The Bowtie Café is holding a special series of events this year involving poetry

readings of the more famous poet(s). Such poets include: Edgar Allen Poe, Emily

Dickinson, Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, and many more!

Each month, we will have the main act recite poems by a specific poet. (See the

monthly schedule at the bottom.) And that isn’t even the best part- you too can

do the readings of your favorite poets! Just come up to the stage and write down

your name and poem. After the main act, it’s all yours! Speaking of which, you

may be wondering who will be doing the readings this month, along with their

interpretations of the piece’s meaning/purpose.

Well, we have the honor of having our main acts this March read by none other

than Morgan Freeman, James Earl Jones, Christopher Walken, Seth McFarlane,

and Bill Nye the Science Guy. Looking for a place to eat between the hours of

4pm and 12am, from Monday to Sunday? Come to the Bowtie Café! We have

a variety of food ranging from beer, burgers, brats, fries, and nachos to mutton.

We even have a special, month-long St. Patrick’s Day theme to the décor. (Not to

mention the Irish beer for this month only!)

One may ask, “How much would an event with such famous actors cost?” Well,

there is no reason to fear, because it will only cost you $10. That’s right, just ten

bucks. All profits from this event will go to the Cincinnati Child Cancer Research

Fund this month. What more could you possibly want you may ask? How about

a poetry contest after three public poem recitals once a month? Write your own

poetry and recite it! If you are the winner, you will win $5,000.

Stay after the show and we will have some of the world’s best editors and

English Literary Analysts critique your work! Are you ready to write some iambic

pentameter? We bet you are! They may even publish it. Wouldn’t it be grand to

have something published in Time magazine or Reader’s Digest? So, come down

to Mt. Airy and join in on this fantastic opportunity.

1101 Saint Gregory Street, Cincinnati, OH, 45202

This Month At The Café

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Edgar Allen Poe was born January 19, 1809, and died on October 7, 1849. Poe

was a gothic writer, considered to have been a part of the American Romantic

Movement. He is also considered the inventor of the fictitious detective genre, a

key role in cosmology, and a further inspiration for cryptology. Poe was born in

Boston, Massachusetts and was soon orphaned after his mother died. His father

abandoned the family prior to this. Afterwards, Poe was taken in by John and

Frances Allan in Richmond, Virginia, who gave Edgar his middle name. During his

childhood, Poe attended a variety of institutions like a grammar school in Irvine

and a boarding school in Chelsea.

Poe eventually went to the University of Virginia, but left due to a lack of money.

With trouble at home, and his childhood love married, he pursued a career in the

military while he wrote his poems. During this time he published his first book of

work, with only 50 copies and almost no notice. Poe worked to be discharged

in order to gain access to the West Point Military Academy. He eventually

succeeded in getting discharged after his brief visit with his aunt in Baltimore.

During the time as a cadet at West Point, after his adoptive father John

remarried when his adoptive mother had died, a feud broke out. Poe was

eventually disowned.After this, he got himself court-martialed, moved to New

York, and published a book titled, Poems, that contained works like “To Helen”,

“Tamerlane”, “Al Aaraaf”, and others, with help from cadets at West Point.

However, he returned to Baltimore when he found out his brother had died. It

was at this time that Poe became one of the first people to try to live off of writing

poetry alone. Unfortunately, this endeavor proved fruitless, being the time of a

financial crisis in America, and he resorted to asking for financial assistance.

He eventually received notice after attaining an award from the Baltimore

Saturday Visitor, and a man named John P. Kennedy helped place his stories and

got him a temporary job as assistant editor in Richmond. He was fired for being

drunk, and went to Baltimore to marry his cousin Virginia Clemm. He returned

to his job after promising he would not get drunk on the job again. After gaining

experience, he moved on to a variety of other magazines and became known

for his editing, literary reviewing, and critiquing styles. He wrote, “The Raven”,

which gave him a great name for himself in 1845, but was only paid nine dollars

for it. Two years later, his wife died of the consumption. He also had a brief jab at

politics, with no success. His death was a case of mystery, and his poetry was

not famous nor appreciated until much later.

Our establishment resides off of St. Gregory Street, near the intersection of

St. Gregory and Pavillion Street. There is plenty of street and garage parking

nearby, so do not fret! We are accessible via State Route 42, 22, and 50

(Columbia Parkway). There are also a couple of alternate routes that are also

accessible. If you are using a GPS to get here, our address is as follows:

1101 Saint Gregory Street, Cincinnati, OH 45202

The Bow Tie Café is located in Mount Adams, in Cincinnati, Ohio. We were

founded by Dhani Makalani Jones in 2010, a former linebacker for the Cincinnati

Bengals. We sell everything from coffee to sandwhiches to wine and beer with

a modern flare and lively atmosphere. We are coffee fanatics, and anyone who

can appreciate our Intelligentsia or Tanzania Peaberry will love it. We often have

seasonal and new coffee flavors come in for your enjoyment. We also have a

terrific bakery that sells a wide variety of sweets. You can enjoy them near the

stage, at the bar, or on the patio when it’s nice and warm. We are built to house all

who enter with singe, mulitple, and couple’s seating areas.

We are built for all seasons, so don’t be afraid to come buy and eat or drink

regardless of the time of year. We have a superior heating and cooling system to

accomodate your needs. We have large tables with plenty of outlets for people

who need to do work in a comfortable, friendly environment as well. In our comfy

establishment, we also have free, safe Wi-Fi to cater to your needs. Lastly, our

café donates some of our profits to a number of charities each month. This year

we are doing something a little different than the occasional open-mic night. We

are having nightly poetry readings with monthly changes, as you may have read.

So, come by for a drink and a bite! Enjoy our family-friendly, cozy atmosphere

and some poetry readings.

Weekly/Nightly Schedule

Monday–Friday

4pm–7pm: Main Act

7pm–9pm: Public Poem Recitals 9pm–

11pm: Second Round of the Main Act

11pm–12am: Meet the Main Act/Autographs

12am–1am: The café will stay open, to

provide a safe place, for any stragglers to find

a cab or to wrap up any special events.

Monthly Poet Schedule

February: Poe, Shakespeare, and Frost.

March: Dickinson, Hughes, and Whitman.

April: Cummings, Caroll, Blake, and Frost.

May: Poe, Brooks, Shakespeare, and Wilde.

June: Poe and Frost.

July: Cummings, Dickinson, and Whitman.

August–September: Poe, Frost, and Caroll.

October–November: Visitor’s Choice.

December–January: Poe, Frost, Brooks,

Anderson, Blake, Wilde, and Austin.

About Poe

About The Bow Tie Café

Event Schedule

Where We Are

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April

Next month, we will have an April Fool’s day theme to our

décor and center our main acts’ poems around works

that personify a joking manner.

May

The next month? We will host springtime related poems

to lighten the spirits after the snow is finally gone!