there are poetry readings with MARY WEEMS. I'm bopping around the Pacific Northwest these few days. I stopped at an open mic in the bar of a Thai restaurant last nite. A small and slightly clichey group were there. Friendly enough, but no greeter… more »

The Tenth Annual Tremont Arts and Cultural Festival returns to Lincoln Park-Starkweather and West 14th Street this Saturday and Sunday, September 20 and 21 in Lincoln Park – 1208 Starkweather Avenue, in Cleveland’s historic Tremont neighborhood. The… more »

UPDATE I goofed up the date for this. The special nite for Mary Weems is NEXT WEEK, Thursday September 25 at 9:00pm. Sorry all. The poetry never stops at the Lit café. Right on the heels of a magnificent second Thursday Night, we smack you in t… more »

Every year with only one exception, since that fateful year 2001, I have posted my memorial to two friends that lost their lives in the World Trade Center disaster. The fifth anniversary was turned into a governmental media event to justify a war based… more »

A rare thing that our regular second Thursday Poetry Night at the Literary Café actually falls on a date that has transcending significance. This month, the month of my birth, the month of Virgos gone wild, September has our not-so-humble poetry venue… more »