Wave Poetry Bus Tour at Dia Sept 30 & Oct 1
Wave Poetry Bus Tour at Dia
Stopping at 50 cities in 50 days, the 2006 Poetry Bus Tour, sponsored by Seattle-based independent press Wave Books, is touring North America from September 4 through October 27 offering readings by a wide range of contemporary authors. The bus tour includes stops at the Space Needle in Seattle, the Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD, the Museum of Natural History in Los Angles, the Green Mill in Chicago, and a variety of bookstores, galleries, bars, prisons and schools throughout the US and Canada.
Dia Art Foundation
Saturday, September 30, 2006, 4pm-midnight
Readings by participating poets: Joshua Beckman, Matthew Zapruder, Noelle Kocot, Mary Jo Bang, Vijay Seshadri, John Yau, Marie Howe, Brenda Shaughnessy, Christian Hawkey, Rebecca Wolff, Rachel Zucker, Larry Fagin, Travis Nichols, Ann Lauterbach, Timothy Donnelly, John Godfrey, Lewis Warsh, the Typing Explosion, Catherine Wagner, Major Jackson, Monica Fambrough, Matthew Rohrer, Edwin Torres, Cate Marvin, David Lehman, John Ashbery, Eileen Myles, Evie Shockley, James Tate
548 West 22nd Street
New York, NY 10011
www.diaart.org
Dia:Beacon
Sunday, October 1, 2006, 2-5pm
Readings by participating poets: Joshua Beckman, Matthew Zapruder, John Yau, Mary Ruefle, Noelle Kocot, Mary Jo Bang, Nick Flynn, Brenda Shaughnessy, Major Jackson, Thomas Sayers Ellis, Catherine Wagner, Matthew Rohrer, Caroline Knox
3 Beekman Steet
Beacon, NY 12508
845-440-0100
* Admission at both venues is a $5 suggested donation.
Wave Books
Wave Books is an independent poetry press based in Seattle, Washington. Dedicated to publishing the best in American poetry by new and established authors, Wave Books was founded in 2005, joining forces with already-established publisher Verse Press. Wave Books seeks to build on and expand the mission of Verse Press by publishing strong innovative work and encouraging our authors to expand and interact with their readership through nationwide readings and events, affirming our belief that the audience for poetry is larger and more diverse than commonly thought.
Dia Art Foundation
Dia Art Foundation was founded in 1974. A nonprofit institution, Dia is internationally renowned for initiating, supporting, presenting, and preserving art projects. Dia presents public programs and its permanent collection of works from the 1960s through the present at Dia:Beacon, Riggio Galleries, in New York’s Hudson Valley. Dia has also proposed a plan to relocate its contemporary exhibition program in New York City to a new facility located at the future entrance to the High Line public park in downtown Manhattan. Additionally, the foundation maintains long-term, site-specific projects in the western United States, in New York City, and on Long Island.
For more information, please visit www.poetrybus.com or www.diaart.org.