WALTZING IN QUICKSAND: POETS IN COLLAGEMay 21st - June 27th, 2010 Collage Workshop: Sunday June 6th, 2-4 pm Opening Reception: Sunday June 6th, 4-6 pm

Garden Concert with Michael Shenker Sunday June 6th, 6:30 pm

Tribes Gallery 285 East 3 rd St New York, NY 10009

Tribes Gallery is excited to present the exhibition Waltzing in Quicksand: Poets in Collage. This is the most recent and ambitious showing of the work of Poets in Collage regulars Steve Dalachinsky, Bob Heman, Yuko Otomo, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Valery Oisteanu and Bruce Weber, who have been exhibiting together in various permutations around town since 2006, with the inspired addition of Star Black, Aaron Howard, Nicole Peyrafitte and Lewis Warsh. Sunday June 6th from 2 to 4pm there will be a collage workshop led by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright and Valery Oisteanu. Anyone can join in making collages! Donation based* Poets in Collage Opening Party following the workshop from 4-6 pm~ 6:30 pm Concert in the Garden with Michael Shenker, vocalist and pianist performing R &B, Jazz, and Pop Classics as well as original songs. Thursday June 10th, 8 pm CATWEAZLE CLUB PRESENTS: Completely unplugged! 12-15 open stage slots -- comedy, poetry, music, dance -- sign-up commences at 7:30pm, performance begins at 8pm. Featuring one or two extended sets per evening. Offering local and imported beers at $2-3 apiece. Please join us! FEATURED PERFORMER 6/10 Willy Gantrim & the Phantoms "...stopped in our tracks by Willy Gantrim, who was playing solo acoustic in the front of the cafe. He recalled a cross between Dylan, Deer Tick and Tallest Man on Earth - a potent and awesome combo. Rocking a pseudo-pompadour, Gantrim had a mysterious air about him, and his dusty South Western Americana songs ... were excellently crafted and executed in an honest and humble manner." (Stark Online) Please join facebook.com/catweazlenyc

Sunday June 13th 5-7 pm, Kathryn Takara & Rashidah Ismaili Read Islands, Issues, Identities: Poetics from the African Diaspora : "Hawai`i and West African Black scholar/poets reflect on the politics of identity, family, community, alienation, and assimilation." Sunday June 20th 2-5 pm, The Vision Festival Presents... Poetry by: Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Bob Heman, Lewis Warsh. Poetry & Music : Albey Balgochian & Jane Grenier B, Barry Wallenstein, Yuko Otomo - Shayna Dulberger, Jake Marmer / & Alon Nechushtan, Aaron Howard w/Gwen Krueger & Tomislav Butkovic, Steve Dalachinsky , Alexandre Pierrepont, Tamara Singh, Tsaurah Litsky, Steve Ben Israel Musicians/Improvs: Ellen Christi, Max Johnson bass, Andrew Barker drums, Charles Waters reeds Sunday, June 27th 5 to 7 pm What happens next zine collating/reading Host: Eve Packer Contributors, artists & poets: Joanne Pagano Weber, Marilyn Sontag, Bruce Weber, Keith Roach, Diana Kurz, Ellen 'windy' Lytle, Marilyn Sontag, Eve Packer, Bob Quatrone, Miriam Stanley, George Spencer, Ron Kolm, Cindy Hochman, Patricia Carragon, and others to be announced...

Garden Readings & Music May 23rd-June27 2010 A Gathering of the Tribes 285 East Third Street, 2nd Fl NYC 10009

Sunday June 6th from 2 to 4pm there will be a collage workshop led by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright and Valery Oisteanu. Anyone can join in making collages! Donation based*

*Poets in Collage Opening Party following the workshop from 4-6 pm~ 7:00 pm Concert in the Garden with Michael Shenker, vocalist and pianist performing R &B, Jazz, and Pop Classics as well as original songs. Sunday June 13th 5-7 pm, Kathryn Takara & Rashidah Ismaili Read Islands, Issues, Identities: Poetics from the African Diaspora : "Hawai`i and West African Black scholar/poets reflect on the politics of identity, family, community, alienation, and assimilation."

Sunday June 20th 2-5 pm, The Vision Festival Presents... Poetry by: Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Bob Heman, Lewis Warsh. Poetry & Music : Albey Balgochian & Jane Grenier B, Barry Wallenstein, Yuko Otomo - Shayna Dulberger, Jake Marmer / & Alon Nechushtan, Aaron Howard w/Gwen Krueger & Tomislav Butkovic, Steve Dalachinsky , Alexandre Pierrepont, Tamara Singh, Tsaurah Litsky, Steve Ben Israel Musicians/Improvs: Ellen Christi, Max Johnson bass, Andrew Barker drums, Charles Waters reeds Sunday, June 27th 5 to 7 pm What happens next zine collating/reading Host: Eve Packer Contributors, artists & poets: Joanne Pagano Weber, Marilyn Sontag, Bruce Weber, Keith Roach, Diana Kurz, Ellen 'windy' Lytle, Marilyn Sontag, Eve Packer, Bob Quatrone, Miriam Stanley, George Spencer, Ron Kolm, Cindy Hochman, Patricia Carragon, and others to be announced...

FREE COLLAGE WORKSHOP

A Gathering of the Tribes presents: Poet-run collage workshop June 6, 2010 from 2-4 pm

Open to everyone!!! FREE Tribes Gallery 285 East Third Street, Manhattan 212.674.3778 info@tribes.org

Coinciding with a show of poets’ collages curated by Bruce Weber, Tribes Gallery is sponsoring a one-of-a-kind special free workshop!

Join poet and master collagist Jeffrey Cyphers Wright for an afternoon of fun and learning. Wright is part of a long-tradition of poets who do collages. He studied with Alice Notley at St. Mark’s Church. His collages have been included in magazines and art exhibitions.

Materials such as rubber stamps, markers, glue and images will be provided but participants are encouraged to bring extra images. At the end of the workshop you will be able to take your creations home.

Valery Oisteanu, the poet and noted art historian will join Wright. Wright and Oisteanu have curated several collage shows together and both write regularly for The Brooklyn Rail. Other poet/ collagists in the show include Star Black, Lewis Warsh, Steve Dalachinsky, Yuko Otomo and Bruce Weber.

So come and enjoy an afternoon of hands-on, ‘make your own & bring it home’ work of art with experienced and acclaimed writers and artists. Stick around after the workshop for the Opening Party for the Poets in Collage exhibition on view now at Tribes Gallery!

*The events were made possible by Salon 94, David Hammons and Capital One Bank *