SF Poetry SLAM! $100 Cash Prizes, Shappy & Cristin!

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Date & Time: Sunday, March 9, 2008 more on this date
7:00 PM
SF/The City Slam --SUNDAY, Mar 9th.
Mona Webb checks in:
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----Well friends, SF slam is continuing striding to
greatness. I'm absolutely lovin all of the new poets
hittin our stage. Every month(2nd sun) we have fresh
blood not only slamin but winnin toooo!!:) As of this
month we are officially head long into "SLAM SEASON"
Now is the time to get in and re-up on those slam
points that walk poets onto the SF FINALS Stage. The
San Francisco City Slam & Experimental Mic Finals
will be held in JUNE this year at The Voice Factory
Theater(1519 mission,SF).

----Wonderful News! We will be featuring Shappy &
Cristin Aptowicz from NYC (2nd Sunday) March 9th!!
SHAPPY has won 2 National Forensics titles, he's
appeared on CNN, he's toured with Lollapalooza, and
he has 2 books one of which won a Firecracker award
for best poetry in 2000. Sappy is a National Poetry
Slam favorite and definitely one of the greatest
comedic poets I've seen thus far (in the last
10 yrs.) HE IS A HUG DEAL across the country and
his work is well known and respected amongst
slammers. CRISTIN is founder and host of the 3X
National Poetry Slam Championship venue -NYC-Urbana!
Cristin has authored 4 books, preformed around the
world with extended residencies in Australia, and a
commission for NYC's Chamber Dance ballet company.
Cristin is a wonderful gift to the poetry world and
deserves nothin but Bay Love:)
www.uncleshappy.com/
www.aptowicz.com

---Jammin on the 1's & 2's is DJ Monkey Pants
Spinnin the Old School Joints.
--------This will be an amazing night of poetry and
theater performance you won't wanna miss. Aside
from the explosion of amazing features we will also
host our $100 slam. PLEASE TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND
ALL AGES FAMILY TO COME OUT. DRINKS and SNACKS are
cheap and available.

----HOST: MONA WEBB & Co-Host CHARLES EKABHUMI ELLIK
----WHEN: Second Sunday March 9, 2008
----WHERE: MAMA CALIZOS VOICE FACTORY THEATER
----NEW TIME: 7-10:00pm (SIGN UP 6:30-7:30pm)
---CASH PRIZES OF $100 TO WINNING SLAMMERS
The City Slam & Experimental Mic.
A forum for lyrical creativity: layering poetry,
music, dance, & all artistic avenues of expression.

---- MAMA CALIZO'S VOICE FACTORY THEATER
1519 Mission (at 11th a few blocks from the Civic
Center BART, next to Fire Stone Tires), SF, 94103.
Normally 2nd SUN MONTHLY. All Ages! BYOB!
Info: myspace.com/goldengateslam
thecityslam@yahoo.com
www.voicefactorysf.org

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Charles Ekabhumi
Berkeley
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