Spoken Word Poet Deborah Magdalena @ The Inspired Word

Spoken Word Poet Deborah Magdalena @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, Thursday, July 21, 2011 @ One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, NYC.

Whether she's hosting a spoken word event, music festival, or playing the role of a santera, or a vixen, Deborah Magdalena makes every emotion super real. The Puerto Rican actress/poet - who calls Miami home -- was born into a very talented musical family. She is sister of Latin Grammy winner Nestor Torres and grandniece of legendary Puerto Rican singer Ruth Fernandez. Some of her TV and film credits include: Sesame Street (CTW), Apollo Comedy Hour (Tribune Entertainment), Safe Harbor (Warner Brothers), Striptease (Castle Rock), Holyman (Caravan), and For Love or Country (HBO). Poetically she has released CDs Spoken Soul: A Survival Kit of Poetry, Deborah Magdalena LIVE, has taught in after-school programs and has toured internationally. Currently promoting the release of the 2nd edition of her chapbook Heartbreak Haiku, Deborah's words and performance don't just jump off the page they singe your skin right down to the core, right down to your soul.

The Inspired Word is New York City's hottest new spoken word poetry open mic series happening every Tuesday and Thursday night in downtown Manhattan, produced by longtime journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner.

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New Vid! lushTongue @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event

lushTongue (the sensuous singing duo of Onome and Margaret Moon) @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, Thursday, Aug. 26 , 2010, One and One Bar & Restaurant, Manhattan, NYC.

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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The Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event - Hallie S. Hobson, Marcus Jackson, Nicole Sealey + Open Mic!

Mike Geffner presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event, featuring Hallie S. Hobson, Marcus Jackson, Nicole Sealey + 10-slot open mic!

When: Thursday, July 29, 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.

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Hallie S. Hobson is a poet, playwright and Cave Canem fellow. She has been featured at the LouderArts Project and Bryant Park Reading Room reading series and has read commissioned works in conjunction with exhibitions at the Brooklyn Museum and The Studio Museum in Harlem. Hallie received her bachelor’s degree from Yale and an MFA in playwriting from UCLA.

Marcus Jackson was born in Toledo, Ohio. His poetry has appeared in The New Yorker, The Harvard Review, The Cincinnati Review, and Hayden’s Ferry Review, among many other publications. He has received fellowships from New York University and Cave Canem. His chapbook, Rundown, was recently published by Aureole Press. His debut collection of poems, Neighborhood Register, will be released in the Fall of 2011.

Nicole Sealey is a writer, editor and Cave Canem fellow. Her work has appeared in a number of journals including Callaloo, The Drunken Boat, Sou’wester and Torch.

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Videos! Conscious @ The Inspired Word - July 15, 2010

Conscious @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event, Thursday, 7/15/10, One and One Bar & Restaurant.

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Pics - La Bruja @ The Inspired Word - July 15, 2010

Caridad de la Luz @ The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event, Thursday, 7/15/10, One and One Bar & Restaurant.

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The Inspired Word/Thursday, July 8 - Corrina Bain, Sara Brickman, Brandi MacDonaldi + open mic!

Mike Geffner presents The Inspired Word poetry/spoken word event in New York City, featuring Corrina Bain, Sara Brickman, Brandi MacDonaldi + 10-slot open mic!

When: Thursday, July 8

Where: (Le) Poisson Rouge (downstairs gallery)
158 Bleecker Street (between Sullivan and Thompson
Manhattan, NYC
http://lepoissonrouge.com/
Phone: (212) 505-3474

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.

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Corrina Bain has worked as an assistant in a detox ward and an abortion clinic, as a rape crisis hotline counselor, and as a volunteer educator responding to the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Mozambique. She has been writing and performing for over ten years, and is a former member of multiple national slam teams. Her work has appeared in issues of the November 3rd Club, decomP literary magazine, killauthor, and others. She lives in Brooklyn.

Sara Brickman is an author, performance artist, and ten year veteran of the spoken word circuit. Born and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, she cut her performance teeth as a core member of the renowned Volume Youth Poetry Project, leading her out of the wilds of the mid-west to join the Hampshire College Slam Collective. An instructor at the Bent Writing Institute and adult mentor for Youth Speaks Seattle, she was recently a finalist in Write Bloody Publishing’s manuscript competition, and has work forthcoming in Bestiary Magazine. She is currently preparing for performances at the 2010 Femme Conference and the Bumbershoot Music Festival. Sara prefers her ukulele tuned and her sweaters argyle. She gulps her breath-notes in Seattle,Washington.

Brandi MacDonald was a 2010 Slam Free Or Die slam team finalist. Her poetry has appeared in various literary journals, and she was a contributing artist for “Just Like A Girl: A Manifesta!” She represents the spoken element in the ongoing photography and poetry collaboration "A Thousand Miles" with Jessica Hosman and Sarah Coughtry. She has run slams and workshops in the southern New Hampshire area and is in the process of spearheading a monthly poetry series, Audio Graffiti. Brandi is eternally grateful for red wine, Jack Kerouac, and music that gets her lost on a dance floor.