Reading Daniel Varoujan's work

Lola Koundakjian participated in a virtual reading for Peace held at Piccolo Museo della Poesia Chiesa di San Cristoforo and on Zoom on March 27, 2022. 

Lola read Antasdan by Daniel Varoujan in Armenian and English. 

POETS BUILDING BRIDGES DAY

On Sat Mar 13 2022, Armenia was on the program of the prestigious Poets Building Bridges: A World Poetry Day Triangulation Project.

Led by MC George Wallace and comperes Antje Stehn and Lola Koundakjian, this event was hosted by Cultivating Voices Live Poetry and Don Krieger.

The Youtube video can be accessed here.



Order of presentation:

Mar 13, 2022

00:00:05 Welcome - George Wallace, Don Krieger Piacenza, Italy - compere: Antje Stehn 00:02:50 Introduction - Antje Stehn 00:05:00 Viviana Fiorentino 00:12:10 Sabrina De Canio, Piccolo Museo della Poesia Chiesa di San Cristoforo, Piacenza 00:18:50 Mauro Ferrari 00:24:00 Antje Stehn 00:27:00 musician Oscar Brontesi 00:28:45 musician Betty Gilmore, Simone Doniselli The Armenian diaspora - compere: Lola Koundakjian 00:43:10 Introduction - Lola Koundakjian 00:44:30 Nora Nadjarian 00:53:40 Arthur Kayzakjian 01:02:00 Lola Koundakjian 01:08:30 Aram Bajakian New York City - Compere: George Wallace 01:17:40 Introduction - George Wallace 01:19:00 Don Krieger 01:28:50 Francine Witte 01:36:40 Karen Neuberg 01:45:30 musician Tom Gould, Pat Giles 01:54:10 closing - George Wallace

Neuronautic Institute reading at KGB Bar NYC

March 24th, 2022 - 7:00 PM - 12:00 AM





Just come on in! It's March and all the ol' in/out should have you wanting poetry.

We have 3 features, each with something to say:

David Belmont
Pete Dolack
Lola Koundakjian (Լօլա Գունտաքճեան)

& of course, as always, the most vibrant open mic you could hope for.

Bios:

DAVID BELMONT is a mixed media artist and community organizer. He writes poetry, memoir and short fiction. World Gone Zoom: Notes from the American Epicenter, his debut poetry collection, was published by The Poetry Box in May 2021. Other writing has appeared in The Poeming Pigeon, Wildflower Muse and FishFood Magazine. David has been a professional musician for over 50 years, producing 26 albums of his own work. His CD WindWater Excursions spent 8 months on the New Age Voice Top 100 Airplay List and was in heavy rotation on the syndicated radio program Echoes. He is currently the co-music director of the Castillo Theatre on West 42nd Street. He lives on the Upper West Side with visual artist Kim Svoboda and their labradoodle Penelope.


PETE DOLACK is an activist, poet, writer and photographer who wishes he could keep all those balls in the air but, alas, keeps dropping some of them. When he is wearing his poet’s hat, he is the author of the chapbook And Now A Word From Our Sponsors, and writes about space, time, travel and the sad state of the world through satire. Pete’s poetry has been published in 35 publications, including Will Work For Peace anthology, Poetrybay, Blue Collar Review, Lummox, Appleseeds anthology and Tribes. When he is wearing a different hat, Pete writes the Systemic Disorder blog and is the author of the book It's Not Over: Learning From the Socialist Experiment.

LOLA KOUNDAKJIAN is a writer, editor and translator born in Beirut, Lebanon and living in New York City since 1979. After pursuing degrees in Fine Arts and History, Lola honed her skills as an editorial board member at the Ararat Literary Quarterly. She has four poetry collections in Armenian and English. She runs the Dead Armenian Poetry Society and the online Armenian Poetry Project. Since 2010, she read at five international poetry festivals. Her work appears in various journals and international anthologies. www.lolakoundakjian.com

Have a cocktail

Have a listen

Join in if you're so inclined

see you there

As always this is 21 and up, and now Vaccine proof is required, boosters preferred, and masks suggested. We want these events to be as safe as possible to everyone involved.

no cover, 2 drink minimum.

Note: this is NOT an accessible venue, it is up 1 flight of stairs




KGB bar

85 e 4th st

NYC

I hope to see you there, this month, and every month that follows.