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The Proxemics opening for No Joy @ Corazon
by High Mayhem Newsletter 22 Apr '11

22 Apr '11

[image: High Mayhem] High Mayhem Emerging Arts http://highmayhem.org/ *T-Cubed & Corazón Present NO JOY w/ The Proxemics* * * *Wednesday, April 27 at 9pm* Corazon 401 S. Guadalupe Street Santa Fe, NM $5 Advance / $7 at the door * * *The Proxemics* Founded in early 2009, The Proxemics are an autonomous music project with a revolving cast of musicians led by lynch pin and frontman Alex Neville (The brilliant Dullards, A. Barnhouse, Audible Whispering 1/2 Quartet). They are currently working as a quartet featuring Neville (Guitar, Mandolin, Bass, Samples, Vocals), Yozo Suzuki (Guitar), Roland Ostheim (Bass) and Michael Smith (Drums) and reside on the High Mayhem label. The Proxemics are a stripped down assembly, sometimes appearing as a garage-based, dirty wall of sound, sometimes as deconstructed balladeers offering you their hearts on their sleeves. Neville unites crunchy, angular alt-rock with a singer-songwriter sensibility while never letting go of his experimental roots. Mimicking the definition of their moniker, The Proxemics are at times both distant and intimate, treating their audience to an emotional tug-of-war. The songs appear effortless on the surface, but upon deeper investigation they become a complex system of asymmetrical forms with sonic threads and noise, weaving songs into a larger, continuous theme. The shifting members of The Proxemics are all long-time members of the High Mayhem Emerging Arts Collective, also based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which has helped shape the City Different’s unique underground scene for the last ten years. *No Joy* http://www.myspace.com/nojoy And, don't forget... *Nakatani Gong Orchestra, Captain Ahab, & Yellow Crystal Star* Thursday, April 28 at 9pm at High Mayhem Studio, suggested $10 at the door

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High Mayhem Apr 28 - Nakatani Gong Orchestra, Captain Ahab, & Yellow Crystal Star
by High Mayhem Newsletter 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

[image: High Mayhem] High Mayhem Emerging Arts http://highmayhem.org/ *Nakatani Gong Orchestra, Captain Ahab, & Yellow Crystal Star* *Thursday, April 28 at 9pm* High Mayhem Studio 2811 Siler Lane Santa Fe, NM Suggested $10 donation at the door *Nakatani Gong Orchestra* *Musician, Solo percussionist, Ensemble player and sound composer, Tatsuya Nakatani, creates a new concept of music with gongs from his life experiences. Tatsuya has born and raised in Osaka-Japan. He currently resides in Easton, PA, where he has settled the headquarters of his home: a small house with a small shed. He has been recognized as a Percussionist/Drummer, performing and touring all over the world for international Creative Music festivals and New Music festivals. He has published over sixty CD recordings in the USA and Europe.He has been performing SOLO percussion for the majority of his shows since the late 1990ʼs. These include countless SOLO shows, all over the USA and overseas- small or large audiences, any age, and any type of venue. He has taught as a guest Master Class Artist for a number of Universities, also giving workshops and lectures.* * * * CAPTAIN AHAB* They're baaaaaack... *http://www.captain-ahab.co <http://www.captain-ahab.com/><http://www.captain-ahab.com/> m/ <http://www.captain-ahab.com/> * ** * Crystal Yellow Star* *Albuquerque-based, infinite drone activation of expanding dimensional perception . Please check the event listing at www.highmayhem.org for more details.*

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THIS SUNDAY at High Mayhem!!!
by High Mayhem Newsletter 15 Apr '11

15 Apr '11

[image: High Mayhem] High Mayhem Emerging Arts http://highmayhem.org/ *TARTUFI and The Proxemics* *Sunday, April 17 at 2:30pm* High Mayhem Studio 2811 Siler Lane Santa Fe, NM Suggested $10 donation at the door *TARTUFI* Formed in 2001, San Francisco’s TARTUFI released three albums as a power-pop trio, Westward Onward (Thread Records- 2002), So We Are Alive<http://cdbaby.com/cd/tartufi> (Thread Records – 2004), and Trouble <http://cdbaby.com/cd/tartufi2> (Acuarela – 2005), and garnered heaps of press and “Best of…”s before members Lynne Angel and Brian Gorman decided switch gears and head in a new direction. In 2006, having just played a South by Southwest showcase and with an album at #75 on CMJ charts, the now duo had much to prove and an eager desire to fulfill their like-minded sonic vision. Ditching their previous material and hitting the studio armed with bigger amplifiers and modified loop stations; Angel and Gorman began developing their new sound. In 3 months time, the reinvented band had written and recorded Us Upon Buildings Upon Us<http://cdbaby.com/cd/tartufi3> (2006- Thread Records) with the help of Tim Green (Joanna Newsom, Melvins, Monotonix) in the engineer’s seat. Having shed many of the band’s previous pop sensibilities, UUBUU’s rich, epic and complex sound surprised many critics and fans alike. The album propelled Tartufi farther onto the national stage. Tartufi made three laps around the U.S. in support of UUBUU. Audiences nationwide were left awestruck as the duo was able to reproduce the complexities of the album using live looping as opposed to with the aid of a laptop or Midi time clocks. Critics around the country picked UUBUU as one of the best albums of the year. In 2007, after more than 120 shows, Tartufi was voted Best Indie Band in the Bay by The San Francisco Bay Guardian. The Proxemics Founded in early 2009, The Proxemics are an autonomous music project with a revolving cast of musicians led by lynch pin and frontman Alex Neville (The brilliant Dullards, A. Barnhouse, Audible Whispering 1/2 Quartet). The Proxemics are a stripped down assembly, sometimes appearing as a garage-based, dirty wall of sound, sometimes as deconstructed balladeers offering you their hearts on their sleeves. Neville unites crunchy, angular alt-rock with a singer-songwriter sensibility while never letting go of his experimental roots. Mimicking the definition of their moniker, The Proxemics are at times both distant and intimate, treating their audience to an emotional tug-of-war. The songs appear effortless on the surface, but upon deeper investigation they become a complex system of asymmetrical forms with sonic threads and noise, weaving songs into a larger, continuous theme. The shifting members of The Proxemics are all long-time members of the High Mayhem Emerging Arts Collective, also based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which has helped shape the City Different’s unique underground scene for the last ten years.

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TARTUFI and The Proxemics Sunday Late Matinée
by High Mayhem Newsletter 12 Apr '11

12 Apr '11

[image: High Mayhem] High Mayhem Emerging Arts http://highmayhem.org/ *TARTUFI and The Proxemics* *Sunday, April 17 at 2:30pm* High Mayhem Studio 2811 Siler Lane Santa Fe, NM Suggested $10 donation at the door *TARTUFI* Formed in 2001, San Francisco’s TARTUFI released three albums as a power-pop trio, Westward Onward (Thread Records- 2002), So We Are Alive<http://cdbaby.com/cd/tartufi> (Thread Records – 2004), and Trouble <http://cdbaby.com/cd/tartufi2> (Acuarela – 2005), and garnered heaps of press and “Best of…”s before members Lynne Angel and Brian Gorman decided switch gears and head in a new direction. In 2006, having just played a South by Southwest showcase and with an album at #75 on CMJ charts, the now duo had much to prove and an eager desire to fulfill their like-minded sonic vision. Ditching their previous material and hitting the studio armed with bigger amplifiers and modified loop stations; Angel and Gorman began developing their new sound. In 3 months time, the reinvented band had written and recorded Us Upon Buildings Upon Us<http://cdbaby.com/cd/tartufi3> (2006- Thread Records) with the help of Tim Green (Joanna Newsom, Melvins, Monotonix) in the engineer’s seat. Having shed many of the band’s previous pop sensibilities, UUBUU’s rich, epic and complex sound surprised many critics and fans alike. The album propelled Tartufi farther onto the national stage. Tartufi made three laps around the U.S. in support of UUBUU. Audiences nationwide were left awestruck as the duo was able to reproduce the complexities of the album using live looping as opposed to with the aid of a laptop or Midi time clocks. Critics around the country picked UUBUU as one of the best albums of the year. In 2007, after more than 120 shows, Tartufi was voted Best Indie Band in the Bay by The San Francisco Bay Guardian. The Proxemics Founded in early 2009, The Proxemics are an autonomous music project with a revolving cast of musicians led by lynch pin and frontman Alex Neville (The brilliant Dullards, A. Barnhouse, Audible Whispering 1/2 Quartet). The Proxemics are a stripped down assembly, sometimes appearing as a garage-based, dirty wall of sound, sometimes as deconstructed balladeers offering you their hearts on their sleeves. Neville unites crunchy, angular alt-rock with a singer-songwriter sensibility while never letting go of his experimental roots. Mimicking the definition of their moniker, The Proxemics are at times both distant and intimate, treating their audience to an emotional tug-of-war. The songs appear effortless on the surface, but upon deeper investigation they become a complex system of asymmetrical forms with sonic threads and noise, weaving songs into a larger, continuous theme. The shifting members of The Proxemics are all long-time members of the High Mayhem Emerging Arts Collective, also based out of Santa Fe, New Mexico, which has helped shape the City Different’s unique underground scene for the last ten years.

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Gridfest in Santa Fe May 6-8
by High Mayhem Newsletter 23 Mar '11

23 Mar '11

The monome community is organizing a 3 day festival in Santa Fe May 6-8. 13 artists from North America will descend upon New Mexico bringing sonic bliss made with buttons. *Discounted passes, workshops and cool free swag is available by supporting the event through Kickstarter: http://kck.st/dE7VTxthrough Sunday, March 27 only! * More information on the artists and the festival here: gridfestival.com. Info on monome: monome.org. Schedule: Friday May 6 @ Corazon, 401 S Guadalupe, 505-983-4559, 21+; $5 before 10pm, $7 after 9 ~ 10 Darkseeker <http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=68> (Edmonton) 10 ~ 11 pm Edison <http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=70> (San Francisco) 11 ~ 12 pm Making the Noise <http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=80>(Boston) 12 ~ 1 am Portable Sunsets <http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=76>(NYC) 1 ~ 1:40 am Cigarette Operahouse<http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=66>(Toronto) Saturday May 7 @ Santa Fe Complex, 632 Agua Fria St, 505-216-7562, all ages. Workshops: $10, Performances: $10, All Day: $15 1:00 ~ 2:00 pm Monome From Scratch<http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=42> 2:30 ~ 3:30 pm Ableton… did you know?<http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=44> 4:00 ~ 6:00 pm Under the Hood <http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=46> Performance set 1 (ambience + atmospheres) 8 ~ 8:30 pm Sweaty Caps <http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=78> (Los Angeles) 8:30 ~ 9 pm Lokey <http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=72> / noiseflowr<http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=74>(Calgary/Edmonton) 9 ~ 9:30 pm Watson <http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=87> (Santa Fe) 9:30 ~ 10:30 pm Anenon <http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=64> (Los Angeles) Performance set 2 (beats + grooves) 11 ~ 11:30 pm TheAlphaNerd <http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=85>(Toronto) 11:30 ~ 1200 pm the Cigarette Opérahouse<http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=66>(Totonto) 12 ~ 12:30 am % <http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=60> (NYC) 12:30 ~ 1:30 am Altitude Sickness<http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=62>(Los Angeles) Sunday, May 8 @ Santa Fe Complex, 632 Agua Fria St, 505-216-7562.; $300 2 ~ 6 pm DIY Monome Build Workshop<http://watsonsound.ws/gridfest/?page_id=50>

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iNK oN pAPER digital album release!!!
by High Mayhem Newsletter 13 Mar '11

13 Mar '11

[image: High Mayhem] High Mayhem Emerging Arts http://highmayhem.org/ *iNK oN pAPER digital album release: GET IT NOW! * http://highmayhem.org/downloads Drum ‘n’ Bass Mayhem By Peter Breslin >From the core of the surprisingly varied Santa Fe, New Mexico scene with one focal point at High Mayhem Emerging Arts, iNK oN pAPER’s Milton Villarrubia III and Carlos Santistevan strip down, mash up and rumble their way through a menu of trim, focused duets on their debut CD as a duo. As if drum ‘n’ bass took a detour through an electro-acoustic free-punk Jucifer and had its downbeats addled or partly removed, the pieces hint at chaos while slyly adhering to subtle, unexpected structures. Villarrubia’s drum sound is both crisp and fat, with murkier timbres and startling digital effects peppered by snaps, crackles and pops. Santistevan’s snarling, subterranean electric bass is sometimes also suddenly whimsical, clean and conversationally melodic. The minimalist, raw immediacy of the sound, captured meticulously by the highly nuanced, high quality recording, alternates refreshingly with dense washes of sculptured sound. The proceedings for iNK oN pAPER’s debut CD (available as a download from CDBaby, as well as download dropcards available through High Mayhem) have a no bones start with _17 Hits_, precisely what the title indicates: 17 unison, staccato, non-metrical slams, followed by a densely meandering series of improvisations, with the 17 hits returning periodically as a spine to hold the beast together. Many of the pieces are enigmatically named after locations or streets, such as _Cedar St._, featuring ominous rolls and electronic effects from Villarrubia III’s toms and buzz saw low end ululations from Santistevan. The odd meter _Sid-mars_ features a sinewy 31-beat line that is deceptively straightforward and some Alan Silva-style plaintive bow work from Santistevan. In general, the duo mixes a fierce willingness to take improvisational risks with surprising compositional elements, both in arrangement of the duets and in reoccurring composed themes. _Salt A&B_ is another example of the tension between prearranged themes, this time a wandering street-beat influenced 5 count from Villarrubia III, over-layered by aggressive phrases from Santistevan’s bowed bass. The duo’s music stays engaging and surprising not only by mixing composed themes with improvised excursions in fine balance, but also through the brevity of the individual tracks, with no title logging in at more than 5:30. In this way, each piece is a distinct entity, with its own flavor and distinctive ground rules. Though leaving room for roiling and grungy buzz and explosive gestures, each piece ultimately has the feel of a self-contained composition. The sense is that there is a game afoot, with Santistevan and Villarrubia III volleying suggestions back and forth, ultimately charging to each piece’s logical finish. iNK oN pAPER is an example of what underground presenting and producing organizations like High Mayhem do best: provide a home for artists and musicians whose commitment is to forms not embraced by the marketplace. High Mayhem’s varied, uncompromising and adventurous catalog suggests a newly emerging world of possibilities, with iNK oN pAPER carrying the message and the mayhem gloriously.

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UPDATED: High Mayhem March 5 All For Now and We Drew Lightning
by High Mayhem Newsletter 03 Mar '11

03 Mar '11

[image: High Mayhem] High Mayhem Emerging Arts http://highmayhem.org/ *All For Now* *(Thollem McDonas and John Deiterich of Deerhoof)* * * *We Drew Lightning* * * Saturday, March 5 at 9pm 2811 Siler Lane, Santa Fe NM ‘A night of short animated films by NY filmmaker Martha Colburn accompanied by All For Now’ Martha Colburn’s work utilizes the language and materials of film making to comment on popular culture, consumerism, politics and sexuality. Through a collage of live action (paint-on-glass) animations, found footage, and documentary filmmaking techniques, she addresses contemporary topics to express her personal anxieties and passions. Martha’s films are a disturbing and at times humorous take on popular and political culture. She creates elaborately layered collages,paintings, and installations that incorporate transparencies,recordings, and live performances. As her conceptual process grows, so follows advances in an already detailed and labor-intensive animating process. Martha is expanding her technique into working with multi-plane glass animation, which represents a physical manifestation of her conceptually layered ideas. Currently, Martha is working on films that combine art historical representations and current depictions of politics to challenge our notions of truth and fantasy. As a descendent of some of America’s earliest settlers (ministers, farmers and wagon train members), her work demonstrates an awareness of the repository of the guilt haunted twisted history of the American soul. Martha’s current work draws from this perspective and personal experience to address issues such as Methamphetamine use, environmental catastrophes, and man’s relationship to nature. All For Now is one of those special meetings, when the empathy and complicity between two players emerge into something far wider, complex, and profound than the simple circumstance of their encounter. How fitting that these two musicians should come together for their first recording at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art! McDonas on piano and voice, and Dieterich (from Deerhoof) on guitar here present lovely, spare, sometimes jarring, sometimes gentle improvisations that are thoroughly modernistic works of art in their own right. – KFJC Guitarist John Dieterich from Deerhoof accompanies the virtuoso pianist Thollem McDonas, who has been active for years back and forth between North America and Europe. All For Now is a series of duets characterised by strong and vivid tension. Pieces that are generally short, focused on the dissimulating and extremely diversified movements of Thollem, who moves from Debussy to Satie’s sparseness, with tasty hints from Monk to the most experimental moments until the piano seems to be prepared. For his part, Dieterich brushes and designs without ever overdoing except occasionally, reserving the harshest and acid chords to few – but very incisive – songs. The music flows with the appearance of improvisation though not with the more typical and obvious features. - Blow Up Magazine <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src=" http://www.youtube.com/embed/61RrkQrd6Gk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> www.highmayhem.org *AND....* *iNK oN pAPER digital album release: GET IT NOW! * http://highmayhem.org/downloads

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High Mayhem March 5 All For Now (Thollem McDonas and John Deiterich of Deerhoof)
by High Mayhem Newsletter 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

[image: High Mayhem] High Mayhem Emerging Arts http://highmayhem.org/ *All For Now* *(Thollem McDonas and John Deiterich of Deerhoof)* * * Saturday, March 5 at 9pm 2811 Siler Lane, Santa Fe NM ‘A night of short animated films by NY filmmaker Martha Colburn accompanied by All For Now’ Martha Colburn’s work utilizes the language and materials of film making to comment on popular culture, consumerism, politics and sexuality. Through a collage of live action (paint-on-glass) animations, found footage, and documentary filmmaking techniques, she addresses contemporary topics to express her personal anxieties and passions. Martha’s films are a disturbing and at times humorous take on popular and political culture. She creates elaborately layered collages,paintings, and installations that incorporate transparencies,recordings, and live performances. As her conceptual process grows, so follows advances in an already detailed and labor-intensive animating process. Martha is expanding her technique into working with multi-plane glass animation, which represents a physical manifestation of her conceptually layered ideas. Currently, Martha is working on films that combine art historical representations and current depictions of politics to challenge our notions of truth and fantasy. As a descendent of some of America’s earliest settlers (ministers, farmers and wagon train members), her work demonstrates an awareness of the repository of the guilt haunted twisted history of the American soul. Martha’s current work draws from this perspective and personal experience to address issues such as Methamphetamine use, environmental catastrophes, and man’s relationship to nature. All For Now is one of those special meetings, when the empathy and complicity between two players emerge into something far wider, complex, and profound than the simple circumstance of their encounter. How fitting that these two musicians should come together for their first recording at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art! McDonas on piano and voice, and Dieterich (from Deerhoof) on guitar here present lovely, spare, sometimes jarring, sometimes gentle improvisations that are thoroughly modernistic works of art in their own right. – KFJC Guitarist John Dieterich from Deerhoof accompanies the virtuoso pianist Thollem McDonas, who has been active for years back and forth between North America and Europe. All For Now is a series of duets characterised by strong and vivid tension. Pieces that are generally short, focused on the dissimulating and extremely diversified movements of Thollem, who moves from Debussy to Satie’s sparseness, with tasty hints from Monk to the most experimental moments until the piano seems to be prepared. For his part, Dieterich brushes and designs without ever overdoing except occasionally, reserving the harshest and acid chords to few – but very incisive – songs. The music flows with the appearance of improvisation though not with the more typical and obvious features. - Blow Up Magazine <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="640" height="390" src=" http://www.youtube.com/embed/61RrkQrd6Gk" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> www.highmayhem.org

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REMINDER: High Mayhem Word-Centric Feb 20 matinee
by High Mayhem Newsletter 19 Feb '11

19 Feb '11

[image: High Mayhem] High Mayhem Emerging Arts http://highmayhem.org/ *Word-Centric* Sunday, February 20 at noon 2811 Siler Lane, Santa Fe NM A celebration of the written and spoken word in two parts. The first set will be performances by Tommy Archuleta, Valerie Martinez (the former Santa Fe Poet Laureate), John Flax, Ginger Dunnill, and Michael Smith. The second act will be “These Are Real Brains” lead by poet and founder of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project, Gary Glazner, with Carlos Santistevan (bass), Milton Villarrubia, III (percussion), Dino J.A. Deane (Sampler/Live Sampling), Molly Sturges (vocals), and Chris Jonas (saxophone). Performing and creating poetry with people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia inspire Glazner’s poem “These Are Real Brains.” Working in the tradition of Dada, and Surrealist poets and drawing inspiration and methodology from cut-up and found poetry techniques, collage, and counterpoint, the poem looks at consciousness, attention span and the effects of the cut and paste computer technology. The poem mixes Glazner’s original work with well-loved classic poems. In speaking the lines of Shakespeare the reader uses the same vocal cord, larynx, lungs and lips as he did 400 plus years ago and brings that breath into the world. It looks at cultural touch points of Presidential dementia and explores what it means to love someone who no longer remembers that you are married. It speaks in the voice of people living with memory loss. The poem acts as score and text for improvisational performance and draws on the long history of poetry as oral art. About Gary Glazner Gary Glazner is the founder and Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Poetry Project, (APP). The National Endowment for the Arts listed the APP as a “best practice” for their Arts and Aging initiative. NBC's “Today” show, NPR's “All Things Considered” and Voice of America have featured segments on Glazner’s work. Harper Collins, W.W. Norton and Salon.com have published his work. Glazner is the author and editor of five books including: "Ears on Fire: Snapshot Essays in a World of Poets," published on La Alameda Press, the book chronicles a year abroad in Asia and Europe meeting poets, working on translations and writing poems; "How to Make a Living as a Poet" on Soft Skull Press, which features essays and interviews on creative ways to bring poetry to the world and “Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry,” on Manic D Press. In 2009, Glazner was invited by a group of poets to launch the APP in Berlin and Marburg. In 2010, the U.S. Embassy is funding a pilot project for the APP in Germany. From 2007 to 2010, Glazner was the Managing Director of the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City.

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High Mayhem Word-Centric Feb 20 matinee
by High Mayhem Newsletter 14 Feb '11

14 Feb '11

[image: High Mayhem] High Mayhem Emerging Arts http://highmayhem.org/ *Word-Centric* Sunday, February 20 at noon 2811 Siler Lane, Santa Fe NM A celebration of the written and spoken word in two parts. The first set will be performances by Tommy Archuleta, Valerie Martinez (the former Santa Fe Poet Laureate), John Flax, Ginger Dunnill, and Michael Smith. The second act will be “These Are Real Brains” lead by poet and founder of the Alzheimer’s Poetry Project, Gary Glazner, with Carlos Santistevan (bass), Milton Villarrubia, III (percussion), Dino J.A. Deane (Sampler/Live Sampling), Molly Sturges (vocals), and Chris Jonas (saxophone). Performing and creating poetry with people living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia inspire Glazner’s poem “These Are Real Brains.” Working in the tradition of Dada, and Surrealist poets and drawing inspiration and methodology from cut-up and found poetry techniques, collage, and counterpoint, the poem looks at consciousness, attention span and the effects of the cut and paste computer technology. The poem mixes Glazner’s original work with well-loved classic poems. In speaking the lines of Shakespeare the reader uses the same vocal cord, larynx, lungs and lips as he did 400 plus years ago and brings that breath into the world. It looks at cultural touch points of Presidential dementia and explores what it means to love someone who no longer remembers that you are married. It speaks in the voice of people living with memory loss. The poem acts as score and text for improvisational performance and draws on the long history of poetry as oral art. About Gary Glazner Gary Glazner is the founder and Executive Director of the Alzheimer's Poetry Project, (APP). The National Endowment for the Arts listed the APP as a “best practice” for their Arts and Aging initiative. NBC's “Today” show, NPR's “All Things Considered” and Voice of America have featured segments on Glazner’s work. Harper Collins, W.W. Norton and Salon.com have published his work. Glazner is the author and editor of five books including: "Ears on Fire: Snapshot Essays in a World of Poets," published on La Alameda Press, the book chronicles a year abroad in Asia and Europe meeting poets, working on translations and writing poems; "How to Make a Living as a Poet" on Soft Skull Press, which features essays and interviews on creative ways to bring poetry to the world and “Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry,” on Manic D Press. In 2009, Glazner was invited by a group of poets to launch the APP in Berlin and Marburg. In 2010, the U.S. Embassy is funding a pilot project for the APP in Germany. From 2007 to 2010, Glazner was the Managing Director of the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City.

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