Prognosticatio with
Ruprecht Roosterdamus The Psychic Chicken
TM
Jan-Mar
2019 Mr. Chicken, My married boss keeps hitting on me, saying how great I look, asking me out for drinks, etc. I keep saying no thank you and I’m not interested. Now I get my yearly review and I’m not getting a raise because of my “attitude”. What should I do? (I’m a guy, btw.) - Icky Boss Dear Icky, Your phone has voice memos on it? Put it in your pocket and whenever she approaches, turn on the recording. Call her hubby and play it back for him. If you get fired over this, sue the living crap out of her. - RR ______________________________ A R I E S 2019. Crazy huh? And what have you got to show for it? One year closer to yer first AARP membership letter. Ugh! T A U R U S So yer dumped. Don’t ya hate it when people say, “There are plenty of fish in the ocean”... Try this response, “Look, I don’t have sex with fish so get back in yer boat and row away.” G E M I N I I know we’ve had our ups and downs over the years. I’ve said stuff, you’ve said stuff, but in the end, the important thing is that I was always right. Hugs? C A N C E R Alright already. It lights yer fire, floats yer boat, shampoos yer weasel. Whatever. Just don’t tattoo it on yer body. Why? ‘Cause it’s butt-ugly, that’s why. L E O Nope, I don’t have any sage advice for ya this issue, but I’m so glad we had this amazingly special time together. It’s all about the memories!
LITERARY EVENTS MAR 17 | 6-8p
INSIDE THE CASTLE FEATURE MAR 1 | 5:30-8p
TWO PONDER: A COLLABORATION NOTO Arts Center
Decade in Lawrence
Small Press, Inside the Castle hosts a reading showcasing published work from Mike Kleine, Grant Maierhofe, JoAnna Novak and Candice Wuehle.
Reading and art show co-hosted by poet Dennis Etzel Jr. and painter Barbara Waterman-Peters.
MAR 19 | 7-9p
MAR 6 | 6:30-8p
Eighth Street Taproom in Lawrence
SPEAK EASY: OPEN MIC
NOTO Burrito (First Wednesday / Month) Longest running poetry open mic in Topeka, hosted by the Speak Easy Poetry Group.
BOOK RELEASE FOR DANNY CAINE Book release party and reading to celebrate the release of Danny Caine's new collection of poems "Continental Breakfast" [Mason Jar Press].
MAR 21 | 7-8p
MAR 12 | 10-11:30a
OPEN EXPRESSION OPEN MIC NIGHT
JOURNALING WITH WORDS + IMAGES
Recorded live by local poetry radio program "Sunflower Sutras"
Topeka + Shawnee Country Public Library Workshop for the use of visual journaling in your personal writing.
MAR 16 | 12:30-1:30p
EXAMINING TRUTH WRITING WORKSHOP
Topeka + Shawnee Country Public Library An interactive workshop examining the truth and honesty in our poetry and prose writing. Workshop will be lead by Kansas Notable Book Award winning poet Melissa Fit Johnson.
PT's at College Hill
MAR 26 | 7-8:30p
BOOK BITES
Pizagels Pizza + Bakery
Book group for readers in their 20s or 30s. Discussion: the winner of the 2017 National Book Award for fiction, "Sing, Unburied, Sin" [Scribner] by Jesmyn Ward.
APR 3 | 6:30-8p
SPEAK EASY: OPEN MIC
NOTO Burrito (First Wednesday / Month)
MAR 16 | 2-3:30p
Longest running poetry open mic in Topeka, hosted by the Speak Easy Poetry Group.
POET MELISSA FIT JOHNSON
MAY 1 | 6:30-8p
Topeka + Shawnee Country Public Library
Kansas Notable Book Award winning poet reads from her debut collection "While the Kettles On" [Little Balkan Press] and her collaborative work "Ghost Sign" [39 West Press].
RACE AND KANSAS LITERATURE
Topeka + Shawnee County Public Library
MARCH 8 | 5-7p
SPEAK EASY: OPEN MIC
NOTO Burrito (First Wednesday / Month)
Longest running poetry open mic in Topeka, hosted by the Speak Easy Poetry Group.
Celebrate the contributors of African-American writers to Kansas Literature with readings by Annette Billings, Simone Savannah and Gary Jackson plus talk with playwright Darren Canady. Sponsored by Humanities Kansas.
