Adia Formerly known as Obsolete ... And in the moment of silence, find the truths that you seek. It is all around you, just let it in. is an acoustic blend of eclectic, eccentric vibrations and obsolete sensations. She is an artist that lives for the art of painting, writing, photography, music and drawing. Through her art you would see her soul. She describes her work as “emotional regurgitation”; she paints and traces her feelings that come undone. Like lava these sentiments come erupting from within that will soon solidify on the surface giving her strength and will. She is a product of creation, creating art and love. She tries to blend reality with an abstract world of chaos. She works in all media from ink to sound and can’t imagine life without the ability to create, or to communicate in unconventional ways. Evolutioninarts@gmail.com www.radikalkats.com Radikalkatsphotography@gmail.com Edward Murray is the author of Stranger’s Pilgrimage. Stranger is a contributor to Dionne’s Story, an anthology of poetry and prose for the awareness of violence against women. He is a member, and past president, of the Langston Hughes Poetry Society of Pittsburgh. His poetry has appeared in Writer’s Block at the soulpitt and most recently as a contributor to Ginosko literary journal. Stranger welcomes questions, comments, or exchanges of ideas by email: edleemu@verizon.net. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stranger1970/sets/" /> Pittsburgh Literary Calendar Event: Afternoon of Poetry
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Adia Formerly known as Obsolete ... And in the moment of silence, find the truths that you seek. It is all around you, just let it in. is an acoustic blend of eclectic, eccentric vibrations and obsolete sensations. She is an artist that lives for the art of painting, writing, photography, music and drawing. Through her art you would see her soul. She describes her work as “emotional regurgitation”; she paints and traces her feelings that come undone. Like lava these sentiments come erupting from within that will soon solidify on the surface giving her strength and will. She is a product of creation, creating art and love. She tries to blend reality with an abstract world of chaos. She works in all media from ink to sound and can’t imagine life without the ability to create, or to communicate in unconventional ways. Evolutioninarts@gmail.com www.radikalkats.com Radikalkatsphotography@gmail.com Edward Murray is the author of Stranger’s Pilgrimage. Stranger is a contributor to Dionne’s Story, an anthology of poetry and prose for the awareness of violence against women. He is a member, and past president, of the Langston Hughes Poetry Society of Pittsburgh. His poetry has appeared in Writer’s Block at the soulpitt and most recently as a contributor to Ginosko literary journal. Stranger welcomes questions, comments, or exchanges of ideas by email: edleemu@verizon.net. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stranger1970/sets/'>
Braddock Library 
04/30/2011 
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM  
Reading 
Poetry 
 
$0.00
 
Description and Reader Names: The event is in Celebration of National Poetry month and is an Afternoon of Poetry. The event is at the Braddock Library, 419 Library Street, Braddock, PA 15104, (412) 351-5357 from 3 to 5 on Saturday April 30th 2011. There are also events including tours and open community silk screening studio that do start at 2pm.

The Poets are Kelli Stevens Kane, Robin Clarke, Rose Fletcher, E. B. Bortz, William James, Sheila B., Ann Ungar, Lewis Colyar, Katie Pugh, Edward Murray, Johnathan White, Adia and Art Soloman. The event is free and open to the public and any donations are accepted and appreciated.


Lewis L. Colyar
is the founder and Executive Director of the Langston Hughes Poetry Society of Pittsburgh and creator of 7th Poet Productions, is a recording Blues Artist Poet with Supertown Records and Music of Pittsburgh. His poetry can be found on several Websites. His poem, AMNO BLUES (Alabama-Mississippi-New Orleans), was used in a documentary on Katrina produced by Night Rockers Production Nathan (Shane) Plummer Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.

Named the Poet Laureate for Gospel Music Ministries International Arts Fellowship, he is also a member of Broadcast Music Incorporate. Additionally he is the co-writer along with Renee Wilson of the play UNSPOKEN REQUEST. They performed the production and were cast as the key characters’ Elijah, and Julia Mae.


Robin Clarke
is a life-long Pittsburgher and has been teaching and tutoring writing at the University of Pittsburgh for the last ten years. Her poetry and other writing has appeared in Conduit, Denver Quarterly, Fence, and elsewhere. Her first manuscript, Cryptography for R. Lansberry, was a finalist for the National Poetry Series, The Colorado Prize in Poetry, The Fence Modern Poets Series, the Kathryn A. Morton Prize and the Walt Whitman Award. She makes her home in Wilkinsburg with the poet and teacher Joshua Zelesnick, and their dog, Nikki.


Sheila B.
is an inspirational vocalist and motivational speaker. She’s a speaker and entertainer with a unique presentation to combine spirituality, love and respect of self and for others. Sheila B. speaks to audiences on the belief that cultural diversity enriches human interaction and experience. She uses music as a medium to encourage, challenge and inspire audiences to discover how much more we are alike – than different!

A member of the Pittsburgh Black Media Federation, the Langston Hughes Poetry Society, a writer for The Soul Pitt Multi Media and was a 2010 winner of the Pittsburgh Women of Excellence award presented by the New Pittsburgh Courier. In addition to her special event planning business called Sheila B. Productions, she has worked professionally in broadcasting at WPXI and WQED TV. Currently, she is a Public Relations and Outreach Director at the University of Pittsburgh where she is completing her doctorate in Sociology and Urban Studies. Sheila B. gives God praise for all-things and appreciates every opportunity to use her gifts to reach others in positive ways.


Ann Ungar
is a native of Pittsburgh, PA. She earned her BA in English at Chatham College (now Chatham University) in 1985. While at Chatham she was the recipient of the Beatrice Lewis Memorial Award for creative writing. Ann has three children and seven grandchildren who reside in California, Maryland and Pennsylvania. Beginning in her early teens she developed a love for writing poetry. Raising her family and working full time interrupted her creative efforts. Now, recently retired, Ann is once again devoting time to her love of writing.


William James
once shot his sister in the back of the head with a BB gun; she retaliated immediately with a rake to the back of his skull. Both of them still bear the markings of this misadventure years later. This has nothing to do with poetry whatsoever, except for perhaps explaining the reason why he tends to speak in poems even when he tries not to.

A member of the Steel City Poetry Slam in Pittsburgh PA, as well as the underground music community, William mixes the ferocity and sledgehammer subtlety of punk rock with the refined art of the literary world. Whether it's with a snarl, or a grin, he is dedicated to bringing as much passion, sincerity, and intensity to his craft as a mere mortal can. He is a fan of typewriters, coffee, and all cats.


Art Solomon
is retired now after working 38 years in the Pittsburgh post office. He tried substitute teaching, mostly high school math for a couple of years. His loves include jazz, classical music, working out, and reading and writing poetry. He also loves to cook and watch sports. He was a lousy teacher but a legendary postal clerk.


Rosetta Fletcher
currently resides in the suburb of Braddock PA, with her husband of twenty years and her children. She has earned a Bachelor’s degree from Geneva College in community ministries. Poetry has always been my outlet, poetry is my voice. I write from the substance of my experience as an African American woman, mother and wife. I write about my Christian experience and my concerns about my community.


e b bortz
lives and writes from the North Side of Pittsburgh. His poems have been widely published in print and online. http://ebbortz.blogspot.com


Katie Pugh
was born and raised in Virginia before moving up to Pittsburgh after graduating from Virginia Commonwealth University in 2007. Katie, 26, lives in Observatory Hill with her fiance and runs a fiction-writing group, "For Fiction's Sake," in venues around east Pittsburgh. She maintains poetry as a powerful means of grounding her creative energy and experiences and is currently compiling a collection of poems written since her move north.


Johnathan White
is from Norfolk, Virginia. He received a BA in political science from Clark Atlanta University. He attended the University of Pittsburgh for his Masters and doctoral studies in American and African-American History. Currently, he is a full-time History Instructor at Penn State Greater Allegheny. His poetic interests were sparked in 2000 by the illustrious poets of the Kuntu Writers Workshop. This workshop was held in the department of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh.


Kelli Stevens Kane
is a poet whose work appears in numerous journals including The Mom Egg, Kweli Journal, and Mythium Literary Journal. She's an alum of the VONA and Hurston/Wright poetry workshops, the editor of Planet Saturday Comics, and the author of an oral history manuscript about Pittsburgh's Hill District. For more information visit www.planetsaturday.com/kelli/


Adia
Formerly known as Obsolete
... And in the moment of silence, find the truths that you seek. It is all around you, just let it in.

is an acoustic blend of eclectic, eccentric vibrations and obsolete sensations. She is an artist that lives for the art of painting, writing, photography, music and drawing. Through her art you would see her soul. She describes her work as “emotional regurgitation”; she paints and traces her feelings that come undone. Like lava these sentiments come erupting from within that will soon solidify on the surface giving her strength and will. She is a product of creation, creating art and love. She tries to blend reality with an abstract world of chaos. She works in all media from ink to sound and can’t imagine life without the ability to create, or to communicate in unconventional ways.
Evolutioninarts@gmail.com
www.radikalkats.com
Radikalkatsphotography@gmail.com


Edward Murray
is the author of Stranger’s Pilgrimage. Stranger is a contributor to Dionne’s Story, an anthology of poetry and prose for the awareness of violence against women. He is a member, and past president, of the Langston Hughes Poetry Society of Pittsburgh. His poetry has appeared in Writer’s Block at the soulpitt and most recently as a contributor to Ginosko literary journal. Stranger welcomes questions, comments, or exchanges of ideas by email: edleemu@verizon.net.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stranger1970/sets/
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419 Library street 
 
 
Braddock 
PA 
15104 
Tuesday-Thursday: 12:00pm-7:00pm Friday: 12:00pm-5:00pm Saturday: 9:00am-4:00pm Closed: Sunday and Monday  
 
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Edward Murray 
 
 
 
Short bio: Edward Murray is the author of Stranger’s Pilgrimage. Stranger is a contributor to Dionne’s Story, an anthology of poetry and prose for the awareness of violence against women. He has most recently been accepted as a contributer to Ginosko literary journal. He is a member, and past president, of the Langston Hughes Poetry Society of Pittsburgh. His poetry has appeared in Writer’s Block at the soulpitt. He is an artist, filmmaker, photographer and poet.