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House full for Rampike’s “Mischief” as words wowed, sounds soothed, wine & cheese sated

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Thanks to all you filled the house for the launch of “Rampike Magazine’s “Cultural Mischief” Issue.

Thanks to all our readers and intervenors: Gary Barwin, Greg Betts, Clara Blackwood, Margaret Christakos, Frank Davey, Adam Dickinson, John Donlan, Claudio Gaudio, Karl Jirgens, Jim Johnstone, Babar Khan, rob mclennan, Desi di Nardo, Edward Nixon, Concetta Principe, Jenny Sampirisi, Lindsay Tipping and Myna Wallin.

Richard Underhill and his trio provided a swinging coda for the night.

A sophisticated and well-calibrated shout-out to Karl Jirgens for his collaboration, his dedication and as always for “Rampike.”

livewords 8 pm tonight: Rampike’s “Cultural Mischief”

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Join us tonight, 8 pm, at The Black Swan 154 Danforth, 2nd floor, for an “ars poetica” G20 of poets celebrating the launch of Rampike Magazine’s “Cultural Mischief” issue:

Gary Barwin
Greg Betts
Clara Blackwood
Margaret Christakos
Frank Davey
Adam Dickinson
John Donlan
Claudio Gaudio
Karl Jirgens
Jim Johnstone
Babar Khan
rob mclennan
Desi di Nardo
Edward Nixon
Concetta Principe
Jenny Sampirisi,
Lara Solnicki
Lindsay Tipping
Myna Wallin
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Richard Underhill

YES THAT IS MORE:

A short musical set starting at 10:30 pm featuring: Richard Underhill

An ars poetica G20? We have a power house Group of 20+ on stage for Rampike June 24

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Join us this Thursday, June 24, 8 pm at the Black Swan, 154 Danforth, as we celebrate the launch of the “Cultural Mischief” issue of Rampike Magazine.

Rampike & livewords present a “G20″ of poetics in a very political week (yeah apparently there is something going on downtown too, President of Brazil and some others too).

We have a power house of Group of 20+ on stage:

Gary Barwin, Greg Betts, Clara Blackwood, Margaret Christakos, Frank Davey, Adam Dickinson, John Donlan, Claudio Gaudio, Karl Jirgens, Jim Johnstone, Babar Khan, rob mclennan, Desi di Nardo, Edward Nixon, Concetta Principe, Jenny Sampirisi, Lara Solnicki, Lindsay Tipping, Myna Wallin, and Richard Underhill . . .

Following the readings of 19 solo + Betts & Barwin, we will have a short musical set starting at 10:30 pm featuring: Richard Underhill (Shuffle-Demon founder) & members of the “Free Spirit” ensemble with:

Richard Underhill – Saxophone
Alex Goodman – Guitar
Wes Neal – Bass

http://www.richardunderhill.com/promo_shots.php

Karl says “Bring your friends to this friendly G-20 for the Arts!”

Edward says “Come listen and drink–the bar needs to make some money too”

Free admission with a gentle request for pwyc donations to help support “livewords” readings.

Cultural Mischief on June 24 as livewords hosts Rampike Magazine

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Join us on Thursday, June 24 as livewords hosts a LAUNCH Extravaganza to celebrate the release of Rampike Magazine: Vol. 19, No. 2 – “Cultural Mischief” issue!

Black Swan, 154 Danforth Avenue, 2nd floor, just east of Broadview (map).

RAMPIKE Edited by Karl Jirgens

Launch evening  hosted by livewords producer Edward Nixon

  • Doors open at 7:30 p.m.
  • Readings commence at 8:00 p.m.

Featuring short readings by the following authors!

(Note; a different reading order will be effect on the night of the event)

  • Gary Barwin
    Greg Betts
    Clara Blackwood
    Margaret Christakos
    Frank Davey
    Adam Dickinson
    John Donlan
    Claudio Gaudio
    Karl Jirgens
    Jim Johnstone
    Babar Khan
    rob mclennan
    Desi di Nardo
    Edward Nixon
    Concetta Principe
    Jenny Sampirisi
    Lara Solnicki
    Lindsay Tipping
    Myna Wallin

. . . (and possibly even more!)

The new Rampike will be available along with other new publications!

Cash Bar +++ Complimentary Snacks!

A voluntary PWYC Donation will be requested to help defray event costs.

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Rampike Magazine, edited and published by Karl Jirgens and offering alternative perspectives and innovative writing, theory, visual art and critical thinking since 1979. Featuring articles by and interviews with some of the finest internationally celebrated authors, artists and critics including: Paul Auster, Kathy Acker, Russell Banks, Carl Beam, Charles Bernstein, Nicole Brossard, Chris Burden, William Burroughs, Joseph Beuys, George Bowering, Catherine Bush, Louis Cabri, Janet Cardiff, Grand Chief Matthew Coon-Come, Frank Davey, Christopher Dewdney, Jacques Derrida, Umberto Eco, Martin Esslin, Marty Gervais, William Gibson, Tomson Highway, Kenneth J. Harvey, Dick Higgins, Susan Holbrook, Linda Hutcheon, Thomas King, Julia Kristeva, Robert Kroetsch, Robert Lepage, Lola Lemire Tostevin, Alistair MacLeod, Nicole Markotic, Eugene McNamara, Steve McCaffery, Norval Morrisseau, Dennis Oppenheim, bp Nichol, Joyce Carol Oates, Al Purdy, Nino Ricci, Harvey Pekar, Josef Skvorecky, Rosemary Sullivan, David Suzuki, Phillipe Sollers and Fred Wah, among many others. Rampike has been praised by world-renowned critics such as Frank Davey (University of Western, Editor of Open Letter magazine),and Marjorie Perloff (Stanford University), and is distributed on four continents. — Google us. We won’t mind. Editorial offices c/o; jirgens@uwindsor.ca

Rampike magazine is sponsored by the Canada Council for the Arts

(Rampike is printed at Coach House Printing)

March 25 Toronto launch of Carousel 25

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Join us March 25, for the Toronto launch of Carousel 25 at the Black Swan, 154 Danforth Avenue, just east of Broadview (map). Readings commence at 8 p.m.

Reading:

Fred Gaysek is a Toronto-based author currently writing short stories under the working title L.A. Rain. For a good dose of poetry, visit: daybyday.ca

Julian Gobert is a filmmaker, composer and writer living in Toronto. His poetry has recently appeared or is forthcoming in CV2, dANDelion, Misunderstandings Magazine, The Nashwaak Review, Pilot Pocket Book, prairie fire and Prism International.

Jim Johnstone (b. 1978) holds an MSc in Reproductive Physiology from the University of Toronto. He is the recipient of a CBC Literary Award and his work has been broadcast on CBC Radio’s Between the Covers. Guernica Editions published his first full-length collection of poetry, The Velocity of Escape, in 2008. Go to: jimjohnstone.wordpress.com

Liisa Ladouceur is a real life goth girl. Naturally, this means she likes dead things, arcane words, still owns a hair crimper and writes poetry. She also works as a music reporter and her love for songs and songwriters bleeds into her poems a great deal — she is currently completing a manuscript of pop music glosas. Her first poetry collection, On Tenterhooks, was published by Burning Effigy Press in 2008.

gustave morin’s avant comix slowly ramp up towards future collection as The Candy Butcher; a page from this MS. was recently published in the ‘visual poetry’ issue of POETRY. Recent releases include Nein Typos, a suite of typewriter poems published by Tonerworks in Maine; and, Griddle Grin folio #1, a miscellany published in Ottawa. Meanwhile, Mr. Morin continues to dwell in the feral city of Windsor, Ontario where he is butcher, baker, candlestickmaker.

Sandy Pool is a writer and multi-disciplinary artist who lives in Toronto. Her work has appeared in The Antigonish Review, dANDelion, Qwerty, RAMPIKE and The Toronto Quarterly. Currently she is a professor at Humber College and is the Playwright-in-Residence at Tapestry New Opera Works.

+ our Open Mic Contest:

An original poem
Max 3 minutes in length
Must contain the words: BORING. PEOPLE. LOVE. DRILLS
Open Mic Sign-up at 7:30 pm.
Compete for Cash and a Magazine Pack Prize.
See you at the Black Swan, 154 Danforth Avenue, just east of Broadview (map).