CALENDAR: Exhibitions, Readings, Lectures and Events.

September 1997: Audrey Code, paintings; October 1997: DeDe Fedrizzi, photography; October 11, 1997 Johannes Tonio Kreusch, classical guitar; November 1997: Alexandra Wiesenfeld, paintings; November, 1997 Reese, alternative R&B; April 1998: Jim Klein, paintings; April 1998: The Antioch Review. Stephen Jay Gould, reading; April 1998: The Interpreters: Shaping American Art , Panel Discussion: Carter Ratcliff, Rosie Schaap, Sarah Schmerler, Grady T. Turner, Alexi Worth. Moderated by Steven Vincent; May 2-31, 1998 James Gilroy, paintings & works on paper; May 1998 John Ashbery & Gerrit Henry, poetry reading; September 17 - October 31, 1998. Judy Glantzman, painting & drawings; September 24, 1998: murmur, reading. Kevin P.Q. Phelan, editor. Readers: Lindsay Ahl, Tim Davis, Oona Frawley, Laird Hunt, Krysia Jopek, Sharon Lattig, Dan Machlin, Jill Magi, Mark Mirsky, Eileen Myles, Heather Ramsdell, Danzy Senna, Stephen Mounkhall, Geny Turovsky; October 27, 1998: Ann Lauterbach & Heather Ramsdell, poetry reading; October 29,1998: Science and Art Panel Discussion with Tom Breidenbach, Mark Daniel Cohen, Jonathan Goodman, and Sharon Lattig. November 5, 1998: Raphael Rubinstein & Max Henry, poetry reading. November 28 - December 24, 1998: Group Show, paintings & drawings by Camille Eskelle, Katherine Kadish, Christina Park, and Alexandra Wiesenfeld. December 11, 1999 Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill and Paul Muldoon, poetry reading. February 25, 1999: Jackson Mac Low and Jena Osman, poetry reading. March--April, 1999: Stephanie Rose, paintings; April 8, 1999 Washington Square Journal, reading. Galway Kinnell, Marie Ponsot, Agha Shahid Ali, Stephen Sandy, Alan Michael Parker, Chuck Wachtel; April 27, 1999 The Antioch Review, with Victor Navasky; April 30, 1999, Avec: A Journal of Writing, reading; May 20, 1999, C.D. Wright & Camille Guthrie, poetry reading. September 23 - October 30, 1999; Anne Dunn, paintings. October 28, 1999, Tom Breidenbach & Jonathan Goodman, poetry reading. November 6 - December 10, 1999: James Gilroy, information paintings and drawings "Don't Let Go," a digital documentary with James Gilroy & Larry Clark. November 18, 1999: Bernadette Mayer & Dan Machlin, poetry reading. January 24th 2000: Dactyl Screening Room Benefit Honorary Chair: John Ashbery Curators: John Bissell, Willem Dafoe, Sean Gullette, Lyle Hysen, Elizabeth LeCompte, David Levine, Kate Valk. Committee: Anurag Bhargava co-chair, Debra Scherer co-chair, Henry Buhl, Michael Caruso, Tom Fontana, Massi Ghausi, Agnes Gund, Eva Herzigova, Sarah Lee, Rick Montgomery, David Sussman, Hillary & Bradley Thomas, David Thorpe, Jed Weintrob. Projects: Darren Aronofsky, Peter Care, Larry Clark, James Crutchfield, Jim Findlay, Michael Galinsky, Suki Hawley, Lewis Klahr, Ken Kobland, Alex McDowell, Jon Moritsugu, Ret.Inevitable, Richard Sandler, Leslie Thornton, Todd Solondz, Brett Vapnek, The Wooster Group. February 10, 2000: Mei-mei Berssenbrugge and Krysia Jopek, poetry reading. February 28th, 2000: "The Gods of Times Square" a documentary by Richard Sandler March 4--April 1, 2000: Peter Begley, sculpture. March 14, 2000: Letters from Alphaville by Raphael Rubinstein, poetry reading. March 16, 2000: Artists 4 Ireland, poetry reading. St Paddy's Jam 2000 Colum McCan, Tom Kelley and friends. March 30, 2000: Reception for the Antioch Review with Cynthia Fuchs Epstein. April 4--6, 2000: Retrodiction The History of Chaos in Literature, Science and Art April 4th & 5th: Angus Fletcher, (CUNY) on Spenser's "Mutability Cantos" and the poetry of John Ashbery April 6th: John Ashbery, (Bard College) poetry reading. Jim Crutchfield, (Santa Fe Institute) on the physics of chaos. Joan Richardson, (CUNY) on science & poetry, & Angus Fletcher, (CUNY) respondent. more information. May 12, 2000: The Figures Press & Roof Press, book party. May 15th, 2000: Shirtsleeves, a short film by Bruce Bennett, Ode, a film by Kelly Reichardt July-August-September 2000 Artist Search Project; August 12, 2000 Poetry Reading/Open Mic September 23, 2000 Artist Search Project; September 28, 2000 John Reed, reception A Still Small Voice; October-November 2000 Alexandra Wiesenfeld, paintings and works on paper, with a screening of "The Look of Love," a digital mini-doc about the artist; October 16, 2000 murmur journal, reception, volume ii includes works by Ashbery, Fletcher, Hollo, Ni Dhomhnaill, and Ramsdell; October 19, 2000 Gad Hollander's the palaver transcription, poetry screening; November 16, 2000 John Yau & Vincent Katz, poetry reading; November 28, 2000 Carter Ratcliff & Kenneth Koch, poetry reading; December 6, 2000 John Ashbery, reception Your Name Here and Other Traditions; December 8, 2000 Studio Semester in New York and Empire State College, anniversary reception; December 15-22, 2000 BookFair Limited editions, hand-made bindings, Poetry and Literary Fiction; January 10, 2001 Norman Jewison, film screening; February 6, 2001 Publication party celebrating Edizioni Mazzotta's monograph on Norman Bluhm; February 15, 2001 Brett Vapnek, film screening. Dream Machine starring Mary Timony; February 22, 2001 Ken Kobland, video screening; March 10, 2001 Washington Market School, "small works 11" children's art exhibition; March 15, 2001 Richard Sandler, film screening, The Gods of Times Square. April 4, 2001 Richard Howard and Susan Wheeler, poetry reading. Antioch Review 60th Anniversay Celebration; April 7-May 21, 2001: Judy Glantzman, paintings & drawings. April 26, 2001 6:30: Public Lecture: "The Poet, The Critic, & The Interpreter: A Crash Course," Angus Fletcher (Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Graduate School, CUNY), Respondents: Nico Israel (Asst. Prof, English, Hunter College, CUNY; critic, Artforum International Magazine) and Victoria N. Alexander (Dactyl Foundation). May 10, 2001: book party with The Figures: On the Nameways (Vol.2) by Clark Coolidge, My Terza Rima by Michael Gizzi, Push The Mule by John Godfrey, Savage Baggage by Roger Mitchell, The Drift of Things by Terence Winch, Roof: Christophe Tarkos: Ma Langue est Poetique--Selected Writings, Vocoder by Judith Goldman, Free Will by Craig Watson, Pen Chants By Lissa Wolsak. June 7th & 8th: Metropolis, film screening, Fritz Lang's 1926 landmark silent sci-fi film, With a new soundtrack by electronic musician Jeff Mills, with moderators: Anuj Desai, Editor in Chief, Black Book Magazine; Tara Anderson, Dactyl Foundation, presented by Black Book Magazine and Dactyl Foundation; July 7, 2001, Memorial service for Keenan Milton with video screening; June, July, and August, 2001, Artist Search Project, call for artists, Turning on Turner. Sunday, September 23 2001, Laird Hunt, The Impossibly (Coffee House Press). September 28, 2001, "History, Memory, Trauma," a public lecture by Dominick LaCapra, recipient of the Dactyl award for aesthetic theory. October 26, 2001, Greenroom / Mayfly Theater Company, Benefit. November 3 - December 8, 2001 Mike Piscitelli, Devolution. November 10, 2001, "Nabokov, Evolution, and Insect Mimicry" a public lecture by Victoria Alexander. Saturday, December 15 - 21, Poetry BookFair, reading Friday 14th. Feb 5, 2002 Diane Torr in Discussion. Drag King Ambassador to the World. Feb 19, 2002 Laura Biagi: A performance of Italian Folk Songs. Feb 22, 2002 poet-critics, Michael Davidson and John Taggart. Feb 26, 2002 Editing Panel and Screening New York Women in Film and Television; March 16-April 14, 2002, Emily Orling, paintings; March 26, 2002, Budoflux, performance and lecture; April 10, 2002, Suely Rolnik, public lecture on Brazilian artist Lygia Clark; April 20, 2002; small works 12 An exhibition of art by the students of The Washington Market School; May 4-25, 2002100 More Jokes from The Book of the Dead, exhibition of hand-colored etchings and poetry by Archie Rand and John Yau (Meritage Press) Also celebrating the release of My Heart Is That Eternal Rose Tattoo (Black Sparrow), Borrowed Love Poems (Penguin) by John Yau, Simply Separate People by Lynn Crawford, edited by John Yau (Black Square), Me with Animal Towering by Albert Mobilio, edited by John Yau (Black Square); and Bayart by Pascalle Monnier, translated by Cole Swensen, edited by John Yau (Black Square); May 9, 2002, Journey to the West: Chinese Medicine Today, a documentary film by Big Mouth Productions; May 14, 2002,Poetry reading with Meena Alexander, celebrating the release of Illiterate Heart; Introduction by Tricia Lin; May 17, 2002, Telling it Slant: Avant Garde Poetics of the 1990s,ed. Mark Wallace and Steven Marks. 26 essays on contemporary avant garde poetries. Book release & panel discussion with Charles Borkhuis,Lee Ann Brown, Jeff Derksen, Jeff Hansen, Bill Howe, Andrew Levy, Eileen Myles, Leonard Schwartz, Juliana Spahr, Brian Kim Stefans, Gary Sullivan, & Elizabeth Willis; Tuesday, May 21, 2002, Antioch Review Readings with James Purdy and Jeffery Renard Allen; June 1-29, 2002 Point & Shoot, a collection of T-4 photography by pro-skaters, Alex Corporan, Elska Sandor, Giovanni Estevez, A-Ron the Don, Suekwon, Shadi Perez, Giovanni Reda, Mike O'Meally, Keith & Anne Hufnagel, Todd Jordan, Aaron Meza, Athena Razo, Leo Fitzpatrick, Ryan McGinley, Angela Boatright, J2, Dave Ortiz, and Carla Ullman Reception: Saturday June 1, 2002, 7-10pm; June 4, 5, 6, 2002 Mayfly Theater Company; June 25, 2002 7pm Screening: Transportation, an episode of Rizoma by Professor Fernando Salis of The Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil An integrated television program and internet site for debate and communitarian action onenvironmental issues; July 13, 2002 6pm Imaginary Architecture: Part I SkyFi A video tribute to the power of art direction and scenic design By Sean Gullette Featuring architectural installation by Yumi Moriwaki, Casey Mack, Kostas Seremeties; ; September 3 - 28, 2002 Jim Gilroy, paintings Before & After 9/11 Opening Reception: Saturday, September 7th, 6-8pm; Thursday, September 12, 2002, 7:30 John Ashbery & Gerrit Henry, poetry reading; September 23, Larry Clark, Premier New York film screening of Ken Park; Saturday September 28, 2002 Short Video Show, 7:30-9:00pm "Business and Pleasure" by Maria Antelman and George Drivas "Insomnium" by Craig MacNeil "Stillspeed" by Georg Steinboeck "EX" by Andreas Troeger and Dactyl Foundation award recipient, "'Intersocial Volition' (Theirs and Ours)" by Tina Landis ; Wednesday, October 2 6:30pm Screening "Rockets Redglare!" a documentary by Luis Fernandez de la Reguera; October 5 - November 12 Yelena Yemchuk, photography "Phenomena+Existence No. 1" Opening: Saturday, October 5th, 6-8pm; Friday Oct 25th, 2002 7pm Josip Novakovich, reading; Friday, November 8th 2-4 pm panel discussion on new ways of interrogating dichotomies in the sciences Hosted at CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, Room 5409, by the 20th Century Group & Dactyl Foundation Panelists: Victoria N. Alexander (Narrative Theory), and Sharon Lattig (Poetics). ; Wednesday, Nov 13, 2002 7-9pm: Black Wine Film Screening ; November 16- December 7, 2002 The Freshjive Mad Dog Chronicles, a retrospective interview with professional skater Tony Alva featuring the photography of Wynn Miller Opening Saturday Nov 16th, 6-8 pm; December 7 - 21, 2002 Front Hall Book Fair Limited editions, hand-made, Poetry and Literary Fiction. Open reading Dec. 6th -6-8pm; February 1-28, 2003; erotic drawings by Neil Grayson Proceeds to Benefit Dactyl Foundation Reception/Fundraising Benefit, Feb. 14th, 6-9pm ; Saturday, March 8, 2003 Washington Market School, "small works" children's art exhibition ; Wednesday, March 19 Guy Shahar Screening; Saturday, March 22nd, 7-9pm Book release party for Victoria N. Alexander, Naked Singularity ; Saturday, March 29 Obscure Publications 7-9pm; April 22-May 10 Group Show. Peter Begley, Judy Glantzman, Jim Gilroy, Emily Orling and Yelena Yemchuk; Thursday, May 8th at 7pm Memorial for Gerrit Henry Readings by Neil Grayson, John Ashbery, Susan Baran, Marc Cohen, David Lehman, Maggie Paley, Bill Sullivan, John Wells, Tom Breidenbach, Audrey Ushenko, and Ellen Banks ; Sunday, May 18th, 2pm The Secret Agent adapted & directed by Richard Kimmel,featuring Tony Torn as Secret Agent Verloc and Wayne Adams, Dominique Bousquet, Steve Cuiffo, Andrew Garman, Jordan Lage, and Gary Wilmes. Development of THE SECRET AGENT is supported in part by a grant from NYSCA's Individual Artist Program; Thursday, May 22nd Antioch Review fund-raiser, 6:30-7:30pm drinks and hors d'oeuvres, 7:30-8:30pm readings by Katherine Vaz and Henry Van Dyke.; May 23-June 28, 2003 Opening: Friday, May 23rd Heroes and Villains, skateboard designs. Curated by Jon Buscemi, Matt Sohl, Michelle Harb, and Jason Dill; Friday, June 6th 7pm Discussion: Trauma at Home: After 9/11 (University of Nebraska Press, 2003) Readers will include: Jim Berger, Elizabeth Baer, Donna Bassin, Judith Greenberg (editor), Marianne Hirsch, Irene Kacandes, E. Ann Kaplan, Nancy K. Miller, and Richard Stamelman; Thursday, July 17th 7pm Poetry Readings, The Genius of (Mis)Translation Series Joshua Beckman and Pierre Joris ;September 13th - November 8th, 2003 Judy Glantzman, monoprints & drawings; October 29th Fundraiser for Fence Press, 7-10 pm; Thursday, October 30th 7pm Poetry Readings, The Genius of (Mis)Translation Series. Jen Hofer, Mónica Nepote, Cristina Rivera-Garza, and Laura Solórzano. Partial support for this series has been provided by the New York State Council on the Arts and the Mexican Consulate; November 20 - 29th, 2003 Marc Baptiste, Book Release and Photography Exhibition; December 9, 2003 6-8pm Kids from The Point Art Exhibition, curated by Michael Glazebrook; Dec 12 Private Party Museum for African Art; Tuesday, Dec 16th, 6-8 Book Release Party for Raphael Rubinstein Polychrome Profusion: Selected Art Criticism 1990-2002; Saturday, March 13, 2004 Genius of (Mis)Translation Series with David Hinton, a translator of ancient Chinese poetry, Cecilia Vicuña, a Chilean poet who performs multilingually, & John Thompson, who plays the guqin, a musical instrument of China's ancient poets; Saturday, March 20, Washington Market School, "small works" children's art exhibition. April 15, 2004 Dactyl celebrates the release of A New Theory for American Poetry: Democracy, the Environment, and the Future of Imagination by Angus Fletcher. May 7, 2004, 10th Anniversary Celebration with Sarabande Books, June 28, 2004. Memoirs of my Nervous Illness film screening Directed by Julian Hobbs. July 15, 2004 7-9p.m. Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series Readers: Timothy Liu, Robert Siek, Debra R. Andrews, Rene N. Hargrove, Joel Gold, Celest Woo, Justin Lacour, Laura Rothenberg, Jane Ormerod, Rich Newman, Ilene Starger, Richard Fein and Peter Covino.. July 22, 2004 7p.m. Dreams of Sparrows film screening. A documentary that follows first time Iraqi director Hayder Mousa Daffar and his team of contributing directors as they share their vision of life in Baghdad, post war and pre reconstruction. August 3-11 preview to  Thursday, August 12, 2004 6-9p.m. Art Auction benefiting Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign fundraising committee: Mark Webber, Leo Fitzpatrick, James Ransone, John Buffalo Mailer, William Upski Wimsatt and Brendan Sexton III. Artists include: Ray Abary, Harvey Finkle, Tim Lynch, Melissa Farley, Squire Fox, Patrick Maisano, Melinda Stickney-Gibson, and Judy Glantzman. Curated by Gael Abary and Liz Ronk. More info . Friday, August 13, 2004 7p.m. FOOD ON EARTH a documentary film in progress by david kaplowitz. August 19, 2004 7-9p.m. Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series Readers:Jane Ormerod, Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle, Rich Newman, Ilene Starger, Debra R. Andrews, Robert Siek, Todd Cincala, Steven Matrick, Margarita Shalina, Karl Lorenzen, Christian Georgesco, Justin Lacour and Joselyn Almeida Beveridge. Thursday, Sept 9, 2004,. Kate Earl Acoustic Performance Hosted by Mike Piscitelli, Record Collection Music. September 29, Josip Novakovich, reads from his novel, April Fool's Day.

Thursday, September 30, 2004 7p.m.
Ecopoetics: poetry reading / discussion with Marcella Durand & Lytle Shaw
Introduction by Victoria N. Alexander.

Wednesday, October 6, 6:30- 8:30pm.
A Fundraiser/ Cocktail Party to benefit The Trials of Darryl Hunt
a film by Ricki Stern and Annie Sundberg

Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series

October 16 - Nov 30, 2004
Dreamreaders, Works on Paper Yelena Yemchuk
Opening Reception: Saturday Oct 16th, 6 PM.

Thursday, November 11, 2004, 7-9p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series
Readers: Brian Unger, Peter Carravetta, Ilene Starger, Jane Ormerod, Rich Newman, Maya Pindyck, and Alexis Beeth.

Saturday, January 22, 2005, 6-8 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series featuring poet Lance Phillips

Thursday, February 17, 2005, 7-9 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series
Readers: Joel Allegretti, Debra Andrews, Deanna Barillari, Peter Emile, Richard Fein, Douglas Korb, Karl Lorenzen, Albert Min, Robert Siek, Ilene Starger and Nate Stengrevics.

Wednesday, March 2, 2005, 6-8 p.m.
Harbinger & Dactyl Foundation Presents: Short Film Screening Series
Screening followed by Q+A with the filmmaker

Saturday, March 26, 6-8 pm
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series
Readers: Rich Newman, Peter Emile, Patricia Carragon, Jane Ormerod, Ilene Starger, Sheela Wolford, Richard Fein, Ondi Mcmaster, George Paterson, Ice, Lourdes Vazquez, Debra Andrews and Deborah Asch.

Exhibition April 2 - 30. (Closed April 15 -18) Opening: Saturday, April 2, 6-9 pm
Works on Paper by Bill Alpert. April 16, 2005 Washington Market School, "small works 11" children's art exhibition.

Sunday, April 17, 12:00 - 1:30 PEN World Voices: The New York Festival of International Literature. Conversation: Ha Jin with Eliot Weinberger

Thursday, April 21, 2005, 7-9p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series

Wednesday, April 27, 2005
Book Release Party for Cut Off the Ears of Winter by Peter Covino May 6-28, 2005 CUBA Arts NY & NJ "The Lost Art of Cuba 2005."

May 11th 6:30-9:30 Cocktail Fundraiser to benefit Theatre Arts Production Company TAPco, a theater arts middle school in the Bronx serving economically disadvantaged students.

Saturday, May 14, 2005, 6-8p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series featuring Richard Jeffrey Newman.
Readers: Debra Andrews, A. K. Allin, Todd Cincala, Patricia Carragon, Tom Oleszczuk, Ilene Starger, Jane Ormerod, Richard Fein, Ice, Mary Kelly, Carrie Tocci.

May 19th 6:30-9:30 2005, Second Annual Spring Fling Benefit for the Bronx Charter School for Better Learning A progressive educational program for elementary school children in the Bronx. Private event featuring passed hors d'oeuvres and cocktails.

May 23-25 PBS taping

Thursday, June 2, 2005 7-9 p.m.
"Art of Motion"UXA Project, curated by Alex Corporan
Paying tribute to the action heroes of skateboarding.
Exhibition from June 2-June 30th. This exhibition is supported by Nike Skateboarding.

Saturday, June 4, 2005, 6-8p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series

Wednesday, June 22, 2005 7:00 p.m.
Screening of short film,"The Prophet" by first-time director, Alex Camacho
Please visit www.Madfeverfilms.com for more information

July 11 + 12, 8 p.m.
"Dirt" a workshop presentation of the one-man play

July 14-August 13, 2005
"From A to B" AKB Crew Group Show
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 14, 2005, 7-9 p.m.

Thursday, August 4, 2005, 7-9 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series
Readers: Ilene Starger, Patricia Carragon, G. Emil Reutter, Karl Lorenzen, Albert Depas, Marjorie, Jane Ormerod, Alexis Beeth, Richard Fein, Debra R. Andrews, Frederick Speers and Kevin Barden.

Saturday, September 10, 2005, 7-9 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series
One-Year Anniversary Party & Reading
Readers: Todd Cincala, Debra R. Andrews, Rachel Bennett, Kevin Estrada, ebony monique figueroa, Frederick Speers, Peter Carravetta, G Emil Reutter, Patricia Carragon, Ilene Starger, Mary Beth Shanahan, Tom Oleszczuk, Jane Bradbury, Richard Jeffrey Newman, Marjorie Dalrymple, Sharon Lynn Griffiths, Naren Gupte, Ruth Siekevitz, Joe Pacheco, Peter Marcus and Jane Ormerod.

September 16-18, 2005 Poetics-Cognitive Science Colloquy

September 24, 2005-November 18, 2005
"Where Eagles Dare" New Paintings by Sage Vaughn
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 24, 2005, 7-9 p.m.
"Where Eagles Dare," an exhibition of paintings, concentrating on New York City urban life and suburban California, by former graffiti artist.

Friday, October 21, 2005, 7-9 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series featuring poets Peter Covino & Jerry Williams
Readers: Deborah Asch, Emily Candace Shaw, Robert Siek, Richard Jeffrey Newman, Todd Cincala, Idalmis Toro, Karen Delasala, G Emil Reutter, David Curzon and Glen River.

Thursday, November 3, 2005, 6:30 p.m.
"Homage to Guido Llinas" Lecture & Discussion
Sponsored by Cuba Art NY. To view Guido Llinas's work, check out www.cubaartny.org.

Thursday, November 10, 2005, 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Natalie Handal & Sholeh Wolpe Book/CD Party

Saturday, November 12, 2005, 7-9 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series
Readers: Lucia Cammarata, Debra R. Andrews, Peter Emile, Patricia Carragon, Mary Beth Shanahan, Todd Cincala, Kevin Estrada, Mary Kelly, Umoja, Glen River, Bob Rainey, Miriam Hartstein and Jennifer Burch.

Tuesday, December 13, 2005, 7-9 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series

Thursday, January 19, 2006, 8 p.m.
Fredo Viola
Live vocal performance with laptop and acoustic accompaniment.
with
Brent Follis - drums/percussion
Ike Sturm - upright bass
Jesse Stacken – keyboard
Fredo Viola - vocals
Show will be followed by a screening of the Sad Song video and Ben Jorgensen's "Pity."
Clips from Live Performance

Saturday, February 25, 2006 7-9 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series
Readers: Timothy Liu, Patricia Carragon, Emily Candace Shaw, Debra R. Andrews, Todd Cincala, Jessie Male and Nicole Spector.

Saturday, March 11, 2006
Washington Market School,"small works 12" children's art exhibition. 3-5pm

March 23-25, 30-31 and April 1 - 8 PM
Matinee: March 26, 2pm
Cookie Cutters Club, A New Play By Alec Coiro

Sunday, May 21, 2006, 6-8 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series featuring Timothy Liu

Saturday June 24, 2006, 6-8 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series featuring Richard Jeffrey Newman

Saturday, July 29, 2006, 7-9 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series
Two Year Anniversary Party & Reading featuring Jason Schneiderman

20th Annual Conference
Society for Literature, Science and the Arts
EVOLUTION: BIOLOGICAL, CULTURAL, AND COSMIC
New York, NY, November 9-12, 2006
More Info

March 8-17 Squirrel and Porcupine a play by Alec Coiro

April 19 - May 6 "Faith," Paintings and Drawings by Deborah N. Sessel
Opening Reception, Thursday, April 19, 7-9PM.

In commemoration of Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Rememberance Day, (April 15), Dactyl Foundation presents "Faith," paintings and drawings by Deborah N. Sessel. Sessel's first solo exhibition in NYC features eleven still lifes of personal items left behind by Jews who suffered the Holocaust and five impressionistic landscapes depicting the camp yard and towers around Auschwitz-Birkenau. The exhibition's title, "Faith," refers to prisoners' persistent faith in life itself, their resilience and perseverance. Accordingly, Sessel's artwork finds serene beauty where one might not expect it. The quality of her workmanship and her careful attention to detail reflect the untiring dedication found in the hearts and minds of the faithful. The opening reception will be Thursday, April 19th, 7- 9, with a conversation with the artist at 8:30.

Sunday, May 6, 2007, 6-8 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series
Readers: Tom Oleszczuk, Karl Lorenzen, Richard Fein, Van Hartmann, Alkamal, Lucia Cammarata, Laurel Peterson, Debra R. Andrews.

May 12 - June 9 "FTW" paintings by Sage Vaughn
For the Wild, wildlife and wildlives www.sagevaughn.com
Opening reception Saturday May 12th, 7-9PM

Saturday, June 9, 2007, 6-8 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series
Readers: Lucia Cammarata, Judie David, Ice, Andrew Aaron, Robert Siek, Kevin O'Sullivan, Kevin Estrada, Gus Iversen, Phil Radiotes and Andy Tran.

June 14 - 30 Exit Magazine exhibition featuring Dan Martensen photography. Opening Thursday June 14, 7-9PM
Hours Tuesday- Friday 1:00 - 6:00PM, Saturday 1:00- 6:00 PM

Sept 6 -15 Fashion Week
photo exhibit Marilena Borgna
Opening: Sept 6, 7-9 PM
Dactyl Foundation for the Arts & Humanities is located at 64 Grand Street (between Wooster and West Broadway) in SoHo, NYC. Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 - 6:00 PM. Office: 212 696-7800 / Gallery: 646 329-5398 (during exhibitions times only). Subway: A, C, E, at Canal Street, or 1 at Canal Street. Open to the public. Admission free.

Sat, Sept 15 Jason Dill as Avatar

September 20 - October 20, 2007
Paintings by James Gilroy
Opening: Thursday, September 20, 7-9PM

Fri, Oct 12, 7-9
Dorion Sagan, Notes from the Holocene: A Brief History of the Future, Reading /Signing
In a thought-provoking, humorous, and engaging style, Dorion Sagan, the eldest son of Carl Sagan and evolutionary biologist Lynn Margulis, combines philosophy, science, an understanding of illusion, and the fantastical writings of Philip K. Dick to probe the deep questions of existence. Operating on the precept that the universe if far weirder than we might imagine, Sagan provides fresh insights into the nature of technology, the prognosis for humanity, and the living, the living nature of our planet, and a reasoned explanation to why our universe is probably just one of an infinite number. Notes from the Holocene is a prime example of the writing coming from a new generation of scientific writers. It will inspire readers to think for themselves while leaving them chuckling with tongue-in-cheek anecdotes -- a rare combination that Sagan delivers with ease. And yes, as geneticist J.B.S. Haldane says, "the universe is not only stranger than we imagine, but stranger than we can imagine."

Saturday, October 20, 6-8 p.m.
Open Mic/Emerging Poets Series
Readers: Julie Abramoff, Joseph Pacheco, Jane Ormerod, Lydia Cortes, Richard Fein, Debra R. Andrews, Miles Morton.

October 31 - November 24
NeckFace, art exhibition
Opening Halloween, Wednesday, Oct 31, 7-9PM

Poetry Conference, Nov 2
Hasif Amini, under the auspices of the U.S. Department of State, visited Dactyl Foundation on Nov 2, meet with founder Neil Grayson on site and with co-founder Victoria N. Alexander, former Poetry Director, Sharon Lattig, and Dactyl's Poet of the Year, Kevin O'Sullivan, to discuss poetry, free speech and the aesthetics of democracy via live video link from a Society for Literature, Science and the Arts conference in Portland, Maine.

Winter: closed for renovation

March 8, 4-6PM TransAtlantic Poetry Slam
Jive Poetic, Mahogany Brown, Taylor Mali, and Jamie Kilstein

April 28, 2008, 8-9PM
Stephen Dunn & Barbara Hurd, signing/reading
Hosted by The Georgia Review

Saturday, May 3 - June 1, 2008, 6-9PM
Notes on Fantomas, paintings by Yelena Yemchuk
Exhibitions hours are Wednesday 12-6, Thursday 12-8, Friday - Sunday 12-6.

Saturday, May 10, 2008, 6-8PM
Open Mic/Emerging Poets
Poets are encouraged to register: email maria@dactyl.org. Please plan to read for 7 minutes or less.
$8 donation; drinks will be served.
There will be $100 award for the best performance.
Judges: Maria Villafranca, Director, Open Mic/Emerging Poet Series
Victoria N. Alexander, Co-Founder, Director, Programs for Thought
Kevin O'Sullivan, Dactyl's Emerging Poet of the Year

Thursday, June 5th, 6-9PM
S Magazine, exhibition
June 5 - June `15

Friday, June 6th, 7:30-9:00
DACTYL IS POETRY
One in a Series of Events
MARIE PONSOT, Award-winning Poet and Mentor to Generations
with
KEVIN O'SULLIVAN, Dactyl Foundation's Emerging Poet of the Year

MARIE PONSOT

Native New Yorker Marie Ponsot was born in 1921. She has published numerous works, including Springing (Alfred A. Knopf, 2002); The Bird Catcher (1998), which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the 1999 Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize; The Green Dark (1988); Admit Impediment (1981); and True Minds (1957).

When asked why poetry matters, Ponsot replied: "There's a primitive need for language that works as an instrument of discovery and relief, that can make rich the cold places of our inner worlds with the memorable tunes and dreams poems hold for us." Among her awards are a creative writing grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Frost medal, and the Shaughnessy Medal of the Modern Language Association.

In addition to translating many books from the French, Marie Ponsot has taught writing at Queens College, Beijing United University, the Poetry Center of the YMHA, Columbia University, and New York University. She currently teaches at The New School University in New York City.

KEVIN O'SULLIVAN

Kevin O'Sullivan, Dactyl Foundation's Emerging Poet of the Year 2008, has worked as a writer, teacher, entrepreneur, actuary, cryptographer, salesman, sailor, calligrapher, and draftsman; and along the way, completed a Masters in English and subsequent work toward the PhD at CUNY. As a graduate fellow, he met Marie Ponsot when they were both teaching at Queens College.

No longer "distracted from poetry by earning a living," he has just completed Marie Ponsot's Poetry Thesis Workshop at the 92nd Y. He seeks out the strengths of contemporary poets, an example being Marie's "felicity of expression as a function of ferocity of quest."

Other examples include "the lexical exuberance of Richard Kenney and Saskia Hamilton; Byzantine yet matrix-perfect syntax of Jorrie Graham (even the anomalies enchant); revelations of relationship in Stephen Dunn and Marie Howe; the pop-right-out ordinary speech that dazzles in an Ashbery poem; the loaded, omen-laden terseness of both Kay Ryan and Charles Simic, and idea-round-ups in an Anne Carson, Paul Muldoon or Auggie Kleinzahler poem."

June 27, 6-9PM
Mike O'Meally, exhibition

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