Featuring K. Michael Dunn and Brian VanRemmen

Hosted by David Lawton

Plus open mic

21+

$3 suggested donation. Two drink min, alcoholic or non.

K. Michael Dunn began life as Karl Roulston. As such, he has appeared in the great weather for MEDIA anthologies It’s Animal But Merciful, The Understanding Between Foxes and Light,Before Passing and The Other Side of Violet, and has  performed his words and bluesic in various venues in and around New York City. He adopts his new moniker in honor of the late great actor and singer Michael Dunn, the nefarious Dr. Miguelito Loveless on the classic television series The Wild Wild West.  K.M.D. will be accompanied by the redoubtable Erik Richmond on guitar.

Born and raised in Buffalo, NY, Brian VanRemmen has been writing poetry for over 20 years. While balancing a full-time involvement in rugby with life as a cubicle jockey, he co-founded Hip Pocket Books, a small independent press, in order to publish books for himself and community. His four poetry titles are Notes from a Neophyte (Not a Manifesto), The Optimist, Absurdity & Speed, and Temporary Author. The Optimist and Absurdity & Speed also include collages he created to give each book a narrative arc and context for the materials of the poem. In NYC in 2013, Brian co-founded DenimSkin, a literary and art review, which published 5 issues consisting of poetry, black-and-white art and photography, short stories and flash fiction, amongst other strange tales and vignettes. In 2018, Brian plans to publish a book of poetry titled Failure’s Finest Moment.