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Beyond Vertigo Poetry and Visual Art By Eileen McCabe |
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Spoken Word Venues and Poetry Workshops California Beyond Baroque A Venice institution. They run great poetry workshops, and have a small performance space, that has been host to some great performances, including the amazing benefit performance with Saul Williams, Reggie Gibson, Patricia Smith, Luis Rodriguez, Georgeanne Dean, Viggo Mortensen... I was there - Incredible. for the Midnight Special Bookstore (RIP) (See my elegy here). You can purchase a double CD of this performance at Perceval Press. Perceval Press is pretty amazing in and of itself for its promotion of edgy poetry and art. Utah Cup of Joe Pretty much anything goes at this venue. Everything from high school student slam teams with edgy, sexually explicit material to "old lady poetry." It's a coffee shop in an old industrial space, and the acoustics reflect this. The Salt Lake City Slam Team has a MySpace page, with links to the poets, and a schedule of events for Cup of Joe. They also have a website. This page has great information on Salt Lake area venues and performances. Mojo's They have a website with a schedule, and a MySpace page. Periodically, they have a regular open mic night. Also home to a kick-ass local band scene. Barnes & Noble Bookstore Hosts a "family friendly" open mic night every Friday. Watch those four-letter words. Time varies seasonally. Salt Lake Writer's Group Meets at Barnes & Noble above. See their website for more information about the poetry workshop.
I love visiting out of town venues as well. Drop me a line to tell me about your local venues, and I'll post them here.
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