April 7th 2008, 7 PM

The Odd Mondays Series presents
“Several Circles - Poems About Paintings” by Katharine Harer and Emmanuel Williams
FREE ADMISSION



In Honor of National Poetry Month, The Odd Mondays Series presents poets Katharine Harer and Emmanuel Williams.
Two published poets and experienced performers read their poems about paintings and photographs. The readings will be accompanied by projections, music – both live and recorded – and dance. Painters include Picasso, Matisse, Monet, Manet, Kandinsky, Klee, Magritte and Georgia O’Keeffe. This promises to be an absorbing, multi-layered presentation.
Katharine Harer teaches English and Creative writing at Skyline College. In 1995 she won the Slipstream Annual Poetry award, which led to the publication of a collection of her poetry, Hubba Bubba, now in its third printing. Her poems have been published in literary magazines, in a number of anthologies, and in three small press collections: Spring Cycle (Encanto Press San Francisco), In These Bodies (Moving Parts Press, Santa Cruz) and A Radical Kind of Trust (Si Press, San Francisco). She has read her poetry in hundreds of colleges, bookstores and cafes. She’s currently working on a memoir/literary homage to Pablo Neruda, following her recent trip to Chile. Harer lives in San Francisco and is a co-ordinator of the Poetry and Pizza reading series in the financial district.


Emmanuel Williams, an Englishman, works for California Poets In The Schools. He has taught all over the world, from 2nd grade through college. His work has been featured on BBC, NPR, and published in numerous literary and New Age magazines. He first worked on blending poetry and music in 1959 as a college student, and has been associated with musicians, dancers and artists in numerous multi-media presentations ever since. He’s currently working on a collection of poems about the sea, a collection of riddles, a study of the spiritual aspects of sex, a collection of creation poems by children, and a collection for teachers of ideas for poetry writing in the classroom.



April 21st 2008, 7 PM

The Odd Mondays Series presents

“PIAF – Her Story, Her Songs” Starring Bay Area Chanteuse Raquel Bitton
FREE ADMISSION



Part documentary, part stage performance, this entertaining look at French chanteuse Edith Piaf tells her story through a terrific theatrical presentation by singer Raquel Bitton, who literally becomes Piaf while singing, and then steps back to tell her story – in English – between the mostly French songs. It features 16 songs performed with a full orchestra including “La Vie En Rose,” “No Regrets,” “Hymn To Love.” Winner of the Special Jury Award for Most Moving Film Experience, Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival.