Zelda's Inferno Poetry Collective is proud to announce that on Tuesday January 29th we will be hosting a poetry open mic at 2640 St Paul. The mic will begin at 7pm.

Set lengths will be determined by the number of people who will sign up. People are welcome to come and play acoustic music, please bring all of your own gear.

If there are any questions e-mail zelda.open.mic@gmail.com. We hope to see all of you there!

The recap:

• When: Tuesday January 29th starting at 7pm
• Where: 2640 St Paul St Baltimore, MD
• What: Open mic for poetry and acoustic music
• Suggested Donation: $5

All donations go to the operating costs of 2640, please be generous in order to keep this beautiful space going.

For those who found last night's exercise interesting, some notes on the Universe Deck.

Making a Universe Deck

The Universe Deck comes from an exercise by Linnea Johnson in Behn and Twichell's The Practice of Poetry.

Take a pack of 100 index cards. A pad of Post-It size notes works too, but index cards are easier to shuffle. A bunch of old business cards would work too, if you can write on the backs, i.e. not too glossy.

On each card, write a word, as follows:

Our exercise for August 19 will involve creating a "Universe Deck", as described here.

Please bring a pack of 100 index cards if you can. (A pad of Post-It size notes works too, but index cards are easier to shuffle. A bunch of old business cards would work too, if you can write on the backs, i.e. not too glossy.)

Our good friends Robin Gunkel and Karla Mancero read at Minas, August 19, 4 p.m, part of the Maryland State Poetry and Literary Society's "Third Sunday" series. Open mic follows.

Hi folks. I've created this new forum for random chatting. It and other more focused forums are accessable by clicking that link up top that says "forums".

From Kata, aka Sensoriel:

That's right.
Think creatively!!

This is a hang out in the park that revolves around arts and creativity.

Object Manipulators (poi, staff, jugglers, contact jugglers, fans, hula hoops, etc)
Musicians (drummers, instruments, experimental instruments, etc.)
Performers (masks, charecter improv, mime, [see above], dancers, etc.)
artsists (writers, philosophers, poets, etc.)
visual artists (sketchbooks, easels,

I see people out there hanging out doing sports so how's about something where we get together to play creatively, learn something new, or meet others to inspire us or to work with.

From Marcus Colasurdo:

"Thunder & Luightning"
aka: Marcus Colasurdo and Auset
In magnetic, seismic, elemental performance
saturday, August 11 @ 4pm
Minas gallery
815 W. 36th St.
Hampden
A benefit for African fresh water wells fund
$5
Music by Jasaga Sawyer
open reading to follow

This is part of an ongoing series of events to build a fresh water well
in east africa..first event was a smash

from Julie:

Gimme Shelter Productions presents...
Water for the Wells
Saturday, July 14th @ 4pm
Minas Gallery
815 W. 36th Street
Hampden
$5 donation

An afternoon of poetry to benefit African drought
relief
featuring Baltimore Poets
Alan Barysh
Marcus Colasurdo
Julie Fisher
Medina Krause
Elise Mignon
and Gregg Mosson
open reading to follow

I have installed the Mailman mailing list software, and moved the Zelda's e-mail list to it. Now you can control your subscription yourself, and new members can subscribe themselves (subject to admin approval, to keep out spammers). The main mailing list page is

http://zeldas.org:8080/mailman/listinfo

1st Saturday Coffee House 7 pm • Poetry • Music • Refreshments • Open Mic • Free (donation appreciated)

http://www.baltimoreethicalsociety.org/Calendar.php

Featuring our good friend, Suzanne Diggs - so come on by.