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308 Bowery New York, NY 10012

212-614-0505

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Best Reinterpretation of an Old-Lady Activity
Award Winner 2009

Cuisine(s): Bar Food, Eclectic, International
Hours: Daily 11am-4am
Entertainment: Live Entertainment

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Bob Holman, the man who helped popularize slam poetry in the city, founded the Bowery Poetry Club, so you can feel quite confident that the acts inside aren't just a bunch of wannabe beatniks. Spoken-word poets, self-conscious rappers, amplified rockers, and tawdry burlesque acts frequent the stage in the back, while arty regulars hang out in the club's macabre, red-chandelier-equipped cafe. It also has wi-fi.

Segue Reading Series

4:00 p.m. every Sat.

A weekly series of experimental authors and poets from the Segue Foundation, a NYC-based arts organization.
Segue Reading Series

4:00 p.m. every Sat.

This series hosts a Q&A with a different poet or writer each week.
The Beat Finale

4:00 p.m. every Sun.

Come for this blow-out party with poetry and open mic.
Monday Night Bingo

7:30 p.m. every Mon.

How many creative ways can one call out "O-69"? Leave it up to Linda Simpson and Murray Hill, denizens of the downtown gaming world, to try and get...
Ginsberg Turnon

6:00 p.m. every Tue.

A weekly series that's all things Allen Ginsberg. Featured poets talk about the influence this monumental Beat has had on their work, and choose a ...

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2009 | Best Reinterpretation of an Old-Lady Activity

Ever been to bingo at a church hall with mean old ladies who bring their own ink blotters It's intense. There are barely any voices or sounds heard--just the emotionless drone of the caller, the spinning of the ball cage, and the shuffle of tennis-ball-bottomed walkers on the wood floors. That's not what it's like at Murray Hill and Linda Simpson's long-running Monday Night Bingo. This downtown comic duo is one of a handful of gamers who have tapped into a young, fabulous, and mostly... More »
2008 | Best Off-Off-Off-Broadway Musical Theater

Even after her punk-band days and her years of "anti-slam" variety performances, Jen Miller has kept a busy schedule. When she's not doing her cable-access show, or working out of her home as the curator of a troll-doll museum, or writing columns for artnet.com, or lecturing at USC about performance art, you might find her starring in her self-proclaimed "live-action TV show" Rev. Jen's Really Cool Neighborhood. Ably assisted by her Chihuahua (Rev. Jen Jr.), a giant talking roach, Moo... More »

Dallas Vietty's Musette Project

By Richard Gehr | Wed, May 09, 2012

Brooklyn accordionist Dallas Vietty specializes in musette, the lilting, highly ornamented French waltz music that's making some small comeback long after its early 20th century heyday. His set is part of a program celebrating NYU ethnomusicologis... More »
VILLAGE MISCHIEF

By ERICA MARTIN | Wed, October 19, 2011

Reverend Jen Miller, the self-proclaimed Patron Saint of the Uncool, celebrates the release of her third book, Elf Girl: A Memoir, tonight at Bowery Poetry Club, the current home of her monthly Anti-Slam. In keeping with her usual desire to defy t... More »

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Lillian.rodriguez5 | New York, NY | 11 Reviews

| Tue, September 28, 2010

Great poetry readings, and concerts by up and coming and already highly established artists.
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fstabile | New York, NY | 440 Reviews

| Fri, July 2, 2010

always a fun night at BPC, with live music and other performances
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Eklektic Gardens | Bronx, NY | 2 Reviews

| Fri, March 27, 2009

Where else could you see, Amira Baraka backed by a live jazz quartet one night and a mega J Rock concert marathon the next? The Bowery Poetry Club houses some of the most diverse forms of entertainment in NYC, which only makes sense seeing that the ever eccentric and eclectic Bob Holman owns the joint. Plus the food served there isn't half bad.