Join us on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at 7 p.m. at The Felician University Little Theater, 230 Montross Avenue, Rutherford, NJ 07070, for a fantastic poetry reading, featuring the poets Mike Fogarty and George Pereny, plus the best open mic in New York and New Jersey.
Gentle reminder: to qualify to submit to RWB 18, you have to attend at least one of our readings or online workshops. This is the last reading that you can attend before our next submission cycle closes on July 4. Hope to see you there!
MARK FOGARTY is a writer and musician from Rutherford, NJ. He is a former editor of The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow and for many years emceed the successful Magic Circle reading series at GainVille Café in Rutherford. He is the author of eight books of poetry: Myshkin’s Blues, Peninsula, Phantom Engineer, Eye of the Circle, Continuum: The Jaco Poems, The Tall Women’s Dance, Sun Nets, and Fourteens: New and Selected Sonnets. He has had more than 150 poems published in various journals.
GEORGE PERENY (aka grandmaster p the electric poet) has been published in The English Journal, The Aquarian, in top martial arts magazines, and in four anthologies. He has received two honorable mentions from World of Poetry. Pereny has published five books: Father Charlie: Reflecting the Master (biography), Homeslice: A Teacher’s Journey, From the Sounds of Chewing (poetry), My Mother’s Hometown, and The Bus for America (memoir). He has also written several volumes of poetry, a children’s book, a screenplay, fiction, articles, and songs. As a songwriter, Pereny has 8 CDs out on cdbaby.com. Between 2004 and 2012, Pereny and his band, The Electric Poet Gathering, did twenty-one successful shows at The Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. Pereny received an Apostolic Blessing and Endorsement from the Vatican for Rosza, his rock opera based on the Rosary. He has also received two songwriting grants from ASCAP.
To get to The Little Theater from New York City, follow the instructions below.
Directions to take the 190 bus from NYC
Go to the Port Authority Bus Terminal on 40 street & 8th Avenue. If you take the subway, the A and C are the closest. Buy a ticket in advance for the 190 express bus to Rutherford, Zone 3, at the window or from the machines (you can't buy from the driver). One adult ticket costs $5.15.
Go to Gate 232 (upstairs); there might be a line as it will be rush hour by the time you get there. Get on the Rutherford Express line (second door). The reading starts at 7 p.m., but we recommend getting on the bus around 6 p.m. to account for traffic in the Lincoln Tunnel.
Tell the driver you need to get off at Montross Avenue, and they will stop there. It's the 3rd bus stop after the Rutherford Train Station. If you get to Carmita Avenue, that's too far.
The Little Theater is just a short walk from the bus stop uphill on Montross Avenue. Cross Union Avenue and walk uphill on Montross about 5 minutes. The building is in the back of a large parking lot across from Felician University.
See you all in person on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at 7 PM.
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