Bowery Poetry Club
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| Location | Manhattan, New York |
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| Owner | Bob Holman |
| Type | Performance Arts venue |
| EventTemplate:Pluralize from text | Poetry, Spoken Word, Slam Poetry, Hip-Hop, Experimental Theatre, Performance Art, Alternative Stand Up, Burlesque, Live Music |
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| Opened | 2002 |
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The Bowery Poetry Club is a New York City poetry performance space founded by Bob Holman in 2002.[1] Located at 308 Bowery, between Bleecker and Houston Streets in Manhattan's East Village, the BPC is a popular meeting place for poets and aspiring artists.
Building history
The building was built in the 1850s as a lumber yard. Its last incarnation before becoming the BPC was as a formica tabletop manufacturer that ran on DC current. Plywood scraps were used to heat the building in a pot-belly stove.
In a 2002 article about the club in The New York Times, Holman talked about the then-risky choice to open the club on Bowery, which at the time was a "skid row":
The Bowery Poetry Club closed for renovations on July 17, 2012[2] and re-opened in March 2013 as a joint performance venue with Duane Park, which relocated from TriBeCa. In the process, BPC dropped "Club" from its name, becoming "Bowery Poetry". The venue presents Duane Park's burlesque performances Tuesdays through Saturdays, with Bowery Poetry presenting shows on Saturday afternoons, Sundays, and Mondays.[3][4]
Bowery Poetry is operated by Bowery Arts + Science, a non-profit organization founded by Bob Holman, and run by filmmaker and poet Nikhil Melnechuk.
References
Notes
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- ^ Aptowicz, Cristin O'Keefe. (2008). Words in Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam. Chapter 26: What the Heck is Going on Here; The Bowery Poetry Club Opens (Kinda) for Business. Soft Skull Press, 288. Template:ISBN.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Solomon, Serena (July 17, 2012). "Bowery Poetry Club to Close as Questions Linger About Conversion Plan". DNAinfo. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sherer, Jenna (March 12, 2013). "Meet the new Duane Park and Bowery Poetry". Time Out New York.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Solomon, Serena (January 30, 2013). "Revamped Bowery Poetry to Open in March With New Name, New Look". DNAinfo. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28.
External links
- Bowery Poetry Club website
- Bowery Arts and Science website
- Poems Recorded Live at the Bowery Poetry Club (podcast series)
- Archives of Segue Series
- Litkicks article on Brooklyn Poetry Day at the Bowery Poetry Club
- All About Jazz on a Jazz event at the Bowery Poetry Club
- David Amram on playing jazz with poetry at the Bowery Poetry Club and in the 1950s with Jack Kerouac
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