Call for Submissions [May 24]

Call For Content: BlenderArt Magazine #22 | BlenderNation – By Bart
Send in your entries for gallery to gaurav(at)blenderart.org. Subject: “Gallery submission Issue # 22″. Note: Image size should be of 1024x (width) at max. Last date of submissions June 5, 2009. Good luck! Blenderart Team … BlenderNation – http://www.blendernation.com/

Written, Spoken, Heard [May 21]

Relishing in present progressive – Telegraph-Journal – Saint John,New Brunswick,Canada
I’m not sure why the spoken word seems different from the written word. Some poets help you understand their poems by reading them out loud. …

Can you say SPOK(a)N(e)? – By The Spovangelist
Taking a broad view of what that includes, SPOK(a)N(e) goes beyond the typical music and visual arts coverage to include DIY fashion, community radio, graphic design, poetry, photography, film, offbeat theater and even news from the local comic … It’s great to see art that’s unique, like spoken word artists and folks making their own clothes. It’s pleasing to see people in Spokane who don’t mind freaking out the grandmothers of the world. S: Coming here, in some ways, …

Black Teen Empowerment Radio 5/17/2009 – Black Talk Radio™ on Blog …
Combining life experiences with spiritual wisdom Miela Reigns uplifting poetry connects with the experiences of every day people while her honest portrayal of love lost and self-love reclaimed endears audiences nationwide. … Can spoken word be a tool used to empower Black youth News Topics of the Day Parental Guidelines Consequences May Be Why Fewer Black Teens Smoke Than Whites Blindness From Smoking Terrifies Teens But Few Realize The Two Are Linked Economy damages …

Slam poets envision a brave new world – Mills Campanil – Oakland,CA,USA
Their common connection was their love for poetry and spoken word. Rap icon Queen Latifah provides the voice-over for the HBO series that follows seven …

Jane Fishman: Power of metaphors transcends generations – Savannah Morning News – Savannah,GA,USA
This week his own Spitfire Poetry Group sponsors the fifth annual Savannah Spoken Word Festival. Some of the events will be held at the International …

Laureate Duffy ‘coup’ for venue – BBC News – UK
He said: “My passion is the spoken word. They are both brilliant readers of their poems.” Mr Ayot, has set up a series of Welsh/English readings by …

An Evening with the outgoing Poet Laureate – Journal Live – Newcastle upon Tyne,UK
It takes place on Thursday, May 14, from 7.30pm, as part of the Berwick Festival of the Spoken Word which runs until Sunday, May 17. …

Shawnee Mission Northwest honors top verse in annual poetry slam – Kansas City Star – MO,USA
“Over the years, poetry has become cool,” said Lindsay Kincaid, an English teacher and the poetry slam’s organizer. “The spoken word has thrived since the …

Biker-poet pens odes to the road – KeepMEcurrent.com – Scarborough,ME,USA
Originally from the North Shore area of Massachusetts, Bridges settled in Biddeford a while back and formerly hosted the Port Veritas spoken word events in …

Speaking through words and art – UW Badger Herald – Madison,WI,USA
Casal was initially interested in spoken word poetry and developed his style in a Youth Speaks program under Marc Bamuthi Joseph in his hometown of San …

Jimmy’s House: Burying the Lede By James O’Hearn
They don’t like poetry because it is poetry, they like poetry because it, to them, is like rap. And with rap being seen as haram (wrong/prohibited) by pretty much every adult Khaleeji I know, this leaves spoken word poetry was the only …

Poetry spoken in sign languages by Tiffany Hill – OregonLive.com By Marty Hughley, The Oregonian
Bill PutmanTiffany Hill, a student at the Oregon School for the deaf, signs her poem at the National Recitation … Some try to milk so much meaning from every word that the overall meaning is fractured. Some speak in stylized, hipster inflections. Some (especially the seemingly endless number of young women who recite “Salome”) use emotion like a cudgel. …

The Stone Pigeon: May 11th Stone Pigeon – By Tim
Thus began her poetry love affair that includes “Between You & Me” and “In Certain Places,” spoken word programs she performs at Senior Residences. Lindsey loves painting portraits of people’s pets, her cat, living in Deerfield and a …

SPEAK 2B FREE: “This is your country because if you had to, you … – By Vangile Makwakwa
Using their own money and skills they decided to launch the Novissima Verba poetry festival. Since you have to be established and well known to get any form of publicity as a poet, they decided to launch their own spoken word poetry …

Spoken Word Poetry @ “The Peoples” White House

A DJ spinning Nina Simone, Angie Martinez waving at the first daughters, Spike Lee and his wife at a table with Joe and Jill Biden, afros, dancing, Saul Williams and James Earl Jones AT THE WHITE HOUSE all at the same time for the same event? It is clearly a new era and I was stuck to my cell phone reading Saul Williams’ tweets to feel like I was a part of this piece of history.  Check what the headlines below and twitter your own thoughts and feelings about this unprecedented event www.twitter.com/Mekkah

A salon in the White House features poetry – Baltimore Sun – United States

In what was billed as an evening of poetry, music and spoken word, a group of about 10 artists and writers – including James Earl Jones, Michael Chabon and …

Michelle Obama to visit Metropolitan Museum of Art (yawn) – Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Photo: First Lady Michelle Obama co-hosts “An Evening of Poetry, Music and the Spoken Word” in the East Room of the White House on May 12. …

News and notes from the publishing world: – San Francisco Chronicle – CA, USA
… Obama’s presidential campaign, were among those who took part in a celebration of “Poetry, Music and Spoken Word” on Tuesday night at the White House. …

White House Event Celebrates the Spoken Word – NewsHour – USA
President and Mrs. Obama invited both accomplished and up-and-coming performers and writers to the East Room for a celebration of the spoken word. …

Spoken Word Performances At The White House – NewsBlaze – Folsom,CA,USA
Other spoken word performances at the White House poetry jam included the rich baritone voice of the legendary James Earl Jones, who filled the room with …

A Beautiful Fire: Live From the People’s House – By Erica Williams
I had the pleasure of attending the White House poetry jam on Tuesday night, and am still smiling. The event officially titled “An evening of poetry, music, and the spoken word”, brought together a diverse group of performers from all …

Calls for Submission(s) May 17

ARTS CALENDAR: May 10 – 16 – Milford Daily News – MA, USA
Call 800-733-1830 or visit osv.org. CALLING ALL NATURE PHOTOGRAPHERS The Sudbury Valley Trustees is accepting submissions for its Annual Photo Contest May …

Call for submissions made for regional artists – Carroll County News – Berryville,AR,USA
The Artists of Northwest Arkansas has issued a call for submissions to artists of the region for its 15th annual art exhibition, to be held July 10 through …

Call to videographers and photographers – Bend Bulletin – Bend,OR,USA
Organizers of the inaugural Bend Bicycle Film Festival are asking for submissions of short films, videos or slide shows that were either shot locally or …

Writen, Spoken, Heard [May 7]

Clucking Blossom seeks performing poets in Fairbanks – Fairbanks Daily News-Miner – Fairbanks,AK,USA
The Clucking Blossom Spoken Word Series falls somewhere between an open mic recitation of poems and a poetry slam, explained Kennedy, who is co-hosting the …

Obama holds Richard Phillips hostage in Oval Office; No one wears ties – Los Angeles Times – CA,USA
Tuesday the first couple will host an evening “poetry jam” at home to celebrate the spoken word. Wednesday he goes to Arizona State in Tempe to deliver a …

Using dance, poetry, HB senior will turn spotlight on HIV/AIDS – The Plain Dealer – cleveland.com – Cleveland,OH,USA
… “We’re in this together,” will feature about 10 performances — dancing, poetry, spoken word and singing — who will help educate others about HIV/AIDS. …

Expressions Open Mic Radio…with AlphaKittyX 5/10/2009 … – Poets Spoken Word Performance Artists and lovers of poetry…Join us each Sunday evening as we spill read and flow for you Please register a listener account add us to your friends/favs May 10 2009.

Anthology: A Lot To Live Up To – Brooklyn Rail – New York,NY,USA
Mabanckou writes, “this is the age of the written word, that’s all that’s left, the spoken word’s just black smoke, wild cat’s piss. …

Written, Spoken, Heard

“MAN UP” -  Written & Performed by Carlos Andrés Gómez

Directed by Tamilla Woodard
Wednesday, May 6th DOWNTOWN URBAN THEATER FESTIVAL @ HERE Arts Center – 145 Sixth Avenue (bet. Spring and Broome) (Soho, Manhattan) NYC, NY 10013

After a sold-out run in 2007 at the soloNOVA Theater Festival and a critically acclaimed month-long run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland (receiving 5 out of 5 stars from Hairline Magazine and called the “hidden jewel of the Fringe”), catch Carlos Andrés Gómez’s touching solo play as it wraps up its limited run in New York City (all sold out shows so far!!) with one final night on May 6th.

MONDAY MAY 4, 2009 ~ Tune in to the THE COCOON – THE BLACK BUTTERFLY PODCAST and download “A Conversation with Carlos Gomez.” Find out what inspired him to write a play about what it mean to be a man and why HE HATES THE TERM ACTIVIST

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Malik Yusef & Kanye West ft. Common & John Legend – Magic Man …
Booth newcomer Malik Yusef is an artist with one foot on either side of the fuzzy line between rap and spoken word poetry; fortunately, he’s also an artist who thrives on tricky dualities. His latest project, presented in conjunction …

Culturalist Bantu Mwaura

Culturalist Bantu Mwaura is dead – Capital FM – Nairobi,Kenya

… Forum to write and perform poetry in international fora, performing poetry and spoken word in Europe, the United States and several countries in Africa. …

And The BONK! Rolls On…-BONK! 7 — Art and Creativity in Kenosha – By Expose Kenosha
Spoken word performer and writer Dasha Kelly was the first artist up. There was no denying BONK! co-founder Nick Demske’s excitement as he introduced her. Kelly is from Milwaukee, is an advocate for spoken word performers and … He used a few props to add a little punch to his poetry: his own “poetic license”, as well as a few wardrobe changes. The range of subjects he covered varied too; politics, death, social commentary and the experience of being a modern poet. …

Spoken Word Festival Begins May 1 – WSAV-TV – Savannah,GA,USA
May 1 – 3, Spitfire Poetry Group presents its 5th annual Spoken Word Festival. News 3 Coastal Sunrise Anchor Kim Gusby talks with organizer Clinton Powell …

Find free, fun things to do – Cincinnati.com – Cincinnati,OH,USA
Catch – or be part of – a street poetry open mic competition, which begins at noon. Poets will present original spoken word compositions and compete for …

Braul an inspired poet who just can’t stop – Owen Sound Sun Times – Owen Sound,Ontario,Canada
Eric Braul exploded into the poetry scene of Owen Sound with his spoken word debut at the Words Aloud Festival 2007, where he was inspired by the lines of …

Call for Submissions

Jeff Vande Zande
By Jeff Vande Zande
Check out the call for submissions (and feel free to share the link): http://ontheclockanthology.blogspot.com/ I finished reading The Scribner’s Anthology of Contemporary Short Fiction . . . 648 pages of very good short stories. …

Ars Nova Seeks Young Artists For ANT FEST 09, Submissions Taken 4 …
Broadway World – New York,NY,USA
Ars Nova (Jason Eagan, Artistic Director; Jon Steingart and Jenny Wiener Steingart, Executive Producers) announces a call for submissions for ANT FEST 09, …

Telluride Film Festival Announces Call For Entries
AHN – USA
According to a press release, student film submissions must be received no later than 5:00 pm, July 1, while deadline for short and Feature film submissions …

LiveWire opens call for submissions
Penn State Altoona – PA, United States
LiveWire, Penn State Altoona’s on-line multimedia magazine, is calling for submissions for the spring 2009 issue. Submissions will be accepted through …

next movies cinemas: [malaysian-cinema] FIKE 2009: Call for Entries
By Us[e]
The call for entries for FIKE 2009 is open to short Fiction, Animation and Documentary films premiered after January 1st 2008, with up to 40 minutes of total running time. Deadline for submissions to pre-selection: June 10th, 2009. .

CMCA invites craft artists to submit work for ‘Work of the Hand’

knox.VillageSoup.com – Rockland,ME,USA
… will accept submissions from artists outside the state. For more information and a submission form, visit cmcanow.org/opp-artists.php or call 236-2875.