Poetry Reading Last night at Lawrence Street Gallery

I do not normally post pictures of myself or pictures taken by other people, but since I am a Detroit poet, and I was a featured reader last night, I am breaking my rule. Here I am reading poetry last night. Photo by BB.

Maxwell's Arts and Treasures

We went to hear music and poetry and attend a party at a venue that was new to us, Maxwell's, and VERY INTERESTING. Unfortunately, my camera battery died and I only got these two pictures. The place is full of stuff, old books, antiques and art, all for sale, and I mean FULL! There is a stage for music and poetry and a kitchen to serve food to parties and it's BYOB or BYOW. The party was rocking and the music great. It was a kickoff party for Renaissance City online.

The yummy food was just outside these doors, the music, poetry and stuff inside.

Poetry at the Scarab Club

The cultural district isn't far from downtown Detroit. The Scarab
club is directly across from the DIA (Detroit institute of Arts) and
DSC (The Detroit Science Center.) The Monday-night poetry reading was
held in the art gallery, newly air-conditioned, which was a relief
from the heat. Here, a bout 1/3 of the audience listens. (There were
two more sections of audience.) Speaking is ML Liebler, a big name in
Detroit poetry.

Lit Fest at the Scarab Club

ML Leibler and his band at the Lit fest--poetry and music!

My first featured Poetry reading in Detroit

I used to read a lot of poetry when I lived in Syracuse. Since I
moved to Detroit, I read at one open mic. Until now. This time, I
was a featured poet. No one took my picture, but here are some of the
poets at the open mic that followed. This took place at the Coffee
Beanery Cafe near 12 mile on Woodward, which is a short ways north of
the Detroit Zoo. There were so many good poets! WOW!