SpokenWord Paris

Open Secret! Wednesdays @ Le Bistrot des Artistes.
6 rue des Anglais, 75005 Paris. Tonight’s theme:
“Buh-bye for now!” as we well-wish some young old friends… 🙂
8:30 signup, 9pm show.
Métro Maubert-Mutualité (line 10) or Saint-Michel (line 4).
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‘Tis an open stage: sing, recite, act, make people laugh, create startling performance art…be an inventor!  6 rue des Anglais is a postcard passageway marrying Boulevard Saint Germain to rue Langrange.  From St. Germain, just look for the wee Franprix-in-the-alley…the Bistrot’s steps away.  Our theme this Wednesday is “Buh-bye for now!” 😉

Let’s all meet at Le Bistrot des Artistes this coooool evening! 

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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 JANUARY (KFS Press, 2016) and IN A FORM OF SUSPENSION (corrupt press, 2014) and she has 4 previous collections.  She is a contributing editor to the British magazine, Tears in the Fence and is the outgoing curator of the Poets Live reading series in Paris.

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 solo project entitled ‘Banter’ in which he fuses soulful melodies with what he’s calls ‘rhythmatic wordplay’. His work has been featured on Afropunk, The  LunchBx and has performed in several New York institutions including The Bitter End.

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) or Saint-Michel (line 4).  At 8:30pm, rolling sign-up blasts off – at 9 it enters into orbit!

Our theme this Wednesday shall be “Opening the book of madness.” 😉  Featuring special guest poet Will Cox, powerful writer & co-editor of the Belleville Park Pages.

Will’s bio:

I am from Portland but also kinda from Boston, Paris, New York and London.  I run a magazine called the Belleville Park Pages.  I have had work published and done readings around Europe, my favorite place being Lithuania.  I like baseball.  Http://www.bellevilleparkpages.com/

See you @ the Bistrot!

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 Maubert-Mutualité (line 10) or Saint-Michel (line 4). Welcome!

Brandon Williamson is the founder and creator of the internationally recognized Pure Ink Poetry Slam in Buffalo, NY.  He trained and led his slam team to become Empire State and International poetry slam champions, while using his theater skills to win multiple poetry slams throughout North America.  He was a featured performer in the 2014 production of Dwayne Morgan’s When Brothers Speak – the largest and longest running poetry concert of its type in North America. Brandon and his Pure Ink Poetry slam team are 2 time QEW International Poetry Slam champions.  Brandon self produced a CD titled “The Morning After[math]” and recently published “Critical Lens,” a book presenting a poet’s view of the world around him.

Pure Ink’s YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG_-CyqZipMfR3Kv8w1X9oQ