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UPCOMING EVENTS
11TH ANNUAL URBAN WORD NYC TEEN POETRY SLAM
To sign up email [email protected] or call 212-352-3495. Space is limited.
Spit for a chance to REPRESENT NYC at the National Teen Poetry Slam in Chicago. All expenses paid!!
We honor all styles of poetry, spoken word, hip-hop and manifesto. To perform you must be 13-19 years old. When signing up, please specify which Preliminary Slam you'd would like to read at.
Preliminary & Semifinal Slam $5 teens/$7 adults/Free for performers
NEED DIRECTIONS, visit: www.urbanwordnyc.org
PRELIMINARY SLAMS:
Friday March 6th 6-9PM
The Point in the Bronx
Monday March 9th 6-9PM
The Poetry Project at St. Mark's Church
Saturday March 14th 3-6PM
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Sunday March 15th 4-7PM
Bowery Poetry Club
SEMIFINAL SLAMS:
Sunday March 22nd 4-7PM
Bowery Poetry Club
Monday March 23rd 6-9PM
Dance Theater Workshop
Friday March 27th 6-9PM
The Point in the Bronx
Saturday March 28th 3-6PM
Nuyorican Poets Café
GRAND SLAM FINAL
Saturday April 4th 7-10PM
Harlem's World Famous APOLLO THEATER
Special guest host! Celebrity judges! Def Poets and special performances! Beats by DJ Reborn! This show is not to be missed.
This show is not to be missed.
Admission fee for prelims + semis:
$5 teens, $7 adults, performers FREE
For purchase finals tickets
Box Office Hours:
Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 10am - 6pm
Wed 10am-8pm, Sat 12pm-6pm
Box Office: 212-531-5305
Ticket Master: 212-307-4100
www.ticketmaster.com/apollotheater
$8.50 teens/$15 adults/group rates available
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KNICKS POETRY SLAM SEMI-FINALS!
THE POINT SEMI-FINAL
FRIDAY January 30th at 6PM
@ The Point in The Bronx
(for directions to The Point visit www.urbanwordnyc.org or call 212-352-3495)
NUYORICAN SEMI-FINAL
SATURDAY January 31st at 3PM
@ the Nuyorican Poets Café
(for directions to the Nuyorican visit www.urbanwordnyc.org or call 212-352-3495)
BOWERY SEMI-FINAL
SUNDAY February 1st at 3PM
@ The Bowery Poetry Club
(for directions to The Bowery visit www.urbanwordnyc.org or call 212-352-3495)
FINALS
TUESDAY March 3rd
more details coming soon
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URBAN WORD NYC WINTER WORKSHOPS!
WINTER WORKSHOPS!
MANHATTAN!!
**Transformers IV: you and your organic poem, you and your organic stage - Roger Bonair-Agard
MONDAYS, February 2-23, 4:30-6:30pm
This workshop will examine the work of Audre Lorde, Ross Gay, Rachel McKibbens, Terrance Hayes, and Carl Dennis. Using these contemporary poets' works, the participants will craft poems of wildly divergent styles, and begin the "conversation" of learning the organic lives of these poems on the page and in the body; how the poem gets to represent both the fire of the voice and its most tightly honed craft, and then move towards the most available fire in the body, and its tightly honed craft.
**High Wattage: Elements of Performing the Poem - Regie Cabico & Parker Pracjek
WEDNESDAYS, February 4-25, 4:30-6:30pm
How do we make performance choices that heighten the poem's life? How do we "live" the poem and not simply read the poem? The poem is your showstopper, your three minute solo play. We will explore the vocal & physical techniques for audiences to "see" the poem. From the professional slammer to the virginal journal poet, we will stretch your interpretation of your over-performed texts, and we will prepare you to kick your verses in the squint of the spotlight in a nurturing environment. Bring a poem, no more than a page long, comfortable shoes & clothes, your body and a packet of your emotional colors.
To sign up email [email protected] or call 212-352-3495
Urban Word NYC
242 W. 27th Street, btw 7th & 8th Ave
1 Train to 28th St. or C/E to 23rd St.
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BROOKLYN!!
Urban Word Brooklyn Free Winter Workshops @ Crown Heights Live!
**NEW Native Style - Brooklyn Stories - Trish Hicks
TUESDAYS, February 3- March 31, 4-6pm
This workshop continues to explore different forms of creativity and how they inspire writing, mc-ing and spoken word poetry. Use film, photography, music, collage, and other forms of artistic expression to tell the unique story of your life. From Wild Style to freestyle, your own personal style is the raw material for making your voice heard! Bring it!
**Spoken Word: Dynamics in Delivery - Darian Dauchan
Thursdays, February 5 - March 26, 4-6pm
We will explore rhyme scheme and cadence, and the musicality of spoken word, by listening to and viewing works by a diverse array of performance poets, while continuing to write new poems, and tackling our own material. We will experiment with vocal climax, pacing, and crescendo in order to break free of monotonous or one-note performances.
To sign up email [email protected] or call 212-352-3495
1251 Prospect Place
between Schenectady & Troy
BROOKLYN!
A/C or 4 train to Utica Ave
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WHAT IS URBAN WORD NYC?
Urban Word NYC provides free creative writing, performance, spoken word, and hip-hop resources to teenagers in NYC.
As a youth-driven program, we encourage teens to discover and use their voices to bring to light the issues that are important to them. We are a community for young writers in all five boroughs of New York City, aiming to reach under-served populations of teens in particular. Urban Word NYC knows that youth need a creative and critical outlet and a community that supports them. All projects aim to build this community inside our regular after-school workshops and performance programs, and also beyond.
Urban Word NYC promotes critical literacy and positive social dialogue across boundaries of age, race, class, gender, culture, and sexuality.
