Philip Memmer’s newest collection of poems is Threat of Pleasure (Word Press, 2008); he is also the author of Sweetheart, Baby, Darling (Word Press, 2004) and three chapbooks. His poems have appeared many journals, including Poetry, Poetry Northwest, and Epoch. He lives in upstate New York, where he directs the Downtown Writer’s Center in Syracuse. He also serves as poetry editor of Stone Canoe and associate editor for Tiger Bark Press.

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"First of All is an album of coherent beauty, showing an ambitious player following his own musical vision."(Jakob Baekgaard -All About Jazz).
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Featured poet : Greg Moglia

Greg Moglia is a veteran of 27 years as Adjunct Professor of Philosophy of Education at N.Y.U. and 37 years as a high school teacher of Physics and Psychology. His poems have been accepted in over 100 journals in the U.S., Canada and England as well as five anthologies. He is four times a winner of an Allan Ginsberg Poetry Award sponsored by the Poetry Center at Passaic County Community College. His poem ‘Why Do Lovers Whisper?’ has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize 2005. He has been nominated by the College of William and Mary for the University of Virginia anthology BEST NEW POETS OF 2006. He lives in Huntington, N.Y.
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Amanda Baisinger has cultivated a distinct style that is based in jazz, folk and pop. She has collaborated with people such as the formidable pianist, producer and arranger Vadim Neselovskyi, who is currently the pianist for Grammy Award winning Vibraphonist Gary Burton. Since graduating from Berklee College of Music, Amanda has been performing and teaching music in New England and New York. Most recently she has recorded an album of original music with an all-star cast of young emerging jazz musicians in New York. This concert will feature music from her new recording as well as other material.
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