LES MORELY & RAVEN CHRONICLES PRESENT:
RED SKY REDUX AT HOPVINE PUB (formerly known as the 5-0 Tavern).
June 24, Sunday, 7:30 p.m.
Readers: Marion Kimes, Willie Smith, Martha Linehan,
Doug Nufer. Music: Wally Shoup. + Open Mic.
Hopvine, 507 15th Ave. East, Capitol Hill.
Info: 206 941-2955 or 206 898-5460.
Sanskrit translations, a deep bioregional sense of place and homages to dead (mostly) poet friends makes Andrew Schelling’s new book a compelling distillation of subjects he’s been tracking for over 40 years. Author of “Tracks Along The Left Coast: Jaime D’Angulo & Pacific Coast Culture” and “From the Arapaho Songbook” and many other titles, he lives in the mountains outside of Boulder, Colorado, and teaches poetry and Sanskrit at Naropa University. The new book is Forests, Temples and Glacial Rivers, published by Empty Bowl.
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Join us in marking the publication of Winter in America (Again: Poets Respond to 2024 with a reading from some of the contributing poets and editors. The reading will take place February 4, 2025, 7 P.M. PST at the Seattle University Sinegal Center for Science and...
In the call, we stated: “We are looking for words that come from thoughtful reflection and compassion for the loss we feel for ourselves and this country. (Please no screeds.)” Still, we got many poems that were filled with righteous anger, on which we passed. The book features many poems that offer suggestions, pathways and even self-care tips for the new Winter in America. That very phrase “Winter in America” comes from Gil Scott-Heron, and was used by the editors as a sort-of invocation to Gil’s spirit and legacy. I
Am out of town then and can’t come but these Red Sky Redux events always make me smile and I’d be there if I could.
Judith
Kudos to Splab, Red Sky,Raven and all for having modern jazz in a poetry gig: takes me back to the 1960’s in North Beach, San Francisco, CA -JAZZ and POETRY days!
Jose, I hope you’ll attend and read.
I plan on attending. It’s been a long time since I’ve been at a Red Sky event and I have missed it. By the way, Great Poster! See you all then.
Be sure to say hello.
I will. Hope to see you soon as well.