october’s broken word lineup.

october’s broken word lineup is set. the theme is “scary”; the date: october 29th, 2009, 6-8pm at Farmer and the Cook.

john gentry

nancy gross

quin mallory

robert peake

johnny fonetyn

bernadette di pietro

steve sprinkel

sz freddie

September 24th: Details for next Broken Word.

The next Broken Word Happy Hour is Thursday, September 24th, 7-9pm at Farmer and the Cook. Performers are as follows:

robert peake
bernadette di pietro
steve sprinkel
joyce la mers
john gentry
johnny fonteyn
cynthia matthews

Broken Word press coverage

The following article by Nancy Gracy was published in last Wednesday’s Ojai Valley News:

Thursday’s Broken Word poetry reading at The Farmer and the Cook was a perfect midsummer night’s dream. Awnings had been stretched to keep the audience cool until sunset. Relaxation, intellectual stimulation, humor, conversation and organic, vegetarian meals with locally grown ingredients mingled as light faded. Organic beer and wine, including luxurious purple sangria heavy with summer fruits, were discounted at this Happy Hour event. Educator and graphic designer P. Lyn Middleton coordinated and emceed and was one of eight readers.

Other readers were Robert Peake, Danielle Comacho, Quin Mallory, Crystal Salas, Paul Fericano, Steve Sprinkel (the farmer of The Farmer and the Cook) and Johnny Fonteyn. Each delivered a different flavor from the podium. Cooks and servers brought fresh fare to tables: homemade guacamole, tostadas full of greens, zucchini, pumpkin and cheese, quesadillas with squash blossoms and chilies, and veggie burgers were on the menu.

Patrons walked, rode bicycles or drove. Michelle and Eric Gilligan of Carpinteria heard about the evening when reading about organic food happenings online. They are fond of Ojai, often riding up on bicycles, and had visited The Farmer and the Cook before.

writeup in Ojai Valley News

The Ojai Valley News has published a writeup of last Thursday’s Broken Word event. The content is not available online unless you’re a subscriber, but we’ll try and publish a scan of the article.

More information about the next broken word event (tentatively planned for September) and some video footage will be available in the near future…

Pictures from Broken Word

Here are some pictures from last night’s performance, particularly strong and balanced, with every performer offering some truly quality work. A reporter for the Ojai Valley News showed up, so a short writeup of the event may be published by next week. As these pictures reveal, Jeff also recorded video of the event, and as soon as he gets back from India, we’ll work on putting some of the performances up on YouTube.

Broken Word lineup

Here are the official readers and listing for Broken Word, coming up this thursday @ Farmer and the Cook. Hope to see you there.

Next BroKenWoRd, July 23rd

Broken Word Happy Hour is a spoken word event featuring fiction and poetry writers from around the Southern California region. The event is free, and hosted by Farmer and the Cook, an all-organic grocery store, restaurant, and farm located in Ojai, California. We’re just getting this blog going, and hope to post some videos of performances shortly. For now, the next event is as follows:

When: July 23rd, 7-9pm

Where: Farmer and the Cook, 330 West El Roblar, Ojai, California 93023 — 805.640-9608 (click here for directions)

Who: Danielle, Crystal, Steven Sprinkel, Johnny Fonteyn, Quinlan Mallory, Paul, Robert Peak, P.lyn Middleton