Uncultivated Rabbits + Heartstorms

We have two events coming up NEXT WEEK!

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Uncultivated Rabbits Presents Poetry Showcase
Wednesday, November 16th
7 PM - 9 PM
PCB (Parkview Classroom Building) 1100, UC Irvine, CA

• We will be returning to our alma mater, UC Irvine. Each and every one of us is an anteater at heart. ZOT ZOT! Uncultivated Rabbits is the one and only spoken word organization on campus so it is not that surprising that is how we all met during our undergrad years. We will be collaborating with the current generation of Rabbits as well as our multi-talented friends from Long Beach representing Break the Silence! and The Definitive Soapbox.

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Heartstorms
Sunday, November 20th
8 PM - 11 PM
The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center
4305 Degnan Ave #101
Los Angeles, CA

• This event had been put on hold, but now it will definitely happen! We guarantee this is a show you will not want to miss. Created by Lady Basco and Tara Malia, they have invited the Speak Easy family to share their stories once more in an innovative production illustrating how an open mic on a Monday night can evoke the human connection in all of us. 

If you have missed us before and are in Southern California, you are in luck because the first show will be in OC and then the next one will be in LA. Both events are FREE!

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, we don’t even perform, we just go there to listen to all the amazing artists, to support new artists, and just be a part of the loving atmosphere. 

The hostess with the mostest, Lady Basco

Thanks Nicole, for giving us this opportunity.

Kasi’s first time at SpeakEasy…so professional every time she touches the mic.

Big Doxx

Chris Edwards

Marty Shannon

Photos from the forWord feature (Credit goes to Kasi for taking the pictures):

Stephanie, Eddy, and Susan kick it off with “The Things They Said”

Mark with a “Realization”

And to come full circle we did “Writer’s Block” since it was the first piece we ever did at SpeakEasy.

Thanks to Steph for catching my lines when I messed up…

…and when you fall down, you just gotta pick yourself back up and give it all you’ve got.

Just want to give a shout out to the dude in the foreground, sorry I didn’t catch your name, but the dude was from Utah and he decided to spend his last night in Cali at Speak Easy…I thought that was just really cool.

Beanie Manifesto - I really enjoyed this piece you performed!

Karla Moxley talking about Psychology

Clive let’s people know that he is Mr. Impossible and this time with a beat.  Also shout out to the 2 dudes he invited to SpeakEasy that he ran into on the way here, that was really cool of them to check out the venue too.

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Jami Elle

Dante Basco showing some love to the new space.

Tara Mali and Jami Elle colab

It’s an honor to be around so many artists that do what they love and at the same time collaborate and support one another.  If I could give one word to describe SpeakEasy it’s: Family and we are honored and thankful to have an opportunity to feature in this space.  Also thanks to Kasi for coming by and performing and also, Eddy’s sister, Mariel was there to show some love.

And speaking of the space, it’s a really awesome bookstore with incredible acoustics for poets that don’t want to use mics and adds.  I think SpeakEasy found a new home at The Last Bookstore in Los Angeles 453 S. Spring St. in Downtown LA.

Reflections: SpeakEasy LA Open Mic/Tara Malia’s Birthday June 20, 2011

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 last minute change, all the love and atmosphere stayed the same.

This time a few Rabbits came along: Kevin Mai, Miguel Mendoza, and Isabel Bogarin to let that mic know who’s boss!  They did a great job and gained some new fans from the LA area.

Keeping it a family affair: Tara and her father

Kevin Mai, the first poet up to the mic!

Chris Edwards holds it down for the Comedians!

Clever Comic

Our lovely host: Lady Basco

Marty Shannon

Twin!  One of the most dedicated poets in LA.  Skidrow flowin’!

Oscar giving us some observational humor.

Big Doxx the emcee

Karla Moxley mhmmmm!

Eddy repping it with a Happy Poem!

Birthday cake for the Birthday Girl

Miguel Mendoza of Uncultivated Rabbits

Susan giving us a “Taste of Home”

Mark having a “Realization”

Sayuri Elsie was the surprise of the night.  So much swag and so much soul.

JBless and Ms. Moxley jammin’

This was an awesome night with the SpeakEasy and poetry family!  Happy Birthday Tara, thank you for helping to create this open mic that forWord and many other artists have called home.

- Mark Maza