Mike Cockrill
Mike Cockrill: has been making conceptually engaged, socially challenging work since his first exhibitions in Brooklyn and the East Village in the early 1980s. He grew up in the suburbs of Washington, DC in the Cold War era. He has a particular affinity for the pop–culture images of postwar America and their darker subtexts. Classically trained at PAFA, he employs a deep understanding of visual idioms that he deftly twists. His art is ever evolving: often playing the unnerving against the sublime. He lives and works in Brooklyn.
Linda Baker–Cimini
Linda Baker–Cimini: is a self–taught artist who lives on the border of Vermont and Massachusetts with her partner, Peter Elyakim Taussig. Her work is exhibited locally and held in private collections worldwide.
Open poetry readings Nov 6!
Starting next Monday, November 6, The Café Review is back doing once-a-month open poetry readings every first Monday of the month in the Portland, Maine Old Port at Henrys (https://www.henrysoldport.com/). Join us this Monday 7pm for live poetry and music.
Fun fact: our name, The Café Review, comes from our humble beginnings doing open poetry readings at the Café No. The original printed publication was made monthly and contained the poems read at the previous monthly open readings.
Craig Sipe
Craig Sipe: is the author of the poetry collection Lovely Dregs. His recent work has appeared in journals including Iconoclast, Spank the Carp, Last Leaves, and Hole in the Head Review. He is a poetry editor, and audio editor for the quarterly art and poetry journal The Café Review. On Wednesdays, he is the “chef” at the soup kitchen in Brunswick, Maine.