Tag: GainVille Café

With the World Series getting underway on October 21st, it is the right time for ED SMITH to be the featured poet in the Magic Circle at GainVille Café on Friday, October 24th. Baseball and other themes (one of his poems has been chiseled into the wall at Penn Station) run through Ed’s book, I Am That Hero, and will be on display for us.

Musical guest will be singer/songwriter JOE JACOVINO on guitar and harmonica.

The Red Wheelbarrow Poets will then sponsor the Bring Your A Game open mic with generous reading times.

Coffee/tea and dessert are included in the $7 cover.

Friday, October 24th, 7:00 PM, 17 Ames Avenue, Rutherford, NJ.

AKRAM AL-KATREB will be the featured poet and jazz singer CORINA BARTRA will be the music feature as the Magic Circle returns to GainVille Café in Rutherford, NJ on Friday, Sept. 26.

Akram was born in a city renowned for poetry in his native Syria, and he will be reading in a town renowned for poetry in his adopted America.

Corina has just recorded a CD of songs associated with Peruvian singer Chabuca Grande and has performed it in both America and her native Peru.

The Red Wheelbarrow Poets’ Bring You’re A Game open mic will follow, with generous reading times.

17 Ames Ave, 7 PM.

$7 donation includes coffee/tea and dessert.

Come and join us in the Magic Circle at GainVille Café, Rutherford, NJ Friday, May 30 for the best confluence of music and poetry.

Returning to the Circle as musical guest will be CHELSEA CARLSON. Our poets and Chelsea made a special connection the last time Chelsea shared her singer-songwriter craft.

Featured poet will be ZORIDA MOHAMMED, who is debuting her new book, She Called me Gurlee, from Finishing Line Press.

The Bring Your A Game open mic sponsored by the Red Wheelbarrow Poets with generous reading times will follow.

17 Ames Ave., Rutherford, 7 pm.

A $6 cover includes coffee/tea and dessert.

Come and join the Red Wheelbarrow Poets in the Magic Circle at GainVille Café, Rutherford, NJ Friday, May 2 at 7pm for the confluence of music and poetry. The Electric Poet, George Pereny, will be both our music and poetry feature. George has a new edition of Homeslice, his school poems, to premiere and will bring a few of his CDs from CD Baby. Watch for a couple of special guests as well!

The Bring Your A Game open mic sponsored by the Red Wheelbarrow Poets with generous reading times will follow.

$6 cover includes coffee/tea and dessert.

GainVille Café is at 17 Ames Ave., Rutherford.

Come and join us in the Magic Circle at GainVille Café, Rutherford, NJ for the rites of spring!

Featured poet on Friday, March 28 will be DAVID MESSINEO. As Sensations Magazine Publisher / Poetry Editor, David is among the 40 longest-serving literary magazine publishers / poetry editors still active in America. Three-time winner in the American Literary Magazine Awards, recipient of a 2009 Jefferson Award for Public Service, he has written and published eight published poetry books.

Musical guest will be VICTORIA WARNE, a guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter who has performed extensively in the New York Metropolitan area. She has recorded with Danny Gottlieb, Spyro Gyra’s Julio Fernandez, and even shared the stage with legendary jazz great Billy Eckstine. She has recorded 2 CDs as a leader, Live At The Savoy and Fluorescence.

The Bring Your A Game open mic sponsored by the Red Wheelbarrow Poets with generous reading times will follow.

17 Ames Ave., Rutherford, 7 pm.

A $6 cover includes coffee/tea and dessert.

Come and join the Red Wheelbarrow Poets in our Magic Circle at GainVille Café, Rutherford, NJ for a winter palace of poetry and music Friday, Jan. 24!

Rutherford poet CLAUDIA SEREA will be debuting her newest book, A DIRT ROAD HANGS FROM THE SKY and up and coming Jersey singer songwriter CHELSEA CARLSON will bring along her guitar and her big voice.

Claudia’s book, from 8th House Publishing, details the oppression of growing up in a Communist regime, based on her upbringing in Romania.

The talented and lovely Chelsea Carlson has just won a 2013 JAM Award (Jersey Acoustic Music) and was nominated for last year’s Asbury Award.

The Bring Your A Game open mic sponsored by the Red Wheelbarrow Poets with generous reading times, will follow.  Join us for a special night!

7 PM, 17 Ames Ave., Rutherford.
A $6 cover includes coffee/tea and dessert.