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Ray Knight to guest at SpokenWord Paris June 20th—Monday’s Theme: The Essence of Cool

Ray Knight is a hip hop artist born and raised in the city of Fresno, CA. He found a love for music from the records his mother played in his youth. His life journey has thus far brought him many places … Continue reading

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Pansy Maurer-Alvarez is our guest at SpokenWord Paris June 13th—Monday’s Theme: Fathers

Pansy Maurer-Alvarez was born in Puerto Rico, grew up in Pennsylvania and did her literary studies at universities in the US, Switzerland and Spain. She now lives and writes (full time) in France. Her latest poetry collections are ORANGES IN … Continue reading

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‘Rhythmatic Wordplay’ from SpokenWord guest Cha’ves Jamall June 6th—Monday’s Theme: Finding Truth

Cha’ves (Shah-Vez) Jamall is a New York -based conceptual artist and poet who uses several mediums including visual art, movement, and melodic spoken word to further conversations around; mental health, racial inequality, and gender roles. Currently he is working on his first … Continue reading

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Open Secret, tonight, “Opening the book of madness.” Featuring poet & publisher Will Cox, & a surprise bit of blues!

Tonight & all eternal Wednesdays @ Le Bistrot des Artistes, 6 rue des Anglais (but all languages welcome!) in Paris’ Latin Quarter.  A passageway just off of Boulevard Saint Germain – look for the Franprix-in-the-alley! 🙂  Métro Maubert-Mutualité (line 10) … Continue reading

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UK Slam Champion Guests at SpokenWord May 23rd ! Monday’s Theme: Labels and Misconceptions

Rachel (RayNwoks) Nwokoro, the current UK SLAM! Champion, is a young black female poet born and bred in London. She has been performing spoken word poetry for just a year and a half at different venues in the UK and … Continue reading

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Open Secret, tonight, “Poetry is the passionate pursuit of the real.” (-Czeslaw Milosz) featuring Brandon Williamson!

Open Secret this Wednesday features Brandon Williamson. Also a mini-set from Miguel Justice. . .Theme – “Poetry is the passionate pursuit of the real.” 8:30pm sign-up, 9pm show, at Le Bistrot des Artistes, 6 rue des Anglais, 75005, Paris. Metro … Continue reading

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Monday May 16th, SpokenWord presents Helen O’Keeffe and Antony Apostolov in ‘Holey Tuscany’

Holey Tuscany is a brief maritime tragedy about mammalian existential angst, the trials of conjoined siblingship, and ecumenical questions regarding uncomfortable rocks. It was first performed in March 2016 at The Loft Sessions, coordinated by Peter Deaves. Helen Cusack O’Keeffe … Continue reading

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SpokenWord Monday, May 2nd–Jason Stoneking on the “Cosmic Frontier”

In his own words :”Jason Stoneking  is a guy who writes stuff. Mostly poems and essays. He’s been around for a long time. He’s read with so-and-so, and published in the such-and-such. He’s had brushes with fame and brushes with … Continue reading

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SpokenWord Paris Monday, April 25th–John Hicks on the DREAMS theme

He doesn’t remember  how he ended up in Paris, but can only assume it was for a good reason..A former member of many bands of which you have never heard : Incandescent Rabbits — Washington DC; Crash and Burn  — … Continue reading

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Open Secret tonight, featuring fine French poet Adeline Baldacchino! “Il y a l’amour, puis l’art, puis rien.” (-Montherlant)

Greetings, people of Earth! David Leo La Nouvelle Scène “Le Bateau Ivre” upon the Seine “Please buy our Madeleines” Amen! Sirois pontificating here. Open Secret welcomes you, your 4-armed open mic (porting poetry, song, comedy, & all-things-theatric in each of … Continue reading

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