The Bardroom: November 29 at 7 pm
Steven Carlson
Our next event features author Thad Rutkowski, and Estonian poet
Elo-Mall together with Greek musician Chronik.
Date: November 29
Time: 7 pm
Location: Treehugger Dan's Bookstore and Lounge/Discover Budapest (Lazar u. 16)
Cost: Ft 500
Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of the novels Tetched (Behler
Publications) and Roughhouse (Kaya Press), Both books were finalists
for an Asian American Literary Award; Tetched was chosen as one of the
best books reviewed in 2006 by Chronogram magazine. His stories and
poems have been nominated four times for a Pushcart Prize. His work is
anthologized in Up Is Up, but So Is Down: The New York Downtown
Literary Scene, 1974-1992, The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry,
Screaming Monkeys: Critiques of Asian American Images and other
collections. His stories have appeared in American Letters and
Commentary, Crowd, CutBank, Faultline, Fiction, Fiction International,
Global City Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, The Laurel Review, Pleiades
and other magazines. He is a one-time winner of the Poetry Versus
Comedy slam at the Bowery Poetry Club, the Syracuse poetry slam, and
the Nuyorican Poets Café Friday slam.
http://www.thaddeusrutkowski.com.
Elo-Mall Toomet, or ellom for short, was born and is currently living
and raising her child in the beautiful old town of Tartu, a cultural
and spiritual centre of Estonia. Influenced by landscapes, seasonal
changes, pain and close human relations, she is dedicated to
exploration of the inner worlds, finding ways in dark places and
creating maps to be able to return. Her main fields of expression are
illustrating fairy-tale books and writing poetry. While her first
poetry book was published in 2002, this year saw two new volumes, one
in Estonian and the other "The Pain in the Beautiful Answer" written
entirely in English. Lately Elo-Mall has become interested in spoken
word and voice performances. She has appeared onstage with various
musicians in Estonia, Paris and London. You can read Elo-Mall's poetry
and listen to her voice at http://www.v6lur.ee/ellom.
Chronik was born in Athens in 1974. His relationship with music
started working as a radio producer for jazzfm in the early 90s' and
as a columnist for various music magazines. He began creating music
about 5 years ago and today his focus is on minimal ambient based
mainly in the piano, characterized by cinematography, melancholy,
scattered notes and long melodies that form expressive engagements.
Collaborations constitute his basic core of inspiration and motivation
for creating music. The last two years Chronik has collaborated with
Roger Döring (aka Dictaphone). They have performed together live in
Berlin and Athens and are working on a new album. Other ongoing
projects are "piannou" with the pianist Rannou Todea from Romania,
Teamforest, Me Succeed, Sophie Josephin, Monokid and K.I.S.KISMET.
Chronik has produced the original score music for the film "Inside a
Change" from New York and Channel Three 21 productions, expected in
the beginning of next year. His new album called "Speechless" was
released a year ago by the independent Belgian company Vu-Us. More
information at: http://www.myspace.com/chronikath
Entry Fee 500 forint (of which a percentage gets donated to Ebren
People) Ebren People is a young, creative, Dutch foundation run
completely by Dutch and Hungarian volunteers. Ebren People organizes
various kinds of multiple-day programs for Hungarian kids in the age
from 4 until 18, living in state institutions in (mostly the East of)
Hungary. Through activities Ebren People aims to develop the social
and cultural development of these kids to help them towards a brighter
future. http:www.ebrenpeople.com