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Sid Yiddish aka Charles Bernstein is an international industrial poet-actor-throat singing-tap-dancing furby spy, made up of refrigerated leftovers.

He has performed throughout the United States with and without his five furbies & has widely published in; Tomorrow , Oyez Review , Flipside , Bad Newz , Si Senor, Magnetic Poetry Book of Poetry , and Scars Publications Poetry Calendar 2005 , Poetry SuperHighway.com , Muse-Apprentice-Guild.com, Poem800.com & others. From 1986 to 1991, he published the poetry fanzine, Cops Hate Poetry . Currently he's producing his fourth spoken word/music CD, set for release in fall, 2008 and working diligently as the Chicago coordinator for the Bathroom Poetry Installation Project. In his spare time, he roots out sounds on his 3 Shofars (ram's horns), bugle and trumpet, to be in harmony with crows and furbies worldwide. He resides in Evanston, Illinois.

*Performance Artist Statement: I see my performance art as a plethora of everything all rolled into a bite-size caramel, which transcends the taste into a visionary passion that incorporates almost everything non-descript and subjective in its path. I believe that performance art is a creative tool that can help those who often dismiss the mundane and ordinary and help build disbelief into something that they can understand. My primary ambition as a performance artist is to embrace and help people connect with their hidden, shy side and let it all hang out with a bit of shine and sparkle in all its glory and to also help them cross bridges, even when it looks frightening and unevenly balanced. These are the goals of my art. My personal motto is: expect the unexpected, only then will we discover the intimate joys, pleasures and delights in the mere smallest of ideas.

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web: RobertKleinEngler.com

Interview: http://adirondackreview.homestead.com/interviewengler.html


Robert Klein Engler lives in Chicago. He is a writer and artist whose work is sometimes characterized as politically incorrect. Born on the southwest side of Chicago, he holds degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana and the University of Chicago Divinity School. He has received 2 Illinois Arts Council awards for his poetry. Just google his name to find his writing on the Internet.

Cathleen Schandelmeier-Bartels is best known as the host of the Beach Poets a poetry series which has been running since 1990. She also was a host of Chicago's first-ever televised poetry talk show titled "Venue." Puddin'head Books published her book of poetry titled "Chicago Phoenix" in 2005 on the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire, her other books of poetry include: "Tattoo Screams of Love", "Scream and I'll Believe You", and "Suck on My Toes and I'll Follow You Anywhere". She has performed one woman shows at Cafe Voltaire and Mary Arrchie as well as other theaters.

Poet, artist, actress, puppeteer, and mother, Cathleen has written numerous children's plays, which focus on such contemporary themes as stopping child abuse. These plays have been performed on such stages as Organic Theater and The Chicago Cultural Center. Among her many awards, Cathleen has been named one of the 100 Women Making a Difference by Today's Chicago Woman Foundation, she won a Certificate of Leadership in Racial Justice from the YWCA, was awarded the title "Outstanding Leader in Peace" from the Peace Museum, and was an Adade Wheeler Award Nominee for Significant Contributions to Women's History.

She's been an inspiration to The Chicago Poetry Scene for many, many years, and continues tirelessly to promote poetry and the well being of Chicago's poets. She is the proud mother of three amazing children, and is married to musician Peter C. Bartels.
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Michael H. Brownstein, a Chicago poet who teaches science to upper grade students in Chicago's inner city. He has been published in a number of presses and has five poetry chapbooks including his most recent chapbook, A PERIOD OF TREES, published by Snark Publications in 2005.

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