Rick Petrie

This week at Blue Dahlia Open Mic: Rick Petrie



Wednesday, July 19
7:30ish - 10 pm

Blue Dahlia Coffee House
92 South Main Street
Canandaigua, NY

Art Show Opening

Opening:
Wind, Windows and Soul:
Assemblage/Collage by Sue Schickler



Tuesday July 18th
Reception 7 – 8 pm



Followed by the Words of Fire Open Mic 8 – 10 pm

Flatiron Café
561 State Street
Rochester, NY
454 – 4830


Hope to see you there!

Canandaigua Poetry Festival

Lots of fabulous poets will be taking part in this festival: BEDEA, Acoustic Soul, MJ Iuppa, Colleen Powderly, Matt Shackelford, Pat Schwartz, Rigel Klingman, David White, Wanda Schubmehl, Maureen Owens, Anthony Church, Kitty Jospe, Merle Heath, Bob Carroll, Kaeri Carroll, Nicholas Hogan & Brendan Giusti ... and more! As well as some local musicians: Ed Downey, Kalu James, maybe Shawnee Boyeee (if he's still around).

I will be adding names as I recieve confirmations. We hope to have about a dozen more poets to add to this list! So, save the date ... Don's working on getting vendors and putting a lot into making this a successful event.

And don't forget to check out the September/October issue of Poets & Writer's Magazine which will have an article on Poetry Marathons including ours!

Urknee & Bjurton: this week at Blue Dahlia

Don't miss the sesquipedalian stylin's of Urknee & Bjurton Russell this Wednesday at the Blue Dahlia Open Mic! You can check them out at: http://www.myspace.com/urkenzeebjurtonian.

Wednesday, June 28 at 7:30ish pm
Blue Dahlia Coffee, 92 South Main Street, Canandaigua

Hope to see you there!

It's me!

Ed Downey at Blue Dahlia

Don't miss:

Ed Downey

Featuring:

Wednesday

June 14th

at the

Blue Dahlia

Open Mic

7:30 - 10 pm

Blue Dahlia Coffee House

92 South Main St.

Canandaigua

Hope to see you there!

Acoustic Soul at Blue Dahlia Open Mic

Shawnee Boyeee

Shawnee Boyee will be playing

at the Blue Dahlia in Canandaigua

on Saturday June 10th

as well as featuring at the

Pure Kona Open Mic at Daily Perks

in Rochester on Thursday June 8

we were discussing how to categorize Shawn's musical style the other day (but only because we saw him listed as experimental and didn't feel that was a very satisfying label) the two I liked most were Hip Hop Hippy and Extra-mental Music (from Rick & Mike respectively)

Week of June 4 - June 10

So, here’s your schedule for this week:

Monday: Rest up and get ready for all this activity (& write some poems to read at open mics)

Tuesday: Art Show Opening at Flatiron Café featuring Gretchen Lee Carletta – followed by Open Mic (7-10pm)

Wednesday: Blue Dahlia Open Mic featuring Acoustic Soul (7:30 –10 pm)

Thursday: Pure Kona Open Mic featuring Shawnee Boyeee (7:30 – 10 pm)

Friday: Day off for good behavior (I will be accepting back-rubs from anyone willing to give them on this day)

Saturday: Shawnee Boyeee in concert at the Blue Dahlia in Canandaigua (7:30 – 10 pm)

(well, at least that’s my schedule for the week; hope y’all can make it to some of these)

Mike Rae at Blue Dahlia: May 31

Don't miss Mike Rae's Not So Literary Sandwich this coming Wednesday at The Blue Dahlia Coffee House!

Starting at or near 7:30 and continuing for approximately one half hour or so from the start point to be followed by a five minute break and an Open Mic till 10 pm.

92 South Main Street, Canandaigua, NY - feel free to email me for directions!

Hope to see you there!

Art Show Opening: Gretchen Lee Carletta

This week at the Blue Dahlia Open Mic

Featuring: Sharon Balestra

Acoustic Guitar/Singer

Where:

Blue Dahlia Coffee House

92 South Main Street

Canandaigua

When:

Wednesday, May 24

7:30 - 10 pm

Hope to see you there!

Kid's Night @ Blue Dahlia

Lisa Brotz: Featured Artist at Flatiron

Don't miss Lisa Brotz's The Portraits opening May 16th at the Flatiron Cafe. The Opening will be held from 7 - 8 pm followed by the Words of Fire Open Mic from 8 - 10pm.

Lisa's work will be on display from May 16th till June 4th, but if you come for the Opening you get to meet her!

Flation Cafe is located at the corner of Lake and Lyell but is listed as 561 State Street if you want to Mapquest it. www.flatironcefe.net

And you can check out more of Lisa's work at www.geocities.com/jasperkermit.

Genesee Reading Series

Here's my blurb:

I will be one of the co-features at this month's Genesee Reading Series, along with a fabulous talent Lisa Middendorf, who was in my Senior Writing Seminar at Saint John Fisher - taught by the adorable (and admirable) MJ Iuppa.

Lisa has a georgeous voice that I still remember distinctly after all these years. She is direct yet intensely descriptive in her writing and brings you to the moment she is unfolding for you with a memorable grace and style - you should definitely check her out!

And me ... not sure what I'll be doing yet. I'm going to try to do at least one drum peice but I haven't decided past that whether to focus on more recent work or do a sprawling survey ... so it'll be a surprise! I love surprises!

Here's the W&B promo info:

Genesee Reading Series
Hosted by M.J. Iuppa
Tuesday, May 9, 7:30 pm
In the Verb Café at W&B
Admission: $3 for members, $6 for the general public

Lisa Middendorf and Marie Starr

Lisa Marie Middendorf grew up on a dairy farm on the banks of the Susquehenna River. After high school, she moved to Rochester, N.Y., where she received her Bachelor's degree in Education. When Lisa finished college, she wandered around looking for a "real job". She stayed in the Bahamas for a while, then found herself in Northern New Jersey. She traveled to Denver and spent one year serving in AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps. After,AmeriCorps, Lisa taught sixth grade in the school where she once walked the halls. In 2003, her college friends convinced her to move back to Rochester, where she has now just completed her Master's in English.

Marie Starr is a local artist and writer who runs a small press (Serendipity Press). She is also the Assistant Editor for Haz Mat Literary Magazine and hosts an Open Mic at the Blue Dahlia in Canandaigua every Wednesday. Her artwork/photography has been on display at the Flatiron Café, where she is the curator of their art show, and has been used as cover and interior art for Haz Mat and Common Intuitions: the 2005 Women Celebrating Women Anthology.

Now in its 23rd year, the Genesee Reading Series presents writers from the greater Genesss Valley region reading in the Verb Café.

Hope to see you there!

Blue Dahlia Feature: May 10

In her own words: the featured performer for Wed, May 10th will be Pat Schwartz who will be sharing her own original poems, micro-fiction, and other literary tidbits on the subjects of love, peace, war, diners, sex, and vegetables....

Hope to see you there!

Blue Dahlia Coffee
92 South Main Street
Canandaigua, NY
7:30 - 10 pm

Don't Miss Josh Knapp

Saturday ---->May, 6
at The Blue Dahlia
92 South Main Street
Canandaiguua, NY 14424
7:30 - 10 pm
Cost: Free

This Week at the Blue Dahlia

Susan Maurer

At her first ever Rochester Feature: Pure Kona -----> April 27, 2006.

Ed Downey

Singing Sleep at Pure Kona April 27, 2006

Todd Vail: This Week at Blue Dahlia (April 26)

Don't miss the witty stylin's of Todd Vail this Wednesday at the Blue Dahlia Open Mic!

Art Show Featuring: Adam Heckle

SNEAK PEAK:

Tomorrow Night ----------> Tuesday, April 18th

ADAM
HECKLE

a.k.a.

THE HECKLE

Tribalien.Biorganic.SpiritGraffitti.

Reception from 7 – 8 pm, followed by an Open Mic

(held every Tuesday from 8 – 10 pm). Free.

Flat Iron Café, 561 State Street, Rochester (corner of Lyell & State):

454 –4830. www.flatironcafe.net

Yeah. . . I got it to post. . . I love this one!

Shawnee Boyeee's Blue Dahlia Feature

I can't get my favorite pic to upload for some reason. I'll try again later - but if you want to check it out - or check him out cause he's worth checkin' out - he's using it right now as his MySpace pic: http://www.myspace.com/shawneefool.

He is fabulous by the way - if you want to see for yourself he has a show at Daily Perks this Friday (April 21). I'll be there.

Photos From Josh Knapp's Feature

Don't Miss Josh's Next Show

May, 6 at
The Blue Dahlia
92 South Main Street
Canandaiguua, NY 14424
Cost: Free






I know one of these pics is on here twice but I love it! (And I couldn't figure out how to get it off after I realized it posted twice).

Fabulous feature by Josh Knapp - with appearances by Josiah Dailey and Chris Payne (who I couldn't get a decent picture of b/c he playes guitar with his head down and his hair covered his face - sorry Chris - I'll try to catch a shot of you soon).

If you missed Josh, you can check him out at: http://www.myspace.com/joshuaknapp

The Way Things Are: Sabrina Johnson

Currently on display at Flatiron Cafe: Sabrina Johnson's The Way Things Are.

Josh Knapp: This Week at Blue Dahlia

Don't miss Josh Knapp this week at the Blue Dahlia Open Mic. He plays the guitar - the harmonica - he sings - and he's asked me to bring my drum . . . can't wait to see what he does with a whole half hour.