Mouth to Mouth Open Mic with Thad Rutkowski and Kristine Haruna Lee June 17, 2011

Mouth to Mouth Open Mic with Thad Rutkowski and Kristine Haruna Lee

Ed Lin and Jen Kwok are at it again. At June's Mouth to Mouth Open Mic, they'll introduce you to novelist Thad Rutkowski, whose fiction has been described as "tough and funny and touching and harrowing." His deadpan prose will be complemented by the work of experimental theater artist Kristine Haruna Lee, the 2010-2012 recipient of the New Dramatist Van Lier Fellowship. Beer, wine, dark humor, and interdisciplinary art -- what else could you ask for on a Friday night?

We'll be getting the party started a bit earlier--sign-up for a 5-minute slot at 7:30PM to show what you're made of. The magic begins at 8PM.

Kristine Haruna Lee lives in Brooklyn, NY. She is an interdisciplinary artist practicing performance, writing, directing, and musical composition. She has collaborated with artists such as Taylor Mac, NAATCO, The Talking Band, 2g, Jim Neu, The Mettawee River Theater Company, and Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hardknocks. Her work has been produced by Ars Nova, Dixon Place, Joe’s Pub as part of The Movement Theater Co., Le Poisson Rouge, Walkerspace and HERE as part of 2g, The Tank, and 45th Street Theatre. Her plays include A FISHERMAN’S DREAM, THESE ROBES, THOSE ROBES, SHE’S SLEEP, RED MOON APPEARING, and MATSURI/FESTIVAL. Lee is a recipient of the New Dramatists Van Lier Fellowship.

Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of three novels: Tetched (Behler Publications), chosen as one of the best books reviewed in 2006 by Chronogram magazine, Roughhouse (Kaya Press), and Haywire (Starcherone Books). His stories and poems have been nominated six times for the Pushcart Prize, and his work is anthologized in several collections, including The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry.Rutkowski is also a two-time winner of the Poetry Versus Comedy slam at the Bowery Poetry Club and a one-time winner of the Nuyorican Poets Café Friday slam.