Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Crowd Pics @ The Inspired Word - March 26, 2010
Seraph (Howard) Treadwell (l), Daysi Vasquez (r)
Jared Singer (l), Start Boogie (r)
Nicole S. Ross
Elmira Bayrasli (l), Don Lafferty (r)
Bonafide Rojas
Christopher "CJ the DJ" Guiang
From left to right: Rich Villar, Mike Geffner, John Murillo
Laura J. Smith
Marvin Mendlinger (l), John Murillo (r)
Even More Pics @ The Inspired Word - March 26, 2010
From left to right: Willie Perdomo, Mike Geffner, Rachel McKibbens
Jon Sands (l), Adam Falkner (r)
Rachel McKibbens (l), John Murillo (r)
Alison Fischer (l), Marron Cox (r)
Marron Cox (l), Mike Geffner (r)
Photos By: Peter Woloszyn
Monday, March 29, 2010
More Pics @ The Inspired Word - March 26, 2010
Diana Arnold
Adam Falkner
Erik "Advocate of Wordz" Maldonado
Willie Perdomo (l), Mike Geffner (r)
Rich Villar
Jon Sands (l), Adam Falkner (r)
Joyce Lee
Adam Falkner
Photos By: Peter Woloszyn
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Pics @ The Inspired Word - March 26, 2010
Rachel McKibbens
Adam Falkner
Joyce Lee
John Murillo
Diana Arnold
Rachel McKibbens
Joyce Lee
Adam Falkner (l), Mike Geffner (r)
Photos By: Peter Woloszyn
The Inspired Word - April 9! Hidary, Burrows, Gilbert, Doku, Plunkett!
The Inspired Word
Date: Friday, April 9, 2010
Time: 7-10pm
Location: (Le) Poisson Rouge
http://lepoissonrouge.com/
158 Bleecker Street (between Sullivan and Thompson)
New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 505-FISH (3474)
Cover Charge: $10
Please join us for an awesome night of passionate words.
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MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO ENTER. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO BRING ID.
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Internationally acclaimed poet, Ainsley Burrows has performed at festivals, cafés and institutions across Europe, America, Canada and the Caribbean, receiving numerous awards. These include Best International Performer of 2001 and 2002 from the Farrago Poetry Café in London, Munich’s International Poetry Slam Championship award in 2001.
Born in Chicago, Illinois to Ghanaian immigrants, Akua Doku is a working poet whose poetry has been published and performed throughout the United States. Akua was a member of the 2005 and 2006 Urbana Slam Poetry Team and a member of the Nuyorican Poets’ Café Slam Poetry in 2008 and earned the title of the first female slam champion at the 2005 Austin International Poetry Festival.
Up and coming actress/poet Sabrina Gilbert has performed at college conferences, venues and theaters along the east coast and in the Midwest. She continues to push the envelope in her work as she allows her writing to constantly evolve and defy the laws of gravity. In 2008 she became the Grand Slam Champion of Slam Richmond’s 2008 team, making her the first woman to do so! She also helped start Lyric Ave in 2003, which today is the largest poetry show on the east coast (consistently serving an audience of over 800 people). Her debut album "Come Get Me" took her colleagues by storm with it’s electrifying tracks and powerful messages! The album (executive produced by Ainsley Burrwos) has earned rave reviews from several internet radio shows, magazines and has not only touched fans in the U.S. but also those living in Toronto, Paris, London and Germany. Please visit http://www.burrowsink.com/
Vanessa Hidary, AKA The Hebrew Mamita, is a native New Yorker who seems to write a lot about Jews, men, race, and juicy thighs. She has aired three times on HBO’S Def Poetry Jam, was a finalist at Nuyorican Poets Café , and her solo show “Culture Bandit”, which has toured nationally, has been produced by LAByrinth theatre company, Roar @ Nuyorican Poets café, and the Hip Hop theatre festival, among others. She was featured in the award winning short film “The Tribe”, which appeared in numerous festivals such as Sundance and Tribeca Film. She is the director of the show “Monologues”: An evening of solo performances exploring Jewish Identity inspired by a 10-day trip through Israel . She received her MFA in acting from Trinity Rep Conservatory, and is currently working on a book that may be called "the Chronicles of The Hebrew Mamita.”
Meghann Plunkett is a recent Sarah Lawrence graduate, currently working as an assistant at Fourth Story Media, her poetry has been published in several literary magazines including Southword Press and The Shop Magazine. She will be the staff's poet-in-residence at Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York this summer and teaching writing workshops that infuse improv, visual art and impossible thought. While she has somewhat adjusted to the real world, she assures you, she is not a real person.
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Sherri Eldin
MC/Host
Justin Woo
DJ/Sound Genius
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Inspired Word Pics: Bonafide Rojas, Megan Rickman, & Jason Reynolds
Bonafide Rojas
Megan Rickman
Photos By: William Fuentes
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Monday, March 22, 2010
Amanda Mathews & Her Amazing Artwork
Amanda Mathews:
I am lucky enough to have a lot of amazing family & friends who have taken the time to cultivate my interests in art, literature, writing, dance and music over the years. Who have taught me to believe that freedom of expression is everyone’s right, that no elitists can downplay that expression or should be allowed to take it away. I believe that what makes great art is not the technique, the light and shadow or the ability to make a painting look like a photo; it’s the emotion behind the art. If it’s present and palpable, then you’ve created something beautiful.
My own work is influenced by some well known artists like Fernand Leger’s bright colors & rounded shapes, Pablo Picasso’s pure expression of a single moment, Henri Rousseau’s dream like beauty, Faith Ringgold’s folkloric facts, and Jacob Lawrence’s ability to tell a whole story in a single piece.
My work is also inspired & influenced by the group of artists and friends I surround myself with daily. I believe it’s important to cultivate a group of people who will not only support your efforts to grow and learn as an artist & writer, but also to have a free exchange of art and ideas to inspire one another with. So the reaching depth of Nick Rosal, the color and life in Phoenix Smith, the ingeniousness of Shae Sveniker, the curvaceous sexiness of Tony Melendez’s pieces. In regards to writing, the pained beauty of John Survivor Blake, the strength & sexiness of Mahogany Browne, the passion of Christopher Shawn Barker, the boy next door genius of Dain Michael Down, the sharp yet soft words of Molly Kat, and joy and intelligence of Leesah Velasquez (Sick Prose).
I paint watercolor on paper, draw, sculpt and write poetry. My creation process just involves making the time to listen to myself, to write and paint the emotion inside of me. Sometimes I am inspired by the amazing poets at the Nuyorican, sometimes it’s just a phrase or thought passed by on a bus stop advertisement. I believe the important part is just to be open to anything creative, to let it happen, to not be afraid of imperfection, and to consider artistic failures part of the process toward growth. I embrace them; use them as a stepping stone towards better work. You do not need to be Renoir the first day; you only need to be you - working towards being an even greater version of you, and the rest will come.
Amanda's work can be found along the sidebar of this blog and you can join Amanda's Facebook fan page here.
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