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Marc Bamuthi Joseph: The Art of Collaboration and Community-Building

Jennifer Edwards | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Community Building, Theaster Gate, Hip Hop, Walker Art Center, Dance, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Spoken Word, Jennifer Edwards, Arts News
Jennifer Edwards

2012-03-15-20120314marcbamuthijoseph_breakspic12_PPthumb.jpg Today spoken word/hip hop theater artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph's red, black & GREEN: a blues opens at the Walker Art Center.

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Local Poet Unveils New Book In Concert

Posted 11.13.2011

Read More: Kevin Coval Chicago, Spoken Word Artist, Video, L-Vis Lives, Kevin Coval Poetry, Def Poetry Jam, Kevin Coval, Spoken Word, Louder Than a Bomb, Chicago Around Town, Chicago Impact, Def Poet, Chicago Books, Chicago News

With the impending release of his newest collection of poetry, "L-vis Lives! Racemusic Poems," Chicagoan Kevin Coval is only just continuing to build ...

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Gil Scott Herron's 'Revolution,' Remixed

Posted 10.01.2011

Read More: Sarah Jones, The Revolution Will Not Be Televised, Spoken Word Artist, Gil Scott-Heron, Bv-Video, Spoken Word, Def-Poetry-Jam, Poetry, Video, Black Voices News

Sarah Jones, the acclaimed playwright and actress, riffs on Gil Scott Herron's famous poem, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised." WATCH:...

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Haiti Is Wailing: Gina Athena Ulysse, Anthropologist and Performing Artist

Jennifer Edwards | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Performance Art, Jennifer Edwards, La Mama, Spoken Word, Haiti, New York, Gina-Athena-Ulysse, Anthropology, Haitian Writer, Wesleyan University, Arts News
Jennifer Edwards

Haiti is Gina's reason for everything. A self-described accidental student, she earned her Ph.D. in cultural anthropology in hopes of helping her birth-country.

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On the Fifth Anniversary of Katrina, Displacement Continues

Jordan Flaherty | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: New Orleans, Public Housing, Homelessness, Housing, Superbowl, Spoken Word, Katrina, Katrina Anniversary, Louisiana Road Home Program, Treme, Hurricane Katrina, BP Oil Spill, Racial Discrimination, Politics News
Jordan Flaherty

Poet Sunni Patterson is one of New Orleans' most beloved artists. She has performed in nearly every venue in the city, toured the US, and frequently a...

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Literary Death Match

Huff Post Citizen Reporter | William Winner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paulina Porizkova, Bowery Poetry Club, Spoken Word, Literary Death Match, Fiction Contest, New York News

Last night the Bowery Poetry Club hosted an event far from your typical bookstore reading. Dominatrixes, drugs, cowboys, bongos, and pinatas were on t...

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"Gay" Poem Shakes Up The Utah State Legislature

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Mormons, Christine Johnson, Gay Rights, Utah, Andrea Gibson, Spoken Word, Poetry, Poems, John Lundberg, Healthy Living News
John Lundberg

Christine Johnson decided to read an inspirational poem to the Utah legislature. "Say Yes" strikes notes of hope, peace and altruism--themes that aren't antithetical to the Mormon faith.

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The Return of Gil Scott-Heron

Jackson Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gil Scott-Heron, Music, British Guardian, Soul Music, Spoken Word, Entertainment News
Jackson Williams

Anyone familiar with the 1974 line "The revolution will not be televised," or the many subsequent uses of that ubiquitous cultural marker, is familiar...

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Fanning the Flame of Creativity

Ran Klarin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Los Angeles Unified School District, High School, Yoga, California Institute of the Arts, Spoken Word, Lausd, Continuation School, Los Angeles News
Ran Klarin

The day after Andre smoked pot in the boys' restroom, I enrolled him in our weekly yoga class. That was followed by elective classes in spoken word.

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Green Album of the Year: R.I.S.E. Evolutions in Sound

Jeff Biggers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Traditional Music, Roots Music, Atlanta, Feminist, Spoken Word, Obama 2008, Music, Green, Green Living, Live Music, Poetry, Band, Green News
Jeff Biggers

Apt to chat on stage about organic farming, herbs and feminist chickens, the Smith sisters are part of a new generation of genre-bending eco-wise musicians who travel the world.

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