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SUMMARY:The Oakland Slam & Open-Mic
DESCRIPTION:Bonafide Rojas is a poet and musician. He is the author of
  \"Pelo Bueno: a day in the life of a Nuyorican Poet\" (Dark Souls Pre
 ss, 2006); has made 5 chapbooks: A Day in the Life, The Brief History 
 Of, Tragically Beautiful, Holler! & When The City Sleeps (pt. I). He i
 s the 2002 Slam This! Champion and has been on two National Poetry Sla
 m teams, NYC/Union Square 2002 & Wicker Park 2003. His first performan
 ce was at The Nuyorican Poets Cafe in 1996 at \"All That\". He became 
 a fixture on the Brooklyn Poetry Scene of the mid 90's, Nuyorican in t
 he late 90's, and Chicago early part of the decade establishing himsel
 f as a performer with substance as well as aesthetic. After staying in
  Chicago for three years, and having his first born John Pablo in Nove
 mber 2003, he decided to move back to NYC with a new fire to get his m
 usic out of his head and into the streets.\n\nHe has appeared in Russe
 ll Simmon's \"Def Poetry Jam\" Season 4 and has worked with several no
 n profit organizations such Louder Arts (NY), Teachers and Writers (NY
 ), Youth Speaks (CA), The Guild Complex (IL), Young Chicago Authors (I
 L), and is on the roster of teaching artist at Urban Word NYC. He has 
 been published in the anthologies: \"Bum Rush the Page: a Def Poetry J
 am\" (Three Rivers Press, 2002), RoleCall: \"A Generational Anthology 
 of Social and Political Black Literature and Art\" (Third World Press,
  2002), The \"Centro Journal\" (Hunter College, 2001), Blu Magazine's 
 Puerto Rico Issue, The Hostos Review, The Acentos Review, Columbia's R
 oots and Culture, NYU's Calabash Journal and was featured on the CD’
 s Nuyorican Dreams, Yemaya y Ochun, The Freedom Song and New Skool Poe
 tics.\n\nBonafide has shared the stages with Amiri Baraka, Oscar Berme
 o, Roger Bonair-Agard, Michael Cirelli, Kevin Coval, Shaggy Flores, Gu
 y LeCharles Gonzalez, Suheir Hammad, Bassey, Dennis Kim, Mike Ladd, Le
 mon, Al Letson, Giles Li, RAC, Tony Medina, Flaco Navaja, Ishle Yi Par
 k, Willie Perdomo, Pedro Pietri (RIP), Raul Salinas (RIP), Shappy, Bea
 u Sia, The Suicide Kings, Fish Vargas & Saul Williams.\n\nThe Oakland 
 Poetry Slam & Open-Mic\n2nd & 4th Thursdays Monthly\nMarch 11th w/ Bon
 afide Rojas\nThe Oasis Restaurant\n135 12th St. (@ Madison)\n8:15 - 10
 :30\n$10 - 21+ w/ ID\nwww.oaklandslam.com\n\nFor more information visi
 t https://trueskool.com/events/the-oakland-slam-openmic
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100311T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20100311T230000
CATEGORIES:poetry, slam, "&", open-mic, "(w/", mcs, singers, comics, "
 poetry)"
LOCATION:The Oasis Restaurant & Bar
WEBSITE:http://www.oaklandslam.com
URL:http://www.oaklandslam.com
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