Patti Smith will be among the hundreds of readers at the Poetry Project’s annual New Year’s Day marathon (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
The Poetry Project at St. Marks Church
131 East 10th St. at Second Ave.
Saturday, January 1, $15-$20, 2:00
212-674-0910
www.poetryproject.org
The Poetry Project, which is dedicated to the past, present, and future of poetry, will hold its thirty-seventh annual New Year’s Day Marathon Reading on Saturday, featuring another outstanding lineup of participants from all over the entertainment spectrum. Among the hundreds of scheduled readers, who will begin at 2:00, are John Giorno, Patti Smith, Lenny Kaye, Philip Glass, Suzanne Vega, Taylor Mead, Eric Bogosian, Anne Waldman & Ambrose Bye, Vito Acconci, Anselm Berrigan, the Church of Betty, Jonas Mekas, Judith Malina, Citizen Reno, Bob Holman, Dael Orlandersmith, CAConrad, Elinor Nauen, Edwin Torres, Eileen Myles, Elliott Sharp, Maggie Dubris, Mike Doughty, Penny Arcade, Mónica de la Torre, Nick Hallett, and Wayne Koestenbaum. Admission is $20, and you can come and go as you please as long as there’s room.