Bards settle in to new pub home.A WIRRAL-BASED poetry group has found a new home - and is urging more poets to join them. The Bards of New Brighton New Brighton, village (1990 pop. 22,207), Ramsey co., SE Minn., a suburb of Minneapolis–Saint Paul; inc. 1891. Its manufactures include metal products, machinery, and leather. A theological seminary is there. had met monthly for the past year in the Little Brighton Inn ("the Ginny"), Rowson Street, New Brighton. But now the Magazines Hotel ("the Mags") in Magazine Brow, New Brighton, has stepped in and offered the poets a new performance space. Bards leader Steve Regan, of Victoria Road, New Brighton, said: "The landlady landlady n. female of landlord or owner of real property from whom one rents or leases. (See: landlord) at the Mags offered us the use of the folk music folk music: see folk song. folk music Music held to be typical of a nation or ethnic group, known to all segments of its society, and preserved usually by oral tradition. Knowledge of the history and development of folk music is largely conjectural. room at her pub, which is ideal because it is a brilliant pub and the room is nicely enclosed, so when our poets are on their feet declaiming they won't disturb the other drinkers." The Bards will meet on the second Monday of each month at the Magazine pub, starting at 8.30pm. The next meeting is on Monday, July 14. Steve Regan added: "The Bards is a very friendly and supportive group for local writers, and our meetings are open to all - those who want to read and those who just want to listen. Admission is free." |
|
||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion