Presenting poetry and music. Featured artists, below, are followed by open mic and reception. Contact: Phil Wexler, 240-899-6514.
Ellen Cole (Poetry) - Ellen Aronofsky Cole is an actress, poet, puppeteer, and teaching artist who has performed in theaters throughout the Washington, D.C. area. Ellen has taught creative writing and drama in elementary schools and has been on the faculty at Round House Theatre, The Writer’s Center, Passion for Learning’s Young Writer’s Institute, and Interact Story Theatre. She has received a number of grants from the Montgomery County Arts Council. Her new chapbook, Prognosis, was published in January 2011 by Finishing Line Press. Her poems have been published in The Potomac Review, The Innisfree Poetry Journal, Ares Poetica.com, in Paper Kite Press’s anthology, poem, home, in Ladybug and Babybug magazines, and she has work that is forthcoming in Bogg: A Journal of Contemporary Writing. Ellen has been a featured reader at many venues in the Washington area, including the Iota Club, the Kensington Row Bookshop, Poesis, and The Writer Center. She has a M.A. in drama from Catholic University.
Charles Mokotoff (Music – Guitar) Charles Mokotoff holds both Bachelors and Masters degrees in guitar performance from Syracuse University and Ithaca College, respectively. He has served on the faculties of numerous colleges and universities in the New York and New England area as a lecturer in classical guitar and lute. Prior to settling in the Washington, DC area in 1991, Mr. Mokotoff made his home in New England where he was widely recognized as an active guitarist and Renaissance lute player during the 1980s. During that period his career culminated with two Far East tours and a well-received New York City debut at Weill Hall at Carnegie Hall in 1987, featuring the Premier of Autumn Elegy by William Coble, written for and dedicated to him. Mr. Mokotoff has been hard of hearing for a good deal of his life and is an outspoken proponent of making music with hearing loss.
