“Wet” Erotic Poetry Reading

WET!’ Erotic Poetry Reading Saturday, March 6th at 7pm

Always a full house, this popular companion event raises funds to benefit the Artists Union Gallery.
Well worth the admission: $10 -$20
Hosted by Friday and Marsha de la O •

Desire urges us on deeper
and farther into the coral maze
of the body, dense, tropical
where we cannot tell plant
from animal, mind from body,
prey from predator, swaying
magenta, teal, green-golden
anemones wide open…- from “Wet” by Marge Piercy


Readers:
Holaday Mason, Tree Bernstein, Carol Davis, Virginia Mariposa, Cathryn Andresen, Maggie Westland, Joyce LaMers, TL Cabrera, Chryss Yost, Gabriel LeMay, Patti Sullivan, Doris Vernon, Trish Falin, Ron Alexander, Polly Bee, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Paul Guthrie,Lois Klein, Elijah Imlay, Shelley Savren, Carol DeCanio, John White, Mariano Zaro, Stephany Prominides, Roe Estep, Patricia Belkowitz, Tim Tipton, John Gentry, Ellen, Florence Weinberger, Jackson Wheeler, Elena Karina Byrne, Morgan Alexander, Kevin Carman

The Vampire Who Makes Us Behave -- Erotic Poetry Reading

Annual Erotic Poetry Reading and Benefit
Saturday, Feb. 21 at 7:00 pm

The Vampire Who Makes Us Behave
…But the Vampire who makes us behave orders us to enjoy ourselves with what she leaves us, or in other words to be more amusing… - Arthur Rimbaud "Anguish"

Admission is $10 - $20 at the door.
Hosts: Friday and Marsha de la O
Benefit with all proceeds going to the Artists’ Union Gallery.

See Lusty ambitions Erotic art and poetry in Ventura by Michael Cicero in VC Reporter for more...

Poets reading include: Chryss Yost, Glenna Luschei, Perie Longo, Tim Tipton, Sarah Maclay, Holaday Mason, Roe Estep, Shelley Savren, Lois Klein, Fiona Spring, Elijah Imlay, Carol Davis, Ellen Reich, Florence Weinberger, Doris Vernon, Virginia Mariposa, Laura Diamond, Mary Kay Rummel, Polly Bee, Tree Bernstein, Paul Guthrie, Maggie Westland, Cathryn Andreson, Patricia Lynn Belkowitz, Marsha de la O, Friday, Phil Taggart, Tim Sheehan, Joyce LaMers, Virginia Mariposa, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, TL Cabrera

AUG's Seventh Annual Erotic Exhibit

Some Like It Hot
AUG's Annual Sensual and Erotic Exhibit is a perennial favorite and a striking example of Ventura’s talent runs February 13th through March 22nd, 2009

Gala Opening and Reception:
Friday, February 13th, 6-9 pm.

Juror: Wayne Healy
Curators: Phil Taggart & MB Hanrahan

Be sure to experience this show in the flesh!

The Vampire Who Makes Us Behave
Annual Erotic Poetry Reading & Fund Raiser to benefit Artists’ Union Gallery.
Saturday February 21st at 7p.m. $10-20 donation.

Credits:
photo: Linda F. Peterson Photography
graphics: John Parker

Poerty inspired by the Inauguration of Barack Obama

Colleen Cason from the Ventura County Star wrote an article about poetry and the inauguration. She interviewed Joyce LaMers and Phil Taggart. She included part of our Obama poems and an excerpt from a Ferlinghetti poem. She also invited folks to put their inauguration poems and comments in the comment blog spot.

Link to the Story: Cason Point: Inauguration gives reasons for rhymes

Video of Phil Taggart reading his poem

Provided by Phil Taggart

March Poetry Readings

Upcoming AUG Poetry Readings

Tuesdays at 7:30 pm
Artists’ Union Gallery
330 South California Street, Ventura
Host: Roe Estep, (805)320-3524
Open-mic

February 27: Maggie Westland
March 13: Richard Beban
March 20: Jeanette Clough

VC Reporter Reviews 'Better Than Chocolate' Poetry Reading

News from Phil Taggert

There was a lovely review of the annual erotic reading, Better than Chocolate, in this weeks issue of the VC Reporter. The reading is a benefit for the Artists’ Union Gallery and co-inhabits the erotic show that’s still in exhibition there.

Oral Stimulation
A review of the “Better Than Chocolate” erotic poetry reading at the Artist Union Gallery.~ By MARGARET LANDREAU ~
Link to VC Reporter