First Tuesdays Presents Hala Alyan October 26, 2020 featured reader & 2020-2021 When: November 4, 2020 Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM Where: This will be a virtual First Tuesdays reading. For security purposes, you must click this link in In Memoriam Jay Chollick September 5, 2020 featured reader & 2020-2021 Yesterday, I received an email with the sad news that Jay Chollick, a long-standing regular at First Tuesdays, has passed away. Jay was our featured Watch A Video Of Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond’s Reading September 4, 2020 featured reader & videos & 2020-2021 Nana Ekau Brew-Hammond’s reading was extraordinary, not just for the quality of the work she read, but for the discussion afterwards, which turned First Tuesdays Presents Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond August 24, 2020 featured reader & 2020-2021 When: September 1, 2020 Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM Where: This will be a virtual First Tuesdays reading. For security purposes, you must click this link Watch the Video of the Reading by Ralph Nazareth & Duane Esposito June 6, 2020 videos & 2019-2020 & featured reader First Tuesdays Presents Ralph Nazareth & Duane Esposito May 25, 2020 2019-2020 season & 2019-2020 & featured reader Ralph Nazareth Duane Esposito When: June 2, 2020 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM Watch The Video of Antoinette Brim’s Reading May 9, 2020 videos & 2019-2020 & featured reader Antoinette Brim read for us from her book, These Women You Gave Me. The poems were wonderful and the conversation afterwards was fascinating First Tuesdays Presents Antoinette Brim April 27, 2020 2019-2020 & featured reader When: May 5, 2020 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Sokunthary Svay March 30, 2020 2019-2020 & featured reader When: April 7, 2020 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Sarah Gambito February 24, 2020 2019-2020 & featured reader When: March 3, 2020 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Sara Khalili January 27, 2020 2019-2020 & featured reader When: February 4, 2020 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Mark Weiss December 30, 2019 2019-2020 & featured reader When: January 7, 2020 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Rachel Zucker November 25, 2019 2019-2020 season & 2019-2020 & featured reader When: December 3, 2019 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Alex Segura October 28, 2019 current season & 2019-2020 & featured reader Unfortunately, Alex Segura had to cancel his reading. He will read for First Tuesdays again at some point in the future. When: November 5, 2019 First Tuesdays Presents Abeer Hoque September 23, 2019 current season & 2019-2020 & featured reader When: October 1, 2019 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Peter Marra August 26, 2019 2019-2020 & featured reader When: September 3, 2019 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Announces Its 2019-2020 Season August 16, 2019 2019-2020 & featured reader When: The first Tuesday of the month, September through June Where: Espresso 77, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM First Tuesdays Presents January Gill O’Neil June 14, 2019 2018-2019 & featured reader When: June 14, 2019 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Donald Nicholson-Smith May 7, 2019 2018-2019 & featured reader When: May 7, 2019 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Charles Fishman April 2, 2019 2018-2019 & featured reader When: April 2, 2019 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Michael Broder March 5, 2019 2018-2019 & featured reader When: March 5, 2019 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Nicole Harotounian February 5, 2019 2018-2019 & featured reader When: February 5, 2019 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Matt Pasca January 8, 2019 2018-2019 & featured reader When: January 8, 2019 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Russell Ricard December 4, 2018 2018-2019 & featured reader When: December 4, 2018 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Marianela Medrano November 6, 2018 2018-2019 & featured reader When: November 6, 2018 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Joseph Legaspi October 2, 2018 2018-2019 & featured reader When: October 2, 2018 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Jay Chollick September 4, 2018 2018-2019 & featured reader When: September 4, 2018 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Hassanal Abdullah June 5, 2018 2017-2018 & featured reader When: June 5, 2018 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Radha Vatsal May 1, 2018 2017-2018 & featured reader When: May 1, 2018 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Denis Gray March 6, 2018 2017-2018 & featured reader When: March 6, 2018 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Sahar Muradi January 2, 2018 2017-2018 & featured reader When: January 2, 2018 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Gene Grabner December 5, 2017 2017-2018 & featured reader When: December 5, 2017 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Barry Wallenstein October 3, 2017 2017-2018 & featured reader When: October 3, 2017 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Naomi Matten Reading Sara Paul Petrusky’s Poetry September 1, 2017 2017-2018 & featured reader When: September 1, 2017 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Sherese Francis June 6, 2017 2016-2017 & featured reader When: June 6, 2017 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Maria Lisella May 2, 2017 2016-2017 & featured reader When: May 2, 2017 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Sokunthary Svay April 4, 2017 2016-2017 & featured reader When: April 4, 2017 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents BK Fischer March 7, 2017 2016-2017 & featured reader When: March 7, 2017 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Joe Okonkwo February 7, 2017 2016-2017 & featured reader When: February 7, 2017 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Phil Demise Smith January 3, 2017 2016-2017 & featured reader When: January 3, 3017 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents David Mills December 6, 2016 2016-2017 & featured reader When: December 6, 2016 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Jared Harél November 1, 2016 2016-2017 & featured reader When: November 1, 2016 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Mariah Fredericks October 4, 2016 2016-2017 & featured reader When: October 4, 2016 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Tim Fredrick September 6, 2016 2016-2017 & featured reader When: September 6, 2016 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Lloyd Robson June 7, 2016 2015-2016 & featured reader When: June 7, 2016 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Aida Zilelian May 3, 2016 2015-2016 & featured reader When: May 3, 2016 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Christina Rau April 5, 2016 2015-2016 & featured reader When: April 5, 2016 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Hala Alyan March 1, 2016 2015-2016 & featured reader Date: March 1, 2016 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Other: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Ralph Nazareth February 2, 2016 2015-2016 & featured reader Date: February 2, 2016 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Other: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Catherine Fletcher January 5, 2016 2015-2016 & featured reader Date: January 5, 2016 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Other: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Luis Francia December 1, 2015 2015-2016 & featured reader When: December 1, 2015 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Warren Lehrer November 10, 2015 2015-2016 & featured reader When: November 10, 2015 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Miranda Beverly-Whittemore October 7, 2015 2015-2016 & featured reader Date: October 6, 2015 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Other: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Valerie G. Keane September 1, 2015 2015-2016 & featured reader Date: September 1, 2015 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Other: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Teresa Carson June 2, 2015 2014-2015 & featured reader When: June 2, 2015 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Bino Realuyo May 5, 2015 2014-2015 & featured reader When: May 5, 2015 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Leah Umansky April 7, 2015 2014-2015 & featured reader When: April 7, 2015 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Rosebud Ben-Oni March 3, 2015 2014-2015 & featured reader When: November 11, 2014 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Maria Terrone February 3, 2015 2014-2015 & featured reader When: February 3, 2015 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Honor Molloy January 6, 2015 2014-2015 & featured reader When: January 6, 2015 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Rich Villar December 2, 2014 2014-2015 & featured reader When: December 2, 2014 Where: Espresso 77 Café, 35-57 77th Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: First Tuesdays Presents Deborah Emin November 11, 2014 2014-2015 & featured reader When: November 11, 2014 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Meera Nair October 7, 2014 2014-2015 & featured reader When: October 7, 2014 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Jack Feldstein September 2, 2014 2014-2015 & featured reader When: September 2, 2014 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Nancy Agabian June 3, 2014 2013-2014 & featured reader When: June 3, 2014 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Peter Marra May 6, 2014 2013-2014 & featured reader When: May 6, 2014 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Norman Stock April 1, 2014 2013-2014 & featured reader When: April 1, 2014 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Aida Zilelian March 4, 2014 2013-2014 & featured reader When: March 4, 2014 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Christi Shannon Kline February 4, 2014 2013-2014 & featured reader When: February 4, 2014 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 9:00 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Other: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Kevin Carey January 7, 2014 2013-2014 & featured reader When: January 7, 2014 Where: Terazza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane St. Elmhurst, NY 11373. Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents: Bhisham Bherwani December 1, 2013 2013-2014 & featured reader Bhisham Bherwani’s first poetry collection, The Second Night of the Spirit, was published in 2009 by CavanKerry Press. His anthology of modern and First Tuesdays Presents Nicole Cooley November 5, 2013 2013-2014 & featured reader Nicole Cooley grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana and now lives outside of NYC. She is the author of four books of poems, most recently Breach (LSU First Tuesdays Presents: Joan Cusack Handler October 1, 2013 2013-2014 & featured reader When: Tuesday, October 1st, 7-9 (sign-up starts at 6:30) Where: Terraza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY Info: Contact Richard Jeffrey Newman First Tuesdays on a Sunday: Book Launch for “Landscape with Yellow Birds,” Translated by Thomas Christensen September 29, 2013 2013-2014 & featured reader I am very excited to announce that on Sunday, September 29th, First Tuesdays will be hosting Archipelago Books to help them launch Landscape with First Tuesdays Presents Audrey Dimola September 3, 2013 2013-2014 & featured reader When: Tuesday, September 3rd, 7-9 (sign-up starts at 6:30) Where: Terraza Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY Info: Contact Richard Jeffrey First Tuesdays Presents Deborah Fried-Rubin June 4, 2013 2012-2013 & featured reader When: June 4, 2013 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 suggested First Tuesdays Presents Miguel Falquez-Certain May 7, 2013 2012-2013 & featured reader Miguel Falquez-Certain (Barranquilla, Colombia) has been living in New York City for more than three decades, where he works as a multilingual First Tuesdays Presents Sarah Stetson April 2, 2013 2012-2013 & featured reader Sarah Stetson graduated from the MFA Program at Queens College where she studied poetry and won the Giro S. Cestaro III Memorial Scholarship for her First Tuesdays Presents Jacqueline Joans LaMon March 5, 2013 2012-2013 & featured reader When: March 5, 2013 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Joseph Legaspi February 5, 2013 2012-2013 & featured reader When: February 5, 2013 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Sweta Srivastava Vikram January 8, 2013 2012-2013 & featured reader When: January 8, 2013 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Judith Sloan December 4, 2012 2012-2013 & featured reader When: December 4, 2012 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Luis Francia November 13, 2012 2012-2013 & featured reader When: November 13, 2012 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents Lloyd Robson October 2, 2012 2012-2013 & featured reader When: October 2, 2012 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5 First Tuesdays Presents KC Trommer September 4, 2012 2012-2013 & featured reader When: September 4, 2012 Where: Terraza 7 Cafe, 40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst, NY 11373 Time: 7:00 — 8:30 PM (open-mic sign up at 6:30) Cost: $5