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
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.
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.
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
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.
*****
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
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