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Spoken Word Sundays: Didi Champagne and Karen Neuberg

  • The Parkside Lounge 317 East Houston Street New York (map)

PLEASE NOTE THAT OUR READING SERIES HAS A NEW TIME OF 3:00 - 5:00 PM

Featuring Didi Champagne and Karen Neuberg

Hosted by Jerry T. Johnson

Plus open mic

21+

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

Didi Champagne has performed on NYC stages for close to 40 years, playing with her band at CBGB’s, The Bitter End, The Continental, Limelight, Webster Hall, Scrap Bar, and many other music venues. She also has a few albums of original music. She has also contributed her voice reading poetry with JD Rage at ABC No Rio, Cornelia Street Café, Gargoyle Mechanique, and countless other venues from The Poetry Calendar she collected ever month at St. Mark’s Bookship.  She has also attended thousands of art exhibitions that she found inspiring which became a reflection of her artwork! A major art show is in the works. Her new book of poetry and art, Life of a Kalamata, is available upon request. Her work is a reflection of her past, present and future. It is fresh and modern and hopes to inspire those around her. Peace, Love and Music!

Karen Neuberg’s poems have appeared or are forthcoming in numerous journals including BigCityLit, Home Planet News, MAINTENANT, SurVision, and Unbroken. She’s the author of the full-length collection PURSUIT (Kelsay Books,) and three chapbooks including the elephants are asking (Glass Lyre Press). She’s a multiple Pushcart and a Best-of-the-Net nominee, holds an MFA from The New School, and is associate editor of the online poetry journal First Literary Review East. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.