The Berkeley Poetry Slam featuring Aaron Samuels and Carlos Robson

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The Berkeley Poetry Slam featuring Aaron Samuels and Carlos Robson

Time: December 11, 2013 from 8:15pm to 11pm
Location: Berkeley, CA
Street: 3101 Shattuck Avenue
City/State: Berkeley, CA
Phone: 510-841-2082
Event Type: berkeley, oakland, san, francisco, bay, area
Organized By: Jason Bayani
Latest Activity: Dec 10, 2013

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THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA! 
Bringing you some of the best poetry from across the world, every week, since 2000.

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We’re rolling right on down to the end of the year and this week we’ve got TWO dope features lined up for you. Write Bloody author, AARON SAMUELS, will be here and he’s bringing his debut collection of poems, Yarmulkes and Fitted Caps, along with him. And fresh off his 2nd place finish at Ill List All Stars in Modesto this weekend is Charlotte’s CARLOS ROBSON. You’ve got to be here for this.

Sign ups for the slam start at 7:30. The season is in full swing so earn you way to compete for a spot to represent Berkeley at the National Poetry Slam in Oakland in 2014.

Your host for the night will be Toaster, with musical accompaniment by Three Blind Mice

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Bios:

Aaron Samuels is a Pushcart-nominated poet, a TEDx speaker, and an acclaimed facilitator of critical identity discussions. Raised in Providence, Rhode Island, by a Jewish-American mother and an African-American father, Aaron discovered spoken word poetry at age 14 when his English teacher told him he was not allowed to break meter. After declining this advice, Aaron went on to become one of the premiere performance poets in the country, featuring on TV One’s Verses & Flow, HBO’s Brave New Voices, and TEDx Washington University. His work has appeared in multiple journals including the Tidal Basin Review, Apogee Journal, and Muzzle Magazine. His debut collection of poetry, Yarmulkes & Fitted Caps, was released by Write Bloody Publishing in fall 2013.

Carlos Robson is an award-winning spoken word poet, playwright, and teaching artist. As a competitive “slam”poet, he’s competed in local, regional, national and international competitions, winning the National Poetry Slam championship in 2007 and again in 2008 as a member of the North Carolina based team, Slam Charlotte. He has performed in all corners of the nation and on Broadway, and is a co-founder of the Charlotte based artist collective The Concrete Generation as well as one half of the live arts project The Indoctrination Experiment. Twice nominated for APCA Spoken Word Artist of the Year, Carlos has performed at over 50 colleges and universities.
In 2009, Carlos co-wrote and appeared in the play “Miles & Coltrane:blue(.)” directed by Quentin Talley, which appeared off-Broadway and atthe Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Upcoming Features:

December 18th The Anarchy slam with the one and only Mighty Mike McGee

THE STARRY PLOUGH
3101 Shattuck Avenue, 510-841-2082
(1 block uphill from the Ashby BART).
EVERY WEDNESDAY
$7 - $10 sliding scale (most nights)
Cash Prizes!
Sign-up: 7:30 p.m. Show: 8:30 p.m.
ALL AGES before 10 p.m.

Slam Rules and Info: http://berkeleypoetryslam.wordpress.com/about/
Berkeley Slam History: http://berkeleypoetryslam.wordpress.com/history-2/

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