Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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.
The Poetry Society of New York is an American nonprofit organized in the state of New York in 2015. [1] Stephanie Berger and Nicholas Adamski are founding partners. Its mission is finding new and innovative ways to bring together the poetry community with the general public through a series of events and projects. [2]
The Village Vanguard in New York City, 2018. The Village Vanguard is a jazz club at Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village, New York City. The club was opened on February 22, 1935, by Max Gordon. Originally, the club presented folk music and beat poetry, but it became primarily a jazz music venue in 1957. It has hosted many highly renowned ...
Nuyorican poetry of the 1990s era was focused on breaking down political, social, cultural, and racial boundaries between individuals and groups in the United States. The early 2000s for Nuyorican poetry was the time period when slam poetry took full root and the living, accessible nature of poetry was solidified. [3]
The New York Press Club’s "Heart of New York Award" – 1994 The Municipal Art Society’s Certificate of Merit – 1994 (Awarded jointly to Poetry in Motion and Arts for Transit) A proclamation from the Council of the City of New York that honored Poetry in Motion for its "invaluable contribution to the people of New York City" – 2000 [ 4 ]
The club was next door and down the stairs from the street-level bar, the Kettle of Fish, where many performers hung out between sets, [7] [8] [9] including Bob Dylan. [10] [11] Also nearby was the Folklore Center, a bookstore/record store owned by Izzy Young and notable for being a musicians' gathering place and center of the New York folk ...
The Cotton Club was a 20th-century nightclub in New York City. It was located on 142nd Street and Lenox Avenue from 1923 to 1936, then briefly in the midtown Theater District until 1940. The club operated during the United States' era of Prohibition and Jim Crow era racial segregation .
Arts schools in New York City (2 C) Pages in category "Arts organizations based in New York City" The following 146 pages are in this category, out of 146 total.