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Fair Trade Cafe Slam Goes Open Mic Tonight!

Wed, 14 May 2008 22:58:18 GMT

Detailed info below...

WHEN: 8pm-10pm, sign-up starting up @ 7:30
WHERE: The Fair Trade Café
Fair Trade Café
1020 N 1st Ave
Phoenix, AZ 85003.
(602) 354-8150

NW corner of 1st Ave & Roosevelt behind Trinity Cathedral.

Free parking in garage behind (west) of the café.
WHAT: OPEN MIC @ Downtown Slam

HOW MUCH: $5 suggested donation

The format for tonight will be different, in place of a slam
on May 14th, DTS is presenting an Open Mic. Who will be reading
tomorrow night? The entire 2008 National Slam Team for the Valley
will be reading, along with Ed Mabrey, 2007 Individual Slam Poetry
Champion. In addition to the valley's best writers and performers
from a variety of local open mic venues, including the Lost Leaf Open
Mic. This list doesn’t even include you! It’s an Open Mic tomorrow
night with the sign-up starting @ 7:30, first come, first read with a
time/poem limit of 2 poems or 8 minutes. It's a rare Open Mic at Fair
Trade Café.

OUR FEATURES:

Anna Schuer, raised in Columbus, Ohio, graduated from ASU with a
degree in English Education. She has studied tribal bellydance fusion
since 2004, joining the Bedouin Tribe Dance Company recently. She
considers herself a "dorky reader" loving the works of Adrienne Rich
and Stanley Kunitz. Last year, she started writing and reading poetry
in downtown Phoenix open mic events, and now she is co-hosting "Mic at
the Market" every first Wednesday at the Phoenix Public Market.

Ernesto Moncada, born in Mexico City, graduated from UNO with a
degree in Graphic Design. He has published two books: Cayendo, a
novella; and Siete Pares de Ojos, a collection of short stories.
Chapters of an unpublished novel, Septiembre, were included in
Criaturas de la Noche, a series of anthologies. He is part The
Gentlemen, an improv-poetry performance act with Kevin Patterson;
also co-hosts "Mic at the Market" every first Wednesday at the
Phoenix Public Market, and will be hosting "Poetry on Fire" at the
Fire House on Third Fridays.

The Downtown Slam (DTS) is dedicated to offering a space for poets to
develop their writing and performance skills; to supporting traveling
poets; to making poetry accessible and entertaining for audience
members; and to using poetry to positively impact our local and
global communities.

I hope you will join us tomorrow night in the development of a
community of people that love poetry, people, art, and the power of
the spoken word. I look forward to seeing you there!

Peace and poetry,

Jeremiah Blue and Arrian Wissel

Mesa Slam Is Back!

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:56:51 GMT

Come out and support! Some high school kids from Prescott are making the journey out tonight, so come show them what poetry means to the valley!

Thanks, Klute, for providing the info:

Mesa Poetry Slam.... TONIGHT!
The Mesa Poetry Slam has risen like a mighty Phoenix from the ashes of...

Look, just come to the poetry slam. Get your poetry there, not from a Myspace bulletin.

Always free to get in, only $1 to slam!

What: The Mesa Poetry Slam
When: Tonight, May 8th, at 8:00PM
Where: The Essenza Coffeehouse, 1350 S Longmore, Mesa
Why: Slam, poetry
How: However you can.

Call (480) 461-0445 for more info!

Thu, 01 May 2008 20:44:34 GMT

A discussion thread on the Anthology Executive Director Candidates

Wed, 23 Apr 2008 18:33:46 GMT

http://www.anthology.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=102#102

Del Sol Reception Hall donated 100 chairs

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:41:19 GMT

For the slamoff this coming Friday...

If you buy tour ticket online right now...

http://www.anthology.org/GiftShop

You will have your name reserves on a chair if you are one of the first 100 people... pass it on...

No limit to the number of tickets/chairs, but only the first 100 get a reserved chair...

Today is the deadline

Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:41:38 GMT

to throw your hat in for the Anthology ED position:

http://www.anthology.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=74

Phoenix Slamoff Points Update

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 05:58:52 GMT

Tom 33
The Klute 23
Chesko 22
Jeremiah Blue 21
Neil Gearns 18
Aaron Johnson 16
Bill Campana 11
Jose Magana 10
Rose 10
Kat McCoy 10
Tristan marshell 10
Paul 8
Ed Mabrey 8
Dave Tabor 7
Karen (Col. Spgs) 6
Kavon (S Mountain) 6
Jack 6
Kelsey Miller 6
Brent Heffron 6
Jon 4
Mr Bush (S Mountain) 4
Lalli 4
John Survivor Blake 4
J-Town 3
Yolanda 3
Damien (S Mountain) 3
Bob Nelson 3
Kevin Patterson 3
Shawnte Orion 2
Backim 2
ZaK Grimshaw 2
Kristin 2
Patrick Hare 2
Carol Hogan 2
Yolanda (S Mountain) 2
Devin (Estrella) 2
Merlyn 2
Arian Wissel 1
Nick Russel 1
Mia 1

Busy Tonite? Come See Patrick Hare!

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:40:48 GMT

Hosted By::
Anthology, Inc.

When:
Monday Apr 14, 2008
at 8:00 PM

Where::
Space 55
636 E. Pierce Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004
United States

Local poet legend Patrick Hare performs at Space 55 in DT Phoenix one night only!
Please join us for the tremendous show-

Monday night, April 14th
The Anthology Reading Series Presents
at Space 55 Theatre

Patrick Hare

Followed by Open Mic
Save if you order tix online!
http://www.anthology.org/GiftShop/

Celebrate national poetry month in style with valley poet extrordinaire Patrick Hare. He was a member of 3 Mesa National Poetry Slam Teams. He produced the live DVD recording "Patrick Hare Hates You". He has featured across the valley many times and has hosted more poetry than he'll ever admit to a congressional subcommittee.

Patrick Hare is the king of poetic sarcasm, Poems like "(Let's Extinguish) The Sun", "Dale Carnegie on Crack" and "Some People" have proven for years that humor has a revered place within the performance poetry arena. As a poet for the oppressed corporate cog long before there was "The Office", Patrick sees and finds the humor and irony in abundance in the the world around him, and he's not afraid to inflict in on you.

Patrick's Feature starts at 8PM, and you are welcome to sign up for the open mic after.

Tickets are $7 at the door, $5 exclusively through The Anthology Giftshop:
http://www.anthology.org/GiftShop/

Space 55
636 E. Pierce Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004

Listen to a sample of Patrick's Poetry here: http://soundclick.com/share?songid=4711184

Volunteer to help at a VOY Show

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 14:47:55 GMT

Hi Guys-

We have 3 VOY shows this weekend, and I cannot unfortunatlely be in three places at once, and could use some help covering them. If you can, please email me as soon as possible, because I'll need to get you a Bookman's Gift Certificate to give to the winner. It would be nice is we had 2-3 people at each show, to help out.

http://www.anthology.org/Programs/VOY/Programs_VOY_Home.html

Mesa
Main Library
64 E 1st St.
(Sharon is here already)

Fair Trade Cafe (Phoenix) 1PM
1020 N 1st Ave., Phoenix
(I'm here already)

A Shot of Java (Glendale) 1PM
7003 N 58th Ave, Glendale
(Jessica is here already)

Next Weekend, the 19th, I also have 3

Florence Brinton Litchfield Library
101 W. Wigwam Blvd.
Litchfield Park
(Nobody is sscheduled here yet)

Essenza Coffeehouse (Mesa) 1PM
1350 S Longmore, Mesa
(Harmony and Aura are scheduled here)

Chyro Arts Venue (Scottsdale) 1PM
1330 N Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale
(I'm Scheduled here)

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:34:14 GMT

Holy Moley--- 12:32pm, whose coming down for the big finish?

we are absolutely killing it right now... Bill can in at 8am and saved our bacon with a 2hour read, after 2 hours easily yesterday...

We have had a bunch of other poets filter through, but you really should help us out here and send some emails to get some people to come out for the big finish at 6PM...

Donuts, somebody bring us Donuts

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:51:31 GMT

6:49am- we have survived the absolute hilarity of the overnight, and now we are at Sunday morning... Mimi has hung with us and a couple drunk guys that passed out on the couch, but we are in need of readers- Harmony just read Matt Mason's book...

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:54:20 GMT

just short of 2am- it's a great night so far, Chesko, Jessica, Johnathan, Brent have all showed so far, Sharkie as well...

we are about to enter hour 5

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:04:50 GMT

Chesko has just finished a set

The Klute just walked by...

the house is filling up fairly nicely...

Rumour is a nasty game of Monopoly will be starting soon...

Dave has done an awesome job...

we have some nice chucks of recording so far, and we'll post them tomorrow night, but right now The klute is about to take the stage...

Bill is still here... not sure how we are doing on fundraising, but we could sure use a ton more people... news has filtered in that Charlton Heston died, so the poetry will probably start flowing later...

more updates later...

3.5 hours in

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:53:28 GMT

we are 3 1/2 hours in to the 24 hour open microphone... I need to send Arrian a note about updating the community about coming out...

Shmoo just walked by... Paul D'Loughy just finished a read.. Bill has been reading on and off the last hour, he's gotten interrupted a couple times but he's been a real trooper about it...

come on by...

Chyro Arts Venue, located at 1330 N Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale, AZ.

And we are off!!!

Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:57:26 GMT

We are 2 hours in to the 24 hour read, it's just Bill, Dave, the nelsonettes and I so far... Internet access is spotty so you all need to just come on down...

I could really use some help here...

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:49:04 GMT

Guys and Gals- Please consider helping us out with the Voices of youth
schedule... I could really use some people to help host some of these slams... here is the schedule and who i have where already... we need at least three people per event.

Saturday, April 5th, 1PM **Bob**
Chandler
Downtown Branch,
22 S Deleware St.

Wednesday, April 9th 4PM
Perry Branch Library (Gilbert)
1965 E. Queen Creek Rd.
Gilbert, AZ

Saturday, April 12th 1PM (2 shows)

Mesa **Sharon**
Main Library
64 E 1st St.

Fair Trade Cafe (Phoenix) 1PM ** Jeremiah **
1020 N 1st Ave., Phoenix

Saturday, April 19th 2PM (3 shows)

Florence Brinton Litchfield Library
101 W. Wigwam Blvd.
Litchfield Park

Essenza Coffeehouse (Mesa) 1PM **Harmony, Aura**
1350 S Longmore, Mesa

Chyro Arts Venue (Scottsdale) 1PM ** Bob**
1330 N Scottsdale Rd., Scottsdale

NPS Qualifying Points Update

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 14:31:57 GMT

Tariq (Tom) 29
The Klute 18
Aaron Johnson 16
Chesko 13
Jeremiah Blue 13
Neil Gearns 12
Bill Campana 11
Jose Magana 10
Rose 10
Kat McCoy 10
Tristan marshell 9
Paul 8
Dave Tabor 7
Karen (Col. Spgs) 6
Kavon (S Mountain) 6
Jack 6
Jon 4
Mr Bush (S Mountain) 4
Lalli 4
J-Town 3
Kelsey Miller 3
Brent Heffron 3
Yolanda 3
Damien (S Mountain) 3
Shawnte Orion 2
Backim 2
ZaK Grimshaw 2
Kristin 2
Patrick Hare 2
Carol Hogan 2
Yolanda (S Mountain) 2
Devin (Estrella) 2
Bob Nelson 2
Kevin Patterson 2
Merlyn 2
Arian Wissel 1
Nick Russel 1
Mia 1

Anthology Executive Director Information- How to let us know you are interested

Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:20:48 GMT

Hi all-

For those that may be a little out of the loop, this weekend, I indicated to the Board of Directors of Anthology, Inc. that I would be tenuring my resignation effective June 1 of this year. I posted in detail about the why's here:

http://www.anthology.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=73

That means that now, we need to find a new Executive Director for the organization. That's part of the reason you have received this message.

Anthology's 501c3 designation alone is important enough for us to make this change work, but there is so much more than that. We have a solid community of people working within the framework of Anthology to present to the greater Phoenix community a uniform message, a pointed message to compete with the unique challenges of Phoenix as a city to have arts in.

If you have received this message, I'm asking you to give it some thought, serious consideration, maybe for yourself, maybe for someone that you know that can effectively organize and plan and manage. What exactly would you need to do to be Executive Director of Anthology? here are some Q&A's I've received since I announced the position opening:

Q: Would I have to do everything you do?
A: No. As the Executive Director, you set the agenda for the organization, you decide what the priorities are, where to spend money, where not to spend money. You can reduce the committments of the organization as much as you'd like, or conversely, take the organization to new places if you so choose. Your major guide is the Anthology mission statement:

"Anthology’s mission is to promote performance poetry and associated literary arts in the greater Phoenix community by providing opportunities for artists to perform their work and by making spokenword arts accessible to a diverse audience."

Q: Are you Quitting? Can I ask you for help?
A: You can ask me for help. I will be on the Board of Directors and available 24 hours a day, seven days a week to answer questions and provide guidance on the things I have learned these last 14 years. It's important to understand that it will be YOUR organization, to plan and act as you see fit, with the Board as your support to guide you and fundraise for you, and make sure that the organization is staying true to it's mission.

Q: If I want to be considered, what will I need to do?
A: Well, first- think about it. There are some awesome volunteers that give of themselves every day in time, money and rescources to make Anthology what it is. They are the customers of the Executive Director, and the people that you would work for. If it sounds like the challenge you want to take on-

Think about why?
What you would want to do?
What's your plan?

Write it down.

Send it to me in an email. It can be as long or as short as you want it to be. I'll collect them all and pass them on to the Board of Directors.

Q: Are you going to choose the new ED?
A: No. I am sure that I'll have input, but in the end, the decision will rest with 2 groups of people: The current volunteers and The Board of Directors.

Q: When will we know?
A: April 20th is the deadline to send me your note. I'll send the info on to the Board and Volunteers, who will give back their feedback and selections. Assuming all goes well, the Board of Directors will announce the selection April 30th, effective June 1st. The month of May will be a "Training Month".

Q: I'd like to talk to some of the Board members or Volunteers, can I?
A: Certainly. Here are the current board members as well as volunteers and their emails:

Jordan Dorf, Director
jordandorf@yahoo.com

Trish Justrish
trish_justrish@yahoo.com

Bill Campana
willycam@yahoo.com

Bernard Schober
therealklute@yahoo.com

Sharon Skinner
sharon@sharonskinner.com

Bob Nelson
bob@anthology.org

There is one open Board position.

Volunteers-

Jeremiah Blue, Downtown Poetry Slam Slammaster
jsblue@gmail.com

Arrian Wissel, Communications Director
airwissel@gmail.com

Christy White, Volunteer Coordinator
cchristy1@prodigy.net

Kelsey Miller, VOY Coordinator
kelsey.n.miller@gmail.com

Q: Should I still apply, even if I think "so and so" is better?
A: Absolutely. Not only will we fill the ED position, but we will most likely have a Board position or two to fill, and the candidates we'll talk to are the people that express interest in the ED position.

Q: Can I get paid?
A: Yes, you could. But the organization would have to be doing well enough to have the money to pay you. While 2007 was Anthology's best year ever, right now, the organization would not be able to pay anyone. However, there is nothing that says you can't work the organization to be strong enough to pay a salary.

Q: I'm not a poet, can I apply?
A: Yes. The skills needed for being an ED are about working with people and helping them succeed.

Q: What is I have more questions?
A: Ask 'em. Use the forum, so we can share the answers with everyone.

This is an opportunity to align the work of the last 14 years for the next 10 or 20 years. I look forward to hearing from you.

Bob Nelson
bob@anthology.org
www.boboratory.com

Director, Anthology, Inc.
PO Box 4411
Mesa, AZ 85211
www.anthology.org
(480) 461-8200

Anthology’s mission is to promote performance poetry and associated literary arts in the greater Phoenix community by providing opportunities for artists
to perform their work and by making spokenword arts accessible to a diverse audience. More information on Anthology and how you can become a member can be found at http://www.anthology.org .

Breaking News

Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:52:28 GMT

The current Director of Anthology, Bob Nelson, has tenured his resignation, effective June 1:

Read about it here:

http://www.anthology.org:16080/forum/viewtopic.php?p=90#90

Anthology will immediatley begin a search for a replacement.

Anybody comin to see Brent and I tonite?

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:08:10 GMT

Monday, March 31st, 2008
Featuring local poet Brent Heffron

Brent has been performing poetry since his college days in Flagstaff. As a member of the Flagstaff's 2004 National Poetry Slam Team, Brent established himself as a tremendous performer. In 2005, Brent joined the Mesa National Slam Team, reaching the semi-finals of the National Poetry Slam that year. Brent was also a member of the 2006 and 2007 Mesa national Slam Teams. In 2006, Brent was a member of the Arizona State Champion Mesa National Slam Team.

http://www.anthology.org/Events/Event_ARS.html

Workshop at 6pm
Feature at 8PM

Tickets available at The Anthology Giftshoponline or at the door. Use the coupon code "arsiscool" in the website and get an exclusive $2 discount on a ticket.

Space 55
636 E. Pierce Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004

About the Series

The series is designed with both a performance component and a learning component.

Each feature scheduled a Workshop prior to their performance, allowing persons interested in learning more about poetry and performance o have the opportunity to learn from and interact with the feature.

The Workshop is followed by a Featured performance by the artist.

Questions...

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:02:01 GMT

First of all, SGR- you really should friend nelsonbob so I can post on your journal.

Next, I got some Q's about (not just) Akua and essenza...

Q1- When did you book that show?

10pm last night.

Q2- Essenza? Why not Chyro?
Akua thought she was reading at Chyro, but Chyro is running Closer this weekend, starting tonite. So, I figured we could meet at Essenza instead.

Q3- Is there a slam?
If there are 5 judges and 5 poets, yes. If not, we will hang out and chat, and listen to Akua's new poetry.

Q4- Can I get points towards slamoff tonite?
If there are 5 slammers and 5 judges, yes.

Q5- Are you doing slams again at Essenza?
If there are 5 poets and 5 judges tonite, yes. Beyond tonite I am not at liberty to say, yet.

Q6- Does Essenza know they are having this show?
As of 10:05am this morning, yes. And they were very cool about it.

Akua Doku at Essenza Thursday, 3/27

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:36:05 GMT

So, Akua Doku will be at Essenza Coffeehouse tomorrow night, Thursday...

If enough of you show up, and bring your friends, at 8PM, she will do a feature...

Otherwise, she and I will have coffee

If you'd like to listen to a sample of her work, here is a performance from the 2003 Mesa National Slamoff CD:

http://soundclick.com/share?songid=4815162

I invite you to join us, because it's free to get in, and if enough of you show up, we might have a small slam too...

Wouldn't that be nice, a slam at Essenza... how quaint

Email me if you have any questions.

Akua Doku Akua is a poet whose work thrives on environmental and social influences. She was a member of the 2004 Mesa Arizona National Slam Team, a member of the Urbana National Slam Team in 2005 and 2006, the winner of the 2004 Arizona State All-Star Slam Competition, and she ranked number 15 in the 2005 Individual World Poetry Slam Competition held in Worchester, Massachusetts. Akua released her first album in 2004 called Silent Anger and will release her second album in 2008. Akua is a dynamic performer whose words resonate with who hears her work.

Brent Heffron Feature!

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 04:25:17 GMT

Anthology, Inc. Partners with Space 55 to bring you a special series of readings and workshops by some of the most respected performance poets across Phoenix, Arizona and the Country. This program has received matching grants from The City of Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, as well as The Arizona Commission on the Arts.

In March, Anthology is proud to present Brent Heffron at Space 55, Monday, March 31st at 6pm for a free poetry workshop and 8pm for a featured performance.

Monday, March 31st, 2008 Featuring local poet Brent Heffron Brent has been performing poetry since his college days in Flagstaff. As a member of the Flagstaff's 2004 National Poetry Slam Team, Brent established himself as a tremendous performer. In 2005, Brent joined the Mesa National Slam Team, reaching the semi-finals of the National Poetry Slam that year. Brent was also a member of the 2006 and 2007 Mesa national Slam Teams. In 2006, Brent was a member of the Arizona State Champion Mesa National Slam Team.

Space 55

636 E. Pierce Street

Phoenix, AZ 85004

Beginning at 6PM, Brent will be conducting a free workshop for poetry, followed by his feature at 8PM.
Buy Tickets Now!
SHOW TIX: Brent Heffron @ Space 55, March 31st, 2008
$7.00

http://www.anthology.org/GiftShop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=126

check out and discuss...

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:33:57 GMT

Anthology Executive Director Bob Nelson has posted a new article in the Anthology Forums,
Survival of small arts organizations in economic uncertainty

Check it out and in in the discussion...

http://www.anthology.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=68#68

Is the Phoenix Slam Team in YOUR Future?

Tue, 19 Feb 2008 05:30:06 GMT

Post to our Poll and let us know...

http://www.anthology.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=67#67