BeatStreet Cleveland is a poetry and music event in conjunction with the 2015 National Beat Poetry Festival. Featured guests include Ingrid Swanberg, Alex Gildzen, Sean Thomas Dougherty, Theresa Gottl Brightman, Steven Smith and John Burroughs, with the Cincinnati indie/punk/rock band Mad Anthony. With an emphasis on Cleveland poet d. a. levy's historical and cultural importance and influence, but with a major shout-out to the vibrant poetry scene splashing across northeast Ohio and other states coast-to-coast, the poets joining us in this event represent the avant-garde, the unconventional, the gloriously original individuals who have been influenced by the Beats, and who continue to enrich, inspire, and invigorate our lives and the crafts of the spoken and sung word.