ELYSEUM Sexy & Sublime: St.Patricks Day Party

Fri, Mar 17
8:00pm-1:00am
$15-$20 sliding scale

ELYSE GoDEO! (Gaelic: "ELYSEUM Forever!")

Dia duit, my friends!

So, they say that ol' St. Patrick
"drove the snakes from Erie"
But with a tap on the snout
And a knowing wink
We greet those snakes warmly
With a frothy pint of stout! ;-)

Leprechaun, Selkie, Tuatha D=E9 and mushroom-capped Fae
Dance and frolic in the Paradise of ELYSEUM!

Come and enjoy the joy of the joyous
As we journey back to that Emerald Paradise
Nestled within each of us!

ELYSEUM: a Paradise for Heroes and Poets.

Our features for this month are
LASARA FIREFOX
GARY MEX GLAZNER
BUCKY SINISTER
LADY MONSTER
And special appearance by
KT MICHEAL

GARY MEX GLAZNER

All the way here from sunny New Mexico, Gary Mex Glazner is on tour =

promoting his latest "How to Make a Living As A Poet". Gary is a =

longtime friend o'mine. We met when I was a wee 16 yr. old poet at a =

Ntozake Shange reading and he is one of the founders of the San =

Francisco Poetry Slam. I have had the pleasure of performing, =

traveling and partying with this man. Gary Mex Glazner has been =

published by Harper Collins, W.W. Norton and Salon.com. He is the =

author of Ears on Fire: Snapshot Essays in a World of Poets and How =

to Make a Living as a Poet. Glazner is the director of the =

Alzheimer's Poetry Project, (APP). NBC's "Today" show, NPR's "Weekend =

Edition" and Voice of America have featured segments on the APP. He =

is the editor of Sparking Memories: The Alzheimer's Poetry Project =

Anthology. Glazner is the coach of the Precision Poetry Drill Team at =

Desert Academy. Glazner and the team were featured on NPR's "All =

Things Considered." This past summer Glazner performed in Wellington =

and was featured on New Zealand National Radio. The APP recently =

received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
howtopoet.blogspot.com/

LASARA FIREFOX

Rolling on in from her Mendo' roost, LaSara Firefox is a long- =

anticipated feature at ELYSEUM. I had been courting LaSara for a good =

long while... -to perform at ELYSEUM, that is... She was caught in =

the process of writing and publishing her acclaimed book, "Sexy =

Witch" (Llewellyn Worldwide). Now that she's the proud momma of such =

a wonderful work, she's able to join us for the first time at ELYSEUM =

(-and her poetry is truly sublime!)

LaSara FireFox is a writer, ritualist, sex-positive activist and =

educator, and designer/facilitator of a variety of interactive, =

exploration-based workshops and rituals. LaSara believes that the =

most revolutionary, and perhaps evolutionary, act we can engage in is =

to become healthy, strong and empowered. She lives with her two =

daughters and ultra-cool husband in the wilds of northern California.
www.lasara.us/

BUCKY SINISTER

Bucky Sinister is another longtime friend. We used to sneak into the =

Above Paradise readings back when the scene was still raw and fresh =

and we were both underage (yeah, that was a WHILE ago!). He went on =

to run the bad-assed Chameleon poetry reading series from 1991-1997. =

He is the author of King of the Roadkills (Manic D Press, 1995), =

Whiskey and Robots (Gorsky Press, 2004) and he has a CD coming out =

with Talent Moat Recordings.
After a long stint in fundamentalism, Bucky freaked out completely =

and escaped to the then-underground world of Spoken Word. Fueled on a =

steady diet of Bukowski, illicit drugs, and San Francisco coffee, he =

learned to write from poets who dressed like bums but spoke like =

kings. His early influences are set in the works of LA poets which =

are combined with the San Francisco Mission street styles to get the =

sound he now has.
Since then, he's learned there's other poets besides Bukowski =

(although Buk is still his official favorite) and somehow got sober. =

He still reads throughout the Bay Area and the rest of the country.
www.buckysinister.com/

LADY MONSTER

So, after the last ELYSEUM event, Lola, Li'l Karma and I step across =

the street from Mission Control to get a late night 'ritto. I'm =

standing in line to place my order and right in front of me are Jello =

Biafra and Lady Monster! How cool is that? After chatting up a
bit and exchanging info, it dawns on me that ELYSEUM is the perfect =

place to feature Lady Monster. She agreed so here she comes!

Lady Monster is a 'Sex Aesthetician' who is an advocate and activist =

for sexual expression and freedom. She is a performance poet and =

dances with Big Burlesque. She has been photographed by Erica =

Hardesty, Eric Kroll, Charles Gatewood and Leonard Nimoy. She has =

also collaborated with Revolting Cocks, Jello Biafra, Steve Mackay of =

The Stooges, Jennifer Blowdryer and the Evolution Control Committee.
home.earthlink.net/~ladymonster/

KT MICHEAL

My pal, in spirit and in life, KTM is gonna grace us with words =

exhaled in the true spirit of Love! East coast by birth, southwest by =

association, west coast by present location, KTM lurks in the =

background of some place that you've probably been. It's not poetry, =

it's not prose, it's inspired words that will hopefully find their =

way inside you and lurk in the background there as well. Creator, =

lover, digester, there's something to say, and it will be said. KTM =

is an aspiring minister with dreams of distant Transylvanian =

villages. Her work has never appeared in anything you've read, unless =

you've been snooping through her bedroom drawers, and after you've =

heard her you might want to do just that!

people.tribe.net/ktmichael

ELYSEUM: a Paradise for Heroes and Poets
Hosted by
Russell Reza-Khaliq Gonzaga (a.k.a. "SENSEI")
Poet, Journalist, Community Activist
people.tribe.net/sensei

Open list sign up at 8pm
Reading begins at 8:15pm
Party kicks in around 10pm.
Wraps up around 1am.
(-no worries,
there are PLENTY of places
to go in the 'hood!)

21+ BYOB (beer and wine)
$15-$20 (sliding donation)
Sponsors and volunteers welcome!
(send me a message)

MISSION CONTROL
2519 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA
-3 blocks away from 24th St. BART

T=F3g go bog =E9.
Sl=E1hn!

Venue:

MISSION CONTROL
2519 Mission Street
San Francisco
(510) 467-3303
http://missioncontrol.tribe.net

Additional Info:

(510) 467-3303
http://elyseum.tribe.net