Verse Press - Isn't It Romantic Valentine's Day Party - New York

Music by: Jason Molina solo (Magnolia Electric Co., Songs: Ohia), Mark Mulcahy, Lo Fine + Madame Butterfly + Megan Reilly + The Malarkies

Poetry by: Anselm Berrigan, Peter Gizzi, Noelle Kocot-Tomblin, Matthew Rohrer, Rachel Zucker

Also featuring: DJ Sad Bastard/ Spin The Bottle/ 7 Minutes in Heaven/
Gifts from Toys in Babeland

The Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St., New York, NY 10013
8:00 p.m., Tickets: $10 Advance, $13 Day of Show
Phone: 212-219-3132
www.knittingfactory.com

Verse Press - Isn't It Romantic Valentine's Day Party - Chicago

Music by: L’Altra, Charlemagne, DJs Kid Levitra and Joel Craig

Poetry by: Bridget Bates, John Beer, Suzanne Buffam, Joel Craig, Arielle Greenberg, Richard Meier, Srikanth Reddy, Jesse Seldess, James Shea, David Trinidad

The Hideout
1354 W. Wabansia, Chicago, IL 60622
www.hideoutchicago.com
Phone: 773-227-4433
$5 Suggested donation

Verse Press - Isn't It Romantic Valentine's Day Party - Boston/Cambridge

Music by: Certainly Sir, Spouse, The Specific Heats
Poetry by: Michael Brodeur, Dorothea Lasky, Travis Nichols

Lizard Lounge
1667 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA 02138
Phone: 617-547-0759

Verse Press - Isn't It Romantic Valentine's Day Party - San Francisco

Music by: Michael Zapruder’s Rain of Frogs, Ray’s Vast Basement, Dominic East (Our Lady of the Highway)

Poetry by: Gillian Conoley, Beth Lisick, D.A. Powell, Chris Stroffolino, Joe Wenderoth

The Makeout Room
3225 22nd Street, San Francisco, CA 94110
9:00 p.m., $7 cover
Phone: 415-647-2888
Website: www.makeoutroom.com

Verse Press - Isn't it Romantic Valentine's Day Party - Seattle

Music: DJ Chilly (of KEXP) will spin 100 love songs from the 60s and 70s

Poetry by: Joshua Beckman, Geoffrey Nutter, Catherine Wagner, and featuring John Marshall and Christine Deavel reading from Romeo and Juliet

Gifts provided by Toys in Babeland
Barca
15120 11th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122
8:00 p.m., Admission: Free
Phone: (206) 325-8263

Verse Press - Isn't It Romantic Valentine's Day Party - Washington, DC

Music by: Jenny Toomey, Garland of Hours

Poetry by: Cathy Eisenhower, Lorraine Graham, Mark McMorris, Carly Sachs, Rod Smith

The Black Cat
811 Fourteenth St. NW, Washington, DC
Phone: 202-667-7960
www.blackcatdc.com

The New York and Brooklyn Reading Series is currently underway. Readings are held at various locations in New York and are sponsored by Scott Seeley and the McSweeney's store in Brooklyn.

The Store is located at:

429 7th Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(Between 14th and 15th Streets)

Most McSweeney's-related events and various book tour dates can be viewed at: http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/events/