Rodas - joins, Beau Beausoleil, a poet who has tirelessly organized the Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here project since shortly after the 2007 bombing of a central book-selling street.
1. The Collins Memorial Library, the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington – Coordinators – Jane Carlin and Jessica Spring March 7, at 12 p.m. at the Collins Memorial Library
2. Washington D.C. – Coordinators – Helen Frederick and Casey Smith
March 5th, 6pm – 8:30pm at Busboys and Poets Cafe, 14th and V Streets, Washington, D.C.
3. Warren, Michigan (Sterling Heights), Bella Banquet Hall, – Coordinators Dunya Mikhail and Alise Alousi – March 5th, 7-9pm Bella Banquet Hall, 4100 E. 14 Mile Road, Warren, Michigan.
4. Exeter, UK. – Coordinator – Catherine Cartwright. March 5, 6:30 – 8pm, Double Elephant Print Workshop, Lower Ground Floor, Exeter Phoenix, Bradninch Place, Gandy Street, Exeter, EX4 3LS
5. St. John’s Newfoundland, Canada – Coordinators – Patrick Warner and Tara Bryan.March 5, 7-9pm at Eastern Edge Gallery (Harbour Drive at Baird’s Cove) St. John’s New Foundland and Labrador.
6. Herron Art Library, Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana – Coordinator – Sonja Staum – March 5, 4-6pm, IUPUI Herron Art Library, Artist Book Alcove, Herron School of Art and Design, 735 West New York Street,Indianapolis, Indiana.
7. Bristol, UK. – Coordinator – Sarah Bodman – 5th March from 11am – 4pm in OC4 and the Print Centre (relief print area) at UWE Bristol, Bower Ashton Campus, Kennel Lodge Road, Bristol BS3 2JT
8. London, UK. – Coordinators – Hassan Abdulrazzak and Alan Ingram – March 5, 6:30-8:30pm UCL Archaeology Lecture Theatre, 31-34 Gordon Square, WC1H OPY London
9. Guarini Library, New Jersey City University, Jersey City, New Jersey – Coordinator – Melida Rodas – March 4th, 7-9pm at the Library, 2039 Kennedy Blvd. Jersey City, New Jersey.
10. Pages on Kensington Bookstore – Calgary, Alberta, Canada – Coordinator – Richard Harrison – March 5th 7:30-9:30pm – Pages Books on Kensington, 1135 Kensington Road NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
11. Portland, Oregon – Coordinators – Bill Denham and Laura Russell – March 5, 7-9pm, Multnomah Friends Meeting House, 4312 SE Stark Street, Portland, Oregon
12. The Great Overland Book Company (Bookstore) San Francisco, California – Coordinators – Beau Beausoleil and Andrea Hassiba. March 5, 7:30 – 9:pm – at The Great Overland Book Company, 345 Judah Street (at ninth avenue) San Francisco.
13. Somerset College of Arts and Technology, Taunton, UK – Coordinator – Carl Middleton –March 5th, 8-9pm, School of Art and Design, Somerset College, Wellington Road, Taunton TA1 5AX.
14. The Southern Letterpress, Northport, Alabama – Coordinator – Jessica Peterson
March 6, 5 – 8pm (Letterpress demonstration from 5-8pm, reading begins at
6pm) at The Southern Letterpress, 417 Main Ave. Northport, Alabama.
15. Cambridge Arts Council, Cambridge, Massachusetts – Coordinators – Jeff Spurr and David P. Miller. March 5, 6-8pm, Cambridge, Arts Council, 344 Broadway (4th floor), Cambridge MA.
16. New Haven, Connecticut – Coordinator – Stephen Kobasa – March 1, 12pm – 2pm, (in conjunction with the opening of our exhibit)The Institute Library, 847 Chapel Street, New Haven CT.
17. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, California – Coordinator – Ozlem Ayse Ozgur – March 6th, 7-9pm, San Francisco Art Institute Lecture Hall, 800 Chestnut, San Francisco, CA.
18. The American University in Cairo, Egypt – Coordinators – Ferial Ghazoul, Samia Mehrez, Conchita Anorve-Tschirgi, and Philip Croom – March 5th, 1pm – 3pm.This reading and the keynote address by Sinan Antoon on March 6th, are in conjunction with opening of our project exhibit at AUC) – Nadia Niazi Mostafa Room (third floor) Rare Books & Special Collections Library, American University in Cairo, New Cairo Campus, AUC Avenue, New Cairo, Egypt.
19. London, UK. – Arab British Centre and Banipal – Coordinators – Noreen Abu Oun, Ruba Asfahani, Hala Najjar, Chelsea Milsom, and Margaret Obank. –5 March, 2:30-4:30, Meeting Room, The Arab British Centre, 1 Gough Square, London EC4A 3DE.
20. New York City – Coordinators – Aditi Sriram and Sukhdev Sandhu – March 5th, 6:30 – 8:PM – Pomegranate Gallery, 137 Greene St. N.Y. NY.
21. Atelier 6000 in Bend, Oregon – Coordinators – Julie Winter and Patricia Clark. March 6, 4:30 – 7 pm – Atelier 6000 389 SW Scalehouse Ct. #120 – Bend, Oregon.
22. Edinburgh, UK -Word Power Books – Coordinator – Sarah Irving – March 5th, 6-8pm, Word Power Books, 43-45 West Nicolson Street, Edinburgh EH8 9DB, Scotland.
23. Gateshead, UK – Gateshead Old Town Hall – Coordinator – Theresa Easton. March 3rd, 7-9pm – The Cafe at Gateshead Old Town Hall, West Street,Tyne & Wear NE8 1HE.
24. Minneapolis, Minnesota – Eat My Words Bookstore – With the Mizna writing group – Coordinator – Moheb Soliman – March 3rd, 7:30-9pm, Eat My Words Bookstore, 1228 2nd St. NE Minneapolis, MN
25. University of California, at Davis, CA. – Coordinator – Kevin Smith
March 5, 4-6pm, Arboretum Wyatt Deck – UC Davis
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