March 7, 2024
Theme: Marching to spring
Troubadour, poet, traveler, wordsmith, musician –A singular talent to carry the night away with poetry and song
Ellen Hersh calls his poetry, ‘universal with the voice of an ancient troubadour and the language of our times.’
Lester Hirsh – His poems have been published in The Ashville Poetry Review, Signal, Tabula Rasa, and other periodicals. His poem, ‘Casualties,’ along with art by Fleur Byers, was on exhibit at the Pen & Brush Gallery, New York City, in 1992. His book, ‘Mosaic II, Poems of an Ancient Order,’ was published by the Writers Publishing Cooperative, Warner, New Hampshire.
Richard Isen (Musicians on the Internet) says of Lester’s musical style, ‘like Johnny Cash meets Allen Ginsberg with Woody Guthrie looking on.’
MC: Steven Concert
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http://www.bignoisenow.com/hirsh.html
February 1, 2024
7:30 pm to 9 pm
Theme: “The Foods That Made Us.” I love to use different dishes as an entry into reflections on intergenerational memory and reconciling different aspects of one’s identity, particularly in the context of immigration. Some foods can transport me into stories my great-grandfather used to tell, that I never lived or experienced myself, but that I can feel with every smoky bite of sausage or the pointy smell of cabbage rolls.
Andrei Bucaloiu is a writer and prospective medical student based in Central Pennsylvania pursuing a career in medicine and the medical humanities. He immigrated to the United States from Romania with his family at a young age and focuses his writing on cultural identity, intergenerational memory, and language loss. Andrei lives in Lewisburg, PA with his wife and their black cat, Winnie.
MC: TBD