FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 29, 2005

ACENTOS BRONX POETRY SHOWCASE MOVES TO THE BRUCKNER
BAR & GRILL

The organizers of the Acentos Bronx Poetry Showcase
today announced that the acclaimed reading series is
moving to a new location. The Bruckner Bar and Grill,
located at One Bruckner Boulevard in the Bronx, will
be the new home of the series as of Tuesday, May 10,
with
a show featuring Bronx native and nationally renowned
poet and playwright Magdalena Gómez
along with Minneapolis spoken word artist Emmanuel
Ortiz. Acentos occurs every second and fourth Tuesday
of the month at 7 p.m., with a featured poet and a
full open mic.

The Bruckner Bar and Grill's performance area features
an understated lighting scheme in a large converted
industrial space, complete with brick facades, and
couches, all of which is separate from the main lounge
and restaurant area. The restaurant itself offers a
full-service bar and a solid menu of reasonably-priced
American fare, providing a perfect location for a pre-
or post-poetry hangout.

The Bruckner Bar & Grill is conveniently located near
IRT 6 Train's 138th St/Third Avenue Station (the first
stop in the Bronx) just a quick three block walk down
Third Avenue, under the overpass, along the left side
of the Third Avenue Bridge, at the corner of Third and
Bruckner Boulevard in the heart of Mott Haven's arts
community.

The organizers extend their sincerest thanks to the
ownership and staff of the Blue Ox Bar for providing a
vital space for poets and artists in the South Bronx
over the past two years. This shift in locale is in
response to the series' ongoing popularity and
reflects the organizers' efforts to serve their
audience in a more efficient manner.

Acentos remains the vanguard of the burgeoning
artistic scene in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx,
with a reputation as THE gathering spot for
Bronx-based poetry aficionados to write, read,
perform, and celebrate their art. The series provides
a renewed spotlight for Latino/Latina poetry in a
venue that fosters an encouraging atmosphere for
writers of diverse backgrounds and experience, in a
setting that stimulates both open dialogue and an
increased sense of community in the culturally
resurgent South Bronx.

Future shows at the Bruckner Bar and Grill will
highlight HBO Def Poets Flaco Navaja and Lemon;
Guggenheim Fellow and author Rigoberto González;
finalist for the Poetry Society of America's Alice Fay
di Castagnola Award, Cynthia Cruz;
poet/activist/attorney Nina Parrilla
and Texas Slam Champion Juan Antonio.

Acentos is a program of the louderARTS Project, Inc.,
and is presented in conjunction with the Bronx
Writers' Center, a program of the Bronx Council on the
Arts. Acentos is brought to you every second and
fourth Tuesday of the month by Oscar Bermeo, Jessica
Torres, Fish Vargas and Rich Villar. For more
information, please visit www.louderarts.com/acentos.

Fish Vargas
917-209-4211