Victory over the Sun, Russian Futurism and Silver Age Poetry Wed 3/11!

Intercultural Poetry hosted by Andrey Gritsman presents an evening with
1. David Lehman, Translations of Vladimir Mayakovsky and new original poems
2. Ilya Bernstein, New book of translations of Osip Mandelstam
3. Readings of poems inspired by Victory over the Sun by Alexander Cigale, Elizabeth L. Hodges, Andrey Gritsman, Irina Mashinski, Misha Semenov
4. A staged reading of Action 1, Scene 1 from Larissa Shmailo's translation of Victory over the Sun (Cervena Barva Press) with Bob Holman, Alexander Cigale, Larissa Shmailo, and Misha Semenov with original music composed by Finnish composer Jukka-Pekka Kervinen based on Mikhail Matiushin's partially lost score for the original 1913 production.
Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia, NYC
Wed 3/11 6:00 pm