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TOUR CALENDAR 2009
LOS ANGELES
Rockpile Performance
Thursday, October 8th 7:00pm
The Hammer Museum
Billy Wilder Theater
10899 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Phone: 310.443.7000
http://hammer.ucla.edu/
ADMISSION: free
David Meltzer and Michael Rothenberg with Theo Saunders (piano), Johnny Lee Schell (guitar), John B. Williams (bass), Joe Sublette (saxophone), Debra Dobkin (drums and percussion).
ALBUQUERQUE
Rockpile Performance
Saturday, October 15th 7:30 pm
Outpost Performance Space
210 Yale SE • 2 blocks south of Central
Albuquerque, NM 87196 (505) 268-0044
http://www.outpostspace.org/
ADMISSION: $7, $5 dollars for members,
(Outpost accepts phone orders as well as in-person sales
at the Outpost Performance Space Box Office Hours:
2:00-5:30pm—Monday-Friday and 1 hr before
each show at the door
David Meltzer and Michael Rothenberg with Thunderbird Poetry Orkestra:
JB Bryan, alto saxophone, rumba box, rattles; Mark Weber, hubcapaphone
& glockenspiel; Leif Rustebakke, koto, hurdy gurdy, percussion; Jon
Baldwin, cornet; Mark LeClaire, cello; Daisy Kates, mellophone,
percussion; Lou Liberty, taiko, little instruments; Jim Burbank,
djembe, didgeridoo, wooden flutes; John Tritica, rain stick, cowhorn rattle,
percussion; Riha Rothberg, balafon & percussion; plus special guest
Terri Carrion, accordion.
NEW ORLEANS
Rockpile Performance
Sun, October 25th 8PM
Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center
1618 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
New Orleans, Louisiana 70113
(504) 827-5858 or (504) 352-1150
http://www.zeitgeistinc.net/
ADMISSON: all events are by donation - $7 general / $6
students & seniors / $5 Zeitgeist members /Patrons
& Children 15 and under free (unless otherwise indicated)
David Meltzer, Michael Rothenberg and, Blodie with members of
The Dirty Dozen Brass Band including Gregory Davis (trumpet), Roger Lewis
(baritone sax), Terence Higgins (drums), Julius McKee (sousaphone),
and Jake Eckert (guitar).
WASHINGTON, DC
Sunday, November 1st, 2pm – 3:30
The Writer’s Center
4508 Walsh Street
Bethesda, MD 20815
(301)654-8664
http://www.writer.org/
ADMISSION: free
"All About Rockpile," with David Meltzer, Michael Rothenberg, and
Burnett Thompson & The New Columbia Orchestra.
WASHINGTON, DC
Rockpile Performance
Wednesday, November 4th, 9pm-11pm
Busboys and Poets: “Hump Day Groovez”
2021 14 St. NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-387-9757
http://www.busboysandpoets.com/
ADMISSION: 10 dollars at the door
David Meltzer and Michael Rothenberg with Burnett Thompson and
The New Columbia Orchestra
NEW YORK CITY
Saturday, November 7th 2-5pm
Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church
Parish Hall 131 E. 10th St.(& 2nd Ave.)
Manhattan,
NY ADMISSION: free
ROCKPILE Symposium: David Meltzer and Michael Rothenberg
host a discussion on "Art and Activism, Poetry, Music and The
Troubadour Tradition, Censorship and The Academy, Community
and Collaboration: Open discussion with Ammiel Alcalay, Teresa
Carrion, Jim Christy, Marty Ehrlich, Michael Franklin, Murat
Nemat-Nejat, Wanda Phipps, Robert Priest, Harris Schiff, Suzi
Winson and Bill Zavatsky. We welcome audience participation.
Moderator: Jim Feast. Refreshments
Monday, November 9th, 12:30-2pm
Segal Theater The Center for the Humanities
The Graduate Center, CUNY 365 Fifth Avenue,
Room 5103 New York, NY 10016 212-817-2005
ADMISSION: free
ROCKPILE- Poetry and Music and The Troubadour
Tradition A Discussion with David Meltzer and Michael
Rothenberg hosted by David Henderson and Ammiel Alcalay.
NEW YORK CITY
Rockpile Performance
Monday, November 9th 8pm
The Gershwin Hotel 7 East 27th
Street New York, NY 10016
(212)545-8000
http://www.gershwinhotel.com/english/site1.html
ADMISSION: $10 at the door
David Meltzer and Michael Rothenberg with Marty Ehrlich
(multi-reed player), Lindsey Horner (bass), Bill Zavatsky
(piano), Michael Stephans (drums)
ROCHESTER
November 11th, 4-5:15 pm
David Meltzer and Michael Rothenberg read
and discuss ROCKPILE
Rochester Institute of Technology
College of Liberal Arts Faculty Lounge Bldg.
6, Rm 1251 92 Lomb Memorial Dr Rochester,
NY (585) 475-4922
ADMISSION: free
November 11th,
7pm David Meltzer, Michael Rothenberg
and Terri Carrion Reading at: Writers and Books
740 University Ave Rochester,
NY (585) 473-2590
ADMISSION: free
November 12th, 10:30 am
Rochester Institute of Technology
lecture Michael Rothenberg and Terri Carrion
class on “Editing The Literary Magazine”
Rochester Institute of Technology 92
Lomb Memorial Dr. Rochester,
NY ADMISSION: free
BUFFALO, NY
November 12th, 7PM
David Meltzer and Michael Rothenberg
reading Just Buffalo @ WNYBAC Western
New York Book Arts Center 468
Washington St. @ Mohawk Place 2nd
Floor Buffalo, NY 14203
http://www.justbuffalo.org/
ADMISSION: free
CHICAGO
Rockpile Performance
Thursday, November 19, 8pm- 12pm
The Hideout 1354 W Wabansia Chicago,
Il 60622 773.227.4433 http://www.hideoutchicago.com/
ADMISSION: 10 dollars at the door
(all shows 21 & over unless stated otherwise advance tickets
online or by phone at 866.468.3401)
Poetry & Jazz Festival with ROCKPILE: David Meltzer and
Michael Rothenberg perform with The Spider Trio and The
Bob Malone Band and special guests Art Lange, Ed Roberson,
Francesco Levato, Larry Sawyer, Dan Godston Band
and Terri Carrion.
ST. LOUIS
Monday, November 23rd 6pm Untamed Ink,
Under and Above Ground:
A Publication Celebration
hosted by David Meltzer, Michael Rothenberg
and Terri Carrion Lindenwood University, LCIE auditorium.
ADMISSION: free
ST. LOUIS
Rockpile Performance
November 24th 7:30-11pm
Regional Arts Commission
Performance Space 6128 Delmar Blvd. St. Louis,
MO 63112-1204 (314) 863-5811
http://www.art-stl.com/
ADMISSION: free
David Meltzer and Michael Rothenberg with Zimbabwe
Nkenya (Bass), Dave Black ( guitar), Bob Malone (piano),
Michael Franklin, Shirley LeFlore, Michael Castro, K. Curtis
Lyle and David Jackson (assorted percussion and electronics),
Alexander Balogh, Sean Arnold, Terri Carrion, Howard Schwartz,
and Philip Gounis.