Cornelia Street Cafe Presents GNU VOX: DAVID DEVOE And POETRY

Tonight At Cornelia Street Cafe. Thu May 27th 8:30PM GNU VOX PRESENTS: PRETENDING TO CARE--AN INTERVENTION FOR DAVID DEVOE (David Devoe, voice; Julie Hardy, voice; Wendy Gilles, voice; Alison Wedding, voice; Brian Seeger, guitar; Alan Markley, piano; Matt Wigton, bass; Jared Schonig, drums; Jack Ferver, text; plus special guests!)

After 5 1/2 years of constant running, Gnu Vox, is tired and ready to sleep...forever.
This acclaimed vocal series has presented some of the best talent in the world from traditional jazz, avant garde, songwriters, bluegrass, indie rock, cabaret and beyond.

In its final evening, the eclectic range of the series will be reflected in performances by curator, David Devoe and some of his closest vocal friends. Interspersed between songs will be monologues written by the formidable Jack Ferver and read by the vocalists. The text will not be seen by the readers beforehand! Please come experience their and your surprise and celebrate the swan song(s)!

"Where are all the young jazz singers? It's an oft-heard lament in traditionalist circles, among whom Norah and Diana just don't cut it. Singer and curator David Devoe has planted his flag firmly with his upstart "Gnu Vox" series, as if to say, 'I got your jazz singin'-right here.'" Time Out New York
Cover $10

Spoken Word

Thu May 27th 6:00PM
POETRY
(Crystal Mandler; Maggie Kast; Patrick Walsh)

Crystal Mandler received an M.F.A. in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts in 2010. She has received a fellowship for residency at the Anderson Center. Her fiction and essays will someday be published in all kinds of magazines with circulation numbers both large and small. Crystal is a computer geek by day, though she's also been a baker, a blueberry-raker, a statistical analyst, a social anthropologist, a caterer, an editor, and a teacher. She's recently returned to New York after braving four Chicago winters and is at work on her first novel.
Maggie received an M.F.A. in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and has published fiction in The Sun, Nimrod, Rosebud, Paper Street and others. Her essays have appeared in America, Image, Writer's Chronicle and others. A memoir published in ACM/Another Chicago Magazine won a Literary Award from the Illinois Arts Council and a Pushcart nomination. Her first book, The Crack between the Worlds: a dancer's memoir of loss, faith and family, was published last September and was one of Image's Top Ten of 2009.

Born in NYC on St. Patrick's Day, Patrick Walsh graduated from St. Bonaventure University, served four years as an Army infantry officer, and later received a Master's in Anglo-Irish literature from the University of Dublin, Trinity College, Ireland. His poems have been published in America and around the world, including Ireland, England, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand.
Angelo Verga, host. Cover $7 http://www.maggiekast.com/home.html