Three Rooms Press presents The (bi) Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe

In honor of National Poetry Month and Tax Day

Gimme Shelters:

Right Ons & Write Offs

All-open poetry reading on the theme of taxes, tax shelters & the pros & cons of money

Friday, APRIL 12, 6 pm
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (between Bleecker & W. 4th St.)
SPECIAL DISCOUNT ADMISSION: $8 (includes a free drink)

The open poetry mic is back at this special edition of The Monthly! It’s tax season AND National Poetry Month. Do poets know about money — or the lack thereof? You bet they do! Find out all points of view as Three Rooms Press presents “Gimme Shelters: Right Ons & Write Offs,” with a special discount cover price of only $8 (includes a free drink). Special readings of poems on the topic of money by poetry masters including Langston Hughes, Harryette Mullen, John Ashberry, Philip Larkin, Shel Silverstein and more. Plus—door prizes and a CASH PRIZE giveaway! Bring your own poems to share, or just enjoy listening!

Doors open at 5:45. Admission is $12, which includes a free drink. Cornelia Street Cafe is at 29 Cornelia Street, in the West Village, between W. 4th Street at Bleecker (http://corneliastreecafe.com). Reservations and additional information: [email protected].

Gimme Shelters is the latest installment of The Monthly at Cornelia Street Cafe, a unique series curated by Three Rooms Press that brings together leading poets, intellectuals, performers and budding rebels on a different topic each month. Upcoming events include: MAY 3: HAVE A NYC 2 (readings of New York-based short stories! Special $8 cover charge); JUNE 7: HYDROGEN JUKEBOX (modern poetry performed to live rock band); JULY 5: INDEPENDENT PRESS FESTIVAL!