Please make sure to visit my new blog:
http://inspiredwordnyc.blogspot.com/
It's now the official of my all-star poetry/spoken word events @ (Le) Poisson Rouge in Manhattan, New York City.
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Showing posts with label The Inspired Word. Show all posts
Sunday, March 7, 2010
The Inspired Word Blog is Up and Running!
Please make sure to visit my new blog:
http://inspiredwordnyc.blogspot.com/
It's now the official of my all-star poetry/spoken word events @ (Le) Poisson Rouge in Manhattan, New York City.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
The Mighty Third Rail @ Mike Geffner's Inspired Word - Feb. 26, 2010
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The Inspired Word dazzles the night every second and fourth Friday, 7-10pm, @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
Saturday, February 20, 2010
Def Poet Shanelle Gabriel @ The Inspired Word
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The Inspired Word dazzles the night every second and fourth Friday, 7-10pm, @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Poet Ainsley Burrows @ The Inspired Word
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The Inspired Word dazzles the night every second and fourth Friday, 7-10pm, @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Def Poet Bonafide Rojas @ The Inspired Word
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The Inspired Word dazzles the night every second and fourth Friday, 7-10pm, @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
Inspired Pics: Mahogany L. Browne @ The Inspired Word - Feb. 12
w/Timothy Prolific Jones, Media Entrepreneur, Poet, and Inspired Word Consultant
Photos by: William Fuentes
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word - Feb. 26!
The hottest new poetry/spoken word series in New York City @ the hottest club in downtown Manhattan!
Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word
Date: Friday, Feb. 26, 2010
Time: 7-10pm
Location: (Le) Poisson Rouge
http://lepoissonrouge.com/
158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 505-FISH (3474)
Cover Charge: $10
Featuring the extraordinary lineup of Erik "Advocate of Wordz" Maldonado, Timothy Prolific Jones, Howard Treadwell, and The Mighty Third Rail.
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Timothy Prolific Jones is a writer and media entrepreneur born and raised in Long Island, New York. He is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of André Maurice Press, an independent book publishing company. As a poet, he has performed across the country in slams, open mics, community venues, prisons, and faith based institutions. He is writing four books concurrently, earning his stage name one pen stroke at a time. You can visit his blog, CorporateBboyism.com, find him on Twitter (@tprolificjones), or on Facebook.
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Paper, stages, mics and chastity belts, Erik "Advocate of Wordz" Maldonado rips them all! This Bronx native's bold and diverse tongue has been touring Poetry, Hip-Hop and theatrical venues for over four years now, as well as playing host to various writing and performance workshops all around New York City for the youth. He is the founder of HipHopPoetry[dot]com, which has received national media attention for its work off and online. Wordz is a member of the 2007 Nuyorican Poets Cafe's National Poetry SLAM team and is co-founder of "21 Poetz", "El Grito De Poetas" and "The Savants". He is a co-producer of the "21 Poetz Mixtape", and is currently in the process of finishing up several projects for the fall of 2007 which include his first 2 solo projects entitled "My Turn" (hip-hop spoken word CD) and "Advocate of Words" (book of self published poetry).
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The Mighty Third Rail is a three-man squadron combining the elements of hip hop poetry, beatboxing, violin and upright bass. It features the dashing Darian Dauchan on vocals, the indelible Ian Baggette on Bass, and the charming Curtis Stewart on violin. You can find them here on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Mighty-Third-Rail/199808423451?v) and on Myspace (www.myspace.com/themightythirdrail).
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Howard Treadwell is a New York native hailing from Mastic and Buffalo, New York. He believes in the beauty of razorblades and roses. A coping Manic-Depressant and survivor of multiple suicide attempts, he finds his reasons for living within the first breath of morning. Howard earned a spot on the Buffalo national slam team for two consecutive years (2006 & 2007), and became the city's Grand Slam Champion in 2006. He also coached the 2008 team. Howard is AMP|Indelible's Co-Editor-in-Chief, and its resident performance coach. He was recently a member of the Spoken Word/Hip-hop group 21poetz. Current literary projects include a chapbook entitled Dreams of Loisaida, and a poetic/prose autobiography entitled Native Blood, Barrio Soul.
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Please join us for an awesome night of passionate words.
MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO ENTER. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO BRING ID.
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Inspired Staff
Mike Geffner
Founder/Producer/Director
Marvin Mendlinger
Assistant Director
Sherri Eldin
MC/Host
Justin Woo
DJ/Sound Genius
Marron Cox
Hostess Extraordinaire
Timothy Prolific Jones
Series Consultant
Jerry "Jerry T" Tarantola
Videographer
*****
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Twitter: http://twitter.com/InspiredWordNYC
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NYCInspiredWord
Facebook: The Inspired Word
The Inspired Word happens every second and fourth Friday @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
7-10pm.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Timothy Prolific Jones @ The Inspired Word
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The Inspired Word dazzles the night every second and fourth Friday, 7-10pm, @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
Onome @ The Inspired Word
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The Inspired Word dazzles the night every second and fourth Friday, 7-10pm, @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
Ilya Khodosh @ The Inspired Word
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The Inspired Word dazzles the night every second and fourth Friday, 7-10pm, @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
Monday, February 8, 2010
Poet Tantra Zawadi @ The Inspired Word
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The Inspired Word dazzles the night every second and fourth Friday, 7-10pm, @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
Poet Justin Woo @ The Inspired Word in NYC
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The Inspired Word dazzles the night every second and fourth Friday, 7-10pm, @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
Poet Sabrina Gilbert @ The Inspired Word
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The Inspired Word dazzles the night every second and fourth Friday, 7-10pm, @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
Poet Yenny Love @ The Inspired Word
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The Inspired Word dazzles the night every second and fourth Friday, 7-10pm, @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Rich Story @ The Inspired Word
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The Inspired Word dazzles every second and fourth Friday @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
7-10pm.
Saturday, February 6, 2010
5-Time Def Poet Bassey Ikpi Headlines March 12 Inspired Word!
The hottest new poetry/spoken word series in New York City @ the hottest club in downtown Manhattan!
Mike Geffner Presents The Inspired Word
Date: Friday, March 12, 2010
Time: 7-10pm
Location: (Le) Poisson Rouge
http://lepoissonrouge.com/
158 Bleecker Street, New York, NY 10012
Phone: (212) 505-FISH (3474)
Cover Charge: $10
Featuring the extraordinary lineup of Bassey Ikpi, Jive Poetic, Thiahera Nurse, & Thomas Fucaloro.
Please join us for an awesome night of passionate words.
MUST BE 21 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER TO ENTER. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO BRING ID.
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Bassey Ikpi, a Nigerian born poet/writer who has appeared on HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry 5 times. Her poetry has opened shows by Grammy Award winning artists. Bassey appeared on the NAACP Image Awards as part of a tribute to Venus and Serena Williams. She has also been a featured cast member of the National Touring Company of the Tony Award winning Broadway show, Russell Simmon's Def Poetry Jam. Bassey was a part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. In the Summer of 2009, Bassey was a featured performer for Johannesburg, South Africa's annual arts festival, Joburg Arts Alive. Bassey has also been seen gracing the pages of magazines such as Nylon, Marie Claire, Glamour and Bust. She also recorded an original poem for the Kaiser Foundations, HIV/AIDS campaign, Knowing Is Beautiful. Bassey's personal and heartfelt work has made her a much sought after performer. She is currently working on various screenplays as well as freelance writing for social media outlets. She is also currently hard at work at her first memoir. She can be found at www.basseyworld.wordpress.com
Jive Poetic received his BA in Media Studies from The University of Buffalo before dedicating all of his time to good poems, classic hip-hop albums, clever t-shirts, blue pitbulls and bodega sandwiches. Jive Poetic is the co-founder of both Jam On It Poetry and The SoundBites Poetry Festival. Currently, he is the host of the Open Slam at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe'. Jive poetic leads poetry and hip-hop workshops in the New York City Public School system and in various community centers throughout the NYC area.
Thiahera Nurse is a 17-year-old poet living in Hollis, Queens. She attends Townsend Harris High School where she is an active part of the student body. In her spare time, she likes to hang out with her friends, listen to music, read, and write. She has been a finalist for the Urban Word Slam, Knicks Poetry Slam, and the first statewide NYC Poet Laureate Slam. She has written and performed in her own one woman show "Daddy Dress Up" at the Dance Theater Workshop. She is also a member of Urban Word NYC’s youth board. Writing and performing is not just a hobby for her, it is the only way she knows how to process her life. Through her art, she only hopes to transform painful and ugly truth into something beautiful.
Thomas Fucaloro has lived in Harlem for 10 years and Harlem has lived in Thomas all his life.
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Inspired Staff
Mike Geffner
Founder/Producer/Director
Marvin Mendlinger
Assistant Director
Sherri Eldin
MC/Host
Marron Cox
Hostess Extraordinaire
Timothy Prolific Jones
Series Consultant
Justin Woo
DJ/Sound Genius
Jerry "Jerry T" Tarantola
Videographer
*****
Catch us on Twitter, YouTube & Facebook!
Twitter: http://twitter.com/InspiredWordNYC
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NYCInspiredWord
Facebook: The Inspired Word
The Inspired Word happens every second and fourth Friday @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
7-10pm.
Friday, February 5, 2010
Poet Charlotte Mishell @ The Inspired Word
Twitter: http://twitter.com/InspiredWordNYC
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NYCInspiredWord
Facebook: The Inspired Word
Every second and fourth Friday @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
7-10pm.
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Molly Kat @ The Inspired Word
Twitter: http://twitter.com/InspiredWordNYC
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NYCInspiredWord
Facebook: The Inspired Word
Every second and fourth Friday @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
7-10pm.
Poet Akua Doku @ The Inspired Word
Twitter: http://twitter.com/InspiredWordNYC
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/NYCInspiredWord
Facebook: The Inspired Word
Every second and fourth Friday @ (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, NYC!
7-10pm.
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