{"id":11817,"date":"2010-12-03T09:18:28","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T16:18:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=11817"},"modified":"2010-12-03T09:18:28","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T16:18:28","slug":"shameless-self-promotion-december-2010-januray-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=11817","title":{"rendered":"Shameless Self-Promotion: December 2010 &#8211; Januray 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve given readings and so it&#8217;s nice to have so much activity to let you know about. If you are in the area, I hope you&#8217;ll consider stopping by. Click on the dates for event details:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richardjnewman.com\/events-2-2\/?event_id=72\" target=\"_blank\">December 11, 7:00 &#8211; 9:30 PM:<\/a> <\/strong>I will be reading, along with Iraj Anvar and Elizabeth T. Gray, as part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.persianartsfestival.org\" target=\"_blank\">Persian Arts Festival&#8217;s<\/a> marking of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.persianartsfestival.org\/news\/?p=434\" target=\"_blank\">Shab-e Yaldah<\/a>, the Persian winter solstice <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yalda\" target=\"_blank\">celebration<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/richardjnewman.com\/events-2-2\/?event_id=75\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>December 12, 2:00-5:00 PM:<\/strong><\/a> I will be part of a very interesting art show called &#8220;Collaboration is The Theme,&#8221; in which poets collaborated with artists from the <a href=\"http:\/\/upstreamgallery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Upstream Gallery<\/a>. I along with seven other poets wrote poems in response to the work of these artists, and some of us will be performing our work at the show&#8217;s opening on December 12th. I have had the privilege of working with the artist <a href=\"http:\/\/allenmhart.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Allen Hart<\/a>, whose work you should check out.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richardjnewman.com\/events-2-2\/?event_id=74\" target=\"_blank\">December 19, 5:30-7:30 PM:<\/a><\/strong> I will be reading some new poems, together with poems from <a href=\"http:\/\/richardjnewman.com\/itsallconnected\/my-books\/the-silence-of-men\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Silence Of Men<\/em><\/a> in the Phoenix Reading Series, which takes place at Bengal Curry, a wonderful Indian restaurant, not far from City Hall in Manhattan.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/richardjnewman.com\/events-2-2\/?event_id=77\" target=\"_blank\">December 22, 7 PM:<\/a><\/strong> I will be interviewed by Vangile Makwakwa of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speak2bfree.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Speak2bFree<\/a> on the organization&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/speak2bfree\" target=\"_blank\">Blog Talk Radio show<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/richardjnewman.com\/events-2-2\/?event_id=26\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>January 4, 6:30-8:30 PM:<\/strong><\/a> Come be part of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jhpfest.org\" target=\"_blank\">Jackson Heights Poetry Festival&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jhpfest.org\/v2\/readings.php\" target=\"_blank\"><em>First Tuesdays Reading and Open Mic.<\/em><\/a> It is a warm and welcoming crowd. Lots of people who read during the open mic read for the first time ever, which is a special thing to witness and be a part of.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/richardjnewman.com\/events-2-2\/?event_id=76\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>January 23, 3:00-6:00 PM<\/strong>:<\/a> I will be hosting Jackson Heights Poetry Festival&#8217;s Literary Salon with featured guest poet <a href=\"http:\/\/poetmom.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">January Gil O&#8217;Neil<\/a>. The salon&#8217;s theme will be &#8220;Poetry and The Body.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a long time since I&#8217;ve given readings and so it&#8217;s nice to have so much activity to let you know about. If you are in the area, I hope you&#8217;ll consider stopping by. 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