The Oval Study is located in the heart of Stuyvesant Town on Manhattan’s East Side. There are entrances at 14th Street, 1st Avenue, 20th Street, and
Avenue C. Enter anywhere and follow the walkway to “Stuyevesant Oval” (one
minute walk, tops,) and you’ll see the Oval Study on the northwest side – the
glass-walled building.

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Saturday, February 28
Gay Pride Rockland County Poetry Night

featuring Marty McConnell and Emily Kagan Trenchard

$15 in advance, $20 at door and free snacks!
8 p.m.

Nyack Center -- corner of Broadway Depew, Nyack, NY

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Wednesday, March 4

Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery (between Bleecker & Houston)

Marty McConnell and Mary Reilly with LA poets Corrie Greathouse and Doug Knotts

6-8 p.m.

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Monday, March 9

louderARTS: the reading series
presents OUTloud featuring Marty McConnell
aka the Goodbye Marty Party

at Bar 13
35 E. 13th Street, Union Square
$6 ($5 with student ID)
7 p.m.

Bring a poem by your favorite queer writer to share along with your own on the
open mic.

Hosted by Geoffrey Jason Kagan Trenchard, Amanda Lichtenberg, and David Allyon

www.louderARTS.com

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Tuesday, March 10
Urbana Poetry Slam
featuring Marty McConnell

7 p.m.
$7

Bowery Poetry Club
308 Bowery, between Bleecker and Houston

www.bowerypoetry.com/urbana

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March 18-21

Women of the World Poetry Slam
in Detroit Michigan

Marty represents the louderARTS Project/NYC

http://wow.poetryslam.com

louderARTS Annual Poets Auction and Raffle!

July 28, 2008

7:30 p.m.

at Bar 13

35 E. 13th Street, Union Square

$6 ($5 for students)

2-for-1 drinks all night

Join louderARTS for a showcase of brilliant poets, and the best auction in town! And bring your own bright and shiny work to share in the open mic!

Up on the block this year are a raft of amazing items and services, including:

·         an iPod shuffle

·         Moore Brothers wine tasting for 30 people

·         Cut and color at Mark Garrison Salon -- cut by Mark, color by Sam -- total value $450!

·         Grantwriting 101 -- lesson or editing of existing proposal

·         VIP night at Club SOL -- guest-list entry, free drinks, dancing

·         Gourmet meal by professional chef

·         Web site design or refurbishment

·         Two-day nonprofit financial consultation/review

·         Personalized writing exercises from Marty McConnell

·         CD recording session and master for reproduction

·         Professional tarot reading

·         DJ lessons and opportunity to spin at a Funkworthy party

·         Four tickets to Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind plus two 6-packs of PBR bottles for the show!

·         Gourmet meal prepared by a professional chef

·         Poetry exercise journal by Marty McConnell

·         Books, books, magazines and more books!

·         Personal yoga session by professional instructor

·         "Outfit Your Kitchen" shopping lesson

·         Professional headshots by Peter Dressel

·         Chapbook design -- cover and layout

·         Funkworthy party themed for/dedicated to you or a loved one

·         and much more!

www.louderARTS.com

Can you believe February is all but over? It's astonishing.

I have a few shows coming up in March, and will tell you all about them below, but first I want to put in a plug for a show I'm NOT in that you simply must see if you are able.

This Saturday, March 1, twenty of New York City's most vibrant, talented, and shockingly smart teen poets will take the stage at the Urban Word NYC Teen Poetry Grand Slam Finals.

This is the 10^th year of the teen slam here in NYC, and it is going to be a doozy of a show. These young people have made it through round after round of competition to make it to this point, and I guarantee that you will leave astonished, humbled, and full of hope for the future of the planet.

They're just that good.

You can buy your tickets here: www.myspace.com/urbanwordnyc -- for group rates, call 212-352-3495. If it's honestly the $15 keeping you away, drop me a line and we'll talk about comps. It's that important that you see this show.

10th Annual Urban Word NYC Grand Slam Final

Saturday March 1

7 p.m.

at Washington Irving High School (40 Irving Place)

Honorees: Afrika Bambaataa, MC K~Swift, and Tahani Salah

with beats by DJ Reborn

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On to the other stuff:

March 8

at  the Ear Inn

326 Spring Street (west of Greenwich Street), NYC

3 p.m.

featuring Marty McConnell and Mark Strauss

FREE + good cheap eats and alcohol…in the middle of the day!

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March 18

7:30 p.m.

private loft performance with Christine Hamm and Mary Donnelly

in Williamsburg Brooklyn, NYC

space is limited – RSVP to me if you want to attend!

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March 15

The Piper Jane Project

at Boise State University

Jordan Ballroom

Boise, Idaho

6:30 p.m.

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March 20

Marty McConnell, Bassey Ikpi, Ishle Yi Park

Old Dominion University Women's Center

Norfolk, Virginia

7 p.m.