Boston/New York bonanza! Poetry, music, New Orleans reportage (first look at the forthcoming Harper's essay by contributing editor Matthew Power), and/or spontaneous collaborations by Oni Buchanan, Jon Woodward, Susan Brennan, Jeffrey Paris, Adam Golaski, Brandon Patton, Steve Roberts, and John Cotter; optional eats by oft-applauded naked chef Abby Hitchcock. Every dime of the pay-what-you-want admission, book and CD sales, and bribes goes straight to the MusiCares Hurricane Relief Fund for displaced New Orleans musicians-it buys shelter, food, medicine, new instruments, and other necessities. Location: the celebrated neighborhood bistro Camaje ("cahm-ajh"), at 85 MacDougal St. between Bleecker and Houston (212-673-8184). If you've been reluctantly skipping Katrina-relief benefits because you can't swing the tickets or there's no chocolate soufflé on the menu, this is your chance. For more about the poets or about Feast, see <http://www.emdashes.com>; Camaje is at <http://www.camaje.com>.
Feast is a tasty, free reading series on a Sunday each month. Come share a bottle of wine with the city's best poets--past readers include Richard Allen, Kirsten Andersen, Michael Broder, Steve Roberts, Jason Schneiderman, Maureen Thorson, Susan Brennan, Jennifer Chapis, John Cotter, T.M. De Vos, Jordan Davis, Kathleen Graber, Shafer Hall, Jennifer Knox, Eleanor Levine, Daniel Nester, Patrick Phillips, Katha Pollitt, Evelyn Reilly, and Marion Wrenn. Don't miss the celebrated wine list and the poet-friendly Feast version of the award-winning menu! Featured in the New York Sun and elsewhere, and hosted by Emily Gordon.