Sunday June 2, 2019 Event starts at 3pm CONEY ISLAND The
BOARDWALK AND WEST 21ST STREET (This is an outdoor event. Bring beach
blankets, beach chairs and whatever you need to be comfortable on the
beach for the poetry reading portion of the event.)
Parachute Literary Arts
invites you to come experience Walt WHITMAN'S BICENTENNIAL IN ONE OF
HIS FAVORITE PLACES CONEY ISLAND! Join us on the BOARDWALK AND WEST
21ST STREET in CONEY ISLAND AT 3PM FOR A DAY-long festival of poetry,
music, free workshops and site-specific walks. At 7pm,
WHITMAN WAS
HERE: Walt WHITMAN in CONEY ISLAND, will continue on the rooftop
of Kitchen 21 (in the landmark Childs Building) where Bushwick Books
Club presents new original music in response to "Leaves of Grass".
3pm-6pm ish - Boardwalk & West 21st Street
Readings by:
Marina Blitshteyn Cliff Fyman Stephanie Gray Barbara Henry Patricia
Spears Jones Tracie Morris Urayoán Noel Anna Vitale Poets from the
Worker Writers School (representing the following organizations:
Domestic Workers United, Damayan Migrants, New York Taxi Workers
Alliance, Street Vendor Project and Retail Action Project) & more!
Fabulous, ethereal, CONEY ISLAND BORN SINGER AND SONGWRITER, Carol
Lipnik channels Walt WHITMAN AS SHE READS HIS LETTERS ALOUD!
Multilingual reading of "Crossing BROOKLYN Ferry"!
7pm ish-
Rooftop of Kitchen 21 (in the landmark Childs Building) Bushwick Book
Club presents new original music, performance, art and snacks from
BROOKLYN songwriters, artists and creatives in response to "Leaves of
Grass". This event is free. If you would like to make a contribution,
you can donate to Parachute Literary Arts programs
HERE P.S. Cash bar in
Kitchen 21 with over 23 NYC beers on tap! Programmed & Organized by
Amanda Deutch & Susan Brennan Take the F, D, N or Q trains to
Stillwell Avenue stop and then it is a 6 block walk to the BOARDWALK
AND WEST 21ST STREET and Kitchen 21. #WHITMANWASHERE Our gratitude to
Kitchen 21, our sponsors and funders. WHITMAN WAS HERE: Walt WHITMAN
IN CONEY ISLAND IS FUNDED IN PART BY HUMANITIES NEW YORK WITH SUPPORT
FROM THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES AND IS SPONSORED, in
part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York
City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by BROOKLYN Arts
Council (BAC)and is funded in part by Poets & Writers with public
funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of
Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
www.parachutearts.org parachutefestival@gmail.com