The Inspired Word's 2-Year Anniversary Show - A NYC Spoken Word Extravaganza! Friday, Jan. 6

The Inspired Word's 2-Year Anniversary Show! A not-to-be-missed all-star lineup of 30 spoken word artists, poets, singers, and comedians.

Hosted by HBO Def Poetry star Gemineye and NYC spoken word legend Nathan P.

Come join us on this special night - and in our brand new venue - 116 in Greenwich Village! Formerly The Gas Light Cafe or Village Gas Light. History galore. Bob Dylan, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Bill Cosby...Now THE INSPIRED WORD!



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When: Friday, Jan 6, 2012

Where: 116 http://116macdougal.com/
116 MacDougal Street (between Bleecker Street and Minetta Lane) Downstairs Lounge Manhattan, NYC
Phone: (212) 254-9996
(917) 703-1512

By subway, take the A, B, C, D, E, F to West 4th Street-Washington Square.

Doors open @ 6:00pm

Show - 6:30-11:00pm

Cover Charge: $15

"The Inspired Word isn't just a series, it's a movement."

Help us keep doing what we're doing!

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Scheduled Performers (subject to change)

Patricia Smith
Lemon Andersen
Oveous Maximus
Regie Cabico
Vanessa Hidary
Ngoma
Jesus Papoleto Melendez
Bonafide Rojas
Erica Miriam Fabri and Robin Andre (Robin and The Lady Poet)
Big Mike
Osagyefo
Jamaal St. John
Jane LeCroy
Advocate of Wordz
Ocean Vuong
The MarXman
Simply Rob
Eliel Lucero
Jane Ormerod
Thomas Fucaloro
Sylvana Joyce + The Moment
Emanuel Xavier
David Lawton
Vince Royale
Eve Brandstein
Aimee Herman
Carolina Hidalgo
Yenny Love
Amy Leigh Cutler

Videos - HBO Def Poetry Star Oveous Maximus @ The Inspired Word

HBO Def Poetry Star Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, One and One Bar/Restaurant, Nexus Lounge, Manhattan, NYC. Hosted by Gemineye.

Oveous Maximus is a recording artist who fooled everyone into believing he was a poet. He grew up in the Bronx and Washington Heights exposed to the richness of jazz, soul, hip hop, and Afro Latin music. An honorary member of the world-famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Oveous shares his own brand of "rap & spoken word." He became a National Poetry slam finalist three years in a row, is a multiple time winner at the Apollo Theater, has performed on the hit series HBO Def Poetry, starred in the film SP!T, and has recorded music with Grammy Award winner Louie Vega. Has released two critically acclaimed albums and is about to release his 3rd studio album, which he wrote and produced entirely himself. For more info, please visit http://oveous.blogspot.com/.

Videographer: Denise Goins http://www.denisegoins.com/

Oveous Maximus Headlines! + Writer Stephen A. Dantes & Open Mic - Thursday, Sept. 29

The Inspired Word presents the utterly electric spoken word artist/HBO Def Poet/musician Oveous Maximus, plus special guest author/poet Stephen A. Dantes and a 15-slot open mic open to all types of artists. Hosted by 3-time HBO Def Poetry star Gemineye.

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BIO:

Oveous Maximus is a recording artist who fooled everyone into believing he was a poet. He grew up in the Bronx and Washington Heights exposed to the richness of jazz, soul, hip hop, and Afro Latin music. An honorary member of the world-famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Oveous shares his own brand of "rap and spoken word." He became a National Poetry slam finalist three years in a row, is a multiple time winner at the Apollo Theater, has performed on the hit series HBO Def Poetry, starred in the film SP!T, and has recorded music with Grammy Award winner Louie Vega. Has released two critically acclaimed albums and is about to release his 3rd studio album, which he wrote and produced entirely himself.



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Stephen Alexander Dantes is a prolific writer with seven published titles to his name - four digital, three paperback - and is due to release two more titles before the end of the year, one of them his first romance novel. The 28-year-old St. Lucian-born author/poet and certified Mathematics teacher holds the title of “Voice of the Youth” in his homeland as well as the recipient of the "Most Requested Guest Performer," awarded by the St. Lucia Writer's Forum. Coming from an island that boasts two Nobel Laureates, one of them – Derek Walcott, the winner of Nobel Prize for literature - Stephen resigned from his teaching profession to embark on his quest to take his own poetry to the world. For more info, please visit http://www.stephendantes.net/.



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When: Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011

Where: One and One Bar/Restaurant (downstairs Nexus Lounge)
76 East 1st Street (corner of 1st Avenue)
Manhattan, NYC

Phone: (917) 703-1512

Doors open for open mic sign-up @ 6:30pm Show starts @ 7pm

Cover Charge: $10

NO AGE LIMIT.

Please join us on Tuesday nights as well for our all-open mic nights! Same time, same place!

More Oveous Pics @ The Inspired Word!

Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge
Manhattan, New York City

Photos By: Cathryn Lynne

Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event/Part 4

Superstar Poet/Spoken Word Artist Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, (Le) Poisson Rouge
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.

Videographer: Richard Adrion (www.evprosonline.com)

Music by: Oveous

For more info on Oveous, please visit his site: http://oveous.blogspot.com/

Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry YouTube channel: http://www.YouTube.com/nycinspiredword

Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word PoetryTweets: http://twitter.com/InspiredWordNYC

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

New Video! Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event/Part 3

Superstar poet/spoken word artist Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, New York City

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

New Video! Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event/Part 2

Superstar poet/spoken word artist Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, New York City

Videographer: Elaine Delehant (bonobofilms.com)

Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Spoken Word Poetry Event

Poet/Spoken Word superstar Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC spoken word poetry event
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC

Videographer: Richard Adrion (www.evprosonline.com)

New Pics! Oveous Maximus @ The Inspired Word

Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010
(Le) Poisson Rouge
Manhattan, New York City

Photos By: Brooke McGowan

Teaser Clip - Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event

A teaser clip of Superstar Poet/Spoken Word Artist Oveous Maximus @ Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word NYC poetry/spoken word event, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010, (Le) Poisson Rouge, Manhattan, NYC.

Full clip coming!

Videographer: Richard Adrion (www.evprosonline.com)

Oveous & Vaimoana Headline @ The Inspired Word NYC Poetry/Spoken Word Event Sept. 9th!

Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word poetry/spoken word event, featuring the amazingly talented, not-be-missed Oveous Maximus!

The fabulous poet/performance artist Vaimoana Litia Makakaufaki Niumeitolu will join Oveous in the lineup, making her second Inspired Word appearance.

And, as always, there will be a 10-slot open mic (open to ANYTHING and with each person getting 3 1/2 minutes).

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When: Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010

Where: (Le) Poisson Rouge (downstairs gallery)
158 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and Sullivan)
Manhattan, New York City
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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Bios:

Oveous is a recording artist who tricked everyone into believing he was only a poet. He grew up in the Bronx and Washington Heights exposed to the richness of jazz, soul, hip hop, and latin music. An honorary member of the world-famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Oveous shares his own brand of "rap & spokenword". He became a National Poetry slam finalist three years in a row, is a multiple time winner at the Apollo Theater, has performed on the hit series HBO Def Poetry, and has recorded music with grammy award winner Louie Vega. Currently, you can download Oveous' albums ("Future Intentions" & "The Iambic Moment") online for free via his blog site: http://oveous.blogspot.com/



Vaimoana Litia Makakaufaki Niumeitolu is a poet, painter, actor, activist, and educator. She was born in Nuku‘alofa, Tonga; raised in Hawai‘i and Utah; and now lives, creates, and loves in New York City. Moana is the author of a poetry, performance text, and visual art chapbook, tonga provo harlem. She is a co-founding member of the women of color performance troupe, Mahina Movement, which has performed at more than 400 stages. Their CD is Speak the Fire. moana has shared her poetry and painting across the U.S. and in Fiji, Tonga, Ireland, Italy, and South Africa. She has been seen acting at the Metropolitan Opera and sharing her one-woman show, Tongue-in Paint, which had its world premiere in the soloNOVA Arts Festival at Performance Space 122 in NYC. Her other production, A Prayer for Tonga, premiered at Harvard University. She graduated from New York University, earned the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship from Yale University, and attended Columbia University’s M.F.A. Program in Acting.



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Oveous Headlines Sept. 9th Inspired Word Event!

Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word poetry/spoken word event, featuring Oveous Maximus + a to-be-announced poet and 10-slot open mic.

When: Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010

Where: (Le) Poisson Rouge (downstairs gallery)
158 Bleecker Street (between Thompson and Sullivan)
Manhattan, New York City
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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Oveous is a recording artist who tricked everyone into believing he was only a poet. He grew up in the Bronx and Washington Heights exposed to the richness of jazz, soul, hip hop, and latin music. An honorary member of the world-famous Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Oveous shares his own brand of "rap & spokenword". He became a National Poetry slam finalist three years in a row, is a multiple time winner at the Apollo Theater, has performed on the hit series HBO Def Poetry, and has recorded music with grammy award winner Louie Vega. Currently, you can download Oveous' albums ("Future Intentions" & "The Iambic Moment") online for free via his blog site: oveous.blogspot.com