Buddy Wakefield and Anis Mojgani's Big Show - Write Bloody Poetry Month

Time Thursday, November 17 · 8:00pm - 11:30pm

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Location The ND

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Created By Austin Poetry Slam

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More Info Once again at the ND Austin, it's our biggest show yet: a double-bill with two multiple-time national champions, Buddy Wakefield and Anis Mojgani, once again at the ND Austin.

Buddy is best known around Austin for opening for Ani DiFranco last year and his own great show earlier this year. Buddy is the two-time Individual World Poetry Slam Champion featured on NPR, the BBC, HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, and most recently signed to A...ni DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records. His website is buddywakefield.com.

Anis is a two time National Poetry Slam Champion and winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam. He has performed for audiences as varied as the House of Blues and the United Nations, and his work has appeared on HBO, NPR, and he is a National Book Award Nominee. For more on Anis, check out thepianofarm.com.

The Buddy and Anis Show also features opening acts by Kevin Burke, Ebony Stewart, and others, as well as some aerial silk performances by Sky Candy, and will be hosted by Fellow Write Bloody Author, Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz.




http://writebloody.eventbrite.com/

10 spots left and registration closes by October 12th.

Texas Grand Slam Poetry Festival

Oct.21-22

$1000 Grand Prize
2nd place $500
3rd Place $250

4th-10th get their entry fee back

free food during event
and option of staying at a hotel we are providing for the first night.

We would love to have you.

For more info and to register:

www.miccheckpoetry.com

UpRise! Productions and VORTEX Repertory Company present
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf
by Ntozake Shange | Directed by Zell Miller, III
Aug.25–Sep.17, 2011 | Thursday-Saturday @8pm
Friday nights after the show: Talkback sessions with Zell!

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UpRise! Productions and VORTEX Repertory Company present this vibrant new production of Ntozake Shange’s award-winning play. This salute to contemporary women warriors is a choreopoem that changed the face of American Theatre when it premiered in the 1970’s. It went onto inspire a new genre of theatre artist and later inspired a hit film (2010).

Talkback sessions with the director, Zell Miller, III, will be held on Friday nights after the show.

• read the Austin 360 review
• read the Austin Chronicle Review

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf is directed by award-winning theatre artist Zell Miller, III. Choreography by Ananda Mayi Moss and Sadé Jones.

The stellar cast features Whitney Weathersby, Sadé Jones, Chelsea Manasseri, Patricia Robinson, Ebony Stewart, Minerva Villa, and Chandra Washington.

Tickets: $30 - $10
$30-$25 Priority Seating
$20-$15 General Admission
$10 Starving Artists and Students
Thursdays 2-for-1 admission with donation of 2 non-perishable food items for SafePlace Pantry.

Thursday- Friday August 25 at 8:00pm September 10
Location	The VORTEX
Created By	Vortex Repertory
More Info	When: August 25 – September 10, 2011. 8 pm Thursday-Saturday, 3 Weeks only! Friday nights after the show: Talkback sessions with Zell! Where: The VORTEX, 2307 Manor Rd. Austin, TX 78722 Free Parking. Bus Route. The Butterfly Bar @ The VORTEX – 5pm – Midnight (beer, wine, savory snacks, and desserts) Tickets: $30 - $10 $30-$25 Priority Seating $20-$15 General Admission $10 Starving Artists and Students Thursdays 2-for-1 admission with donation of 2 non-perishable food items for SafePlace Pantry. Available at www.vortexrep.org or call 512-478-5282. Advanced Reservations Recommended. Limited seating. UpRise! Productions and VORTEX Repertory Company present a vibrant new production of Ntozake Shange’s award-winning play, For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf , opening Thursday, August 25 at 8 pm. Talkback sessions with the director, Zell Miller, III, will be held on Friday nights after the show. This salute to contemporary women warriors is a choreopoem that changed the face of American Theatre when it premiered in the 1970’s. It went onto inspire a new genre of theatre artist and later inspired a hit film (2010). For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf is directed by award-winning theatre artist Zell Miller, III. Choreography by Ananda Mayi Moss and Sadé Jones. The stellar cast features Whitney Weathersby, Sadé Jones, Chelsea Manasseri, Patricia Robinson, Ebony Stewart, Minerva Villa, and Chandra Washington. For tickets and more information www.vortexrep.org

I PLEDGE TO TALK TO TEENS ABOUT SEX THROUGH:

1. Making a personal rule






2. Protecting their personal rule
   
   



3. Decisions






4. Consequences






5. LOVING THEMSELVES
   
   

http://www.sexetc.org/video/4734