The Poetry Brothel: The Odyssey
The Wooly
11 Barclay St
NY
40.71236603614783
-74.00842279714576
Description
Darlings, The Poetry Brothel is back for the season, and this month The Poetry Brothel will take you on a journey the likes of which not even Homer could conceive. At last The Madame's bevy of syncopated sirens will turn the isle of Manhattan into their own personal poetic landscape, the archipelagic terrain of Ancient Greece. Your poetry whores will fly you to the peaks of Mount Olympus and pave your descent into the depths of Hades, all in the cavernous basement New York's historic Woolworth building. Prepare your spirit for an evening of song, dance, spirits, oracles, gods, goddesses, golden laurels, grand challenges, mythical creatures, men in togas, and ladies in their very finest drapery. The evening's festivities will include an array of delights: hedonistic hymns by our house band, The Smoke Rings, burlesque by the lovely Foxx Von Tempt & Delysia LaChatte, illusions by Matt Cooper and an oracular poetic performance by the one and only Professor of The Poetry Brothel, Jennifer Michael Hecht. Ancient Greece never felt so NOW!The Poetry Brothel is a unique and immersive poetry event that takes poetry outside classrooms and lecture halls and places it in the lush interiors of a bordello. The Poetry Brothel presents a rotating cast of both male and female poets as “whores,” each operating within a carefully crafted character, who impart their work in public readings, spontaneous eruptions of poetry, and most distinctly, as purveyors of private poetry readings on beds, chaise lounges and in private rooms. For a small fee, all of the “poetry whores” are available for these sequestered readings at any time during the event. Of course, any true brothel need a good cover; The Poetry Brothel’s is an immersive cabaret, offering a full bar, musicians, burlesque dancers, painters, actors, and fortune-tellers, with newly integrated themes, performances and installations at each event.
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Start:
2015-09-27T20:00:00-04:00
End:
2015-09-28T00:00:00-04:00
Category
Performances
Tickets
General Admission
30.0
USD
VIP
75.0
USD
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