19th Annual Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading
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Three Rooms Press presents
The 19th Annual
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Memorial Reading
Friday, August 14, 6 pm at The Bitter End
147 Bleecker Street | NYC | Advance Tickets $10 @ bittterendnyc.com
Poems, Readings & Performance by
Penny Arcade | Jennifer Blowdryer | Frank Messina | Puma Perl | Michael Puzzo | Danny Shot | Richard Vetere | George Wallace + Special Guests
Join Three Rooms Press as we celebrate the 104th birthday of legendary poet Charles Bukowski during the 19th Annual Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading at NYC’s iconic Bitter End (147 Bleecker Street) on Friday, August 14, 2026, 6 pm.
The highly-anticipated annual event is hosted by Three Rooms Press co-directors Kat Georges and Peter Carlaftes and features poetry, oral history, rare videos, and live performance. This year’s event will feature Bukowski poems and tales performed by renowned performance artist Penny Arcade, musician-storyteller Jennifer Blowdryer, poet Puma Perl, playwright Michael Puzzo, poet Danny Shot, playwright/author Richard Vetere, poet George Wallace, plus special guests. Advance tickets: $10 available at bitterend.com.
Charles Bukowski’s poetry and prose highlights the outsiders and outcasts of society: from drunks at the bar, to the denizens off the racetrack; from post office workers to lonely people living in crumbling apartments. Bukowski’s work retains its relevance today because of his focus on the core or what it is to be human, and modern society’s multiple ways of masking ourselves from our self.
What would Bukowski have to say about contemporary issues, such as:
• the world’s first trillionaire
• the rise of artificial intelligence
• the decline of alcohol consumption
• the demise of the USPS
At the annual memorial reading, performers will consider all this and more while channeling the spirit of Bukowski through his poems and personal stories.
In addition to readings and discussion, all attendees have a chance to win Bukowski books, recordings, and other prizes.
The 19th Annual
CHARLES BUKOWSKI Memorial Reading
Friday, August 14, 6 pm at The Bitter End
147 Bleecker Street | NYC | Advance Tickets $10 @ bittterendnyc.com
Poems, Readings & Performance by
Penny Arcade | Jennifer Blowdryer | Frank Messina | Puma Perl | Michael Puzzo | Danny Shot | Richard Vetere | George Wallace + Special Guests
Join Three Rooms Press as we celebrate the 104th birthday of legendary poet Charles Bukowski during the 19th Annual Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading at NYC’s iconic Bitter End (147 Bleecker Street) on Friday, August 14, 2026, 6 pm.
The highly-anticipated annual event is hosted by Three Rooms Press co-directors Kat Georges and Peter Carlaftes and features poetry, oral history, rare videos, and live performance. This year’s event will feature Bukowski poems and tales performed by renowned performance artist Penny Arcade, musician-storyteller Jennifer Blowdryer, poet Puma Perl, playwright Michael Puzzo, poet Danny Shot, playwright/author Richard Vetere, poet George Wallace, plus special guests. Advance tickets: $10 available at bitterend.com.
Charles Bukowski’s poetry and prose highlights the outsiders and outcasts of society: from drunks at the bar, to the denizens off the racetrack; from post office workers to lonely people living in crumbling apartments. Bukowski’s work retains its relevance today because of his focus on the core or what it is to be human, and modern society’s multiple ways of masking ourselves from our self.
What would Bukowski have to say about contemporary issues, such as:
• the world’s first trillionaire
• the rise of artificial intelligence
• the decline of alcohol consumption
• the demise of the USPS
At the annual memorial reading, performers will consider all this and more while channeling the spirit of Bukowski through his poems and personal stories.
In addition to readings and discussion, all attendees have a chance to win Bukowski books, recordings, and other prizes.
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Where is it happening?
The Bitter End, 147 Bleecker St,New York,NY,United States
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Host or PublisherPeter Carlaftes
