Last Fridays, Mayo Street Arts gets LIT
This month on February 25 at 7pm we indulge in
Eat Write:
Nourishment for Mouth and Mind
Performances and Readings by:
delectable Acorn Productions actors
Paul Haley, Michael Howard and April Singley
and
Maine Poet Laureate Betsy Sholl
plus
a Gargantuan puppet show
by Blainor McGough
and
Dinner
and a Wine Tasting Competition
Co-hosted by Megan Grumbling and WMPG’S Zack Barowitz.
Friday, February 25, 7 p.m., at 10 Mayo Street.
$5-$10 suggested donation
free with a pot-luck dish
September 24th 2010
Harvest: Reflections on growing and reaping, in poetry and prose.
Featuring readings by:
~ Keith Anctil, Jennie Hahn, and Claire Guyer, theater artists and apprentice farmers of the theater and community project Of Farms and Fables, a collaboration between Open Water Theatre Arts and three family farms, which engages actors in farming and farmers in storytelling, to create dialogue about the future of family farms in Maine
and by local writers
~ Annie Finch, reading from her own work and from the classics
~ Martin Steingesser and Judy Tierney, on aging as harvest
~ Elizabeth Hartsig, reading from her farm writings
plus
~ Fertile foot-stompin’ gypsy fiddling by Hafid Lalaoui and Keith Fletcher (and YOU, if you bring a music-maker)
~ Mulled cider
~ An open reading
and
~stirring projections
on the ceiling of
Mayo Street Arts
10 Mayo Street, Portland
LIT is a monthly literary happening with a revolving theme featuring live readings, poetry, prose, spoken word, music, and drama. Hosted by Portland poet, writer, and theater critic Megan Grumbling. Suggestions for themes or collaborations welcome! Contact Megan at mgrumbling@hotmail.com
Themes Past and Future:
2010
4/10: Beatify
5/10: Awhirl – an evening of Rumi
6/10: Patriotica – in praise, parody, and protest of patriotism
7/10: High Summer -
9/10: Harvest - reflections on growing and reaping
10/10: Favorite Haunts
11/10: In Stone
