[friendsofbroadside] Broadside Press Poets Theater February 19, 2012 3:00 p.m. #michlit

The Broadside Press Poets' Theater takes place on the University of Detroit-Mercy's McNichols Campus, in the Grounds Coffee Haus, lower level of the Student Union, the third Sunday of each month.  Guest parking is in the first lot to the right of the security station. Event is free. For more information, contact Rosemary Weatherston, director, Dudley Randall Center for Print Culture at weatherr@udmercy.edu or  Aurora Harris at aurora917@gmail.com 313 673-6313 Broadside Press' Poets' Theater Sunday,  February 19, 2012 U of D Mercy Campus  McNichols and Livernois  3:00 pm - 6:00 pm   Featured Reading by Al Ward. Al Ward will be reading poems from his CD, About Love Sometimes. Albert Michael Ward (poet/producer/artist) Born in Detroit, Michigan, Al Ward has been writing since his youth.  His work has been published at the University of Detroit Mercy, Wayne State University and Boston College University.  For a decade or more, Al was the principle writer of all-occasion greeting cards for Broom Designs, Inc., a Detroit black family owned greeting card manufacturer.  Al's first book, Patches On Mainstreet, was published by Broadside Press in 1989.  In April of 1998, Al was invited to serve as poet-in-residence  at the Salzburg Global Seminar in Salzburg, Austria.  Al has on several occasions served as an adjunct professor in poetry writing at the University of Detroit-Mercy for several years.  He is one of the founders and writers-in-resdence of Dudley Randall Center for Print Culture at the University.  Al is also a board member of Broadside Press.  In 2005, Al with two colleagues, Dr. Gloria House and Dr. Rosemary Weatherston  served as the editors of the poetry anthology, " A Different Image",  winner of a Michigan Notable Book Award as one of the best of 20 books published that year in the State of Michigan by a Michigan writer.  Al  recently released his first CD of poetry, jazz and spoken word entitled. "About Love Sometimes….the poetry of soul."   The feedback says that it is really something special. The CD Features poet and collaborator Gloria Aneb House, with jazz masters Kenn Coxx, Donald Walden, Donovan Johnson, Michael Harrington and Leroy Hyter. To order, go to http://www.spokenuniverse.com  or http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=8045608 Open Mic: Celebrating LOVE. Read Your Love Poems!   * Broadside Press will hold its Broadside Poets Theater in the Grounds Coffee House, located on campus in the lower level of the Student Union Building near the Livernois Entrance.  Guest parking is the first lot to the right of the security station. Event is free. -- Aurora Harris, M.A. Social Foundations of Education, B.A. Sociology Published Poet, Educator, Lecturer, Advocate, Independent Scholar and Researcher http://detroitparentswithspecialedstudents.blogspot.com/ Board Member of Detroit's Broadside Press. http://broadsidepress.org/ http://www.library.umass.edu/spcoll/ead/mums571.htm  (for archived info) Producer and Reporter for Encode Media Group, Inc Facebook 313 673-6313 -- Aurora Harris, M.A. Foundations of Education, B.A. Sociology * Author of "Solitude of Five Black Moons" c. 2011. Co-published by Broadside Press and the University of Detroit- Mercy * Board Member of Detroit's Broadside Press. http://broadsidepress.org/ * Special Ed Advocate: http://detroitparentswithspecialedstudents.blogspot.com/ * Spoken Word Artist: In The Tradition Jazz Band: http://www.inthetraditionjazz.com/ * Producer and Reporter for Encode * Facebook 313 673-6313 -- Aurora Harris, M.A. Foundations of Education, B.A. Sociology * Author of "Solitude of Five Black Moons" c. 2011. Co-published by Broadside Press and the University of Detroit- Mercy * Board Member of Detroit's Broadside Press. http://broadsidepress.org/ * Special Ed Advocate: http://detroitparentswithspecialedstudents.blogspot.com/ * Spoken Word Artist: In The Tradition Jazz Band: http://www.inthetraditionjazz.com/ * Producer and Reporter for Encode * Facebook 313 673-6313