More poetry: Voices, Inc. & Emily Dickinson

November 19, 2011, 11am-1pm
University of Arizona Poetry Center Family Days - Voices, Inc. Workshop

VOICES, Inc. cyanotype-inspired poetry workshop!

VOICES, Inc., is a nonprofit organization that documents Tucson’s community stories and inspires individuals to explore themselves and their connection to place. Join VOICES, Inc., for a fun and highly interactive creative adventure using beautiful cyanotype photographs as our visual muse as we play with words to create poems in fast-paced time bursts. The cyanotypes, created by City High School students in our wet darkroom photography program, are blue-toned photographs that are both vibrant and haunting, clear and abstract - fertile ground for imaginative word play!

Poetry Center
Helen S. Schaefer Building
1508 East Helen Street (At Vine Avenue)
Tucson, AZ 85721 United States

http://poetry.arizona.edu/news-event/2011/11/family-days-poetry-joeys-workshops
http://www.voicesinc.org/

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Sunday, Nov. 20 
Big Read Community Showcase with Stories that Soar 

Nov. 20, 2 p.m. Tucson High School - Little Theatre
suggested $5 donation

Come together with the community to celebrate all the ways we've reimagined Emily Dickinson this fall. Performances include "Hope is a Story that Soars," a 30-minute multimedia presentation by Stories That Soar (inspired by 16 pieces of writing submitted by the community), an Emily D poetry slam by Logan Phillips and TYPS, performance by musician Daniel Slipetsky, and a reading of Dickinson's poems in Spanish by fabulous high school poets Sam and Alma. Plus, additional presentations by other youth and community members!

www.korepress.org

TYPS Monthly - November - Feat. Mickey Randleman!

NOVEMBER IS GONNA BE WARMED UP! City-wide competition! Calling all poets, writers, rhymers, coffee junkies and spoken word lovers for your words, dreams, applause and screams. Tucson's hottest microphone open to all youth 18 & under. Cash prizes!

Featuring MICKEY RANDLEMAN!

"Mickey Randleman has been slamming for six years in the Tucson community. She has represented the Ocotillo Slam twice at the Individual World Poetry Slam, and as a team member at three National Poetry Slams (including two epic road trips - Tucson rocks a mix tape). Her poetry/personality was once summarized as, "She will rip out your heart, fold it into a lovely origami snowflake, then shove that down your throat."

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SLAM WORKSHOP & Volunteer Meeting 5:00-6:30pm
Led by Mickey Randleman!

POETRY SLAM: 7:00-10:00pm, signup at 6:30
Featured poet: Mickey Randleman!
Slam hosted by Logan Phillips and Amy Briseño!

At BENTLEY'S 1730 E Speedway
near the UofA, across from McDonald's, extra parking behind the building and in the UofA lot on Cherry & Speedway

2011-2012 TYPS dates, every 3rd SATURDAY:
Nov. 19 • Dec. 17 • Jan. 21 • Feb. 18 • Mar. 17 • Apr. 21

2012 ALL-CITY CHAMPIONSHIP
Sat. Apr 28, 2011, UA Poetry Center. Participate to qualify!

http://tucsonyouthslam.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/user/TucsonYouthSlam
For more information: tucsonyouthslam (a t) gmail.com

 

The Tucson Youth Poetry Slam (TYPS) is a program of Ocotillo Literary Endeavors, and made possible in part by generous support from:

The Every Voice in Action Foundation, Bentley's House of Coffee & Tea, UA Poetry Center, Tucson Pima Arts Council, the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts.

TYPS Presents: Louder Than A Bomb! Documentary.

LOUDER THAN A BOMB with live poetry performances / 2011 LOFT FILM FEST

Friday, November 11th at 4:45 p.m.
Admission: $10.00 general; $8.00 Loft members

All-access LOFT FILM FEST passes are also available:
http://loftfilmfest.com/attend/

Don't miss the Tucson Premiere of the award-winning documentary LOUDER THAN A BOMB, featuring live poetry performances from the TUCSON YOUTH POETRY SLAM before the movie!

This is just one of the many great films and events you'll see at the 2011 LOFT FILM FEST, November 10th - 17th: http://loftfilmfest.com/
Presented by Casino Del Sol Resort & Conference Center

WINNER! Best Documentary / 2010 Austin Film Festival

“Having a bad day? Then get yourself to Greg Jacobs and Jon Siskel’s life-affirming documentary, immediately.” – Elizabeth Weitzman, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Every year, more than six hundred teenagers from over sixty Chicago area schools gather for the world’s largest youth poetry slam, a competition known as “Louder Than a Bomb”. Founded in 2001, Louder Than a Bomb is the only event of its kind in the country—a youth poetry slam built from the beginning around teams. LOUDER THAN A BOMB chronicles the stereotype-confounding stories of four teams as they prepare for and compete in the 2008 event. By turns hopeful and heartbreaking, the film captures the tempestuous lives of these unforgettable kids, exploring the ways writing shapes their world, and vice versa. This is not traditional “high school poetry” as many often think of it. This is language as a joyful release, brought to life by irrepressibly talented teenagers obsessed with making words dance. How and why they do it—and the community they create along the way—is the story at the heart of this inspiring, award-winning documentary.

This screening is co-presented by TUCSON YOUTH POETRY SLAM, OCOTILLO POETRY SLAM and LITERACY CONNECTS.

VISIT THE OFFICIAL MOVIE WEBSITE:
http://www.louderthanabombfilm.com/

Read an interview with director Greg Jacobs:
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/film/2011/06/10/interv...

(Directed by Greg Jacobs, USA, 2010, 99 mins, NR) HD Digital Presentation