I am glad to announce that HIDE AND SEEK: A Poet’s Memoir is here! for the second time! The first edition sold out! And, the second is finding new homes going quick!
While that happens, I am creating, performing, and conducting workshops all over the US and North America.
Here are the first few months of where I have been and where I would like to go:
January 3 – 6:30pm – Newaygo, MI – The River Stop Cafe
January 4 – 9pm – Detroit, MI – The Manila Bay Cafe w/ Deonte Osayende and LaShaun Phoenix Kotaran
January 5 – 6pm – Tipton, MI – The Collapse House w/ Jon Felton, The Milky Eyed Menders, and The Illogical Spoon
January 7 – 4pm – Fremont, MI – Fremont Middle School ASP
January 8 – 9am – Newaygo, MI – Newaygo High School
January 8 – 12pm – Fremont, MI – Fremont Christian Middle School
January 19 – 8pm – Portland, OR – The Back Door Theater w/ Novosti and DLUXTL
January 24 – 6pm – Olympia, WA – The Flaming Eggplant – 2700 Evergreen Parkway NW – w/ Coyote Scofflaw (open mic) January 27 – 8pm – Portland, OR – Poetry Slam at Backspace cafe w/ Mike McGee and Doc Luben
January 28 – 8:30pm – Bellingham, WA – Poetry Night – The Amadeus Project – 1209 Cornwall Ave
January 29 – 7pm – Seattle, WA – Seattle Poetry Slam – w/ Amber Flame and Josh Coles – Re-bar 1114 Howell St.
February 1 – 8pm – Portland, OR – The Waypost w/ Jen Deale, John Chap, and Jon Ransom
February 2 – 9:40pm – St. Johns (Portland), OR – St. Johns Booksellers w/ Justin, Bill, and Matt Price and more
February 7 – 3:30pm – Omaha, NE – Westside Highschool – LTAB poetry group February 7 – 9pm – Omaha, NE – Loui’s February 8 – 7pm – Omaha, NE – Greengo Coffee and Deli – w/ D.C. Lutz, Paul Clark, Rene Harper, and Sara Wehbe February 12 – 6:00pm – Portland, OR – River’s Edge Hotel – (Gathering of Life Coaches)
February 14 – 7pm – Vancouver, WA – Cover to Cover Books – w/Amy Temple Harper, Pecos B Jett, and Mike G.
February 24 – 8pm – Portland, OR – The Portland Poetry Slam Sem-finals!!! – with Marty McConnell and Melissa Rose.
February 28 – 7pm – Corvallis, OR – Poetics Corvallis – Old World Deli, 341 Southwest 2nd Street
March 1 – 6pm – Portland, OR – 4335 NE Sumner St. – w/ Jonathan Brinkley and Betsy LeVine
March 9 – 8pm – Portland, OR – The Poetree House – w/ Joshua Grace, Todd Fadel, Seth Martin, Jesse Gardner, and Nolan Frank
March 10 – 8pm – Portlanld, OR – The Portland Poetry Slam @ Backspace Cafe w/ Samantha Peterson, Beau Williams, and Will Gibson
March 11- 8pm – Portland, OR – The White Eagle McMenamin’s Pub – w/ Jolliff and Bubble Cats
March 12 – 7pm – Seattle, WA – The Fremont Abbey – The Seattle Round w/ The Maldives, Erin Rae, Star Anna, and Savy
March 14 – 6:30pm – Portland, OR – Concordia University – The George R. White Library 2800 NE Liberty Street – w/ Djinn Maury
March 15 – 7pm – Lake Oswego, OR – New Thought Center for Spiritual Living – w/ Laura Ivancie
March – Salt Lake City, UT – Greenhouse Effect – w/ Jessie Parent, Nick Shifrar, and Ben Barker.
April – Chelsea, MI – The Literary Walk – Back To the Roots
May 2 – Newaygo, MI – The River Stop Café – w/ Sandra Barnard, Jerry Arlen, and more.
May 14 – Grand Rapids, MI – The BOB – Dr. Grin’s Comedy Club – The Message Poetry Slam – w/ Shewrites, Fable, & Rachel Gleason
May 23 – Newaygo, MI – The River Stop Café – w/ Sandra Bernard, Marqueta Bernard, and more.
June 17/18 – Montague, MI – The Book Knook – w/ pianist Bryan Uecker
June 25 – Grand Rapids, MI – The BOB – Dr. Grin’s Comedy Club – The Message Poetry Slam
October 2 – Spokane, WA – The Individual World Poetry Slam – last chance qualifier
October 8, 2013 – Portland, OR – Round 1 – Portland Abbey Arts w/ Novosti, Caroline Belk, Jonah Sissoyev, and Kali Hoesch
December 6, 2013 – Detroit, MI – Manila Bay Café
If you don’t see YOUR TOWN and would like to, just ask: garretpotter@yahoo.com
Thank you. See you soon!
Want to see where I went in 2012?
June 22, 2012 – 7pm – Portland, OR – Three Friends Coffee House
June 23 – 1:00 PM & 2:30 PM – Portland, OR – AJ Java Coffee
June 23 – 8:30pm – Portland, OR – 628 NE Roselawn
June 25 – 7pm – Salt Lake City, UT – Salt City Slam, Moe’s
June 26 – 8:30pm – Boulder, CO – 3460 Colorado Ave, Apt B4
June 30 – 9pm – Omaha, NE – Barley Street Tavern
July 1, 2012 – 8pm – Bellevue, NE – 14215 S. 21st. Street
July 4-7 – Multiple – Bushnell, IL – Cornerstone Music Festival
July 8 – Multiple – Plainfield, IN – The Journey – 620 S. Carr – 9am, 11am, and 7:30pm).
July 10 – 9pm – Springfield, OH – Radical Roots – 3343 West Jackson Rd
July 11 – 10pm – Chicago, IL – Heartland Cafe
July 12 – 8pm – Madison, WI – Erin Snug Irish Pub
July 13 – 12:30pm – Jackson, MI – Cuppa Coffee
July 13 – 8pm – Jackson, Michigan – The Fourth Wall (Poetry Slam)
July 14 – Rest Day (off day) – Chelsea, MI – Back To The Roots
July 15 – 11am – Fowlerville, MI – Fowlerville Freedom Center
July 16 – Adventure day – Detroit, Michigan
July 17 – 9PM – Pittsburgh, PA – Slam of Steel at the Shadow Lounge 5972 Baum Boulevard
July 18 – Birth-day-off – Lansing, MI – (shared at Soup Spoon Cafe – Thanks for the meal and treats!)
July 20 – 10pm – Philadelphia, PA – Station Bar w/ Destroy Nate Allen and Rob, Lately.
July 23 – 8pm – Philadelphia, PA – The Fire
July 23 – 9pm – Philadelphia, PA – Fergie’s Pub
July 24 – 7pm – Philadelphia, PA – Circle Cell
July 25 – 9:30pm – Manhattan, NY – The Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe
July 26 – 7:30pm – Philadelphia, PA – Bring Your Words
July 27 – 10pm – Manhattan, NY – The Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe
July 30 – 8pm – East Avon, NY – The Blue Brick – w/ Destroy Nate Allen and Treasury
August 1, 2012 – 7:30pm – East Straudsburg, PA – Mothership 2.0 House – w/Destroy Nate Allen and Rob Lately
August 2 – 7pm – Philadelphia, PA – Pidgeon Presents ReSourceArts – Crane Arts Old School
August 2 – 9pm – Philadelphia, PA – Jus’ Words open mic 1310 N. Broad St.
August 8-11 – Multiple – Charlotte, NC – The National Poetry Slam
August 11 – 4pm – Charlotte, NC – Jesus Radicals Conf.
August 12 – 9pm – Asheville, NC – Patton and Haywood Triangle
August 13 – 7pm – Nashville, TN 1007 Stainback Ave. w/Rheanna Downey, Jasmine Commerce, and Beards.
August 15 – 7pm – Rome, GA – 24 Elmwood St. NE
August 23 – 8pm – New Orleans, LA – JuJu Bag Cafe
August 26 – 6 pm, Austin, TX – Progress Coffee w/ Peter Nevland, Keith Ruckus, and Danny Strack
August 28 – 8pm – Austin Poetry Slam w/ Mike McGee and Kevin Burke
August 30 – 7-9:30pm – Addison, TX – Groove Thursdays at Azure
August 31 – 12:45pm – Waxahachie, TX – SAGU Ellis Building – Poetry Class
September 1, 2012 – 8PM – Little Rock, AR – 618 N. Martin St.
September 12 – 7PM – Little Rock, AR – Arkansas Arts Center – Rock City Slam – w/ Houston Hughes:
September 14 – 9PM – Conway, AR – University of Central Arkansas – Baridon Hall
September 17 – 8PM – Springfield, MO – Michael’s Place – 2230 N. Fremont Ave Apt. A
September 20 – 7 PM – Springfield, MO – MO Poetry Slam @ Nathan P. Murphy’s with GuysLikeUs, Michelle Nimmo, Seth White, and Heidi Therrien.
September 22 – 8 PM – Springfield, MO – Sandstrom Place – 2226 N. Fremont
September 26 – 9:30PM – Kansas City, MO – Uptown Arts Bar – 3611 Broadway Blvd. w/ Theory & Angela Roulette
October 1, 2012 – 9pm – Omaha, NE – PROVOKE Poetry at The PS Collective 6056 Maple St. w/ Jack Hubbard
October 4 – 7pm – Fayetteville, AR – The individual World Poetry Slam – Teatro Scarpino – 329 N. West Ave
October 5 – 9pm – Fayetteville, AR – The individual World Poetry Slam – Matt Miller Studio – 21 W. Mountain St. Suite 26
October 7 – 7pm – Kansas City, MO – Club 7 Hundred – 700 Southwest Blvd. w/ Nightlife Jones & Angela Roulette
October 8 – 7pm – Lincoln, NE – Crescent Moon Coffee – 140 N. 8th St. #10 Lower Level w/ David Huffman & Rex Walton
October 12 – 7pm – Emporia, KS – 630 Wilson St. – w/ Joe Foster & more.
October 14 – 8:30pm – Boulder, CO – 4905 Ricara Drive, (80303) – w/ Jessica Rose Sanders and more
October 16 – 8pm – Ogden, UT – The Slam at Grounds For Coffee – 111 25th Street, Ogden, Utah 84401
October 25 – 8pm – Portland, OR – The Broetry Finale at The Pointy House – w/Greg Girding and Chris Leja
October 28 – 9am – Mt. Tabor Presbyterian Church – SE 55th and Belmont
October 28 – 8pm – Portland, OR – The Portland Poetry Slam – Backspace Cafe – w/ Mark Anderson
November 1, 2012 – 10am – Portland, OR – Warner Pacific College – chapel
November 7 – 8pm – Portland, OR – Townshend’s Alberta Street Tea House – w/ Kelli Schaefer
November 9 – Bend, OR – 7pm – Don’s Place – 1761 Troon Avenue
November 10 – 8pm – Eugene, OR – Eugene Poetry Slam @ Tsunami Books w/ Joaquin Zihuatanejo, Natasha Carrizosa, and Robyn Bateman.
November 11 – 7pm – Bend, OR – The Shepherd and The Knucklehead at Platypus Pub.
November 12 – 7pm – Portland, OR – The Shepherd and The Knucklehead at Caldera Pub
November 15 – 6:30pm – Portland, OR – Get Loud Poetry Slam 2012 – Benson Polytechnic High School
November 26 – 7pm – Sellwood (Portland), OR – Corkscrew Wine Bar – w/ Jon Ransom
November 27 – 7pm – Vancouver, WA – Barnes & Noble – w/ David Axelrod
November 30 – 1pm – Silverton, OR – Unofficial performance for the staff of CRC
December 3, 2012 – 7pm – Portland, OR – Three Friends Coffee House w/ Josh Hoke and Alexa Wildish
December 7 – 7pm – Olympia, WA – Last Word Books – Poetry Slam w/ Sierra Demulder
December 19 – 7pm – Portland, OR – The Back Door Theater w/ Novosti, Monica Storss, and Melissa Rose
December 27, 2012 – 9pm – Evanston (Chicago), IL – The Patch House – Reba Place