CLOSING NIGHT POETRY READING & PERFORMANCE for
From BMC to NYC: The Tutelary Years
of Ray Johnson (1943-1967)
Saturday, June 12, 7:00 p.m.
$7 / $5 BMCM+AC members + students w/ID
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In celebration of the recent four-month run of the Ray Johnson exhibition From BMC to NYC: The Tutelary Years of Ray Johnson (1943-1967), the Black Mountain College Museum + Arts Center will host Write Soon, Goon, a closing night poetry reading and vaudeville-style performance, featuring poets Earl Braggs and Keith Flynn, cabaret-style singer Vaudevie and performers Thomas Butler and Cody Magouirk. The closing celebration will take place at 7:00 p.m. at the museum/arts center located at 56 Broadway in downtown Asheville.
Earl Braggs teaches creative writing and African-American literature at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He is the author of five collections of poetry, including Hat Dancer Blue and In Which Language Do I Keep Silent: New and Selected Poems.
Keith Flynn is the founder and editor of the Asheville Poetry Review. His fourth book of poems, The Golden Ratio, and his first book of nonfiction, The Rhythm Method, Razzmatazz and Memory: How To Make Your Poetry Swing, have garnered Flynn national attention.
Vaudevie performs on accordion, piano and odd bits of hand-made home-constructed percussion with elements of dark cabaret. She has performed locally and as far away as Spain.
Thomas Butler is the Producing Director of Asheville Vaudeville, for which he also writes and acts.
Cody Magouirk, an actor, was most recently seen in Asheville Community Theatre's production of Little Shop of Horrors.
Support for this event has been generously provided by: the North Carolina Arts Council, Asheville Area Arts Council, Henco Reprographics, Charlotte Street Computers, and many generous individual sponsors.
