BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:1464587:Event:107159 DTSTAMP:20260417T024906Z SUMMARY:The Oakland Poetry Slam & Open-Mic Featuring Joaquin Zihuatan ejo & Natasha Carrizosa DESCRIPTION:On December 8th The Oakland Poetry Slam & Open-Mic continu es our 2012 season in stunning style with a feature of AWESOME proport ions! We're thrilled to bring you one of the worlds premiere spoken-wo rd poets (The WORLD son!). If you've never heard Joaquín Zihuatanejo  then you are seriously missing out. He'll be sharing the stage with t our partner Natasha Carrizosa and promises a set full of powerful mult ivoice work in addition to his award-winning signature solo work. \nJ oaquín Zihuatanejo is a father, husband, poet, and award-winning tea cher. In his work he strives to capture the duality of the Chicano cu lture. The conquered and the conqueror, the Pagan and the Christian, the earth and the sky all find refuge in his voice. He has shared sta ges with Maya Angelou, Billy Collins, E. Lynn Harris, Saul Williams, a nd Alicia Keys among others. He is the author of BARRIO SONGS and c o-author, along with Natasha Carrizosa, of the collection of poems OF FIRE AND RAIN. Joaquin has recorded seven spoken word CDs and is the winner of the 2008 Individual World Poetry Slam Championship and the 2009 European World Cup of Poetry Slam Championship held in Paris, Fr ance. Joaquin along with Natasha was one of two American poets chosen to represent The US at El Proyecto Poesia Slam 2010 in Madrid, Spain.  Joaquin was recently awarded the Artist in Residence Award by the N ational Hispanic Cultural Center and spent most of the summer writing and teaching at the NHCC in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He recently perf ormed at the La Casita 2011 Project produced by Lincoln Center Out of Doors in New York City in early August of 2011, and joined Natasha for a feature performance at the Inspired Word Reading Series and the Nuy orican Poet’s Café.Joaquin recently became the only poet on the pla net to win the $2,000 Arkansas Grand Slam three times, winning the cha mpionship in 2005, 2008, and 2011. He has two passions in his life, hi s wife, Aída and poetry, always in that order.\nNatasha Carrizosa is a mother, a dreamer, and a lover of music and life. She is a poet/spo ken word artist who celebrates her dual heritage (African- and Mexican -American) with works that weave an intoxicating blend of cultures, la nguages and impressions. She has shared the stage with Maya Angelou, J ill Scott, Erykah Badu, E. Lynn Harris and countless other poets, auth ors, and artists. Her writings have been featured in Rhapsody, Her Ma rk, and x magazine (UK). She is the author of mejiafricana, a spoken word CD and nude – a collection of love and erotic poems. She rece ntly recorded her second spoken word CD – the dreamcatcher. In 2008 she collaborated with Joaquín on of fire and rain - a spoken word CD that is a testimony of life/love that spans from the barrios of East D allas to the ghettos of the west indies. Selections from of fire and r ain were published by Poetry in Motion, and organization that promote s the work of young American poets by publishing their work alongside the work of masters from the past on trains, subways, and buses across The United States. Natasha is the 2010 Austin International Poetry S lam Champion.\nAs always we'll start the show with the patented WIDE-O pen-Mic (singers, comics, MCs welcome). If you wanna rep The Bay at Th e National Poetry Slam in August in Charlotte this is where you go to qualify.The Oakland Poetry Slam & Open-Mic Featuring Joaquin Zihuatan ejo & Natasha CarrizosaThursday December 8th 2011, 8pm - 11pmThe Oasis Restaurant & Bar135 12th St (@ Madison)$5 before 9pm / $7 after\n \n \nFor more information visit http://trueskool.com/events/the-oakland-p oetry-slam-open-mic-featuring-joaquin-zihuatanejo DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20111208T230000 CATEGORIES:oakland, ca LOCATION:The Oasis - Oakland WEBSITE: URL: CONTACT: ORGANIZER;CN="Oakland Slam":http://trueskool.com/profile/Dahled ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2247902598?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Oakland Slam":http://trueskool.com/profile/Dahled END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR