Weave Magazine

Pittsburgh Lit Events: March 8 - 14

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, March 9:

Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm

Saturday, March 13:

Transformative Writing: The Art of Journaling
Writing workshop feat. Matthew Adams
Garfield Artworks
4931 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Garfield)
time? – $? – (412)231-1581

Let Her Be A Sweet Thing
Spoken Word-Operetta inspired by Civil Rights activist Claudette Colvin, as
conceived and performed by poet Vanessa German .
The ToonSeum
945 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Downtown)
6:30pm - $? - (412) 232-0199

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Weave Magazine Issue 03 Release! Remedy in Lawrenceville on Wednesday 3/03 @ 7pm

weavezine@gmail.com (Weave Magazine) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:48:00 +0000

Weave Magazine is celebrating the launch of our third issue in two years. Check out readings and performances from issue 03 contributors.

The event is FREE and OPEN to the public!

Weave Issue 03 will be available on site to purchase! We will be spicing things up a bit. Remedy Bar in Lawrenceville will host the event, including

readings from poets
-Sally Wen Mao
-Adam Atkinson
-Brenda Battad
-Rebecca Mertz

and performances by
-a one-act play by Robert Isenberg
-songwriter Mark Rice

And of course, the bar is only a short walk from the stage.

Check us out in PopCity's Pop Filter!

Pittsburgh Lit Events: March 1 - 7

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, March 2:

Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Vincent Zepp, Christine Telfer, and Paul Zrdale Jr
are featured.
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

Wednesday, March 3:

Weave Issue 03 Reading!
(see above post!) Join us in celebration of our third issue. Contributors Sally Wen
Mao, Adam Atkinson, Brenda Battad, Rebecca Mertz, and Robert Isenberg take the
stage. Songwriter Mark Rice also to perform.
Remedy Bar and Lounge
5121 Butler St Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
7:30pm - free - (412) 781-6771

Friday, March 5:

Gist Street Reading Series
Featuring Cheryl Dumesnil (poetry) and Susan Messer (fiction).
James Simon Sculpture Studio (3rd floor)
305 Gist St Pittsburgh, PA (Uptown)
8:00pm – $10 - (412) 434-5629

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Pittsburgh Lit Events: February 22 - 28

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Monday, February 22:

Drue Heinz Lecture Series - Elizabeth Alexander
Obama's Inaugural poet, Elizabeth Alexander, speaks in Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:30pm - $35+ - (412) 622-8866

Tuesday, February 23:

Prosody
91.3 WYEP Radio
7:00pm

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Feat. Jennifer Johnson & more TBA.
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

Wednesday, February 24:

Creative Nonfiction Issue 38 Release Party
Get a copy of the "new" Creative Nonfiction and help us celebrate the release of
Issue 38. Feat. Rebecca Skloot and music by Vipers Soul Club.
Alto Lounge
728 Copeland St Pittsburgh, PA (Shadyside)
7:00pm - free - (412) 682-1074

Thursday, February 25:

Let Her Be A Sweet Thing
Spoken Word-Operetta inspired by Civil Rights activist Claudette Colvin, as
conceived and performed by poet Vanessa German .
The ToonSeum
945 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Downtown)
time? - $? - (412) 232-0199

Dukes and Duchesses on the Bluff - Poetry Slam
Original poetry, haikus, ballads and more performed by Duquesne University
community members.
The Red Ring
1015 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Uptown)
8:00pm - free - (412) 396-1117

Friday, February 26:

Let Her Be A Sweet Thing
Spoken Word-Operetta inspired by Civil Rights activist Claudette Colvin, as
conceived and performed by poet Vanessa German .
The ToonSeum
945 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Downtown)
time? - $? - (412) 232-0199

Rebecca Skloot Reading
Author of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks reads at CMU.
Steinberg Auditorium - A53 Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
3:30pm - free - (412)

Three Rivers Review Fifteenth Anniversary Reading
Three Rivers Review of Undergraduate Literature, a publication of the University
of Pittsburgh Honors College, celebrates its fifteenth anniversary with current &
former staff and contributors. Feat. Brian Scullion, Kris Collins, Jeff Oaks, and
1998 TRR Poetry Prize-winner Paula Bohince.
William Pitt Union - Room 548
University of Pittsburgh
3959 Fifth Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:30pm - free- (412) 648-7814

Saturday, February 27:

Kinetix! Poetry in Motion
Feat. Nathan James
New Hazlett Theater
Allegheny Sq East Pittsburgh, PA (North side)
10:30pm - $10 - (412)320-4610

Sunday, February 28:

RESCHEDULED from 2/14:
Pittsburgh Poetry Series: Ed Ochester
Pittsburgh Poetry Series welcomes poet Ed Ochester.
Father Ryan Arts Center
420 Chartiers Ave McKees Rocks, PA
7:00pm - $10 - (412) 771-3052

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Pittsburgh Lit Events: February 15 - 21

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, February 16:

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Feat. Chad Sweeney and Jennifer Sweeney.
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

Steel City Poetry Slam
Hosted by DJ Brewer
Local poets perform slam poetry
Shadow Lounge
972 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
9:00pm(18+) - $5 - (412) 363-8277

Wednesday, February 17:

The New Yinzer Presents
Join The New Yinzer for the spring season premiere of TNYPresents. Featured writers include
Adriana Ramirez, Diana Joseph, Che Elias, and Angele Ellis, with music by Pittsburgh cult-legend Weird Paul.
ModernFormations
4919 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
8:00pm - $5 (free w/ pot luck contribution) - (412) 362-0274

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Pittsburgh Lit Events: February 8 - 14

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:00:00 +0000

Monday, February 8:

Drue Heinz Lecture Series - Barry Lopez
National Book Award-winning writer Barry Lopez speaks in Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:30pm - $35+ - (412) 622-8866

Tuesday, February 9:

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Feat. Michael Wurster and Nikki Allen.
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

Thursday, February 11:

CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER!
~~Pitt Contemporary Writers Series Presents: Sven Birkerts & Maud Newton~~
Discussion on The Future of the Book with Sven Birkerts (2010 William Block Sr. Writer) and
Maud Newton (author & blogger), moderated by Pitt professor Cathy Day.
University of Pittsburgh
Frick Fine Arts Building - Room 125
Schenley Dr Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:30pm - free - (412) 624-4125

Sunday, February 14:

Pittsburgh Poetry Series: Ed Ochester
Pittsburgh Poetry Series welcomes poet Ed Ochester.
Father Ryan Arts Center
420 Chartiers Ave McKees Rocks, PA
7:00pm - $? - (412) 771-3052

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Pittsburgh Lit Events: February 1 -7

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:30:00 +0000

Tuesday, February 2:

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Feat. Arlan Hess and Weave's Laura Davis.
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

Wednesday, February 3:

Pittsburgh Poets' Playshop
You’ve heard of a writer’s workshop, but this is a playshop! Join local poets and writers
in collaborative compositions, surrealist writing games, found poetry exercises, and much more. Come learn, compose, and have fun with writing.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Large Print Room
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
12:00pm - free - (412) 578-2586

Friday, February 5:

Gist Street Reading Series
Featuring Douglas Kearney (poetry) and Josh Weil (fiction).
James Simon Sculpture Studio (3rd floor)
305 Gist St Pittsburgh, PA (Uptown)
8:00pm – $10 - (412) 434-5629

TypewriterGirls @ Remedy's Speak Easy/Talk Dirty
The TypewriterGirls host Remedy Bar and Lounge's Speak Easy/Talk Dirty. Featuring
readings by Adam Atkinson (Weave Issue 03) and Ellen McGrath Smith, burlesque dancer and performance artist Jen Cook, accordionist Steve Pellegrino, and DJ Randy Spinster.
Remedy Bar and Lounge
5121 Butler St Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
9:30pm - $6 - (412) 781-6771

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Pittsburgh Lit Events: January 24 - 31

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 22:30:00 +0000

Tuesday, January 26:

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Feat. Celeste Gainey and Sarah Williams-Deveraux
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

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Pittsburgh Lit Events: January 17 - 24

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 18:00:00 +0000

Sunday, January 17:

Carnegie Library Sunday Reading Series
The Carnegie Library welcomes Liane Norman and Dorothy Holley.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Main Branch)
Quiet Reading Room, Main Floor
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
2:00pm - free – (412) 622-3116

A Literary House Show: a Night of Apocalyptic Writing
Feat. Madeleine Barnes, Jocelyn Sunseri, Walker Mettling, Elwin Cotman,
and Andre Price.
225 Morewood Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:00pm - free

Tuesday, January 19:

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Feat. readers TBA.
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

Steel City Poetry Slam
Hosted by DJ Brewer
Local poets perform slam poetry
Shadow Lounge
972 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
9:00pm(18+) - $5 - (412) 363-8277

Thursday, January 21:

Open Thread/Morgantown Poets Reading Series
Open Thread and Morgantown Poets kickoff their winter/spring reading series. Feat.
Matt Anserello, winner of Open Thread's 2009 Tri-State Chapbook contest for West
Virginia, Isaac Pressnell, and T. W. (Terry) McNemar.
Monongalia Arts Center
107 High St Morgantown, WV (beside Hotel Morgan)
7:00pm - free - (304) 292-3325

Girls With Glasses Presents
Feat. Bernadette Ulsamer and Leslie McIlroy
Round Corner Cantina
3720 Butler St Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
10:00pm - $?

Saturday, January 23:

Kinetix! Poetry in Motion
Feat. Nathan James
New Hazlett Theater
Allegheny Sq East Pittsburgh, PA (North side)
10:30pm - $10 - (412)320-4610

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UPDATE: Pittsburgh Lit Events January 10 - 17

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, January 12:

Naomi Shihab Nye Reading
Pushcart Prize-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye returns to Pittsburgh. Seating is limited.
Please reserve a seat by calling Michelle Stoner at (412) 578-6363.
Carlow University
Kresge Theater
3333 Fifth Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:30pm - free - (412) 578-6363

Sunday, January 17:

Carnegie Library Sunday Reading Series
The Carnegie Library welcomes Liane Norman and Dorothy Holley.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Main Branch)
Quiet Reading Room, Main Floor
4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
2:00pm - free – (412) 622-3116

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Weave Magazine Issue 03 is here!

weavezine@gmail.com (Weave Magazine) — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 16:03:00 +0000

The editors of Weave are so happy to bring you our third issue which, as always, features amazing writing and artwork from a diverse array of contributors. This issue also brings some new features including a short play by the talented Robert Isenberg. You also don't want to miss the interview with poet Huang Xiang whose cover art with artist William Rock is already getting high remarks from our loyal fans. This issue also features work from poet Sheryl St. Germain, fiction from Roxane Gay and artwork by David Mims and Karl Goodrich. You can check out our full contributor list and then go buy a copy on our purchase page. Or better yet, subscribe!

Pittsburgh Lit Events December 13 - 20

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, December 15:

Steel City Poetry Slam
Hosted by DJ Brewer
Local poets perform slam poetry
Shadow Lounge
972 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
9:00pm(18+) - $5 - (412) 363-8277

Sunday, November 29:

Carnegie Library Sunday Reading Series: Che Elias
The Carnegie Library welcomes poet Che Elias.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Main Branch)
Quiet Reading Room, Main Floor
4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
2:00pm - free – (412) 622-3116

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM WEAVE!

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Pittsburgh Lit Events December 6 - 13

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Sunday, December 6:

TypewriterGirls: Save the Libraries!
The TypewriterGirls bring their poetry cabaret to help raise awareness and funding for
the Carnegie Libraries of Pittsburgh. Featuring The TypewriterGirls and a host of their
friends including Sandra Beasley, Nancy Krygowski, Phat Man Dee, Christiane D, Franco
Dok Harris, and many more!
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Main Lecture Hall
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
5:30pm - donations! - (412) 578-2586

Tuesday, December 8:

Winter Shorts Reading
Featuring Craig Bernier, Savannah Schroll Guz, Ben Tanzer.
Té Café
2000 Murray Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Squirrel Hill)
7:00pm - Free - (412)422-8888

Friday, December 11:

WEAVE FEATURED EVENT!
The New Yinzer Special Edition
The New Yinzer welcomes poets John Grochalski, Ally Malinenko, local favorites Ed Steck, Renee Alberts, Jessica Fenlon, and Weave's own Margaret Bashaar & Joel W. Coggins.
ModernFormations
4919 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
8:00pm - $5 (free w/ pot luck contribution) - (412) 362-0274

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At Night the Dead by Lisa Ciccarello

weavezine@gmail.com (Weave Magazine) — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:38:00 +0000

Jacques Derrida, in an essay concerning the German poet, Paul Celan, speaks of the poet as witness to the death of language and poetry as its site of resurrection. In this view, the act of writing poetry becomes intimately related to the poet’s ability to inhabit the space in between; the foreign and the familiar, the cut and the seam, the metaphorical Limbo. In At Night, The Dead, Lisa Ciccarello explores this relationship between poetry, language, and death in a series of beautifully constructed vignettes, each beginning with the line, At night, the dead:

The vignettes in Ciccarello’s collection range in length from half a sentence to several paragraphs, but the themes are constant and recurring: salt, coin, milk, soap, roots, home, sign. Like Gertrude Stein’s, Tender Buttons, Ciccarello is able to take the trite and mundane subject (for Stein – food, objects, rooms; for Ciccarello – the foreboding, the haunt, the dead) and transform it into something else altogether.

The imagery that Ciccarello evokes is, like the subject and the space that precedes it, at once familiar and foreign. The mood is sinister, yet nostalgic, neurotic, yet deviant, all inhabiting the same moment:

At night, inside the house, the dead:
A saucer rimmed with gilt, a sweet I hold my hands over. Later, you palm my blacked-out ankles. Later I wet your palm with my tongue. Warm is what we want.

At night, the dead:
In the time before the dead there were no coins. Regardless, when certain fish then jumped their eyes were coins made luminous by the luminous coin of the moon which was part of the earth almost recently enough to still remember the heat.

Meanwhile, the style of At Night, The Dead reminds us of Stein: think prose that is not prose, repetition of words and images, ignoring proper grammar and syntax. The emphasis is on words and the interplay of words, the signs and images they signify. Ciccarello’s shortest pieces provide the best examples:

At night, the dead:
A little story: salt & grave. Of the finger: the thrice motion: a sign.

At night, the dead:
Linen on the line: diamond: it takes the dead hours to make the sign: soon.

It is clear that the tropes that Ciccarello is working with: the undead, magic, protection, and shamanism are being reconfigured into a refreshingly new narrative. The arc of the collection is dark, a darkness that is surrounding and all-pervasive, but brought together with patches of light and the search for a light that will stay. Towards the end of the collection:

At night, the dead, the perfect inside is outside:
The house is always lit by a flame we can’t blow out. We watch the wick blacken to measure the hour. Our mouths draw close. The flame does not flicker.

The experience of reading At Night, the Dead, sheds light on the idea that, “Nature is a haunted house but Art is a house that tries to be haunted.” Ciccarello’s poems are haunting, in more ways than one. In them, we are confronted both by our old understanding of poetry and the undead, as well as Cicarello’s vision of the new.

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Lisa Ciccarello is a boutique, with boutique hours: http://punchinglittlebirdsintheface.blogspot.com/

At Night, the Dead is published by Blood Pudding Press: www.bloodyooze.blogspot.com

To purchase: BloodPuddingPress.etsy.com

Review by Jen Lue

Pittsburgh Lit Events November 29 - December 6

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, November 31:

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series: Fall Finale
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Liz Gowers, Jess Olridge, and Laurie Lacey read for
Carlow University Senior Night.
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

Friday, December 4:

Gist Street Reading Series
Featuring Mathias Svalina (poetry) and Allison Amend (fiction).
James Simon Sculpture Studio (3rd floor)
305 Gist St Pittsburgh, PA (Uptown)
8:00pm – $5 - (412) 434-5629

TypewriterGirls @ Remedy's Speak Easy/Talk Dirty
The TypewriterGirls host Remedy Bar and Lounge's Speak Easy/Talk Dirty. Featuring
the cross-genre writers Laura Davis and Karen Lillis, burlesque dancer and performance
artist Cuntess Von Tella of the Bridge City Bombshells, experimental musician Dean
Cercone, and DJ Randy Spinster.
Remedy Bar and Lounge
5121 Butler St Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
9:30pm - $6 - (412) 781-6771

Sunday, December 6:

WEAVE FEATURED EVENT:
TypewriterGirls: Save the Libraries!
The TypewriterGirls bring their poetry cabaret to help raise awareness and funding for
the Carnegie Libraries of Pittsburgh. Featuring The TypewriterGirls and a host of their
friends including Sandra Beasley, Nancy Krygowski, Phat Man Dee, Christiane D, Franco
Dok Harris, and many more!
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Main Lecture Hall
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
5:30pm - donations! - (412) 578-2586

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Pittsburgh Lit Events November 22 - 29

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Monday, November 23:

WEAVE FEATURED EVENT:
Stephen Elliott Reading
Stephen Elliott stops in Pittsburgh to read from his critically-acclaimed book The Adderall Diaries: A Memoir of Moods, Masochism, and Murder (Greywolf Press, 2009). The New Yinzer's
Kris Collins and Savannah Guz open.
ModernFormations
4919 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
8:30pm - $4 - (412) 362-0274

Sunday, November 29:

Carnegie Library Sunday Reading Series: Renee Alberts
The Carnegie Library welcomes poet Renee Alberts.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Main Branch)
Quiet Reading Room, Main Floor
4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
2:00pm - free – (412) 622-3116

HAPPY THANKSGIVING FROM WEAVE!

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Pittsburgh Lit Events November 15 - 22

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Monday, November 16:

Drue Heinz Lecture Series - Junot Diaz
Junot Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
(Riverhead, 2007) speaks in Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:30pm - $35+ - (412) 622-8866

Tuesday, November 17:

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series: Sophie Klahr
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Area poet Sophie Klahr is featured.
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

Steel City Poetry Slam
Hosted by DJ Brewer
Local poets perform slam poetry
Shadow Lounge
972 Baum Blvd Pittsburgh, PA (East Liberty)
9:00pm(18+) - $5 - (412) 363-8277

Wednesday, November 18:

The New Yinzer Presents
Join The New Yinzer for the fall season finale of TNYPresents. Featured writers include
Chuck Kinder, Karl Hendricks, and Brendan Kerr with music by Scott Silsbe, Kurt Garrison,
and Mark Mangini.
ModernFormations
4919 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
8:00pm - $5 (free w/ pot luck contribution) - (412) 362-0274

Thursday, November 19:

Sixth Annual ACLU Bill of Rights Poetry Reading
Join Pittsburgh ACLU and emcee Joan E. Bauer for an evening of poetry. Featured poets
include Ed Ochester, Madeleine Barnes, Romella Kitchens, Michael Simms, and many more.
Adamson Wing
Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:00pm - $20(ACLU Membership)/$10(seniors)/$5(students) - (412) 681-7736

Goal Project Spoken Word Event
Open mic fundraiser for the Global Outreach for Addiction Leadership & Learning Project.
Square Cafe
1137 S Braddock Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Regent Square)
6:00pm - $? - (724) 961-1890

Saturday, November 21:

Six Gallery Press Presents: People Reading Stuff!
Six Gallery Press welcomes a host of its friends for its final event of 2009. Readers include
Che Elias, Kristofer Collins, Bob Pajich, M. Callen, Paco Mahone, Scott Silsbe, Karen Lillis,
Don Wentworth, Zoe Goehring, Bill Hughes, Jonathan Loucks, and Weave Magazine's Laura
Davis
ModernFormations
4919 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
8:00pm - $5 - (412) 362-0274

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Pittsburgh Lit Events November 8 - 15

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:00:00 +0000

Sunday, November 8:

Pittsburgh Poetry Series: Collective Voices
Pittsburgh Poetry Series holds its first event, welcoming the Pittsburgh Poetry
Society. Shirley Stevens will moderate. Particpants will include Anne Picone,
Edna Machesney, Dorothy Holley, Nancy Esther James, Jeen-Shang Lin, Marilyn
Marsh Noll, and Christine Doreian Michaels.
Father Ryan Arts Center
420 Chartiers Ave McKees Rocks, PA
7:00pm - $10 - (412) 771-3052

Tuesday, November 10:

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series: Jaimee Wriston Colbert
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Jaimee Wriston Colbert reads from her novel Shark
Girls (Livingston Press, 2009).
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

Wednesday, November 11:

Jaimee Wriston Colbert
Jaimee Wriston Colbert reads and discusses new her novel, Shark Girls (Livingston Press, 2009).
Carlow University
106 Aquinas Hall
3333 Fifth Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
12:30pm - free - (412) 578-8749

Thursday, November 12:

Vanessa Hidary - "The Hebrew Mamita"
The Hillel JUC of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Poetry Club welcome Vanessa
Hidary, a.k.a. The Hebrew Mamita, actress, artist, and poet. Vanessa has been featured on
Def Poetry Jam, and in the 2006 Sundance Film Festival's The Tribe.
University of Pittsburgh
Public Health Auditorium
130 DeSoto St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:00pm - free - (412) 621-8875

Friday, November 13:

Friday the 13th Reading
Area writers share their work at MoFo. Featuring Sally Wen Mao, Brenda Battad, and The Cyberpunk Apocalypse's Elwin Cotman & Dan McCloskey.
ModernFormations
4919 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
8:00pm - $3

Saturday, November 14:

Voices from the Attic Volume XV Release Party
The Madwomen in the Attic, Carlow University-based writing collective, celebrate Volume XV
of Voices from the Attic. Featuring Jan Beatty, Ellen McGrath Smith, Evelyn Pierce, Nancy Raynovich, and Stacey Waite.
WYEP Community Broadcast Center
67 Bedford Sq Pittsburgh, PA (Southside)
7:00pm - free - (412) 381-9131

The Poetry of Words & Music
Featuring Leslie Anne McIlroy (poetry) & Don Bertschman (music), and Eve & John's Music Night.
Arefa's Espresso
5827 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Squirrel Hill)
7:30pm - $? - (412) 241-2049

Sunday, November 15:

Carnegie Library Sunday Reading Series: Judith Vollmer
The Carnegie Library welcomes poet Judith Vollmer.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Main Branch)
Quiet Reading Room, Main Floor
4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
2:00pm - free – (412) 622-3116

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The Regional Review

weavezine@gmail.com (Weave Magazine) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:56:00 +0000

The good people over at Open Thread are presently putting together a collection of the best regional work to come out of Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia between October 2008 and October 2009, and have invited Weave to nominate some of our fine writers and artists for this collection. After much debate and deilberation, Weave has nominated the following writers and artists for The Regional Review, Vol. 2

Poetry:

Frank DePoole - "The Night Shift"

Crystal Hoffman - "Black Snake"

Laura Hirneisen - "Romeo"

Rachel Mallino - "The Arrow of Time"

Karen J. Weyant - "The Girl Who Could Catch Echoes"

Brian R. Young - "In Praise of the Cow"

Artwork:

Heidi Richardson Evans

Nashay Jones

Pittsburgh Lit Events November 1 - 8

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:00:00 +0000

Monday, November 2:

Drue Heinz Lecture Series - Tom Wolfe
Tom Wolfe, American Book Award-winning author of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
(Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968), The Bonfire of the Vanities (Bantam , 1987), and
Back to Blood (Little, Brown, and Co. , 2009) speaks in Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:30pm - $35+ - (412) 622-8866

WEAVE FEATURED EVENT:
Save the Libraries Reading & Dance Party
Join The Cyberpunk Apocalypse, Open Thread, Encyclopedia Destructica, and other
members of the Literary Community in support of our Libraries. Featuring Karen Lillis,
Adam Atkinson, Sara Labuff, Todd Faultin, and more. Dancing and library activism info, too!
Belvedere's
4016 Butler St Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
8:00pm - $2+(donation-based)

Tuesday, November 3:

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series: Roberta Foizey and Louis Boyle
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Roberta Foizey and Louis Boyle are featured.
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

Thursday, November 5:

Michael Simms Chapbook Release Reading
Area poet Michael Simms reads from his new chapbook Black Stone.
Té Café
2000 Murray Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Squirrel Hill)
7:00pm - Free - (412)422-8888

Peter Oresick Reading
Reading from his book Warhol-O-rama (CMU Press, 2008).
University of Pittsburgh Greensburg
150 Finoli Dr Greensburg, PA
7:00pm - free- (724)837-7040

Discover Your Voice Kick-Off
The End the Silence Campaign kicks off "Discover Your Voice," a new writing workshop
designed to empower survivors of sexual violence. Featuring various
poets and musicians.
ModernFormations
4919 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
8:00pm - $5

Carnegie Mellon Creative Writing Student Reading
Featuring Tom Pike, Jackie Sizemore, Alex Yuschik, and Amy Zhang.
Gladys Schmitt Creative Writing Center
260 Baker Hall
Carnegie Mellon University
5000 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free

Pitt Contemporary Writers Series Presents: C.D. Wright
Griffin Poetry Prize-winning author of Rising, Falling, Hovering (Copper Canyon
Press, 2008) reads her work. The reading will be followed by an interview on "The Future
of Poetry" moderated by Cave Canem poet Dawn Lundy Martin.
University of Pittsburgh
Frick Fine Arts Building - Room 125
Schenley Dr Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:30pm - free - (412) 624-4125

Friday, November 6:

Gist Street Reading Series
Featuring Atsuro Riley (poetry) and Pia Z. Ehrhardt (non-fiction).
James Simon Sculpture Studio (3rd floor)
305 Gist St Pittsburgh, PA (Uptown)
8:00pm – $5 - (412) 434-5629

Girls With Glasses Launch Party
Poets Stacey Waite and Renee Albert read in celebration of new literary journal
Girls With Glasses.
Remedy
5121 Butler St Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrencville)
10:00pm - $? - (412) 781-6771

Sunday, November 8:

Pittsburgh Poetry Series: Collective Voices
Pittsburgh Poetry Series holds its first event, welcoming the Pittsburgh Poetry
Society. Shirley Stevens will moderate. Particpants will include Anne Picone,
Edna Machesney, Dorothy Holley, Nancy Esther James, Jeen-Shang Lin, Marilyn
Marsh Noll, and Christine Doreian Michaels.
Father Ryan Arts Center
420 Chartiers Ave McKees Rocks, PA
7:00pm - $? - (412) 771-3052

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Pittsburgh Lit Events October 25 - November 1

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Tuesday, October 27:

Hungry Sphinx Reading Series: Victoria Dym and Brian Francis
Weekly poetry and fiction series featuring area students and writers fills the upper
room of the Sphinx Hookah Cafe. Brian Francis and Victoria Dym are featured.
Sphinx Cafe
401 Atwood St Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (421) 621-1153

Wednesday, October 27:

the break/s: a mixtape for the stage
Multimedia performance by spoken word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph.
August Wilson Center for African American Culture
980 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Downtown)
7:00pm - $28.00/$22.50 - (412) 258-2700

Thursday, October 28:

Hey! Zine Reading
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Main Branch)
4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
6:00pm - free – (412) 622-3151

Open Thread Presents: Variety! Variety! Variety!
Open Thread presents another installment of music, comedy, and video performance.
Costumed guests receive a discount at the door.
Brillobox
4104 Penn Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Lawrenceville)
8:00pm(21+) - $6

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Weave Magazine Issue 03 Contributor List

weavezine@gmail.com (Weave Magazine) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:16:00 +0000

Weave Magazine: Issue 03 Contributors & Titles

*Poetry*

Colleen Abel
At the Tomb of the Unmarried Woman
Arlene Ang
Feeding the Husband
Neil Aitken
Programmer F, Descending
Adam Atkinson
The Town Historian
Brenda Battad
Barberry Bush Turns Girl Into Barberry Bush
Jessie Carty
Scientific Method
Rob Cook
Burning Animals
Nicelle Davis
In the Hour of Temptation, I Get My Punk-Rock Self Back
Nicole Cartwright Denison
Seeing an End to the Good Times, Such as They Were
Visitation (I).
Marie Gauthier
Recondite
Brent Goodman
2
3
5
Armine Iknadossian
Birdbread
Sally Rosen Kindred
Sabrina, Borne
Sally Wen Mao
Escape from the Midnight Opera
For My Brussels Burglar
Rebecca Mertz
Elegies in Search of the Dog 1
Elegies in Search of the Dog 2
Tara Broeckel Ooten
Stage Directions
Weather Forecasting and Husbandry
Michelle Potgeter
In Spirit
Only Transactions
Jay Snodgrass
Synthetic Island
Sarah Sousa
Coracle
Sheryl St. Germain
The Healer
The Hermit
Ronnie K. Stephens
Asymmetry
Huang Xiang
Murasaki Shikibu (cover poem)
Felicia Zamora
Because I Know
Moth Making

*Fiction*

Roxane Gay
Cheap, Fast, Filling

*Interview*

with Huang Xiang and William Rock, by Margaret Bashaar

*Drama*

Robert Isenberg
Enough Rope

*Artwork*

Karl Goodrich
1
Dave Mims
Untitled
William Rock
Murasaki Shikibu (cover art)
Huang Xiang Labyrinth Center
Sumo Sculpture

Weave Review on Newpages!

weavezine@gmail.com (Weave Magazine) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:48:00 +0000

Weave would like to express our gratitude to Newpages.com and Terri Denton for the lovely review of our second issue. We are so pleased that they felt our vision - Writing •Art • Diversity • Community - came shining through the work published in our pages. An excerpt:

"An unpretentious magazine like Weave might be overlooked for its small, chapbook style format, but to pass this issue by would be a mistake of literary consequence. Subtitled “Writing •Art • Diversity • Community,” the editors of Weave could not have thought of anything better than these words, for they are all to be found within the magazine’s covers."

Congrats to all the Weave contributors, especially Frank, Davka, Devon, J. Richard, Scott and Andrena, whose work were all mentioned specifically in the review. We also hope that Weave will flourish and "stand taller" as we continue to bring you the best in contemporary art and literary work.

Pittsburgh Lit Events October 12 - 18

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:00:00 +0000

Wednesday, October 14:

August Wilson Center Presents: An Evening of Poetry
feat Terrance Hayes, Afaa Michael Weaver, and Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon
August Wilson Center for African American Culture
980 Liberty Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Downtown)
7:00pm - free - (412) 338-8722

Drue Heinz Literature Prize Award Ceremony
Anne Sanow, recipient of the 2009 Drue Heinz Lit Prize, reads from her work,
as selected by 2009 judge, Ann Patchett.
University of Pittsburgh
Frick Fine Arts Building - Room 125
Schenley Dr Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:30pm - free - (412) 624-4125

Thursday, October 14:

Afaa Michael Weaver
The poet reads and discusses his work.
University of Pittsburgh
Cathedral of Learning - Room 501
4200 Fifth Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
12:00 noon - free - (412) 624-9341

Anne Sanow Presents "The Writer's Life"
University of Pittsburgh
Cathedral of Learning - Room 501
4200 Fifth Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
6:30pm - free - (412) 624-6508

Saturday, October 17:

Poetry Reading & Writing Workshop
The Langston Hughes Poetry Society presents a poetry reading & open writing workshop.
Carnegie Library Homewood
7101 Hamilton Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Homewood)
? - free - (412) 731-3080

Sunday, October 18:

Carnegie Library Sunday Reading Series: Stacey Waite
The Carnegie Library welcomes poet Stacey Waite.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh (Main Branch)
Quiet Reading Room, Main Floor
4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
2:00pm - free – (412) 622-3151

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Pittsburgh Lit Events October 4 - 11

noreply@blogger.com (joel.weavezine) — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:00:00 +0000

Monday, October 5:

Drue Heinz Lecture Series - Lorrie Moore
Lorrie Moore, author of A Gate at the Stairs (Knopf, 2009) speaks in Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
7:30pm - $35+ - (412) 622-8866

Tuesday, October 6:

Hilary Masters
Signing How the Indians Buried Their Dead & In Rooms of Memory (SMU Press, 2009/2004).
Carnegie Mellon University Bookstore
5000 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
4:30pm - free (books for sale) - (412) 268-2000

Michael Chabon
Discussing and signing his new book, Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and
Regrets of a Husband, Father, and Son (Harper, 2009).
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
2705 E Carson St Pittsburgh, PA (South Side)
7:00pm - Purchase of Manhood for Amateurs required - (412) 462-5743

Wednesday, October 7:

Ellis Avery
Author of The Teahouse Fire (Riverhead Books, 2006) and The Smoke Week (Gival
Press, 2003) reads from her work.
University of Pittsburgh
501 Cathedral of Learning
4200 Fifth Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
6:00pm - free - (412) 624-6506

Thursday, October 8:

Te Cafe Reading Series
feat Joan Bauer and Stephen Murabito
Té Cafe
2000 Murray Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Squirrel Hill)
7:00pm - free - (412) 422-8888

Sherrie Flick
Local author Sherrie Flick discussing and signing her new novel, Reconsidering
Happiness (Bison Books, 2009)
Joseph-Beth Booksellers
2705 E Carson St Pittsburgh, PA (South Side)
7:00pm - free - (412) 462-5743

CMU Adamson Reading Series - Meg Wolitzer
Author of The Ten Year Nap (Riverhead Books, 2008) and Surrender, Dorothy
(Scribner, 2000) speaks in Pittsburgh.
Carnegie Mellon University
136A Baker Hall
5000 Forbes Ave Pittsburgh, PA (Oakland)
8:00pm - free - (412) 268-2000

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