July 2011
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Reflection: Break the Silence! - July 28th, 2011
One Imagination presents Break the Silence! (BTS!) which is a community open mic held every LAST Thursday of the month at Pizza Pi in Long Beach, CA from 7:00 - 10:00 PM.
This may be contradictory to the name of this open mic, but sometimes it is better to listen than to speak. Two members of forWord, Stephanie and I, made it out to listen to some dope poetry and music. The last time we were...
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Reflections: ITZ Happenin' feature July 2, 2011
So here’s a quick blast from the past, our first feature for July was at ITZ Happenin’ Open Mic in Santa Ana. Eddy and Steph were out so it was up to me and Susan to hold it down as ForWord. This may have been the first time we performed where it was just half of the members present which meant we had to bring even more energy to our performances.
When we arrived at the American...
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Reflection: Open Mic at Starbucks on Brookhurst...
Okay talk about staying relevant, I just got back from this dope open mic at the Starbucks on 16061 Brookhurst St., Fountain Valley, CA. How dope was it? It didn’t even have a name because you cannot put a label on dope-ness. It was THAT dope.
But in all seriousness, I had an awesome time at this open mic organized by a fellow poet, Zachary Rosen, of The Parking Lot Poetry Revival. I was...
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Reflection: forWord's Feature at Natural High
Okay, it’s time to get back to being relevant so here is a post about forWord’s most recent FEATURE this past Tuesday in Culver City.
Natural High has started its “Summer Heat” series where they will be bringing back-to-back features every Tuesday all summer long leading into their First Annual “ArtFeedsUs” Festival on August 20th, 2011. We were fortunate...
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forWord's Feature at Natural High TONIGHT
We are FEATURING TONIGHT Tuesday July 19th at Natural High as part of the “Summer Heat” series in Culver City from 9 PM - 12 AM. Industry Cafe & Jazz 6039 Washington Blvd (2 blocks west of La Cienega) Culver City, CA
Natural High has started it’s “Summer Heat” series where we’re going to be bringing you Back to Back to Back Hot features every week ALL...
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Reflections: Feature at Speak Easy: June 27th 2011
This is a super late post, but as the old saying goes, “Better late than never.” I know Mark made one earlier which you can read HERE, but here is my personal post. =).
On Monday, June 27th, 2011, forWord featured at Speak Easy in Downtown LA. Speak Easy had been going through some hard times finding a new venue. Without a doubt, we surely will Harlem Place Cafe. It had become a home...
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FREE $$$ For AAPI Youth Programs
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(Above: AAJC’s Youth Advisory Council. Missing Kristy N.)
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Lady Basco
…the only way to get over is through…
So I met Lady Basco when forWord first went to speakeasy (she is the host of speakeasy) and ever since then, she’s been nothing but straight up kind to us and showing us love every time we roll through. She even invited us to her and her bro’s (Dante Basco) company’s kickoff party (rufioink). That was an awesome party....
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Reflections: feature at SpeakEasy LA June 27, 2011
So there I was procrastinating trying to do something productive and then Nicole Rush of SpeakEasy contacted me and asked if we’d like to feature at SpeakEasy that evening. In short the answer was: YES! In long, the answer was: HELL Y-E-S! SpeakEasy is our Open Mic home and even though it’s all the way in Downtown Los Angeles, we always try to make it to the open mic, most nights,...
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Reflections: SpeakEasy LA Open Mic/Tara Malia's...
Happy Birthday Miss Malia! I know this post is really late, but we’re gonna get caught up right quick. Tara celebrated her birthday with the SpeakEasy LA family and everyone brought their A-game and give our thanks for one of founders of this open mic space.
“Beer Belly” provided a space for SpeakEasy that night while the coordinators tried to find a new home, despite the...
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Reflections: Da Poetry Lounge: The Battle for LA...
June and July are the last 2 months before the National Poetry Slam in August (to be held in Massachusetts), that means that teams are finalizing their pieces, fund-raising, and performing every chance they get, which also means many of the Open Mic venues will be featuring or holding slams featuring these teams. This Tuesday, DPL featured a “Battle for LA” Slam featuring: 3 LA...
