NCAA Tournament Challenge update.

Here are the standings for our bar's NCAA tournament challenge, after this weekend's games:

John R 2: 242
Aaron: 227
Sean: 215
John R 1: 213
Mike C: 212
Ray: 175
Malcolm: 166
Jon Stan: 142
Glynn S: 140
Mike H: 115
Evan S: 91

For those interested, this all means that John R has clinched #1 in the bar challenge, and that Aaron has clinched #2. But bragging rights further down are up for grabs.

And, again, this is separate from our ESPN group. To get those standings, check espn.com.

Brand-new beer on tap!

For ages, there has been a great Midwestern brewery that hasn't been seen in New York City. Until now. It's rolling in, Cloverfield style. To wit:

Founder's Centennial IPA (Grand Rapids, MI; $6/16 oz). Get ready to bask in the glory of this ale's floral bouquet. Taste-wise, relish the citrus accents from the abundance of dry-hopping. Malty undertones shake hands with the hop character for a finish that isn't too bitter. 7.2% ABV.

Chin Music Thursday at 7 pm.

Please join us for our upcoming Chin Music reading featuring three fine poets: Matthew Rohrer, Geoffrey Nutter, and Graeme Bezanson.

Other poets to be featured this season include L.S. Asekoff, Aaron Baker, David Baker, Joshua Bell, Elaine Bleakney, Ishion Hutchinson, Major Jackson, Valzhyna Mort, and Page Starzinger. Series curated by Colin Cheney.

FEATURED POETS

Matthew Rohrer is the author of A PLATE OF CHICKEN (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2009), RISE UP (Wave Books, 2007) and A GREEN LIGHT (Verse Press, 2004), which was shortlisted for the 2005 Griffin Poetry Prize. He is also the author of SATELLITE (Verse Press, 2001), and co-author, with Joshua Beckman, of NICE HAT. THANKS. (Verse Press, 2002), and the audio CD, ADVENTURES WHILE PREACHING THE GOSPEL OF BEAUTY. He has appeared on NPR's "All Things Considered" and "The Next Big Thing." His first book, A HUMMOCK IN THE MALOOKAS was selected for the National Poetry Series by Mary Oliver in 1994. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and teaches in the Creative Writing Program at NYU.

Geoffrey Nutter's most recent collection of poetry is CHRISTOPHER SUNSET, published this year by Wave Books. He is the author of two previous books of poems, WATER'S LEAVES & OTHER POEMS and SUMMER EVENING. His poems have appeared in journals and anthologies such as Carnet de Route, Verse, Denver Quarterly, Chicago Review, Fence, Xantippe, Best American Poetry 1997, and Iowa Anthology of New American Poetry. He is the recipient of an Academy of American Poets prize.

Graeme Bezanson is a founding editor of coldfrontmag.com, an online journal of essays and poetry reviews. His poems have recently appeared in, or are forthcoming from, Washington Square, The Laurel Review, EOAGH, and The Agriculture Reader. He lives and works in Manhattan.

NCAA Tournament Challenge update.

Here are the standings for our bar's NCAA tournament challenge, after today's games:

Aaron: 227
John R 2: 222
John R 1: 213
Sean: 207
Mike C: 192
Ray: 167
Malcolm: 166
Jon Stan: 142
Glynn S: 132
Mike H: 115
Evan S: 91

And, again, this is separate from our ESPN group. To get those standings, check espn.com.

Mimsy storytelling here April 19 at 8 pm. More details later.

mimsy's first show!

theme: "my first time"

performers TBA!

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mimsy is a storytelling show in brooklyn.

each show is centered around a theme, with storytellers free to explore organic facets of that theme. the show is live and stories are presented without notes. all stories for mimsy are culled from autobiographical experience.

NCAA Tournament Challenge update.

Here are the standings for our bar's NCAA tournament challenge, after the first weekend:

Aaron: 200
John R 2: 198
John R 1: 195
Sean: 192
Malcolm: 151
Mike C: 150
Ray: 149
Jon Stan: 127
Glynn S: 120
Mike H: 115
Evan S: 91

And, again, this is separate from our ESPN group. To get those standings, check espn.com.

Reminder: Team Fox Movie Night on March 28.

We'll have happy hour from 2-4 pm for those watching the movie in back. And don't worry--we'll still have any NCAA Tournament action in the front.

NCAA Tournament Challenge update.

Here are the standings for our bar's NCAA tournament challenge, after Day 3:

Aaron: 158
John R 1: 157
John R 2: 150
Ray: 141
Sean: 136
Malcolm: 131
Mike C: 128
Glynn S: 112
Jon Stan: 111
Mike H: 91
Evan S: 85

And, again, this is separate from our ESPN group. To get those standings, check espn.com.

NCAA Tournament Challenge update.

Here are the standings for our bar's NCAA tournament challenge, after Day 2:

Sean: 120
Malcolm: 119
Ray: 119
John R 1: 115
Mike C: 112
John R 2: 110
Jon Stan: 105
Aaron: 104
Glynn S: 100
Mike H: 91
Evan S: 81

And, again, this is separate from our ESPN group. To get those standings, check espn.com.

Cal playing on Sunday

against Duke, at 5:15 pm or so. Any self-respecting Cal fan should be here. Go Bears!

Standings after round 1 of our challenge.

Here are the standings for our bar's NCAA tournament challenge, after Day 1:

Malcolm: 69
Mike C: 58
John R 1: 54
Ray: 52
Mike H: 49
Glynn S: 49
Jon Stan: 48
John R 2: 45
Evan S: 40
Sean: 39

And, again, this is separate from our ESPN group. To get those standings, check espn.com.

Pacific Standard group on ESPN's Tournament Challenge.

If you're doing the ESPN Tournament Challenge contest thingy, join Pacific Standard's group, in addition to any others you may be members of. We shall vie for ultimate Pacific Standard bragging rights. Plus we'll probably give you a free beer or two if you win. Go here to sign up:

http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/frontpage

Our group name is Pacific Standard, and the password is "gobears". Oh, and to avoid any confusion, this has nothing to do with the bar's own tournament pool, which you should definitely ask your bartender about.

The NCAA Tournament!

We'll be opening early, at noon, on Thursday to show all the NCAA Tournament games possible. (We always open at noon Friday-Sunday.) We have the package, and can show two different games at a time on our two glorious and large projection screens. It'll be first-come, first-served, as usual--just ask your bartender if there's a game you're interested in.

In related news, we'll be doing a Pacific Standard bracket challenge. If you want to be involved and possibly gain glorious rewards, ask your bartender for details.

Cal will play Louisville around 10 pm on Friday night, following the conclusion of the Duke game. If we win, we'll likely face Duke on Sunday. Keep checking our blog/Facebook/Twitter feeds for updates. Go Bears!

St. Patrick's Day

will be the usual mellow, non-vomity affair here at Pacific Standard, if you're interested in getting away from the crowds and craziness and just drinking some good beer. We do have one special: Sly Fox's Seamus Irish Red Ale, in honor of the Irish, will be $4 all night. Come, hide with us.

We're getting written up everywhere.

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Chin Music on March 25.

Chin Music
The Poetry Reading Series at Pacific Standard Bar
Featuring Henri Cole, Elizabeth Arnold, and Alison Moncrief

Thursday, 25 March 2010 @ 7:00 PM

Please join us in two weeks for our upcoming Chin Music reading featuring three fine poets: Henri Cole, Elizabeth Arnold, and Alison Moncrief.

Other poets to be featured this season include L.S. Asekoff, Aaron Baker, David Baker, Joshua Bell, Elaine Bleakney, Cynthia Cruz, Ishion Hutchinson, Major Jackson, Valzhyna Mort, Geoffrey Nutter, Matthew Rohrer, and Page Starzinger. Series curated by Colin Cheney.

FEATURED POETS

Henri Cole's most recent collection of poetry, PIERCE THE SKIN, was published this year by Farrar Straus and Giroux. The recipient of many awards, he is the author six other collections of poetry, including BLACKBIRD AND WOLF (FSG, 2007), and MIDDLE EARTH (FSG, 2003) which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Born in Fukuoka, Japan, and raised in Virginia, he currently lives in Boston and teaches at Ohio State University in Columbus.

Elizabeth Arnold's new volume of poetry, EFFACEMENT, was released by Flood Editions in 2010. She was recently awarded the Amy Lowell Poetry Traveling Fellowship. She has published two previous books of poems, THE REEF (University of Chicago Press, 1999) and CIVILIZATION (Flood Editions, 2006). She teaches in the MFA program at the University of Maryland.

Alison D. Moncrief lives and writes in Burlington, Vermont. Her poems have appeared in The Denver Quarterly and The Paris Review.

New A's specials.

As we've said, we'll be showing all the A's games in 2010, plus any other baseball games you come in and ask for, the fact that we have only two screens (but glorious and large screens) permitting. Opening Day for the A's will be April 5. Come in, mention that you're here to watch the A's game--it's at 10 pm--and get happy hour ($1 off all drinks) all night. You can also take advantage of our newly introduced special: $3 Sierra Nevada pints during the first A's game, and any Wednesday games to follow. To wit:

--For all Wednesday A's games we'll be discounting Sierra Nevada by $2 if you mention that you're here for the game. It ain't Dollar Wednesdays, but we do our best. $3 beer in NYC is a Coliseum-style deal, we think.
--If you come in on any A's game day and mention you're here for an A's game, we'll discount any beer you drink by $1. Because we like you.

And a few more

Some nice pictures of pub quiz

that our friend Mike H. took: