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The Art Bar Poetry Series takes place at
Clinton's, 693 Bloor Street West, right by Christie Subway Station.
Click for map: http://www.artbar.org/artbarmap.jpg
Every Tuesday, 8 pm sharp.
Free, but we pass the hat for donations.


TUESDAY AUGUST 5

Robert Earl Stewart
Robert Earl Stewart is the editor of a weekly newspaper in a community
outside of his hometown of Windsor, and instructs creative writing
workshops at Mackenzie Hall. His poetry has appeared in Magnum,
Nthposition,The moosehead Anthology, Fresh Boiled Peanuts, Monday Night
and This Magazine. He is the curator of the photoblog
www.glasspoeme.blogspot.com

Susan Helwig
For several years Susan Helwig produced and hosted the literary program
"In Other Words" at CKLN-FM in Toronto. Her poetry has appeared in
journals such as The Antigonish Review, Descant and CV2. Recently her work
was included in Silver Boomers, an anthology from Abilene, Texas. In 2007
her poetry was shortlisted for the Silver Hammer Award. She is the author
of two books of poetry, the most recent being Pink Purse Girl (Wolsak and
Wynn).

Irene Marques
Irene Marques was born and raised in Portugal and emigrated to Canada at
the age of twenty. She holds a PhD in Comparative Literature, a Masters in
French literature and a Bachelor of Social Work. She will be celebrating
the publication of Wearing Glasses of Water (TSAR Publications).



TUESDAY AUGUST 12

Greer Roberts
Greer Roberts is an emerging performance poet who recently won first prize
in the Scugog Council for the Arts literary contest (poetry category) for
his poem "Tell It". For his presentation at the Art Bar he may do his
piece "Ostrich Brains" which comes with a large painting and an egg, or
his antidepressants poem (no props). He may do both depending on the mood
and kind of trip he had coming in from Ajax.

heronJones
heronJones is a Toronto spoken word poet, an emcee, an author and a
journalist. He is one of the founders of the poetry series Duel of the
Iron Mic and co-founder of the 1ness poetry series. He will be presenting
pieces from his second book of poetry, Telephone Love.

Rhea Tregebov
Rhea Tregebov is the author of six books of poetry, most recently (alive):
New and Selected Poems (Wolsak and Wynn). She edited and co-translated the
anthology Arguing With the Storm: Stories by Yiddish Women Writers (Sumach
Press, 2007 and The Feminist Press, New York 2008). Tregebov is an
assistant Professor in the Creative Writing Program at the University of
British Columbia.



TUESDAY AUGUST 19

Special Theme Night:  Poetry & Blues
Hostess Cynthia Gould leads an eclectic lineup of poets & musicians in an
exploration of the bluesy side of poetry and the poetic essence of blues
lyrics.

List of readers will be posted soon at  http://www.artbar.org
Tonight will also feature the bluesical stylings of Shawn Sage

(That night we'll need 10 people who want to rock the open mic with a
themed original or a favourite blues song performed as a poem. Please
bring a couple of song/poems, just in case someone ahead of you does the
same piece! Strict three minute time limit still in effect.)

Elwood: "It's 106 miles to Chicago, we got a full tank of gas, half a pack
of cigarettes, it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses."
Jake: "Hit it."



TUESDAY AUGUST 26

Ricardo Sternberg
Ricardo Sternberg was born in Brazil and moved to the United States with
his family when he was fifteen. He has lived in Toronto for almost thirty
years. His poetry has been published in journals on both sides of the
border such as The Paris Review, Poetry (Chicago), Ploughshares, The
Nation and Descant. He is the author of The Invention of Honey (Vehicule
Press), Map of Dreams (Vehicule Press) and Bamboo Church (McGill
University Press).

Rosemary Aubert
Rosemary Aubert is an internationally acclaimed mystery novelist as well
as a long-time published poet. She is the winner of two Arthur Ellis
Awards for crime fiction. She has published two books of poetry, Two Kinds
of Honey (Oberon) and Picking Wild Raspberries (Sono Nis). Her poetry
appeared in the recent anthology Crossing Lines (Seraphim Editions). She
lives in Toronto.

Mary Ann Mulhern
Mary Ann Mulhern is a poet living in Windsor. She is the author of two
previous books including Touch the Dead (Black Moss Press) which was
short-listed for the 2007 Acorn Plantos Award. She will be presenting
poems from her third book When Angels Weep (Black Moss Press). These poems
are based on the Father Charles Sylvestre priest pedophile case in which
he pleaded guilty to forty-seven counts of child sexual abuse.



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Hope you're all having a fabulous summer so far...
- The Art Bar Team


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