“Cheap Wine and Poetry” presents a new spin on Seattle’s coolest and most popular poetry reading series, “Cheap Beer and Prose,” on Thursday, September 10, 7 p.m. at Richard Hugo House. Featured writers include Ryan Boudinot, Cienna Madrid, Mary Purdy and David Schmader, all reading from long works while putting back a few cold ones. Charla Grenz hosts, and, in the spirit of “Cheap Wine and Poetry,” where wine is served
for a buck per plastic cup, beer is $1 per cup.
Admission is FREE, though donations are encouraged to help keep the beer
or wine cheap and the prose or poetry free. Open mic sign-up is at the
door. Books from authors and "Cheap Wine and Poetry" merchandise is for sale.
"Cheap Wine and Poetry" is co-sponsored by Richard Hugo House.
For more info: www.cheapwineandpoetry.com.
ABOUT THE READERS
Ryan Boudinot is the author of “The Littlest Hitler” (Counterpoint, 2006),
a Publishers Weekly Book of the Year. His novel “Misconception” is
forthcoming from Grove Atlantic in fall 2009. His work has appeared in
McSweeney's, The Stranger, “The Best American Nonrequired Reading” and
elsewhere. He teaches at Goddard College's M.F.A. program in Port
Townsend.
Cienna Madrid is a local writer and humorist whose articles have appeared
in The Stranger, Arcade Journal, SubTerrain Magazine and the Boise Weekly.
She is a writer-in-residence at Richard Hugo House, where she is working
to complete her first novel. In her free time Madrid volunteers at
Heritage House and mentors a teen writer who often exhibits more
discipline and skill than Madrid herself.
Mary Purdy is a transplant from NYC where she was a regular on the comedy
scene. Her solo show “PURDY WOMAN” was produced at several Off-Broadway
venues in NYC as well as featured in the Piccolo Spoleto Fest in
Charleston, SC, and Bumbershoot Festival 2005. Her 2nd solo piece “Judy
Blume Owes Me” was produced in both LA, NYC and Seattle as well as
featured in a variety of comedy festivals. Mary was a regular comedy
contributor to NPR's “The Next Big Thing” for 3 years. Her work has been
seen here in Seattle at On the Boards Live Girls! Theatre, Spin the
Bottle, The Stay Up Late Show, Macha Monkey Cabaret and Hugo House among
other places. She is also co-artistic director and founder of
UnicycleCollective.org dedicated to producing new & original solo
theatrical works.
David Schmader is a writer and performer who's been living and working in
Seattle since 1991. His solo plays include Letter to Axl and Straight,
which he's performed to great acclaim in Seattle and across the U.S. In
his spare time, Schmader is also the world's foremost authority on the
brilliant horribleness of Paul Verhoven's Showgirls, hosting annotated
screenings of the notorious stripper drama at film festivals across the
country and supplying the commentary track for MGM's special-edition
Showgirls DVD in 2002. Since 1999, Schmader's been an editor and staff
writer for the Seattle newsweekly The Stranger, for which he writes the
weekly pop culture-and-politics column "Last Days." He's currently
completing the new live cinema essay Nomi's Inferno: An Abridged and
Annotated Tour of American Cinematic Failure, and a new solo play, Litter.
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Thursday, September 3, 2009
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
"Cheap Wine and Poetry" Kicks Ass!
Thanks to everyone who came out last Thursday for the final "Cheap Wine and Poetry" of 2007.
It was by far one of our best readings yet. The crowd was raucously welcoming, and all the performers, Rajnii Eddins, Chris Leasure, Brian McGuigan, and Ryan Boudinot, brought their A-games.
Also, thanks to everyone who bought raffle tickets from our raffle hustler (and one of our featured readers in January 2008) Kate Lebo. Through the raffle, we raised more than $120, enough to pay for our web hosting through 2008. Many thanks to all the poets and writers who contributed books, CDs, etc. to the raffle. You all kick ass too!
See you in January.
It was by far one of our best readings yet. The crowd was raucously welcoming, and all the performers, Rajnii Eddins, Chris Leasure, Brian McGuigan, and Ryan Boudinot, brought their A-games.
Also, thanks to everyone who bought raffle tickets from our raffle hustler (and one of our featured readers in January 2008) Kate Lebo. Through the raffle, we raised more than $120, enough to pay for our web hosting through 2008. Many thanks to all the poets and writers who contributed books, CDs, etc. to the raffle. You all kick ass too!
See you in January.
Friday, October 19, 2007
You Don't Wanna Miss It!
After a summer hiatus of barbecues, bocce ball, and a special Pioneer Square reading, “Cheap Wine and Poetry” returns to our usual digs, Richard Hugo House, for our last reading of the year, Thursday November 8th, 7 p.m.
Joining series curator Brian McGuigan on the stage will be poet and performer Rajnii Eddins, fiction writer Chris Leasure, and Ryan Boudinot, author of “The Littlest Hitler.” As always, the ever-effervescent Charla Grenz will host, and the wine is $1/glass. The sub-prime lending crisis hasn’t affected the cheap wine market yet. Open mic sign-up is at the door, but reading slots are limited, so come early to sign-up before the winos build their liquid courage and take all of them.
Since this is our last “Cheap Wine and Poetry” of the year, we have a few holiday surprises under our tree, menorah, kinara, or aluminum pole, for you Festivus celebrators; it is for the rest of us, after all. If you wear your “Cheap Wine and Poetry” t-shirt to the reading, you’ll get a free glass on us. We know how to spread that good, old holiday cheer. Speaking of tees, we’ll be running a holiday special: two “Cheap Wine and Poetry” t-shirts for $25. Get one for you and yours and ensure you’ll look cool and sexy despite the inevitable cheap wine hangover. We also have a raffle in the works (Prizes to be announced.) and perhaps a few other surprises; you’ll have to come for those though.
Hope we’ll see you there.
ABOUT THE READERS
Ryan Boudinot’s work has appeared in McSweeney’s, BlackBook, and The Best American Non-Required Reading 2003 and 2005. His collection of short stories, “The Littlest Hitler,” was named one of the best 100 books of 2006 by Publisher’s Weekly.
Rajnii Eddins is a poet, singer/songwriter, performance artist and teacher. He is the co-founder of an organization called the Poetry Experience, which he initiated with his mother, Randee Eddins, in August of 1998. Rajnii has performed at more than 300 venues including: festivals, theatres, poetry slams, colleges and universities, cafes, bookstores, and a wide variety of schools. Rajnii, as a teacher, works with many at-risk youth from primary grades through high school creating and implementing curriculums that teach non-violence through poetry and spoken word that serve to deconstruct media stereotypes reaffirm self-identity and improve self-esteem.
Chris Leasure publishes fiction under her porn star name, Leslie Anne Leasure, in such fabulous publications as Blood Sisters: Lesbian Vampire Tales, Blithe House Quarterly, and Best Lesbian Love Stories. She has an MFA from some university in the midwest and an excerpt of her experimental novel-in-progress, Solanaceae Gardens, can be found in the current issue of Del Sol Review. Chris works at Hugo House and mocks Brian's cubicle daily.
Brian McGuigan, curator of “Cheap Wine and Poetry,” works at Richard Hugo House and was selected as curator of the Seattle City Council’s Words’ Worth Poetry Series in 2007. Spankstra Press published his chapbook, “More Than I Left Behind” in 2006. Currently, McGuigan is working on a follow-up to his chapbook, a few short stories, and has hopes for developing a one-man show. You can read more about Brian and his work at www.brianwithani.com.
Joining series curator Brian McGuigan on the stage will be poet and performer Rajnii Eddins, fiction writer Chris Leasure, and Ryan Boudinot, author of “The Littlest Hitler.” As always, the ever-effervescent Charla Grenz will host, and the wine is $1/glass. The sub-prime lending crisis hasn’t affected the cheap wine market yet. Open mic sign-up is at the door, but reading slots are limited, so come early to sign-up before the winos build their liquid courage and take all of them.
Since this is our last “Cheap Wine and Poetry” of the year, we have a few holiday surprises under our tree, menorah, kinara, or aluminum pole, for you Festivus celebrators; it is for the rest of us, after all. If you wear your “Cheap Wine and Poetry” t-shirt to the reading, you’ll get a free glass on us. We know how to spread that good, old holiday cheer. Speaking of tees, we’ll be running a holiday special: two “Cheap Wine and Poetry” t-shirts for $25. Get one for you and yours and ensure you’ll look cool and sexy despite the inevitable cheap wine hangover. We also have a raffle in the works (Prizes to be announced.) and perhaps a few other surprises; you’ll have to come for those though.
Hope we’ll see you there.
ABOUT THE READERS
Ryan Boudinot’s work has appeared in McSweeney’s, BlackBook, and The Best American Non-Required Reading 2003 and 2005. His collection of short stories, “The Littlest Hitler,” was named one of the best 100 books of 2006 by Publisher’s Weekly.
Rajnii Eddins is a poet, singer/songwriter, performance artist and teacher. He is the co-founder of an organization called the Poetry Experience, which he initiated with his mother, Randee Eddins, in August of 1998. Rajnii has performed at more than 300 venues including: festivals, theatres, poetry slams, colleges and universities, cafes, bookstores, and a wide variety of schools. Rajnii, as a teacher, works with many at-risk youth from primary grades through high school creating and implementing curriculums that teach non-violence through poetry and spoken word that serve to deconstruct media stereotypes reaffirm self-identity and improve self-esteem.
Chris Leasure publishes fiction under her porn star name, Leslie Anne Leasure, in such fabulous publications as Blood Sisters: Lesbian Vampire Tales, Blithe House Quarterly, and Best Lesbian Love Stories. She has an MFA from some university in the midwest and an excerpt of her experimental novel-in-progress, Solanaceae Gardens, can be found in the current issue of Del Sol Review. Chris works at Hugo House and mocks Brian's cubicle daily.
Brian McGuigan, curator of “Cheap Wine and Poetry,” works at Richard Hugo House and was selected as curator of the Seattle City Council’s Words’ Worth Poetry Series in 2007. Spankstra Press published his chapbook, “More Than I Left Behind” in 2006. Currently, McGuigan is working on a follow-up to his chapbook, a few short stories, and has hopes for developing a one-man show. You can read more about Brian and his work at www.brianwithani.com.
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