Dear Catherine:
I sent request the LA County Museum of Art and other
venues (Beyond Baroque). I have not gotten any
substantial commitments from anyone, yet. If you can
canvas and ask around, I would appreciate it. Once, I
have a good portion of the program finished, I plan to
approach the PSA, the Academy of American Poets and
others for their support.
Thanks,
Ram
--- Catherine Daly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ram, can you backchannel me re: your plans for LA
> United Nations readings, or somehow
> include me (& other LA/Ventura County-area poetryetc
> list members, I know there are some
> lurking out there)? There are some San Diego folk
> as well. Who is in San Francisco?
>
> I had not volunteered the LA Knitting Factory, since
> a series I intended to run with
> them is still up in the air (the building's not
> finished), but it would have fabulous
> av.
>
> If, if, if, I would want to run the poetryetc
> reading there.
>
> I understand your desire to schedule the un reading
> in one of the more established
> venues. PSA at the Getty would give you an "upper
> east side" un feel.
>
> It still seems like the knit might be a likely spot
> for a "downtown" poetryetc nyc
> reading. I don't know the person scheduling poetry
> there, but could find out, or you
> could.
>
> As you can imagine, large American cities are
> divided between alternative venues/younger
> artists and established ones. While the same club
> is "alternative" to the UN upper east
> side area in NY, it is "corporate" to Midnight
> Special and Beyond Baroque (which both do
> some political programming).
>
> There is a considerable rivalry between coasts as
> well. As a poet from New York four
> years ago, I hardly felt welcomed by Los Angeles; it
> seems to be the nature of the
> scattered urban area, though, and the poets here are
> quite wonderful, once you live here
> and find them.
>
> Rgds,
> Catherine Daly
> [log in to unmask]
>
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