Seattle Poetry Festival Schedule
This year the festival makes celebrity out of poetry, with musical performances, film, spoken word, and literary talent. The Stranger's picks, below, promise toe-tappin' word wonder.Friday, April 30On The Boards, 100 W Roy St
7:00 pm: SWIL KANIM
* 7:30 pm: STAGGERED THIRDS--Gregory Hischak, Anna Mockler, and Doug Nufer trio with brio.
7:45 pm: MONICA COPELAND
8:00 pm: UW CREATIVE WRITERS
8:30 pm: STREETWRITES
9:00 pm: JUNE MELBY/MATTHEW NIBLOCK
9:15 pm: LAUREN WEEDMAN--Performance diva who always delivers smart, funny monologues.
* 9:30 pm: REBBIE GIBSON--Love Jones featured poet reads "rhythmistical" poems.
Crocodile Cafe, 2200 Second Ave
9:30 pm: SOURCE OF LABOR DJ'S
10:00 pm: SLAM
11:00 pm: JERRY QUICKLEY
11:15 pm: CRISTIEN STORM
11:30 pm: BLACK ANGER
12:15 am: SOURCE OF LABOR
Saturday, May 1911 Media Arts Center17 Yale Ave N
2:00 pm: DOROTHY ALLISON (FILM)
* 2:15 pm: STEVEN JESSE BERNSTEIN (VIDEO)--Life of a misfit poet whose work had soul and verve.
2:30 pm: PHEROMONES
3:00 pm: SALEM
3:20 pm: ARTHUR TULEE
3:40 pm: JOAN FISET
4:00 pm: INDEPENDENT EXPOSURE LITERARY VIDEO PROGRAM
On The Boards, 100 W Roy St
* 7:00 pm: CATHERINE REYNOLDS
7:10 pm: PAUL HUNTER
7:20 pm: SUBTEXT WRITERS COLLECTIVE
7:50 pm: CASS KING
8:15 pm: JOHN KULM
8:30 pm: GRANT COGSWELL
8:40 pm: SKETCH CLUB WITH REBECCA BROWN-- Brown emcees conversations about everything under the sun.
* 9:30 pm: HEATHER McHUGH--UW Professor reads masterly personality-centered poems.
Crocodile Cafe, 2200 Second Ave
* 9:30 pm: SISTER SPIT--San Francisco girl group featuring Michelle Tea (see Book Review Revue this issue) and Eileen Myles.
10:15 pm: TARA HARDY
10:30 pm: PARMALEE COVER
10:40 pm: TIM SANDERS
10:50 pm: JEFF McDANIEL
* 11:00 pm: ELLYN MAYBE--Jewish earth mama of performance poetry, a real talent.
* 11:15 pm: EXENE CERVENKA--See Books Lead this issue.
12:15 pm: SALON EROTIC OPEN MIKE
Sunday, May 2911 Media Arts Center, 117 Yale Ave N
2:00 pm: LITERARY VIDEO PROGRAM
2:15 pm: SANGMAHAL ARTS KOLLECTIVE
2:45 pm: MULTIMEDIA JOURNEYS
3:15 pm: JACK STRAW WRITERS
3:45 pm: M.L. LIEBLER
4:00 pm: ADRIENNE RICH (FILM)
On The Boards, 100 W Roy St
* 7:00 pm: JOHN OLSON--Wordsmith whose poems weave in and out of science and spirituality.
7:15 pm: TRES NORTENAS
7:35 pm: TODD DAVIS
* 7:50 pm: KOON WOON--Seattle street poet mixes place and memory.
8:00 pm: RED SKY OPEN MIKE
* 9:00 pm: SHERMAN ALEXIE--Fresh from his comedy gig at the Foolproof comedy festival, the Sherminator returns to his lovely poetry roots.
