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Claudia Alick

About Me

Claudia Alick is a spoken word poet, playwright, producer, performer, teacher, with an MA in Performance Studies from NYU. She is Artistic Director of Smokin Word Productions, dedicated to building the new genre of hip-hop and spoken word theatre. She is also associate producer at The Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Resume and demo clips and tons of info are at www.claudiaalick.com and www.smokinword.org and osfashland.org

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/10/2004
Band Website: http://claudiaalick.com
Band Members: ME plus whoever I am collaborating with at the time
Influences: Charlie Kaufman, Grant Morrison, Chuck Palahnuik, Octavia Butler, Toni Morrison, Arron McGruder, Alan Moore, Walter Mosely, Joss Whedon, Elmore Lenord, Sam Greenlee, Douglas Adams, Brian Greene, Foucault, Judith Butler

Steven Soderburg, Spike Jones, Michel Gondry, Quenton Terintino, Spike Lee, David O Russel, Terry Gilliam, Jeunet and Caro,

Nas, The Roots, Common, Kanye West, Simon and Garfunkle, Beck, Velvet Underground, Nina Simone, Nirvana, Jimi Hendrix, Billie Holiday, Seal, Kraftwork, Radiohead, Duke Ellington, Mos Def, Theolonius Monk, Frank Zappa, Arrested Development, Will Smith, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Sarah Vaughn, Alberta Hunter, Lauren Hill, Tricky, De La Soul, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy,

Richard Pyor, Margaret Cho, Lenny Bruce, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle,

danny hoch, reg e gaines, kia corthron, suzan lori parks, robert alexander, kamilah forbes

monk, smallville, forever knight, buffy the vampire slayer, the dead zone, angel, due south, northern exposure, tru calling, star trek (all of them), firefly, disinformation, penn and tellers bullshit, the pretender,

every poet i've read, seen, heard, met
Sounds Like: claudia alick
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Stillwater Slam July 27

Stillwater Slam Open mic and Poetry SlamShare your writing, music, or theatrical skills, plus, watch performance poets compete!Monday July 27Time: 7pm (6pm Sign up)$5 at the Door Hosted by David Salsa...
Posted by on Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:12:00 GMT

Inside the Hip Hop Culture: A Fresh Look at Hip Hop

OSF Festival NoonsSaturday Jul. 18, Lecture/Demonstration Inside the Hip Hop Culture: A Fresh Look at Hip HopGreen Show performers  Global Heat   http://www.myspace.com/globalheatAll events are at n...
Posted by on Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:42:00 GMT

Stillwater Slam featuring Abiodun Oyewole of the Last Poets

Stillwater SlamOpen mic and Poetry SlamShare your writing, music, or theatrical skills, plus, watch performance poets compete!Date: Monday, June 8Time: 7:00pm (sign up at 6:30)Door: $5.00Special Guest...
Posted by on Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:18:00 GMT

Claudia is sick...of the messed up medical system

So I've been gone from this space for awhile.  I've been very ill.  Kinda still am.  Since February.  I'm supposed to go to he Mayo Clinic. I've been twittering about it.  Typing hurts so I tend to ke...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 20:55:00 GMT

i cant belive i got hit by a $@% car....again!!!

I'm now skittish when crossing the street I just don't believe in that social contract anymore The one that says if we all obey the rules of the road we'll be okay The one that says crosswalks are for...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Dec 2008 21:58:00 GMT

homeless theater makers

Defunct Off-Off-Broadway Performance Spaces Scheduled for closure by 1/1/09 This list is regularly being updated as other venues that have been/are being demolished or redeveloped into non-performa...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:02:00 GMT

One Movement CD release party

One Movement is the Ashland based hip-hop group I've had the pleasure of working with.  I'm on thier album and they just invited me to perform at their CD release party at The Stillwater Dec 19.&...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:33:00 GMT

PROP 8 PROTEST

PROP 8 PROTESTBy the people at the rally against proposition 8 in Medford Oregon11/15/08Edited By Claudia Alick From "Dada & Surrealist Art," by William S. Rubin, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York 1...
Posted by on Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:43:00 GMT

Oregon Shakespeare Festival Hip-hop Theater event and Poetry Slam

All the hip-hop theater guest artists got in today.  I walked them around town and we checked out the wild and crazy Ashland Halloween parade.  We stoped by the co-op got dinner and will be ...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 00:31:00 GMT

stillwater groovy sport

So I performed at an event called "Singing About a Revolution" at Stillwater.  It was a fundraiser for as nonpartisan website that informs you about political issues.  Siillwater is thi...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Oct 2008 02:21:00 GMT