M. L. Liebler

 

M. L. Liebler

 

Scheduled Appearances

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JANUARY 2012

 
Every Third Wednesday at 7:00pm-8:30pm (year round) M.L. Liebler's Monthly St. Clair Shores Library Poets enters year 22. Open to all ages from 14-100. FREE. No reservations needed.  Show up, and bring a poem or two to workshop. Please bring 12 or so copies.  For more information MLLiebler@aol.com. For directions, call the library at (586) 771-9020. The St. Clair Shores Library is on the Corner of Jefferson and 11 Mile Road.

January 26, Thursday at 7:00pm The WSU Libraries' Creative Community Voices Speaker Series presents a talk An Evening with M. L. Liebler  in The Community Room of The David Adamany Undergraduate Library in the middle of the Wayne State University Main Campus. FREE and open to all. This event will be webcast at  https://connect.slis.wayne.edu/solis/.

January 30, Monday The @Noon Series at Wayne State University presents Matthew Olzmann and Vincent Perrone -- Hosted by M.L. Liebler in the 10th Floor Conference Room of 5057 Woodward Avenue at Putnam (formerly The Macabbees' and Detroit School Center Building) FREE and open to all.  (313) 577-2450. Meter Parking and Vistior Parking nearby.

FEBRUARY 2012


February 2, Thursday at 7:00pm-9:30pm Wayne State University's Winter 2012 Thursday in the D  Slammin Part Two hosted by M.L. Liebler featuring The Kinetic Affect (Grand Rapids), Detroit's Aire Dee Matthews, Rhonda Welsh & Ami  Mattison, Ray McNiece (Cleveland) and M.L. Liebler & The Purple Owsley Poetry Band with The Sights Eddie Baranek, The Muggs Tony Denardo, Ben Van Camp from The Crooks and Charlie from Englehart. Free Admission, parking and refreshments at The Scarab Club 117 E. Farnsworth at John R behind the Detroit Institute for the Arts and across from Science Museum. (313)831-1250 for directions.

MARCH 2012

March 1, Thursday 7:00pm M. L. Liebler's Working Words: Working Class Writers Reading at The Book Cellar, 4736-38 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago IL 60625.FREE
 http://bookcellarinc.com. The Readers will be Jim Daniels, Maria Mazziotti Gillan, Laura Boss, Allison Adele Hedge Coke, M. L. Liebler, Carlos Cumpian, Cynthia Gallaher and many surprise contributors. FREE.

March 3, Saturday at 2:00pm-4:00pm The Oak Park Public Library (Illinois) Poetry Reading: Charlie Rossiter & Friends : an afternoon of poetry with local performance poet and author Charlie Rossiter, and other prominent poets including Maria Mazziotti Gillan from New York, Laura Boss and M.L. Liebler from Detroit. Second Floor - Small Meeting Room
834 Lake St. Oak Park, IL 60301 (708) 383-8200 or (708) 452-3440   http://oppl.org/

March 8-16  Annual WSU Beatles Class Study Abroad U.K. Tour Possible Readings in London and Liverpool. TBA.

March 17-24  Afghanistan Poetry Tour 2012.  Not open to the public for obvious reasons.


APRIL 2012

April 5, Thursday 12:30pm and 2:00pm M.L. Liebler Reads & Workshops at Henry Ford Community College (Main Campus) 5101 Evergreen Rd. Dearborn, MI 48128-1495 313-845-9600. For building and information e-mail Cassandra Fluker at crfluker@hfcc.edu

April 21, Saturday 11:00am--5:00pm The 4th Annual Midwest Literary Walk in Downtown Chelsea hosted by M.L. Liebler featuring Thomas Lux, The Rev. Robert B. Jones, Lolita Hernandez, Jeff Kass and writers from The Purple Rose Theater and other surprises. http://www.chelsea.lib.mi.us/

April 29-May 19  Annual Israel/West Bank Tour DATES: (some open to the public) TBA.
What the heck does M.L. Liebler do in Israel and West Bank  anyway?  Check the answer in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x9iEbxcLuI

MAY 2012

JUNE 2012


June 1-4 Wyoming Writers Conference in Cheyenne and Casper, WY http://www.wyowriters.org/

Coming in June The Made In Michigan Literary Walk at Wayne State University Downtown
and Annual Coyote Tour of Los Angeles with Peter Lewis and possible return to Germany with Coyote Monk

 


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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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Faculty-Wayne State University-Detroit - Dept. of English & Labor Studies
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

www.ymca-artsdetroit.org

 

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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