A
Forward Movement of Poetry & Music, Art &
Experimentalism
@ 2335
West 11th St #3 / Tremont Neighborhood / Cleveland, OH. 44113
The Language Foundry aims to
provide social poetics, forward thinking,
& tactile language projects.
We seek to create a platform to "Free Language for a
Post-Human Existence"
Please check this schedule often, as times,
locations, & date changes may often occur. Also note
that (LF) shows take place in the
basement of the address above or @ other locations.
contact: jsmakkos("at")gmail("dot")com
with any queries.
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April
Events ::
25 APRIL / the LANGUAGE FOUNDRY
presents a mixed media performance
series :
PERCEPTIVE DISCOURSES I : "Poetry in the Ethic of Jazz" @ SPACES @ 10PM !!
A Night of Poetry & Jazz Crossing Two Generations of Local Musicians and Poets
W/ Russ Vidrick, Jim Lang, Katie Daley, Allisun Hovater, & Shawn Golnick
Backing Jazz Trio of J. Guy Laughlin, J. Hartford Geers, & Ed Stevens & MC'd by J.S. Makkos
(Collaborative/Performative/Participatory)($3 suggested donation)(snacks provided)
(10PM)(SPACES, 2220
Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, OH 44113)
:: May
Events ::
03 MAY / FEATURE: DONT MISS THIS DIVERSE Night of Luxurious Sound, featuring: the epicureans (of Boston, MA)(w/ Ryan Macguire of Kayo Dot - bass, dave gross - sax & ricardo donoso - drums),
Local Scientist C. Randolph C. (solo) & a brave new monologue from Eric Alleman of To Box With Man
(8:30PM)(Sounds & Sounds)(Donation for touring band)(LanguageFoundryBasement)(BYOB)
19 MAY / FEATURE: Acoustic Experimental Folk Pot Luck Night featuring:
Billy Mack Collector (from rural school, PA) & Several TBA's
(8:00PM)(Pot Luck & Music)(LanguageFoundryBasement)(BYOB)
23 MAY / the LANGUAGE FOUNDRY
presents a mixed media performance
series :
PERCEPTIVE DISCOURSES II : "without revealing the
fruits of our spirited labors
we are nothing more than bodies around a dinner table"
W/ Jacqueline Reasor, J.S.Makkos, 2/3 of the giants of gender @ SPACES - 8PM !!
(Collaborative/Performative/Participatory)(cost: $3)(snacks provided)
(SPACES, 2220
Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, OH 44113)
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June
Events ::
07-08 JUNE / FEATURE: Reading in the LF BASEment
/ New Broadsides / New Books Release /
An Open Reading to celebrate the "One Year Unniversary" of the Language
Foundry
(Poetry&Poetry)(10PM)(LanguageFoundryBasement)(BYOB)
13 JUNE / the LANGUAGE FOUNDRY
presents a mixed media performance series :
PERCEPTIVE DISCOURSES III : "DISRUPTION" W/ Jose Luna & TBAs @ SPACES - 10PM !!
(Collaborative/Performative/Participatory)(cost: $3)(snacks provided)
(SPACES, 2220
Superior Viaduct, Cleveland, OH 44113)
:: Mid June - July Events ::
THE
LANGUAGE FOUNDRY WILL BE ON HIATUS FOR THE SUMMER... SO PLAN YOUR OWN
READINGS & EVENTS, MAKE YOUR OWN MUSICS, GET OUT AND MEET NEW
PEOPLE,
GO FOR A WALK, LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE, MEDITATE IN NEW CORNERS OF YOUR MIND,
CREATE BRIDGES INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE CITY, LAUGH A LOT, MAYBE GO SWIMMING,
POETRY & CULTURE IS HAPPENING ALL AROUND YOU, UNEARTH IT & FEED ITS SPIRIT.
:: August
Events ::
08 AUGUST / FEATURE: Performance Art Walk
August
Tremont Art Walk will be a special "Performance-Art Walk" with a
multitude of performances happening at a number of locations throughout
the long weekend in tremont.
(PerformativeX)(VariousTimes)(VariousGalleries)(FREE)
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Future :
Events
& Releases
::
TBA Spring 08 /
UnOfficial Release
of Carmen Tracey's "O(Circle) Of
Blood"
(Manifest
Poetry)(LF)(premier tba)(book, $tba)
TBA 2008 / UnOfficial
Release of WHATSANOTHERWORDFOR PRESS 's
Broadsides: IV, V, VII
& IX, X, XI, XII
featuring
work by: Nick Traenkner, J.S.Makkos, & C.T.Fritz?!
Hank Lazer, Ken Rumble, Russ Vidrick, & TBA
(Manifest Poetry)(LF)
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:: past events : april 2008 ::
05 APRIL / Jaimie Branch &
Marc Riorden (Chicago Free Jazz Duo) WITH:
Electro-acoustic
Free Improv Trio featuring: J. Guy Laughlin,
Matt Kiroff, J. Hartford Geers
(9PM)(A Mix of Free Jazz and Free Improvisation)(LF)(BYOB)
:: past events : march
2008 ::
14 MARCH / FEATURE: PERCUSSION
DIALOGUES: a presentation of
percussive thought w/
Just Jose, J.Guy Laughlin,
J.S.Makkos, & Chris Cannon :
four improvisation sets in their own right, followed by a collaborative
set
by all four performers and the audience.
(8:30PM)(Sounds & Languages)(LF)(BYOB)(10+ faithfilled people in attendance)
23 MARCH / J.Guy Laughlin, J.S.
Makkos, & Chris Cannon @ ABC
No RIO in The
COMA Series
COMA (citizens ontological music agenda) is ABC No Rio's series
of experimental
and improvisational music: electric, acoustic, free jazz
and free form.
(8PM)(ABC No Rio, 156 Rivington Street, New York, NY 10002) (Out of Town Performance)
24
MARCH / J.S. Makkos &
Jamie Bernstein in "The Dadaist Dinner Party"
@ Goodbye
Blue Monday
w/ David Bartel & Jeff Kaiser / & James Ilgenfritz 's most excellent ensemble
(9PM)(1087 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11221) (Out of Town Performance)
25 MARCH / j.s.makkos reads w/ a
brood of poets @ ACA
Galleries
a release readinga for the 2008
Outside Voices Anthology of Younger Poets
(6PM)(529 W.20th St., 5th Flr., New York, NY 11011) (Out of Town Performance)
28 MARCH / FEATURE: Bill Howe of SLACK BUDDHA
PRESS reads! (w/
Lisa Howe)
Plus: Michelle Krivanek sound/poetry
set & an improvisation-poetics set
from J.S.Makkos
& Mathew Timmons (via cell phone from L.A.)
(9:30PM)(Sounds & Languages)(LF)(BYOB)(10 people in attendance)
29 MARCH / SPECIAL FEATURE: DIY DANCE PARTY VII:
A
Language Foundy Benefit.
A rollicking night
of DJ sets, dance & dance, converations,
and snacks...
(10PM)(Music,
Dance, & Snacks)(Basement)($5donation)(dress
to impress)
(Thank
You Everyone for such a great night of conversation & dancing)
:: past events : february
2008 ::
03 February / Mathew Timmons (L.A.)
& j.s. makkos (CLE) read The
A B Series
A new literary reading/performance/lecture series produced
and hosted by Max Middle
(8pm)(The
Mercury Lounge)(56 Byward Market, Ottawa,
CANADA) (Out
of Town Performance)
04 February / Mathew Timmons (L.A.)
& j.s. makkos (CLE) read The
Grey Borders Reading Series
(7:30PM Sharp)(Strega Cafe, 19 King Street, St.
Catharines, CANADA) (Out
of Town Performance)
05 February / Mathew Timmons (L.A.)
& j.s. makkos (CLE) read Just
Buffalo Small Press Series
(7PM)( Hallwalls Cinema, 341 Delaware Avenue @
Tupper, BUFFALO, NY) (Out
of Town Performance)
22 & 23 February /
the Language Foundry ENDORSES: The Alleman-Traenkner
Debates of '08
the language foundry supports no-candidate, only the
co-opting of this event, join us!
IMAGE ASSINATION POSTERS CREATED BY THE LANGUAGE FOUNDRY :
"Alleman
: (unreadable)" "alleman
: change isn't necessary"
"Traekner
: Wholesome" "Traekner
: !PREANIHILISM?"
(8PM)(Liminis Theater)(2438 Scranton Road, Cleveland)
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past events : january 2008 ::
11 January / FEATURE:
Just Jose
(Luna), Frass Accolades (CRandolphC & Nick Traenkner),
Pedalphile
(Ryan Kuehn of Thursday Club), & Poet: Russel Vidrick
new sets of experimentalis, sounds & musiks, vocal drones,
& angelic poetries
(Manifest Sound & Language)(LF)(10PM) (over
40 people in attendence)(if you missed this set, you missed the best
of what cleveland's underground sound & social language scene
has
to offer !!! )
12 January / Kate
Sopko reads w/ Katie Daley, Angela Beallor, & Carmen Tracey
reading and premier of Kate's new book of essays and poetry: "Stewards
of the
Lost Lands" (cover on left) (Manifest Language)(C-SPACE, 4323 CLARK AVENUE)(8PM)(after
party @ TLF)(10PM)
(over 70 people in attendence)(w/ an overload diy danceparty attendance
too)
29 January /
FEATURE: (the) Giants of Gender,
Madame P, Corissa Bragg, & a j.s. makkos wORD sET
Youngstown favorites: GoG, Italian sensation Madame
P, Solo Guitar Masteress, & a cubist poetry set fill the
foundry for a unique show & tell of various
proportions...
(Sounds & Voices)(LF)(8PM)(~40 people in attendance)
30 January / Language Foundry Poets read
Think
Coffee
NYC Cup
& Pen Small Press Reading Series!
Kate Sopko, Carmen Tracey, Bill Lavender, Mat Timmons, &
j.s.makkos ALL READ OUT IN Greenwich, Vil. (Manifest
Language/Poetry)(Think Coffee, 248 Mercer Street,between 3rd and 4th
Streets) New York, NY, Greenwich Village)(8-10PM)(Out of Town Performance)(~50 people in attendance)
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past events : december 2007 ::
01 December /
Typed and ReTyped
: A Reading of the Read and ReRead, Written and
ReWritten (EVENT FLYER) AN
OFFICIAL RELEASE PARTY FOR THE TREMONT STREETPOET MATCHBOOK POEM
SERIES!!!
Closing the Show:
Cycled
and ReCycled: A Self-Explanatory Exhibition of Lost &
Found, Reused & Reshaped Featuring readings from: P.Amsel,
M. Donovan, S.
Golnick, A. Hovater, M.
Krivanek, J.Makkos, S. Mishak, R.Rosin, K. Sopko, C.Tracey, J. Wobig,
&
C. Zinter W/
an experimental music performance
by: Hard
Luck Trio
(Eric Kolt, Neil Chastain & j. hartford geers)
(Art &
Music)(Opening 8PM, Music 9PM)(The Doubting Thomas Gallery, 856
Jefferson Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113)
(numerous people in attendence)
15 December / An
Evening of Words and Sound at Visible Voice Books
Performances by: MATTHEW WASCOVICH, DEXALONE COWBOY, ORPHAN DEBRIS
Readings by: CARMEN TRACEY, MELISSA GOODMAN, & J.S. MAKKOS
(Words&Sounds)(8PM)(Free/BYOB)(VISIBLE VOICE BOOKS, 1023
Kenilworth Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113)
0? December /
Release of Tremont
Streetpoet Matchbook Poems (I-XII) (MATCHBOOK POEMS!?)
Featuring works by: P.Amsel, M. Donovan, S. Golnick, A. Hovater, M.
Krivanek,
J.Makkos, S. Mishak, R.Rosin, K. Sopko, C.Tracey, J. Wobig, &
C. Zinter
(Manifest (Potentially Enflamed)Poetry for $1)(LF)(Soon to be Available
@ Visible Voice Books!!!)
15 December / FEATURE:
MELISSA GOODMAN
(Cambridge, Ma.)
reads her hottest selected
works
With an special
opening performance by The Commonwealth Jazz
Ensemble!
(Live Poetry)(10:30PM after the Visible Voice Books
Show!)($donation)(LF Basement)
(14 people in attendence)
28 December / FEATURE: Silver
Pearl (members of Emeralds, Tusco Terror) Bee Mask/Fluxmonkey
Duo,
& Computer is a Room (j.s.makkos
(words) & sean byrne (PA)(ambients/noise))
(26 people in attendence)
28 December / UnOfficial
Release of album : "cCoOmMpPuUtTeErRiIsSaArRoOoOmM"
A Sound/Poetry Album by J.S.Makkos & Sean Byrne
(from Where There Is Fire We Will Cary Gasoline)
(Manifest Poetry/Sound)(sub-ter-ra-ne-an win-ter series)(LF Basement)(www.virb.com/wherethereisfire)
(CD COVER)
31 December / New
Years Eve Basement
Dance Party Style Celebration
Featuring: YOU & TBA !!! (Social
Poetries/Sounds/Libations/Foods/Festivities!)(10PM)(BYOE)(LF Basement) (over 100 people in
attendence)
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past events : november 2007 ::
01 November /
FEATURE:
R.A. Washington
reads selected works (with a critical
introduction by J.S.M.) (Poetry)(8PM)(donation)(LF) (11 people in attendence)
08 November / FEATURE: the eASTERN sEABOARD
(nyc
- free jazz)(official
website) (EVENT FLYER)
(Music/Music)(8PM - before the Lit Cafe Reading!)(donation)(LF) (19 people in
attendence) (PHOTO GALLERY)
09 November
/ Cycled and ReCycled: A
Self-Explanatory Exhibition of Lost &
Found, Reused & Reshaped featuring
work by: Scott
Pickering, Laureen Deveny, Robert Ritchie, Allisun Hovater, Jessica
Wobig, R.A. Washington, J.S. Makkos, Shawn Mishak, Debra Shepherd,
Raven Strong, The Sign Guy,
Patrick Finegan, Staci McNasty, Sean Kelly, Dr.
Trease, The Glass Bubble Project performances
by: The
Reel Deal (tapists), CRandolphC (of 9-Volt Haunted House), &
Michael Pultz (of BLKTYGR)(Art &
Music)(Opening 6PM, Music 9PM)(The Doubting Thomas Gallery, 856
Jefferson Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44113)
(massively attendended!)
10 November
/ A
Night of Poetry and Poetry @ Bella Dubby
featuring
readings by: Heather Hartley (The Budapest Bardroom), Michelle Krivanek, &
J.S. Makkos
(Poetry)(8PM)($donation)(Bella Dubby, 13321 Madison, Lakewood,
216-221-4479) (25+ people in attendence)
16 November / FEATURE:
Language Foundry
Goes Acoustic (EVENT FLYER)
featuring performances
by: Corissa Bragg, Brian Garvin,
Mike Gali, Amy Bumala
(Accoustics/Musics)(9PM)(donation)(LF) (an amazing 55 people in
attendence!!!!)
17
November / FEATURE: An
After Evening of wWords & sSound (POST the VVB show!)
a
single performance by: Erik Colt (of Hard Luck Trio)(on vibes),
j.s.makkos (on words),
J. Guy Laughlin (on his seasoned drumkit) & B.Garvin (on guitar
and pedals)
(Sound/Language/Foundry/Basement)(11PM)(donation)(LF) (20ish people)
21
November / FEATURE:
Poetry &
Hookas : The Language Foundry: Live from Kan
Zaman! (PHOTO GALLERY)Cleveland Poets will read the
work of other Cleveland Poets to other
Cleveland Poets
(Poetry & Hookas)(9PM)(BYO Alcohol!)(Bring $ for BYO Table
Charge)(Hookas covered by LF!)
(Kan Zaman, 1917 W 25th St, Cleveland, OH 44113, 216-685-1500) (19 people) PHOTO
GALLERY!!!
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past events : october 2007 ::
03 October - 03
November /
Showing the Art of
Bernadette Glorioso "Visceral Thoughts" (www.bernadetteglorioso.com)(Art)(By Appointment/During
Events)(LF)
04 October /
J.S. Makkos and
Michelle Krivanek read for ArtMIX Überlin
(www.galleryucleveland.com)
(Performance Art/Mixed-Media/Poetry)(7-9:30PM)(Allen Memorial Art
Museum, Oberlin College, 87 North Main Street, Oberlin, Ohio) (50 or so punk-ass college
kids in attendence)
05 October / FEATURE: Hot
Air Balloon Ride (www.thursday-club.net)
& 9-Volt
Haunted House & poetry by
thee Carmen Tracey (Music/Sound)(8:30
Sharp)($donation)(LF) bring a FLASHLIGHT for an
IN-THE-DARK SHOW! (25 people in attendence)
07 October / FEATURE: a pre-film music set by:
A
REAL KNIFE HEAD (Formed in Cleveland during 2004 as a drum and guitar
duo: David Russell & Matthew Wascovich). THEN: Sunday Film Series
with Steve Newton / "Throw
Away The Books Let's Go Into The Streets" A
Surreal Japanese Anarchist Film by Director Shuji Terayama (1971) (free
CD-R copies of the freaked out psych soundtrack will be distributed!)
(Music & Film)(8PM)($donation)(LF) (18 people in attendence)
12 October / FEATURE: Jazz by Hard Luck Trio
(Eric Kolt, Neil Chastain & j. hartford geers) TREMONT ART WALK
NIGHT! Cleveland Experimental Jazz! get your riot on. get
ready to move. open
thine mind and dance. (Poetry of Jazz, Jazz of
Poetry)(8PM)($donation)(LF) (12 people in attendence)
13 October /
J.S. Makkos
& Michelle Krivanek read at the Tremont Farmer's
Market
(Poetry)(10am-1PM)(Across from Lucky's at 777 Starkweather Ave.)
(cold 50 degree morning,
farmers in attendance)
14 October /
Almost a Sunday
Film Series with Steve Newton / 1975's "The Candy
Tangerine Man"/
instead "The
Cosmic Eye" by Faith Hubley
(Film)(8PM)($donation)(LF) (7 people in attendence)
21
October / FEATURE:
Sunday
Film Series / Koyaanisqatsi (Life Out of Balance) (1982)
Directed by Godfrey Reggio, Music by Philip Glass (DONT MISS THIS ONE!)
(Film)(8PM)($dontation)(LF)(Koyaanisqatsi Trailer) (9 people in attendence)
25 October / 17 Poets! Reading Series /
Feature Poet:
Joseph Makkos
(Poetry)(8PM)(Gold Mine Saloon)(701 Dauphine St., Corner of Dauphine
and St. Peter, New Orleans, LA.
(Out of Town
Performance)
:: past events ARCHIVE of june -
september 07 (in slow progress) ::
08-09
June / 24 Hour Poetry Reading to
cristen the opening of the Language Foundry
Over 50 poets conviened for over 24 hours of
poetry & light (PHOTO GALLERY COMING SOON)
(IF YOU HAVE PHOTOS OF THIS EVENT PLEASE EMAIL ME)
20 June / New Orleans
Poet and Sympatico Press Editor: Daniel Kerwick reads
(Poetry)(Midday)(LF) (Daniel Kerwick is a
playwright, a poet, and also editor of SYMPATICO PRESS, which produces
one-of-a-kind books celebrating the great works of New Orleans artists
and poets. Danny has traveled extensively, giving
readings, lectures and presentations on "Undergound
Publishing," "The Role of Community in the Avante-Garde," and
"Contemporary Poetics: Symbiosis of the Word & Its
Practitioner." Mr. Kerwick's own work has been published
in journals throughout the country.)
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