June Readings and Events


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 7:30PM
NEW SOUTH READING: MATTHEW PITT, JOSH GREEN & KATIE CHAPLE
KAVARNA, DECATUR
Matthew Pitt’s first story collection, Attention Please Now, is the winner of the 2009 Autumn House Fiction Prize. Stories of his were recently cited in the Best American Short Stories, Best American Nonrequired Reading, and Pushcart Prize anthologies. Josh Green is a journalist and fiction writer living in Atlanta. His work has appeared in The Adirondack Review, New South, Lake Effect, Bloodroot, Amarillo Bay, The Indianapolis Star and most recently placed second for the Kneale Award in Purdue University’s 76th Annual Literary Competition. He covers the crime beat for a metro newspaper, adhering reluctantly to facts. Katie Chaple teaches poetry and writing at the University of West Georgia. Her work has appeared in 32 Poems, Antioch Review, Bellevue Literary Review, Crab Orchard Review, Passages North, Southern Humanities Review, Washington Square, and she was the recipient of Southern Humanities Review's Theodore Christian Hoepfner Award as well as awarded a McEver Chair appointment with Poetry@Tech in the spring of 2009. Kavarna is located at 707 East Lake Dr.

FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 7:00PM
ART AMOK POETRY SLAM & GRIND
URBAN GRIND COFFEE HOUSE
ART AMOK opens June with 2 wildly inspiring, talented & amazing veterans of poetry-both on and off the page, Denise Jolly and Ryler Dustin. First come, first served poetry slam= 2 rounds of 3 minute original poems.$6 to support the artists and Art Amok Slam Team. FREE to judge.


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 8:15 PM
SUMMER COFFEEHOUSE SERIES
OPEN MIC POETRY READING
Callanwolde’s popular summertime coffee house series returns with live music, coffee and refreshments and open-mic poetry readings. Held in the unique setting of the Callanwolde Library, the evening begins at 7:30 with live acoustic music and at 8:15 the open mic readings are open to poets who would like to read their original poetry. John Kunz, a musician's musician, will sing his own heartfelt and observant songs along with acoustic guitar. He has performed at many acoustic venues in Atlanta including the Freight Room and Lena's Place, as well as playing jazz-style piano around the Southeast. The first ten poets to call and sign up at 404-872-5338 ext. 228 will read for 5 minutes. Tickets are sold at the door. $5 General Admission, $3 Students/Seniors/Members.


JUNE 25 & 26, 8:00 PM
WISH YOU WERE HERE
FEATURING JON GOODE & THERESA DAVIS
7 STAGES THEATRE
Wish You Were Here, the spoken word performance show featuring Theresa Davis & Jon Goode, returns to 7 Stages June 25th and 26th! The 25th will be an encore performance of the original show and the 26th will be the staging of a new performance. Special guests include Slam Poet April AP Smith, Slam Poet Gus Wood, Slam Poet Darnell Fine, BET Lyric Cafe's Cola Rum and HBO Def Poetry/BET Lyric Cafe's Malik Salaam to name a few. It promises to be two incredible nights of art and artistry. Come see what the fuss is all about; 7 Stages Theater, 1105 Euclid Ave tickets $10 in advance and $15 at the door. www.7stages.org or call 404-523-7647.

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