Howl! Festival Schedule of Events Sept 10th , 11th and 12th, 2010 -Tompkins Square Park-New York CIty

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August 18, 2010 - New York City -The 7th Annual Howl! Festival, the East Village Festival of the Arts, will begin Friday night, September 10th, 5 to 7 PM, with the festival’s traditional reading of the iconic Allen Ginsberg poem, “Howl.” Taking place on the South stage,(Avenue A and 7th Street), the reading will feature an amalgam of the East Village’s finest poets, including John Giorno and Anne Waldman and will be led by poet Bob Holman, proprietor of The Bowery Poetry Club, founding member of Howl! Festival and East Village luminary.

Opening with a program sensitive to the memory of 9/11, Tompkins Square Park will resound with Buddhist gongs, chanting monks, chamber music, yoga practice, poets and musicians, coupled with additional quiet and tranquil activities.
On both Saturday, September 11th and Sunday, September 12th, The Lower East Side Girls Club will present The East Village Earth Circus, including live performances, art and science projects, pony rides (!), and numerous other interactive activities for children.

For adults, both Saturday and Sunday will be filled with surprises, as well as HOWL’s long-established events such as the fun-filled, innovative and entertaining Hip Hop Howl, House of Howl and Lowlife.

The full park schedule is below. For further information, please visit www.howlfestival.com.

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 10th
SOUTH STAGE: Avenue A at 7th Street

5:00 – 7:00p Annual reading of the Allen Ginsberg poem, “Howl,” to commemorate the opening of the Howl! Festival, featuring: Anne Waldman w/Ambrose Bye, John Giorno, Betsy Andrews, Jennifer Blowdryer, Ana Bozicevic, Guillermo Castro, Steve Dalachinsky, Thomas Fucaluro, Greg Fuchs, Daniel Gallant, Alan Gilbert, Amy King, Mariposa, Douglas A. Martin, Angelo Nikolopoulos, Amy Ouzunian, Meghann Plunkett, Jon Sands, Susan Scotti, Jean Ann Verlee, Michael Warr, Chavisa Woods, Advocate of Wordz, Ra Ara ya. Host and MC Bob Holman.

Suffer (Art Gallery
616 East 9th Street between Avenues A and B
8:00 – 9:00p Theresa Byrnes’ -“The Measure of Man” – A Howl! Festival Special Event: Perfomance Art Through A Storefront Window in One Hour. Byrnes challenges the assertion of the centrality of the human soul in the order of creation, as dictated by Leonardo DaVinci ‘s’ The Vitruvian Man’.

SATURDAY 9/11
Between Avenues A and B in front of the Park Office
Finding Sukah Yoga

11:00a - throughout the day: Finding Sukah Yoga, the East Village’s newest Yoga center, will welcome both adults and children. Bring your yoga mat or borrow one.

SOUTH STAGE Avenue A at 7th Street
1:00 - 1:30p Open Music Ensemble - Awakening the senses, with sounds both pure and contemplative, this pioneering cooperative of acoustic improv musicians guides the heart and spirit in meditation, relaxation and healing.

1:40 - 2:00p Poetry –Bill Kushner + Poet TBA

2:10 - 2:40p Vangeline Theater - performing " Mosaic", a resonant butoh dance piece to commemorate 9/11.

2:45 - 3:00p Poetry –Eileen Myles

3:10 - 3:40p Tyler Burba’s “Visit,” Tyler, as a solo artist, will be paying tribute to Allen Ginsberg’s lesser-known musical side, performing Allen Ginsberg songs.

3:45 – 4:15p Poetry –Emmanuel Xavier + 2 Poets TBA

4:25 - 4:55p Timbila - Ecstatic African rock with an East Village edge, Timbila soars with stinging guitar riffs and sassy celestial vocals.

5:05 - 5:35p Chris Rael – Sitar afficionado, this dynamic composer turns Indian and Western music into a mix of highly refined pop.

5:45 - 6:15p Vangeline Theater - performing " Mosaic", a resonant butoh dance piece to commemorate 9/11.

6:30- 7:00p Arthur’s Landing - Arthur’s Landing is a group of musicians, all of whom worked at various times in various contexts with the late Arthur Russell, a cellist and composer from Iowa who lived on the Lower East Side for most of the later part of his too-short life. Russell brought together the worlds of dance, pop, and folk with that of downtown’s “new music,” and fused Western and Eastern musical traditions, driven by his engagement with Buddhist thought and practice. He collaborated often with Allen Ginsberg and Phillip Glass was also an early mentor. Arthur’s Landing (songs by Arthur Russell) features Mustafa Ahmed (percussion) ,Joyce Bowden (voice) Ernie Brooks (voice, bass),Steven Hall (voice, guitar), ), Bill Ruyle(drums, hammered dulcimer), John Scherman (lead guitar), Peter Zummo and special guest Nomi Ruiz

SUNDAY, Sept . 12
Between Avenues A and B in front of the Park Office
11:00a and throughout the day:
Finding Sukah Yoga, the East Village’s newest Yoga center, will welcome both adults and children. Bring your yoga mat or borrow one.

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