Save the date: amazing reading December 4 at 7 pm.

Elephant Rock Books has lined up some fantastic authors for a reading at Pacific Standard December 4 at 7 pm. And all of them have books being released around then, so it will be super-current stuff. Their bios follow:

A writer with more than 200 publication credits, a licensed New York City sightseeing guide, and scholar with multiple degrees in the fields of writing, philosophy, medicine and law, Jacob Appel is something of a modern day renaissance man. His first novel, The Man Who Wouldn’t Stand Up, won the Dundee International Book Prize U.K. He’s won the Tobias Wolff Award, the Kurt Vonnegut Prize, the Zarkower Award for Excellence in Playwriting, and others. Appel’s articles have appeared in The New York Times, Boston Globe, and Huffington Post and elsewhere. He is currently a practicing psychiatrist at The Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City where he resides. The Biology of Luck marks his U.S. book publishing debut. Read his unabridged story at jacobmappel.com.

Jessica Stilling has been published in numerous literary journals including The Warwick Review, Conclave and Wasafiri. She has taught writing and literature at The New School, SUNY Old Westbury, The City University of New York and The Gotham Writer’s Workshop. She lives in New York City with her family. Betwixt and Between is her debut novel.




Justin Kramon is the author of the novels Finny (Random House, 2010) and The Preservationist (Pegasus, 2013). A graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he has published stories in Glimmer Train, Story Quarterly, Boulevard, Fence, TriQuarterly, Alaska Quarterly Review, and others. He has received honors from the MichenerCopernicus Society of America, Best American Short Stories, the Hawthornden International Writers' Fellowship, and the Bogliasco Foundation. His website is www.justinkramon.com.

Kamilah Aisha Moon's work has been featured in several journals and anthologies, including Harvard Review, jubilat, Oxford American and Villanelles. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Sarah Lawrence College. She currently teaches and writes in Brooklyn and is the author of She Has a Name (Four Way Books).

Beer-Themed Pub Quiz for NYC Get Real Beer Week September 22 at 8 pm.

In honor of our friends at Get Real (http://getrealpresents.com/), who are holding their Beer Week September 20-27, and in honor of the cause of and solution to all life's problems, we are doing a special pub quiz on the 22nd at 8 pm, themed around beer, breweries, and the fine men and women who have enjoyed this age-old beverage. Each of the four rounds will be beer-related, but don't worry, beer newbies--some of them will only tangentially relate to beer (beer in pop culture, etc.) At the end of the quiz, we'll have a beer tasting round, but will also have four additional questions at the end of each other round where you'll be asked to sample different hop varieties and guess which they are from a multiple-choice list. Prizes will include special bottled beers from our cellars and Pacific Standard beer cozies, as well as our usual free drinks! This event is essential for anyone who calls themselves a beer expert. If you don't make it, you might as well start drinking Heineken.

Great Weather for Media Reading September 4 at 7 pm!

Come join us as the Great Weather crew journeys back across the East River to Pacific Standard in Park Slope Brooklyn!! We've got a killer lineup to showcase our latest anthology, The Understanding between Foxes and Light!! Find us in the kick back comfortable back room with the cozy sofas!

FEATURING: Todd Anderson, John Clinton, Abby Coleman, Gabriel Don, Thomas Henry, Matthew Hupert, Guiseppe Infante, Ted Jonathan, Jean Lehrman, Rick Mullin

Hosted by Russ Green

TODD ANDERSON has been published in journals including Muzzle, The Legendary, and The Manuscript. In addition to his writing, Todd is the producer of the Poetry Observed video series. Website

JOHN CLINTON was born and raised in Brooklyn. He attended the School of Visual Arts where he studied filmmaking. John currently resides in Staten Island.

ABBY COLEMAN is a poet and artist living in Brooklyn. She is an MFA candidate in poetry at The New School and a teacher for Writopia Lab NYC—a national community of young writers ages eight to eighteen.

GABRIEL DON is undertaking her MFA in Fiction and Nonfiction at The New School, where she also works as the chapbook and reading series coordinator. Her work has appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald, Short Fast and Deadly, A Place We Know Well, The Brooklyn Rail, and The Saudade Review. She is a PEN prison mentor, part of the editorial staff at LIT, and is also the Poetry Editor of Night Mag.

THOMAS HENRY is a twenty-something South Brooklynite who is deeply affected by everything. The things in life that seem obvious to everyone are completely lost on him. He is incapable of not writing and must be stopped.

MATTHEW HUPERT has grown & shed & grown & shed & hopes the process honed him more than it ground him away. Website

GIUSEPPE INFANTE is a poet, writer, and life observer. While attending the Long Island University MFA program for Creative Writing, he co-founded Overpass Books and was winner of the 2012 Esther Hyneman Graduate Award for Poetry. Giuseppe’s first collection of poetry, ways of dying naked in mexico city, was published by Overpass Books in 2012.

TED JONATHAN is a poet and short story writer. Born and raised in the Bronx, he now lives in New Jersey. His work may be found in many magazines and anthologies including great weather for MEDIA’s It’s Animal but Merciful. Translations of his poetry have appeared in Russian magazines. Spiked Libido, his first collection, was published by Neukeia Press. Ted’s most recent full-length collection of poems and short stories is Bones & Jokes (NYQ Books, 2009).

JEAN LEHRMAN is the author of the poetry chapbook If You Come Back I Won’t Have AIDS and the full-length collection Lazarus (Rogue Scholars Press, 2007). She grew up in New York City, likes dogs, cats, ferrets, and eats meat. She doesn’t like fire engines or the Patriot Act.

In addition to writing poetry, RICK MULLIN is also a painter. His epic poem Soutine, on the life of the artist Chaïm Soutine, was published in 2012 by Dos Madres Press. Rick is also the author ofthe book-length poem Huncke (Seven Towers Press, Dublin, 2010) and the chapbooks Aquinas Flinched (Modern Metrics/EXOT Books, 2008) and The Stones Jones Canzones (Finishing Line Press, 2013). His first full-length collection, Coelacanth, is forthcoming from Dos Madres Press.

Fantastic comedy event tomorrow.

Come by for free comedy tomorrow night at 7:30! Here's the information straight from the horse's mouth:

The show is summer themed--we'll be giving tips on how to have a great summer! We'll have a sunscreen demonstration, vacation tips, a recipe for a quick and easy summer salad, and a hot dog eating contest. Performers:

Subha Agarwal (performed with Wyatt Cenac at Night Train)
Clay Grable, Matt Stofsky, & Mitchell Friedman (MTVu)
Matt Kelly (Caroline's, Opened for Rory Scovel, Buzzfeed)
Luke Burns (McSweeney's)

Great Anchor event July 18.

On Thursday, July 18 Pacific Standard will host Anchor Brewing, featuring their brand-new California Lager, as well as their Liberty, Summer, and Porter. All four beers will be $1 off all evening. Brewery reps will be on hand to talk with customers, and there will be giveaways of Anchor merchandise. Finally, we'll feature a rare treat that's for the beer and spirit lover alike: Anchor's Hophead Hop Vodka. It'll be available for sampling on its own, as well as in beery mixed drinks.

Come see a pilot screening on Sunday!

From the excellent individuals who have created LoveFail.com, a new web series, the pilot episode of which was filmed at our bar, and will be advance-screened at our bar on Sunday at 2 pm:

We're kicking off our Kickstarter campaign with an advance screening of our pilot!

Please come join some of the cast and crew for the PILOT SCREENING of LoveFail.com -- an original scripted web series about the daunting, humorous, and awkward world of online dating. We'll be screening at Pacific Standard -- the bar location featured in the series. Very meta.

There will be light snacks and plenty of beer to purchase (good selection, lots of IPAs), which if you've ever been on an online date, is plenty useful!

The pilot episode is 6 minutes of raw talent featuring: LAURA GREY, BRIAN CICHOCKI, CLEM McINTOSH, and JADE LANE.

Shot by the masterful ERIC PHILLIPS-HORST of Meerkat Media Collective; edited by the spectacular MICHELLE BOTTICELLI; co-produced by the talented STEVEN PHILLIPS-HORST; and written, directed and produced by JULIA PRICE BARON.

Please come support our hard work with some afternoon drinks and help us spread the word to raise the funds we need in order to complete the remaining 7 episodes of the season. We'll be launching our Kickstarter campaign that evening so the more noise we can make, the better!

Hope to see you and yours there.

Julia and Team LoveFail.com
www.LoveFailSeries.com

Good Beer Craft Passports at Pacific Standard.

Get Real Presents has teamed up with the New York State Brewers Association to present "The Good Beer Craft Passport," which will act as a fundraiser for the organization as well as for Hurricane Sandy relief in NYC.

Craft beer fans will have an opportunity to buy a passport from Get Real Presents that offers the choice of one full pour draft beer from a New York brewery at any of the participating bars and restaurants, or one flight of four four-ounce draft tastes. Passports, which are $30 per person, will go on sale on June 16 at:

http://craftpassport.eventbrite.com/

and be on sale until July 31, and will be redeemable July 1 through September 2. Starting July 1, you'll be able to pick up your passport at the official location in your borough. Pacific Standard has been named the official location for pick-up/redemption of passports in Brooklyn.

We'll also be having a kick-off event on July 1, where all New York state beers will go for $4 all night. So even after you get your free beer from your passport, you and your friends can have a few more at a great price.