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Press Release - October 28, 2006 - Every Saturday at Noon at Gallery 
324

Gallery 324
The Galleria at Erieview
1301 East Ninth Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44114

216/780-1522
mbales at oh.verio.com
Gallery 324 Hours: M-F 10 am - 5 pm, Sat 10 am - 2 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 contact: Bree Bodnar
 216 397 3956  greenpandapress at yahoo.com
 3174 Berkshire Road /Cleveland Heights, OH 44118
  

 A festival called "rabbits over clevyland" will take place in 
Cleveland this October 28th &29th, consisting of poetry, music, film 
and bookmaking. The festivities are sponsored by Bottom Dog, Green 
Panda, Rose of Sharon, Deep Cleveland and Bottle of Smoke Presses, 
Prosperity Social Club, Mac=B4s Backs Books on Coventry and Gallery 
324.

 The purpose of the fest is to celebrate community among friends and 
fans of the late d.a. levy.  levy was a renegade poet and publisher 
in Cleveland during the mimeo revolution of the late 1960=B4s. He was a 
torch-bearer for the underground poets and publishers of today. 
Poets, publishers, archivists, film directors, artists and friends of 
levy will gather in levy=B4s hometown on the anniversary of his 
birthday to read and share what yet ignites the flame.
 
At 12 Noon on Saturday October 28th there will be a poetry reading 
featuring Larry Smith, Markk, Tom Kryss, Ben Gulyas, Renee 
Washington, Bree and others at Gallery 324 located in the Galleria 
(East 9th & St Clair). 
  
Larry Smith is the director of Bottom Dog Press (Huron, OH) which 
produces books of working class poetry and literature. He has written 
biographies on Kenneth Patchen and and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and has 
a recent poetry collection called A River Remains (WordTech 2006). 
  
markk aka poet Mark Kuhar (Medina, OH) publishes poetry chapbooks by 
the likes of Russell Salamon and Terry Provost at deep cleveland llc, 
and runs a literary e-zine at deepcleveland.com. 
 
Tom Kryss (Ravenna, OH) is long-time poet and publisher, and intimate 
friend of d.a. levy. He has been widely published in little magazines 
for the last 40 years, and recently put out a comprehensive poetry 
collection called Search for the Reason Why (Bottom Dog 2006). 
  
Ben Gulyas is a poet and sometimes-editor, librarian, bookseller and 
bartender in Cleveland. His weekly poetry performance `Money for the 
Band=B4 adds flair to Friday nights at the Barking Spider Tavern in 
university Circle. He reads heavily improvisational poetry 
accompanied by the headlining acts before `passing the hat=B4 for the 
musicians. 
  
Bree is a poet and founder of Green Panda Press, which produces 
anthologies and chapbooks of poetry and art. All books are hand-made 
and bound using household materials like double-sided window 
insulation tape, or minty dental floss. Green Panda titles include 
Rain Poet (2004), by Daniel Thompson & Virgin Erotica (2006) by 
L.A.=B4s S.A. Griffin and Toledo=B4s John Dorsey.