100 Thousand Poets for Change at the Flying Squirrel Community Space!
Read whats going on at this monumental international poetry event! Check out what's happened and what will happen tonight! Read more at Rochester.Indymedia.org or come down to the Flying Squirrel Community Space! 285 Clarissa St.
12:22pm: Happening now at the Flying Squirrel Community Space (285 Clarissa St.). 11AM - 10PM. All poets artists and musicians in the Rochester and WNY region are invited to join this world-wide, creative action for change. In Rochester, we will cook, serve, perform, and share the call for an end to hunger and homelessness in our communities.
12:26PM: Colleen Powderly is currently reading poetry upstairs. Rochester Indymedia is recording the event; it will be put up on our Blip.TV channel at IndyTV.Blip.TV. Rochester Indymedia is also having a fundraising bake sale. Currently we have vegan zucchini bread ($1), Oreo cookie packs ($1), and fair-trade, organic coffee ($.50). Different items will be appearing throughout the day.
12:29PM: Matt Shackelford is now reading poetry. Apologies on any misspellings of names.
12:33PM: Paulette Swartzfager is reading poetry now.
12:40PM: Alan Murphy is reading poetry to the sweet sounds of Mighty High and Dry. Open Mic in progress right now. Come down and read your work!
1:00 PM
Mighty High and Dry are playing.1:11PM New items from Susan at Rochester Indymedia! Fresh picked, local apples ($.50), homemade brownies ($1), and free lemonade! All proceeds go to help out Rochester Indymedia. Rochester Indymedia (aka Rochester Independent Media Center or Rochester IMC) is a non-commercial, democratic collective of Rochester area independent media makers and media outlets, and serves as the local organizing unit of the global Indymedia network.
1:30 PM
From 2PM-3PM, ASL poetry will begin. Eddie Swayze will host the hour. Laura Klinkon is reading right now.1:35PM: Dwain Wilder is reading now. Open Mic is on until 5PM today. Come down to the Flying Squirrel Community Space at 285 Clarissa St.
1:38PM: Ryan Cupp—regular at Pure Kona—featured in HazMat—is reading now.
1:52PM: ASL poet Eddie Swayze is being introduced. He will host the next hour of poets.
1:55PM: Vicki Nordquist is reading poetry.
2:05PM: Eddie Swayze is reading poetry. ASL poetry between 2PM-3PM—a part of 100 Thousand Poets for Change. Come down and read your work! Open Mic from 3PM-5PM. Flying Squirrel Community Space, 285 Clarissa St.
2:25PM: Matt Schwartz is reading.
2:32PM: Eddie Swayze is reading again. The Flying Squirrel's monthly Community Dinner starts at 4PM today downstairs.
2:36PM: Matt Schwartz is reading/performing with music.
2:42PM: ASL set has ended. Colleen Powderly is back at the mic.
2:49PM: Open Mic till 5PM; Community Dinner at 4PM. More updates after 4PM!
2:51PM: Alan Murphy is back at the mic.
2:52PM: David Trout is now reading; poet over at Tango Cafe.
4:45 PM Open Mic still going strong. 15 minutes left! come down quick! The poets are lining up! David is reading right now.
5:00 PM Poets reading over the last hour of Open Mic were Donna, Lori, Vincent, Dwain, Donald, and Anita. Ed Scutt is reading his play "LEGGS" — a play about a future dystopian America. "LEGGS" will go for about an hour until 6PM. Then, from 6PM-7PM will be Pure Kona will Norm Davis and Mike Rae. After that, from 7PM-10PM, featured poets with hosts John Roach and Ren vanMeenen. Also at 8PM, "Flying Words" with Kenny Lerner and Peter Cook.
5:41PM: New items at the bake sale! No bake vegan cookies!