All-Time Most Viewed Inspired Word Videos - Part 3

Poets Vanessa Hidary & Willie Perdomo @ The Inspired Word's One-Year Anniversary

Spoken word poets and HBO Def Poetry alums Vanessa Hidary (AKA The Hebrew Mamita) and Willie Perdomo @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC.

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The Inspired Word spoken word poetry weekly series celebrated its one-year anniversary with an extravaganza that included an all-star lineup of over 20 of the best performance poets in the New York City area - Patricia Smith, Willie Perdomo, Oveous, Vanessa Hidary, Gemineye, Brian Dykstra, Ngoma, Rico Frederick, Bonafide Rojas, Joanna Hoffman, Erica Miriam Fabri with Robin Andre, Jamaal St. John, Tahani Salah, Sean Patrick Conlon, Nathan P., Osagyefo, Jane LeCroy, Simply Rob, Jane Ormerod, Thomas Fucaloro, Advocate of Wordz, and Eliel Lucero.

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.

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (http://www.bonobofilms.com/)

Music by Oveous: Ssssssh...sexybonushit (strobelights)

The Inspired Word's One-Year Anniversary Spoken Word Poetry All-Star Extravaganza - Thursday!

Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word celebrates its one-year anniversary with a spoken word/poetry event of a lifetime, a lineup to end all lineups, a night you'll remember.

A special event fundraiser for The Inspired Word, featuring 20 of the best performance poets in the NYC area!

Show your love and support! And feel it right back!

When: Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011

Where: (Le) Poisson Rouge (downstairs Gallery Bar)
158 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and Sullivan)
Manhattan, New York City
http://www.lepoissonrouge.com/
Phone: (212) 505-3474

Time: 6:00pm

Cover Charge: $15

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

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SCHEDULED PERFORMERS

Patricia Smith



Willie Perdomo



Oveous Maximus



Steve Colman



Nathan P. 

Vanessa Hidary



Ngoma

Rico Frederick

Gemineye



Brian Dysktra



Simply Rob Vassilarakis



Sean Patrick Conlon



Osagyefo

Ocean Vuong



Erica Miriam Fabri with Robin Andre



Jane LeCroy



Thomas Fucaloro



Jane Ormerod



Tahani Salah



Jamaal St. John



Advocate of Wordz (Host/MC)



Eliel Lucero (DJ)

An Epic Lineup of Performance Poets - Thursday, Jan. 13, Manhattan, NYC!

Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word - One-Year Anniversary All-Star Extravaganza

Patricia Smith
Willie Perdomo
Vanessa Hidary
Oveous
Steve Colman
Ngoma
Ocean Vuong
Nathan P.
Jamaal St. John
Tahani Salah
Jane Ormerod
Thomas Fucaloro
Gemineye
Brian Dyksytra
Simply Rob
Rico Frederick
Jane LeCroy
Erica Miriam Fabri with Robin Andre
Osagyefo
Advocate of Wordz
Eliel Lucero
Sean Patrick Conlon

Place: (Le) Poisson Rouge
Downstairs Gallery Bar
158 Bleecker Street (between Sullivan and Thompson)
Manhattan, New York City

Time: 6-10pm

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/

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/

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

Poets Patricia Smith & Willie Perdomo Headline The Inspired Word - Sept. 30!

Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event featuring Willie Perdomo and Patricia Smith + a 6-slot open mic (open not only to poets and spoken word artists but fiction/nonfiction writers, comedians, monologists, singers, and musicians).

When: Thursday, Sept. 30, 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: 7:30pm

Cover Charge: $10

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

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Willie Perdomo is the author Where a Nickel Costs a Dime and Smoking Lovely, which received a PEN America Beyond Margins Award. He has also been published in The New York Times Magazine, Bomb, Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, OCHO, and African Voices. He has been a Pushcart Prize nominee, a Woolrich Fellow in Creative Writing at Columbia University and is a 2009 fellow in Poetry from the New York Foundation for the Arts. He is co-founder/publisher of Cypher Books. www.willieperdomo.com



Patricia Smith is the author of five books of poetry, including "Blood Dazzler," a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award, and "Teahouse of the Almighty," a National Poetry Series selection. Her work has appeared in Poetry, The Paris Review, TriQuarterly and many other journals, and she has been performed around the world, including Carnegie Hall and Rotterdam’s Poetry International. She is a Pushcart Prize winner and a four-time individual champion of the National Poetry Slam, the most successful poet in the competition’s history. A professor at the City University of New York/College of Staten Island, she is also on the faculty of both Cave Canem and the Stonecoast MFA program at the University of Southern Maine.



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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

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