Louder Than a Bomb (SIFF Teen Slam Poetry Movie)

SIFF is proud to present Louder Than A Bomb at SIFF Cinema from May 6-12. Director Jon Siskel and poet Lamar Jorden are expected to attend Friday and Saturday screenings. As a special treat, there will be local poets performing before the 7:30pm screenings:
May 6 will feature Lamar Jorden, Donte Johnson, and Raven
May 7 will feature Lamar Jorden, Devin McDonald, and Raven

Louder Than A Bomb
Presented as part of Giant Magnet’s 25th Anniversary International Children’s Festival and co-presented by Town Hall Seattle
louderthanabomb2May 6-12
Daily 7:30pm / Friday 5:30pm, 9:30pm / Sunday 2:00pm
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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. Rather than emphasize individual poets and performances, the structure demands that kids work collaboratively with their peers, presenting, critiquing, and rewriting their pieces. To succeed, teams have to create an environment of mutual trust and support. For many kids, being a part of this-in an academic context-is life-changing. Louder Than a Bomb chronicles the stereotype-confounding stories of four teams as they prepare for and compete in the 2008 event.

SIFF Cinema is located at 321 Mercer Street at 3rd Avenue, McCaw Hall, in the Nesholm Family Lecture Hall at Seattle Center.

www.siff.net

206.633.7151
for showtime and theater information

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From the Hugo House (Seeking Your Input) May 14

How does Hugo House move forward?

You’re invited to join the conversation as we build the future of Hugo House together.
We’re having an Open Space gathering to create a dialogue around what matters to YOU about what we do at Hugo House. In Open Space meetings, participants create and manage their own agenda of parallel working sessions around a central theme of strategic importance. More on Open Space here (link to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology). We’re going to convene around the question, “How does Hugo House move forward?”

We want to continue our tradition of connecting with our community as we look to move forward and bring focus to what we do best as a center for the literary arts. Here are the details and how to let us know if you’re interested in joining in:

Open Space Gathering
Saturday, May 14
Noon to 4 p.m. at Hugo House
Everyone’s invited. Lunch provided.
If you want to join in, please RSVP by May 9 to RSVP@hugohouse.org.

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SPLAB Living Room Tuesday, May 3 Kelly Lydick

Kelly Lydick

Kelly Lydick

May 3 – Kelly Lydick in the SPLAB Living Room

Kelly Lydick is a writer, photographer and editor who holds an M.A. in Writing and Consciousness from the New College of California (now California Institute of Integral Studies).

Her writing has appeared in Switched-on Gutenberg, ditch: poetry that matters, shady side review, SwankSpeak! and Java Magazine among others. Her fiction piece Love is a Piece of Gravel Lodged in the Brain was nominated for the 2011 Dzanc Books “Best of the Web” and her work on the theme “Silhouettes” has been featured on KQED’s The Writers’ Block. She is the author of the chapbook We Once Were (Pure Carbon Publishing, AZ) and the experimental work, Mastering the Dream (Second Story Books, CA).

In late 2010, Kelly also became a certified Gateway Dreaming ™ Coach, and discuss how to utilize writing and the depth and power of their dreams for transformation in waking life.  Her website is: www.kellylydick.com.

Living Room happens in the new SPLAB in the Cultural Corner of the old Columbia School, between Rainier AV S and 36th AV S, on Edmunds. We’re 2 blocks from the Columbia City Link Light Rail Station. Parking is available on the school grounds.) Suggested donation, $5.00, which goes to keep SPLAB open.

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100 THOUSAND Poets for Change

The 100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE blog is up and ready!

Please go to http://www.bigbridge.org/100thousandpoetsforchange/ and check it out.

Open up the map and you can see the many cities that are involved. Go to your own city and check the organizer and contact information. As event information develops we will add information to the event page. Note that you can comment on the event page too! Invite friends to comment, post poems, photos, etc.!

The 100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE project is going very well. So far we have 75 cities representing over 15 countries organizing CHANGE. (And we have only been organizing for three weeks!) This grassroots movement has wheels! Let’s keep it going strong. Please invite friends to attend the event at the FB Event Page http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=106999432715571

Organize an event. Spread the word!

Thank you for your participation!

Best to you,
Michael Rothenberg

P.S. If you would be interested in curating an hour or two of this event at SPLAB September 24, 2011, please contact Paul Nelson: 206.422.5002, pen (at) splab (dot) org. We’re especially looking for interactive activities and work (poems, prose, essays, powerpoint demos) that address the theme of the need to change from the path we’re headed in terms of budget priorities, environmental catastrophe, endless violent military occupations, &c.

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