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<P><FONT face=Arial><EM>Take Nine</EM> brings their very special blend of poetry
and performance to Judson Manor on Monday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. as part of the
FIRST MONDAYS reading series. The program features Gail Bellamy,
Kathleen Cerveny, Katie Daley, Rita Grabowski, Meredith Holmes, Bonnie Jacobson,
Darlene Montonaro, Linda Goodman Robiner, and Cindy
Washabaugh, who are -- in their own words -- "a group of nine
Cleveland area poets who read, eat and write together." </FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Take Nine includes two former Cleveland Heights Poet
Laureates, winners of Individual Artist Fellowships from the Ohio Arts Council
and the Community Partnership for Arts and Culture (CPAC). They are editors of
literary journals and anothologies, poetry workshop instructors, arts managers,
and winners of awards from Northern Ohio Live, the Ohio Educational Broadcasting
Corporation, and the Cleveland Press Club, among others.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Numbered amon the nine are a nominee for the coveted
Pushcart Prize, a performance poet, former radio and television producers, a
Haiku Death Match champion. and a poet featured on Garrison Keillor's <EM>A
Prairie Home Companion</EM>.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Together their work has been published in more than 100
local and national journals. anthologies, eJournals, and a soon to be released
music and poetry CD. But above all, they are nine friends who laugh
together on a regular basis, and challenge and support each other in their
shared love of the written and spoken word.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial>Each a talented artist in her own right, the group generates
a kind of intimate energy that draws their audience into the inner
circle. Like a good musical that send you home singing and dancing. Take
Nine will make you feel like a poet<SPAN
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