Sunday, October 31, 2010

HBO Def Poetry Star Lemon Andersen @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word - Sept...



HBO Def Poetry Star Lemon Andersen @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010
One and One Bar/Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City.

One of the best spoken word storytellers you'll see. Lemon is an original cast member of Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam on Broadway. Lemon's film acting credits include The Soloist, starring Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx, as well as Spike Lee's Miracle At St. Anna, Sucker Free City, She Hate Me, and he appeared opposite Denzel Washington in Inside Man. He is currently touring County of Kings the show which was produced by Spike Lee and the Culture Project at the Public Theater. His poetry has been featured on everything from radio spots, to print ads, to the limited edition Absolut Brooklyn bottle and most recently on a viral spot directed by Rik Cordero.

The Inspired Word is New York City's hottest new poetry/spoken word series that happens every Thursday night in downtown Manhattan, produced by longtime writer/journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner and hosted by Erik "Advocate of Wordz" Maldonado.

For more info on Lemon, please visit http://www.lemonshood.com/


Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Music: La Bruja, "Keep it Movin' Like," http://www.labrujamusic.com/



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Three GoD/Desses @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word



The Three GoD/Desses (featuring MilDred "Dred" Gerestant, Tantra-zawadi and Sokhna Heathyre Mabin) @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010
One and One Bar/Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City

Beautiful, spiritual reflections on female power and The Goddess. A ritual annointing with honey, milk, rose, flowing from head to ankle.

The Inspired Word is New York City's hottest new poetry/spoken word series that happens every Thursday night in downtown Manhattan, produced by longtime writer/journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner and hosted by Erik "Advocate of Wordz" Maldonado.

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

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Christopher Johnson & Judith Sloan Headline The Inspired Word - Thursday, Nov. 4!



Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event featuring nationally-acclaimed Rhode Island poet/spoken word artist Christopher Johnson and the dynamic actress/writer/activist/co-founder of EarSay Judith Sloan.

In addition, there will be a 12-slot open mic (open not only to poets and spoken word artists but fiction/nonfiction writers, comedians, monologists, singers, and musicians).

What: Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event

When: Thursday, Nov. 4, 2010

Where: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
http://www.oneandoneny.com/
Phone: (212) 598-9126

Time: 7:00pm

Cover Charge: $10

Must be 21 years of age or older. Please make sure to bring ID.

*****

Bios:

Christopher Johnson is a nationally-acclaimed spoken word artist from Providence, Rhode Island, as well as a longtime teacher in the art of Spoken Word. It has been said of Johnson that he “accurately captures the heart rending portrayal of urban life...in all of its ugly glory, with a sense of a hope for a better future.” Since winning the national spoken word competition “Famecast.com,” His work is now focused on the betterment of the quality of life of all those he comes in contact with.



Actress/writer/radio producer/human rights activist/educator Judith Sloan is Co-Founder of EarSay, Inc, an artist-driven non-profit arts organization dedicated to uncovering and portraying stories of the uncelebrated. EarSay projects bridge the divide between documentary and expressive forms in books, exhibitions, on stage, in sound & electronic media. Committed to fostering understanding across cultures, generations, gender and class, through artistic productions and education. EarSay's Crossing the BLVD (co-created with Warren Lehrer) is a multimedia project about new immigrants and refugees won the Brendan Gill Prize among others. Sloan's solo performances have won multiple awards. Her work has been featured on National Public Radio, in the New York Times, Washington Post and has received support from the Ford Foundation, The National Endowment for the Humanities, and arts in-education awards from various foundations and schools. http:www.earsay.org




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Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Brian Dykstra, angela kaRIOTis, Jennifer Blowdryer Headline The Inspired Word Oct. 28!



Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event featuring the dazzling lineup of Jennifer Blowdryer, Brian Dykstra, and angela kaRIOTis. PLUS - a 12-slot open mic (open not only to poets and spoken word artists but fiction/nonfiction writers, comedians, monologists, singers, and musicians).

When: Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010

Where: One and One Bar and Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
http://www.oneandoneny.com/Phone: (212) 598-9126

Time: 7:30pm

Cover Charge: $10

Must be 21 years of age or older. Please make sure to bring ID.

*****

Bios:

Jennifer Blowdryer got her dumb name from a punk band she sang for as a kid, The Blowdryers, in San Francisco, y'all. She has a few books out that are available at wildly varying prices on Amazon, ABE, and Alibris, and is currently working on a documentary, The 86ed Project, and a book called The Bitches Guide to the Lower East Side. blog.jenniferblowdryer.com



Brian Dykstra is a poet, playwright, and actor. He is probably the only person to have appeared on an episode of Chappelle's Show and HBO Def Poetry in the same season. Currently he's gearing up for S.W.A.P. '10 with the S.W.A.P. Poets for their December dates at The Tank, and his one-man Xmas show for adults, called HO! at 79th street Theatre Lab - Now called The Drilling Company Theatre. Those two shows are going up at about the same time, so if he has to be at two places at once, he'll burn that bridge just before crossing it. He's writing a play about the failure of Education in this country and how artistic expression in students is suppressed called "Education" while also writing a hip hop play about how easy it is to sell out called "The Tyranny of Clarity." He's just back from playing Ellyot Chase in Private Lives.



A lithe and vital writer-performer, angela kaRIOTis possesses the raw energy to light up a small city. But it’s her sly and engaging use of language that makes her work memorable in dynamic performances that are serious and seriously funny. Her first solo show, REMINISCENCE OF THE GHETTO & OTHER THINGS THAT RAIZED ME was described as “Inspiring, enlightening, funny, heart-breaking and boundry-breaking” by NYTheatre.com. Angela has brought her unique performance style across America to venues such as The University of California- Los Angeles (UCLA-Live), Contact Theater in Manchester, UK, Legion Arts in Iowa and the Hip Hop Theater Festival. Winning a National Performance Network Creation Fund Award, she created her newest solo show, STRETCH MARKS: remix a fetal heartbeat and bust an amniotic flow. STRETCH MARKS is playing in New York City in November 2010. For artist info and video visit http://www.angelakariotis.com/



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Monday, October 25, 2010

The New Logo!



Thanks to our designer, Nelson Salis!

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Video - Willie Perdomo @ The Inspired Word/Part 2





Legendary spoken word poet Willie Perdomo @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010
One and One Bar and Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City

For more info on Willie, please visit http://willieperdomo.com/

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Music: James "SoSoon" Gantt, "The Underclass," http://www.sosoonmusic.com/

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Friday, October 22, 2010

The Inspired Word's One-Year Anniversary All-Star Extravaganza - Jan. 13!




A lineup to end all lineups. A show of a lifetime. A night to remember.

The Inspired Word's One-Year Anniversary All-Star Extravaganza - Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011.

The hottest poets/spoken word artists @ the hottest club in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, (Le) Poisson Rouge.

Get ready to be dazzled!

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Poet/Former Nuyorican Poets Café Host Nathan P. Joins Inspired Word Family



The Inspired Word, continuing its mission to become bigger and better, is proud to announce another great addition to the family - poet/former Nuyorican Poets Café host Nathan P. as Guest Host/MC.

Stepping to the stage in his trademark suit, cufflinks and fedora style hat, Nathan P. became the poster child of style, grace and class on the slam circuit in early 2000. With a voice that resonates bass, the sound of his words were as captivating as his words themselves. This talent and stage presence enabled him to become a Nuyorican Grand Slam Finalist in his very first year on the circuit.

One of his crowning achievements was becoming the host of the slam events at the Nuyorican Poets Café in New York’s East Village. Known as the Mecca of poetry, the Nuyo's Wednesday night slam and subsequently the Friday night slam were hosted by Nathan for a total of seven years. This feat makes him the longest tenured host in the café’s storied history. His talent as a host made him the standard that other hosts were measured by.

Among his other accomplishments, Nathan has been in two off-Broadway productions: “Be Beautiful” and “An Evolution in Reinvention,” produced two books of poetry: “Madness” and “The Colors of My Mind”: appeared on numerous CD’s, most notably his solo project “Chalklines on Black Asphalt” and created a DVD of a live performance at the Nuyorican Poet’s Café.

Whether it’s the in-your-face rollercoaster ride of “Madness,” or the twilight zone feeling of “The Bus Stop,” his poetry is often described as thought provoking with the ability to create lasting images in the listener’s mind.


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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Poets Gemineye, Lea C. Deschenes, Victor D. Infante @ The Inspired Word - Oct. 21



Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event featuring poets/spoken word artists Gemineye, Lea C. Deschenes, and Victor D. Infante. In addition, there's a 10-slot open mic (open not only to poets and spoken word artists but fiction/nonfiction writers, comedians, monologists, singers, and musicians).

When: Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010

Where: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
http://www.oneandoneny.com/
Phone: (212) 598-9126
Time: 7:00pm

Cover Charge: $10

Must be 21 years of age or older. Please make sure to bring ID.

*****

Gemineye is an artist of the spoken word who can best be defined by his energetic, sharp, down to earth, in your face style of writing and performing. He appeared on three seasons of the HBO series Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. Gemineye has traveled across the US performing for thousands of people. He has published his material in book and also on two of his own CD's and as part of two other compilation CD's. Gemineye began performing his art in 2001 after relocating to New Jersey where he still resides. During his time in NJ, Gemineye has been a member of the NJ National Poetry Slam Team 4 times, and NJ Grand Slam Champion 3 times. In addition to writing and performing, Gemineye has maintained a career as an administrator in higher education where presently he serves as Associate Dean of Students at a close by University.



Victor D. Infante is the author of "City of Insomnia" from Write Bloody Publishing. His poems and prose have appeared in numerous publications, including recently in Chiron Review, The Nervous Breakdown, Dark Horizons, Pearl and the Los Angeles Review, as well as anthologies such as Poetry Slam: The Competitive Art of Performance Poetry, Spoken Word Revolution Redux and The Last American Valentine: Poems to Seduce and Destroy. He was, until recently, the editor-in-chief of the acclaimed online literary journal, "The November 3rd Club."



Lea C. Deschenes resides in Worcester, MA and holds an MFA in Poetry from New England College. Her poetry has appeared online, on stage and in print. A former member of four National Poetry Slam teams and a coach to two more, she also dusts off her BA in Theater to perform. She has received a Jacob Knight Award, been nominated for two Pushcart Prizes and represented Worcester in the 2005 Individual World Poetry Slam. Her first full-length collection, "The Constant Velocity of Trains," is available from Write Bloody Publishing.





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Monday, October 18, 2010

Video - Poet Willie Perdomo @ The Inspired Word in NYC





Superstar spoken word poet Willie Perdomo @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010
One and One Bar and Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City

For more info on Willie, please visit http://willieperdomo.com/


Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Music: James "SoSoon" Gantt, "The Underclass," http://www.sosoonmusic.com/


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Janice Hunter Joins The Inspired Word Family as Director of Marketing & Publicity



Janice Hunter joins The Inspired Word family as Director of Marketing & Publicity.


Janice Hunter is a Digital Age entrepreneur whose focus is on the artistic community as a digital marketer, artist manager, business and artist developer. She is the Executive Producer on a soon-to-be-released music project in Miami and New York. Her well-rounded experience includes business development, recruiting, management, event production and marketing. Born and raised in Queens, N.Y., she has lived in Miami, Chicago and across the world, including Israel, but currently calls NYC her home. Lover of the environment, words, dreams, talent and the mind, she makes it her mission to bring out the best in everyone she reaches. Creating awareness through the arts for environmental issues as well as personal development she producers several blogs such as http://www.dreamsemantics.com/ and http://www.farmcommunities.com/. She is committed to helping artists develop their talents while becoming savvy business minded individuals who can achieve success as indie or major artists. You can visit Ms. Hunter at http://www.rebeltalent.com/ or follow her @ twitter.com/janicehunter

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Video - Poet Patricia Smith @ The Inspired Word





Superstar Poet Patricia Smith @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010
One and One Bar/Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City

For more info on Ms. Smith, please visit http://www.wordwoman.ws/


Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Music: James "SoSoon" Gantt, "The Underclass," http://www.sosoonmusic.com/


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Saturday, October 16, 2010

The Inspired Word Announces Addition of Hayley Raphael as Guest Host/MC



The Inspired Word proudly announces the addition of Hayley Raphael as Guest Host/MC.


Hayley Raphael (aka "five feet of firecracker) is a one-woman creative machine - an actor, singer, writer, improviser and comedienne - originally from Queens, NY. She has worked in TV, FILM, and THEATRE since she was a teen and has appeared on Gossip Girl,Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2, and The Today Show as well as shows on BRAVO, TLC, and ABC. She is currently Off-Broadway in The Boychick Affair. National Tours: Go Diego Go Live (Dora the Explorer), and regionally appeared in over 30 musicals and plays. She graduated cum laud from Ithaca College with a BA in Drama, Dance and Teaching. She is a K-12 Certified Theatre Teacher, the author of two original children's musicals, several film shorts, and two one person shows. And this year, she started her own production company "Shooting Comet Productions" which produces up and coming new artists work. You can visit her at www.hayleyraphael.com

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Friday, October 15, 2010

The Inspired Word Announces Addition of Peri Lyons as Senior Advisor/Series Consultant



Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word is proud to announce the addition of Peri Lyons as Senior Advisor/Series Consultant.




Peri Lyons is a composer/lyricist and singer; a writer; a former model; a muse; and and has been involved in exciting and successful spoken word/performance series in NYC for longer than she'd care to admit. As a singer/composer, she's performed her songs everywhere from Town Hall to Caffe Vivaldi, sung with Moby, and co written with luminaries such as Nick Lowe, Craig Carnelia, and Michael Peter Smith; as a muse, she can be seen in paintings by Adam Cvijanovic, Inka Essenhigh, and on the ceiling of the Leow's 42nd Street E Walk Theater(as "the Goddess of Wine"); and with performance and reading series, she has been  either /both performer/producer/emcee/writer at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Cafe Theater XOXO, the lovely Victoria Rowan's "Nights With VCR" and "TK"; the Threadwaxing Space; and others, as well as being one of the original founders of  George Dawes Greene's phenomenal success, The Moth. She has performed with the legendary Quentin Crisp at 88's, had cabaret shows produced and directed by "Wall Street 2"  star John Buffalo Mailer, and this past year, ran her own salon, "The Ampelopsis Social Club And Chowder and marching Society", which was attended by brilliant folks like Courtney Love, Jonathan Ames, Matthew Barney, and many, many more. She's currently starring at Caffe Vivaldi in her neo-cabaret show "Love Is The Answer, But Now I Forget What The Question Is." Her songs can be heard on http://www.perilyons.com/myspace; her light humor blog is at http://missperilyons.blogspot.com/; and she lives in Manhattan.

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The Inspired Word Announces Addition of Brigitte Viellieu-Davis as Artistic Director



Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word is thrilled to announce the addition of Brigitte Viellieu-Davis as Artistic Director.


Brigitte Viellieu-Davis is an actor, director, writer and activist who has performed extensively in regional and Off-Broadway theatre, including Hartford Stage, City Theatre, Peccadillo, Portland Stage, Capital Rep, The Public Theatre, Urban Stages, The Drama League, 24 Hour Plays, Gorilla Rep, Irondale Ensemble Project, and the Moscow Art Theatre. Television credits include guest star roles on Blue Bloods, Gossip Girl, Law & Order, Law & Order: S.V.U., One Life to Live, All My Children, As the World Turns and Guiding Light. She is also the playwright and director of Frida Liberada, about legendary artist Frida Kahlo, and The Whole World's a Talkin' for young audiences. She holds an M.F.A. in Acting from Carnegie Mellon University/Moscow Art Theatre and a B.A. from Purdue University. Brigitte has worked closely with some of the most exciting pioneers in socially relevant and activist theatre, including Eve Ensler, Anna Deavere Smith & The Institute on the Arts & Civic Dialogue at Harvard University.
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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

The Inspired Word's (Le) Poisson Rouge Night - Thursday, Oct. 14!



Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event, featuring one-woman-show sensation Erica Bradshaw, Inspired Word "American Idol" contest winner Glennwood Urbz, and the angelic sound of singer/songwriter/musician Jenna Maranga. Also, a 12-slot open mic (open not only to poets and spoken word artists but also to comedians, storytellers, singers, and musicians).

*****

When: Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010
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Where: (Le) Poisson Rouge (downstairs Gallery Bar)
158 Bleecker Street (between Sullivan and Thompson)
Manhattan, NYC

Time: 7pm (open mic sign-up starts at 6:30)

Cover Charge: $7 before 7:30, $10 after 7:30

Must be 21 years of age or older. Please make sure to bring ID.

*****

Erica Bradshaw is a professional Actor and emerging Playwright. She began her professional acting career in the world-premiere Off-Broadway production of Arthur Millers’, Mr. Peters Connections, starring Peter Falk, at Signature Theatre, NYC. She worked in various New York theatres until departing for Los Angeles in 1999 where she was a founding member of, ‘Bitches Funny’, an all female sketch comedy group opening for such acts as Andrew Dice Clay and Eddie Griffin at The Comedy Store and Masquers Cabaret. While in Los Angeles Erica performed in several productions including, Antigone. Tertiary. Sexxx (2001 LA Weekly Award Nominee Best Comedy Direction) and The Exonerated, (Nominated for five Ovation awards 2002). Moving to New York in 2005, Erica immediately landed a Court Clerk role on Law and Order: SVU, it was slated to be a one day day-player role and has parlayed into a five year recurring role on the hit television series. In 2009, Erica worked on ‘The Good Wife’, with Julianna Marguiles. So far in 2010 Erica has a Tribeca Film festival commercial and an LG commercial running. Also, Erica debuted her solo show, ‘White America Hero’ and most recently she played Larenz Tate’s sister – LaQueefa, on the F/X show ‘Rescue Me’ starring Dennis Leary.



Barefoot and usually draped in a floral gown, Jenna Maranga utilizes her dark melodies and minimalist acoustics to whisk away an audience to a bygone era of musical purity. Currently a student at New York University's Clive Davis Department of Recorded Music, Jenna has just begun to perform on the beautifully chaotic streets of New York City as if they were the wooden porches of her backyard.



Glennwood Urbz, the winner of The Inspired Word's first ever American Idol Open Mic contest. was the Alabama Slam Champion in 2005 and Alabama's Spoken Word Artist of the Year in 2007. He's also the founder of Speak Art youth poetry and the co Founder of The Loveshooter Lounge Open Mic Experience. A lifelong resident of Birmingham, Alabama, he has performed in Miami, Las Vegas, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, New Orleans and many points in between.



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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Geoff Kagan Trenchard @ The Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event/Part 2





HBO Def Poet/Spoken Word Artist Geoff Kagan Trenchard @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Aug. 12, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge
Manhattan, New York City

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

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Pics - Poet Willie Perdomo @ The Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event








Poet Willie Perdomo @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010
One and One (Nexus Lounge)
Manhattan, New York City

Photos By: Jose A. Arias


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Sunday, October 10, 2010

New Video! Vaimoana Niumeitolu @ The Inspired Word





Poet/Spoken Word Artist Vaimoana Niumeitolu @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge
Manhattan, New York City

Videographer: Richard Adrion (www.evprosonline.com)


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Pics - Poet Patricia Smith @ The Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event








Poet Patricia Smith @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 30, 2010
One and One Bar & Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City

Photos By: Jose A. Arias


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Saturday, October 9, 2010

Bukowski on Poets and Poetry





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Tahani Salah @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event/Part 2





Poet/Spoken Word Artist Tahani Salah @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event, Part 2
Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010
One and One Bar & Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

The Inspired Word is New York City's hottest new poetry/spoken word series, produced by longtime writer/journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner and hosted by Erik "Advocate of Wordz" Maldonado.


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Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Rachel Shukert, Emanuel Xavier, Deborah Collage Grison Headline The Inspired Word - Oct. 7!



Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word reading series, featuring Rachel Shukert, Emanuel Xavier, Deborah Collage Grison + 12-slot open mic (open to not only poets and spoken word artists but fiction/nonfiction writers, comedians, monologists, singers, and musicians).

When: Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010

Where: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC
http://www.oneandoneny.com/
Phone: (212) 598-9126

Time: 7pm (open mic sign-up starts at 6:30)

Cover Charge: $10

Must be 21 years of age or older. Please make sure to bring ID.

*****

Rachel Shukert is the author the the critically acclaimed memoirs "Everything Is Going To Be Great" and "Have You No Shame?" Her writing has appeared in numerous publications including Salon, McSweeney's, Slate, Gawker, the Daily Beast, Heeb, and Nerve, and been featured on National Public RAdio. She has also contributed to a variety of anthologies, including Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists and Best American Erotic Poetry: 1800 to the Present. Her plays include Bloody Mary (NYIT nominee), Johnny Applef*&ker, Everything's Coming Up Moses, The Sporting Life and The Nosemaker's Apprentice (both with Nick Jones) and The Three Gabor Sisters, and have been produced and developed by Ars Nova, Soho Think Tank, the Williamstown Theater Festival, and the Ontological/Hysteric, as well as extensively throughout the Netherlands. With Julie Klausner, Rachel co-created, co-wrote, and co-starred in Wasp Cove, New York's favorite live prime-time 1980's soap opera. She is currently developing her first feature with Yarn Films in Los Angeles. Rachel is also a contributing editor at Tablet Magazine, and an alumnus of the Ars Nova Play Group. She received a BFA from Tisch School of the Arts, and now lives in New York City with her husband Ben and her bipolar cat, Anjelica Huston. For more info, visit http://www.rachelshukert.com/



Emanuel Xavier is author of the novel, Christ Like, and editor of several anthologies including the forthcoming, Me No Habla With Acento: Contemporary Latino Poetry. A spoken word/music compilation album, Legendary, and his new poetry collection, If Jesus Were Gay & other poems, were recently released. Recipient of the Marsha A. Gomez Cultural Heritage Award, a New York City Council Citation, and a World Pride Award, he has been featured on Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry and works for Random House. He also curates a monthly spoken word poetry series for El Museo del Barrio and was recently proclaimed a 2010 GLBT Icon by the Equality Forum for his activism and contributions to the gay community. www.emanuelxavier.com



Deborah Collage Grison is a native Chicagoan and has been writing and performing for over 20 years. She has shared the stage with some of the world’s greatest literarians and spoken word artists of our time such as Gwendolyn Brooks, Dr. Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Stacye Ann Chin, Regi Gibson, Saul Williams, KRS-One and The Last Poets. She received her Master of Fine Arts in Poetry from Sarah Lawrence College located in Bronxville, New York. Her work has been featured in various journals and anthologies. Collage’s first collection of work The Attic: words from the top (Writes of Passage Publishing Group) was published in 2001 received critical acclaim, as did her current publication A Love Supreme: a poemoir which was released in April 2010. This collection is a memoir told through poetry that tells the story of, with, to, through away from and back to the ultimate love of self, community, family, friendship and God. You can check her out at http://www.deborahcollagegrison.com/ or www.facebook.com/deborahcollagegrison.


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Inspired Word Meetup Group: http://www.meetup.com/InspiredWordNYC/

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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Video - Lemon Andersen @ The Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event/Part 2





HBO Def Poetry superstar Lemon Andersen dazzles @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event/Part 2
Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010
One and One Bar/Restaurant
Manhattan, New York City

For more info on Lemon, visit http://lemonshood.com/

Videographer: Richard Adrion (www.evprosonline.com)

See more videos on YouTube.com/NYCInspiredWord

Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Tweets: http://twitter.com/InspiredWordNYC

Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/InspiredWordNYC/

Find us also on Facebook too: http://bit.ly/SBMhs

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NYC Open Mic EVERY Thursday Night in Downtown Manhattan! Open to ANYTHING!





NYC Open Mic EVERY Thursday Night in Downtown Manhattan! Open to ANYTHING!

Poets, comedians, spoken word artists, fiction writers, monologists, nonfiction writers, singers, muscians - you're ALL welcome!

10-15 open mic slots available every week.

Place: One and One Bar & Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, New York City



NOTE: Every SECOND Thursday of the month, we're @ (Le) Poisson Rouge (downstairs Gallery Bar)
158 Bleecker Street (between Sullivan and Thompson)
Manhattan, New York City

Time: 7pm-10pm

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