Saturday, May 20, 2006
Co-sponsored/co-presented by:
Just Buffalo Literary Center, Talking Leaves Books, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, University at Buffalo's the Poerty Collection, University at Buffalo Department of English, Samuel P. Capen Chair of American Culture, Buffalo Spree, Righteous Babe Records
Presented at:
Asbury Hall and Hallwalls Cinema
Poetry readings & tributes by friends, family, & special guests, film screenings, live music, new & archival audio & video, displays of archival treasures (rare books & Creeley's collaborations with visual artists), food & drink, culminating with an 80th birthday toast at the stroke of midnight for those who remain.
In Asbury Hall (the large hall of The Church):
Live Music by Latin Jazz Project
Carlos Day (bass, voice)
Kevin Doyle (piano, voice)
Güiche Pirela (conga, lead vocals)
Audio tribute mix by Will Creeley
Featured Readings by
Amiri Baraka
Joanne Kyger
Tom Raworth
Brief Readings & Remarks by Buffalo Friends, Colleagues, &/or Former Students:
Joan & Peter Andrews
Ansie Baird
Mike Basinski
Robin Brox
Cass Clarke
Carl Dennis
Paul Hogan
David Landrey
Bud Navero
Debora Ott
Kyle Schlesinger
Jonathan Skinner
Bill Sylvester
Live sound mix by DJ Caps (a.k.a. Will Creeley) of the Brooklyn-based turntable duo Caps & Jones
In Hallwalls Theater:
Willy's Reading (Bruce Jackson & Diane Christian, 18 min., 1982, 16mm-to-DVD transfer) (replaying continuously all evening, starting at 7:00)
Also on DVD: Robert Creeley: A Home Movie (45 min., 2005).
Recorded in 2002 by Ted Pelton during an interview he conducted at the Creeleys' remodeled firehouse home in Buffalo's Black Rock neighborhood for Pelton's article for Buffalo Spree.
In Hallwalls Gallery (in display cases):
Choice items from The Poetry Collection of SUNY at Buffalo.
Selections by Collection Curator Michael Basinski & Elizabeth Licata, co-curator of In Company: Robert Creeley's Collaborations, Castellani Art Museum, 1999, including images by Joe Brainard, Christo, Francesco Clemente, Fielding Dawson, Jim Dine, Robert Indiana, Alex Katz, R.B. Kitaj, René Laubiès, Dan Rice, Robert Therrien, & more.
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