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Conclusion

Let life's poetry flow.

Edward Bartok-Barrata

Eddie and I met recently to put down some of his insight for your viewing pleasure. I wish the movie quality had been better on my friend's camera, but that will be an improvement to strive for next time around. You can certainly get a feel for the spirit of things, so certainly do check out the movie:

Witness the spoken word of Edward.

Biography

    Edward Bartók-Baratta, the eighth of nine children, a survivor of extreme childhood abuse and trauma, grew up in Jersey City, just outside Manhattan.  Following the murder of his brother John in New York City, Edward worked for eight years with people who are homeless in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and on Boston’s Combat Zone.  He has published over 200 poems, including work in Bomb, Boston Review, Ploughshares, Harvard Review, and Denver Quarterly, as well as a selection in translation for the Italian poetry journal Steve (Modena, Italy).  Bartók-Baratta  has a double volume of poems, Book for John and Hands of Antiquity on a Modern Face forthcoming in 2007 from MotherJill Press, Northampton, MA.  He recites his poems from memory, “as carefully prepared as a concert,” says Scott Metcalfe, Director, Cambridge Bach Ensemble.  “His writing,” says Katy Ryan, writer and Associate Professor at West Virginia University, “signals through the flames, brings me lyrically, without pretense, back to a world of hope and promise.”  Edward has recited his poems to audiences for two decades, focusing on who has ownership of the body, and has received the Paumanok Poetry Award from the State University of New York, as well as grants from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, the PEN Writers’ Fund, Ragdale Center for the Arts, and the Northampton Arts Council.  He wrote the text for Deep in the Night of the Body, which premiered in the 2003 Northampton Independent Film Festival. His CD of poems, Old New York City Where I Lay My Head, was released in the fall of 2006. He is also cofounder of Hampshire Citizens Against the Death Penalty, founder of Fridays are for Prisoners Awareness Raising Group, and a member of Murder Victims’ Families for Reconciliation.

    Edward Bartók-Baratta is an Outsider Artist.  He is unaffiliated with any poetry organization, art group, or university.  He works as a poet, sculptor, musician, and reciter, frequently collaborating with other artists, musicians, educators, and activists. 

Solo Joint, Poems and Flute

Wood Wellness Center, 45 Main St., Florence, MA (behind Cumberland Farms)

Sunday, October 29, 2006, 7p.m.

The CD "Old New York City Where I Lay My Head" will be available,
suggested donation $7 - $10.

For more info contact jo bunny:  jobunny@woodwellness.net

Press Release for First Night

    With poems in Harvard Review, Ploughshares, The Boston Review, and Massachusetts Review, Edward Bartók-Baratta has poetry in more than a hundred national and international magazines. Bartók-Baratta wrote the text for Deep in the Night of the Body, which premiered in the 2003 Northampton Independent Film Festival.

    Now hear him recite from his new CD of poems, Old New York City Where I Lay My Head, as part of the Northampton Center for the Arts First Night Celebration. “As carefully prepared as a concert,” says Scott Metcalfe, Director, Cambridge Bach Ensemble. Holly Amber Kennedy, formerly of Food for Thought Books, Amherst, says, “Edward is a revolutionary.” A must-see for anyone interested in poetry, acting, authentic storytelling, and theater. Poems for a new world, city-smart and wise.

    Access to the event is with a First Night button. Friends Meeting House, Center Street, just beyond the Northampton Police Station. December 31st. Two distinct performances, 4:00-4:45 pm and 5:00-5:45 pm.

Contact: Edward Bartók-Baratta - 413.584.8187

also: Penny Burke - 584.7327 or www.nohoarts.org

Arts Night Out

If you aren't yet hip to this fine event, now is a great time to investigate. Plenty of great art in various galleries throughout the charming Noho setting. 2nd Friday every month!

Investigate this fine experience!

Pleasant Street Theater

A great theater with some phenomenal films. I recently watched a Michael Gondry film here, and had a great time. This is one to bookmark in your favorites and check on regularly.

Keep tabs on great films!

George of the Clones

I don't get it, either. But that doesn't mean you can't astound and confuse your friends in this exciting new digital art contest!

Check out this surreal new digital art contest!

Connections

A simple and tasteful holding page marks the space for this upcoming site.

Check it out.

Thanks for looking,

Curt Hayden

curt@skytemple.com
413.320.4172
19C Hawley Street - Northampton, MA - 01060