Jimmy Cvetic, Secret Society of Dog poetry reading, Pittsburgh, Pa

Awesome Books/Lascaux Editions is happy to announce the publication of Jimmy Cvetic's Secret Society of Dog, his debut book of poetry with Awesome Books.

Jimmy Cvetic, aka Dog, is a retired Allegheny County cop who writes like Bukowski with a badge. Having worked for over 30 years in Pittsburgh as a uniformed officer, an undercover narcotics agent, and a homicide detective, Cvetic offers a unique glimpse into the real life trials, tribulations, and black humor of police work. Having amassed over three thousand poems over the past fourdecades, he bears witness to the full range of the human drama - from horrific tragedies to dark comedies of folly.

Jimmy Cvetic will read from Secret Society of Dog at Hemingway's, 3911 Forbes Avenue in Oakland.

The reading starts at 8 pm on Tues, Nov. 16,and admission is FREE.

"These are the best poems I've ever read about cops. Not only are the voices totally convincing, but the poems are various in terms of tone and content. And the comic poems bristle with a black humor appropriate to their subject. Secret Society of Dog is a terrific read."
Ed Ochester, poet and Editor of the Pitt Poetry Series

"This is a poet that moves me and scares the hell outta me but he's too much of a human being to veer from the truth. He's a retired narcotics officer that lived the streets, who writes from depths of soul. His poetry speaks to the heart of the human condition."
Nick Nolte, actor The Prince of Tides, Affliction, 48 Hours, Lorenzo's Oil, The Thin Red Line

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Pittsburgh Public Record Art Project, Justin Hopper

Pittsburgh Public Record Project

Friday, July 16, 2010
5:30pm - 9:30pm
937 Liberty during Gallery Crawl

A stolen overcoat, a murdered thief. The people of 19th-century Pittsburgh made some mistakes. Sometimes those bad decisions are all we know of 'em.

***July 16, 2010 as part of the Gallery Crawl***

Public Record is a multi-media art project using documentary poems, written from 19th-century Pittsburgh crime reports, that you can experience as audio performances via your mobile phone - in the Downtown locations where these events actually occurred.

Public Record debuts with a show at 937 Liberty featuring contributions from a barrage of local artists (see below), and including a version of the piece to be experienced in the gallery, via any mobile phone!

(PS - Besides the obligatory beer and wine, we'll be serving up yummy Pimm's Cups for your summer lovin')

Live like you're at Rice's Castle or Snyder's Saloon with Shattock and Hughey Friel, just one more time.

Brought to you by Justin Hopper as artist-in-residence with Deeplocal and Encyclopedia Destructica, and supported by a generous Seed Award from THE SPROUT FUND.

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Contributors include:

Sounds & Voices by Herman "Soy Sos" Pearl, Christiane Leach, Alexi Morrissey, David Bernabo, and more.

Visual artwork by Jennifer Howison, Christopher Kardambikis, David Pohl, Jeff Schreckengost, Jonathan Kline, Christine Brill, Erin Brubaker, WAYNO, and more.

Additional contributions from Don Wentworth and Lilliput Review, Teresa Foley, Encyclopedia Destructica, University of Pittsburgh Library archives, and more.

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Gist St Reading, Poet Miriam Levine Nov 7 2008

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Hello Gist Street,

Fall is here. There's soup on the stove, a pumpkin on the front porch, and a sweater on the dog. It's time to take a break from looking at all those leaves and head on over to James Simon's Sculpture Studio on Friday, November 7th. We're featuring the amazing poet Miriam Levine and the fantastic fiction writer Ellen Litman.

Doors open at 7:15; readings begin at 8:00. It's $5. There's a raffle, where you might win books (which will also be for sale), eggs, a drawing by John Fleenor, or rumor has it there might be something "knitted."

BYOB. BYOB. Also, if you have any extra Halloween candy sitting around. We can certainly clean that up for you. Post-election celebratory enthusiasm?We'll take that as well.

That's 305 Gist Street, Uptown, 3rd floor. http://www.giststreet.org/ for bios and directions. Gist Street is also now a "group" on Facebook. If you know what that means, you know what to do.

Hope to see you there!

Sherrie

Also:

Announcing the Gist Street 2009 schedule!

January 9 Horacio Castellanos Moya (fiction) ; Paula Bohince (poetry)

February 6 Allison Amend (fiction) ; Jeffrey McDaniel (poetry)

March 6 L.E. Leone (fiction) ; Peter Oresick (poetry)

April 3 Joseph Bathanti (fiction) ; Pat Rosal (poetry)

May 1 Ron Maclean (fiction) ; Sandra Beasley (poetry)

June 5 Salvatore Scibona (fiction) ; Hadara Bar-Nadav (poetry)

July 18 – 9th annual cookout extravaganza featuring Autumn House Press

August – Gist Street takes a break!

September 12 Charlie Leerhsen (non-fiction) ; Julia Kasdorf (poetry)

October 2 Irina Reyn (fiction) ; Kristin Naca (poetry)

November 6 Pia Z. Ehrhardt (fiction) ; Atsuro Riley (poetry)

December 4 Emily Mitchell (fiction) ; Mathias Svalina (poetry)

Gist Street is supported by the Creativity Project and by Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PA Partners), the regional arts funding partnership ofthe Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency. State government funding comes through an annual appropriation by Pennsylvania's General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PA Partners is administered in Allegheny County by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council. Please let your legislators know how much you appreciate their support of the arts!

-- Gist Street Reading Series 305 Gist Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15219

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