When: February 21-May 11
Where: multiple locations

Please join Patricia Spears Jones as she hosts and participates in exciting events throughout New York City.

Ms. Jones will be reading in the Women Poets and Great Writers At Barnard: 2007-08 Reading Series with Robin Becker and Jan Heller Levi. She will also participate in two great series organized by women poets: Segue, with Tonya Foster and Erica Hunt; and belladonna, with Erica Kaufman and Rachel Levitsky. And before the full production begins, hear the poems that form the basis for Song for New York at the Poetry Project at the end of March. Ruth Maleczech invited Patricia Spears Jones and four other poets and writers to create pieces for this musical theater work, which is now in development and will go to Sundance and premiere in New York City. 

Segue Reading Series with Monica de la Torre
When: Sunday, February 24
Where: The Bowery Poetry Club: 308 Bowery, NYC
What time: 4 p.m.

Event info: $6 cover. Please visit segueseries.blogspot.com for more info.

Women Poets and Great Writers At Barnard present: 2007-08 Reading Series
When: Tuesday, February 26
Where: Suzberger Parlor, 3rd floor of Barnard Hall: 117th Street and Broadway
What time: 7 p.m.

Event info: Free and open to the public. Please visit www.barnard.edu/english/wpreadings.html for more info.

belladonna reading series
When: Thursday, March 13
Where: Dixon Place: 258 Bowery, 2nd Floor, NYC
What time: 7 p.m.

Event info: Please visit http://www.belladonnaseries.blogspot.com for more info.

Song for New York Poets Reading with Migdalia Cruz, Maggie Dubris, et al
When: Friday, March 28
Where: The Poetry Project: 10th Street and 2nd Ave., NYC
What time: 8 p.m.

Event info: Please visit http://www.poetryproject.com/ for more info.

Center Broadside Series, freaturing Scott Hightower and Brenda Conner Bey; organized by Patricia Spears Jones
When: Sunday, May 11
Where: Center for Book Arts
What time: 6:30 p.m.

Event info: Please visit http://www.centerforbookarts.org/newsite/events/ for more info.

Ms. Jones also enthusiastically recommends other series and events in the city this season: Bar 13; Bam Cafe on Fridays and Saturdays; Joe's Pub; African Music at Grand Dakar on Tuesdays; Jackie Sheeler's Pink Pony series on Fridays at Cornelia Street.