On Friday, January 27, 2012, the Arts & Culture Committee of Brooklyn For Peace will host The WORD On Peace, an evening of music, poetry and spoken-word performances at WORD Bookstore in Greenpoint.
The WORD On Peace is the second of the ongoing Peace Performance Series presented by the Arts & Culture Committee. download WORD flyer
Where: WORD Bookstore,
126 Franklin Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 (map)
718-383-0096
www.wordbrooklyn.com
Time: 6:30 – 8:00pm
There will be snacks and beverages.
With the ongoing Occupy movement changing the focus and possibilities of the peace and justice movement in New York and around the world, the Arts & Culture Committee wants to encourage a culture of peace and creativity to flourish and grow in Brooklyn. We will celebrate the growing movement with an evening of performances, including novelist and professor Jan Clausen; novelist and professor Susan Metz; Greenpoint musician Anya Skidan; and writer/poet and member of Occupy Wall Street’s poetry group, Rafiq Kathwari.
Performers
Jan Clausen-Writer, Poet
Professor Jan Clausen teaches creative writing at Eugene Lang College in Manhattan and at the Goddard College MFA Writing Program, and wrote her own thesis on “North American Feminists and the Sandanista Revolution.”
www.ablationsite.org/index.html
Rafiq Kathwari-Poet
Born and Raised in Kashmir occupied by India, Rafiq Kathwari is a seasoned player at occupying the occupiers. He studied Creative Writing at Columbia U and has recited poetry at diverse venues, such as Cooper Union, KGB, Cornelia Street Cafe, Leeds Opera House, England and of course Zuccotti Park. His poetry has been published In journals, magazines and blogs, most notably at 3 Quarksdaily.com where he is a guest writer.
www.linkedin.com/in/rafiqkathwari
Susan Metz – Poet
Susan has (most of) an MFA in writing poetry from Brooklyn College where she studied with John Ashbery, Alan Ginsberg, David Shapiro and Joan Larkin. She workshopped and performed in the Slow Motion Poetry Collective with Kip Zegers, Marc Zuss, Zack Rogow and Carolyn Bennett during the 80s. She has two chapbooks published. After retiring from teaching English and Human Development in NYC public high schools and a life-long commitment to activism, Susan is returning to her love of writing.
Anya Skidan – singer/songwriter
Anya is a Brooklyn-based psyche-folk/rock indie artist and a poet.
A trained classical pianist from age 6, Skidan also plays guitar and ukulele. Her music is best described as a cross between psychedelic folk, rock and indie blues. After graduating from Baruch College in 2010 with the degree in creative writing, Skidan started writing and performing her own compositions and tour full time, playing both solo and with her band.
Having lived in different parts of the world, she has been influenced by a vast variety of music from psychedelic rock, folk, Tropicalia to classics such as Neil Young, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, and Syd Barrett.
www.anyaskidan.bandcamp.com
