433 West 34th St. (Between 9th & 10 Aves.) Manhattan, NYC. $5 Cover with Food/Beverage Purchase. HALLOWEEN SHOW Featured with IRIS N. SCHWARTZ, BRANT LYON, THE ELECTRIC WOLFPACK: REDD WIGGS & DAVE MURPH, BOB HART, MADELINE ARTENBERG, STAN BARKAN, PATRICIA CARRAGON, FRANK SIMONE, RICKI STUART, LIZA WOLSKY, JASON STUZ and others.
• 11/27/2005 Jewish Naches, Jewish Rachmones (Jewish Joy, Jewish Compassion), A Jewish Reading + Open Mic at BPC From 2PM to 4PM at Bowery Poetry Club , 308 Bowery St. (btw. Bleecker & Houston Sts.) East Village, NYC Take F train to Bway/Lafayette or 2nd Ave(at Houston St) or #6 to Bleecker St. Hosted by Natalia Zaretsky. 247 Newark Ave (just 5 blocks from the Grove St. PATH station. Poetry Feature with MARILYN MOHR, HAL SIROWITZ and IRIS N. SCHWARTZ
• 12/3/2005 Radman Productions Presents Hurrican Haven Part II-A Relief Benefit from 3PM to 5PM at Jordan's Lounge - Steak & Seafood, 247 Newark Ave., Jersey City, N.J. (just 5 blocks from the Grove St. PATH station Admission is a $5.00 Donation to the Red Cross. Hosted by Radomir Luza Jr. (info: 201.798.8963)

2004

• 02/23/2004 Rodeo-Ristra - Featured Poet
• 03/21/2004 The Back Fence - Double Feature with Andy Comess
• 03/25/2004 New York Comedy Club - Gotham Writers Stand-Up Comedy Writing Class
• 04/08/2004 Stand-Up New York - Gotham Writers Stand-Up Comedy Writing Class
• 04/09/2004 Pink Pony West Reading Series at the Cornelia Street Cafe - Guest Host
• 04/17/2004 Bringing Inspiration and Smiles at the Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility in Woodside, Queens - Volunteer Performing Artist
• 04/17/2004 Central Park Conservancy Poetry in the Park Series at the Charles A. Dana Discovery Center 110th St. & Lenox - The Riverside Poets
• 05/06/2004 New York Comedy Club - Steve Arons' New Talent Showcase
• 05/07/2004 Pink Pony West Reading Series alt the Cornelia Street Cafe - Guest Host
• 06/03/2004 West Side Arts Coalition at the Broadway Mall Community Center on the Upper West Side - The Riverside Poets
• 06/09/2004 An Evening of Poetry at St. John's in the Village, Greenwich Village NYC - Group Reading
• 06/18/2004 New York Comedy Club - Steve Arons' New Talent Showcase
• 06/20/2004 Poet-to-Poet at The Munch Cafe and Grill, 71-60 Yellowstone Blvd., Forest Hills, Queens - Double Feature with Patricia Carragon
• 07/11/2004 The Third Annual Poetry Explosion at The Back Fence at 3PM - Group Feature with Patricia Carragon, Tom Guarnera, Evie Ivy, Khuumba Ama, Monica Luza, Joe Jacovino, Sharae Robinson, Radomir Luza Jr
• 07/14/2004 Poet to Poet In Person® Queens/Bayside Barnes & Noble Booksellers 23-80 Bell Blvd., Bay Terrace Shopping Center, Bayside NY
  at 7:30 PM - Featured Poet ***Sorry Cancelled***
• 07/19/2004 Saturn Series at Cellar 325 East 14th St. at 7:00 PM - Featured Poet
• 08/15/2004 The Oldest Bar Poetry Reading in the Village at The Back Fence at 155 Bleecker Street (corner of Thompson) Greenwich Village, New York City at 3PM - Guest Host
• 08/19/2004 The First Annual Hoboken Giggle Gala at Rodeo-Ristra 230 Washington St. Hoboken, NJ - Featured Comic with Radomir Luza Jr., Joseph DeVita and many more ...
• 08/22/2004 The Oldest Bar Poetry Reading in the Village at The Back Fence at 155 Bleecker Street (corner of Thompson) Greenwich Village, New York City at 3PM - Guest Host
• 09/19/2004 The Fall Cafe at 307 Smith Street, Carroll Gardens, B'klyn NYC at 6PM - Double Feature with Radomir Luza Jr.
• 10/02/2004 Take the 2004 Jersey City Artist Studio Tour and visit The Art House's Day-Long Poetry Installation with some of the Area's Finest Performers and Artists (including yours truely!) at Victory Hall (Victory Hall Cultural Center 186 Grand St. at Marin Blvd. Jersey City, NJ 07302) from NOON - 6PM. Take PATH to Grove St.
• 10/02/2004 NYPL Riverside Branch at 3PM - The Riverside Poets Present: Roxanne Hoffman and Ian Wold
• 10/03/2004 The Moroccan Star, 148 Atlantic Avenue (Between Henry & Clinton Sts.), Brooklyn Heights, NY at 1PM - Double Feature with Patricia Carragon
• 10/05/2004 Jordan's Steakhouse and Lounge, 247 Newark Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07302, Comedy Night hosted by Karen Elkind from 8PM - 9:30PM. Take PATH to Grove St. - Sorry Roxanne's Appearance Cancelled Due to Illness!
• 10/10/2004 The Oldest Bar Poetry Reading in the Village at The Back Fence at 155 Bleecker Street (corner of Thompson) Greenwich Village, New York City at 3PM - Guest Host with Features Robert Dunn, Linda Lerner and Kathy Fazio
• 10/16/2004 Poetry In The Park 2004 Fall Series at The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center in Central Park at Take #2 or #3 Subway Lines to Central Park North (110th Street) Lenox Ave. Free! Open Mic follows Feature. Hosted by Jamaal King at 3PM - The Vampire Poet, Taneka Shavelle-Banks and The Riverside Poets
• 10/17/2004 The Back Fence at 155 Bleecker Street (corner of Thompson) Greenwich Village, New York City at 3PM - Double Dose of Stand-Up with Pat Lamb
• 10/24/2004 The Oldest Bar Poetry Reading in the Village at The Back Fence at 155 Bleecker Street (corner of Thompson) Greenwich Village, New York City at 3PM. No Cover 1 Drink Minimum Open Mic - Guest Host with Featured NY Poet Tom Oleschek & NJ Poet & Singer/Songwriter Jinny Ko)
• 11/09/2004 Jordan's Steakhouse and Lounge, 247 Newark Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07302, Comedy Night hosted by Karen Elkind from 8PM - 9:30PM. Take PATH to Grove St.
• 11/14/2004 The Oldest Bar Poetry Reading in the Village at The Back Fence at 155 Bleecker Street (corner of Thompson) Greenwich Village, New York City at 3PM. No Cover 1 Drink Minimum Open Mic - Guest Host with Featured Poets Evie Ivy, Matthew Anish and Eugene Ring
• 11/17/2004 Telephone Bar 149 2nd Ave (b/w 9th & 10th Sts.)(in the little room in the back)East Village, Manhattan 6PM - 8PM Sponsored by The Field
• 11/18/2004 The Double Dose - NYC's Only Comedy & Cometry Show at Shutters Cafe Bar & Restuarant 433 W. 34th St. btw. 9th & 10th Aves. (Off Dyre Ave.) from 8PM to 9:30 PM. $2 Cover + 2 Drink Minimum Booked Show(Show Producer & Promoter) Featuring Comedians Pat Lamb & Andy Hayward. Hosted by Comedian Celeste Joseph. With Eric Alexander, Craig Sharf, Peter Glisman, Darryl Hill, and many more...
• 11/21/2004 The Double Dose - NYC's Only Comedy & Cometry Show at The Back Fence at 155 Bleecker Street (corner of Thompson) Greenwich Village, New York City at 3PM. No Cover 1 Drink Minimum Open Mic - (Show Producer & Promoter) With Cometrist Adele Stich and Comedian Molly M. Anderson. Hosted by Comedian Celeste Joseph. With Calise and many many more.
• 11/24/2004 Green Pavillion Poetry Event at The Green Pavillion 4307-18th Ave. Bklyn, NY 718.435.4722 F train to 18th Avenue $3.00 donation, min to rest. Hosted by Evie Ivy with Sol Rubin at 7PM - Double Poetry Feature with Pete Dolack
• 11/30/2004 The Magdelena Reading Series at Nightingale Lounge 213 Second Ave. (NW Corner of 13th St. & 2nd Ave.), East Village, NYC. Donation + Drink Minimum. Short Walk from Subway. Take 4/5/6 or N/R/W to 14th St. & Union Square. Hosted by Maggie Algarian. 7:30 till 9:30PM - Triple Feature with Patricia Carragon & Jinny Ko.
• 12/14/2004 Jordan's Steakhouse and Lounge, 247 Newark Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07302, Comedy Night hosted by Karen Elkind from 9PM - 10:30PM. Take PATH to Grove St.
• 12/18/2004 New York in Verse at The Bowery Poetry Club 308 Bowery (off Bleecker St) East Village, NYC 212.614.0505 at 2:30PM - Featured with Poets Angelo Verga, Alan Harawitz, Ngoma, Kate Hall and Hosts Miriam Stanley & Natalia Zaretsky

2003

• 10/9/2003 The Back Fence - Double Feature with DeeAnne Gorman
• 12/4/2003 West Side Arts Coalition - The Riverside Poets