Poet Veronica Golos @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word

Poet Veronica Golos @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, NYC.

For more info on Ms. Golos, please visit http://veronicagolos.wordpress.com/.

Videographer: Elaine Delehant

Music by Oveous, "IF Art is Wine (FLYING LOTUS RMX feat. My Moms)"

Regie Cabico & Advocate of Wordz - Sexy Inspired Word Shoutout

HBO Def Poetry star Regie Cabico and Inspired Word outgoing Host/MC Advocate of Wordz combine for a breathless, steamy hot endorsement of The Inspired Word., New York City's hottest new spoken word poetry series. The events happen every Thursday night in downtown Manhattan and are produced by longtime writer/journalist and former Village Voice columnist Mike Geffner.

Videographer: Elaine Delehant

Music: MaJOR LEAGUE, "WHISTLE BEAT"

Poet Samantha Thornhill & Singer Valerie June @ The Inspired Word

Poet Samantha Thornhill & Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Valerie June @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, Thursday, March 31, 2011 @ One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, NYC.

For more info on Ms. Thornhill, please visit http://www.samanthaspeaks.com./.

For more info on Ms. June, please visit http://valeriejune.com/.

Videographer: Elaine Delehant

Music by Oveous, "IF Art is Wine"

Video - Claudia Alick @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word

Claudia Alick @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 @ One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, NYC.

Alick is a playwright, performance artist, actress, producer, teacher, journalist, and HBO Def Poetry poet. She produces the outdoor performance series "The Green Show" for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, has guest-lectured at New York University, Montgomery College, taught with Arena Stage and The Shakespeare Theatre, and was named by American Theater Magazine as one of 25 theater artists who will shape American Theater in the next 25 years. She has also served as the Artistic Director of Smokin' Word Productions, authored and directed plays staged at The Kennedy Center, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, LaMama E.T.C., Cherry Lane Theater, and the Hip Hop Theatre Festival, and is a member of the award winning NY Neofuturists. She lives in Ashland, Oregon.

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

Videographer: Elaine Delehant

Music by: Toni Blackman, "Ha Ha."

Video - Def Poetry Star Regie Cabico @ The Inspired Word

Def Poetry Star Regie Cabico @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 @ One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, NYC.

Cabico is a spoken word pioneer having won The Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam. His work appears in over 30 anthologies including The Outlaw Bible of American Poery, Spoken Word Revolution & Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. He is a 3 time National Poetry Slam Finalist and appeared on 2 seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam. He received a NY Innovation Theater Award for his work in Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind & fellowships from The New York Foundation for the Arts, The DC Commission for the Arts & The Hip Hop Theater Festival. He recently performed on tour with Sister Spit & co-wrote 2 Dicks & A Diva with D'Lo & Kit Yan for Zero Capital.

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

Videographer: Elaine Delehant

Music by: Toni Blackman, "Ha Ha."

Tahani Salah and Eliel Lucero @ The Inspired Word's One-Year Anniversary

Performance poets Tahani Salah and Eliel Lucero @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC.

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, Nathan P., Osagyefo, Jane LeCroy, Simply Rob, Jane Ormerod, Thomas Fucaloro, Advocate of Wordz, and Eliel Lucero.

It was an epic night.

An unforgettable night.

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 happening every Thursday night in downtown Manhattan.

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

Music: Oveous - P.Y.T remix (Michael Jackson)
http://oveous.blogspot.com/

Brian Dykstra, Erica Miriam Fabri with Robin Andre @ The Inspired Word's One-Year Anniversary

Performance poets and Brian Dykstra and Erica Miriam Fabri with Robin Andre @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC.

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, Nathan P., Osagyefo, Jane LeCroy, Simply Rob, Jane Ormerod, Thomas Fucaloro, Advocate of Wordz, and Eliel Lucero.

It was an epic night.

An unforgettable night.

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)
http://oveous.blogspot.com/

Poets Osagyefo & Jane LeCroy @ The Inspired Word's One-Year Anniversary

Spoken word poets Osagyefo and Jane LeCroy @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC.

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.

It was an epic night.

An unforgettable night.

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)

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)

Poets Ngoma & Oveous @ The Inspired Word's One-Year Anniversary

Performance poets/spoken word artists Ngoma and Oveous @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC.

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: Still Loving You by Oveous.

See more spoken word poetry videos @ http://www.youtube.com/user/NYCInspiredWord

Poets Simply Rob & Gemineye @ The Inspired Word's One-Year Anniversary

Performance poets/spoken word artists Simply Rob and Gemineye @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC.

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: Still Loving You by Oveous.

See more videos @ http://www.youtube.com/user/NYCInspiredWord

Poets Thomas Fucaloro & Jane Ormerod @ The Inspired Word's One-Year Anniversary

Spoken word poets Thomas Fucaloro and Jane Ormerod @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC.

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, Nathan P., Osagyefo, Jane LeCroy, Simply Rob, Jane Ormerod, Thomas Fucaloro, Advocate of Wordz, and Eliel Lucero.

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

Music: I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas - Mr. V & Reelsoul Mix) by Oveous

Find more Inspired Word spoken word poetry videos @ http://www.youtube.com/user/NYCInspiredWord

Poets Jamaal St. John & Bonafide Rojas @ The Inspired Word's One-Year Anniversary

Spoken word poets Jamaal St. John and Def Poetry star Bonafide Rojas @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event, Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC.

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.

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

Music: I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyed Peas - Mr. V & Reelsoul Mix) by Oveous

Find more Inspired Word spoken word poetry videos http://www.youtube.com/user/NYCInspiredWord

Spoken Word Artist angela kaRIOTis @ NYC's Inspired Word

Spoken Word Artist angela kaRIOTis @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, One and One Bar/Restaurant, Manhattan, NYC.

A lithe and vital writer-performer, 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/

The Inspired Word is New York City's hottest new spoken word poetry 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. Past features have included Patricia Smith, Suheir Hammad, Willie Perdomo, Vanessa Hidary, Lemon Andersen, Gemineye, and Oveous Maximus.

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Music: MaJOR LEAGUE, WHISTLE BEAT

See more videos on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NYCInspiredWord

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Video - NYC Poet T. C. Gardstein on the Open Mic @ The Inspired Word

New York City Poet T. C. Gardstein on the open mic @ The Inspired Word
NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event
Manhattan, New York

Videographer: Elaine Delehant

Comedian Nate Rand on the Open Mic @ The Inspired Word NYC Poetry Event

Comedian Nate Rand on the open mic @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word
NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event
Manhattan, New York City

Videographer: Elaine Delehant

Video - Actor/Poet Brian Dykstra @ The Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event

Actor/Poet Brian Dykstra @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010, One and One Bar/Restaurant, Manhattan, NYC.

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. For more info, please visit http://www.briandykstra.net/

The Inspired Word is New York City's hottest new spoken word poetry 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. Past features have included such great performance poets as Patricia Smith, Suheir Hammad, Willie Perdomo, Vanessa Hidary, Lemon Andersen, Gemineye, and Oveous Maximus.

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Music: MaJOR LEAGUE, WHISTLE BEAT

See more videos on http://www.youtube.com/NYCInspiredWord

Inspired Tweets: http://twitter.com/InspiredWordNYC

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

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Singer/Songwriter Jenna Maranga @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word

Singer/Songwriter Jenna Maranga @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC.

Barefoot and usually draped in a floral gown, 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.

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. Past features have included such superstar performance poets as Patricia Smith, Suheir Hammad, Willie Perdomo, Vanessa Hidary, Lemon Andersen, Gemineye, and Oveous Maximus.

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Music: Toni Blackman, "Babe Babe," http://www.toniblackman.com/

See more videos on YouTube.com/NYCInspiredWord

Actress Erica Bradshaw @ The Inspired Word in NYC

Actress Erica Bradshaw @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, New York City.

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. For more info, please visit http://www.ericabradshaw.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. Past features have included such superstar performance poets as Patricia Smith, Suheir Hammad, Willie Perdomo, Vanessa Hidary, Lemon Andersen, Gemineye, and Oveous Maximus.

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Music: Toni Blackman, "Babe Babe," http://www.toniblackman.com/

See more videos on YouTube.com/NYCInspiredWord

Spoken Word Artist Glennwood Urbz @ The Inspired Word

Spoken Word Artist Glennwood Urbz @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2010, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, New York City.

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.

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. Past features have included such superstar performance poets as Patricia Smith, Suheir Hammad, Willie Perdomo, Vanessa Hidary, Lemon Andersen, Gemineye, and Oveous Maximus.

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Music: Toni Blackman, "Babe Babe," http://www.toniblackman.com/