Thursday Apr 27, 2017 7:00 PM - Friday Apr 28, 2017 1:00 AM | $10.00 - $150.00 |
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Event
The Poetry Project's 50th Anniversary Gala
Please join The Poetry Project as we launch our first ever gala in celebration of our 50th Anniversary. The gala will honor poet and former Artistic Director of The Poetry Project, Anne Waldman.
Performances by
Laurie Anderson Yoshiko Chuma LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs
7pm - Cocktails and hors d'oeuvres
8pm - Toasts by Ron Padgett and Eleni Sikelianos and performances, hosted by Bob Holman
9:30pm - After Party with DJ A. Radovski
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Anne Waldman has published more than 40 books of poetry, including the monumental feminist epic, The Iovis Trilogy (Coffee House Press, 2011). She is a poet and teacher, and with Allen Ginsberg co-founded the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics at Naropa Institute in Boulder, Colorado in 1974. She was the Artistic Director of The Poetry Project from 1968-1978. Over the course of her career, Waldman has been an active member of the Outrider experimental poetry community as a writer, performer, collaborator, professor, editor, scholar, and cultural/political activist. To learn more, visit her website: annewaldman.org
Laurie Anderson is a performance artist, composer, and writer whose work explores a remarkable range of media and subject matter.
Yoshiko Chuma (conceptual artist, choreographer/artistic director of The School of Hard Knocks) has been a firebrand in the post-modern dance scene of New York City since the 1980s.
A writer, vocalist and sound artist, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs is the author of TwERK (Belladonna, 2013). She was born and raised in Harlem.
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If you are interested in being a gala sponsor, you can either send a check to The Poetry Project at 131 E 10th St, New York, NY, 10003 in one of the amounts below OR you may make an online sponsorship purchase here: https://www.poetryproject.org/events/poetry-projects-50th-anniversary-gala/
For more information contact Laura at lh@poetryproject.org.
Epic Sponsor - $10,000 Fifteen (15) tickets Acknowledgement on website and in email and print invitations Acknowledgement in slideshow at event One (1) year-long $95 Supporting Membership to The Poetry Project Full portfolio (5) of 50th Anniversary prints (limited edition & signed)
Visionary Sponsor - $7,500 Twelve (12) tickets Acknowledgement on website and in email and print invitations Acknowledgement in slideshow at event One (1) year-long $95 Supporting Membership to The Poetry Project Four (4) 50th Anniversary prints (choose from a portfolio of five, limited edition & signed)
Truth-Teller Sponsor - $5,000 Ten (10) tickets Acknowledgement on website and in email and print invitations Acknowledgement in slideshow at event One (1) year-long $95 Supporting Membership to The Poetry Project Three (3) 50th Anniversary prints (choose from a portfolio of five, limited edition & signed)
Futurist Sponsor - $2,500 Four (4) tickets Acknowledgement on website and in email and print invitations Acknowledgement in slideshow at event One (1) year-long $95 Supporting Membership to The Poetry Project Two (2) 50th Anniversary prints (choose from a portfolio of five, limited edition & signed)
Innovator Sponsor - $1,000 Three (3) tickets Acknowledgement on website and in email and print invitations Acknowledgement in slideshow at event One (1) year-long $95 Supporting Membership to The Poetry Project One (1) 50th Anniversary print (choose from a portfolio of five, limited edition & signed)
Community-Builder Sponsor - $500 Two (2) tickets One (1) year-long $95 Supporting Membership to The Poetry Project
GALA SPONSORS
Truth-Teller: Committee on Poetry Carroll, Guido & Groffman, LLP Anonymous
Futurist: Erica Hunt
Innovator: Andrei Codrescu Annabel Lee Ingram Justin Jamail Naropa University Stephen Facey
Community-Builder: Amy Elise Wilson Archie Rand Berl's Brooklyn Poetry Shop Bill Considine Bonterra Organic Vineyards Booktrix The Brooklyn Rail Coffee House Press Elinor Nauen & Johnny Stanton Grove Atlantic Jo Ann Wasserman Jonathan Morrill Karen Koch McNally Jackson Books Mionetto Moe Armstrong Mushka Kochan Nine Cakes Prospecta Press Sarah Riggs Temporary Culture Wesleyan University Press
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GALA HOST COMMITTEE
Chair: Rosemary Carroll Co-Chair: Elinor Nauen Lee Ann Brown and Tony Torn Yoshiko Chuma William Corbett Will Creeley Ted Dodson Stephen Facey E. Tracy Grinnell Molly Gross Bob Holman Judy Hussie-Taylor & Steven Taylor Vincent Katz Nathan Kernan and Thomas Whitridge Annabel Lee Rachel Levitsky Gillian McCain Anna Moschovakis Eileen Myles Tracie Morris James Sherry Patricia Spears Jones Pat Steir Edwin Torres
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LocationSt. Mark's Church in the Bowery (View)
131 East 10th street
New York, NY 10003
United States
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Kid Friendly: Yes! |
Dog Friendly: No |
Non-Smoking: Yes! |
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes! |
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