bangkok poetry

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Bangkok Poetry Night, May 19th

The next Bangkok Poetry Night is Thursday, May 19th @ 8:00 PM.

The night's theme is "How to get struck by lightning."

Performers will include:

George Anthony
Khin Aung Aye
Cameron Conaway
Briton Coombs
Maung Day
Fifty Pence
Steve Hands
Kathy MacLeod
Lionel Scherer
Ivory Simone
Mithran Somasundrum
Saranit Vongkiatkajorn
Chris Wise
Boaz Zippor

The line-up for this May 19th event is set; if you'd like to be placed on the "reserves" list, please email me: bangkokpoetry@gmail.com . If one of the scheduled performers doesn't show, I'll take someone off the reserves list to perform.

See you then!

Friday, April 15, 2011

"Lies I Believe," Logo, 31 March

Friday, April 1, 2011

An evening of "Lies I Believe" -- Bangkok Poetry, 31 March

Courtesy of Cerissa Nyen

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Bangkok Poetry Reading: March 31st

Thanks to everyone--poets & performers & audience--who came out to Bangkok Poetry for an evening of "Lies I believe."

A fantastic collection of poems, stories, comics, and music by:

Martin P. Collins
Cameron Conaway
Katina Gray
Terry Lee Hawkins
Wesley Hsu
Theron Kennedy
Kathy MacLeod
Cerissa Nyen
CE Putnam
Mrigaa Sethi
Ivory Simone
Mithran Somasundrum
Rich Thurman
Prayer Trairatvorakul
Saranit Vongkiatkajorn

+ We are Chopard, a four-piece acoustic band.

"Speakeasy" Logo, February 17

Monday, February 7, 2011

Bangkok Poetry Reading: February 17th

On February 17th, we had our first Bangkok Poetry Night of 2011. The night's theme was "speakeasy," and performers included:

Zakariya Amataya
Tipsuda Chaichana
Colin Cheney
Fifty Pence
Kathy MacLeod
KJ Miner
Geoffrey Ogilvie
Kittiphol Sarakanonda
Mrigaa Sethi
Mithran Somasundrum
Saranit Vongkiatkajorn

Thanks to all the performers and to everyone who came out!

About Bangkok Poetry

Bangkok Poetry is a reading series devoted to the lyrical, the risky, the unexpected. Happenings are (roughly) every six weeks.

The next happening is scheduled for Wednesday, 2 September 2015.

Performers include poets, storytellers, fiction writers, filmmakers, & multimedia performance artists. If you're interested in performing (original work, under 7 minutes) please contact: bangkokpoetry [at] gmail [dot] com.

After a hiatus of a few years, Bangkok Poetry found a new home at WTF Cafe and Gallery. For 7 years the series was hosted by Wesley Hsu at the About Cafe and the Goethe Institute. Bangkok Poetry is hosted by Colin Cheney.

FAQs

I'm interested in performing, but I don't write poems--is there space for me at Bangkok Poetry?

Yes. Our favorite happenings are those where we have a true multimedia experience of performance and art. An ideal evening might feature a Thai graphic novelettist, an English rapper, an American novelist, a Burmese poet, a Thai DJ, and an Irish filmmaker. As long as you feel like your work "sings" in some compelling, exciting way, it has a place at Bangkok Poetry.

I'd like to perform, but I'm not sure I have something on the theme. Can I still perform?

Yes. The theme is there as an artistic challenge and an opportunity to create something new. Sometimes we reserve a few spaces for performers who will engage the theme, there are always a few spots available for performances that choose to, well, creatively ignore the theme.

But if you've been working on a short film for some time and want to share it with an audience, or you've been working on a short story or a poem or a rap or a new song, we would be thrilled to have you as part of our evening.

About WTF Cafe and Gallery

Opposite is an event space located in a renovated mid-20th century-style shophouse building, minutes from BTS Thong Lo. Created by 2 founders of WTF Cafe and Gallery, Somrak Sila & Christopher Wise.

WTF: a refuge of a bar with cool drinks, great tapas and interesting art. It aims to be a creative social club, with a multi-tasking concept; Food-Drink-Art-Friendship. We aim to host the most imaginative local and international art talent, while cultivating the good-times experience of bistro-bar culture in Bangkok. The most important virtue of dining/drinking is connection: friends, neighbors and lovers sharing time together. WTF will make connections between people, food, art, drinks and ideas. Tuesday-Sunday 6pm-midnight+.