Poetry Video
Nov 19th, 2006 by Administrator
This page contains links to Literary Cafe Poetry Video starting in 2005 and later. To find earlier Literary Cafe Poetry videos you can go to the 90′s Poetry Video Page.
Literary Cafe Poetry Night Promo
Below are links to videos and pictures from Literary Cafe Poetry Nights that I’ve put on the net from latest to earliest.
4/17/10 – DeCapite on DeCapite.
Mike DeCapite reads a chapter out of his father’s (Raymond DeCapite) book “A Lost King” which was just recently republished by Kent State University Press.
Mike DeCapite reads a few pages from his story “Sitting Pretty”.
Dennis Dooley introduces Mike DeCapite.
Pictures from the evening.
12/10/09 – The final All Star Studded Free For All.
The Second Thursday of the Month Poetry Readings that you have known and loved for the past 4 years ended on this night.
Destruction of the Poetry Night microphone. 12/10/09.
Tribute to Captain Cold. In between the readings of the All Star Poets stuff happened. 12/10/09.
MC Nick’s intro to the final Second Thursday of the Month Poetry Reading.
Below are links to videos of the All-Star readings from the evening.
Steve Thomas reads his poetry.
TM Göttl reads her poetry.
Carmen Tracey reads her poetry.
Eric Alleman reads.
RA Washington reads his poetry. 12/10/09.
Steve Goldberg thanks the Literary Cafe.
Eric Alleman thanks the Literary Cafe.
John Dorsey reads his poetry.
Rachelle Gallant reads her poetry.
Cake eating time at the Poetry Reading.
Jack McGuane reads his poetry.
C. Allen Rearick reads his poetry.
Dan Smith reads his poetry.
Danilee Eichorne reads her poetry.
11/12/09 – David Smith and Scott Wannberg were the featured readers. They did a tandem reading with guest readings by Charlotte Mann and Russ Vidrick.
David Smith and Scott Wannberg read their poetry. Part 1, 11/12/09. Watch the reading on Viddler.
David Smith and Scott Wannberg read their poetry. Part 2, 11/12/09. Watch the reading on Viddler.
David Smith and Scott Wannberg read their poetry. Part 3, 11/12/09. Watch the reading on Viddler.
Charlotte Mann reads a poem, during David Smith’s and Scott Wannberg’s 11/12/09 tandem poetry reading at the Literary Cafe. Watch it on Viddler. it starts at the 1:11 mark.
Russel Vidrick reads a poem during David Smith’s and Scott Wannberg’s 11/12/09 tandem poetry reading at the Literary Cafe. Watch it on Viddler. it starts at the 3:21 mark.
A set of pictures from the evening.
10/8/09 – Allisun Hovater and Jacob Johansen were the featured readers
Allisun Hovater’s reading on Viddler
Jacob Johansen’s reading on Viddler.
A few pictures from the evening
9/10/09 – Sammy Greenspan was the featured reader.
Sammy Greenspan’s reading on Vimeo
Russ Vidrick at Open Mic. 9/10/09
CrandolphC at open mic. 9/10/09.
Steve Goldberg at Open Mic 9/10/09.
A few pictures from the night.
8/13/09 – Katie Kaboom and Lou Suarez were the Featured readers
Katie kaboom’s reading on Vimeo
A set of pictures from the evening.
7/9/09 – Ben Rader, Vladimir Swirinsky and Azalea Tidwell were the featured readers.
A set of pics from the night.
Vladimir Swirinsky reads his poery. (video)
Ben Rader reads his poetry. (video)
Azalea Tidwell reads her poetry. (video)
6/11/2009 - Lois Daher and Nikki Robinson were the featured readers.
Video of Louis Daher reading his poetry.
Video of Nikki Robinson reading her poetry.
5/14/09 – The featured readers were Michael McMahan and Nin Andrews.
Video of Michael McMahan’s reading
4/9/09 – The featured readers were Jim Lang and Maj Ragain.
Jim Lang and Maj Ragain’s joint reading on Viddler. Part 1.
Jim Lang and Maj Ragain’s joint reading on Viddler. Part 2.
3/12/09 – The featured readers were Mary Biddinger and Michael Grover.
Mary Biddenger’s reading on Viddler Video.
Michael Grover’s reading on Vimeo Video.
Some pictures from the evening.
2/12/09 – The featured readers canceled so it ended up being a whole night of open mic alchemy. A set of pics from the night is here. Below are 3 videos from the night.
Open mic at the Literary Cafe 2/12/09. Part1. Nick (Literary Cafe Poetry Night MC) and Steve start by explaining that the featured readers have canceled making the night a total open mic night. The open mic readers that appear on this part one of three, in order are:
Nick T., Chris Franke, Vlad Swyrynsky, Neve Black, Jack McGuane, Diane Borsenick and Ray McNiece.
Open mic at the Literary Cafe 2/12/09. Part 2. Part two of three. The poets featured in this segment are, in order:
Gabz, Dan mullen, Vertigo X, Dominique Glick, Keisha Davenport, Miles Budimir, Steve Thomas and Jesus Crisis.
Open mic at the Literary Cafe 2/12/09. Part 3. Part three of three. The poets featured in this segment are, in order:
Danilee, Albert, Melodie, Carmen Tracey, CrandolphC, Steve Goldberg announces the Name the Poet Contest Winner, Rob Rozine and Nick T.
12/11/08 – Elise Geither and Jayce Renner were the featured readers
Photos from the evening.
Elise Geither reads her poetry. 12/11/08
Jayce Renner reads his poetry. 12/11/08
11/13/08 – Rachelle Gallant and Steve Thomas were the featured readers.
A set of pics from the evening.
Rachelle Gallant reads her poetry. 11/13/08
Steve Thomas reads his poetry. 11/13/08
Neve Black reads at open mic. 11/13/08
10/9/08 – Bridgette Kriner was the featured reader.
Photos from the evening.
Bridgette Kriner reads her poetry. 10/9/08.
Eric Alleman reads a poem. 10/9/08
9/11/08 - Amy Bracken Sparks and Phil Metres were the featured readers.
Photos from the evening.
Amy Bracken Sparks reads at the Literary Cafe. 9/11/08
Phil Metres reads his poetry at the Literary Cafe. 9/11/08
8/14/08- Michelle Krivanek was the featured poet.
Michelle Krivanek reads her poety. 8/14/08.
Intro to the poet Michelle Krivanek 8/14/08.
The non-intro to David Hassler.
8/7/08 – Special night featuring Mike DeCapite and Frank Green reading from their chapbook “Outrider”.
Mike DeCapite, Frank Green. “The Green Letters”. 8/7/08. After a brief introduction by Jean Brandt. Mike DeCapite reads his intro to and Frank Green reads one of his letters from “The Green Letters” a chapbook of letters from Frank Green to Mike DeCapite. Recorded here on a special poetry night at the Literary Cafe in Cleveland. 8/7/08. This was the second installment of the Degrees of Frank Green exhibition organized by the Brandt Gallery.
Joseph Makkos 8-7-08. The evening started with Joseph Makkos representing the newer generation reading his poem “He said She said”
7/10/08- David Smith and T.M. Gottl were the featured readers.
TM Gottl reads her poetry. 7/10/08
David Smith reads his poetry at the Literary Cafe. 7/10/08.
Jack McGuane reads at open mic.
Poetry night open mic montage. 7/10/08
6/13/08 – Bill and George Munroe’s reading got censored.
Censored intro of the poets Bill and George Monroe. Approved by the Tremont censorship committee.
6/12/08 – Rob Smith and Larry Smith were the featured readers.
Larry Smith & Rob Smith read their poetry. 6/12/08 part 1.
Larry Smith and Rob Smith read their poetry. 6/12/08 part 2.
5/8/08-Danilee Eichorne and Tom Kryss were the featured readers
Danilee Eichorne reads her poetry at the Literary Cafe. 5/8/08/
Tom Kryss reads his poetry at the Literary Cafe. 5/8/08.
Excerpts of Joeseph Makkos improvising a poem.
A set of pictures from the evening.
4/10/08-John Dorsey and Dan Provost were the featured readers
John Dorsey reads his poetry. 4/10/08
Dan Provost reads his poetry. 4/10/08.
April 2008 National Poetry Month Events in the Cleveland area.
Richard Trainer introduces the poet John Dorsey
Richard Trainer introduces the poet Dan Provost
A set of pictures from the 4/10/08 reading.
3/13/08- Paul Skyrm and Beth Ann Sadowski were the featured readers.
A set of pictures from the reading that featured Pal Skyrm and Beth Ann Sadowski.
Paul Skyrm reads his poetry at the Literary Cafe. 3/13/08
Beth Ann Sadowski recites at the Literary Cafe. 3/13/08.
Open mic deteriorated into a drunken angst ridden drama festival.
2/14/08- Joan of Art and Terry provost were the featured readers.
Terry Provost reads his poetry. 2/14/08
Joan of Art reads her poetry. 2/14/08
A Kevin Eberhart poem read by Steve Goldberg. 2-14-08
2-14-08 open mic at the Literary Cafe.
A set of pictures from the 2/14/08 poetry reading.
12/13/07 – Wendy Shaffer and Roger Craik were the featured readers.
A set of pics from the evening.
Wendy Shaffer reads her poetry. 12/13/07 (video)
Roger Craik reads his poetry. 12/13/07. (video)
11/8/07 – Joanne Cornelius and Marc Jampole were the featured readers.
Joanne Cornelius reads her poetry at the Literary Cafe. 11/8/07. (video)
Marc Jampole reads his poetry. 11/8/07. (video)
Nick introduces the poet Joanne Cornelius. (video)
Nick introduces the poet Marc Jampole. (video)
November 2007, Poetry Events around Cleveland. (Pimp video)
Pictures from the 11/8/07 reading.
10/11/07 – Steven B. Smith and Kathy Ireland Smith were the featured readers.
Pictures from the evening.
Steven B. Smith and Kathy Ireland Smith recite their poetry. 10-11-07. (video)
Nick’s intro to the Smiths 10-11-07.
The Words “American People” replaced with the words “My Dick”. By Katie Daley. (video)
Osterizer. 10-11-07 by Joseph Makkos. (video)
9/13/07 – Annamarie Jones and JE Stanley were the featured readers.
Pictures from the evening.
Annamarie Jones reads her poetry 9/13/07. (video)
JE Stanley reads his poetry 9-13-07.
Steve Goldberg’s intro of Anna Marie Jones. 9/13/07.
Steve Goldberg’s intro of JE Stanley. 9/13/07
Ask the Poet. Annamarie Jones 9-13-07.
Miles Budimir, Jack McGuane, Marcus Bales at open mic. 9/13/07. (video)
Marcus Bales, Jack McGuane, Terry Provost. Open Mic 9/13/07.
Loren Weiss reads at open mic. 9-13-07.
Matthew Wascovitch at open mic. 9/13/07
Joeseph Makkos and Judith Feliciano read at Open Mic. 9/13/07.
Mary Turzillo reads at open mic. 9-13-07.
8/30/07 – Special night, special guest, featured reader Russell Salamon.
Pictures from the evening.
Russell Salamon reads at the Literary Cafe. 8-30-2007 (video) Yes there’s about a minute or so missing from this due to a microphone malfunction.
8/9/07- Mary Weems and Joseph Makkos were the featured readers.
Mary Weems reads her poetry. 8/9/07 (video)
Joseph Makkos reads a poem 8/9/07. (video)
Nick introduces the Poet Joseph Makkos. 8/9/07. (video)
Nick’s intro of the poet Mary Weems. 8/9/07 (video)
August 2007 Cleveland poetry and performance events. (video)
Steve Goldberg, first open mic reader. 8/9/07 (video)
Ask the Poet 8/9/07 (video) Carmen Tracey takes a few questions from the audience after her open mic reading.
The 8/9/07 poetry reading Flickr set.
7/12/07-Carmen Tracey and John Dorsey were the featured readers.
Nick’s serious intro of Carmen Tracey (video)
Carmen Tracey’s reading (video)
Intermission (video)
Nick’s intro of John Dorsey (video)
John Dorsey’s reading (video)
Flickr Pics from the 7/12/07 poetry reading.
6/14/07-Guy Zumpetta and Loren Weiss were the featured readers.
Guy Zumpetta’s reading. (video)
Loren Weiss’s reading. (video)
Eric Alleman introduces Guy Zumpetta. (video)
Steve Goldberg reads at open Mic.
The 6/14/07 Flickr set.
5/10/07-Don Ianonne and Michael Ceraolo were the featured readers.
Pictures from the 5/10/07 poetry reading at the Literary Cafe.
Don Iannone’s reading. (video)
Nick’s intro of Don Iannone. (video)
Michael Ceraolo’s reading. (video)
Nick’s intro of Michael Ceraolo. (video)
Open mic begins with a Music Box Dancer Ho-Down! (video)
General announcements for the evening. (video)
5/10/07 open mic popourri (video).
4/12/07- Katie Daley and C. Allen Rearick were the featured readers.
Pictures from the night.
Video of C. Allen Rearick reading his poetry.
Video of Katie Daley reading her poetry.
Nick’s intro of Katie Daley (video).
Nick’s intro of C. Allen Rearick (video).
Nick and Steve do a National Poetry Month Promo (video).
Pimping spring 2007 poetry events in the Cleveland area (video).
Jack McGuane at open mic (video).
3/8/07- Bree and John Donaghue were the featured readers
A set of pictures from the 3/8/07 poetry reading.
Video of Bree reading her poetry
Video of John Donaghue reading his poetry
2/8/07- Josh Gage and Mark Kuhar were the featured readers.
Video of Mark Kuhar reading his poetry
Video of Josh Gage reading his poetry
Video of Nick’s introduction of the poet Mark Kuhar
Video of Nick’s introduction of the poet Josh Gage
Links to 2/8/07 open mic performances on google video are below.
J. E. Stanley
Danilee E. – She sings her poem “Ashtray”
“Slideshow” a poem by Kate Sopko
Jack McGuane – “Originality”
Marcus – He gets “tackled” by Joeseph when he mentions the poet Billy Collins
Sally Chernin reads at open mic.
Miles Budimir – “The love fest ends here”
Eric Alleman – Pushups and then a recollection of a special woman.
Josh Gage reads a pen-pad poem
Carmen Tracey – a pen-pad poem inspired by the featured readers
Craig Chojnicki – A poem inspired by the break-in to his car.
Craig Chojnicki – Birthday Extravaganza!
Steve Goldberg and Katherine Gigilo – Steve gets tackled and Katherine makes her Google video debut.
1/11/07-RA Washington and Daniel Gray-Kontar featured readers.
Part1 video of RA Washington and Daniel Gray-Kontar doing a tag team featured reading at the Literary Cafe 1/11/07.
Part2 video of RA Washington and Daniel Gray-Kontar doing a tag team featured reading at the Literary Cafe 1/11/07. RA throws down the gauntlet in this segment. And finally the feature part of the evening ends with MC Nick Traenkner reading one of RA’s poems.
Links to 1/11/07 open mic readers on Google video.
Craig Chojnicki – video
Miles Budimir – video
Danilee E. – video
Brin Metzendorf – video
Terry Provost – video
Carmen Tracey – video
Steve Goldberg – video
Joseph Makkos – video
Parker – video
Eric (Kevin) Alleman – video
Chris Franke – video
12/14/06 Poetry reading at the Literary Cafe featuring Dan Smith and Ben Gulyas.
A Flickr set of pics from 12/14/06
Link to Ben Gulyas video.
Link to Dan Smith video.
Here’s a video of Adam Harvey reading one poem and part of Kate Sopko’s reading during open mic. 12/14/06.
Nick makes general announcements before the poetry reading commences.
Nick introduces Dan Smith; video.
Nick introduces Ben Gulyas; video .
Loren Weiss reads a pen pad poem!
Kevin Alleman tells a story about swinging on vines.
Half of a Steve Goldberg poem.
11/9/06 Sarah Holbrook and Michael Salinger were the featured readers.
Sarah Holbrook: video
Michael Salinger: video part1 Michael Salinger: video part2
Nick’s five minute introduction of Michael Salinger: video
Open Mic Potpourri: three minutes of video snippets from the rollicking 11/9/06 open mic. Featuring a little bit of Akron’s Tem and the last few lines of Steve Goldberg’s poem about the origin of this latest incarnation of poetry night here at the Literary Cafe.
Pictures from the poetry reading. Warning: it was a fun night.
10/12/06
Pictures from the reading featuring Miles Budimir and Gina Tabasso .
Video of featured poet Miles Budimir
Video of featured poet Gina Tobasso
9/14/06
Pictures from the 9/14/06 event that featured Rita Grabowski and George Bilgere are here.
Rita Grabowski Video
George Bilgere Video
Bonus Video!!!!! Steve Goldberg reads an e-mail.
Honorable mention goes out to Jack McGuane, Steve Goldberg, Ray McNiece and Nick for writing some nice pen pad poetry on the spot and reading it during open mic that night.
8/10/06
Cavana Faithwalker and Adam Brodsky were the featured readers here at the Literary Cafe.
Pictures from the 8/10/06 poetry reading at the Literary Cafe.
Cavana Faithwalker video
Adam Brodsky video
7/27/06
Ray McNiece’s special solo performance at the Literary Cafe. His nephew Shawn accompanied him on guitar. Pictures of Ray McNiece.
Video of Ray McNiece reading “Love Song for Cleveland”.
7/13/06
Pictures of Jen Sincero, RA Washington and open mic readers at the Literary Cafe.
Video of RA Washington reading his poetry
Video of Jen Sincero reading her writing
Open mic stuff-
Kelly reads a poem dedicated to screwball the cat -
Nick Traenkner and Shawn Mishak MC the opening of the night
A bit of Ray NcNiece mixing it up with the audience.
Nick Traenkner highlights –
Steven B. Smith reads 21st century Schizoid Man
6/8/06
Pictures of the reading that featured Chris Franke and Kate Sopko .
Google video of Chris Franke’s 6/8/06 Reading.
Google video of Kate Sopko’s 6/8/06 Reading.
Google videoa video of Steve Goldberg reading the Can Man Poem. 6/8/06.
Google video is no longer available of Nick and his half time speech as open mic commences 6/8/06.
Google video of Eric Alleman reading despite the distraction 6/8/06.
Nick reads what he wrote the day before and another poem titled ” it Snaps when it Wants “.
RA Washington reads a short poem.
Steven B. Smith reads two short poems.
Brin Metzendorf reads one poem after explaining his ethnic heritage.
5/11/06
Video of the featured poets Ray Mc Niece and Aris Dyson at the Literary Cafe.
Pictures of the 5/11/06 poetry night at the Literary Cafe that featured Aris Dyson and Ray McNiece.
4/13/06
Video montage from the evening. I did not tape Jack’s entire performance. This was before I committed to taping the entire featured readers reading.
Pictures from the night that featured Lakewood’s poet laureate Jack McGuane.
2/9/06
Video of the featured readers Alex Malina part1, part 2 and Eric Alleman part1, part 2 from the February 9th, 2006 poetry night.
This is by far the best audio recording of all the poetry videos. Sorry but the first few words are missing from Alex’s reading.
1/12/06
Pictures of the Steven B. Smith tribute night at the Literary Cafe.
Video of Scott Kramer talking about wave matter. 1/12/06
12/8/05
Pictures from the night.
Eric Alleman co MC’d and made jokes at Nicks expense – Video
Eric also read poetry – video
Kate Sopko – video
Deb – video
Miles Budimir – video
Terry Provost – video
Alex Malina – video
Everyman was a co MC with Eric – video .
Steve Goldberg – video
Erin – video
Tim Herron impersonates Robert Ritchie – video
Shawn Mishak – video
Alex Malina sings the Russian Song – video
Matthew Wascovitch – vvideo
11/3/05
Pictures of the first poetry night at the Literary Cafe in many years. This is when the new generation started.
Montage of various poets – video
Steven B. Smith – video
C. Allen Rearick – video
Steve Goldberg – video
Kathy Ireland – video
RA Washington – video
Deb – video
Nick Traenkner – video
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[...] The Lit has a great many great poets documented with videos and fotos – their monthly readings are the second thursday of the month in Tremont (Cleveland) Ohio USA… check them out at http://literarycafe.net/blog/poetry-page/ [...]
andy – i blogged about kathy and my videos on your website today at http://www.walkingthinice.com – blog titled Alice In Wonderworld.
when we get to the south of france in 4-5 days, we’ll add a permanent link from our blog page to your site.
the lit was our favorite place to read. when we come back or come back to visit, we hope to read there again – only this time we’ll be reciting from memory, not reading from paper.
kathy and steve smith
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http://www.walkingthinice.com
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[...] 3rd good place is the literary cafe in tremont on literary street – less than a block from lincoln park. they start around 10 and have 2 featured poets followed by a sign-up open mic – http://literarycafe.net/blog/poetry-page/ – run by steve goldberg / nick traenkner / andy – think it’s the 2nd thursday. you could also check http://www.deepcleveland.com/borders.html for their monthly friday borders (strongsville) reading (run by mark kuhar). open mic follows the features. might be 3rd friday. [...]
[...] The poetry reading at Bela Dubby went well. There was a great turn out for what it was. Jack McGuane didn’t show because he was in the hospital with heart problems. Say a prayer for Jack. Let’s will him back to a speedy recovery. In Jack’s place, we had Steve Goldberg read. He did a fine job. Steve is one of the co-host of The Literary Cafe’s poetry night, which occurs the 2nd thursday of every month. I, along with Katie Daley, will be the featured readers on April 12th, 2007. For more information on this, click HERE [...]
hey ya’ll …a shout from new orleans, i’ll be visiting
yer fair city june 18 to 21..are there any readings
tues or wens that week….seems like you have a
fun and varied bunch of poets in cleveland
i’m ready for some legendary smokies and grog
i keep hearing about…..if you want to check out
about new orleans scene find 17 poets.. a series
at the goldmine saloon in the french quarter and
yawp mag hope to hear
daniel kerwick
ps go cavs
daniel kerwick… new orleanian extraordinair feature poet @ The Language Foundry (2335 West 11th #1) Tremont! Wednesday 20 June, 2007… be there and bring your mothers too!
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