Polish Hill Arts Festival Today: Art: Crafts: Poetry and Post Apocalyptic Films @Gooski's

Remember, when Gooski's was the only place people knew about on Polish Hill--other than that gorgeous massive church. The story was this was a place for a few bars and people who now drank to much to leave the area. This was never exactly true, but it also wasn't an obviously, happening place either.

Today, it's all goin on there. 12-8 PM in Polish Hill.

Here's a preview with more details on Blogki, The Polish Hill Blog

Readings

The New Yinzer presents… Special Edition

July 18 @2PM
Lili Coffee*Shop
3138 Dobson St.

"Kristofer Collins is publisher and editor-in-chief of Low Ghost Press, co-director of the TNY Presents Performance Series, managing editor of The New Yinzer 2005-09, an occasional book reviewer for The Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and owner of Desolation Row Records & CDs. A book of his poems entitled King Everything was published in 2007 by Six Gallery Press, The Book of Names was published by Low Ghost Press in 2008, and The Liturgy of Streets was published by Six Gallery Press in 2009. His most recent collection, Last Call, will be published by Speed & Briscoe in 2010.

Cyberpunk Apocalypse writer -in-residence Elwin Michael Cotman reads from his recently released dark collection of fantasies, The Jack Daniels Sessions EP, which combines urban fantasy, black folktale, punk rock, and magic brought to you by one of Pittsburgh’s most animated readers.

At the age of 20 Daniel McCloskey graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a BA in fiction writing. At the age of 21 he founded the Cyberpunk Apocalypse Writers’ Co-op, and at 22 he finished a clean draft of his first novel which jumps between comics and prose. Daniel’s work has been printed in Urban Velo magazine, in his own Cyberpunk Apocalypse publication, and he has a two page comic set to come out in Shrunken Wool issue 8.

Amanda Reynolds left Pittsburgh in 2002 for hurricanes and alligators in Florida. There she received an MFA in poetry from the University of Florida and a PhD in poetry from Florida State University. Her poems have appeared in journals such as: Gargoyle, Alimentum, Gander Press Review, Mississippi Crow, and The Aurora Review among others. She has a poetry chapbook entitled Degrees of Separation forthcoming from Pudding House Press in 2010. She has recently returned home to Pittsburgh to teach and write about the city she loves."

Post Apocalyptic Films @ Gooski's

The Post Apocalyptic Movie Theater will be installed at Gooski’s during the Polish Hill Arts festival. The work, created/curated by Jessica Fenlon, incorporates the work of independent filmmakers. Watch this space for more details about the Post Apocalyptic Movie Theater.

Post Apocalyptic Movie Theater
Free
Gooski’s
July 18, 4-6PM
3117 Brereton St.

FYI, yes it may be slightly hard to find parking but it's worth it.