GV – It’s Getting Dramatic at GainVille

The Magic Circle returns to GainVille Café Friday, July 21. Our featured poet is ARTHUR RUSSELL, and our other feature will be a dramatic reading by JIM GWYN (who is an actor as well as poet), ZORIDA MOHAMMED, and MARK FOGARTY.

$8 cover includes coffee/tea, dessert

GainVille Café
17 Ames Avenue
Rutherford
201-507-1800

GV – Birthday Poetry/Music at GainVille

The monthly Fourth Friday at GainVille Café has been moved to Friday, June 16 due to scheduling conflicts so save the date! It is our 8th birthday and there may be cake! Our musical guest is the fine singer/songwriter/poet ADDIE MAHMASSANI, and our featured poet is a favorite of everybody’s, ZORIDA MOHAMMED! Special guest: JOYCE ARTINIAN and her comedy stylings. In addition, anyone who has read during our eight years of readings is welcome to participate in a special open mic.

$8 cover includes coffee/tea, dessert

GainVille Café
17 Ames Avenue
Rutherford
201-507-1800

GV – Poetry Book Launch Plus The Return of Chelsea Carlson

Join the Red Wheelbarrow Poets for music and poetry Friday, April 28!

PAMELA HUGHES will be launching her new book of poetry Meadowland Take My Hand.

Our musical guest will be a favorite young troubadour of ours, CHELSEA CARLSON, making a return appearance with a new CD in hand.

The Bring Your A-Game open mic follows.

$8 cover includes coffee/tea, dessert

GainVille Café
17 Ames Avenue
Rutherford
201-507-1800

GV – Jim Klein! Plus The Fire Catchers

Join the Red Wheelbarrow Poets for music and poetry Friday, March 31. Musical guest will be The Fire Catchers (featuring our own WAYNE L. MILLER on percussion). Featured poetry is by Red Wheelbarrow editor and workshop leader JIM KLEIN, reading from his manuscript The Dumb Have the Advantage. An open mic follows.

$8 cover includes coffee/tea, dessert

GainVille Café
17 Ames Avenue
Rutherford
201-507-1800

GV – Irish Music plus The Poets of the Week

Join the Red Wheelbarrow Poets for music and poetry at 7:00pm on Friday, Feb. 24. Musical guest will be the duo of BRENDAN FOGARTY on Irish pipes and tin whistle and FIONA CONWAY on vocals playing Irish traditional music. Featured poetry includes a book launch for POEM OF THE WEEK 2016, featuring several of the poets featured in the new book: ZORIDA MOHAMMED, JOHN BARRALE, WAYNE L. MILLER, and MARK FOGARTY. An open mic follows.

$8 cover includes coffee/tea, dessert

GainVille Café
17 Ames Avenue
Rutherford
201-507-1800

GV – New Date for Electric Poets Gathering / Alfred Incarnacion

Join the Red Wheelbarrow Poets for music and poetry at 7:00pm on Friday, Feb. 3 (moved back from Jan. 27). Musical guest will be THE ELECTRIC POETS GATHERING, featuring GEORGE PERENY. Featured poetry includes a book launch for ALFRED INCARNACION’s new collection about his mixed Filipino-American heritage, Ambassadors of the Silenced, and guest poet JAMES B. NICOLA, author of Manhattan Plaza and Stage to Page: Poems from the Theater. An open mic follows.

$8 cover includes coffee/tea, dessert

GainVille Café
17 Ames Avenue
Rutherford
201-507-1800

GV – Jaco with Joel Lewis, Pete McCullough, and Corina Bartra

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ANNUAL JACO BIRTHDAY PARTY AND POETRY

Join the Red Wheelbarrow Poets for our sixth annual Jaco Pastorius birthday party on Friday, Dec. 9.

Musical guests PETE McCULLOUGH and CORINA BARTRA will salute the best bass player on the planet and will be joined by the ace of bass himself (via YouTube).

JOEL LEWIS will be the featured poet. Joel will be launching his latest book of poetry, My Shaolin. The RWP Open Mic follows.

$8 cover includes coffee/tea, dessert

GainVille Café
17 Ames Avenue
Rutherford
201-507-1800

GV – John J. Trause and Mark Fogarty

TREASON POETRY AT GAINVILLE CAFE!

JOHN J. TRAUSE will be the featured poet at the Red Wheelbarrow Poets’ monthly reading on Friday, Oct. 28 at 7pm. John will be launching his seriously seditious new book of poetry, Exercises in High Treason.

MARK FOGARTY will start us off with a salute to our Nobel laureate and a few songs and poems from his new chapbook, A Prayer for Jordan. The RWP Open Mic follows.

$8 cover includes coffee/tea, dessert

GainVille Café
17 Ames Avenue
Rutherford
201-507-1800

GV – Red Wheelbarrow #9 & The Electric Poets Gathering


RED WHEELBARROW 9 IS HERE!

The Red Wheelbarrow Poets will launch their ninth anthology at GainVille Café in Rutherford on Friday, Sept. 30. Copies of the book will be available for sale. Musical feature: The Electric Poets Gathering featuring George Pereny. Poetry feature: Poets will read from their work published in RWB9.

Gainville Cafe
17 Ames Ave., Rutherford. 7 PM
$8 donation at the door includes coffee/tea and dessert
(201) 507-1800

GV – Anton Yakovlev and Pete McCullough


EIGHTH POETRY/MUSIC YEAR AT GAINVILLE!

The Magic Circle returns to GainVille Café on Friday, July 29 at 7 PM as we continue our eighth year of great poetry and music. Exciting news: Rutherford’s own PETE McCULLOUGH will be bringing his standup bass to perform. Also exciting news: ANTON YAKOVLEV will be our featured poet and will debut his latest chapbook! Open mic follows.

Gainville Cafe
17 Ames Ave., Rutherford. 7 PM
$8 donation at the door includes coffee/tea and dessert
(201) 507-1800