M. L. Liebler

 

M. L. Liebler

 

Scheduled Appearances

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 APRIL 2008

        

  • Monday, April 21st at 7:30 PM POETRY & ZINE LIT NIGHT AT BOOK BEAT

    Join us at Book Beat for a special reading by Detroit poets M. L. Liebler, and Dawn McDuffie who will join NYC novelist Tim W. Brown for a reading and booksigning event at Book Beat, located at 26010 Greenfield, in Oak Park. Please call 248-968-1190 for more information.

     

  • April 21-25  M.L. Liebler, Robert Jones, Faruq Z. Bey, Ron English & Jef Reynolds conduct their annual performance poetry Workshops for High School Students at Sterling Heights High School. (Not Open to the Public).

 

  • April 22, Tuesday at 6:00pm The Wayne State University Press 2008 Release Party featuring M.L. Liebler with The Magic Poetry Band (Faruq Z. Bey, Ron English, Jef Reynolds & Bill Hulet) The Magic Stick 4120-4140 Woodward Avenue at Alexandrine near WSU and Detroit medical Center, Detroit, MI celebrating M.L.'s new book Wide Awake in Someone Else's Dream with Michigan authors Conrad Hilberry & Janet Kauffman. FREE. For information e-mail  ah3833@wayne.edu   http://www.majesticdetroit.com/stick.asp 

  • Special After Glow @ The Stick with performances by M.L. Liebler & The High Strung, Eddie Baranak's Shotgun Wedding & John Sinclair and His Blues Scholars  9:00pm $5.00 Cover.

 

  • April 23, Wednesday 6:00pm Teen Poetry Workshop with M.L. Liebler & The Magic Poetry Band (Faruq Z. Bey, Ron English, Jef Reynolds & Bill Hulet) The Detroit Public Library Main Branch (Woodward between Kirby & Putnam) in The Explores' Theater under Children's Library.

 

  • April 24, Thursday at 7:00pm-9:00pm Open Mic for The People & An evening of poetry & music with M.L. Liebler & The ML 5 featuring Avy Scheiber. Jef Reynolds, Bill Hulet& Junk Baby with special guest Gerry Lafemina followed by Open Mic with Fluent & The Mahogany Revue at The Jazz Café at The Music Hall for the Performing Arts. There is no cover charge, and it is an all-ages venue. The Jazz Café is located inside the historic Music Hall located at 350 Madison Detroit, MI 48226 – (313) 887-8501— in the heart of Detroit’s newly developing Theater District near The Detroit Opera House, The Gem Theater, Comerica Park and Ford Field. Nearby lighted, secure parking.   www.musichall.org  .

 

  • April 28, Monday at 7:00pm , Poetry & Music in The School Performance featuring M.L. Liebler, Robert B. Jones  & Faruq Z. Beywith Jef Reynolds and Bill Hulet PLUS- Creative Writing & Music Students from Sterling Heights Senior High School at The Sterling Heights Senior High School Performance Arts Auditorium located at 12901 15 Mile Rd / Sterling Heights, MI 48312 / (586) 698-4253 Free - Public Invited e-mail Ms. Kathy Szerszen Szerszen@mail.wcs.k12.mi.us

MAY 2008

  • May 1, Thursday at 7:00pm-9:00pm Open Mic for The People & An evening of poetry & music with M.L. Liebler & Writers John Jeffire, Fluent, Aran Ruth and more followed by MORE Open Mic with Fluent & The Mahogany Revue at The Jazz Café at The Music Hall for the Performing Arts. There is no cover charge, and it is an all-ages venue. The Jazz Café is located inside the historic Music Hall located at 350 Madison Detroit, MI 48226 – (313) 887-8501— in the heart of Detroit’s newly developing Theater District near The Detroit Opera House, The Gem Theater, Comerica Park and Ford Field. Nearby lighted, secure parking.   www.musichall.org  .

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  • May 8, Thursday at 7:00pm-9:00pm Open Mic for The People & An evening of poetry & music with M.L. Liebler, Jan Krist & Jim Bizer followed by MORE Open Mic with Fluent & The Mahogany Revue at The Jazz Café at The Music Hall for the Performing Arts. There is no cover charge, and it is an all-ages venue. The Jazz Café is located inside the historic Music Hall located at 350 Madison Detroit, MI 48226 – (313) 887-8501— in the heart of Detroit’s newly developing Theater District near The Detroit Opera House, The Gem Theater, Comerica Park and Ford Field. Nearby lighted, secure parking.   www.musichall.org  .

    • May 15, Thursday at 7:00pm-9:00pm ay 12, Wednesday at 7:00pm M.L. Liebler Reads in Stuttgart, Germany for The Stuttgart Literary Guild. 

    • May 20, Tuesday at 7:30pm M.L. Liebler & Hans Peter Soder Live in Munich. Location TBA 

    • May 23-31 (With Al Kooper Band on Tour of Spain)

    JUNE 2008

    • June 5, Thursday at 7:30pm M.L. Liebler & Friends Open for Moby Grape Legend Peter Lewis and Santa Barbara Songwriter David West with special guests The Magci Poetry Acoustic Ensemble with M.L. Liebler, Jan Krist, Jim Bizer, RJ Spangler & Jef Reynolds at The Jazz Café at The Music Hall for the Performing Arts. There is no cover charge, and it is an all-ages venue. The Jazz Café is located inside the historic Music Hall located at 350 Madison Detroit, MI 48226 – (313) 887-8501— in the heart of Detroit’s newly developing Theater District near The Detroit Opera House, The Gem Theater, Comerica Park and Ford Field. Nearby lighted, secure parking.   www.musichall.org  . FREE!!!

    • June 7-8 , Saturday & Sunday M.L. Liebler & John D. Lamb Host Lit Fest 2008 at The Detroit Festival for the Arts featuring Thylias Moss, Quarysh Ali, Lee Renaldo of Sonic Youth, Peter Lewis of Moby Grape, Melba Joyce Boyd and Marion Hayden, Eugene Redmond and many more. FREE!  http://detroitfestival.com/07/

    JULY2008

    • Month of July USA National Library Tour with M.L. Liebler, John Sinclair, Professor Louie & Miss Marie (TBA)

    • July 25-August M.L. Liebler & Friends Live in Helsinki, Finland & Estonia: Locations and Dates TBA

    AUGUST 2008

     

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    Recent Appearances

     

    M.L. Liebler has performed/read at the following venues:

    6th Street Garden Theater, New York, NY
    8th Street Coffeehouse, Escanaba, MI
     42nd Annual Writer's Conference at Schoolcraft College in Livonia. For more info call Sandie Shroyer at 734-462-4470 or visit www.schoolcraft.edu
    Alchemy Prague, Prague, Chekozvokia
    Artworks, Big Rapids, MI
    Ashe Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans, LA
    Aquinas College Literary Festival, Grand Rapids, MI
    Arts Celebration at Amiri Baraka’s Basement Night Club, Newark, NJ
    Atomic Cafe, Munich, Germany
    Attic Bar located in Hamtramck at 11667 Jos. Campau,north of Caniff, Hamtramck. 313-365-4194.
    AWP Conference, Palm Springs, CA
    AWP Conference in Chicago, IL
    Backstage Pass on WTVS, Channel 56, Detroit, MI
    The Baldwin Public Library's Youth Poetry Slam  Downtown Birmingham.   248-554-4656  www.baldwinlib.org
    Barnes and Noble, Huntington Beach, CA
    Barnes and Noble, Oradell, NJ
    Bay de Noc Community College, Escanaba, MI
    Bear River Writers Conference, Petoskey, MI
    Berkley High School, Berkley, MI
    Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA
    Binghamton University, Poets Live Series,  Binghamton, NY at 
    Bittersweet Coffee House, Detroit, MI
    Blue Goose at 28911 Jefferson Ave between 11 Mile Road and 12 Mile Road in St. Clair Shores. (586)296-0950
    Book Beat Bookstore, Oak Park, MI. 
    The Book Cellar & Cafe, 840 West Ann Arbor Trail in Plymouth, MI 48170.  (734) 455-2704 or e-mail cherrion@aol.com
    Borders Books and Music, Great Lakes Crossing, Auburn Hills, MI
    Bowery Poetry Club located at 308 Bowery, New York, NY 10012  / 212.614.0505 $6.00 www.bowerypoetry.com
    Brew Pub, Laguna Beach, CA
    Brighton Public Library located at 100 Library Drive, Brighton, MI 48116.
    Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle WA
    The Buzz Bar, Oak Park, IL
    Cadieux Cafe,
     www.cadieuxcafe.com, Detroit, MI
    Cafe Picasso, New Orleans, LA
    Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA. FREE. http://cmu.edu 
    Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
    The Center Galleries at the College for Creative Studies located at 301 Frederick Douglass (between John R & Brush Street) in The Cultural Center of Detroit, MI
    Charleston College in Charleston, SC.   Professor Allen at alle7383@bellsouth.net 
    Chelsea Public Library Temporary Location in Chelsea close to I-94 Exit located at Washington Street Education Center, in the Media Center of the Old High School at 500 Washington Street. FREE. MapQuest or call (734) 475-8732 
    Cheyenne Writer's Voice, Cheyenne, WY
    Cheyenne Family YMCA Summer YArts Camp Cheyenne, Wyoming
    The Zen Bistro & Coffeehouse in Downtown Cheyenne, WY

    Club Clearview, Dallas, TX
    Cody's Bookstore, 2454 Telegraph Avenue in Berkeley, CA. www.poetryflash.org
    Coffee Beanery  located at 28557 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI.
    The Colony Cafe in Downtown Woodstock. http://www.colonycafe.com
    The College of Mount St. Vincent , Bronx, NY
    Cornelia Street Cafe West Village, New York, NY
    Costa Mesa High School, Costa Mesa, CA
    Crazy Wisdom Bookstore & Tea Room located at 114 South Main Street in Downtown Ann Arbor. www.crazywisdom.net/poetry.htm  (734)665-2757
    Crossing Borders: Multicultural Celebration of Urban Poetry and Music, Hamtramck, MI
    Del Rio Bar, Ann Arbor, MI
    Detroit Festival of the Arts, Hudson's Stage,  Detroit, MI
    Detroit Festival of the Arts Lit Fest on the Lawn, Detroit, MI 
    Detroit Opera House, The Cadillac Cafe on Madison Avenue at Broadway. Detroit, MI
    Detroit Public Library, Detroit, MI
    Detroit Public Library's Mark Twain Branch
    Drum and Bass at Coom Theater, Midtown Manhattan, New York, NY 
    Eek Authors' Festival,Eek, AK
    Elliot Bay Book Store, Seattle, WA
    Exoterica, Bronx, NY
    Fairbanks Arts Association, Fairbanks, AK
    Farmington Family YMCA, Farmington Hills, MI
    Ferris State University, Big Rapids, MI
    Fifth Avenue Ballroom, Novi, MI 
    Fly By Night Club, Anchorage, AK
    Ford Detroit International Jazz Festival, Detroit, MI
    Georgia Tech University Writers hosted by Thomas Lux. For more info contact Ginger at ginger.murchison@lcc.gatech.edu
    Grand Cafe, farmington Hils, MI
    Great Lakes Book & Supply Inc., Big Rapids, MI
    Grounds Coffeehouse at The university of Detroit-Mercy Livernois & 6 Mile Road campus. 
    Hamtramck's Urban Break Coffeehouse, Hamtramck, MI
    Heidelberg, Ann Arbor, MI
    High Plains Book Festival in Billings, Montana.
    Hyperpoets, Venice, CA
    Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL
    Jam Rag, Ferndale, MI

    Jerusalem
    David Yellin College of Education in Jerusalem, Israel. . http://dye.macam.ac.il/newmaincenter.htm
    Tel Aviv University Creative Writing Workshops at Tel Aviv University in Israel http://www.tau.ac.il
    Hebrew University in Jerusalem www.huji.ac.il/huji/eng/
    Tmol Shilshom Cafe in Jerusalem, Israel located at 5 Solomon St, http://www.tmol-shilshom.co.il
    The Jazz Café at The Music Hall for the Performing Arts located at 350 Madison Detroit, MI 48226 – (313) 887-8501

    Joffrey's Internet Cafe, St. Petersburg, FL
    John Wood Community College Literary Festival, Quincy, IL
    Jorma Kaukonen's Fur Peace Ranch, Pomeroy, OH
    Kent State University Jawbone Festival, Kent, OH
    Kirtland Community College in St. Helen's, MI
    The Knitting Factory, New York NY
     Langston Hughes Annual Black Poetry World Festival, St. Louis, MO
    Left Bank Bookstore, St. Louis, MO
    Lili's 21, Hamtramck, MI
    Macon State College, Macon, Georgia. Free.  Contact Professor Cantwell for info kcantwel@mail.maconstate.edu
    The MacGuffin journal’s Literary Festival, Schoolcraft College, Livonia, MI
    Macomb Community College South Campus, Warren, MI
    Macomb YMCA, Mt. Clemens, MI
    McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica, CA
    Michigan Opera Theater, Detroit, MI
    Midwest Poets and Writers Conference, Detroit, MI
    Monroe Community College, Monroe, MI
    Moscow, Russia The Amerikan Poetry Center
    Mother Earth’s Café, Albany, NY
    Munich and Ludwig Maximillian University Germany
    Muskegon Public Schools, Muskegon, MI
    New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ
    City College of New York Citywide Poetry Festival with   Barry Wallenstein, Billy Collins, Rick Pernod and many, many others. City College Theater. All Day. FREE. www.ccny.cuny.edu 
    Northern Central Michigan College, Petoskey, MI
    Northern Michigan University, Poet-in-Residence, MFA Summer Program, Marquette, MI
    Oakwood Hospital & Medical Center in their Kalman Auditorium located at 18101 Oakwood Blvd-Dearborn.
    Old Miami Bar, Detroit, MI
    Olean Public Library, Olean, NY
    Ottawa Canada  at The Sasquatch Literary Series.  www.e-sasquatch.ca
    Out Loud Poetry Festival, Woodstock, NY
    Paterson Poetry Center in Paterson, NJ Paterson NJ Poetry Center
    Paterson Poetry Festival, Paterson, NJ 
    Paterson Public Schools’ Artist-in-Residence, Paterson, NJ 

    Passaic Community College in Downtown Paterson in the college auditorium. FREE. http://www.pccc.cc.nj.us/poetry

    Phoenix Theater, 201 Washington Street, Petaluma, CA
    Poet-in-Residence at St. Clair Shores Public Library, St. Clair Shores, MI
    PoeticLicense series, Moondog Café, Los Angeles, CA
    Poetry @ the Opera House, Detroit, MI
    Poetry in Motion Series, Grand Café, Farmington, MI
    Pontiac Performing Arts Center, Pontiac Michigan
    Popular Culture Conference in Las Vegas, NV PCA/ACA Regional Meetings
    Red Eye Coffee House, Saginaw, MI
    Redford Township Public Library, Redford, MI

    Roadrunner’s Raft, Hamtramck, MI
    Print Gallery at 29173 Northwestern Hwy., Southfield, north of Twelve Mile Road. Info: 248-356-5454 or at www.everythingart.com
    Romeo District Public Library ( Main Graubner Library) located at 65821 Van Dyke / Washington, MI 48095 / (586)752-0603, http://www.libcoop.net/romeo

    Santa Barbara Poetry Series, Santa Barbara, CA
    Scarab Club, Detroit, MI
    Seattle Poetry Festival, Seattle, WA
    Shaman Drum Bookshop, Ann Arbor, MI
    Spillway Literary Review Series, Huntington Beach, CA
    St. Clair Shores Public Library, St. Clair Shores, MI
    St. Clair Shores Library's Galley Cafe located at 22500 Eleven Mile Road at Jefferson Avenue.   (586) 771-9020 http://www.macomb.lib.mi.us/stclairshores/
    St. Mark’s Poetry Project, New York, NY
    Sterling Heights High School, Sterling Heights, MI.
    Substanz Music Club, Munich, Germany
    Swords to Plowshares, San Francisco, CA
    Theodore Roethke Poetry Festival, Saginaw, MI
    Troy Public Library, Troy, MI
    University of Alaska-Fairbanks,Fairbanks, AK
     University of Detroit-Mercy-McNichols Campus in The Student Center
    University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    University of Macau, Macau, China
    University of Malta. ,  ISSEI MALTA 2006 Introduction
    University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA
    University of Toledo, Toledo, OH
    Unplugged Show at CB’s 313 Gallery, New York, NY
    Upfront & Company, Marquette, MI
    Uptown Poetry Slam, Chicago, IL
    Upstate New York State Prison in Ellensville, NY
    U.S. Embassy's CLASS program in Jerusalem, Israel.  More details U.S. Embassy Israel
    Village Book Shop, Romeo, MI
    Walloon Writers’ Retreat, Boyne City, MI
    WCCC Downriver....A POETRY SYMPOSIUM.  info contact Nancy Skrocki at nancyts923@msn.com
    Wayne State University American Studies Open House, Detroit, MI
    WDET 101.9 FM - Detroit Public Radio
    The Westland Public Library, Westland, MI.
    The Woodstock Playhouse in Woodstock, New York www.woodstockrecords.com
    Woodstock Public Library, Woodstock, NY
    Woody Guthrie Free Folk Festival, Okemah, OK
    World Bicycle Relief benefit,  Heartland Cafe, 7000 N. Glenwood Ave., Chicago's Northside
    Writer’s Center, Bethesda, MD
     Writer's Garret - Home Dallas, Texas
    WWOZ, New Orleans, LA
    Wyoming Arts Council, Jackson Hole, WY
    Xhedos Café, Ferndale, MI
    YMCA of Billings, YMCA Faculty Training Seminar, Billings, MT
     
    YMCA of St. Petersburg Russia
    MCA of Novosibirisk, Siberia - Russia
    YMCA Writer's Voice & YArts Retreat, Hartford, CT
    YMCA Writer's Voice of Hartford, CT
    YMCA of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
    YMCA of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
    The YMCA International Conference  YMCA of the USA, Indianapolis, IN
    YMCA of the USA International Conference, Mexico City, Mexico
    YMCA Young Adult World Conference, New Orleans, LA
    Zeitgeist Theater, Detroit, MI
    Zen Restaurant Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
    Zingger’s Saloon, Saginaw, MI

     

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    Director-Arts & Humanities-YMCA of Metropolitan Detroit
    Director-The YMCA Writer's Voice Project-Detroit
    Executive Board-American Association of University Professors/AFT-WSU Chapter
    National Faculty-YMCA of the USA
    (313) 577-7713 (WSU/anytime)
    (313) 267-5300 (YMCA) Ext. 338
    (586) 294-0474 (FAX)
    www.MLLiebler.com  M. L. Liebler Home Page
    c/o Department of English
    Wayne State University
    Detroit, MI 48202 USA

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    For more information, contact us:
    M.L. Liebler and The Magic Poetry Band
    P.O. Box 120
    Roseville, MI 48066
    (313) 577-7713
    (810) 294-0474 fax
    MLLiebler@aol.com

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