[NEohioPAL] Tonight at 7: DEEP CLEVELAND at The Alcazar

[Jean Seitter Cummins]

FIRST MONDAYS welcomes poets Joshua Gage, Mary Turzillo and Dianne Borsenik
and clarinetist Bill Meyer to The Alcazar for an evening of poetry and music
tonight at 7:00 PM. The historic Alcazar is located at the top of Cedar Hill
in the Cedar-Fairmount neighborhood of Cleveland Heights.

Joshua Gage’s first published collection, BREATHS, earned him a national
reputation as an author of haiku who, according to one critic “gives us
haiku straight up . . . Through the smoke and broken urban landscape, you
will find moments worth a deep breath of insight.”  Gage himself has spoken
of haiku as poetry for people who think they don’t like poetry. The
immediacy of the shortened form gives an intensity to everyday moments. Like
the late d.a. levy whose work he celebrates, Josh also has a strong
connection to Cleveland that he celebrates in DEEP CLEVELAND LENTEN BLUES, a
chapbook published by Deep Cleveland Press.

Mary Truzillo’s  Nebula winner, “Mars is No Place for Children,” and her
novel, AN OLD-FASHIONED MARTIAN GIRL, were selected as recreational reading
on the International Space Station. In addition to many publications, Dianne
Borsenik's work has been featured in "Genesis of Evil," a touring program
mounted by actor Jonathan Frid, who played Barnabas on TV's DARK SHADOWS.

The Alcazar is located at 2450 Derbyshire just at the top of Cedar Hill in
the Cedar-Fairmount neighborhood.  Admission is $5 at the door. Parking is
available on the street and in the metered city lot just off Cedar Road at
Derbyshire.  Call 321-5400 on the day of the program to arrange handicapped
parking in the Alcazar Garage.