[NEohioPAL]Kenneth Patchen Festival and Jam At Gallery 324 and The Barking Spider April 13 and 14, 2007

[marcus at designerglass.com]

Kenneth Patchen Festival and Jam At Gallery 324 and The Barking Spider April 13 and 14, 2007

 April 13, 2007 –Friday at 6 pm – 9 pm
Readings and Presentations by:
Larry Smith (Bottom Dog Press), 
Kenneth Patchen biographer, &
Bree Ingst (Green Panda Press), 
poet, singer, bookseller, and publisher &
Marcus Bales (Gallery324)

Present the 
Kenneth Patchen Silkscreens on loan from the 
Trumbull Art Guild, Warren, Ohio, and

Douglas Paisley’s paintings of The Journal of Albion Moonlight with 
Kenneth Patchen’s text, and 
Featuring, from Detroit, 
M.L.Liebler and the Magic Poetry Band  
accompanying readings by
	Chris Franke
	Nina Gibans
	Tom Kryss
	Jim Lang
	Michael McMahon
	Charles Potts
	Larry Smith, and others to be announced
Reception with Cash Bar 6 pm – 9 pm

PATCHEN CELEBRATION IN CLEVELAND DURING NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 
 
Kenneth Patchen Festival in Cleveland this April 8-15.
Larry Smith, Marcus Bales and Bree Ingst are coordinating the week-long event honoring Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972), Ohio rebel poet-artist. Patchen published over 36 books during his lifetime.
 
April 8-15th  Patchen's two silkscreen collections will be shown at Gallery 324 
(E. 9th Street in Galleria, downtown Cleveland) that week... Kenneth Patchen Silkscreens
They are from the Trumbull Art Guild in Patchen's hometown of Warren. 
Photo Copies of Prints will be available for order, and there will be an auction of Patchen items.

April 13th  7 pm Gallery 324 – Reception and Talks on Patchen’s Life and Art, including showing of a group of paintings depicting scenes from The Journal of Albion Moonlight done by Doug Paisley with Kenneth Patchen’s text
 
Two Patchen Poetry-Jazz Reading Events 
April 14th Noon at Gallery 324 featuring M.L.Liebler and the Magic Poetry Band
Readers: Charles Potts, Tom Kryss, Chris Franke, Michael McMahon, Nina Gibans, Mark Kuhar, Jim Lang, John Paisley…hosted by Larry Smith

April 14th 7pm at Barking Spider Tavern, University Circle, featuring John Richmond All-Stars/ Poet-Readers: Ben Guylas, Bree, Katie Daley, Terry Provost, Adam Brodsky, Maj Ragain, Adam Brodsky
	Sponsors of the festival are Bottom Dog Press and Green Panda Press. 
	Book sales are being done by Mac’s Backs Books of Coventry Road, Cleveland.  
	All events free and open to the public. 

Kenneth Patchen page: http://www.connectotel.com/patchen/
Patchen biography & places page: http://members.aol.com/smithcours/Patchen/KennethPatchenPlaces.htm

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
	Contact: e-mail: lsmithdog at aol.com or breestings at yahoo.com (graphics available) or mbales at oh.verio.com, or call 216/780-1522