7-9pm
Here and There: Travel Readings with Led Black, Lola Koundakjian, Iskandar Andrews, and Veronica Liu. Uptown Collective’s editor in chief Led Black will read from his work in progress, DR Travelogue. Poet Lola Koundakjian, a 2011 NoMAA grantee, will be reading a selection of travel pieces—some real, some imaginary—with a sprinkling of poems about food and drinks. Iskandar Andrews will read from Drinking and Driving in Urumqi, a seriocomic travelogue/meditation recounting immersive misadventures and multiple baptisms by culture shock, linguistic overload, and corn vodka into the diverse culture of the city of Urumqi, Xinjiang Province, Peoples Republic of China.Veronica Liu will read from her novel Your Chinese Tea is Getting Cold!, written with 2010 support from Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA), JPMorgan Chase Foundation, and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ).
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4157 Broadway @ 176 St.
Monday-Friday 4-9pm | Saturday-Sunday 12-4pm
