30
Oct
We've crowned our first quarter SEMIFINAL winner in JOANNA HOFFMAN, come on out this week and slam for your chance to be amongst our second quarter champs and kick it with RUDY FRANCISCO:
Rudy Francisco is a native of San Diego California who absorbs his experiences and transforms them into poetry. He travels the country sharing his stories at colleges universities and showcases. Rudy has been a member of the Hollywood Poetry Slam Team, the San Diego Poetry Slam Team and is the 2010 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion
ALSO! Be sure to arrive early for this week's Ginsberg Turn On presented by the lovely Nate Kostar at 6pm! Read below for more info!
Here's how the evening goes:
6:30 PM SIGN UPS BEGIN!
7:00 PM OPEN MIC BEGINS!
8:00 PM OPEN SLAM BEGINS!!
Admission is $8 ($5 w/ Student ID)
Can't make it out to the game? Check it out LIVE online here: bowerypoetrylive.com!
23
Oct
IT'S MOTHER @#%$ING CRISTIN O'KEEFE APTOWICZ:
CRISTIN O'KEEFE APTOWICZ is the author of five books of poetry, all currently available on Write Bloody Publishing, as well as the non-fiction book, "Words In Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam" (Soft Skull Press, 2008). She founded the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam at the age of 19, and has appeared on four NYC-Urbana Team and served at its 2010 WOWps rep. Most recently, she was named the 2010-2011 ArtsEdge Writer-In-Residence at the University of Pennsylvania and was awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry. For more information, visit www.aptowicz.com.
Oh! And that's not all, this week is our first SEMIFINAL of the season and we'll be hearing from these poets who'll battle it out for a spot in finals:
Mahogany L. Browne
Joanna Hoffman
Elliott D. Smith
Thomas Fucaloro
Jay Nova
Rico Steal
ALSO! Be sure to arrive early for this week's Ginsberg Turn On presented by the lovely Victoria Lynne McCoy at 6pm! Read below for more info!
Here's how the evening goes:
6:30 PM SIGN UPS BEGIN!
7:00 PM OPEN MIC BEGINS!
8:00 PM OPEN SLAM BEGINS!!
Admission is $10 ($7 w/ Student ID)
Can't make it out to the game? Check it out LIVE online here: bowerypoetrylive.com!
CRISTIN O'KEEFE APTOWICZ is the author of five books of poetry, all currently available on Write Bloody Publishing, as well as the non-fiction book, "Words In Your Face: A Guided Tour Through Twenty Years of the New York City Poetry Slam" (Soft Skull Press, 2008). She founded the NYC-Urbana Poetry Slam at the age of 19, and has appeared on four NYC-Urbana Team and served at its 2010 WOWps rep. Most recently, she was named the 2010-2011 ArtsEdge Writer-In-Residence at the University of Pennsylvania and was awarded a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Poetry. For more information, visit www.aptowicz.com.
Oh! And that's not all, this week is our first SEMIFINAL of the season and we'll be hearing from these poets who'll battle it out for a spot in finals:
Mahogany L. Browne
Joanna Hoffman
Elliott D. Smith
Thomas Fucaloro
Jay Nova
Rico Steal
ALSO! Be sure to arrive early for this week's Ginsberg Turn On presented by the lovely Victoria Lynne McCoy at 6pm! Read below for more info!
Here's how the evening goes:
6:30 PM SIGN UPS BEGIN!
7:00 PM OPEN MIC BEGINS!
8:00 PM OPEN SLAM BEGINS!!
Admission is $10 ($7 w/ Student ID)
Can't make it out to the game? Check it out LIVE online here: bowerypoetrylive.com!
16
Oct
Last week we had a blast with our Ginsberg Turn On feature (Adam Bowser), and our WORDSHOP/URBANA feature JARED PAUL, this week we're reelin' ED MABREY freshly in from competing at the Individual World Poetry Slam this past week:
Ed Mabrey is a former Individual World Poetry Slam Champion. Ed Mabrey simply loves New York City. Ed Mabrey wants you to love saying Ed Mabrey...or Rusty Trombone...or cheesteak...or crab rangoon.
Come on out and sign up for our OPEN MIC and OPEN SLAM 1.6, last week THOMAS FUCALORO won the 5th slot in our upcoming SEMIFINAL!
Be sure to arrive early for this week's Ginsberg Turn On presented by ELLIOT D. SMITH at 6pm and then we'll be moving in to the WORDSHOP at 6:30pm by ED MABREY!
Here's how the evening goes:
6:30 PM SIGN UPS BEGIN!
7:00 PM OPEN MIC BEGINS!
8:00 PM OPEN SLAM BEGINS!!
Admission is $8 ($5 w/ Student ID)
Can't make it out to the game? Check it out LIVE online here: bowerypoetrylive.com!
Ed Mabrey is a former Individual World Poetry Slam Champion. Ed Mabrey simply loves New York City. Ed Mabrey wants you to love saying Ed Mabrey...or Rusty Trombone...or cheesteak...or crab rangoon.
Come on out and sign up for our OPEN MIC and OPEN SLAM 1.6, last week THOMAS FUCALORO won the 5th slot in our upcoming SEMIFINAL!
Be sure to arrive early for this week's Ginsberg Turn On presented by ELLIOT D. SMITH at 6pm and then we'll be moving in to the WORDSHOP at 6:30pm by ED MABREY!
Here's how the evening goes:
6:30 PM SIGN UPS BEGIN!
7:00 PM OPEN MIC BEGINS!
8:00 PM OPEN SLAM BEGINS!!
Admission is $8 ($5 w/ Student ID)
Can't make it out to the game? Check it out LIVE online here: bowerypoetrylive.com!
URBANA at a GLANCE:
NEXT WEEK: SEMIFINAL 1 with feature CRISTIN O'KEEFE APTOWICZ!
TUESDAY OCTOBER 25th6:30 PM
Bowery Poetry Club
$8 ($5 w/ Student ID)
Also don't forget that we have a very special month of the Ginsberg Turn On series that celebrates the life and work of Allen Ginsberg, the series this month is curated by Ian Khadan and you'll hear from these poets:
10/18/11 - Elliot D. Smith10/25/11 - Victoria McCoy
The series runs from 6PM sharp to 6:30PM when we'll switch it over to our WORDSHOP for the evening, so arrive early to sign up and celebrate Ginsberg's work with us! Note: This portion of the evening is entirely free unless you are so inclined to make a donation of which 100% goes to the NAROPA: The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics which was founded by Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman in Colorado!
10
Oct
If you don't know, you'd better ask somebody 'bout JARED PAUL:
Jared Paul is writer, organizer, and journalist from Providence, Rhode Island. He is a two time Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, and an internationally touring performance artist having given over 500 performances across the U.S., Canada, and Europe since 2004. He is also a vocalist for the Providence band, Prayers For Atheists (PFA), who record and tour as part of the Strange Famous Records collective run by Hip Hop legend, Sage Francis.
Come on out and sign up for our OPEN MIC and OPEN SLAM 1.5, last week Elliot D. Smith took our 4th semi-final spot and we've got only TWO slams left in this quarter!
Be sure to arrive early for this week's Ginsberg Turn On Presented by Adam 'ShadoKat' Bowser at 6pm and then we'll be moving in to the WORDSHOP at 6:30pm presented by TARA HARDY!
Here's how the evening goes:
6:30 PM SIGN UPS BEGIN!
7:00 PM OPEN MIC BEGINS!
8:00 PM OPEN SLAM BEGINS!!
Admission is $8 ($5 w/ Student ID)
Can't make it out to the game? Check it out LIVE online here: bowerypoetrylive.com!
Jared Paul is writer, organizer, and journalist from Providence, Rhode Island. He is a two time Individual World Poetry Slam Finalist, and an internationally touring performance artist having given over 500 performances across the U.S., Canada, and Europe since 2004. He is also a vocalist for the Providence band, Prayers For Atheists (PFA), who record and tour as part of the Strange Famous Records collective run by Hip Hop legend, Sage Francis.
Come on out and sign up for our OPEN MIC and OPEN SLAM 1.5, last week Elliot D. Smith took our 4th semi-final spot and we've got only TWO slams left in this quarter!
Be sure to arrive early for this week's Ginsberg Turn On Presented by Adam 'ShadoKat' Bowser at 6pm and then we'll be moving in to the WORDSHOP at 6:30pm presented by TARA HARDY!
Here's how the evening goes:
6:30 PM SIGN UPS BEGIN!
7:00 PM OPEN MIC BEGINS!
8:00 PM OPEN SLAM BEGINS!!
Admission is $8 ($5 w/ Student ID)
Can't make it out to the game? Check it out LIVE online here: bowerypoetrylive.com!
URBANA at a GLANCE:
NEXT WEEK: OPEN SLAM 1.6 with feature ED MABREY!
TUESDAY OCTOBER 4TH6:30 PM
Bowery Poetry Club
$8 ($5 w/ Student ID)
Also don't forget that we have a very special month of the Ginsberg Turn On series that celebrates the life and work of Allen Ginsberg, the series this month is curated by Ian Khadan and you'll hear from these poets:
10/11/11 - Adam "Shadokat" Bowser10/18/11 - Elliot D. Smith
10/25/11 - Victoria McCoy
The series runs from 6PM sharp to 6:30PM when we'll switch it over to our WORDSHOP for the evening, so arrive early to sign up and celebrate Ginsberg's work with us! Note: This portion of the evening is entirely free unless you are so inclined to make a donation of which 100% goes to the NAROPA School of Disembodied Poetics in Colorado!
