A Night of Dance, Song and Poetry at Cafe Dada, Tues, 3/19 at 7 p.m.

Feb. 25, 2013 - PRLog -- The Brownstone Poets presents a night of dance, song, and poetry with muses E.J. Antonio and Helen Peterson on Tuesday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at Café Dada.  Enjoy the Old World ambiance in Park Slope that’s near several subways.  Feast on French-Hungarian cuisine and delectable pastries.  Relax with some wine or beer, a cup of coffee or tea while listening to great poetry. There’s an open mic as well. Poetry does grow in Park Slope, Brooklyn.



The Brownstone Poets presents:

E.J. Antonio and Helen Peterson


Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Starts at 7 p.m. – Sign up at 6:45 p.m.


Café Dada

57 Seventh Avenue (at the corner of Lincoln Place)
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-622-2800

Subways:

2 or 3 to Grand Army Plaza
B or Q to Seventh Avenue
F or G to Seventh Avenue (9th Street)
R to Union Street, plus a bit of a walk.

http://www.hopstop.com/

$4 donation + food/drink - Open-Mic

Curated by Patricia Carragon

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BIOS:




E.J. Antonio is a 2009 fellow in Poetry from the New York Foundation for the Arts and a recipient of fellowships from the Hurston/Wright Foundation and the Cave Canem Foundation. Her work has appeared online at www.torchliteraryarts.org, and has been published in various journals and magazines; including, African Voices Literary Magazine, Terra Incognita, Black Renaissance Noire, Mobius: The Poetry Magazine, The Encyclopedia Project, The Mom Egg, and One Word/Many Voices: A Bi-Lingual Poetry Anthology. Her first chapbook, Every Child Knows, was published in the fall of 2007 by the Premier Poets Chapbook Series, and her debut CD, Rituals in the marrow: Recipe for a jam session was released in the fall of 2010. – www.ejantoniobluez.net.

Helen Peterson is a prizing-winning poet, storyteller and acclaimed Flamenco dancer. Born into a theatrical family in Cuba, her poetry reflects her origins, featuring poetry-dance fusion. Awards include: Mobius, The Poetry Magazine, 2012, Editor’s Choice Award; Pen and Brush long poem contest award, 2000 Geraldine Dodge Foundation residency in poetry at Provincetown’s Fine Arts Work Center, MA. Korea Society Fellowship for poetry in Korea. Publications include: Mobius, The Poetry Magazine, 30th Anniversary Edition—2012; U.S.Worksheets; Pivot; International Poetry Review, bilingual (Spanish). Performances include: one-woman shows combining poems, stories, Flamenco dance, song, castanets at Tri-State venues like Nuyorican Poets Café, NYC.