Mind Gravy Presents Pasckie Pascua and The Juniors

JUNE 25. Wed, 8 PM. 

The Drip Coffee, 729 Saluda Ave., Columbia, SC 29205

Open mic follows featured performers

[Part of the First Leg of Pasckie Pascua's Readings Tour for his new book, 

"Red is the Color of my Night"]

MUNG BEANS HERBAL SUMMER

(Pacific Island Cooking and Herbal Class, & Dinner) 

With Pasckie Pascua (author and cook) & Chris Wagoner (herbalist)

June 12, 2014. Thursday. 6:30 PM. 

VENUE: Mama Bird's Granola and Kitchen, 

909 E Broad St #400, Athens, GA 30601. (678) 997 9647. 

DETAILS: mamabirdsgranola.com 

Red is the Color of my Night, poetry readings and some music

Pasckie Pascua will launch his new book, “Red is the Color of my Night,” and kicks off the first leg of a reading tour as the featured poet at the ALTAMONT POETRY SERIES on MAY 19 (Monday, 7:30 PM) at North Carolina Stage Company in downtown Asheville. NC Stage Co. is located at 15 Stage Lane, Asheville, NC 28801 (ncstage.org) 828 239 0263. Hosts: Caleb Beissert, Jeff Davis.

OTHER READINGS:

[2] May 28, Saturday, 7 PM. Hendershot's: 237 Prince Ave., Athens, GA 30606. (706) 353 3050

hendershotscoffee.com

with Kate Morrissey 

kate.morrissey.com

[3] May 30, Friday, 7:30 PM. Little River Coffee Bar: 188 West Main Street,

Spartanburg, SC 29306. (864) 582-1227 littlerivercoffeebar.com (with guests poets Brett Klersfeld and Terry Christy Klersfeld, and musician Daniel Z)

[4] June 25, Wed, 8 PM: Mind Gravy. Open mic follows featured guests. The Drip Coffee, 729 Saluda Ave., Columbia, SC 29205. Tel # (803) 661-9545

[5] July 7, Mon, 8 PM: Monday Night Poetry & Music at East Bay Meeting House, 160 East Bay St., Charleston SC. Tel # (843) 723 3446

[ ] PLUS, June 12, Thursday. Cooking demonstration, with medicinal herbs, with Chris Wagoner. VENUE: Mama Bird's Granola and Kitchen, 909 E Broad St #400, Athens, GA 30601. (678) 997 9647. mamabirdsgranola.com

Pasckie was also shared his thoughts on poetry at ASHEVILLE WORDFEST (May 2, 3 and 4, www.ashevillewordfest.com) at Lenoir-Rhyne University, Asheville NC. Host: Laura Hope-Gill.

BACK in the Philippines, his country of birth, PASCKIE PASCUA is categorized as a “Martial Law Baby,” a direct child of the dictatorship's darker years. By the time he decided to fly to New York City on his 38^th birthday in 1998, he was already a veteran journalist—with an active tour of duty in Manila's perennial media and writers organizations, activist groups, and political think-tanks.

       The poems and prose in “Red is the Color of my Night” reflect the often ragged but mostly warm wisdom of a journeyman who witnessed and experienced a life that defies his reserved demeanor and inviting smile. This book is written in blood and delivered with a language that crosses creed and culture, without hesitation or reserve. The poet traverses the rough terrains of his past with piercing honesty and visionary glare. His work bothers and comforts at the same time; it also provokes while it reassures. 

BOOKING INQUIRY: Chris Wagoner at 706 207 7746, email moonflower@boannsbanks.com / Marta Osborne at 828 280-2309, email marta.osborne124@gmail.com

ORDER NOW!

ALREADY OUT!

“Red is the Color of my Night”

poems, prose

by Pasckie Pascua

Loved by the Buffalo Publications

Book design by Matthew Mulder; cover art and inside art by Duane Lucas Pascua

Order a copy in advance! Autographed to your name, $12.99 (excluding mailing). Email: pasckie@yahoo.com 

or visit my personal Facebook page (Pasckie Pascua)

SEVEN Reasons Why CHLOE is a Unique Babedawg

[1] Chloe has specific bark for a specific emotion, need, or urgency. Sporadic, tiny barkies (li'l barks) mean she's annoyed at a Stepford Wife, her major critic in the neighborhood; shortened, more insistent but slower barks suggest that she needs to get in the house, right now—pronto, ora mismo! and little woofs-like bark means, “Don't mess with my food!” 

[2] Chloe intently observes a lot of human movements/actions, especially if it's directed to her. When we set up a fence on the front porch so she wouldn't escape and run to the streets (Stepford Wives complain a lot), she exactly knew how to devise or strategize an escape act. Whenever she ran and as I convinced him to get in the car `cause “... we're going to the park...” Well, she already got that trick figured out (that meant we'll just bring her back home). So she learned to just ignore the bait, and simply nonchalantly walked home each time, as though mumbling, “Jeez, I know that BS already! Let me just walk home myself, dude! Saves you the shit!” Chloe didn't really respond to, “Come here, girl...” she'd do it as she saw it fit. I mean, with the many hours—in four years—that she stared at me like a specimen on a litmus paper, what do I expect? She got my number, alrighty!

[3] Chloe can be a bully to stranger-dogs, a fight-starter—that is, if there's a bigger dawg to back her up. Many times she provoked a fight with bigger dawgs, and when the pissed dog moved to accost her, she'd run behind Georgia. It's a good thing that Georgia is a peaceful dawg, she simply apologized to the annihilated canines. And Georgia knew how tough the boss that she's defending—because in those three years that they co-existed, they had at least two brutal fights. Chloe didn't back down at all, small as she was, down in all fours or whatever. We were able to pull Georgia away, but Chloe was still swinging away like a really pissed off Manny Pacquiao! Hence, she earned Georgia's respect.

[4] Chloe is not a dawg who'll beg for food or will grab any food that is dangled on her snout. She will smell it first and checks if it's organic, gluten-free and local... Of course, that didn't work all the time. She'd easily succumb to submission when I instead enticed her with chocolates or cakes—and then her food.

[5] Chloe is a very sensitive dawg, unexpectedly touchy sometimes. Whenever I was angry, she'd come to me and would place her paws on my lap; when I was sad, she'd sleep on the slope of my bed... She has this look that isn't really sad or downcast, just a look of concern and intent--not cuddly, yet reassuring. The week that she passed away, although she was hurting, she climbed up a dozen flights of stairs to stay with me in my room—almost every night in those few days.

[6] What kept Chloe strong, we all agreed, is her spirit and will power to live... I was told by her owners that when Chloe was a child, she was almost fatally mauled by a huge dog and dragged to the woods, bloodied and almost lifeless, hanging by the fangs of her tormentor. She survived such an ordeal... Hence, most of the defensive aggression that she exhibited towards bigger dogs was apparently brought about by such grim experience... Until the last days or hours of her death, we were confused if she's really hurting or not, she seemed weak indoors but when she's out, she still exuded fire and life. Until she was brought to the hospital... This tiny dog is a real amazon warrior.

[7] One thing is sure and certain, I have never been with a dog with such a mysterious, confusing if not intriguing demeanor and attitude. Chloe is a rare breed, and that could be an understatement even. I don't think there'll be another CHLOE...

CHLOE is a Chinese Shar-Pei, named as one of the world's rarest dog breeds. Chloe is often suspicious of strangers, which pertains to their origin as a guard dog. She is a very independent and reserved breed—and believes she is the 357th incarnation of a Chinese sage who was also an escape artist and a snotty Food Network cooking judge.

UPCOMING SHOWS

PASCKIE PASCUA

Poet

[1] JANUARY 10, Friday, 8 PM. Little River Coffee Bar, 188 West Main St., Spartanburg, SC 29306. (864) 582-1227. littlerivercoffeebar.com/ With Sydney McMath, singer-songwriter.

[2] JANUARY 24, Friday, 8 PM. Fresh Brewed Coffeehouse, 933 Broadway St., Myrtle Beach, SC 29577.(843) 251-8282. freshbrewedch.com/ With other performers, benefit for typhoon victims in the Philippines.

[3] JANUARY 27, Monday, 8 PM. Monday Night Poetry & Music, East Bay Meeting House, 160 E Bay St, Charleston, SC 29401. (843) 723-3446. (Find Monday Night Poetry & Music on Facebook).

AND on Dec 31, Pasckie Pascua will read a few poems as guest in BJ Leiderman's New Year's Eve Party at White Horse, 105 Montreat Rd., Black Mountain NC. (828) 669-0816. whitehorseblackmountain.com/ Featuring The BJ Leiderman Band. Other guests David Lamotte, Chuck Beattie, ZuZu Welsh, Rhoda Weaver, Eric Congdon, The Screaming J's, and poets Tracy Schmidt, Laura Hope-Gill, James Nave.

KISS The EARTH, an environmental advocacy and calamity awareness tour. INFO: http://pasckiepascuawords.blogspot.com/ or locate him on Facebook. BOOKINGS: Marta Osborne, 828 280 2309 or pasckie@yahoo.com

MY UPCOMING SHOWS

[1] Featured Poet in Al Black's MIND GRAVY POETRY on NOVEMBER 20, Wednesday (show starts 8 PM) at The Drip Coffee, 729 Saluda Ave., Columbia, SC 29205. Tel # (803) 661-9545. My 4^th consecutive year to read at MG.

[2] PART of the lineup, "SOUP, SONGS, SOLIDARITY: A Benefit Concert for Typhoon Victims in the Philippines." DECEMBER 5, Thursday (7:30 PM) at White Horse Black Mountain. Performers: Malcolm Holcombe, Daniel Barber, Aaron LaFalce, Pipapelli, and poets Laura Hope Gill, Caleb Beissert. White Horse Black Mountain: 105 Montreat Rd., Black Mountain NC 28711. (828) 669-0816. $18 at the door ($15 in advance), $10 for students with ID, $5 for children under 12.

[3] PART of the lineup, "SOUP, SONGS, SOLIDARITY: A Benefit Concert for Typhoon Victims in the Philippines." DECEMBER 28, Saturday (8 PM) at Fresh Brewed Coffeehouse, 933 A Broadway St., Myrtle Beach SC. 843 251 8282. 

[4] Featured Poet at Monday Night Poetry & Music on JANUARY 27, 2014, Monday (show starts at 8 PM) at East Bay Meeting House, 160 East Bay St., Charleston SC. Tel # (843) 723 3446. My 3^rd year to read there.

AWESOME poetry and music, an intimate community of words that connect like fibers to the heart and latte to the spirit! Open mics follow featured readings.

All shows, part of

Kiss The Earth

Environmental advocacy and awareness to calamity disaster relief action in my home country of the Philippines. My organization, Traveling Bonfires, helps a far-flung community in the northern province/s. Please come to the show with a little keepsake (books, canned goods, knick-knacks etc).

I hope to get my book, "Red is the Color of my Night" out before spring. But I have chapbooks and a CD, too. Meantime, I will be in Myrtle Beach from Oct 20th to 27th... This little writing saga and the road chase of the muses of plumes... Any poetry open mics in town, where I could share some of my words? And probably book a show with local singer-songwriters in the coming months? I'd like to open for musicians or be the intermission number. I can be funny, too—when I am not trying to. Or I can share my culinary magic, as well--like I can make a wok disappear, and then surface a honey glazed salmon in front of you on a sizzling plate! Ha! (But you need to produce the wine, yourself...)

Find me and both Mind Gravy and Monday Night Poetry & Music on Facebook.