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SUMMARY:The Berkeley Poetry Slam featuring Aaron Samuels and Carlos Ro
 bson
DESCRIPTION:THE LONGEST RUNNING POETRY SLAM IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA! B
 ringing you some of the best poetry from across the world, every week,
  since 2000.----------------------------We’re rolling right on down 
 to the end of the year and this week we’ve got TWO dope features lin
 ed 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 S
 tars 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 seaso
 n 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 M
 ice----------------------------Bios:Aaron Samuels is a Pushcart-nomina
 ted poet, a TEDx speaker, and an acclaimed facilitator of critical ide
 ntity discussions. Raised in Providence, Rhode Island, by a Jewish-Ame
 rican mother and an African-American father, Aaron discovered spoken w
 ord poetry at age 14 when his English teacher told him he was not allo
 wed to break meter. After declining this advice, Aaron went on to beco
 me one of the premiere performance poets in the country, featuring on 
 TV One’s Verses & Flow, HBO’s Brave New Voices, and TEDx Washingto
 n University. His work has appeared in multiple journals including the
  Tidal Basin Review, Apogee Journal, and Muzzle Magazine. His debut co
 llection of poetry, Yarmulkes & Fitted Caps, was released by Write Blo
 ody Publishing in fall 2013.Carlos Robson is an award-winning spoken w
 ord poet, playwright, and teaching artist. As a competitive “slam”
 poet, he’s competed in local, regional, national and international c
 ompetitions, winning the National Poetry Slam championship in 2007 and
  again in 2008 as a member of the North Carolina based team, Slam Char
 lotte. He has performed in all corners of the nation and on Broadway, 
 and is a co-founder of the Charlotte based artist collective The Concr
 ete Generation as well as one half of the live arts project The Indoct
 rination Experiment. Twice nominated for APCA Spoken Word Artist of th
 e Year, Carlos has performed at over 50 colleges and universities.In 2
 009, Carlos co-wrote and appeared in the play “Miles & Coltrane:blue
 (.)” directed by Quentin Talley, which appeared off-Broadway and att
 he Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.------------------
 ----------Upcoming Features:December 18th The Anarchy slam with the on
 e and only Mighty Mike McGeeTHE STARRY PLOUGH3101 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://berkeleypoetrys
 lam.wordpress.com/about/Berkeley Slam History: http://berkeleypoetrys
 lam.wordpress.com/history-2/\n\nFor more information visit https://tru
 eskool.com/events/the-berkeley-poetry-slam-featuring-aaron-samuels-and
 -carlos
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CATEGORIES:berkeley, oakland, san, francisco, bay, area
LOCATION:Berkeley, CA
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CONTACT:510-841-2082
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