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National poetry and music

The Progressive Voices in our Communities

  • Raices Cultural Center
  • November 26, 2011
The Raices Cultural Centerrecently held an open-mic for community members to come out and speak their truth. The purpose of the showcase was to...
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Sunken Garden Poetry Combines Music and Poetry

The July 20th performance of the Sunken Garden Poetry Series at the Hillside Museum in Farmington was an exciting combination of blues music with...
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Los Angeles poetry & jazz this Thursday at Beyond Baroque

Poetry & Jazz. Poetic license is to literature as bebop is to music. Poetry & Jazz at Beyond Baroque this coming Thursday at Poetry In...
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VOX: A spoken-word chorus celebrates American poetry November 13 - 15, 20 - 22 in Portland

When professional actors perform poetry, it brings an exciting element to the words that can make us see the poems in a whole new light. Add choral...
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"All-Night Lingo Tango" is brilliant fun

Barbara Hamby triple-somersaults, dives, flips, and swings from rung to rung high over our heads on the flying trapeze. She makes it look easy,...
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Poet Eileen Myles reads essays from "The Importance of Being Iceland" at Powell's

If you are a writer or reader who really cares about ideas, art, poetry, gender, culture, and/or humor, you should pick up Eileen Myles' latest...
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Haiku and Japanese flute are winning combination in South Waterfront July 2

Short poetic forms adapted from Japanese culture are perfect for our twitter age and can teach writers the value of condensation and brevity. They...
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