Listen & Be Heard Network Arts News

Monday, August 18, 2008, at 7 PM. Giovanna Capone and Jan Steckel (www.jansteckel.com) plus open mic at Poetry Express, hosted by Mark States, Nance Wogan and Jim Barnard. Priya Indian Restaurant, 2072 San Pablo Ave. (near University Ave.), Berkeley, CA. 510-644-3977. Ask for special seating for poetry reading; 20% off dinner.

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Northern California’s top (Slam) poets representing the cities of: Sacramento, Berkeley, Oakland, and
San Francisco will be converging at the Wo’Se Community Center (2863 35th St Sacramento; next to Starbucks) this Friday, July 18th, at 7pm for the wildly popular Battle of the Bay Slam Competion, number 4 of 6!

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An important site which many musicians, poets, and magicians should know about was updated in May 2008 but it’s really out-of-date on a couple of sites.

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Saturday, July 19, 2008, 2 PM – 5 PM. Afternoon Delight: Poetry Reading by Julia Vinograd, MK Chavez (littlebrownsparrow.com) and Jan Steckel (www.jansteckel.com) followed by an open mic at the Lakeview Branch Library, 550 El Embarcadero, in the Lakeshore district near Lake Merritt in Oakland. 510-238-7344. FREE! Snacks and drinks provided.

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Since closing the doors of Listen & Be Heard Poetry Cafe in downtown Vallejo, Ca for the last time at the end of March 2008, I have been working on setting up the Listen & Be Heard Network. It has required building several websites and mailing lists, all ultimately connected by my involvement in the [...]

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Bay area poet Reginald Lockett passed away yesterday, Wednesday May 15, 2008, from a heart attack.

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PERFORMANCE/SPOKEN WORD 

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