HOWL! Festival 2013 Schedule of Park Events

Led and Orchestrated by poet Bob Holman, the Festival opens with a Greek Chorus of voices reading their own work that culminates with the signature reading of Howl. Opening musical act Tyler Burba singing Ginsberg songs,.. Featured poets: Hettie Jones, David Henderson, Jennifer Blowdryer, Lydia Lunch, Bob Rosenthal, Eliot Katz.., and assorted wordsmiths from the Bowery Poetry Club, Nuyorican Poets Cafe, the Poetry Project, and A Gathering of the Tribes, including: Edwin Torres, Robert Galinsky, Nikhil Melnechuk, Sarah Murphy, Rangi McNeil, Ted Dodson, Aria Boutet, Nancy Mercado, Chavisa Woods, Whitney *Witness* Greenaway, and McPhErson and more poets T.B.A.

Enter through Southwest entrance, Avenue A & 7th Street... A multi-­‐generational, multi-­‐dimensional, mucho-­‐crazy afternoon of Music, Spoken Word, and Comedy.

Marathon Reading by St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery POETRY PROJECT Hosted by Todd Colby... In honor of the 10th Anniversary, The Poetry Project at Saint Marks Church takes to the stage for a day of readings, spoken word and music. Poets include Jenny Zhang ,Billy Cancel, J Hope Stein, Maggie Estep, Jennifer Knox, Ray DeJesus, Mike Doughty, Carl Hancock Rux, Maribeth Theroux, Shanna Compton, CA Conrad, Joanna Penn Cooper, Edwin Torres, Drew Boston, Todd Colby, With Musical acts: Bo DePena, Jason Nazary

A live action, weekend-­‐long event connecting Festivalgoers with more than 140 artists of all ages as they turn an 8 foot high, 900 foot long blank canvas encircling the exterior of Tompkins Square Park into an explosion of color and creativity. Go ahead, schmooze!

Offering carnival games, fairway attractions, arts and crafts (mask making, origami), miniature golf, and Kids Around the Park, the kids’ version of Art Around the Park providing limitless opportunities for free expression for talented scribblers, show-­‐offs, and pint-­‐sized Picassos. Continuous entertainment on the Kid’s Stage including Rosie's (O’Donnell’s) Theater Kids; dance companies like Honeybee House, the American Tap Dance Company, and Bakersfield Breakers; and teenage heartthrob Jack Skuller, a crazy-­‐talented old-­‐style rock n’ roll singer-­‐songwriter who’s received rave reviews.

Get In THE ALLEN GINSBERG MAGNETIC FIELD... Events And Entertainment Throughout And Around The Park! Soap Box Poets declaim; the Museum of Interesting Things inspires innovation through its hands-­‐on demonstration of antiques and inventions; Jacob Rath’s interactive *I am...me* project; contemporary art curated by Kim de Los Angeles; HOWL! Emergency Life Project, Community Cares, and Beth Israel Helps offer advice and assistance with health issues, insurance, and low cost housing... SOAP BOX POETS Hosted by Samuel Jablon Featured poets: Samuel Jablon, Aimee Herman, Dan Dissinger, Sarah Murphy, Carl Schlachte, Francesca Coppola, David Acevedo, Noah Levin, King Otho, Steve Dalachinsky, Yuko Otomo and more poets T.B.A.

With roots that stretch back to the famed Black & Tan Clubs of the Harlem Renaissance and forward to the influx of disaffected GLBT street youth of color in the 70s and early 80s who found their voice in NYC Ballhouse Culture, the oeuvre enters the 21st Century strong and vibrant. Mixing high fashion with the mean streets of the barrios, Men In Skirts produced by Riki Colon includes work by Freddie De Jesus and the legendary Cesar Valentino, the premiere voguer with the late Willy Ninja’s *House Of Ninja* made famous in the seminal film, Paris is Burning. An international cast of singers, dancers, and drag performers strut their stuff, set to a soundtrack of House and energetic urban pop music.

Enter through Southwest entrance, Avenue A & 7th Street... A multi-­‐generational, multi-­‐dimensional, mucho-­‐crazy afternoon of Music, Spoken Word, and Comedy.

A live action, weekend-­‐long event connecting Festivalgoers with more than 140 artists of all ages as they turn an 8 foot high, 900 foot long blank canvas encircling the exterior of Tompkins Square Park into an explosion of color and creativity. Go ahead, schmooze!

Offering carnival games, fairway attractions, arts and crafts (mask making, origami), miniature golf, and Kids Around the Park, the kids’ version of Art Around the Park providing limitless opportunities for free expression for talented scribblers, show-­‐offs, and pint-­‐sized Picassos. Continuous entertainment on the Kid’s Stage including Rosie's (O’Donnell’s) Theater Kids; dance companies like Honeybee House, the American Tap Dance Company, and Bakersfield Breakers; and teenage heartthrob Jack Skuller, a crazy-­‐talented old-­‐style rock n’ roll singer-­‐songwriter who’s received rave reviews.

Get In THE ALLEN GINSBERG MAGNETIC FIELD... Events And Entertainment Throughout And Around The Park! Soap Box Poets declaim; the Museum of Interesting Things inspires innovation through its hands-­‐on demonstration of antiques and inventions; Jacob Rath’s interactive *I am...me* project; contemporary art curated by Kim de Los Angeles; HOWL! Emergency Life Project, Community Cares, and Beth Israel Helps offer advice and assistance with health issues, insurance, and low cost housing... SOAP BOX POETS Hosted by Stephanie Berger and Conor Messinger from The Poetry Brothel... Featured poets: JD Scott, Kiely Sweatt, Carlos Manuel Rivera, Jacob Steinberg and more poets T.B.A.

The storied history of the East Village and The Lower East Side was made in part by a glorious mix of female firebrands, artists, libertines, showgirls and pioneers—the inspiration for this year's LOW LIFE 7: Bowery Bombshells... A 90-­minute outdoor spectacle, LOW LIFE features generations of NYC contemporary and alternative performers and ensembles including Jackie 60 MC Paul Alexander (The Ones), butoh performance ensemble Vangeline Theater, Velocity Chyaldd of Badass Burlesque, The Rachel Klein Theater, the NYC School Of Burlesque (choreographed by Jo Weldon), Heather Litteer and iconic duo The Duelling Bankheads (Clark Render And David Ilku) as *Themselves*... From East Village icons to emerging stars, each will present an homage in dance, song, striptease and other disciplines to one of the BOWERY BOMBSHELLS. Tributes span a century of great ladies including East 13th Street resident and Anarchist EMMA GOLDMAN; writer and John Waters star COOKIE MUELLER; Brooklyn-­‐born MAE WEST, who began her career in the neighborhood's vaudeville theaters; Bowery icon and tavern-­‐keeper SLUGGER ANN (mother of Jackie Curtis); La MaMa titaness ELLEN STEWART; Velvet Underground chanteuse NICO; neo-­‐psychedelic star WENDY WILD; artist GREER LANKTON; celebrated lesbian and pioneering decorator ELSIE DEWOLFE; poet laureate PATTI SMITH and more. LOW LIFE is produced by East Village based performance/club collective The Jackie Factory and its entertaining masterminds CHI CHI VALENTI and JOHNNY DYNELL.