Patti Smith will be among the many, many participants at the annual Poetry Project New Year's Day marathon (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
Poetry Project
St. Mark’s Church-in-the-Bowery
131 East Tenth St. at Second Ave.
Friday, January 1, $15-$18, 2:00
212-674-0910
www.poetryproject.org
The Poetry Project will be welcoming in the new year for the thirty-sixth year with a marathon poetry reading with some two hundred artistic figures from various walks of life sharing their pearls of wisdom. Among the many, many participants will be Penny Arcade, Steve Cannon, Mónica de la Torre, Steve Earle, Maggie Estep, John Giorno, Philip Glass, John S. Hall, Lenny Kaye, Judith Malina, Legs McNeil, Taylor Mead, Jonas Mekas, Dael Orlandersmith, Citizen Reno, Elliott Sharp, Patti Smith, and Edwin Torres for this all-day event.