Mrs. Parker at Open Mic Night

In Mt. Kisco, NY, on Monday, October 25th at 7:30 PM the Award Winning Creative Arts Café Poetry Series at the Northern Westchester Center for the Arts will present the ninth annual Edgar Allan Poe and Company -- a selection of readings of the poetry of Poe hosted by “Dorothy Parker� followed by other special “Poet’s and Writers of the Past� and a “Dead Poets� OPEN MIKE.

The community is invited to read favorite selections from “dead poets and writers.� The special pre-Halloween Evening is an annual family event. The evening celebrates Poe, master of the macabre, who virtually created the detective story and perfected the psychological thriller. Costumes are optional. The program will take place at the Flying Pig Farm Market Café located at the Mt. Kisco Train Station. For directions, log on to www.pigcafe.com or call Cindy Beer-Fouhy at 914 241 6922 ext 17. The café offers “lite fare� and wine before the reading, beginning at 6:30PM.

Special feature “Poets and Writers of the Past� “guests� include: NWCA’s Jim Gerth as Mark Twain; NWCA’s Theatre Director Paul Andrew Perez as Garcia Lorca; Poetry Series Host Cindy Beer-Fouhy as Dorothy Parker and others. “Dorothy Parker� will read selections of her work between introductions to other “poets and writers of the past.� A surprise guest will appear as Edgar Allan Poe.

Following the feature, the community is invited to attend and participate (in or out of costume!) and read a selection by their favorite poet or writer of the past. Participants are also invited to dress as a favorite literary character and read a selection of work in the voice of that character. A sign up sheet is available at the door. There is a 5-minute limit for each reader.

The Creative Arts Café Poetry Series is funded in part by grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the Bydale Foundation.

Northern Westchester Center for the Arts is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating people of all ages, cultures, abilities, and income levels in the arts through arts education programs and multidisciplinary cultural events and performances. For more information, please contact Northern Westchester Center for the Arts, 272 North Bedford Road, Mt. Kisco, NY 10549; call (914) 241-6922, or visit nwcaonline.org.

Posted by Kevin Fitzpatrick on Friday, October 22, 2004 at 12:17 PM | Permalink