Sep
2
Upcoming Events at Normal’s and Normal’s Related!
As everyone knows now, Baltimore is currently a sizzling flashpoint of all culture. So I'm trying to strike early to announce three readings/shows coming up.
First a reading here at Normal's on Saturday, September 17th at 8pm for the release of the new poetry book The Whiskey Rebellion by Jerome Crooks and Jason Baldinger. Here is the skinny on the visiting scribes who will be here:
Jerome Crooks began writing poetry 20 years ago this September. "i've been a mess and i feel fine" (Speed and Briscoe) was released in 2001. "The Whiskey Rebellion" (Six Gallery Press) with Jason Baldinger, was released this year to be followed by "The Moment I Feared" (Low Ghost Press). Jerome has served as the active head of the Speed and Briscoe writer's collective since its inception in 1998. His work has appeared in the City Paper, Natural Language, The New Yinzer, and Open Thread's regional review. His journalism has appeared in Magazino and Islas. He is the son of Mary Anne and Jerry Crooks, brother to Theresa, brother in law to John Leonard, and proud uncle of young Aeden.
Kristofer Collins is publisher and editor-in-chief of Low Ghost Press.
He is the book reviewer for Pittsburgh Magazine. He is the manager of
Caliban Bookshop and owner of Desolation Row Records & CDs. His latest
collection of poems, Last Call was published by Speed & Briscoe in
2010.
Jason Baldinger has been writing for over twenty years, he just recently got around to performing it publicly. He's been published in The New Yinzer and has a split book of poetry with Jerome Crooks available now from Six Gallery Press. You can catch his bands House of Assassins and the Skirt Tasters at irregular intervals around Pittsburgh.
On The Whiskey Rebellion: "Outlaws & revolutionaries, crooked cops & patsies, ghost towns and superheroes come out to play in this collection inspired by the Whiskey Rebellion, Wordsworth & Coleridge's Lyrical Ballads, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Lord Byron's Don Juan."
Also, Normal's will be hosting a reading set up by the esteemed Stephanie Barber and Adam Robinson. That will take place here Friday, October 7th and features Kristi Maxwell and Megan Martin on a book tour. Laura van den Berg and Mike Scalise (from baltimore and dc respectively) are on the bill also.
Thirdly, it's looking like the first Shattered Wig Night of the season won't be until Friday, November 4th, but it's never too soon in this action packed town to start hammering at peoples' calendars. It's going to be a great CD release party for beloved and talented banjo/uke/guitar masters Sea Couch. Her Fantastic Cats will also be hypnotizing the crowd.........
