HURRICANE SEASON- NYC Summer Run @ The National Black Theater
07.10.09 to 08.02.09
Harlem, NY
Hurricane Season has an extended run at the The National Black Theater- Institute of Action Arts in Harlem this summer!!!
From July 10th through August 2nd, Alixa and Naima will perform Hurricane Season Fridays and Saturdays @ 7:30, and Sundays @ 4:00 (July 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31, & August 1, 2)!!!
The National Black Theater
2031-33 National Black Theatre Way
a.k.a. Fifth Avenue (Btwn 125th & 126th Streets)
Harlem, NY
more info/tickets call 212.722.3800
Admission: Sliding scale $15-35
PURCHASE TICKETS ONLINE HERE
HURRICANE SEASON NORTHEAST REGIONAL TOUR
08.28.09 to 10.17.09
HURRICANE SEASON WILL BE TOURING THE NORTHEAST REGION IN THE FALL OF ‘09!!!
The national tour was an amazing triumph of creative uprising and we are so inspired to spread the catalyzing fire and healing water to more communities across the country!
CHECK OUT WWW.HURRICANESEASONTOUR.COM CLICK HERE
(make sure to read the testimonials page to get energized about what's possible!)
Now is time to begin booking for the fall (especially for tour stops contingent on college/university venue or funding before schools out for summer!). If you are invested in Hurricane Season coming to your community, let us know if you can help locate a venue, secure funds, promote the show, or identify rad organizations to be featured at the solutions ciphers. We are looking to bring the production to upstate NY, VT, ME, NH, MA, RI, CT, NJ, PA, DC, and MD from August 28th through October 17.
Our booking process is grassroots and lovefruits from everyday people who are driven to make it happen!
Contact us through this site or email us at hurricaneseasontour@gmail.com if you are interested in getting involved!
Z!, our phenomenal tour stop coordinator in Madison said:
"Working with you all on Hurricane Season was a source of love and excitement, strengthened my organizing skills and relationships, and profoundly overlapped with my spiritual worldview and practice... I learned a ton and feel blessed to have been part of the vision and magic of it all."
You're invited to be part of the vision and the magic!!!!
tentative NE regional tour schedule:
AUGUST 28 ALBANY, NY
SEPTEMBER 2 FAYSTON, VT
SEPTEMBER 5 BURLINGTON, VT
SEPTEMBER 7-13 MONTREAL, ON
SEPTEMBER 16 UNITY, ME
SEPTEMBER 18 PORTLAND, ME
SEPTEMBER 20 DURHAM, NH
SEPTEMBER 22-23 LOWELL, MA
SEPTEMBER 25-27 BOSTON, MA
OCTOBER 1 PROVIDENCE, RI
OCTOBER 3-4 NORTHAMPTON, MA
OCTOBER 7 HARTFORD, CT
OCTOBER 9 NEWARK, NJ
OCTOBER 11 PHILADELPHIA, PA
OCTOBER 14 BALTIMORE, MD
OCTOBER 16-17 WASHINGTON DC
Kona Pride Fest
06.20.09 | 2-7:30pm
Kailua Kona, HI
Climbing PoeTree will be performing as part of Kona Pride Fest
@ the King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel Luau Grounds, Kailua Kona. All ages
The afterparty (21 and over) is @ Jackie Rey's Bar, Kailua Kona 9-2am, there will be DJ's all night and a burlesque show 11:30-midnight.
Other events for the weekend include: a drag pagaent (21+) Friday, June 19th, we will crown "Miss Hawaii Island Pride", location is My Bar, Kailua Kona.
Sunday, the 21st will be a Burlesque dinner/booze cruise (21+) on the BodyGlove boat 6-8pm.
First Friday at Ong King Arts Center
06.05.09 | 9:00 pm
Honolulu, HI
Event: First Friday at Ong King Arts Center
Time and Place: Ong King Arts Center, 184 N. King St., Friday, June 5th, 5pm-2am
Art gallery opening 5pm-9pm, Performance 9pm-2am
Cost: 10$ (art opening free)
Who Can Attend: All Ages!
More Info: www.ongking.com see@ongking.com,
ong king: 306-7823, see’s #: 428-3233
CLIMBING POETREE...ASIWOULDSAY...TRAVIS WELLER...MARIA REMOS...CAROL TAWANGA...BIANCA CHAVEZ...T-TYM...MATTY CHAMBERLAIN....QUADRAPHONIX...SHAKTI DANCE MOVEMENT....MICHAEL HAMILTON...THE FOOL TRUTH...TAIMANE GARDNER
FROM ACROSS the UniVerse to briNG minD bending boisterouS beauty into being, yes inDEedOOO its firSt friDay JUnE 5th @ onG King Arts Center. WelCOme summer with asIwouldsay a San Francisco based arts group presenting two amazing artists: One is visuaL artist Travis Weller, the other musician and old friend Maria Remos/songbird. Loving the walls with Art odes are emerging artist: Bianca Chavez and Carol Tagawa. In from Brooklyn to open for Erykah Badu is Climbing Poetree (Alixa & Naima) the most amazing poet duo in the land! Jeffery James has a new groove soul band call T-TYM (tea time). Bringing funky strange performance art is Michael Hamilton as Pan and see with The FooL Truth. Plus SHakti Dance Movement may just droP a dance number in the stew. MATTY ChamberLain starts it, as QUadraphonix finishes us with amazing psycadelic sitar artistry combined with Taimane Gardner’s uke madness. Yes we love this, with u...
Visual ART
FEAUTURE ARTIST: Travis Weller currently resides in San Francisco, CA spending his days drawing, burning screens, cutting stencils, and hand pulling silkscreen prints until his fingers don’t function properly.
Aloha Music Fest feat. ERYKAH BADU and Goapele
05.29.09 | doors @ 7:00pm, showtime 8:00pm
Honolulu, HI, US
This will be a music festival that will feature Grammy Award Winning Artist Erykah Badu with her live band and national recording artist Goapele.
Also Featuring Climbing PoeTree, Kimo James, Nesian Nine, DJ K Salaam NYC + DJ MIN ONE
The Waterfront @ Aloha Tower Marketplace
1 Aloha Tower Drive
Honolulu, HI
tickets on sale at DIG Lifestyles and HonoluluBoxOffice.com
brought to you by DIG Lifestyles and Echelon Entertainment
more info: 808 591 8501
Three Degrees: The Law of Climate Change and Human Rights Conference
05.28.09 | 8:45-9:15 a.m.
Seattle, WA
The conference is a student-led effort aimed at challenging legal scholars, NGO leaders, and policy makers to confront the humanitarian crisis at the heart of climate change. Attendees and Panelist will be coming from all over the world, including Jamaica, the Maldives, Geneva, Alaska, Australia, India, Europe, and the U.S. Climbing PoeTree will be performing an excerpt of Hurricane Season during the opening. Click related site for all the details.
University of Washington School of Law
William H. Gates Hall, Seattle, 98195
Registration fees~
GENERAL ADMISSION: $115
STUDENT: $35
FIERCE benefit with Me'Shell Ndegecello and Toshi Reagon
05.07.09 | 7:00 p.m.
New york, NY
FIERCE Night Out!
Spring Concert FEATURING:
MESHELL NDEGEOCELLO
TOSHI REAGON
CLIMBING POETREE
DJ TIKKA MASALA
@ Santos Party House
96 Lafayette Street
NYC, NY
Show starts at 7:30pm SHARP!
ALL AGES SHOW!
$20 Advance Tickets
$25 At the Door
Purchase tickets online HERE before they sell out!
All proceeds benefit FIERCE, a grassroots member-led organization dedicated to the power and leadership of queer youth of color in NYC.
HURRICANE SEASON HARLEM- Riverside Theater
05.01.09 | 7:30 p.m.
Harlem, NY
Hurricane Season NYC Premier Show!
as part of The Riverside Theatre's
second annual Cultural Animators Series
"EARTH (H)OURS"
Advanced tickets can be purchased online: CLICK HERE
or call the Box Office: 212-870-6784
The Riverside Theater
Located within The Riverside Church, 91 Claremont Ave at 120th Street
Mayworks Festival
04.25.09 | 8 p.m.
Toronto
A festival of working class art and resistance dedicated to bringing down the walls that divide those who face injustice from war, racism, and neoliberalism.
In the Red: Revolutions for Our Hearts. Mayworks opening night. An evening of music spoken word, dance and more with LAL, Vox Sambou, MataDanze, Shameless plus from New York City critically acclaimed Climbing PoeTree.
Blue Moon Café
725 Queen Street East
$10-$15 s/s
anitAFRIKA! dub theatre
04.23.09 | 9:00 pm
Toronto, Canada
Roots PoeTree with Hurricane Season Excerpts
@
anitAFRIKA! dub theatre
62 fraser avenue
toronto ontario m6k1y6
phone: 416.434.1823
*come early as space is limited, pay what you can*
anitAFRIKA! dub theatre is a radical arts centre founded on 7 principles of dubpoetry & dubtheatre: the use of rhythm, language, political protext, orality, urgency, integrity, and sacredness as mediums of social change through storytelling. birthed by d'bi.young in spring 2008 during her professional dubtheatre mentorship with visionary dub aatist ahdri zhina mandiela, this movement provides communities with creative resources that facilitate and promote the ideas of accountability and responsibility between the storyteller and the people: the artist as leader and revolushunary keeper of the sacred.
The Big Sur Spirit Garden
04.18.09 | 8:00 -10:00 pm
Big Sur, CA
Climbing PoeTree performs at The Big Sur Spirit Garden, an International Arts and Cultural Center located in the Big Sur valley between the Santa Lucia Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
$15 open
Big Sur Coast Highway-Route 1
Big Sur, CA 93920
(831) 667-1300
UC Santa Cruz
04.15.09 | 7-9 pm
Santa Cruz, CA
Climbing PoeTree performs at UCSC for Engaging Education.
Oakes Learning Center
UCSC
1156 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Engaging Education (e²) is a Student-Initiated Outreach and Retention Center for student engagement and academic excellence. It is a supportive and dynamic space for programming that addresses the low rates of recruitment, retention and graduation that historically under resourced communities face within higher education. To build a foundation for students to grow and engage in grassroots organizing, student activism, community building both inside and outside the university, and understanding of legacies of social justice struggles.
Santa Barbara Rape Crisis Center
04.11.09 | 7-11pm
Santa Barbara, CA
HART (Healing ART): A night of self expression, open mic, spoken word
music, art, food, community building & resources
as part of SEXUAL ASSAULT AWARENESS MONTH
Our Stories, Our Lives: Challenging the Myths of Sexual Violence in the LGBTQ Community
-DJ Em-1 & DJ Gavin Roy (from Wild Cat)
- Performances by Climbing Poetree, SKIM, Jade Ross
FREE!
Casa de la Raza Youth Center
601 E. Montecito Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
More info: (805) 963-6832 ext. 12
NYU- Multiple Identities Speaker Series
04.07.09 | 7:00 p.m.
New York, NY
Climbing PoeTree performs @
New York University
Kimmel Center (rm 802)
60 Washington Square South
New York, NY 10012
performance 7 - 8 pm + a 30 minute Q & A
sponsored by The NYU Office of LGBT Student Services and the Center for Multicultural Education & Programs
Event is open to the general public, but if you don't have an NYU ID, you must RSVP to Celiany Rivera crv3@nyu.edu to get on a list in order to bypass security. Thank you!
National Black Theater- Institute of Action Arts
03.27.09 | 6:30
Harlem, NY
Join AVERY BROOKS & ALICIA KEYS & guests
to celebrate the launch of
Dr. Barbara Ann Teer's
Institute of Action Arts
41st year!
and the re-institution of the Communication Arts Program Symposiums
Climbing PoeTree will be contributing one poem to this thought provoking and soul stirring evening
National Black Theater
The National Black Theatre
2031-33 National Black Theatre Way
Fifth Avenue (Btwn 125th & 126th Streets)
Harlem, NY 10035
Suggested donation $20 Students $10, EVENT SOLD OUT!!!!
Le Cirque d'Art Gallery Opening and Performance
03.20.09 | 6:30PM-9:30PM..... with an after party till 2am.
New York, NY
~Collective Hardware -169 Bowery @ Delancey New York New York~
- A Elite artistic gathering to benefit photographer / journalist activist LAYLA LOVE who is challenged with vision-threatening diagnosis of multifocal chroiditis. This is the night to celebrate living art, healing through creation, the room will be alive with an abundance of over 200 images by Love and 20 artists & performers lighting up the room. As well a fashion sow by CHATEAU DE LION , Live Painting by Jorge Casu and Crystal Clarity, dance by Samara Gaev, and after party till 2 am! Live performances by Climbing Poetree, The Countess, and a group show featuring: Becky Yee, Dana Goldburg, MTA.
HOSTED BY: CARON BERNSTEIN, KARLIIN MANN, ANTHONY HADEN-GUEST, LAYLA LOVE, YUKI TANAKA, D FINLEY, SUSAN ANTON, MICHAEL MUSTO, NORMAN REEDUS
The Brooklyn Museum!!
03.07.09 | 6-8 p.m
Brooklyn, NY
Target First Saturdays @ the Brooklyn Museum
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd floor
THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM
200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn
take the 2 or 3 trains to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum
Climbing PoeTree
Mango Tribe
Mahina Movement
"Interdisciplinary performance ensemble Mango Tribe, trio Mahina Movement, and spoken word duo Climbing PoeTree each present socially conscious works with poignant melodies, passionate lyrics, and innovative projections in this wide-reaching showcase."
Free tickets (330) available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.
Sylvia Rivera Law Project & Audre Lorde Project BENEFIT SHOW
03.05.09 | 7pm door/8pm show
New York, NY
Climbing PoeTree performs along with Invincible, Mahina Movement, Joda!, Novice Theory, Ganessa James
PLUS! The Audre Lorde Project's SAFE OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM STEP TEAM!!!
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square S.
NYC on the A/B/C/D/E/F/V/R/W
All Ages, Wheelchair accessible
COST: $15-$50 (no one turned away for lack of funds)
benefit for Audre Lorde Project and
Sylvia Rivera Law Project
One Common Unity presents the Common Folk Awards to Climbing PoeTree & Andersen Sa!
12.13.08 | 7:30 PM Reception, 8:30 PM Program Begins
Washington, DC, DC
An evening of music, poetry, dance, speakers, and award presentations.
In 2008, One Common Unity (OCU) presents the first Annual Common Folk Awards. During the Awards Celebration, OCU will recognize 3 individuals from around the world who are creating peace and lasting sustainable change in their communities through education, arts and/or media.
International Award Recipient:
Andersen Sa (Favella Rising, Brazil)
National Award Recipient:
Climbing PoeTree (Hurricane Season, New York)
Invited Guest Performers Include:
Courtney Dowe, Mikuak Rai, The Young Women's Drumming Empowerment Project, Olu Butterfly, The Cornell West Theory, Ayanna Gregory, Dr. James Gordon, Princess of Controversy, Bomani Armah, Jali-D, Monica McIntyre, Ayasha Upchurch, Luci Murphy, and Brother Ah.
Silent Auction Contributions:
Paintings by: Helina Metaferia, Jean-Jacques Gabriel, Saaku
Gift Certificates by: Flow Yoga Center, Journey Yoga Center, HomeMade Pizza Company, Syracuse Cultural Workers, Yoga Chai
RECEIVE YOUR TICKETS ONLINE TODAY
Tickets $20.00
CLICK related site
Dress Festive
Appetizers & Light Fare provided during the reception by Java Green Eco Café & Bus Boys & Poets
Location:
Peace Mural Foundation Exhibit
3336 M St. NW
Washington D.C. 20007
HURRICANE SEASON!!!!!!
08.29.08 to 12.14.08
24/7!
coming to a venue near you...
Alixa and Naima, the acclaimed arts activist duo Climbing PoeTree, present
HURRICANE SEASON:
The Hidden Messages in Water,
a multi-media two-womyn show that interweaves spoken word poetry, sound collage, shadow art, dance, film and animation to explore critical issues facing humanity through the kaleidoscope of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
A riveting story about unnatural disaster and a great shift in universal consciousness, HURRICANE SEASON draws vital connections between shared struggles & common solutions in a critical moment in human history.
Rhythmic and uplifting, raw and deeply moving, HURRICANE SEASON seeks not to captivate audiences, but to liberate them.
Through the performance and post-show discussion, HURRICANE SEASON arouses the power of our creative consciousness to transform destruction into solutions that already live amongst us.
NATIONAL TOUR: AUGUST 29 TO DECEMBER 14, 2008
Alixa and Naima will travel throughout the country in a vehicle converted to run on vegetable oil recycled from America’s fast-food addiction.
CHECK OUT THE NEW OFFICIAL HURRICANE SEASON WEBSITE FOR ITINERARY!
www.hurricaneseasontour.com
or contact us to get on the email list for updates
BOOKING & other inquiries: water@climbingpoetree.com
GET INVOLVED in production, booking, promotion, community outreach, or documentation! We look forward to trading magic with you again. water@climbingpoetree.com
HURRICANE SEASON national tour tentative show schedule
Philadelphia, PA 8/29/08
Pittsburgh, PA 9/2/08/08
Cleveland, OH 9/4/08
Yellow Springs/ Cincinnati 9/6-9/7/08
Columbus, OH 9/10/08
Detroit, MI 9/12/08
Ann Arbor, MI 9/14/08
Chicago, IL (Northside) 9/18/08
Chicago, IL (Southside) 9/20/08
Champaign/Urbana, IL 9/24/08
Iowa City, IA 9/27/08
Milwaukee, WI 9/30/08
Madison, WI 10/2/08
Minneapolis, MN 10/4/08
Seattle, WA 10/12/08
Portland, OR 10/16/08
Arcata, CA 10/18/08
Oakland, CA 10/25/08
Berkeley, CA 10/29/08
San Francisco, CA 10/30/08
San Jose, CA 11/2/08
Santa Cruz, CA 11/5/08
Los Angeles, CA 11/8/08
Albuquerque, NM 11/15/08
Austin, TX 11/19/08
Houston, TX 11/22/08
New Orleans 11/26/08
Gulfport/Biloxi, MS 11/29/08
Tallahassee, FL 12/2/08
Atlanta, GA 12/5/08
Asheville, NC 12/9/08
Washington DC 12/13/08
NORTHEAST REGIONAL TOUR
SPRING 2009
stay tuned for show dates!
Rooftop Fundraiser to Support Womyn of Color Deligation to New Orleans
05.29.08 | 7-10pm
NYC, NY
From the South Bronx –Southern Louisana
Rebuilding Healthy People, Healthy Families And Healthy Communities
Enjoy a wonderful spring night roofstop with...
*Film Screening: “When the Levee’s Broke” & “Jena Six”
*Music by DJ Sabine
*Performance by Climbing Poetree
DONATION $7-10
When the government in place does not respond because I am Black, because I am poor, because I am Brown, because I am an immigrant, because I am a womyn, because I’m Queer, because I am a worker, I do not have to wait. I can create what I have been asking for. Self-Determination begins when people meet their own needs to go beyond survival. Therefore, when the government does not, our needs are not forgotten.
Creating a JUST, Sacred and Sustainable World!
CANCELLED*****RAISE YOUR VOICE!
05.13.08 | 7:30 pm
Washington DC, DC
So sorry fam, this event has been canceled due to a tragic double-booking situation on the part of the venue! If you would like updates on DC area shows let us know in the "Contact Us" page.
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Women in the Life Association proudly presents:
A Special Black PRIDE Month Open Mic Celebration
featuring CLIMBING POETREE
in benefit of their upcoming tour "HURRICANE SEASON'
@ THE LOUNGE (formerly Cada Vez)
1438 U Street NW
Suggested donation $10
HOSTED BY STRANGE FROOT
Sign up for Open Mic at the door!
more info: 202-541-9818
Western Washington University
05.08.08 to 05.09.08
Bellingham, WA
Friday: workshop
Saturday: performance
details TBA
Western Washington University | 516 High Street | Bellingham, WA 98225
sponsored by the Social Issues Resource Center
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
04.24.08 | 7-8:30pm
Milwaukee, WI
@ the UWM Union
2200 E. Kenwood Blvd.
Milwaukee, WI 53211
sponsored by the Sociocultural Programming Department, the Latino Student Union, Union Programming, the Community Media Project, and the Women's Resource Center
LOOKING THE STORM IN THE EYE
03.30.08 to 04.06.08
Providence, RI
LOOKING THE STORM IN THE EYE:
a week of active reflection on Hurricane Katrina and a community based call and response.
Featuring the first-ever unveiling of Climbing PoeTree's upcoming production "HURRICANE SEASON: The Hidden Messages in Water" a multi-media two-womyn show about unnatural disaster and a great shift in universal consciousness. Alixa and Naima will be performing selections of this work-in-process, interweaving spoken word poetry, sound collage, shadow art, dance, film and animation to explore critical issues facing humanity through the kaleidoscope of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
Saturday April 5th at 7:00
Rites and Reason Theatre, 155 Angell St.
LOOKING THE STORM IN THE EYE will culminate in a Folk Thought forum on Sunday April 6th. Alixa and Naima of Climbing PoeTree will host a "solutions cipher" - to cross-pollinate creative strategies for self-determination, and to turn the passion generated in the show into action manifested in the community.
Read more...
Decolonizing Creativity: FIERY WOMYN, FIERCE EXPRESSIONS
03.08.08 | 9:30am - 5:30pm
Berkeley, CA
23rd Annual Empowering Women of Color Conference
“decolonizing creativity:
FIERY WOMYN, FIERCE EXPRESSIONS”
March 8, 2008, 9:30AM-5:30PM
UC Berkeley, MLK Building
Keynote Speaker: Climbing PoeTree
Performances by: Taller Tamboricua, DJ Jeanine Da Feen,
Lakota singer Jenny Ghost Bear, iXalt! And more!
Featuring: Workshops, Vendors, Closing Panel
Registration on-line: ewocc.berkeley.edu
SCHEDULE (subject to change)
8:30a-9:30a: Registration
9:30a-10:10a: Opening Ceremony - Taller Tamboricua
10:10a-10:15a: Transition
10:15a-11:15a: Workshop 1
11:15a-11:20a: Transition
11:20a-12:20p: Workshop 2
12:20p-1:20p: Lunch with DJ Jeanne Da Feen
1:20p-1:35p: Transition – iXalt!
1:35p-2:30p: Keynote - Climbing Poetree
2:30p-2:45p: Transition – Lokota singer Jenny Ghost Bear
2:45p-3:45p: Workshop 3
3:45p-4:00p: Transition - Entertainment with Step Group
4:00p-5:00p: Panel (feat. Climbing PoeTree)
5:00p-5:15p: Closeout and Thank yous
5:15p-5:30p: Closing - Climbing Poetree
Kick-off Event: Equinox
Featuring Student Performers and Taller Tamboricua direct from Puerto Rico
Friday, March 7, 2008
5:30-7PM
Heller Lounge
Sponsored by: Gender Equity Resource Center
Geneq.berkeley.edu
EWOCC is sponsored by: The Graduate Assembly, Women of Color Initiative Project Coordinator, Graduate Women’s Project, Graduate Students’ Minority Project, The Ethnic Studies Fifth Account, Consortium for the Arts at UC Berkeley, Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, Luna Bar
SPEAKING FIERCE
03.06.08 | 6:30 pm
Oakland, CA
Women of Color Resource Center is hosting their annual "Speaking Fierce" International Woman's Day event. Climbing PoeTree will open the program with a 15 minute set at 7 pm. Details:
Women of Color Resource Center Presents
Speaking Fierce
An Evening of Art, Spoken Word, Humor and Music
Thursday, March 6, 2008
Doors at 6:30pm, Program 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Tickets $10-$25
No one turned away for lack of funds
First Congregational Church
2501 Harrison Street @ 27th, Oakland
Bushra Rehman, Brooklyn-Based Pakistani Poet & Co-editor of Colonize This! Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism
Climbing PoeTree, Spoken Word Duo
Special Guest Appearance by Jennifer Johns, R&B World Music Singer
Technological Empowerment & Media Project of Oakland (TEMPO)
Service Women's Action Network (SWAN)
For more info, call 510-444-2700 x305, www.coloredgirls.org
Sponsored by:
Art in Action, BAY-Peace, Colorlines Magazine, Codepink, Courage to Resist, EBASE (East Bay Alliance for a Sustainable Economy), East Bay Peace Action, Global Exchange, Global Women's Fund, National Radio Project, Peace Action West, Rainforest Action Network, Speakout, War Times, The Women's Building, Women's International League of Peace & Freedom (SF Branch)
PICK UP THE MIC, BREAK DOWN THE WALLS!
02.10.08 | 8:00 pm
New York City, NY
AN EVENING OF HIP HOP AND POETRY TO CLOSE OUT ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK (WWW.APARTHEIDWEEK.ORG)
opening with poetry at 8:30
Remi Kanazi and Tahani Salah
hip hop at 9:30
Sabreena Da Witch (Abeer)
http://www.myspace.com/sdawitch
Invincible
http://www.myspace.com/invincilana
Rebel Diaz
http://www.rebeldiaz.com
closing our with Climbing Poetree!
With DJ Oja spinning against apartheid all night!
http://www.myspace.com/sunchildproductions
doors at 8pm, all ages
$10
@ The Knitting Factory
74 Leonard St.
Between B'way & Church St.
(1, 9 to Franklin St., A, C, E, N, R to Canal)
Short Term Artist-in-Residency at the University of Illinois
01.27.08 to 02.01.08
all day, every day
Urbana, IL
Sunday 7pm - Opening Program: “ART is our WEAPON, our MEDICINE, our VOICE, our VISION”
Description:
If creativity is the antidote to destruction, how can art be at the service of progressive movements for peace, justice, and social change? Climbing PoeTree will blend their soul-stirring, fist-raising spoken word performance with a slide-show presentation inspired by their career as arts activists. Audience participants will have an opportunity to contribute their personal manifestos to S.T.I.T.C.H.E.D., a growing tapestry of Stories, Testimonies, Intentions, Truths, Confessions, Healing, Expressions, and Dreams that Alixa and Naima have collected and stitched together from close to 3,000 individuals nationwide since the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Monday 7pm– Bookmaking workshop
Description:
In this hands-on workshop, participants will create their own hardcover journals from salvaged and recycled materials. Alixa and Naima will show examples of hand-bound books they have created and talk a little about their experiences as arts educators, creating curriculum for at-risk youth and children of incarcerated parents using book making as a tool for healing.
Tuesday 7 pm– Writing workshop “Planting PoeTree”
This workshop will seed poems rooted in our experiences that bear the fruit of our imaginations. Alixa and Naima will take participants on a sensory journey that stimulates memory and activates imagery, and will share some secrets about writing and performing compelling poetry.
Wednesday 7pm – “Stencil Graffiti”
An introduction to street art techniques such as stenciling, wheat pasting, and spray paint, this workshop will create a collaborative mural on plywood.
Thursday – 7pm – “Fashion Statement” silk-screening and stenciling clothing
Bring blank t-shirts, hoodies, and any article of clothing that needs new life! We will be silk-screening (using screens brought by Alixa and Naima from their clothing line) and stenciling (using stencils made in Wednesday’s workshop) on any fabric you bring to the party. This final day will be dedicated to finishing the mural and sharing work from the week, in addition to freshening up your wardrobe!
ALSO THURS, at LA CASA CULTURAL LATINA, 12:00 noon
POETRY IS NOT A LUXURY: a lunch date with Climbing PoeTree
All events are free and open to the public! And will take place in the South Rec room in Allen Hall/Unit One at the U of IL, except the event at La Casa Cultural Latina.
Description of program: Unit One was founded in the early 1970's as an alternative to standard educational models. Many of our courses and extracurricular programs emphasize ideas and activities which students would have little or no exposure to in their standard curriculum, and often challenge established ways of thinking, analyzing, and acting in the world. Guests who have been in residence in the past have played a major role in helping our students become critical thinkers and agents for social change.
SF-8
11.30.07 | 7 pm
New York City, NY
Celebrate and defend the legacy of the Black Panther Party:
Drop the charges against the SF-8
NYC, Friday, November 30, 7 pm
Martin Luther King Jr. Labor Center
310 W. 43rd Street (between 8th & 9th Ave.) NYC
Speakers Include:
Gil Noble, respected producer and host of ABC-TV’s Like It Is
Francisco Torres, Harold Taylor and other SF-8 defendants
Soffiyah Elijah, Esq., lawyer on the SF-8 case
Performance by Climbing PoeTree (10 min set)
The San Francisco 8 are eight former “original” Black Panther Party members and active supporters (ages 56 to 72), who were arrested last January in California, New York and Florida on charges related to the 1971 killing of a San Francisco police officer. Some of these men faced virtually identical charges almost 35 years ago—charges that were dropped after it was revealed that police torture had extracted “confessions.”
But that was in 1973. Now that torture has been made acceptable in this country, the case is back on—based on the same flawed evidence.
The judge has released the 6 bail-eligible defendants on bond, suggesting to legal experts that this case is a shaky one. The two defendants who are not eligible for bail, political prisoners Herman Bell and Jalil Muntaqim, have already served more than 34 years in New York state prisons. This new case charges them again with actions for which they are already doing time.
Come welcome home some of the SF-8 defendants and learn more about the case.
For Information Contact: Committee to Free the SF-8 (freethesf8.org), Local 1199 (Michael@1199.org), (Malcolm X Grassroots Movement (mxgm.org)
The Jericho Movement (thejerichomovement.com) or call: (718) 254-8800 or (646) 246-0770
Come support the SF-8—and defend the history of all struggles for justice.
Sponsors so far:
SEIU Local 1199, Malcolm X Grassroots Movement, Center for Constitutional Rights, NYC National Lawyers Guild, Al-Awda, NY State Taskforce for Political Prisoners, the Jericho Movement, Resistance in Brooklyn, Campaign to End the Death Penalty, Pro Libertad, Frances Goldin, Safiya Bukhari-Albert Nuh Washington Foundation, Free Mumia Abu-Jamal Coalition (NYC), Black Panther Commemoration Committee (NY), Malcolm X Commemoration Committee, NYC Anarchist Black Cross, Gabriela Network USA, Friends and Family of Daniel McGowan
Ghana Benefit Performance
11.17.07 | 7:30 pm
Northampton, MA
an evening of soul-stirring spoken word
with the brooklyn-based,
internationally-acclaimed
soul-sister co-conspiracy
***Climbing PoeTree***
at the Northeast American School of Dance
25 Main Street, 4th floor
Northampton, MA
$10 suggestion donation
all proceeds benefit family trip to Ghana!!!
Brooklyn II Palestine
11.13.07 | 8 pm
Brooklyn, NY
DAM: 1st Palestinian Hip Hop crew performs in BK!
special guest performances by:
Climbing Poetree (20 min set)
Remi Kanazi
Tahani Salah
Mauricio (Enemy Combatant)
Mazzi (S.O.U.L. Purpose) + Sneakas
DJ K-Salaam
Djs Oja and Vanessa
and more...
doors at 8pm
show at 9pm
$10
@ Southpaw
125 Fifth Ave between Sterling and St. Johns Place
N,Q,R,2,3,4,5 trains to Pacific/Atlantic
*Poetry is Not a Luxury Slam*
11.10.07
@Humboldt State University
brought to you by the Black Student Union
email motherbbn@hotmail.com for more info
HSU Campus Dialogue on Race
11.09.07 | 7:00-9:00
Arcata, CA
Climbing PoeTree performance presentation
in the Kate Buchanan Room
@Humboldt State University
Arcata, CA 95521
more info on the Campus Dialogue on Race click "related site"
Mills College
11.07.07 | 7:00 pm
Oakland, CA
The Student Union
Mills College
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA click "related site" for directions
cost: FREE! and open to the public
The Black Womens Collective will be accepting donations for Katrina survivors.
Sponsored by Queer Melanin and Mujeres Unidas!
Brought to you by the Student Diversity Program
HERSPIRIT at the Women's Building, SF
11.04.07 | 4:30-9:30 pm
San Francisco, CA
Climbing PoeTree performs alongside a tribe of womyn spillin goddess funk, Orisha songs, sonic vibrations,
fine art, massage, djs, poetry, tantric tea parties, crystal ball dancing, + more!
Check out this amazing line up by clicking "related site"
@the beautiful & historic Women's Building
3543 18th Street
near Valencia, S.F. (3 blocks from Bart)
cost:$15 no one will be turned away for lack of funds
ALL proceeds benefit Casa De Milagros, an orphanage in Cusco, Peru.
check out: www.chandlersky.org
Pepperdine University
11.02.07 | 7:00pm
Malibu, CA
@ The Sandbar
Pepperdine University
24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263
Directions: click "related site"
CAMPCAMP!
11.01.07 | 8:00 pm
Climbing PoeTree features at Austin’s monthly queer performance hootenanny.
Delight at the antics of CampCamp's ever-growing list of performers, or arrive ready to fill your own 10-minute slot at this.
8pm sign-up.
@ Bouldin Creek Coffeehouse & Cafe,
1501 S. First, 416-1601.
AUSTIN, TX
Free!
Info: campcampqueers@gmail.com
BIONEERS by the Bay
10.19.07 to 10.21.07
Saturday 8:45 am and 7:30 pm
Marion, MA
Climbing PoeTree perform as part of Bioneers by the Bay, an unforgettable weekend of some of the most insightful, inspiring innovators in the realms of sustainable agriculture, social justice, spirituality and the environment-- including Van Jones, Simran Sethi, Naomi Wolf, and John Perkins.
Alixa and Naima will open for Ra Goddess for the early birds at 8:45 in the morning on the main stage, and again to close out the Youth Initiative open mic that begins at 7:30. Check out the website for more info.
BlakTino Performance Festival
10.19.07 | 8pm
CELEBRATING WORKS BY BLACK, LATINO AND BLATINO ARTISTS
OCTOBER 6 – November 3, 2007
@The Bronx Academy of Music and Dance
841 Barretto Street 2nd Floor
Bronx NY 10474
Friday, October 19 - 8pm/ $15
REVOLUTIONARY MUSIC with REBEL DIAZ, CLIMBING POETREE and ABENA KOOMSON
Brace yourself for a powerful dose of music that inspire the body to move and nourish the mind with revolutionary lyrics. The members of Rebel Diaz hail from Santiago, Chile and the South Bronx. They’ve performed in front of 500,000 people at an immigrant rights rally and have continued to serve up their hip-hop laced lyrics to countless audiences. The daring and unapologetic duo, Alixa and Naima, of Climbing PoeTree, spit rhymes and lyrics about love and change the instill cheers and chills. With her pure, powerful voice Abena Koomson, part of the a capella group Saheli, has a solo repertoire rich with resistance and overflowing with heart and soul.
Poetry is Not a Luxury SLAM
10.10.07
Arcata, CA
@ HSU
details TBA
Making Money Make Change
10.06.07
Whitackers, NC
Clmbign PoeTree keynotes at the Resource's Generations national retreat, Making Money Make Change (MMMC).
Celebrating 10 Years of Challenging Wealth Disparity, Creating Justice
October 4-7th, 2007
The Franklinton Center
Whitackers, North Carolina (outside of Raleigh)
Resource Generation is a national organization that works with young people with financial wealth who are supporting and challenging each other to effect progressive social change through the creative, responsible and strategic use of financial and other resources.
Guelph Festival of Arts and Human R!ghts
09.29.07 | 9:00 pm
Guleph, Ontario
Climbing PoeTree performance
@The Salsateria- Rebel Foods
33 Macdonell st.
downtown guelph
Climbing PoeTree workshop earlier that afternoon
all part of
*The 1st annual Guelph Festival of Arts and Human R!ghts*
In the spirit of solidarity, ongoing learning, and collective action,
The "Guelph Festival of Arts and Human Rights" is being organized for Sept. 28-30. We are a grassroots collective organizing with a vast diversity of artists and community members to generate community arts projects that will inspire discussion on human rights and social change.
The festival is envisioned to make these discussions accessible and popularized through the arts and facilitate spaces for voices of under-represented groups and individuals to be expressed through art and for our understanding of human rights to be deepened. Examples of feature projects include: hip hop poetry by toronto artist-revolutionary SPIN, performance by the Climbing poeTree- power duo trekking in from Brooklyn, NY; a series of workshops exploring the meaning of human rights, gender, raciallization, and solidarity; music and spoken word creation, and performance; videomaking; screenprinting; presentation and workshop on visual storytelling by the beehive collective, art displays from the No One Is Illegal immigrant Detainee Art Group; and a series of public videodocumentary screenings.
LADYFEST TORONTO
09.28.07 | 8pm
toronto
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
Venue: The Boat, 8pm, 19+
$5-10 sliding scale
or entry with
a Ladyfest Festival Pass ($35 for the festival)
Featuring musical performances by:
Masia One
Climbing PoeTree
Nolan Natasha Pike
Hibou
The Boat is in the heart of Kensington Market, the address is 158
Augusta Avenue.
REBIRTH OF TRUTH
09.27.07 | doors 7pm, show 8pm
Toronto
@ The Savannah Room, 294 College & Spadina
SPOKEN WORD * LIVE MUSIC * ART INSTILATIONS * DIVINE CREATIVITY
featuring the heart beat soul sister spoken word warriors: Climbing PoeTree (www.climbingpoetree.com). Special guests: Broadcast live- Hip Hop/Indie/Rock (www.myspace.com/broadcastlive) and Taina Asili y La Banda Rebelde (www.tainapoet.com) from Albany, NY; Lila Rose – Folk/Reggae/ A’cappella (www.lilarose.ca) and installations by Lover Sun and MataDanZe from Toronto.
Expect the unexpected as your senses and spirit will be filled with creative vibrations and righteous political thought as artists from New York and Toronto unite and unravel an evening of artistic justice and love.
For more information contact
Lila Rose ~ lila@lilarose.ca
Lover Sun ~ ces503@hotmail.com
MataDanZe ~ 416-578-1553
ACOUSTIC SOUL
09.25.07 | doors at 8:00, show 9:00 pm
Toronto
Hosted by Hajile Kalaike & Jason Kinte
Featuring Toronto Poets & Climbing PoeTree
Open mic!
After-party lounge w/DJ Black Lotus
@ Trane Studio 964 Bathurst St.
Toronto, ON
$10 cover
Kafe Kerouac
09.21.07 to 09.23.07
8:00 pm
Columbus, OH
2250 N. High ST Columbus, OH 43201
more info: charlie_fredrick83@yahoo.com
Be The Change: Youth Environmental Leadership Workshop
09.20.07 | 4:00 pm
Detroit, MI
Youth from the Metro Detroit area will come together to discuss and learn how to be better environmental leaders. This year topics will include community-organizing 101, arts and activism, community mapping and civic engagement. During this training youth will have the opportunity to learn about EMEAC field activities and other follow up programs that will take place after the leadership training in the upcoming year.
At University Preparatory Academy 5310 St. Antoine, Detroit
Open to all Metro Area Youth (Middle and High School) *FREE* but space is limited and
registration is required - Call (248) 258-5188 or e-mail domiana.emeac@gmail.com
Parking Available
From more information on this event click here.
LYRICAL INSURRECTION
09.19.07 | Doors open at 8pm, showtime 9
Cincinnati, OH
@The Greenwich Jazz Club
2442 Gilbert Ave. Cincinnati OH 45206
Climbing PoeTree features at Cincinnati's Best Spoken Word Artist Showcase. The Lyrical Insurrection is a gathering of poets, vocalist, rappers, visual artists, healers, musicians, and crafters blessing the artist space at Cincinnati's Historic Greenwich Jazz Club.
"Beyond Walls, Building Bridges"
09.14.07 to 09.15.07
Yellowsprings, OH
Presented by The Antioch College Womyn Center
Featuring Climbing PoeTree
The Antioch College Womyn Center is a student group established during the women's movement of the 1970's. The goals of the Center are to provide a safe space for women, build a network with area communities in order to provide outreach and educational events, and actively resist all oppression.
Past and present organizers of the Womyn Center have joined forces to create "Beyond Walls, Building Bridges" a weekend conference which includes workshops focusing on racism and identity, alliance building and accountability across race lines, empowerment of women through activism, artistic expression, and natural healing therapies. This two-day event features spoken word and multi-media performances from a diverse collection of performers, intergenerational participants, and renowned facilitators. The weekend promises to be deeply creative, personal, and political. Performances, discussions, and workshops strive to tap into participants lived experiences and self-expression, raise consciousness and foster unity to create real possibilities for re-inventing the world.
This conference will be free and open to the public. Transportation will be provided, reservation deadline: Sept. 11, 2007. Additional funding and sponsorship is welcomed from interested groups.
Contact Amanda Rosemary for more info: goddesshaven360@yahoo.com
First Friday at Ong King Arts Center
09.07.07 | 5pm-2am
Ong King Arts Center
184 N. King St.
on the island of Oahu, in the city of Honolulu in the neighborhood called
Chinatown
Art gallery opening 5pm-9pm, Performance 9pm-2am
Cost: 10$ (art opening free)
Who Can Attend: All Ages!
More Info: www.ongking.com see@ongking.com,
ong king: 306-7823
…..ARTiST KEE KEE ARRIVES FROM MALAYSIA ….SOLSTICE… …..SPARLHA SWA…CLIMBING POETREE…GIINKO MARACHINO/MERCEDES8……QUADROPHONIX…HIP-HOPALYPSE…
FIRST FRIDAY: September 7th at Ong King Arts Center
This month we are blessed with talent flying in from all over the world. Artist KEE KEE bringing her visual seascapes from Malaysia, Jamaica Born Vocalist Sparlha Swa arrives from Boston, International Poetry Team Climbing Poetree comes from the east, and all the way from north shore multi-lingual live music from Solstice. All this mixing with our own Quadraphonix, dance of Giinko Maraschino’s alter identity Mercedes 8, and a theatre pop from Hip-hopALYPSe. Yes, this is artistic abundance of the world, gathering at ong king in our continuing quest to inspire life.
LILIKOI FAIR
09.06.07 to 09.09.07
3 days, 3 islands
a celebration of female empowerment of women through art, culture and music.
Thursday, September 6th
The O Lounge
Honolulu, HI.
Door opens at 9pm
Tickets are $10 advance $15 at the door
Saturday, September 8th
The King Kamehameha Kona Beach Hotel
Kailua-Kona, HI.
On the Big island of Hawai'i
Doors open at 6pm
Tickets are $21 advance $26 at the door
September 9th
Mulligans on the Blue
Wailea, HI
on the island of Maui
doors open at 4pm
Tickets are $20 advance and $25 at the door.
The Line Up...
Paula Fuga
http://www.myspace.com/paulafuga
Sparlha Swa
http://www.sparlhaswa.com/
Climbing PoeTree
http://www.climbingpoetree.com/
Tempo Valley (on O'ahu)
http://www.myspace.com/tempovalley
The Girlas
http://www.myspace.com/thegirlas
Lawa (on Maui)
& a Special Guest
With a Fashion show by Kealopiko
Read an article at (click related site and look for “Growing Lilikoi”)
HawaiiSlam's First Thursdays
09.06.07 | 8:00 pm
Honolulu, HI
Hawaiian Hut
410 Atkinson Drive
(ground level in the Ala Moana Hotel)
Honolulu, 96801
Cost : $3 before 8:30, $5 after
Climbing PoeTree and Sparlha Swa co-feature at First Thursdays, the largest poetry slam in the world (with 650+ in attendance). Each month, the event offers $100 in cash prizes to the winner, and features Hawaii's best performance poets, live musicians, MC's, and live painters. In addition, featured DJ's offer up turntable bliss to keep the night flowing smoothly. Open to all poets and performers.
info@HawaiiSlam.com
First Tuesday Slam at Anna Bananas
09.04.07
Honolulu, HI
2440 South Beretania Street
Hurricane Season Benefit Commemoration
08.29.07 | doors 7:00 pm show 7:30 pm
Philadelphia, PA
HURRICANE SEASON COMMEMORATION BENEFIT
On the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina
we will celebrate REBIRTH & RESURRECTION
in homage to those we lost,
in solidarity with those still wading in the water,
and in honor of the soul survivors of this and all unnatural disasters.
Featuring:
FILM & WORDS by WALIDAH IMARISHA
historian at heart, reporter by (w)right, rebel by reason
(http://web.mac.com/turiyaautry/iWeb/Site/walidah.html)
HIP HOP POETRY by BRYONN BAIN
national slam champion, prison activist, hip-hop artist, poet, author,
actor and educator
(http://www.bryonnbain.com)
ACOUSTIC SOUL by SPARLHA SWA
Jamaican born, internationally known, sounds like Sade, Billie Holiday,
and Joni Mitchell in a three-some
(http://www.sparlhaswa.com)
LYRICAL LIBERATION by RA HENDRIX
a.k.a. Safahri Ra, Hurricane Katrina Survivor, emcee, E.D. of Pangea, and hip hop educator
(http://www.myspace.com/rahendrix)
ROCK OPERA by IMANI UZURI
eclectic, narcotic, ethereal songstress who enchants crowds from
Lincoln Center and the Apollo to Japan, London, and Morroco
(http://www.imaniuzuri.com/)
SPOKEN WORD by CLIMBING POETREE
soul-sister co-conspiracy of acrobatic poets who moonlight as street
artists and infiltrate public schools and prisons with infectious ideas
of how people can shape their own destinies.
(http://www.climbingpoetree.com)
In support of Climbing PoeTree's upcoming production and tour:
"HURRICANE SEASON: the hidden messages in water"
a post-Katrina performance uprising!
@ The Rotunda
4014 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(http://therotunda.org/)
Cover: sliding scale $10 - $20
No one will be turned away for lack of funds
More on "HURRICANE SEASON: the hidden messages in water"
click related site...
SPREAD THE WORD! CATCH THE FIRE! SEE YOU THERE!
LAYLA LOVE'S PHOTO EXHIBIT
07.31.07
NYC, NY
details coming soon, or click
ART OR DIE
07.25.07
New York City, NY
Blackout Arts Collective's
10 year anniversary showcase
@ The Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 E 3rd Street (btw Aves B & C)
New York, New York 10009
details:
* blackout arts collective
returns with a 7 month performance series
at the world famous nuyorican poet's café!
ART or DIE
an artist showcase to EMPOWER people
of COLOR in the name of expression & justice
every last wednesday of the month @ the nuyorican
CLIMBING POETREE FEATURES IN JULY'S SHOWCASE
blackout arts collective (bac) is a grassroots coalition of artists,
activists and educators working to empower communities of color through the
arts. we use the tools of culture and education to raise awareness and
catalyze action around the critical issues that impact our communities. we
believe in the power of the creative process to transform lives, mobilize
communities, and build a more just society.
the gifts many of us are blessed with are for much more than entertainment,
and to some of us they are the very thing that prevents us from walking
another path. it's more than a craft or talent-- art is a tool of survival.
train directions:
f or v train to 2nd ave
6 train to bleeker st
Casa Atabex Ache "Womyn Warrior/Mujeres Guerreras"
07.21.07 | ceremony 6:00, performances 7:45 pm
New York, NY
5th Annual Womyn Warrior/Mujeres Guerreras Ceremony/Celebration
Presenting "Spirit Transcending Gender: Two Spirited Awards"
Celebrating the LGBTTQI & Womyn of Color Communities ability to go beyond the constraints of gender & sexuality and dare to be fully oneself, fully human as their spirit intended. This is a call for unity and for an awakening to spirit that is totally non-denominational & non gender conforming.
Warrior Womyn/ Mujeres Guerreras is dedicating this event to our indigenous ancestors and community all over the world. Casa dedicates the Two Spirit awards to the LGBTQ people of color community, and our allies. Inspired by the indigenous manifestation of gender & Two-Spirit community, that challenges the rigid gender binary view of the world we are inviting you to celebrate with us our ability to transcend gender stereotyping and dare to be fully one-self, fully human as spirit intended.
On July 21st, 2007 Casa Atabex Ache will honor & celebrate powerful activist, organizers, artist, community people and organizations who…..
* Declare that tolerance is not enough & fight for human rights, access to reproductive health, healthcare and ownership of our bodies
* Support the LGBTQ community to go beyond gender roles and move beyond fear & powerlessness to be visible & free no matter what!
* Whose every essence is fighting social justice against violence & oppression
(patriarchy, homophobia, sexism & racism)
* Support the LGBTO community in determining their own lives while creating and shifting the definition of family & marriage.
* Celebrate humanity, refuse to be invisible & are transforming power!
* Are creating justice and liberated spaces, creating FREEDOM!
Join us at
The Brecht Forum
6-10 pm
451 West Street (between Bank & Bethune Streets)
Performances by
Shelley Nicole
Iowan Tribe
Harlem Bombshell
Climbing PoeTree
Samara Gaev
and many, many more……..
Green Teen Community Gardening Program FINALE SHOW & EXHIBIT
07.09.07 | 6:30-8:00 pm
Beacon, NY
453 Main Street Beacon, NY 12508
United States Social Forum
06.27.07 to 07.01.07
ATLANTA, GA
CLIMBING POETREE will be representing (& performing! see below) at this historic gathering. BE THERE!
The US Social Forum is more than a conference, more than a networking bonanza, more than a reaction to war and repression. The USSF will provide space to build relationships, learn from each other's experiences, share our analysis of the problems our communities face, and bring renewed insight and inspiration. It will help develop leadership and develop consciousness, vision, and strategy needed to realize another world.
The USSF sends a message to other people’s movements around the world that there is an active movement in the US opposing US Policies at home and abroad.
We must declare what we want our world to look like and begin planning the path to get there. A global movement is rising. The USSF is our opportunity to demonstrate to the world Another World is Possible!
Friday:
Poor People's Economic Justice Tent 8:00 pm
Saturday:
Palestinian Solidarity Tent 3:30 pm
Not Your Soldier Party in the Youth Tent 8:00 to 10:00 pm
FREE Queerin’ Queens Pride Celebration
06.17.07 | 5:00 to 7:00 pm
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, NY
@ Queens Museum of Art
QMA in association with CINEMAROSA presents the 5th Anniversary edition of our annual event that brings together organizations and individuals for an afternoon of free music, dance, video, dynamic performances, food, art, and activism to celebrate and support the importance and strength of multicultural connections in our New York gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered communities.
3 – 5pm CINEMAROSA –queens only queer film series presents
Global Queerness –A special selection of shorts from around the globe in celebration of Pride month. Presentation Includes: A Girl Named Kai, dir. Kai Ling Xue (Shot in Four Countries); Green Stalk, dir. Desireena Almoradie & Cristina Quisumbing Ramilo (Philipines, USA); Vida Travesti / Travesti Life, dir. Diego Torres (Bolivia); Oh You Pretty Things, dir. Michael Alen (USA), and many more.
5 – 7pm Performance Extravaganza featuring hard-hitting poetry by Dulani and Climbing Poetree, the R&B stylings of Queen GodIs, the “Queen of Magical Illusions” Bernie Brandall, the jazz guitar stylings of Patrick Shephard, solo dance piece by Faye Driscoll, and the passionate Tango of Walter Perez. Plus DJ Ashu Rai (Sholay Productions) will keep the party going, spinning the hottest bhangra, Bollywood, and dance tracks. **Complimentary Light Refreshments will be served.**
Directions (click related site):
ONE LOVE SOUTH AFRICA
06.16.07 | doors 8:00 pm, show starts 9:00 pm, Dance Party All Night Long!
New York City, NY
featuring:
Yvonne Fly Onakame Etaghene
Jennifer Cedana Armas
Illona Hula dancers
Mahina Movement
Climbing PoeTree
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai
Ill-literacy
Ngoma
Flo
Music by Djs Oja & Eternal
@ Clemente de Soto Velez Cutural Center
107 suffolk st (between Delancy and Rivington)
3rd floor studio 307 (Afro Brazil Art Capoiera Studio)
MUSIC * POETRY * FOOD * ACTION
*Raising FUNDS for ONE* LOVE's trip to SOUTH AFRICA
*Celebrating MOANA and* OJA's born days
*MOURNING and HONORING*
30th Anniversary of Soweto Children Uprising
One Love South Africa
is an international team of Artist, Educators, Leaders and Activist standing together in action to end AIDS in South Africa.
SUGGESTED DONATION: $15-$ 50
Repleneshing Democracy: Summer Institute on Student Activism
06.11.07 | 4:00 pm
Amherst, MA
@ The Campus Center
Amherst College
Galapagos, BKLYN!
05.24.07 | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Brooklyn, NY
Lineup:
Climbing Poetree
Shae Fiol
Sparlha Swa
Sparlha Swa is a Jamaica-born, Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter and guitarist who has brought her music on tour to Japan, Canada, the UK, Europe and the Caribbean. She is known to sing her audiences to catharsis beyond tears, beyond listening to becoming.
Shae Fiol: A composer, arranger, guitarist, lyricist, song-writer, and vocalist, Shae's music transcends the industry's confines to any particular genre. Her message of love's struggle reaches the hearts and minds of any listener, reminding us of the beauty and pain that co-exist in love and life.
Climbing Poetree, a two-spirited, boundary-breaking artist duo, with roots in Haiti and Colombia, Alixa and Naima have rocked 500 mikes from Oakland to Atlanta, South Africa to Cuba have led workshops @ Cornell University and Riker's Island, using their art to expose injustice, heal from violence, and make a better future visible, immediate, and irresistible .
Event Information:
21+
cover: TBD
music: Soul, Jazz, Spoken Word
Venue Information:
Galapagos Art Space
70 North 6th St.
between Kent and Wythe
Brooklyn, NY 11211
http://www.galapagosartspace.com
Links:
http://www.myspace.com/sparlhaswa.com
http://www.myspace.com/shaefiol
http://www.myspace.com/climbingpoetree
Vassar College
04.27.07 | 8:00pm
Poughkeepsie, NY
brought to you by
The Feminist Alliance at Vassar College
124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie
details TBA
Phillips Andover Academy
04.25.07 | 11-11:30am performance, 6:30-8pm workshop
Andover,, MA
in the Chapel
Just Art: A Social Renaissance
04.23.07 to 04.24.07
7:00 pm
Boston, MA
hosted by the the global justice project
in the "Cabaret Room" within Vanderslice Hall
@ Boston College
140 Commonwealth Avenue
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
SUNY Ulster County Community College
04.04.07 | 12-2:00 pm
Stone Ridge, NY
Cultural Diversity Day
Workshop with Green Teen Community Gardening Program
04.03.07
Beacon, NY
Concordia College
03.31.07 | 9:00 pm
Moorhead
details TBA
Latino Symposium
03.30.07
Milwuakee, WI
What it Means to be Latina/o Symposium at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee on March 29th and 30th, 2007. The goal of the symposium is to extend issues presented in the Milwaukee Public Museum's (MPM) upcoming exhibition titled, "Chicano Now!"
FSU w/ Amiri Baraka
03.28.07 | doors at 7:30pm event at 8pm
Tallahassee, FL
Florida State University at HCB 101
Creating Institutional Change Conference
03.23.07 to 03.25.07
Madison, WI
Climbing PoeTree featured presenters @
the 2nd Annual Creating Institutional Change (CIC) conference
hosted by The Diversity Education Program (DEP) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Michael Eric Dyson who will present a lecture entitled: “Come Hell or High Water: Hurricane Katrina and the Color of Disaster.”
There will also be a speech by Julie Chavez Rodríguez (granddaughter of Cesar Chavez) entitled: “Si Se Puede (Yes We Can)”.
Check out the link for more info
Trinity of the Holy Coasts
03.17.07
Oakland, CA
TRINITY OF THE HOLY COASTS
brooklyn+detroit+oakland
speakin the truth:
invincible
climbing poeTree
ri ri garcia
tru blu
callin the spirit:
dj black ndalight (soul sistah's kitchen/dream ez/luna lounge)
dj emancipation (soul sistah's kitchen/dream ez/the W)
house of worship:
the house of stormz
1439 105th ave
@ international in oakland
prayer time:
saturday, march 17th, 9 pm
21+
5-10 bucks
Cellspace
03.16.07 | 8:00 pm
San Francisco, CA
7 womyn, 1 love, i night!
CLIMBING POETREE
the brooklyn-based, tag-team, two-spirited, spoken-word duo
blaze it up in the Bay
w/ mind-blowing booty-shaking Detroit-based emcee INVINCIBLE
(http://www.myspace.com/invincible)
& your favorite local creation crew GODDESS ALCHEMY PROJECT
(http://www.goddessalchemyproject.com/)
@ Cell Space
2050 Bryant St
San Francisco, CA
Friday, March 16th, 2007
doors: 8pm
open mic: 8:30-9
features: 9-10:30 pm
dance party w/ dj Delphi: 10:30 till
cover: $5-10 sliding scale
Mills College
03.14.07 | 7 pm
Oakland, CA
sponsored by Queer Melanin Revolt
Climbing Poetree features with Colored Ink
@ Mills College Student Union
5000 MacArthur Blvd
Oakland
FREE
& open to the public!
Brick House
03.10.07
SACRAMENTO, CA
details TBA
Hoopa Event
03.09.07
Hoopa, CA
a community, sustainability/global-warming/cultural stereotype event. Details to come!
Humboldt State University
03.07.07 | 8am to 3pm
Arcata, CA
summit on Race, Class and the Drug War
a free educaitonal conference
hosted by HSU's N.O.R.M.L.
in the Kate Buchanan Room @HSU
more info:
normlhsu@gmail.com
Campaign to End the Death Penalty
03.04.07 | 4:00-6:00pm
Chicago, IL
a performance by Climbing Poetree
a fundraiser for the Campaign to End the Death Penalty
Winds Cafe
2567 N. Kedzie
Chicago, Illinois
tickets $10 ($20 solidarity)
STRICTLY FLOW slam and poetry expo
03.02.07 | 6-9:30pm
Chicago, IL
Poetry Slam and Expo @ DEPAUL U
hosted by Brother Mike, the innovative host and poet of Supa Soul Sundays. Climbing PoeTree shares the stage with nationally reknowed poet Kevin Coval (Louder than a Bomb, The Spoken Word Revolution).
10 contestants celected from city wide call will compete for the 2007 Strictly Flow Championships. Climbing PoeTree among the judges!
Come out early and shop for CDs, books and other product from your favorite poets.
DePaul University
2250 North Sheffield Ave (between Fullerton and Webster)
Student Center, Room #314 A+B
(between sponsored by Programs in African and Black Diaspora Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies at DePaul University
general info: STRICTLYFLOW2007@yahoo.com
parking info: 773 325 7275
Soul Veg
03.01.07
Chicago
Music and Poetry
@Soul Vegetarian East
205 E 75th St (Cross Street: Indiana Avenue)
Chicago, IL 60619-2215
(773) 224-0104
Birthright to Return
02.22.07 | 8:00 p.m.
New York, NY
This performance event is a fundraiser for yvonne fly onakeme etaghene's first trip to Nigeria since she was 9. She will be offering bushelfulls of her soul alongside her fierce-female-artist posse, blessing the stage and her journey with molten poetry and song.
these sister's will leave you breathless:
yvonne fly onakeme etaghene
Climbing PoeTree
Moana Niumeitolu
Queen GodIs
Chaney Sims
. . .representing on the mic
@ Nightingale Lounge
213 Second Ave @ 13th Street, NY,NY
(NW Corner of 13th St.& 2nd Ave.)
(L,N,Q,R,W,4,5,6 to Union Square/14th,
or L to 1st Avenue)
$5 to 20 (sliding, give what you got)
hosted by fly yvonne, 315-383-9997
www.writeordie.com
HIP HOP CONGRESS MINNESOTA SUMMIT
02.17.07 | 10:30 am workshop, 8 pm - Midnight show
Moorhead, MN
The Hip Hop Congress (www.hiphopcongress.com) will host its 2nd Annual Minnesota Summit: “Politics, Globalization and the Hip Hop Generation” from Friday, February 16th through Sunday February 18th, 2007.
SATURDAY, February 17th:
“Reclaiming the Story: Art to Change the World” Workshop by Climbing PoeTree, 10:30 am on Concordia College Campus
8 pm - Midnight, Centrum Hip Hop Jam feat. Brother Ali, The C.O.R.E., Alex Schein, Kanser, Culture Shock Camp, Climbing PoeTree and more ($15 w/out Reg.)
Check out the link for more info on the conference!
Cut's for Freedom @ Sputnik
02.15.07 | 8pm - ?
BROOKLYN baby!, NY
Crystal Clarity's
CUTS FOR FREEDOM
One night exhibition, dance party, performances, goodies, and good vibrations!
Incredible artwork by Crystal Clarity (myspace.com/phenostar)
Performances by: Climbing PoeTree, Fly Etaghene, Piper Anderson, & Baron
DJ Selly and Metaphysic on the turntables
@ Sputnik
262 Taafee place
btw Dekalb and Willoughby
G to Classon
http://www.barsputnik.com/
$5 before 10
$10 after
Prisoners Justice Film Festival
02.11.07 | 1:00pm workshop, 9:00pm performance
Toronto, ON, Canada
3rd Annual Prisoners Justice Film Festival 07
Thursday February 8th to Sunday February 11th, 2007
William Doo Auditorium, University of Toronto
45 Wilcocks Street, New College
www.pjac.org
All screenings are Pay-What-You-Can
Event is Wheelchair Accessible
prisonersjusticefilmfest@yahoo.ca
Come and join what has quickly become a central space in Toronto to discuss and learn more about issues relevant to prisons and their effects on all of us.
As always the festival will include discussion panels made up of people affected by the prison industry and opportunities to meet other people working for real justice and prison abolition.
Sunday February 11th
1:00-3:00pm
CREATING THE REVOLUTION: A PRISONERS' RIGHTS ART WORKSHOP WITH CLIMBING POETREE
Sunday February 11th
9:00-10:00pm Closing Ceremonies - Featuring Climbing PoeTree
contact Syrus for more info: Syrus_Ware@ago.net
Toronto Women's Bookstore Film Fest Party
02.09.07 | 7:00pm
Toronto
FEATURING PERFORMANCE BY CLIMBING POETREE!!!!
Performance by other local artists
Information about prison related campaigns
Toronto Women's Bookstore
73 Harbord, near Spadina
Wellesley College
02.08.07 | 7 pm
Wellesley, MA
@ Punch's Alley (the on-campus pub on the 1st floor of the Lulu
Chow Wang Student Center)
106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA 02481
more info, contact:
Sumita Dharma C. & The Wellesley Review
schakrab@wellesley.edu
Nubian Heritage
02.02.07 | 8:00 p.m.
Harlem, USA
Climbing PoeTree features
First Fridays @ Nubian Heritage
2037 5th Ave. at the corner of 126th St.
$5 to get in
212-427-8999
a night of POETREE and PUPPETRY, nyc!
01.10.07 | 8:00 p.m.
New York City, NY
Climbing PoeTree will be opening for:
"Going Nowhere"
the debut shadow puppet collaboration between Erik Ruin and Morgan F.P. Andrews.
A dozen short scenes framed within a question:
"If you had to give up all of your senses, except one, which would you keep?"
Things are not as they seem to be...
A song from Three Penny Opera and stories by John Cage offer glimpses at the lives of undercover pirates, daydreaming butterflies, flag-burning patriots, and the linguistically tortured wife of a former New England mayor.
@ ABC no RIO
156 Rivington St
btwn Sufolk and Clinton
NY, New York 10002
donation to get in
PASSING WORDS
12.07.06 | 7:30 PM
Poughkeepsie, NY
PASSING WORDS
-Intergenerational reflections
on the cares of today's young women-
-A FIRST-EVER Benefit Production for PASWORD & Project AWARE!-
The Theatre at Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center
12 Vassar Street
Poughkeepsie, NY, 12601
Reserve seats in advance by calling (845) 486-4571
Featuring the youth of PASWORD/Project AWARE 2006
with Guest Performances By:
Lady Prema, Poet-Performer
Joan Henry, Vocalist
ReadNex Poetry Squad, Spoken Word
Climbing Poetree, Spoken Word duo
JoAnn Feigenheimer, Essayist
For more information:
Mill Street Loft
(845) 471-7477
WORKSHOP @ The Social Justice Center
12.03.06 | 1 pm
Albany, NY
Poetry and Activism
A workshop in revolutionary writing.
Facilitated by Alixa and Naima
w/special guest Victorio Reyes
@The Social Justice Center
33 Central Ave 434-4037
Harriet Tubman Free School
12.02.06 | 7 pm
Albany, NY
Alisa Sikelianos opening
for Climbing PoeTree
"98.6 Degrees of Separation"
at Harriet Tubman Free School
Schuyler and Broad St.
suggested adm. $5 followed by a dance party with live DJ
organized by students of HTFS.
Call 518-462-3402 for info
“Just Say Know”
11.17.06 to 11.19.06
WASHINGTON DC
The 2006 SSDP International Conference
Georgetown University Law Center
The Mill
11.17.06 | 9:00 pm
IOWA CITY, IA
120 E. Burlington Street
319.351.9529
Summit House of RCHC
11.16.06 | 8:00 p.m.
IOWA CITY, IA
200 S. Summit Street
donations will be collected at the door.
Milikin University
11.15.06
DECATUR, IL
Caffe Paradiso
11.14.06 | 7 pm
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA, IL
@Caffe Paradiso, 801 S. Lincoln, Urbana
Sponsored by La Casa de Cultura, U of Illinois
Scents of Sensation
11.13.06 | 7PM
CHICAGO, IL
This event is gonna be HOT!!! for all them womyn lovin womyn, for men who love womyn, for all who love womyn- come to this event and get your heart bumpin!!!
co-sponsored by P.O.W.-W.O.W.(Performers or Writers for Women on Women issues)
@ Scents of Sensation Bath and Body Shop
745 E 75th street,
Chicago
Supa Soul Sunday
11.12.06 | 9p-11p
CHICAGO, IL
WE'LL BE HERE, DOING A SHORT 10 MINUTE SET, BUT WE'RE NOT FEATURING. BUT COME THROUGH IF YOU CAN, WE'LL HAVE S.T.I.T.C.H.E.D. AND OUR PRODUCT, AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOU!
It’s Not Just A Party, It’s An Event ... Supa Soul Sunday @ Funky Buddha Lounge 728 W. Grand Chicago Il From 9p-11p Experience open mic performances from The nation’s hottest poets, vocalists, comedians. Musicians and MC’s Hosted by The SOuL Brothers: Kevin D. Lofton and Brother Mike Live Funk Jazz HipHop by Soul Peopole From 11p – 2am Dance your ass off to the most versatile Dj in the world Supa Man aka Mark FullaFlava (Hip-Hop, Rock, Salsa, soul, Pop, Reggae, Underground) Featuring Film Afro Film Presentations by Brother Mike $6 Chocolate Martinis All Night Ladies Free B4 10p – Men $5 Open mic Performers Free (List closes @ 9:30 PM) www.enfullaffectmarketing.com www.funkybuddha.com
Tribal Hall
11.11.06 | 7-10pm
CHICAGO, IL
@ the American Indian Center of Chicago,
1630 W. Wilson, Chicago, IL
Climbing PoeTree perform with Kay Barrett (www.kaybarrett.net)
damage: $5-10
all-ages
more info, contact leslie 773 797 9500
Tree House Fridays
11.10.06 | doors open 8,readings from 9-11pm
CHICAGO, IL
Climbing PoeTree features
at a new freedom forum for the artist
hosted by Brother Mike
@ Third World Cafe
1301 E. 53rd St.
$5 * space is limited, so arrive early
Liberations
11.09.06
CINNCINATI
Lyrical Insurrection
11.08.06 | Doors open at 8pm, showtime 9
CINNCINATI, OH
@The Greenwich Jazz Club
2442 Gilbert Ave. Cincinnati OH 45206
Climbing PoeTree features at Cincinnati's Best Spoken Word Artist Showcase. The Lyrical Insurrection is a gathering of poets, vocalist, rappers, visual artists, healers, musicians, and crafters blessing the artist space at at Cincinnati's Historic Greenwich Jazz Club.
University of Cincinnati
11.07.06 | 7-10pm
CINNCINATI, OH
Slammin’ on Main
Open Mic, Climbing PoeTree feature, and Stop the Violence Slam
at Catskeller in the Tangeman University Center (2766 UC MainStreet)
more info, contact Jennie F. Wright dba.Black Budda’fly, wrightj3@uc.edu email, 513-556-1303 phone
C-Space
11.05.06 | 7:30 pm
CLEVELAND, OH
Climbing PoeTree perform with Eris Dyson and Psychodeliqate and more!
at C-Space: a West-side community center for interaction, social programs, and political action. $5 cover.
on Clark and W. 44th
216-631-2233
NASCO Conference
11.04.06
ANN ARBOR, MI
“Our Story: Connecting the Threads of Cooperative Experience”
Climbing PoeTree workshop Saturday, Nov. 4th, 4:50pm- 6:20pm
Climbing PoeTree performance Saturday, Nov. 4th, 10:30 pm
Spoken Soul Sessions
11.02.06
NEW ORLEANS, LA
@ Dream New Orleans - The New Orleans Renaissance Society presents a weekly open-mic Spoken Soul Session featuring poetry, jazz, hip-hop and soul.
311 Decatur St., first floor, 982-0922
NEW ORLEANS
10.28.06 to 11.02.06
Rhizome Collective
10.27.06
AUSTIN, TX
crazy pachanga with WandKrudas, of the Cuban feminist hip hop group Las Krudas, climbing poeTree, the BK-based 2-tongue tandem tag team 2 spirit spoken word duo, and Middle East to the Midwest MC prophet Invincible!!!
at The Rhizome Collective, a model for urban sustainability and a center for community organizing based out of a warehouse on the East Side of Austin, Texas. 300 Allen St. 512.385.3695
Cafe Mundi- CANCELED!!!CANCELED!!!
10.26.06
AUSTIN, TX
DON'T COME !!!!! DON'T COME!!!!!!
BookWoman
10.24.06 | 7:30pm to 9pm
AUSTIN, TX
918 W. 12th St. (12th & Lamar)
Austin, TX 78703
Tel: 512-472-2785
bookwoman@austin.rr.com
512-472-2785
Tuesday, October, 24th, 7pm
³Soul Sisters² an evening of spoken word featuring
Heather Christain (LA), P.O.W. (TX)
and Climbing PoeTree (NY)
The Bill: Heather Christian/Los Angeles
Climbing PoeTree/New York
Poet on Watch/Austin
P.O.W. is a published writer, media literacy educator, DJ and music producer. A renaissance woman, P.O.W (aka Angela Williamston) is the founder of the Media Arts & Literacy Institute here in Austin, Tx. Her book + CD combination, Poet On Watch: The Spoken Word Project,is a collection of writings that weave together poetry, interviews, photography & commentary. The Spoken Word Project CD is sizzling with wide-eyed optimism, robust heart felt bass lines and dreamlike lyrical melodies! To learn about her new projects please vist www.poetonwatch.com.
Heather Christian is a wordsmith whose poems are born out of adversity. Each piece is an audio presentation from a moment in her life and which incorporates her unique style and personality. Growing up in the ghetto, self-esteem issues, faith in God, love lost and found, rape, marriage, divorce, or living with a disability, it doesn't matter, Heather covers it all and then some. Heather quickly became a staple in the slam poetry arena. A member of the Œ03 & Œ04 Sacramento Slam Team, which took the # 1 spot in the Battle of the Bay Competition, she has also competed with her team on the National level. Visit quarbrown.com for more info.
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The Suga Shack
10.23.06 | 8:30
Houston, TX
Open mic, community cipher, and Climbing PoeTree feature
hosted by Houston's local poetic powerhouse, Shai (of Starving Poets, Inc.)
@ Mocha Life Cafe
4812 Almeda Rd.
Houston, TX
UHD
10.22.06 | 6:00 pm
HOUSTON, TX
Climbing PoeTree and Invincible rock UHD's Wilmhelmia Auditorium on the 3rd floor. 1 Main Street, Houston, TX, 77002
The show is 6 to 9, we're up at 7:45.
more info hit up Angel, 832 889 9988
Ladyfest South
10.21.06 | 9:00P
SAN ANTONIO, TX
LadyFest San Anto, Texas is a community-driven music and media arts festival organized by women. Our mission is to provide a forum celebrating, showcasing, and encouraging the artistic, organizational and political talents of women and girls. The participatory women-centered festival features bands, artists, media mavens, filmmakers, workshops, panel discussions, and more.
www.ladyfestsatx.org
www.myspace.com/ladyfestsatx
Line up for Saturday:
Silverlined Tragedy, San Antonio, Texas
Yoshimoto, San Antonio, Texas
Reader, San Antonio, Texas
Oonce Oonce, San Francisco, California
Climbing PoeTree, Brooklyn, New York
When: 9:00P
Where: Ruta Maya On The Riverwalk
107 East Martin, San Antonio, TX, 78205
Florida International University
10.20.06 | 6:00 pm
MIAMI, FL
as part of week of resistencia colombiana en miami.
@ FIU (University Park Campus)
11200 SW 8th St, Green Library Room 220, Miami
Sponsored by: Women’s Studies, Latin American & Caribbean Center,
Colombian Studies Institute, FIU Colombian Student Association
for details contact john luna at aquamono@riseup.net
Veye-Yo
10.20.06 | 8:00 pm
MIAMI, FL
28 NE 54th St
Miami, FL 33137
(305) 756-1205
"Veye Yo is a pressure group which was established to defend the Haitian
Refugee Center, to disseminate the issues of the Center, to take
its struggles to the street and before public opinion, to make
officials know what is going on," explained Farah Juste, a
prominent Haitian protest singer, Miami community activist, and
former HRC board member.
The National Lawyers Guild LAW FOR THE PEOPLE CONVENTION 2006
10.20.06 | 8:00 am
LOUDER THAN A BOMB: Panel on Hip Hop and Activism
At the
Radisson Hotel & Suites
Austin-Town Lake
111 Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX 78701
The National Lawyers Guild LAW FOR THE PEOPLE CONVENTION 2006
10.19.06 | 8:00 pm
AUSTIN, TX
Climbing PoeTree performance
At the
Radisson Hotel & Suites
Austin-Town Lake
111 Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX 78701
Common Fire Housing Coop
10.15.06 | 3:00 to 6:00 pm
Tivoli, NY
Grand Opening Sunday October 15, 3-6 PM
Thanks to so many of you who have helped make this model green building and housing co-op possible --
we are thrilled to finally throw the doors open and celebrate!
Join us from 3-5PM for:
* tours of the building (the most environmentally repsonsible in the Eastern US),
* guided walks through the surrounding woods (protected by the Dutchess Land Conservancy)
* booths with information about some of the different non-profit organizations serving the local region,
* information for how you too can "green" your home and NY State incentives to help you,
* and cider donuts, pears and other goodies from the harvest of our local farms.
At 5pm please stay for an inspiring performance and presentation including:
* activist and author Julia Butterfly,
* spoken word duo, Climbing PoeTree,
* and music with Adam Snyder.
CANCELLED- Night of the Groove Open Mic
09.27.06 | 10:00 p.m.
TORONTO
SKETCH
09.26.06 to 09.28.06
TORONTO
Climbing PoeTree workshops @ SKETCH
Toronto Art Studio for Street Youth
Acoustic Soul
09.26.06 | Doors @8pm, Showtime @8:30pm
TORONTO
co-featuring Climbing PoeTree and Toronto Poets (TorontoPoets.com)
w/Dj Black Lotus
@ Trane Studio 964 Bathurst St.
Hosted by Black Lotus Media, $7
George Brown College
09.25.06 | 12-2:00 pm
TORONTO
workshop/performance, Feminist Political Action Class
Yirmiyah’s Uprising
09.22.06 | 8:30 p.m.
TORONTO
Climbing PoeTree features with Debbie Young and Lila Rose
followed by Radio Nomads
$5-10 sliding scale
@ the TRANE STUDIO Jazz Lounge
964 Bathurst St., Toronto, Canada
416.913.8197
BUTTA
09.17.06 | 2pm-8:30pm
OAKLAND, CA
afternoon party for womyn
with DJs CALALO & OLGA T,
and free food for yo’ soul
@ The Oasis, 135 12th Street, Oakland.
$8 General Admission, 21 & over
Climbing PoeTree features at 3:00 pm!
Sol Collective
09.16.06
SACRAMENTO, CA
WIP/TBA
Mission Urban Arts
09.15.06
SAN FRANCISCO
Workshop and performance by Climbing PoeTree
@ CELLspace, 2050 Bryant Street, San Francisco.
MALCA community art space
09.14.06 | 6:30-10:30pm
SAN JOSE, CA
Climbing PoeTree features w/ People's Puppet Theatre, Native American soul by Seventh Generation Rise, and local grindcore en espanol band Masacre
510 South First Street San Jose, CA
Watts High Schools
09.11.06 to 09.13.06
LOS ANGELES, CA
Workshop and performance series by Climbing PoeTree
S.T.I.T.C.H.E.D writing workshop
09.09.06 | 1pm-3pm
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
@ Galeria de la Raza - 2857 24th Street, San Francisco.
FREE to the PUBLIC
Email info@galeriadelaraza.org
or call 415-826-8009 to RESERVE your space.
Pinta Tu Propio Mundo
09.09.06 | 8:00 p.m.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Fifth annual “Pinta Tu Propio Mundo” (Paint Your Own World)
featuring Climbing PoeTree and Avotcja. Hosted by Leticia Hernández,
@ Galería de la Raza, 2857 24th Street @ Bryant, San Francisco
TICKETS:$8.00 - $12.00 sliding scale/Galería members $6.00
INFO: (415) 826-8009
Mills College
09.08.06
OAKLAND, CA
queer melanin revolt confronting white supremacy!
WIP/TBA
"Hola Back" Poetry Series
09.07.06 | 8:30-10:00pm
OAKLAND, CA
with hosts Mo Betta and GhettoProphet
at Eastside Arts Alliance, 2857 International Blvd (@25th Ave)
P.R.A.I.S.E = Poetry Reading And Inner Sound Expressions
09.03.06 | 3:00 p.m.
ATLANTA, GA
Featuring the poetry of t'ai freedom ford
hosted by Climbing PoeTree, $8
at the Western Peachtree Plaza, Downtown Atlanta
The GLAM SLAM Poetry Competition
09.02.06 | 7:00 pm
Atlanta, GA
Featuring Alixa & Naima: Climbing PoeTree
Hosted by t'ai freedom ford, $8
at the Western Peachtree Plaza, Downtown Atlanta
LUV, LUST & LADIES…
09.01.06 | 7:00 pm
ATLANTA, GA
An Evening of Grown Folks Poetry, $8
Hosted by t'ai freedom ford (www.taifreedomford.com)
Featuring a sneak peek of Alixa & Naima: Climbing PoeTree
at the Western Peachtree Plaza, Downtown Atlanta
The Labor Day Hotlanta 2006
08.31.06 to 09.04.06
all day, all night!
ATLANTA, GA
Girls in the Night presents…
National Pride for Women who Love Women
at the Western Peachtree Plaza, Downtown Atlanta
Femme-Nomen-Nal Poetry Line-Up below
Hobart and William Smith College
08.28.06
GENEVA, NY
Friday, 9/29/06
afternoon workshop and evening performance by Climbing PoeTree
as part of the Gender, Art and Activism Series
MORE INFO: bayer@hws.edu
Red Square
07.28.06 | 9:00 pm
Albany , NY
388 Broadway, Albany, NY 12210
show w/ Broadcast Live!!!
check out myspace.com/broadcastlive
Sound Session Music Festival, 2006
07.17.06 | 9:00 pm
Providence
@ the xxodus café
401.351.0353
276 Westminster St, Providence
OSMANY PAREDES 5–7 PM
ALIXA AND NAIMA 9 PM
OVEOUS MAXIMUS 10PM
JESSICA CARE MOORE 11 PM
SoundSession'06 is New England's premier summer music festival in Rhode Island's capital city. A multi-stage, genre defying event, the festival is produced by the Providence Black Repertory Company in collaboration with the City of Providence Department of Art, Culture & Tourism. It is a transcultural celebration reflecting the dynamic vitality of the new "American" city.
The Knitting Factory
07.08.06 | doors 9, show @ 10
New York, NY
"Style Factory” hosted by Dyalekt and Euphamism, hip hop showcase and freestyle competition pack the Old Office at The Knitting Factory. Climbing Poetree showcase @ 10 pm. $7, $5 with flyer
Katrina Relief “Let the Healing Begin” Tour
06.28.06 | 7:00 pm sharp
Brooklyn, NY
Call all survivors, churches , and organizations
let us stand with brothers and sisters here from the gulf who are yet fighting to stabilize their lives.
We will be at the historic House of the Lord Church, where the Rev. Daughtrey is the pastor
415 Atlantic Ave. Brooklyn N.Y.
Approx. five blocks from
LIRR Flatbush Ave Station
downtown Brooklyn
DETROIT poetry, BYTETHIS Spoken Word Series
06.27.06 | 8-11pm
Detroit, MI
“BYTETHIS Spoken Word Series.”
Featured poets, followed by open mic.
@Beans and Bytes Café
4200 Woodward Ave, Detroit
(313) 833-9870
Admission: $5
TORONTO tour!
06.26.06 to 07.04.06
climbing poeTree rocks canada! stay tuned for show dates
Allied Media Conference
06.23.06 to 06.25.06
Bowling Green, OH
The theme of the 8th annual Allied Media Conference is "From Truth To Power... because being right is not enough." In other words, if you want to use media to build grassroots power and advance social justice, this is the place for you. The AMC will feature hands on workshops, panels with some of the most visionary independent media organizers, dope music performances and a bowling party. For the full conference schedule and to register, visit the AMC website at http://www.amc2006.org
AMMUNITION Album Release Party, BK
06.16.06 | 8:00 pm to 4 in the mornin' baby!
Brooklyn, NY
come out and celebrate the release of
Alixa & Naima’s debut album
A M M U N I T I O N
WHERE: The Lucky Cat
245 Grand Street (between Driggs & Roebling)
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
tel: (718) 782-0437
WHEN: Friday, JUNE 16th 2006
TIME: 8-9pm: GROOVES by DJ T’ai boogie, sunset in the garden
9-11:30pm: PERFORMANCES hosted by Celena Glenn
11:30-12:30am: LIVE BANDS and open CIPHER
12:30-4am: DANCE PARTY w/ DJ Ayden, DJ Kyla, & Subtech
Performances by AMMUNITION Collaborators
& other DANG FLY singers, poets, emcees, and musicians
(including Bryonn Bain, Iyeoka Okoawo, Sparlha Swa, The Durty Nanas, Safahri Ra, Jie Song, Diallo, Ishmael, & Providence)
FASHION STATEMENT (Alixa and Naima’s hand-made silk screened, one-of-a-kind evolutionary clothing AVAILABLE FOR SALE)
ARTWORK by Alixa, Naima and Crystal Clarity on display
DOOR: 5 bucks
cop the album for $10
12 Miles West Theatre
06.01.06 | 8:00 p.m.
562 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield, NJ
Diane Moser’s Composers Big Band
FREESTYLE
"Freestyle" a jazz/spoken word/video collaboration featuring Diane Moser's Composers Big Band special guests include: Guest Composers Russ Vines and Turntablist Chad Moser; Spoken Word Artists “Climbing Poetree”, Alixa & Naima; Rap Artist Paloiy; Vocalist Teresa Rivera; Actor David Wohl; Video DJ Schiller Desgrottes; Photographer Dennis Connors; Line Up a video by Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese; Guest Saxophonist Julian Buchanan.
There will be a pre-concert discussion with the composers at 7:30PM thanks to funding provided by Meet The Composers’ Creative Connections Program. Audience members will also have the chance to speak with the composers and performers after the concert, at a reception.
Sponsored in part through Meet The Composer’s Creative Connections program.
UMASS Amherst
05.12.06 | 7:00 pm, we on at 9:30
Amherst, MA
Come celebrate the release of NEXUS MAGAZINE issue #4 with us! There will be:
-Free food
-Free entertainment including:
• Community Against Hate (w/ Maurice Soulfighter Taylor, The BBoi Allstars, Climbing PoeTree, Third Eye)
• DJ Gibbs
• A talk on hip-hop by Professor Nitasha Sharma (Amherst College)
• Open Mic Poetry Slam
-And, of course, free magazines!
Fine Arts Center - Lobby
UMass Amherst Campus
Community Against Hate
05.11.06
Northampton, MA
check back for details!
Wesleyan College
05.11.06 | 7:00 pm
Middleton, CT
Organized by WESPREP (Wesleyan Prisoner Resource Center and Education Project) out of Wesleyan College. Climbing poeTree will be performing as part of the 2nd annual Prison Symposium.
Rock Against Racism
04.30.06
New Paltz, NY
The 7th annual Rock Against Racism will feature the best
underground hip-hop, reggae and world beats on one stage. Join these
conscious musicians, spoken word artists and speakers as we demand an
end to racist drug policies that disproportionately lock up Blacks and
Latinos. Featuring the revolutionary reggae of Culture and world beats
of Tony Vacca and World Rhythms, as well as an all-star lineup of
underground hip-hop, including Akir, Hasan Salaam, Final Outlaw,
Rodstarz, the area's own Readnex Poetry Squad and Alpha Faktion, and
Spirit Child with Movement in Motion. Hear inspiring poets spit their
wisdom with the womyn of Climbing PoeTree and the New Paltz Slam Team.
Powerful speakers include those formerly incarcerated under
harsh drug penalties, and those who have devoted their lives to
speaking out against this injustice. The event is free and open to the public,
with food and merchandise vendors, organizations and activist
opportunities.
May Day Open House
04.29.06 | from 4-7 pm
New York, NY
following March for Peace, Justice and Democracy (noon)
hosted by the Young Communist League, 235 West 23rd street, 2nd floor, NY, NY
Real Poetry
04.27.06 | 8:30
Brooklyn, NY
hosted by Chris Slaughter at Brownstone Books, 409 Lewis Ave at Decatur,
7:30 workshop 8:00 open mike 8:30 features- climbing poeTree and yvonne "Fly" etaghene
Medgar Evers Film and Culture Series
04.25.06 | 7:00 pm
Brooklyn, NY
Working To Unify Afrikans Throughout The Diaspora
MEDGAR EVERS COLLEGE
Film & Culture Series
http://www.mec.cuny.edu/filmandcultureseries
Presents The:
'Community Cultural Extravaganza!'
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
7:00PM
'Celebrating The PAN AFRIKAN WORLD'
‘Our Struggle, Our Success, Our Afrikan Way’
Medgar Evers College
Founders Auditorium
1650 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Art Presentation/Installation
Short films, Performances, Readings, Poetry,
Political Presentations, Dance, Monologues
Community Marketplace, Award Presentations,
$$$150.00+ Gift Give-Aways and more...
Featuring:
Kahlil Almustafa, Alixa & Naima, Autum Asante,
Yvonne Onakeme Etaghene, Daren Kufere Lyons,
Kid Lucky (Nu Voices), Masauko, Metu, Desiree Gordon,
Yolanda Sangweni, Smooth Da Huslter, Sudani, ‘SOL SAX’,
United G's, & MUCH MUCH MORE!!!!!
Short Film Screenings:
'God Bless America' (3mins.)
By Ruben Gonzalez and Renata Gangemi
From the war to police brutality, to the contradictions of being
a person of color in the U.S.. Featuring Mariposa
'Africa' (90sec.)
By Alrick Brown
'Stolen Moments' (26mins.)
By Shaka King
'Clockwork' (6mins.)
By Shaka King
'The Battle For America' (3mins.)
By Alrick Brown
An email response to the "War on Terror" brought to life with diverse faces.
The subject was "Get Up, Stand Up." Written by Max Skolnik, a Jewish kid
from New York now living and working for a non-profit in Washington DC.
Tourism and More Tourism (15 mins.)
An inside look at the beautiful island of Jamaica and one of it's
most famous sons, Bob Marley.
With an intimate presentation on Jamaica.
By Jose Richards, Sons and Daughters of Jamaica.
'Oxtail' (20mins.)
By Antonia March and Jacqueline McKinley
From the writers of the Bernie Mac show, "A comedy for anyone
who believes in love...with a little assistance". Xavier sublty avoids
eating his girlfriend's meal out of fear thatshe might be adding "roots"
to her recipes.
AND AN ALLIANCE PARTNER SCREENING SPECIAL:
A Preview of the Imagenation REVOLUTION Awards and Concert
at the Apollo on June 2nd get your tickets
NOW by going to www.imagenation.us
&
'The Bet' (4 min.),
Dir., Charles Stone
Two-time travelers journey back into the depths
of the past in order to settle a personal wager.
The outcome will change the world, as we know it.
Charles Stone is the director of True, Drumline,
Paid in Full and Mr. 3000.
PLUS
'STATE OF THE COMMUNITY'
ADDRESS BY:
Dr. Sam Anderson
Author Of
'The Black Holocaust for Beginners'
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0863161782/103-0491771-6438256?v=glance&n=283155
Doors open at 6:15PM
Seating is on a first come basis
OPEN MIC HOSTED BY 'Mo Parle' Revolutionary MC'
BEGINS AT 6:30 P.M.
$40 Prize Package To The Livest Poet
Film & Culture series program begins
at 7:00pm sharp!
ADMISSION IS FREE!
Take the #2, 3, 4 or 5 train to the Franklin Ave. stop.
The auditorium is between Crown & Montgomery Sts.
Seating is first come first serve to guarantee
seating RSVP by email miles@mec.cuny.edu
with your name and number of guests or call 718-270-6096
RSVP's WILL BE ENTERED IN TO A SPECIAL PRIZE DRAWING
(See Below)
Please Bring A Picture ID
PLAN TO NETWORK WITH PEOPLE MAKING THINGS HAPPEN!!
Just Art: A Social Renaissance
04.21.06 | 7:00 pm
hosted by Floetry,
in the "Cabaret Room" within Vanderslice Hall, Boston College
LaFollette High School
04.19.06
Madison, WI
Justice Now Benefit w/ Angela Davis
04.11.06
New York, NY
Angela Davis and Climbing Poetree along with other wonderful artists from "The We Tha Sets Us Free" 2005 compilation will come together for a Justice Now fundrasing effort at the Nathan Cumming Foundation. Justice Now is a non-profit organization founded in 2000. They push hard for prison abolition while advocating for better health care and conditions for prisoners in Californias two largest womens prisons. They prioritize the leadership of prisoners, and offer interns the opportunity to work and meet with women inside prisons to learn first hand about prisoners human struggles as well as the policy implications of state sponsored violence.
Arts for Unity
04.07.06
Iowa City, IA
Kick off for conference: Race, Privilege, and Cultural Competence: Creating Inclusive Communities in a Post-Katrina World, University of Iowa
Creating Institutional Change Conference
04.01.06
Madison
Pyle Center, University Campus, U of Wisconsin
YSWI Memorial High School
03.30.06
Madison, WI
Subversive Word Series
03.30.06
Madison, WI
Red Gym, U of Wisconsin
Chabourne Residential College, U of Wisconsin
03.28.06
Madison, WI
Kuumba's Family Reunion: A Benefit Concert
03.04.06
Manhattan's M1-5 Bar, NY
New York's hottest emcees, singers, poets, photographers, and filmmakers participate in a benefit to rebuild a school destroyed in Hurricane Katrina's aftermath. On Saturday, March 4, 2006, some of the most talented performers and artists in New York will come together to galvanize fundraising efforts and generate awareness for Kuumba Academy at Manhattan's M1-5 Bar for Kuumba's Family Reunion: A Benefit Concert. With back to back performances by more than 20 artists, breathtaking slideshow images illuminating the club's walls, and more than 300 benefit-goers in attendance, this event is sure to be one of the best shows in New York this year.
Media, Race and Katrina
12.09.05 | 6-9:30 pm
at Time and Space Ltd. (TSL) 434 Columbia Street, Hudson, NY
Bard College
12.08.05 | 7 pm
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Campus Center, Multi-Purpose Room (community event!)/ contact kc859@bard.edu or call 857 204 9924 for more information
Albany Free School
12.07.05 | Door open 7 pm, Performance 7:30 prompt
8 Elm Street, Albany , NY
Sliding Scale Donation $2-$8, 50% proceeds go to support the Albany Free School
Boston College
12.06.05 | 7:00pm Open to the Public
Chestnut Hill section of Newton, MA
sponsored by OLAA (Organization of Latin American Affairs). Event will take place in the Cabaret Room, Vanderslice Hall (next to Corcoran Commons Dining Hall)
UMASS Amherst
12.05.05 | SORRY! SHOW CANCELLED
MA
check here for updates on Dec 5th Boston appearance...
La Casa Cultural
12.05.05 | 6:00-7:00
85 West Newton Street (off Tremont), Boston, MA
Youth workshop on poetry and power!
The Providence Black Repertory Company
The Providence Black Repertory Company
The Providence Black Repertory Company
The Providence Black RepertoryCompany
12.05.05 | 9:00 poetry workshop, 10:00 performance
276 Westminster Street, Providence, RI
Hampshire College
12.04.05 | 8:00 pm
893 West Street, Amherst, MA
West Lecture Hall, Franklin Patterson Hall
University of Rhode Island
12.03.05
hosted by Students for a Sensible Drug Policy at the Memorial Union, URI.
Brown University
12.02.05 | 8 - 10 pm
Providence, RI
at The Underground, located in the basement of Faunce House on the Main Campus (Faunce Arch at the intersection of Waterman and Brown St.). The event is open to the public and is free.
Also showcasing youth dance/hiphop performers from Broad St. Studios in Providence!
Providence Poetry Slam
12.01.05 | 7 pm
AS220, 115 Empire St. Providence, RI
The stage is open to writers, poets, rappers, comedians, professor's, ranters, and ravers; come down and keep the oral tradition alive! Sign-up list at 7pm, show starts at 7:30pm. NO SMOKING. $4
MATCH School Poetry Club
11.29.05 | 5:00-7:00 pm
Babock and Commonwealth Aves, Boston, MA
Poetry performance and workshop with high school students at MATCH.
North Essex Community College
11.28.05 | 12:00-1:00pm
Haverhill, MA
F.A.M, Univ. of Maryland College Park
11.22.05 | 7:00 pm
Baltimore, MD
Feminist Activist of Maryland (F.A.M), Univ. of Maryland College Park
Stamp Student Center, Margaret Union, Brent Room
Open Mic Poetry @ Bar Nun
11.21.05 | 8:30pm - 1:00am
1326 U St. NW
$5 admission.
Hosted by the Sound Poets and Hueman Prophets
DC Slam @ Teaism
11.20.05 | 7:30pm - 10:00pm
400 8th St. NW (corner of 8th & D St. NW) , DC
open mic sign-ups are from 6:30 - 7:30pm, show 7:30pm - 10:00pm
first come first served for signups (you have to be present)
$5 admission (pays the features, slam winners & Nationals registration/certification fees).
Home of the DC/Baltimore Slam Team.
Hosted by DC/Baltimore Slammaster Delrica Andrews
For more information, contact slammaster@dcslam.com
Red Emma's, Baltimore
11.19.05 | doors @ 7:30 show @ 8:00
800 St. Paul Street in Baltimore's Mt. Vernon Neighborhood, MD
Baltimore's only combined radical bookstore and fair-trade coffehouse
Spit Dat
11.17.05 | 8 to 11pm
Mocha Hut, 1301 U St. NW , DC
hosted by: Droopy the Broke Baller, signups start around 7:30pm
FREE ADMISSION, fmi: droopy@brokeballer.com
University of Pennsylvania
11.16.05
State College, PA
details TBA
Pittsburgh Poetry Slam
11.15.05 | 9:00 pm
Shadow Lounge, 5972 Baum Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA
CMU
11.14.05
Pittsburgh, PA
details TBA
PassPort Project
11.13.05 | Doors open @8pm Performance 8:30
12801 Buckeye Road, Cleveland, OH
$10 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Phone: 216.721.1055
Download a flier @:
http://www.clevelandspace.org/alixaandnaima.pdf
University of Michigan
11.12.05
NASCO Conference
details TBA
Political Slam at Meetery Eatery cafe and/or Black Star Books prisoner support show
11.11.05
DETROIT, MI
check for updates!
Black Star Books
11.11.05 | 7:00 pm
1940 Livernois Ave, Detroit, MI
Hosted by Upsidedown Culture and H.O.P.E. (Helping Our Prisoners Elevate). Benefit for H.O.P.E. and Rob Los Rigos. Suggested donation $5. 313-803-2665
Detroit Summer first monthly community dinner
11.10.05
CCNDC Community Center, 3611 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI
featuring
Alixa and Naima
Invincible
Sterling Toles
(live electronics)
Erik Ruin
(puppets)
Spoken Word Café
11.05.05 | 8-12 pm
47th and King Drive, Chicago, IL
Dynamic/People's Weekly World Fundraiser
11.04.05
Chicago
details TBA
The MisEducation of Hip Hop
11.03.05 | discussiom 5:30, concert 8:30
Depaul University, Chicago, IL
The MisEducation of Hip Hop is a two part event sponsored the ConcernedBlackStudents of DePaul University to explore 'whats really good' with the hip hop industry. From its inception to current day projects, what does it all mean? Who is behind the record labels? What goes into glamorized music videos? Where do we all fit in?
the discussion:
DePaul University
Schmidt Academic Center
2320 North Kenmore
Room 100
5:30pm
the concert:
DePaul University
Student Center
2250 North Sheffield
Room 120
8:30pm
All events are open to the public! the discussion is free, the concert asks donations.
POW-WOW, Inc. (Performers or Writers for Women on Women's Issues)
11.01.05 | Doors open 6:30 PM
Lee's Unleaded Blues, 7401 S. South Chicago Ave, CHICAGO, IL
$5 Cover/ Free for with POW-WOW Membership/ Doors open 6:30 PM/ 7 - 8 PM Audience Participation Poetry Slam (We give you the words, you right a poem and slam it out)/ 8PM Feature Performer/ 8:30 - 10 PM Open Mic/ 10 - 12 PM Music and Dance w/ DJ Wilma
Columbia College
10.31.05 | 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Chicago, IL
Graduate class in the Interdisciplinary Arts Program. Sorry this event is not open to the public.
Caffe Paradiso (U of I)
10.27.05 | 8:00 pm
801 S. Lincoln, Urbana
live event with dee-jays and some of U of I's most talented spoken word artists opening for climbing poeTree
Iowa City Slam
10.26.05 | 10:00pm sharp
the Mill at 120 East Burlington Street, Iowa City, IA
hosted by Joe Mirabella, contact 319-621-8558
Northern Iowa University
10.25.05
details TBA
33 1/3 Books
10.21.05 | 9 pm
Sunset and Alvarado, Hollywood, CA
hosted by Mike the Poet, no cover
Shine Thursday
10.20.05 | 8:30 pm
Cabrini Jazz Alley, 5664 West 3rd Street, Los Angeles, CA
hosted by George McDonalds, $5 cover
$100 Slam
10.19.05 | 7:30
Lankershim Art Center, 5108 Lankershim Blvd, North Hollywood, CA
$5, open slam hosted by Mayda Del Vale, Mollie Angelheart, & Natalie Patterson, show starts at 8:00 pm, info: 818 939 7248
Da Poetry Lounge
10.18.05 | 8:45pm - 12 midnight
GREENWAY Court Theatre, 544 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
Open Mic' Every Tuesday/ Admission is free except for Slam Nights/ And, there's still free parking
GREEN
10.17.05 | 9-12 pm
at the Un-Urban Cafe, 3301 Pico Blvd (Pico and Urban), Santa Monica, CA
Hosted by Ratpack Slim
Coffee on 6th
10.15.05 | 9 pm
3019 West 6th Street, LA, CA
every Saturday Live Jazz Open Mic and Art hosted by Def Poet Paul Mabon, no cover, contact: 773 425 5302
Nappy at the Roots hosted by Medusa
10.14.05 | 9 pm
il temple bar, 4519 Santa Monica Blvd., Silver Lake, CA
(323) 660-4540
A Mic & Dim Lights
10.13.05 | 9 pm
Cal Poly Downtown Arts Theater (Pomona Arts Colony) 300 West 2nd Street
$3, hosted by BessKepp, contact: besskepp@aol.com
Bezerkeley Slam @ The Starry Plough
10.12.05 | 8:30-11pm
3101 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA
Sign-ups: 7:30, All ages before 9pm./ $90 Cash Prizes/ $7 door, $5 students/ Hosts: Charles Ellik, dani eurynome & Friends/ Live Music: 3 Blind Mice/ Contact: voluptuary@hotmail.com
Linen Life P A R K A V E N U E
10.11.05 | Jazz and Poetry
1375 Park Avenue, Emeryville, CA
510 601-5550 OR 510 301-9872
The Centro Aztlan
10.09.05 | doors @ 7 pm
520 S. 2nd St, San Jose, CA
Dedicated to the San Jose Killer PD w/ Hegotistic, donation $5-10
Vibe Sessions
10.06.05 | 8pm-11:30 pm
3010 Florin Road (@ 29th), Sacramento, CA
Hosted by Flo Real, open mic and featured poets, $5 cover all ages, food and drinks available all night
Jahva House
10.05.05 | 7:30 pm
1428 Alice St, Oakland, CA
First Wednesday Poetry Night, (510) 836-5282
Priya
10.03.05 | 7:00 p.m.
Berkeley, CA
Poetry Express hosted by Marc State
La Pena Cultural Center
10.02.05 | 6:30pm
Berkeley, CA
BENEFIT FOR WOMEN IN PRISON/ Justice Now presents an evening of performances by progressive musicians and poets appearing in the CD The We That Sets Us Free. Come out to support women in prison and their allies to build a compassionate world without prisons.
Performers include Sistas in the Pit, Invincible, Tru Bloo, Tré Vasquez, Piper Anderson, Climbing PoeTree, and Maria Poblet.
$10 - $25 sliding scale, No one turned away for lack of funds
Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, Inc.
10.01.05 | doors at 7:00, show starts at 8:00
San Jose, CA
Benefit for Katrina Survivors
w/ Hegotistic, Angel Luna, and Cornelius Jones
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