The Performer

The Riverside PoetsThe Riverside Poets
©David Elasser 2003

FEATURES 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 PHOTOS

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 and 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
  • 3/15/09 (Sunday) at 5:30PM (till 7:30PM): Phoenix Reading Series @ Bengal Curry 65 West Broadway (Btwn. Murray and Warren, South of Chambers St., North of WTC) New York, NY 10007 (212.571.1122) Subway: 1/2/3/A/C/E to Chambers. $3 + Food/Drink Purchase. EFRAYIM LEVENSON, EVIE IVY and ROXANNE HOFFMAN + Open Mic. Hosted by Michael Graves and George Spencer.
  • 03/22/09 (Sunday) AT 5PM in Babylon, NY: THE RAINBOW READING WELCOMES SPRING! @ Pisces Cafe 14A Railroad Avenue (at the Babylon Station of the LIRR) Babylon, New York 11702, 5PM - 8PM, FREE!  Your Beverage/Snack Purchase Help Support This Venue. CHOCOLATE WATERS, FRANK KELLY + OPEN MIC.  Hosted by Kevin Wisher and  Roxanne Hoffman. Sponsored by PALI and PWP.
  • 03/23/09(Monday) at 7PM in Williamsburg, Brooklyn An Echo, A Stain @ Stain Bar 766 Grand Street (@ Humboldt) WILLIAMSBURG, Brooklyn. FREE!  An Echo, A Stain, 646.246.4957. Subway: L to Grand Street. JANICE BRABAW, CARRIE VANDENBURG, VALERIE JUPE, ROXANNE HOFFMAN + Open. Hosted by Janice Brabaw.
  • 03/30/2009 (Monday) at 7PM (Till 9PM): The Inspired Word Monday Reading Series: A Passionate Night of Poetry and Prose @ Tierra Sana Restaurant 100-17 Queens Blvd and 67th Road, Forest Hills, Queens. 718.830.0544. By subway, take the local R or V to 67th Avenue stop (and it's right there between 67th Road and 67th Avenue along Queens Boulevard). Free wine tasting! Free appetizers! Awesome ambience and food! A great collection of writers and their work! EMILY CROCKER, LEANNA RENEE HIEBER, ROXANNE HOFFMAN, LAWRENCE E. SOEHNEL, CHRISTINE SORIA + Open Mike. EMCEES: Foster Stevenson, Marron Cox. Curated by Michele Geffner.
  • 04/17/09 (Friday) at 8PM (till 9PM) in NYC: Janice Brabaw ~presents~ Strange Little Girls: Knockout Women Each Reading Knockout Poems! @ Otto's Shrunken Head 538 East 14TH St. (Btwn. Aves. A and B) Take 4,5,6, N, R, L to 14th St.  ANGEL THOMPSON-GEORGES, JANICE BRABAW, VALERIE JUPE, ROXANNE HOFFMAN. Curated by Janice Brabaw
  • 04/26/09 (Sunday) at 3PM (Till 5PM): LEWIS H. LATIMER POETRY SALON @ LEWIS H. LATIMER HOUSE MUSEUM 34-41 137th Street, Flushing, NY 11354 (718.961.8585) Subway #7 to Main Street and Roosevelt Ave. (Last Stop). Take Q25 to Linden Place and 35th Ave. THADDEUS RUTKOWSKI, RIGOBERTO GONZALES, ROXANNE HOFFMAN, and  JUANITA TORRENCE THOMPSON. Curated by Juanita Torrence Thompson, Editor of MÖBIUS,The Poetry Magazine
  • 06/14/09 (Sunday) at 1PM (till 5PM): BOOKSNJ2009: A Celebration of Books and the Reader Who Love Them @ Paramus Public Library, 116 East Century Road, Paramus, NJ 07652. FREE! Meet the authors! Panel discussions, readings, poetry slam, crafts and storytelling. Book sales and signings. Fiction and Non-Fiction, Adult, Childrens and Young Adult Authors, Illustrators and Poets. More than 90 authors participating! For more info: http://www.booksnj2009.org/ or contact Arlene Sahraie. (1:15pm‐1:45pm) 5-minute readings by Joan Cusack Handler, Roxanne Hoffman, Susanna Rich, Jack Wiler, George Witte; (1:45pm‐2:15pm) Panel Discussion ‐ Poetry Matters: Getting From the Notepad to the Published Book featuring Roxanne Hoffman, Joan Cusack Handler,  Jack Wiler and facilitated by John J. Trause. Sponsored by BCCLS, Berkeley College, Paramus Public Library, New Jersey State Library, New York Life, Town News.
  • 06/22/09 (Monday) at 7PM (till 9PM)in The East Village, NYC: Vampyre Salon @ Yippie Museum Cafe 9 Bleecker Street  (Btwn. Bowery and Elizabeth)  CALL 212-677-5918. Take 6 to Bleeker St.  or D|F|V to Broadway/Lafayette. FREE! (Hat Passed to support the venue.) Refreshments available for purchase. Host and featured performance by ROXANNE HOFFMAN plus open mic. Curated by Angela Peluso.
  • 06/26/2009 (Friday) at 6PM (till 8PM)in Greenwich Village, NYC: Son of Pony @ The Cornelia Street Café, 29 Cornelia Street, New York, NY 10014 (212.989.9319) Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. $7 cover includes house drink. Featured Poet: ROXANNE HOFFMAN + Limited Open Mic! (About 20 3-minute slots as time allows) Hosted by EVE PACKER.
  • 07/05/09 (Sunday) at 5PM (till 7PM)in Brooklyn: Vox Pop Spoken Word Open Mike @ VOX POP, 1022 Cortelyou Road, Brooklyn, NY 11218, (718 940 2084). Take F to Ditmas or Q to Cortelyou. For More Info: http://www.voxpopnet.net/   FREE! Featuring ROXANNE HOFFMAN and TBA + Open Mic. Hosted by Mike Fiorito and Addie Hopes
  • 07/20/2009 (Monday) at 7PM in Rockport/Oceanside, LI: The Summer Gazebo Readings @ Schoolhouse Green, Foxhurst Road and Locust Avenue, Just east of Long Beach Road, Oceanside, NY 11572. FREE! Bring your on lawn chair. Coffee and desert. Raffles sold. Take LIRR to Rockville Center. For more information, directions, etc. go to: summergazeboreadings.blogspot.com or call Tony Iovino at 516.741.8585. Featured Poets and Writers: JILLIAN ABBOTT REED, FARREL COLEMAN, BARBARA REIHER-MEYERS, ROXANNE HOFFMAN. Curated by TONY IOVINO. Sponsored in part by the Kiwanis Club of Oceanside.

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 and more...Sunday, January 20 from 8PM to 10PM at The American Theater of Actors, 314 West 54th Street (btwn. 8th and 9th Aves.) New York, NY Suggested Donation of $5.
  • 01/28/2008 A Trio of Poets: Lyrical and 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 and 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 and 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 and 109th St, New York, NY 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 1001(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 and 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 and 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 and  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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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. and 7th Ave. $6 cover. Info: www.smallsjazzclub.com, 212-252-5091. Smalls Jazz Club Lit Series Features ROXANNE HOFFMAN  Plus Open Mic. Hosted by Christine Timm and 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 and 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 and 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 with 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
  • 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. and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and The Riverside Poets. Guest Host: Me!
  • 09/08/2007 at 6PM: Reading at Robin's BooksRobin's Bookstore,  108 South 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (215.735.9600) 6PM - 8PM Free.  Featuring Patricia Carragon and 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 and TANTRA. Guest Host: Me!
  • 09/15/2007 at 4:30PM: The Brownstone Poets @ FIFTH AVENUE RESTAURANT and DINER 432 5th Avenue (btwn. 8th and 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 and 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 and Herbert Fuerst.
  • 09/23/2007 (6PM - 10PM) Poetic License 2007 #2 Naumberg Bandshell at Naumberg Bandshell in Central Park, N.Y.C. FREE! - Spoken Word Feature with JACKIE SHEELER, EVIE IVY, ANGELA PELUSA and LARRY SIMON and his band + Open Mic.Hosted by ANGELA PELUSA. Open Sign-up starting 5:30PM. Take B/C to 72st and Central Park West or 1/2/3/9 to 72nd St and 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 and 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. and 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 and 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 and Open Mike @ Bluestockings Bookstore 172 Allen St. (btwn. Stanton and Rivington), New York, NY 10002 (1 ½ blocks blocks south from E.Houston NYC) 212.777.6028 info@bluestockings.com http://www.bluestockings.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 and 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 and 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 and MIRIAM STANLEY. Guest Host: Me!
  • 11/17/2007 at 2PM New York Poetry Forum @  Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 3rd Avenues). 1 Drink Minimum + Hat Passed ($5 Suggested Donation) Hosted by PWP Publishers/Editors: Roxanne Hoffman and 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 and 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 and Produced by Telly Wong - Featuring ROXANNE HOFFMAN, TEE, FELICE, TAIYO NA,VIVIAN ST.GEORGE and 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 and Produced by Telly Wong Featuring JAY LEGASPI, ROXANNE HOFFMAN, JANE ORMEROD, ASIA and 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 and Produced by Telly Wong -
    ANTHONY JOEL LEE with PATRICIA CARRAGON,
    ROXANNE HOFFMAN, FERNANDO DEGUIA, REGIE CABICO,
    KEVIN NADAL, JOHN J. TRAUSE and 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' and 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 and DONALD SEIGEL with 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 ABC NO RIO Reading Series at ABC NO RIO 158 Rivington Street between Clinton and 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 with 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 and 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 and Reading (about 15 minutes)

  • 07/04 (10PM - 12AM) Sandy Kane's Blew Comedy Party at EASTERN BLOC 505 East 6th Street between Avenues A and 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.

  • Walt Whitman
    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 and 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 and 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 and Fiesta
    at East 112th Madison and 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 and 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 and Produced by Telly Wong -
    Please join us every Wednesday night @ 8:00 p.m.
    For Bookings Contact Jeannel by Email to
    mailto: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
    http://www.lesproductions.com/

  • 09/17/2006 (5PM - 7PM)
    Poetry, Performance and BYO Barbecue @ Arlene Schloss's Loft and 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, NOT IN OUR CITY - End Sexual Violence - NYCAGAINSTRAPE.ORG
    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 Naumberg Bandshell 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 and Central Park West or
    1/2/3/9 to 72nd St & Bway and walk over.

  • 09/25/2006 (8PM - 10PM)
    Hidden Treasure Reading Series Hidden
    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
    mailto: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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and 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 and Open Mic- Poetry Feature

  • 01/24/2005 Welcomed Words at Rue de Jardin, 4th and 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 and 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 and 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. and Dongan Pl.,
    Every Thursday from 7pm-9pm,
    No Cover/$5 food/beverage min.,
    Take A to 200th and 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 and BRETT AXEL
    Hosted by ANGELA PELUSA. Starting 5:30PM. Take B/C to 72st and Central Park West or
    1/2/3/9 to 72nd St and 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 and Others...

  • 06/25/2005 WORD BEAT: Poetry + Piano + Percussion + Primavera 7:00PM-10:00PM
    Hosted by Roxanne Hoffman and Brant Lyon at Shutters Cafe, 433 West 34th St. (Between 9th and 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 and
    KARYN KAY, Accompanied by The Larry Simon Ensemble (Larry Simon-Guitar/music director,
    Cynthia Chatis-flute, Nate Edgar-Bass, Mike Barron and 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 and 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 and 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 and ART CENTER, 161 West 22d St.
    (bet. 6th and 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 and Brant Lyon at Shutters Cafe, 433 West 34th St. (Between 9th and 10 Aves.)
    Manhattan, NYC. $5 Cover with Food/Beverage Purchase.
    HALLOWEEN SHOW Featured with IRIS N. SCHWARTZ, BRANT LYON, THE ELECTRIC WOLFPACK: REDD WIGGS and 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 and 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




  • 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


  • 04/17/2004 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. and Lenox - The Riverside Poets

  • 05/06/2004 New York Comedy Club - Steve Arons' New Talent Showcase


  • 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 and 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 and NJ Poet and 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 and 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 and Cometry Show
    at Shutters Cafe Bar and Restuarant
    433 W. 34th St. btw. 9th and 10th Aves. (Off Dyre Ave.)
    from 8PM to 9:30 PM. $2 Cover + 2 Drink Minimum Booked Show(Show Producer and Promoter) Featuring Comedians Pat Lamb and 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 and 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 and 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. and 2nd Ave.), East Village, NYC. Donation + Drink Minimum. Short Walk from Subway. Take 4/5/6 or N/R/W to 14th St. and 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 and
    Natalia Zaretsky

2003

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

Roxanne welcomes comments and constructive criticism for her webpages as well as invitations to read or perform and to submit her poetry and prose for publication.