Longtime poetry hang brings in a pasty scene to cover the rent. Duane Park’s southern comfort and burlesque shows hold down the big money slots, while Bowery Poetry survives on Sundays, Mondays, and Saturday afternoons. Still a magnet for quality word work, with founder Bob Holman running the scene.
“Poetry Czar” (as anointed by the Village Voice) Bob Holman opened his “Home for Poetry” in a classic 1850 Bowery building. It’s open all day for snacks, coffee, and that writerly essential, hanging out; a good happy hour precedes each evening’s festivities. Poetry and fiction readings and slams, open mics, monologues, words with music, and all manner of other spoken word is presented from...
The Bowery Poetry Club is a unique and unpretentious joint where poetry and art meet entertainment, technology and commerce. It comes as no surprise that the wizard behind the currtain of this enterprise is Bob Holman, the building’s owner and the club’s guiding light. Holman has earned his stripes, making a living as a poet and running readings for 25 years in the East Village. First at the...
This literary joint assures the word a place in the new millennium.:
The Lowdown
Conceived by literary Willie Wonka Bob Holman, the Bowery Poetry Club is home to five-time National Slam champs Urbana. Nearly every hour something artistic is happening. In...