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7:40 am EST
September 29, 2023

Poetry

FREE

Gowanus Dawn Reading: 7th Annual Poetry in Canoes on the Gowanus Canal (In Person)

Our 7th annual Gowanus Dawn Reading – we’ll perform Robinson Jeffers’ poetry in canoes on the Gowanus Canal! Readers: 7:00 am report time at Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club’s Bunker Launch Site at 2 19th St, Brooklyn. Confirm spot as a canoe reader: Brad.Vogel[@]gmail.com. Audience: 7:45 am arrival. Watch and listen from 9th Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal (and parking lot northeast of bridge). Dredgers Past Captain Brad Vogel and Gowanus performer Melody Bates lead the crew as they plumb the depths of poet Robinson Jeffers’ work.

9th Street Bridge, Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, NY – wheelchair accessible

https://gowanuscanal.org/

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