Robert Gibbons joins Peter Chelnik at Gracie's Corner Diner on Monday, May 14 at 6:45 p.m.
Admission is FREE!
OPEN-MIC!
Hosted by Peter Chelnik
Gracie’s Corner Diner
352 E 86th St
(between 1st Ave & 2nd Ave)
New York, NY 10028
Neighborhoods: Yorkville, Upper East Side
(between 1st Ave & 2nd Ave)
New York, NY 10028
Neighborhoods: Yorkville, Upper East Side
(212) 737-8505
Robert Gibbons
Robert Gibbons moved to New York City in the summer of 2007 in search of
his muse-Langston Hughes. Robert
has featured in many venues around New York City. Not only in New York City,
but also in Washington, D.C. ; Maryland, and Florida. He most recently has
offered his poetic performances in such places as: Cornelia Street Café; the
Church of the Village; the Saturn Series; Perch Café; Barnes and Nobles
Brooklyn; the Saturn Series; Stark Performances; Otto’s Shrunken Head; Poets on
White; Nomad’s Choir; Taza de Café and many others. Moreover, Robert has been published
in Uphook Press; Three Rooms Press; Stain Sheets; the Brownstone Poets Anthology; Dinner
with the Muse; Cartier Street Review; Nomad’s Choir; Palm Beach Post; and
recently was produced on CD called Brain Ampin through Hydrogen Jukebox, a
poetry series produced through the Cornelia Street Café. Additionally, Robert has
taken classes with Cave Canem and the 92Y and has studied under master poets
such as: Cornelius Eady, Marilyn Nelson, KImiko Hahn, Nathalie Handal, and
Linda Susan Jackson.
Peter Chelnik
Peter Chelnik's books include Railroad Heart, East Coast Line, Manhattan Wilderness, Eternity Road and Wildflower Serenade. He has had seven plays produced Off-Off-Broadway. These dramatic works include Street Rag, Prairie Fire, Parking Lot, Moving Target, Scarsdale Station and Tremont Vortex. Peter has also written Trick Bag, a novel of the 1960's. And yes, he does believe "the word will set you free." His latest book is STRAWBERRY HARMONY New Poems (Little Sky Press, March 2010).
