VENUE CHANGE for TONIGHT's Show (w/ NY's Joanna Hoffman and TX's Element 615)
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Oakland Poetry Slam
Aug 23, 2012, 5:40:02 PM8/23/12
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TONIGHT Thursday August 23rd The Oakland Slam & Open-Mic switches up venues and returns to an ancestral home with a new name - LeQuiVive Gallery (1525 Webster betwen 15th & 17th (formerly Famous Four Colors)). We'll be there, as always, with our special brand of lyrical lunacy. This time around we bring you the poetic stylings of NYC's one and only Joanna Hoffman w/ a special spotlight mini-set from Austin TX's Element 615! We'll start the show with our patented WIDE-Open-Mic and welcome some of Oakland's finest comics, poets and singers. If you've got talent we've got a mic, a
spot on the list and a warm room for ya - roll through.
We have a real treat for you too. Our feature this go 'round, Joanna Hoffman, has been on five National Poetry Slam (NPS) teams. In 2006, her team performed on Finals stage and ranked 4th in the nation. In 2007, she was the DC/Baltimore Grand Slam Champion and the Individual World Poetry Slam (IWPS) representative for Baltimore. Since relocating to New York for grad school, she has joined the Spoken World Almanac Project and featured at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. In 2011, she represented Urbana at the 2011 Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWPS), NPS, and IWPS, placing in the top 10 at all three. This year, she represented Louder Arts at WOWPS, placing 4th overall, and is the Grand Slam Champion for the 2012 Urbana team. She is also the 2012 Champion of Capturing Fire, the queer international poetry competition. Her work has appeared in decomP, Spindle and as part of the recent GirlChild Press anthology, Women’s Work and the Jewish lesbian poetry anthology Milk and Honey. Her full-length book of poetry will be published by Sibling Rivalry Press in August 2013. When not performing poetry, she works at a non-profit organization and runs in Prospect Park.
The Oakland Poetry Slam & Open-Mic
Featuring Joanna Hoffman
Thursday August 23rd, 8pm
(2nd & 4th Thursdays monthly)
LeQuiVive Gallery (formerly Famous Four Colors)
1525 Webster St (between 15th & 17th downtown)
$7 ($5 for performers)
We have a real treat for you too. Our feature this go 'round, Joanna Hoffman, has been on five National Poetry Slam (NPS) teams. In 2006, her team performed on Finals stage and ranked 4th in the nation. In 2007, she was the DC/Baltimore Grand Slam Champion and the Individual World Poetry Slam (IWPS) representative for Baltimore. Since relocating to New York for grad school, she has joined the Spoken World Almanac Project and featured at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. In 2011, she represented Urbana at the 2011 Women of the World Poetry Slam (WOWPS), NPS, and IWPS, placing in the top 10 at all three. This year, she represented Louder Arts at WOWPS, placing 4th overall, and is the Grand Slam Champion for the 2012 Urbana team. She is also the 2012 Champion of Capturing Fire, the queer international poetry competition. Her work has appeared in decomP, Spindle and as part of the recent GirlChild Press anthology, Women’s Work and the Jewish lesbian poetry anthology Milk and Honey. Her full-length book of poetry will be published by Sibling Rivalry Press in August 2013. When not performing poetry, she works at a non-profit organization and runs in Prospect Park.
The Oakland Poetry Slam & Open-Mic
Featuring Joanna Hoffman
Thursday August 23rd, 8pm
(2nd & 4th Thursdays monthly)
LeQuiVive Gallery (formerly Famous Four Colors)
1525 Webster St (between 15th & 17th downtown)
$7 ($5 for performers)
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