art work by Sarah Schmidt
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As most of you know, I will be doing the Word & Spaghetti Tour the week of October 5th - 11th. It is a seven day tour through Columbus living rooms where I will be performing, and the host will be feeding me spaghetti. An idea that came from a half joking Facebook status I posted. With the lovely assistance of Scott Woods, it has now become a reality.
After only a matter of days we booked seven straight evenings of pasta madness. Some of the events are private and some of them are public events. Here is a run down on the public venues.
Monday 10/6 Dugland 8pm
Tuesday 10/7 at Dinotopia 10pm
Wednesday 10/8 Dru's Poetry Revue And Pasta Werks 11pm
The coolest thing about this tour is the very idea that fueled my Facebook post, my love of intimate artistic settings. I have previously read in basements and in living rooms for audiences. The relationship between the reader, the work, and the audience always feels most at harmony when there is no wall between any one of them. This is a fantastic opportunity to put art in the most intimate space of all, the space that we live in. The even better part is the people I get to experience with. Here is a list of all of the poets who will be sharing space with me during this tour.
Louise Robertson
Javier CIntax
Doug Gamble
Colin Ward
Zach Hannah
Ryan Javery
Ryan Eilbeck
Ara Hawkins
Brandon Crittendon
Izetta
Aaron Al
Paula Lambert
Alexis Mitchell-Tremain
Calla Thomas
Scott Woods
Comedy by
David Gamble
Pretty much the best list of people ever. It is incredible how much of a positive response my endeavor has received. To make this tour a true talent I will be attempting to not repeat any poems in my set. My goal is to read 70 different poems in 7 nights. I will also have a new chap book of poems for sale. Details about that to come.
On this blog I will be updating about each evening's experience!
