Tour History
2011
JANUARY 2011
January 6, 2011 with Derrick Brown and Anis Mojgani at Middlebury College, Vermont
January 10, 2011 at The Amadeus Project, 1209 Cornwall, Bellingham, Washington, 8pm
January 11, 2011 at Solstice, 529 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, B.C., 8pm
January 12, 2011 at Shawnigan Lake School, Vancouver Island, B.C., 8pm
January 15, 2011 at Empyrean, 171 Washington, Spokane, WA, 9pm
January 16, 2011 at Neurolux, 113 North 11th Street, Boise, ID, 8pm
January 17, 2011 Logan Art House, 795 North Main Street, Logan, UT, 7pm
January 19, 2011 Quigley Recital Hall, Western State College, Gunnison, CO, 8pm
January 20, 2011 with Andrea Gibson, Old Main Theater, Colorado University, Boulder, CO, 8pm
January 21, 2011 Workshop at Flobots Community Space, 2705 Larimer St. Denver, CO, Open to Public, All Ages but youth strongly encouraged to come, 4pm, Free
January 21, 2011 The Mercury with Ken Arkind, 2199 California Street, Denver, CO, 8pm
January 22, 2011 The Modbo, 17c East Bijou Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 8pm
January 23, 2011 at North Point, 600 Tascosa Rd, Amarillo, TX, 730pm
January 24, 2011 at The Kosmos, 1715 5th St. NW, Albuquerque, NM, 7pm
January 25, 2011 Workshop only, Harwood Arts Center, 1114 7th Street Northwest, Albuquerque, NM, $5 entry, 6pm
January 27, 2011 Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ, TICKETS
January 28, 2011 Odd Fellows Grand Ballroom, 2906 University Avenue, San Diego, CA, 8pm, TICKETS
January 30, 2011 Theater on the Hill, 403 West Hillcrest Avenue, Thousand Oaks, CA, 7pm
January 31, 2011 Sanctuary @ The Effect, 27122A Paseo Espada #904, San Juan Capistrano, CA, 7:45pm
FEBRUARY 2011
February 1, 2011 at Greenway Court Theater, 544 N. Fairfax Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 9pm
February 4, 2011 The Luggage Store Gallery, 1007 Market Street, San Francisco, CA, 8pm
February 5, 2011 short set opening for OK GO, San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI), 800 Chestnut Street, San Francisco, CA, 4:30pm
February 5, 2011 Vagabond Ballroom, 830 Isabella Street, Oakland, CA, 8pm
February 7, 2011 Angelico Concert Hall, Dominican University, San Rafael, CA, 8pm
February 8, 2011 Cafe Culture, 931 W. 5th Street, Chico, CA, 7:30pm
February 9, 2011 Kate Buchanon Room, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, 7pm
(reception after the show in the Karshner Lounge)
February 10, 2011 Hitchcock Auditorium, Central Oregon Community College, 2600 NW College Way, Bend, OR, 7pm
February 14, 2011 Pacific University, McCready Hall in Taylor Mead Performing Arts Center, Forest Grove, OR, 7pm
February 16, 2011 Whatcom Community College, Heiner Theater, Bellingham, WA, 7:30pm
February 17, 2011 Private workshop, Western Washington University, 10amr
February 24, 2011 CANCELLED due to snow. RESCHEDULING… Go sleddin’. Re: North Idaho College, 1000 West Garden Avenue, Student Union Building, Coeur d’Alene, ID, 8:30pm
February 26, 2011 workshop at The Local, 931 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, 3pm
February 26, 2011 Kieran’s Pub, Titanic Lounge, 601 1st Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN, 8pm
February 28, 2011 Conaway Center, 1104 S. Wabash, Columbia College, Chicago, IL, 7pm
MARCH 2011
March 1, 2011 Indian Creek High School, Shabbona, IL, 1:50pm (closed to public)
March 1, 2011 Hollywood Palms Cinema, 352 South Route 59, Naperville, IL, 6:30pm TICKETS
March 2, 2011 for Writer’s Week at Fremd High School, Palatine, IL (private show)
March 3, 2011 for Writer’s Week at Hazelwood West High School, Hazelwood, MO, 10:39-2:25 (private show)
March 6, 2011 at Planet Avalon, 221 E Moulton Street, Decatur, Alabama, 7pm, $10 at door.
March 8, 2011 a benefit for Expedition Balance, Cura Yoga – River Oaks, 3641-C Westheimer Road, Houston, TX, 7pm
March 10, 2011 in Boyd Vance Theater at Carver Museum, Austin, TX, 8pm TICKETS
March 11, 2011 University of North Texas, University Union, Golden Eagle Suite, 1155 Union Circle, Denton, TX, 6:30pm, $10 cash only at door
March 13, 2011 private workshop, Centre College, Danville, KY, 1:30pm
March 13, 2011 Weisiger Theater, Centre College, 600 West Walnut Street, Danville, KY, 8pm
March 14, 2011 Prospero’s Books, 1800 West 39th Street, Kansas City, MO, 8pm, 816.531.9673
March 15, 2011 Poetic Justice Cafe, 300 South Greenwich, Suite 151, Wichita, KS, 8pm
March 16, 2011 Nichols Theater, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 7:30pm
March 17, 2011 Omaha Healing Arts Center, 1216 Howard Street, Omaha, NE, 7pm
March 19, 2011 at The Write Side Poets Cafe, 5464 NW 19th Street, Lauderhill, FL, 9pm
March 24, 2011 University of Alaska, Student Union, Anchorage, AK, 12pm
(for more info on Anchorage performances call 907.786.1219)
March 24, 2011 University of Alaska, workshop, Ramuson, Anchorage, AK, 6pm
March 25, 2011 University of Alaska, Fine Arts Building, Anchorage, AK, 7:30pm
March 31, 2011 with Timmy Straw! University of Nevada, Reno, NV, 7:30pm
APRIL 2011
April 4, 2011 in Winch-Capehart, Reed College, Portland, OR, 7pm
April 8, 2011 with Taalam Acey and others at NJPAC’s Sacred Circle Cafe, The Chase Room, Newark, New Jersey, 8pm
April 9, 2011 at Salt Space, 1158 Broadway, 5th floor (Entrance on 27th Street), New York City, NY, 7pm ($7-15 sliding scale tickets at door, first come first…)
April 10, 2011 Lucid Stage, 29 Baxter Blvd, Portland, ME, 7pm
April 11, 2011 at Colby-Sawyer College, New London, NH, 5pm workshop (Alumni Lounge), 7pm performance (Wheeler Hall)
April 12, 2011 Plymouth State University, Plymouth, New Hampshire, 7:30pm
April 13, 2011 Ralph’s Diner, 148 Grove St, Worcester, MA, 8pm
April 14, 2011 Photonics Center, Boston University, 8 St. Mary’s Street, Boston, MA, TIME RECENTLY CHANGED TO 8:30pm
April 15, 2011 Workshop with youth poets at Meeting Street Cafe, 5pm
DO NOT BOOK NIGHT (gone to see TVOTR play Brown University)
April 16, 2011 workshop at Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT, 3pm
April 16, 2011 Wesleyan University, Beckham Hall, 45 Wyllys Avenue, Middletown, CT, 9pm
April 17, 2011 at Telemark Country Club, Oslo Drive, Rockaway, NJ, 7pm
April 18, 2011 Circle of Hope, 2007 Frankford Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 9pm, $7-15 sliding scale
April 19, 2011 St. Mary’s College, 18952 East Fisher Road, St. Mary’s City, MD, 8:15pm
April 22, 2011 The Crump Theatre, 425 Third Street, Columbus, IN, 7pm doors
April 23, 2011 Collingwood Arts Center, 2413 Collingwood Blvd, Toledo, 6:30pm
April 24, 2011 Easter food with the Ninja!
April 25, 2011 Greenhills School, 850 Green Hills Drive, Ann Arbor, MI (private show; day time)
April 25, 2011 The Neutral Zone, Ann Arbor, MI, 7pm (open to public)
April 26, 2011 at Oberlin College, 135 West Lorain, in the SCO, Oberlin, OH, 8pm
April 27, 2011 Ninth Ward in The Church at Babeville, 341 Delaware Ave, Buffalo, NY, doors at 7, 8pm show, TICKETS , or to avoid ticketing fees go directly to Babeville Box Office, 341 Delaware 2nd Floor (11a-5p M-F).
April 28, 2011 Sturges Auditorium SUNY Geneseo, 1 College Circle, Geneseo, NY, 7pm
April 29, 2011 workshop at SUNY Geneseo, NY, 4pm
April 30, 2011 Alumni Conference Room, Angel College Center, SUNY Plattsburgh, NY, 6pm
MAY 2011
May 3, 2011 Community College of Baltimore County of Essex, Bldg. B Theatre, 7201 Rossville Blvd., Essex, MD, 2:30pm
May 3, 2011 McGuire Hall, 4501 North Charles Street, Loyola University, Baltimore, MD, 7:30pm
May 7, 2011 The Fridge, 516 8th Street SE, Washington D.C., doors at 7:30pm, ENTRANCE IN ALLEY
May 8, 2011 with Derrick Brown and Anis Mojgani, The Baltimore Room, Stamp Student Union, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 7pm
May 12, 2011 ***Exactly ten years of touring, to the day. Goin’ home (see Tour History below).
May 13, 2011 Just a sweet little 10-years-later Gentleman Practice book-release home-coming party with Tim Sanders, Tara Hardy, Matt Gano, Karen Finneyfrock, Daemond Arrindell, Noah Gunderson and maybe a couple surprises upstairs at The Fremont Abbey, Seattle, WA, TICKETS, 7:30pm
May 20, 2011 Nathan Hale Performing Arts Center (PAC), 10750 30th Ave. NE, Seattle, WA, 5:30pm
May 25 -31, 2011 Vipassana
JUNE 2011
June 1-5, 2011 Vipassana
AUGUST 2011
August 20, 2011 with Taylor Mali at Word X Word Festival, Colonial Theater Pittsfield, MA, 8pm
August 31, 2011 Metcalf Ballroom, George Sherman Union, Boston University, Boston, MA, 7:30pm (technically not open to the public, but you might – say – be an incoming student.)
NOVEMBER 2011
November 3, 2011 at Tower Theater with Mark Spragg, Nancy Mairs and Augusten Burroughs, Bend, OR, 7pm
November 4, 2011 The Nature of Words Festival, two-hour presentation/discussion/Q&A workshop at
OSU-Cascades Hall, Bend, OR, 2pm MORE INFO
November 5, 2011 gala Author Dinner at the Century Center located at 70 SW Century Drive, Bend, OR, 5:30pm MORE INFO
November 12, 2011 at The Palace for Rock the Republic Festival, Bryan, TX, 6pm TICKETS
November 14, 2011 Santa Gertrudis High School, Kingsville, TX (closed to public)
November 16, 2011 Green Space Arts Collective, 29 Malone, Denton, TX, 9pm
November 17, 2011 with Anis Mojgani at The ND, 501 N I-35, Austin, TX, 8PM, BUY TICKETS
November 19, 2011 Bayou City Grand Slam, Houston, TX
November 30, 2011 at New College, Sarasota, FL (closed to the public)
DECEMBER 2011
December 1, 2011 at The Blue Owl, 1507 Main Street, Sarasota, FL, 8pm
December 8, 2011 with Derrick Brown and Anis Mojgani, Indiana University, Indiana Memorial Union Building, 900 East 7th Street, Bloomington, Indiana, 7pm
December 9, 2011 at Columbus Bar/Powerhouse Brewing Company, Columbus, IN, 9pm NO COVER!
December 15-19, 2011 Vipassana
2010
JANUARY 2010
January 27, 2010 with Ray Barbie at Lightbulb Mouth Radio Hour, The Basement, 149 Linden Avenue, Long Beach, CA, 8pm
FEBRUARY 2010
February 7, 2010 for Kinetic Poetics at UC Santa Cruz, Porter College, Santa Cruz, CA, 10pm
February 21, 2010 with Andrea Gibson at Harman Hall, 1 Grand Avenue, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA, 12:30pm
MARCH 2010
March 4, 2010 Hazelwood West High School Writer’s Week, St. Louis, MO
March 5, 2010 at Nuyorican Poets Cafe, 236 East 3rd Street (between Ave A and Ave B), New York City, NY, 10pm
March 8, 2010 (do not book day) Gone to see Jon Stewart taping.
March 8, 2010 at Bar 13, 35 East 13th Street, New York City, NY, 7:30pm
March 9, 2010 at Bowery Poetry Club, New York City, NY
(doin’ a “talk” about “craft” at 6:30pm before the show starts. So come talk crap-ft with meh.)
March 11, 2010 at Falstaff’s, Skidmore College – 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY, 8pm
March 12, 2010 at Weisiger Theater, Centre College, 600 West Walnut St., Danville, KY, 8pm
March 14, 2010 Drake Hotel Underground, 1150 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON, 7:30pm
March 18, 2010 Karen Finneyfrock’s Book Release Party at Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA
March 26, 2010 25-minute set, a benefit for Seattle Collegiate Slam Team, Soundbridge in Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, 7:30pm
APRIL 2010
April 1, 2010 Awkward While Airborne with Andrea Gibson in The University Memorial Center, 1669 Euclid Avenue, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 7:30pm
April 2, 2010 Awkward While Airborne with Andrea Gibson in Taggart Center Ballroom, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 7pm
April 8, 2010 with Ani DiFranco at Warehouse Live, 813 St. Emanuel Street, Houston, TX, 8pm
April 9, 2010 with Ani DiFranco at The Paramount Theater, 713 Congress Avenue, Austin, TX, 8pm
April 11, 2010 with Ani DiFranco at Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX, 8pm
April 13, 2010 with Ani DiFranco at The New Daisy Theater, 330 Beale St., Memphis, TN, 8pm
April 14, 2010 with Ani DiFranco at The Pageant, 6161 Delmar Blvd, St Louis, MO, 8pm
April 16, 2010 with Ani DiFranco at Beaumont Club, 4050 Pennsylvania Blvd, Kansas City, MO, 8pm
April 17, 2010 with Ani DiFranco at Hoyt Sherman Theatre, 1501 Woodland Avenue, Des Moines, IA, 8pm
April 18, 2010 with Ani DiFranco at Slowdown, 729 N 14th St, Omaha, NE, 8pm
April 20, 2010 with Ani DiFranco in Armstrong Hall, Colorado Springs, CO, 8pm
April 21, 2010 with Ani DiFranco in Arts & Sciences Auditorium, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, 8pm
April 22, 2010 with Ani DiFranco at Ogden Theater, 935 East Colfax, Denver, CO, 8pm
April 24, 2010 with Ani DiFranco at Mesa Theater, 538 Main St, Grand Junction, CO, 8pm
April 25, 2010 with Ani DiFranco at Kingsbury Hall, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 7pm
April 26, 2010 with Ani DiFranco at Knitting Factory Concert House, 416 South 9th Street, Boise, ID, 8pm
MAY 2010
May 2, 2010 The 30th Anniversary Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon (it’s my first time to do somethin’ like this… you might consider showin’ up on the sidelines to shout encouraging words or throw caffeinated snacks at my mouth).
May 7, 2010 at The Center School, Seattle, WA, 9:30am
May 11, 2010 at Cleveland High Schoool, Seattle, WA, 10am
May 11-15, 2010 Vipassana
May 25, 2010 at The Seattle Slam, Re-Bar, Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
May 26, 2010 at Richard Hugo House, workshop, Seattle, WA, 6pm
JUNE 2010
June 10, 2010 at Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor, MI, 12:30pm (closed to public)
June 22, 2010 with Reggie Watts at Flavorpill’s 10,000-person yoga class on The Great Lawn, Central Park, NYC, 6pm
JULY 2010
July 21, 2010 BRAVE NEW VOICES FESTIVAL, for the Green Speaks event sponsored by Robert Redford, with Van Jones, Lauren Whitehead, George Watsky, Beau Sia and Mayda Del Valle at Club Nokia, 800 West Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
July 22, 2010 hosting Semi-Finals of the Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Slam at The Los Angeles Theater Company, 514 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA, 11am with Teams Albuquerque, Stockton, Phoenix, Houston and Austin! (look for it on the second season of Brave New Voices on HBO)
July 25-31, 2010 Respectfully unavailable.
AUGUST 2010
August 7, 2010 Camp Pendleton Sprint Triathlon, 8am
August 15, 2010 Derrick and Karyn’s Long Island wedding
August 30, 2010 The Amadeus Project, 1209 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, WA, 8pm
SEPTEMBER 2010
September 7, 2010 at Re-Bar for The Seattle Slam, Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
September 10, 2010 at The RathSkellar, Saint Bonaventure University, Saint Bonaventure, NY, 8pm
September 12, 2010 at YES Cinema, Columbus, IN, 7pm
NOW BOOKING The Night Kite Revival September 18 through mid-November. For booking info contact Adam Bates, adamfbates@gmail.com.
September 17, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival, 1 Grand Ave, Cal Polytechnic Institute, Spanos Theater, San Luis Obispo, CA, two shows, 7 and 9:30pm
September 19, 2010 Backyard Kickoff Party and NEW DVD screening with The Night Kite Revival at Anis’s house, Portland, OR
September 21, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Whatcom Community College, Syre Auditorium, 237 West Kellogg Road, Bellingham, WA, 8pm (guest poet/musician: Timmy Straw)
September 22, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Empyrean, 171 South Washington, Spokane, WA, 7:30pm (guest poet/musician: Timmy Straw)
September 25, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Utah State University, 0105, Old Main Hill, Logan, UT, 7pm (guest poet/musician: Timmy Straw)
September 27, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Western State University, Quigley Hall, Gunnison, CO, 7:30pm (guest poet/musician: Timmy Straw)
September 28, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Mercury Cafe, Denver, CO, 9:30pm (guest poet/musician: Timmy Straw)
September 29, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Poetic Justice, 300 South Greenwich, Ste 151, Wichita, KS, 8pm (guest poet/musician: Timmy Straw)
OCTOBER 2010
October 1, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Centre College, Weisiger Hall, Danville, KY (guest poet/musician: Timmy Straw), 8pm
October 2, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Chopin Theatre, 1543 West Division, Chicago, IL, 4pm (guest poet/musician: Robbie Q. Telfer, Timmy Straw)
October 3, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival Naperville North High School, 899 Mill Street, Naperville, IL, TBA (guest poet/musician: Timmy Straw), 7:30pm
October 4, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at The Neutral Zone, 319 East Washington Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 7pm (guest poet/musician: Mike McGee, Robbie Q. Telfer, Timmy Straw)
October 5, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at The City Opera House, 106 East Front Street, Traverse City, Michigan, 7:30pm (guest poet/musician: Mike McGee, Robbie Q. Telfer, Timmy Straw)
October 6, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Oberlin College, Dianysus Dance Club 135, W. Lorain Street, Oberlin, OH (guest poet/musician: Mike McGee, Timmy Straw; Derrick Brown will not be at this show), 7:30pm
October 7, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at The Night Spot, SUNY Geneseo, Geneseo, NY, 9:30pm (guestpoet/musician: Mike McGee, Timmy Straw; Derrick Brown will not be at this show)
October 8, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Salt Space, New York City, NY (guest poet/musician: Mike McGee, Timmy Straw; Derrick Brown will not be at this show)
October 9, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at NYU, E&L Auditorium, 4th Floor, 60 Washington Square South, New York City, NY, 7pm (guest poet/musician: Mike McGee, Timmy Straw; Derrick Brown will not be at this show)
October 11, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Wesleyan College, Middletown, CT (guest poet/musician: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Timmy Straw)
October 12, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (guest poet/musician: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz and Timmy Straw)
October 13, 2010 a workshop with The Night Kite Revival, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, 7pm
October 14, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Dartmouth College, Collis Common Gorund, 2 North Main Street, Hanover, NH, 8pm (guest poet/musician: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Timmy Straw)
October 15, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Boston University, Jacob Sleeper Auditorium, 871 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA, 7:30pm (guest poet/musician: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Timmy Straw)
October 16, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Stage One, 70 Sanford Street, Fairfield, CT, 7pm (guest poet/musician: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Timmy Straw)
October 17, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Lake Telemark Country Club, Oslo Drive Rockaway, NJ, 7pm (guest poet: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz)
October 18, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival, University of Pennsylvania, Steinhardt Hall, 215 S. 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA (guest poet/musician: Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz, Emily Wells and Timmy Straw)
October 19, 2010 (DAY SHOW) with The Night Kite Revival at Community College of Baltimore, Essex, J Bldg Lecture Hall #J137, Baltimore, MD, 2:20pm (guest musician: Emily Wells and Timmy Straw)
October 22, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Sentient Bean, 13 East Park Ave, Savannah, GA, 8pm (guest musician: Emily Wells and Timmy Straw)
October 24, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Eddie’s Attic, 515-B North McDonough Street, Decatur, GA, 2pm, Tickets available through www.eddiesattic.com (guest musician: Emily Wells and Timmy Straw)
October 26, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Tennessee Tech, 1 William L. Jones Drive, Cookeville, TN (guest musician: Timmy Straw)
October 27, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Hendrix College, 1600 Washington Ave, Conway, AR, 8:30pm (guest musician: Timmy Straw)
October 28, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Union Theater, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 7pm (guest musician: Timmy Straw)
NOVEMBER 2010
November 3, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Santa Margarita High School, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA (guest poet/musician: Brian Ellis, Jesse Nolan)
November 4, 2010 WE’RE ON A BOAT! poetrycruise.com presents: The Night Kite Revival on the Sea Section, Long Beach, CA, (guest poet/musician: Brian Ellis, Jesse Nolan) SOLD OUT
November 5, 2010 DOUBLE DECKER BUS PARTY!! with The Night Kite Revival, Long Beach, CA, $35 includes tote, new Revival DVD, all you can drink, limited to 40 people, first come (guest poet/musician: Brian Ellis, Jesse Nolan). SOLD OUT
November 6, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival, Hillcrest Center for the Arts, 403 W. Hillcrest Drive, Thousand Oaks, 5pm (guest poet/musician: Brian Ellis, Jesse Nolan) TICKETS
November 8, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Dominican University, Calerugega Hall, 100 Magnolia Ave, San Rafael, CA, 8pm (guest poet/musician: Brian Ellis, Timmy Straw)
November 9, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at La Pena Cultural Center, Berkeley, CA, 8:30pm (guest poet/musician: Brian Ellis, Timmy Straw) SOLD OUT
November 10, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at University of Reno, Reno, NV (guest poet/musician: Brian Ellis, Timmy Straw)
November 12, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Community Theater of the Cascades, Bend, OR, 6pm (guest musician: Timmy Straw)
November 16, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Fremont Abbey, 4272 Fremont Ave. N., Seattle WA, 8pm (guest musician: Timmy Straw) TICKETS SOLD OUT
November 17, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival at Western Washington University, Viking Union MPR, 516 High St. Bellingham, WA , 7pm (guest musician: Timmy Straw) TICKETS
November 19, 2010 with The Night Kite Revival, Reed College Chapel, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd Reed College, OR, 8pm (guest musician: Timmy Straw)
DECEMBER 2010
December 7, 2010 a benefit for One Day’s Wages with Noah Gunderson and guests at Fremont Abbey, Seattle, WA, doors at 7pm, $6, 100% of the profits from this show will go to One Days Wages,
December 9, 2010 with Anis Mojgan and Derrick Brown at Linfield College, Riley Hall, 900 SE Baker Street, McMinnville, OR, 9pm
2009
JANUARY 2009
January 7, 2008 at The Seattle Slam, 8:30pm
January 21, 2009 at Bistro, Penn State, Beaver Campus, Monaca, PA, 11pm
FEBRUARY 2009
February 2, 2009 University Of California Santa Cruz, Porter College
February 7, 2009 with The Junkyard Ghost Revival at University of Alaska, Fairbanks
February 24, 2009 at Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
February 27, 2009 at Northwestern College, Gunnison, CO
MARCH 2009
March 7, 2009 with RC Weslowski, Anis Mojgani, Matt Gano, Jodie Knowles, Jessica Lohafer and a bunch more good folks down in Marysville, WA for Jack McCarthy’s 4th Annual Evergreen Invitational, 7:30pm
March 12, 2009 2nd City Council Arts Gallery, 435 Alamitos Avenue, Long Beach, CA, 8pm
March 14, 2009 just doin’ a quick piece, with Jerry Quickley, Beau Sia, Mindy Nettifee and Eitan Kadosh, The Lafayette Building, 140 Linden Avenue, Long Beach, CA, 7pm
March 15, 2009 www.malibuumc.org, 30128 Morningview Drive, Malibu, CA, 7pm, $10
March 26, 2009 at The Seattle Slam.
APRIL 2009
April 1, 2009 at The Seattle Slam
April 3, 2009 Tucson Poetry Festival, Tucson High School, 400 north 2nd Ave., Tucson, AZ, 7:30pm
April 8, 2009 at The Seattle Slam
April 15, 2009 at The Seattle Slam
April 19, 2009 hosting for The Goldfronts, Language Arts, and The Listener Project at Nectar Lounge in Fremont, Seattle, WA, 8pm 21+
April 26, 2009 1 piece. Sacrificing for The Seattle Slam Finals at Neumo’s, Seattle, WA, 730pm
MAY 2009
May 1, 2009 at The Center School in Seattle, WA, 2pm (closed to public)
May 7, 2009 Pioneer High School, Ann Arbor, MI (closed to public)
May 9, 2009 Gone to see Leonard Cohen.
May 19, 2009 Summit Alternative School, 11051 34th Ave NE, Seattle, WA 10am (closed to public)
May 21, 2009 with Derrick Brown, Anis Mojgani, Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz and a whole bunch more at City Opera House, Traverse City, MI
May 29, 2009 at The Electric Tea Garden, fundraiser for Ziyah Eddins, Seattle, WA, 9:30pm
JUNE 2009
June 3, 2009 Feature for The Seattle Slam (bday show), at Spitfire – 2219 4th Ave, Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
JULY 2009
July 1, 2009 at Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck, Berkeley, CA, show starts @ 8:30pm, my set begins @ 10:15pm
July 2, 2009 at Tourettes Without Regrets, 630 3rd Street, Oakland, CA, 8:30pm
July 7, 2009 with Damien Jurado at The Triple Door for The Round’s 50th Show! A benefit for fremontabbey.org youth programs, 216 Union Street, Seattle, WA, 8pm
July 20, 2009 at Anker, 1424 Cornwall, Bellingham, WA, 8pm
AUGUST 2009
August 12, 2009 at The Seattle Slam, 8:30pm
August 14-16 Ross and Heidi’s West Coast Celebration of Good Lovin’, and the Mariners-Yankees game. Don’t book.
SEPTEMBER 2009
September 3-7, 2009 Vipassana
September 15, 2009 with Robbie Q and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at the Empyrean, 154 S. Madison, Spokane, WA
September 16, 2009 with Robbie Q and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival in Reef Boise, Boise, Idaho
September 17, 2009 with Robbie Q and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at Utah State University, Logan, UT
September 19, 2009 with Robbie Q and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at Western State College, Taylor Auditorium, Gunnison, CO
September 20, 2009 with Robbie Q and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at HER BAR Denver, CO 7pm, 21+ $10
September 21, 2009 with Robbie Q and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at Creighton University, 2500 California Plaza, Omaha, NE
September 24, 2009 with Robbie Q and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at Washington University, The Gargoyle in Mallinkrodt Center, St. Louis, MO
September 26, 2009 with Robbie Q and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival (Roger Bonair-Agard to Host) at Victory Gardens Biograph Theatre, 2433 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL ($12 students, $15 adults)
September 28, 2009 with Andrea Gibson and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival in The Neutral Zone, 310 E. Washington St, Ann Arbor, MI
September 29, 2009 with Andrea Gibson and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at Shadow Lounge, 5972 Baum Blvd., Pittsburgh, PA, 7:30pm
September 30, 2009 with Andrea Gibson and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at Ball Hall, Keuka College, 141 Central Ave Keuka Park, Keuka Park, NY. 5:30pm FREE
OCTOBER 2009
October 2, 2009 with Andrea Gibson and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at the Kominsky Auditorium, 1 College Circle, Bangor, ME, 04401, 9:00pm FREE
October 3, 2009 with Andrea Gibson and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at Boston College, O’Connell House, Upper Campus, 185 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, 9:00pm (FREE)
October 6, 2009 with Andrea Gibson and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at SUNY Geneseo, Wadsworth Auditorium, 1 College Circle Geneseo, NY 14454, 7:30pm
October 7, 2009 with Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz and Andrea Gibson and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at New York University (NYU), The Kimmel Center, 60 Washington Square South, New York, NY 10012, $5 for NYU students, doors at 7:30pm
October 10, 2009 with Andrea Gibson at Lake Telemark Country Club, Lake Telemark Country Club Rockaway, NJ, 7pm ($10; not the full Elephant Engine show)
October 13, 2009 with Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at Dorchester Hall, University of Maryland College Park 20742 8:00pm
October 14, 2009 with Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at the Athenaeum Goucher College, 1021 Dulaney Valley Road, Baltimore, MD 21204 9pm ($5 / Free for students)
October 15, 2009 Rock the Republic. Revolution Cafe, Bryan, TX, 10:30pm (SOLO; not part of the Elephant Engine Revival Tour)
October 16, 2009 Rock the Republic. Murphy’s Law, Bryan, TX, 11:59pm (not part of the Elephant Engine Revival Tour)
October 27, 2009 with Mindy Nettifee and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at University of Arkansas, 435 N. Garland Street, Fayetteville, Arkansas
October 29, 2009 with Mindy Nettifee and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at Texas A&M, College Station,TX 8:00pm
October 30, 2009 with Mindy Nettifee and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at The Independent, 501 Studios, 501 N IH 35, Austin, TX 8:00pm ($7.00)
October 31, 2009 with Mindy Nettifee and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at The Common, 600 Tascosa Rd, Amarillo, TX, 79124 all ages 7:00pm ($10.00)
NOVEMBER 2009
November 1, 2009 with the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival, National Hispanic Cultural Center, 1701 4th Street SW, Albuquerque, NM 7:00pm $10.00 general; $7 students, seniors, NHCC members
November 3, 2009 with the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival, at University of Arizona, Gallagher Theater, 1303 E University, Tucson, AZ 7:00pm (FREE)
November 6, 2009 with Mindy Nettifee and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival, Write Now Poetry Revival Party, Immanuel Center For Conscious Living, 3215 E. 3rd Street (corner of 3rd and Obispo), Long Beach, CA, 8pm
November 7, 2009 with Mindy Nettifee and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival Annual Double Decker Bus Party!!! (Leaves 6:30P from Open Book Store – 4th and Junipero), Long Beach, CA BUY TICKETS HERE
November 8, 2009 with Mike McGee and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at Rancho Santa Margarita Catholic High School, Santa Margarita, CA 7:00pm ($5.00 donation)
November 10, 2009 with Mike McGee and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at the Student Union University of Nevada, 1500 N. Virginia Reno NV 7:00pm (free)
November 12, 2009 with Mike McGee and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at the Angelico Concert Hall Dominican University, 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael, CA 9pm $10.00 / Free for Dominican students
November 16, 2009 with Mike McGee and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival, Kilworth Chapel, University of Puget Sound, N. 18th and Warner St., Tacoma, WA ($5.00 / students are free)
November 17, 2009 with Mike McGee and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival at Student Union Auditorium Lewis & Clark, 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd Portland, OR, 7pm
November 19, 2009 with Mike McGee and the Elephant Engine High Dive Revival in Heiner Theater, Whatcom Community College, 237 West Kellogg, Bellingham WA 7PM ($5 donation)
November 21, 2009 Last show of the 2009 Elephant Engine High Dive Revival Tour featuring the three core members (Buddy Wakefield, Derrick Brown, Anis Mojgani) with surprise Revival guests, and Buddy’s Live at the Typer Cannon Grand CD RELEASE PARTY! at The Fremont Abbey, Seattle, WA, 9pm, BUY TICKETS HERE
November 26-29, 2009 Vipassana (unable to respond to voice/internet/text messages until Nov. 30th)
DECEMBER 2009
December 1, 2009 at The Triple Door with Damien Jurado for The Round’s holiday show, Seattle, WA
December 2, 2009 “Another Type of Groove,” Chumash Auditorium, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA, 7:30pm
December 6, 2009 DO NOT BOOK. Gone to see Willie Nelson.
December 7, 2009 Santa Cruz Legendary Indie Slam, Cypress Lounge, 120 Union St, Santa Cruz, CA, 8pm
December 8, 2009 Terra Nova High School, Pacifica, CA, noon; closed to public
December 9, 2009 Berzerkeley Slam at The Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA
December 10, 2009 Oasis, 135 12th Street, Oakland, CA, 8:30pm, $10
December 12, 2009 The Ill List Slam, State Theatre, Modesto, CA, 8pm
2008
JANUARY 2008
January 1-6 2008 at Vipassana. Cannot be reached during this time.
January 17, 2008 in Perkins Student Center at Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus, Reading, PA, 9pm
January 18, 2008 at Kominsky Auditorium, Husson College, Bangor, ME, 9:30pm
January 19, 2008 with Saul Williams, Iyeoka Okoawo, Carlos Andres Gomez, Jared Paul, Mayda Del Valle, Kayo and George Watsky in the Spingold Theater at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 8pm, Tickets
FEBRUARY 2008
February 7, 2008 with Beau Sia, Derrick Brown, Mindy Nettifee, Nate from Cold War Kids, Amber Tamblyn, Gliss, and a long kick ass list of authors for a book release party at The Found Theater, 599 Long Beach Blvd. (at 6th), Long Beach, CA, 7:30pm doors, in support of The Last American Valentine (Write Bloody Publishing) available January 12th, 2008 SOLD OUT
February 12, 2008 reading at Coffee Cartel, 1820 South Catalina Avenue, Redondo Beach, CA, 8pm
February 15-16, 2008 Sister gets hitched in TX. Don’t schedule squat or you’ll get in lots of trouble.
MARCH 2008
March 7, 2008 showcasing at the Mid-Atlantic NACA Festival in East Stroudsburg, PA, 7:25-7:40pm
March 12-16, 2008 San Diego, CA (non-performance related)
March 28, 2008 APCA Conference, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 12-2pm
March 28, 2008 at WOH’s Place, Todd Wehr Center, Carthage College, WI, 8pm
APRIL 2008
April 2, 2008 at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA
April 9, 2008 at Northwest College, Powell, Wyoming, 7pm
April 16, 2008 at University of Nevada, Reno, 7pm
April 23, 2008 at TOST in Fremont for The Seattle Slam, 8:30pm
April 27, 2008 for the Syllable Rights Movement at George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave., Boston University, Boston, MA, 7pm
April 30, 2008 at TOST in Fremont for The Seattle Slam, 8:30pm
MAY 2008
May 3, 2008 CD release party in support of Only Human at El Corazon, Seattle, WA
May 13, 2008 at The Fremont Abbey for The Round, Seattle, WA
May 14, 2008 at The Seattle Slam
May 18, 2008 for Youth Speak Seattle Slam Finals! Piggot Auditorium at Seattle University, Seattle, WA, 7pm
May 19, 2008 at The Center School, Seattle, WA, 12:00pm, private
May 27, 2008 with Patricia Smith in the Student Union Atrium at Wright State University, Dayton, OH, 6pm
May 28, 2008 with Smoothini the Magician and Change at Carlsbad Village Theater, 2822 State Street, Carlsbad, CA, 8:30pm doors, $10, www.groovetickets.com
JUNE 2008
June 4, 2008 featuring for my birthday at The Seattle Slam (at TOST in Fremont), Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
June 12, 2008 at Empyrean Coffee House, 154 S. Madison, Spokane, WA, 7:30pm
June 26, 2008 at Sahalie Wine Cellar with Timmy Straw, 151 NW Monroe, Corvallis, OR, 8pm
JULY 2008
July 17, 2008 Edifice Art Gallery, 325 N. Tejon St., Colorado Springs, CO, 7pm
July 22-30, 2008 Colorado Springs, CO (non-performance related)
July 31, 2008 with Derrick Brown, Amber Tamblyn, Mindy Nettifee, Beau Sia and friends for Filter Magazine Barker Block Sunset Series, 510-530 Hewitt Street, Los Angeles, CA, 8pm
AUGUST 2008
August 2, 2008 (not performing) supporting Jack Hirschman, Wanda Coleman, Andrea Gibson, Mike McGee, Roger Bonair-Agard, Beau Sia and Brendan Constantine at The Drums Inside Your Chest II, The New Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S Spring St, Los Angeles, CA
August 4-9, 2008 National Poetry Slam, Madison, WI (not attending, just posting for reference and support)
August 6, 2008 with Taalam Acey at The Flypoet Showcase, 214 South La Brea (1/2 block south of Manchester), Inglewood, CA, 8pm (21+)
August 13, 2008 at The Seattle Slam
August 16, 2008 in the ACC Auditorium, Pennsylvania College of Technology, Williamsport, PA, 9pm
August 26, 2008 at Mojoz in Utica College, Utica, NY, 7pm
August 27, 2008 at Rockland Center, Villa Julie College, Owings Mills, MD, 7pm
August 28, 2008 at Crusader Cafe, Alvernia College, Reading, PA, 8pm
August 30, 2008 at Bumbershoot on Northwest Stage for The Round (a collaboration), Seattle, WA, @4pm
SEPTEMBER 2008
September 5, 2008 Short set (5 minutes) at Floating Bridge Press Great Art Party, The South Lake Union Armory Building, 860 Terry Ave N.Seattle, WA, 8:45pm
September 9, 2008 at Pennsylvania State University – Greater Allegheny, McKeesport, PA, 9pm
September 11, 2008 at Finger Lakes CC, Stage 13 Main Campus, 4355 Lakeshore Drive, Canandaigua, NY, 12:30pm
September 14, 2008 Kunkel’s weddin’!
September 15-17, 2008 Unavailable for bookings outside of Portland, OR.
September 18, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival at University of Alaska in the Fine Arts Building #150, Anchorage, AK, 7:30pm
September 19-21, 2008 Unavailable for bookings.
NOW BOOKING for THE JUNKYARD GHOST REVIVAL!! (Derrick Brown, Anis Mojgani, Buddy Wakefield and a rotating fourth member including Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz! Sonya Renee! Robbie Q! and 2008 Women’s World Poetry Slam Champion Andrea Gibson! ); September 22 thru November 6th.
September 22, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Andrea Gibson) at Lewis & Clark, Templeton Student Center, 0615 S.W. Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR
September 23, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Andrea Gibson) at Empryean, 154 S. Madison, Spokane, WA, 7pm
September 24, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Andrea Gibson) at North Idaho College in the Student Union Bldg., 1000 West Garden Avenue, Coeur D’Alene, ID, 7pm
September 25, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Andrea Gibson) at Northwest College, 231 W 6th St., Powell, WY
September 26, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Andrea Gibson) at The B-Side Lounge, 2017 13th St., Boulder, CO, 9pmBUY TICKETS HERE!
September 28, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Andrea Gibson) at The Mercury, Denver, CO
September 29, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Andrea Gibson) at Benson Grind, 6107 Maple, Omaha, NE, 7pm
September 30, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Andrea Gibson) at Columbia University, 623 S. Wabash Ave. in the Hokin Annex, 1st Floor, Chicago, IL, 7pm
OCTOBER 2008
October 2, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Andrea Gibson) at Wright State University, 3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy, Dayton, OH, Time TBA
October 4, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Andrea Gibson) at City Opera House, 106 East Front Street, Traverse City, MI, 8pm
October 6, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival in Redhouse Arts Center, 201 S. West Street, Syracuse, NY 13210, 8pm BUY TICKETS HERE!
October 7, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz) at Brown University in Providence, RI, TBA
October 8, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz) at Husson College, 1 College Circle, Bangor, ME, 8pm
October 10, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz) at Brandeis University, Levin Ballroom, Usdan Student Center, 415 South Street, Waltham, MA, 9pm, reserve list for tickets: contact ThisIsLyriCall@yahoo.com
October 11, 2008 at The White House in Jamaica Plain, MA
October 13, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz) at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, (workshops)
October 14, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz) at Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, (performance), 8pm
October 15, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz) at Colby-Sawyer College, 541 Main Street, Ware Campus Center, Wheeler Hall, New London, NH, 7pm
October 16, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz) at Penn State Berks, Perkins Student Center, Reading, PA, 9pm
October 17, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz) at University of Maryland, Stamp Student Center, Baltimore Room, 8pm
October 19, 2008 LOCATION CHANGE!!!
The Junkyard Ghost Revival at Mercy Lounge in the Cannery Ballroom, 1 Cannery Row, Nashville, TN, 6:30
POST SHOW DANCE FEST SPECTESTACULAR WITH SPRING HILL SPIDER PARTY, 10pm
October 20, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Sonya Renee) at Hendrix College in The Burrow, Conway, AR, 7:30pm
October 22, 2008 LOCATION CHANGE The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Sonya Renee) Red’s Scoot Inn, 1308 E. 4th Street (4th and Navasota), just a few blocks east of I-35, Austin, TX, 8pm, $10
October 23, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Sonya Renee) at The Nat Ballroom, 2705 West 6th Street, Amarillo, TX, 8pm
October 25, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Sonya Renee) at The Solar Culture, 31 East Toole, in Tucson, Arizona
October 26, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Sonya Renee) at Rancho Santa Margarita High School, 22062 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, 7pm, STUDENTS ONLY
October 27, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival Double Decker Bus Party (w/ Sonya Renee and Robbie Q), start at Open Book Store, 2226 E. 4th St., Long Beach, CA, 7-11pm, 21+ Buy Tickets Now $20 (free booze included)
October 28, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/Robbie Q) at University of Nevada, Reno, TBA
October 29, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Robbie Q) at Dominican University, Angelico Concert Hall, 50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael, CA, 9pm
October 30, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/Robbie Q) at University of California, Wheeler Auditorium, Berkeley, CA, 8pm, $5
NOVEMBER 2008
November 3, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Robbie Q) at Tom Miles Theater, Warner Hall, Forest Grove, OR, 8pm SHARP
November 4, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival (w/ Robbie Q) at Western Washington University in the Viking Union, Bellingham, WA, 7pm
November 5, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival at Whatcom Community College, Syre Center Auditorium, Bellingham, WA, 7:30pm
Novemebr 6, 2008 The Junkyard Ghost Revival members to Slam at Wordstock Fest, Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne St., Portland, OR, 8pm
November 10, 2008 at Pennsylvania State University – Harrisburg, Stack Stage, Middletown, PA, 7pm
November 11, 2008 at Pennsylvania State University, Slep Student Center, Altoona, PA, 8pm
November 12, 2008 at Pennsylvania State University – Brandywine, Fireside Cafe, Media, PA, 12:30pm
November 12, 2008 College of Staten Island, 5pm
November 13, 2008 in The Space at Drew University, Madison, NJ, 10:30pm
November 14, 2008 Marist College Student Center Performing Arts Room, Poughkeepsie, NY, 9pm
November 15, 2008 with Ani DiFranco at F.M. Kirby Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA
November 19, 2008 in RZ’s at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, 7pm
November 24, 2008 at Cafe Deux Soleil, 2068 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, B.C.
November 25, 2008 Cottage Bistro, 4468 Main Street, Vancouver, B.C., 8:30pm
November 26-30 Vipassana in B.C. (no email or phone access)
DECEMBER 2008
December 1-7, 2008 Vipassana in B.C. (no email or phone access)
December 11, 2008 Rounds 1 & 2, Individual World Poetry Slam Finals, North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Charlotte, NC, 8:30pm
December 12, 2008 Rounds 3 & 4, Individual World Poetry Slam Finals, North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, Charlotte, NC, 7pm
December 13, 2008 Finals Stage, Individual World Poetry Slam Finals, The McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square Center, Charlotte, NC, 7pm
2007
JANUARY 2007
January 2, 2007 feature with Tim Sanders at The Seattle Slam, TOST in Fremont, Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
January 9, 2007 at The Seattle Slam, TOST in Fremont, Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
January 12, 2007 workshop at The Richard Hugo House, 6pm, show at 8pm, Seattle, WA
FEBRUARY 2007
February 1, 2007 at Cafe Deux Soliels for first round of Individual World Poetry Slam Finals, Vancouver, B.C., 8pm
February 2, 2007 at Zesty’s for second round of Individual World Poetry Slam Finals, Vancouver, B.C., 9:45pm
February 3, 2007 Individual World Poetry Slam Finals at The Rio Theater on Broadway, Vancouver, B.C., 7:30pm SOLD OUT
February 5, 2007 at Cafe Deux Soliels, Vancouver, B.C., 9pm
February 6, 2007 Semi’s at The Seattle Slam, TOST in Fremont, 8:30pm
February 12, 2007 In the Round at The Fremont Abbey Arts Center, 4272 Fremont Ave. N, Seattle, WA, 8pm
February 14, 2007 at University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 6-8pm workshop; 8pm show
February 14, 2007 at Mossaic in Milwaukee, 10:30pm
February 15, 2007 at Mecca Still Waters, WI, 8:30pm
February 16, 2007 at Tenor High School for Youth Speaks, Milwaukee, WI, 10am
February 16, 2007 Racine Correctional Facility, WI, 6pm
February 17, 2007 Urban Word at Genna’s, 105 Main Street, Madison, WI, 7pm
February 18, 2007 at The Green Mill, Chicago, IL, 7pm
February 19, 2007 at Funky Buddha, Chicago, IL, 8pm
February 19, 2007 at Weeds, Chicago, IL, 10:30pm
February 20, 2007 College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL, 7pm
February 21, 2007 at The Coffeehouse, 114 E. Beaufort Street, Normal, IL, 7:30pm
February 22, 2007 at Urban Sandbox, 526 N. Ashland (look for the unmarked green door), Chicago, IL, 8pm
February 23, 2007 at Tongue and Ink Creative Writing Conference with Robbie Telfer in Hansen Hall at Illinois Wesleyan University, 7pm
February 25, 2007 at Ravenwood, 773 West Michigan Avenue, Kalamazoo, MI, 8pm
February 27, 2007 at The Brownstone On Main, 122 E. Main St. for Black Pearl Poetry in Columbus, OH, 8pm
February 28, 2007 at Mr. Pitifuls, 1323 Main St., Cincinnati, OH, 8pm
MARCH 2007
March 2, 2007 Fremd High School, 1000 South Quentin, Palatine, IL, 8:30am
March 2, 2007 Comedy Night at The Lincoln Lodge, 4008 N. Lincoln, Chicago, IL, 9pm
March 5, 2007 Nebraska Union Ballroom, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, 8pm
March 6, 2007 “Shoot Your Mouth Off” at Shea Riley’s, 320 S 72nd Street, Omaha, NE, 9pm
March 7, 2007 at The Yacht Club, 13 S Linn Street, Iowa City, IA, 9pm
March 10, 2007 at the Evergreen Invitational Poetry Slam, Evergreen Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 1607 4th Street, Marysville, WA, 7:30pm
March 12, 2007 at The Center School in Seattle, WA, 1:05pm
March 14, 2007 with Don Beck at Esalen, Big Sur, CA (TBA)
March 15, 2007 with Don Beck at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, Architecture Building, Berg Gallery (5-105), 6:10pm
March 19, 2007 at Terra Nova High School, Pacifica, CA
March 30, 2007 Argo’s at University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL, 7pm
APRIL 2007
April 1-9, 2007 playing rev. for “A Stretch of Presence” producer Levi Lyman in Hawaii.
April 13, 2007 with Derrick Brown at 310 S Mill Ave., Tempe, AZ, 8pm
April 16, 2007 with Derrick Brown at Mama Java’s, 3619 E Indian School Road, Phoenix, AZ
April 17, 2007 with Derrick Brown at Verde Valley High School, 3511 Verde Valley School Road, Sedona, AZ, 6:30pm (open to the public)
April 18, 2007 with Derrick Brown at Sedona Red Rock High School 995 Upper Red Rock Loop Rd., Sedona, AZ, 1:30pm
April 18, 2007 with Derrick Brown at Essenza Poetry Slam, 1350 S Longmore, Mesa, AZ, 8pm
April 19, 2007 with Derrick Brown at the Paper Heart Gallery, 750 W. Grand Ave, Phoenix, AZ, 8pm
April 20, 2007 with Derrick Brown and Saul Williams at The Orpheum, 15 West Aspen, Flagstaff, AZ, 8pm. Go to NORAZ for ticket options. They’re way cheaper in advance.
April 22, 2007 at Chop Suey for The Seattle Grand Slam, Seattle, WA
April 24, 2007 for The Seattle Slam at TOST in Fremont, Seattle, WA 8:30pm
April 29, 2007 for The Vibe Session at Kamikaze, 4360 Warrensville Ctr. Rd., North Randall, OH, 8pm
MAY 2007
May 1, 2007 for The Seattle Slam at TOST in Fremont, Seattle, WA 8:30pm
May 4, 2007 hosting Youth Speaks Seattle Finals, Seattle University’s Piggott Auditorium, Seattle, WA, 7pm
May 6, 2007 supporting Emily Wells and Oval League at Mars Bar, Seattle, WA, $6
May 17, 2007 at AS220 in Providence, RI
May 22, 2007 at ______ in support of Andrea Gibson and Katie Wirsing, Providence, RI
May 23, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Middle East, 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
May 24, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Middle East, 480 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA
May 25, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancy St., New York, NY
May 26, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancy St., New York, NY
May 27, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at The Crazy Donkey, 1058 RTE. 110, Farmingdale, NY
May 29, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Trocadero Theater, 1003 Arch St., Philadelphia, PA
May 30, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Ottobar, 2549 North Howard St, Baltimore, MD
May 31, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Rock and Roll Hotel, 1353 H Street NE, Washington D.C.
JUNE 2007
June 1, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Cat’s Cradle, 300 E. Main, Carboro, NC
June 2, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at The Masquerade Downstairs, 695 North Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA
June 4, 2007 (VENUE CHANGE) with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Club at The Social, 54 N Orange Ave, Orlando, FL (It’s my birthday, Orlando. Raw organic nuts and healthy snacks for the road… that’s my wish. It’s just a wish.)
June 6, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Parish at House Of Blues New Orleans, 225 Decatur St, New Orleans, LA
June 7, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Warehouse Live, 813 Saint Emanuel St, Houston, TX
June 8, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Granada Theater, 3524 Greenville Ave, Dallas, TX
June 9, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Emo’s, 603 Red River St., Austin, TX
June 11, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Launchpad, 618 Central Ave. SW, Albuquerque, NM
June 12, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Clubhouse, 1320 E. Broadway Road, Tempe, AZ
June 13, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Club Congress, 311 East Congress, Tucson, AZ
June 15, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Henry Fonda Theater, 6126 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
June 16, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Glass House, 200 W 2nd St, Pomona, CA
June 17, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Soma, 3350 Sports Arena Blvd, San Diego, CA
June 19, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, CA
June 20, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at The Fillmore, 1805 Geary Blvd., San Francisco, CA
June 22, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Roseland Theatre, 8 NW 6TH Ave., Portland, OR
June 23, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Showbox, 1426 First Ave., Seattle, WA
June 24, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Night Light Theater, 211 East Chestnut St., Bellingham, WA
June 25, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Domino Room, 51 Greenwood Avenue, Bend, OR
June 27, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Venue, 523 Broad Street, Boise, ID
June 28, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at In The Venue, 579 West 200 South, Salt Lake City, UT
June 29, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Gothic Theatre, 3263 South Broadway, Englewood, CO
June 30, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Gothic Theatre, 3263 South Broadway, Englewood, CO
JULY 2007
July 2, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Sokol Hall/Underground, 13th & Martha 2234 South 13th street, Omaha, NE
July 3, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at The Blue Note, 17 N. 9th St., Columbia, MO
July 5, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at First Avenue, 29 N. 7th St., Minneapolis, MN
July 6, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Abbey Pub, 3420 West Grace St., Chicago, IL
July 7, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Abbey Pub, 3420 West Grace St., Chicago, IL
July 9, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Intersection, 133 Grandville SW (new Location), Grand Rapids, MI
July 10, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Magic Stick in Detroit, MI
July 11, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Grog Shop, 2785 Euclid Hts Blvd, Cleveland Hts, OH
July 12, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Mr. Small’s, 40 Lincoln Ave., Millvale, PA
July 13, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at Lupo’s Heartbreak Hotel, 79 Washington St, Providence, RI
July 14, 2007 at AS220’s Foo Fest with Prolyphic, Sage Francis, Jared Paul, Alias, Buck 65, and Bombzo the Clown, Providence, RI, 11:30pm
July 15, 2007 with Sage Francis, Buck 65 and Alias at The Station in Portland, Maine
July 17, 2oo7 at The Seattle Slam, Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
July 30, 2007 in The Salmon Slam with Team Seattle 2007 (Tara Hardy, Ryler Dustin, Danny Sherrard and me) at Cafe Deux Soleil, Vancouver, B.C.
July 31, 2007 with Team Seattle 2007 at The Seattle Slam, TOST in Fremont, 8:30pm
AUGUST 2007
August 4, 2007 with Derrick Brown, Mindy Nettifee, Bucky Sinister, Beau Sia, Amber Tamblyn and Jeffrey McDaniel in Westwood at Brentwood Theater, 11301 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 8pm SHARP (doors at 7)
August 5, 2007 Team Seattle (Tara Hardy, Danny Sherrard, Ryler Dustin, Buddy Wakefield) to perform at Dallas Invitational Poetry Slam, Dallas, TX
August 7, 2007 Team Seattle vs. Berkeley, Richmond, VA and Columbus, OH in a preliminary bout for the National Poetry Slam at Ego’s, Austin, TX, 9pm
August 9, 2007 Team Seattle vs. Durham, NC, Knoxville, TN, St. Paul, MN and Lincroft, NJ in a preliminary bout for the National Poetry Slam at Dominican Joe’s, Austin, TX, 7pm
August 14, 2007 at TOST in Fremont for The Seattle Slam, 8:30pm
August 16, 2007 at City Hall Plaza, 600 4th Ave. for Offiice of Arts & Cultural Affairs, Seattle, WA 5pm
August 21, 2007 at The Seattle Slam, TOST in Fremont, 8:30pm
August 27, 2007 at State University of New York, Williams Center, Fredonia, NY, 7pm
SEPTEMBER 2007
September 2, 2007 Despite what the programs say, I AM NOT PERFORMING AT BUMBERSHOOT TODAY.
September 3, 2007 with Team Seattle 2007 (Tara Hardy, Ryler Dustin, Angela D, Buddy Wakefield) at Bumberslam, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Leo K Theater, Seattle, WA, 7pm
September 6, 2007 high school level workshop (10am), professional development workshop (1pm), performance (7pm) at Hazard First Federal Center in Hazard, Kentucky
September 9, 2007 playing rev for Daemond and Inti.
September 15, 2007 at Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA with:
7pm James Ray
7:30pm Karen Finneyfrock
8pm Denise Jolly
8:30pm Tara Hardy
9pm Buddy Wakefield
10pm Shawn Smith
11pm CR AVERY
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***Begin Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival Tour (Mike McGee, Derrick Brown, Anis Mojgani, Dan Leamen and Buddy Wakefield)***
September 21, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Horizons School, 1900 DeKalb Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA, 8pm
September 22, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at The Sentient Bean, 13 E. Park Avenue, Savannah, GA, 7-8pm
September 23, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at 1 Coffee St, Coffee Underground in Greenville, SC, 7:30pm
September 25, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival in Kennedy Center Ballroom, 11730 Garfield Road, Hiram College, Hiram, OH, 8pm
September 26, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at State University of New York, Oneonta, NY, 8pm
September 27, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Clark University, Worcester, MA
September 28, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 8pm
September 29, 2007 very special guest performances by BLAIR, SHIRA ERLICHMAN and 2007 INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL POETRY SLAM CHAMPION DANNY SHERRARD with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at The Paradise Lounge, Boston, MA, 8pm
September 30, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Brown University, Providence, RI, 8pm
OCTOBER 2007
October 2, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Westchester Community College, Academic Arts Theater, Classroom Building, Room 200, Valhalla, NY, 10am and 11am
October 2, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at State University of New York, Fredonia, 8pm
October 3, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival in Brezinsky Room at Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY, 6:30pm
October 4, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival, The Third Room, 56 West Chippewa Street, Buffalo, NY, 8pm
October 7, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at The Biograph Theater, 2433 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL, 8pm
October 8, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at The Healing Arts Center, Omaha, NE
October 11, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at The Bug Theater, 3654 Navajo Street, Denver, CO, 8pm
October 12, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Epicenter, 6100 Soncy Rd, Amarillo, TX, doors at 7:30pm
October 13, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at The Orpheum in Flagstaff, AZ, 8pm
October 14, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Santa Margarita High School in Rancho Santa Margarita, CA
October 15, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival AND MINDY NETTIFEE at Koo’s Gallery, Long Beach, CA
October 16, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival on a double decker bus (let off some steam party/show)! We wont do the actual show; performing rare peices on a moving bus with a mic, poems delivered to the guests and free booze for all with stops at various Long Beach establishments. Tour of the city. bigredbus.com contact peter joseph: driver/david price: booker 562.668.4001 $20 a head; free booze. 46 people max
October 17, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival in Angelico Concert Hall at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA, 7:30pm
October 18, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Oakwood High School, Morgan Hill, CA, TBA
October 18, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at UC Berkeley, 7:30pm
October 19, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival in Pacifica, CA (morning/high school)
October 22, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at The Mobius, 281 Fourth Street, Ashland, Oregon, 8pm
October 23, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Lewis & Clark, Portland, OR
October 24, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Whatcom Community College, Bellingham, WA
October 25, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
October 27, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Empyrean Coffee House, 154 South Madison, Spokane, WA, 7:30pm
October 28, 2007 with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Victoria Conservatory of Music, Victoria, B.C.
October 29, 2007 The Vancouver Slam (not a scheduled show, just hangin’ out) with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at Cafe Deux Soleils, 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver, BC, 9pm
October 30, 2007 TWO SHOWS with Solomon Sparrow’s Electric Whale Revival at The Cottage Bistro on Main, Vancouver, B.C., 7pm and 10pm
NOVEMBER 2007
November 4, 2007 at Mainstage Comedy and Music Club on 1st Ave N., Seattle, WA, 2:40-2:50pm
November 6, 2007 with Ani DiFranco at Music Hall Theatre, 147 Danforth, Toronto, ON
November 7, 2007 with Ani DiFranco at Music Hall Theatre, 147 Danforth, Toronto, ON
November 9, 2007 with Dennis Kucinich and Ani DiFranco at Orpheum Theatre, One Hamilton Place, Boston, MA
November 10, 2007 with Ani DiFranco at Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, 1212 Cathedral St, Baltimore, MD
November 11, 2007 with Dennis Kucinich and Ani DiFranco at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium, 87 Haywood St, Asheville, NC
November 13, 2007 with Ani DiFranco at Variety Playhouse, 1099 Euclid Ave. NE, Atlanta, GA
November 14, 2007 with Ani DiFranco at Carolina Theatre, 309 West Morgan St., Durham, NC
November 16, 2007 with Ani DiFranco at 9:30 Club, 815 V Street NW, Washington, DC
November 17, 2007 with Ani DiFranco at The Town Hall, 123 W 43rd, New York, NY
November 18, 2007 with Dennis Kucinich and Ani DiFranco at The Town Hall, 123 W 43rd, New York, NY
November 29, 2007 at Firwood School in Lakewood, WA, 11am
DECEMBER 2007
The I Am A Lagan European Tour with Andrea Gibson and Katie Wirsing!!
December 2, 2007 with I Am A Lagan, 77 Bedford Hill, London, England 8pm
December 3, 2007 with I Am A Lagan, Halo Cafe Bar, 141 Gloucester Rd, Bristol, England 8pm
December 4, 2007 with I Am A Lagan at East Oxford Community Centre, Cowley Road/Princes Street, Oxford
December 5, 2007 with I Am A Lagan at Komedia, Gardener Street, Brighton, 8pm
December 6, 2007 with I Am A Lagan at The Camden Head, Camden Walk, Islington, London, England 9pm
December 7, 2007 with I Am A Lagan, for The Farrago, at The Poetry Place above The Poetry Café, 22 Betterton St, 7:30pm
December 8, 2007 with I Am A Lagan Cambridge, England, TBA
December 9, 2007 with I Am A Lagan, The Waiting Room Restaurant, 9 Station Rd, Eaglescliffe, Stockton on Tees, 7pm
December 11, 2007 wit I Am A Lagan at The Royal Oak, 1 Infirmary St., Edinburgh, Scotland, 0131 557 2976
December 13, 2007 with I Am A Lagan, BBC Foyle Ireland radio interview (4pm), workshop (5pm), performance at Masons (7pm), Derry, Northern Ireland
December 14, 2007 with I Am A Lagan BBC Radio Arts Extra (6:30pm), performance at Belfast Exposed Gallery, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 8pm
December 15, 2007 with I Am A Lagan workshop and Christmas dinner with Belfast Poets Touring Group in Derry, Northern Ireland
December 16, 2007 with I Am A Lagan at The Banker’s Pub, Trinity St. (off Dame St.), Dublin, Ireland, 8pm
December 17, 2007 with I Am A Lagan, Ó Bhéal in The Hay Loft, upstairs at The Long Valley, Winthrop Street, Cork, Ireland, 8pm
December 18, 2007 with I Am A Lagan, workshop (6:30pm), performance at Townhall Theater studio (9pm), Galway, Ireland
December 19, 2007 with I Am A Lagan at The Whitehouse in Limerick, Ireland
December 20, 2007 with I Am A Lagan at Cafe Lomo, Ballplatz 2, Mainz, Germany, 8:30pm
December 21, 2007 with I Am A Lagan at the students cafe in building 1 (Cafe Gebaeude 1) within the university complex at Nibelungenplatz, Frankfurt, Germany, TBA
December 26 – 31, 2007 at Vipassana. Cannot be reached during this time.
2006
JANUARY 2006
January 1-4, 2006 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
January 11, 2006 in Wiestling Student Center on the Main Stage at Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto, 8:30pm
January 12, 2006 in the Community Arts Center Theater at Pennsylvania State University, Altoona, 10pm
January 20, 2006 invitational Slam at San Quentin State Prison, San Quentin, CA, 5:30pm
January 22, 2006 showcase, Trianon Rendezvous Room, New York City, NY, 9-9:15 pm and 10:45-11pm
January 30, 2006 at Santa Margarita Catholic High School, 22062 Antonio Parkway, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, open to the public, $5, 7:30pm
FEBRUARY 2006
February 1, 2006 Do not forget your mother’s birthday.
February 2-4, 2006 Individual World Poetry Slam Finals, Charlotte, NC
February 7, 2006 at The Seattle Slam in The Mirabeau Room, Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
February 9, 2006 Interview on KUAC public radio, Fairbanks, AK, 8:50am
February 10, 2006 University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Q&A, 1-2pm
February 10, 2006 University of Alaska, Fairbanks, workshop, 4pm-5:30pm
February 11, 2006 with Sage Francis at University of Alaska, Fairbanks in Davis Concert Hall
February 12, 2006 with Sage Francis at Rumrunners, 415 E. Street, Anchorage AK, (907) 278 4493
February 13, 2006 surprise show at Noble’s Diner with Sage Francis for the underage crowd, Anchorage, AK, 8pm
February 15, 2006 a day of 3 high schools: Lathrop (7:50-11am), CEC (11:30-12:30), NPC (1:15-2:15), Fairbanks, AK
February 16, 2006 at Evergreen High School, Seattle, WA, 12:15-2:15pm, private workshop
February 16, 2006 in The HUB at University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 11pm
February 19, 2006 “Smoking Mirrors” radio show in The Forum, Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, IA, 5pm
February 19, 2006 in The Forum, Anderson Auditorium, Buena Vista University, Storm Lake, IA, 7pm
February 22, 2006 at University of North Florida , Lazzara Theater, Fine Arts Center, building 45 with Mayda Del Valle, Sekou Tha Misfit and Steve Connell in Jacksonville, FL, 8pm
February 23, 2006 at University of Michigan Union U-Club, 530 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 8pm
February 24, 2006 at Illinois Wesleyan University in the Hansen Student Center, 300 Beecher Street, Bloomington, IL with Robbie Q, 9pm
February 25, 2006 Attending cage fights near Chicago where poet Tim Stafford is refereeing.
February 26, 2006 at The Green Mill, 4802 N. Broadway Ave., Chicago, IL, 773.878.5552, 7pm
February 27, 2006 Fremd High School, Palatine, IL, www.d211.org
February 27, 2006 at Mental Graffiti with Joel Chmara in the Funky Buddha Lounge, 728 W. Grand, Chicago, IL, 8pm
February 27, 2006 at WEEDS in Chicago, IL, 10:30pm
February 28, 2006 Papa Pete’s, 502 S Burdick St, Kalamazoo, MI, 8pm
MARCH 2006
March 1, 2006 at University of California at Santa Cruz, Porter College, CA, 8PM
March 3, 2006 at Fire in Kalamazoo, MI, 1249 Portage St, 269-344-6659, 8pm
March 4, 2006 at Nomad Book House, 229 S. Mechanic Street, Jackson, MI, 7:30
March 6, 2006 Colon High School, Colon, MI, 2pm
March 7 at Fowlerville Jr. High, 700 North Grand Avenue, Fowlerville, MI, 7:15am
March 7, 2006 at The Heidelberg, 215 North Main Street, Ann Arbor, MI, 7:30pm
March 8, 2006 Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, MI
March 8, 2006 at The Meta Cafe, Sturgis, MI, 103 W. Chicago Rd., 269-651-3600, 7pm
March 14, 2006 in the Student Union Building back at North Idaho College! Workshop at noon, performance at 7pm, Coeur D Alene, ID
March 25, 2006 representing at the Slam for GiRL FeST Bay Area with Rachel Kann and Marc Bamuthi Joseph, www.girlfestbayarea.org, at The Shattuck Down Low, 2284 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley, CA, 9pm
March 26, 2006 with Andrea Gibson, Studio Z, 314 11th Street at Folsom, San Francisco, CA, representing for the GiRL FeST Bay Area Slam, www.girlfestbayarea.org, 8:30pm
March 27, 2006 at Britannia Arms with Andrea Gibson, 173 West Santa Clara, San Jose, CA, 8pm
March 28, 2006 at Coffee Cartel, 1820 South Catalina Avenue, Hollywood Riviera, Redondo Beach, CA, 8pm
March 29, 2006 at The Ugly Mug, 261 North Glassel, Orange, CA, 7:30pm
March 30, 2006 with Eitan Kadosh’s Creative Writing class, Cal State University Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd., Long Beach, CA, private
March 31, 2006 at Lompoc High School, Lompoc, CA, 515 W. College Dr., 7:45am private
March 31, 2006 with Rachel Kann and Mindy Nettifee at The Found Theater, 599 Long Beach Blvd., Long Beach, CA, 8pm
APRIL 2006
April 2, 2006 at Miyagi’s, 8225 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 8pm
April 3, 2006 “Green” at The Palmer Room in back of Cucina Paradiso, 3387 Motor Avenue, Culver City, CA, 9pm
April 4, 2006 Bishop Diego High School, 4000 La Colina Road, Santa Barbara, CA, 8-2:30
April 4, 2006 at Da’ Poetry Lounge, 544 N. Fairfax Ave one block south of Melrose inside the Greenway Court Theater, Hollywood, CA, 8:45pm-midnight
April 5, 2006 SLO Deliverance Culture Fusion, Linnaea’s Cafe 1110 Garden St. San Luis Obispo, CA
April 6, 2006 Another Type of Groove, Phillips Hall, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA
Aptil 7, 2006 Terra Nova High School in Pacifica, CA
April 7, 2006 in Chico, CA, 8pm
April 8, 2006 in the Bay to celebrate the marriage of Joe Kowalke and Stephen Bowden!
April 11, 2006 at The Seattle Slam
April 15, 2006 BENT Writing Institute workshop, open to public, 1115 E. Pike Street, Seattle, WA, 1-3pm, $10.
April 17, 2006 at Cafe Deux Soleil, 2096 Commercial Drive, Vancouver British Columbia, Canada, 9pm
April 18, 2006 Featured at The Seattle Slam in The Mirabeau Room on Queen Anne, Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
April 25, 2006 in the Triangle Lounge of Commons Building at Corning Community College, Corning, NY, 12:30pm
April 27, 2006 in the Radisson with Corning Rotary Club (you bet), Corning, NY, private, 1pm
April 27, 2006 in Brezinsky Room at Keuka College in Keuka Park, NY, 9:30pm
MAY 2006
May 2, 2006 Seattle Wild Card Slam, The Mirabeau Room in Queen Anne, Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
May 5, 2006 at Neumo’s on Capitol Hill for The Seattle Slam Finals with CR Avery, 8pm
May 6, 2006 at Nova Poetry Festival, Seattle, WA, 12:30-4pm
May 9, 2006 at Sam’s, 330 E Grayson @ Broadway, San Antonio, TX, 9:30pm
May 10, 2006 at Ego’s in Austin, TX, 510 South Congress, 7:30-10pm
May 11, 2006 at the Black Dog Tavern, 2903 Crocket street, Ft. Worth, TX, (817) 937-8301, 8:30-10:30pm
May 12, 2006 sister graduates college, Huntsville, Texas! 6pm
May 18, 2006 at Tower II, 735 Ralph McGill Boulevard, Atlanta, GA, 8PM
May 19, 2006 Atlanta Horizons School, 1900 Dekalb Ave, Atlanta, Ga, 11-12:30
May 20, 2006 Soul Release Poetry at Boomtown Subterreana, 140 West Monroe Street, Jacksonville, FL, 7:30pm
May 21, 2006 at Sunday Sessions, 44 Bull and Broughton Street, Savannah, GA, 9pm
May 23, 2006 at DADA, 52 N Swinton Avenue, Delray Beach, FL, 10:30pm
May 24, 2006 at Will’s Pub, 1850 N. Mills Ave in Orlando, FL, 9:30pm
May 25, 2006 at Stardust, 1842 Winter Park Rd, Orlando, FL, 9:30pm
JUNE 2006
June 2, 2006 presiding over the marriage of friend and college roommate David Marshall and his bride, Michelle Osborne.
June 4, 2006 You know what I like for my birthday: butterscotch cookie variations and gifts from independently wealthy people. Please be prompt. There was some slacking last year.
June 13, 2006 Lyric Slam at The Seattle Slam in The Mirabeau Room, Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
June 14, 2006 at The Center School Arts Showcase, Seattle, WA, Room 460, 12:45-1:45
June 14, 2006 premier of documentary based on The Seattle Slam scene at On The House, 1205 East Pike Street, Seattle, WA, 7:30pm
June 20, 2006 at The Seattle Slam, 8:30pm
June 29-30, 2006 teaching workshops for “Slam Camp” at SUNY Oneonta, NY
JULY 2006
July 1, 2006 with Alix Olson, Marc Smith and Michael Salinger at SUNY Oneonta, NY, 8pm
July 7, 2006 at the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, 1285 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY, 7pm
July 24-25, 2006 with C.R. Avery for The Blank Canvas Collaboration Project at The Seymour Art Gallery, 4360 Gallant Ave., North Vancouver, B.C., 8pm
July 31, 2006 at Cafe Deux Soliel for The Salmon Slam, Vancouver, BC, 9pm
AUGUST 2006
August 1, 2006 pre-nationals showcase with Team Seattle (Anis Mojgani, Ryler Dustin, Tia Fields and Buddy Wakefield) at The Seattle Slam in The Mirabeau Room, 8:30pm
August 9, 2006 at Ruta Maya, National Poetry Slam Prelims [bout #9] with Providence, Berkeley, St. Louis and Delray Beach in Austin, TX, 9pm www.austinslam.com/nps06
August 10, 2006 at The Hideout Theater, National Poetry Slam Prelims [bout #19] with Colorado Springs, Sacramento, Corvalis and Hawaii in Austin, TX, 7pm
August 11, 2006 National Poetry Slam, Team Semi-Finals (venue TBA), 7pm
August 11, 2006 Individual Finals at Paramount Theater, 9pm
August 11, 2006 CD RELEASE PARTY for “RUN ON ANYTHING.” It’s finally finished.
Strange Famous Records show with Sage Francis, Jared Paul and Grand Buffet at Emo’s, 603 Red River Street, Austin, TX. Please get yer tickets in advance on this one. Time tba.
August 12, 2006 National Poetry Slam Finals, The Palmer Events Theater, Austin, TX, 7pm
SEPTEMBER 2006
September 9, 2006 Colorscapes Arts Festival in Norwich, NY, noon
September 10, 2006 at Guernsey Memorial Library in Norwich, NY, 2pm
September 12, 2006 at The Seattle Slam at Tost (NEW VENUE!) in Fremont, 8:30pm
September 15, 2006 with Ani DiFranco in the John Van Duzer Theater at Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA, doors at 7pm, I go on at 8
September 18, 2006 with Ani DiFranco at Mountain Winery, 14831 Pierce, Saratoga, CA, doors at 5:30pm, I go on at 7:40
September 19, 2006 with Ani DiFranco, Hawkins Ampitheater at Bartley Ranch, Reno, NV, doors at 5:30pm, I go on at 7:10
September 22, 2006 with Ani DiFranco, Copley Symphony Hall, 1245 7th Ave, San Diego, CA, doors at 7pm, I go on at 8
September 23, 2006 with Ani DiFranco, Orpheum Theatre, 842 South Broadway, Los Angeles, CA, doors at 7, I go on at 8
September 28, 2006 in Langsdale Auditorium, University of Baltimore, showcase for Performance Arts Exchange, Baltimore, MD, 10:20-10:35pm
OCTOBER 2006
October 3, 2006 at The Seattle Slam in its new venue TOST (in Fremont), 8:30pm
October 10, 2006 at The Seattle Slam, 8:30pm
October 11, 2006 with Ryler Dustin in Syre Auditorium at Whatcom Community College, 11am
October 11, 2006 with Ryler Dustin and Randy Shinn at Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 7pm
October 13, 2006 at Anthony Seeger Performance Hall, Harrisonburg, VA, 7:30pm
October 14, 2006 Greenville, SC, 8pm www.witsendpoetry.com
October 15, 2006 at Wine UP, 3306 N. Davidson Street, Charlotte, NC, 8pm
October 16, 2006 at Enka High School, Candler, NC, 11am, private
October 16, 2006 at the BoBo Gallery, 22 Lexington Avenue, Asheville, NC, 8pm
October 17, 2006 at Shorty’s, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, 8pm
October 18, 2006 with Ani DiFranco at Stubbs, 801 Red River, Austin, TX, 8pm
October 20 2006 with Ani DiFranco at Grant Street Dancehall, 113 West Grant Street, Layfayette, LA
October 22, 2006 with Ani DiFranco at House of Blues, 225 Decatur Street, New Orleans, LA
October 24, 2006 in The Tiger’s Den at Salem International University, Salem, WV, 7pm
October 25-31, 2006 at Vipassana (unable to be reached during this time) www.dhamma.org
NOVEMBER 2006
November 1-5, 2006 at Vipassana (unable to be reached during this time) www.dhamma.org
Novemebr 7, 2006 at The Atrium, Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, Superior, WI, 12:30pm
November 8, 2006 Center for the Arts, University of Wisconsin-Platteville-Arts, 1 University Plaza, Platteville, WI, 8pm
November 14, 2006 fartin’ around at The Seattle Slam in Fremont at TOST, 8:30pm
November 19, 2006 with Youth Speaks at Cafe Allegro, U-District, Seattle, WA, 7pm
November 22-23, 2006 at Vipassana (unable to be reached during this time) www.dhamma.org
November 27, 2006 at Bar 13, 35 E. 13th St., Union Square, New York City, NY, 7:30pm
November 28, 2006 at Urbana in the Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery (just south of Bleecker, across from CBGBs), New York City, NY, 7pm
November 29, 2006 at Rutgers College in New Brunswick, NJ, 8pm
November 30, 2006 back at Mohawk Valley Community College! Alumni College Center Room 116, Utica, NY, 7pm
DECEMBER 2006
December 1, 2006 Western Sullivan Public Library, Tusten-Cochecton Branch, 198 Bridge Street, Narrowsburg, NY, 7pm
December 2, 2006 with Patricia Smith in the Ballroom at West Chester University, West Chester, PA, 8pm
December 5, 2006 in The Coffeehouse at New England College, Henniker, NH, 8pm
December 7, 2006 at The Hawaii Slam on Oahu, 410 Atkinson Drive (ground level in the Ala Moana Hotel), 8:30pm
December 12, 2006 with Youth Speaks Hawaii, 4pm
2005
JANUARY 2005
Januray 12, 2005 at The Seattle Slam
January 22, 2005 in the Student Union at Roger Williams University, Bristol, RI, 9pm (BLIZZARD CANCELLATION, to be rescheduled)
January 28, 2005 in The Meow Meow (that’s right, kitty) – 527 SE Pine Street, Portland Community College-Sylvania, Portland, OR, 7pm
January 29, 2005 in Crow’s Nest – Campus Center at Connecticut College in New London, CT, 9pm
FEBRUARY 2005
February 2, 2005 The Seattle Slam Semi-Finals for team competition
February 8, 2005 at Lyndon State College, Vermont
February 10-12, 2005 Individual World Poetry Slam Finals in Worcester, MA
February 13, 2005 at The Poet’s Asylum in Worcester, MA (15th Anniversary!)
February 15, 2005 State College of New York, Oneonta
February 16, 2005 at Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, NY, 8pm
February 17, 2005 at Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC, 212.614.1224, 6pm
February 18, 2005 in The Den at Paul Smith’s College, Paul Smiths, NY, 9pm
February 24, 2005 at Plymouth State College, NH in The HUB Fireplace Lounge, 8pm
February 26, 2005 with Sage Francis, Jared Paul, C.R. Avery and Soliloquists of Sound at The Showbox, Seattle, 8pm
MARCH 2005
March 2, 2005 Featured at The Seattle Slam
March 3, 2005 at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
March 9-12, 2005 San Diego, CA
March 15, 2005 at North Idaho College, Coeur D Alene, ID
March 16, 2005 at Berzerkeley Slam in the Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA, 9:30pm
March 18, 2005 at The Terrace, Keuka College, Keuka Park, NY, 9:30pm
March 19-26 in Oakland, CA to finish new CD.
March 30, 2005 in Boomers at University of Pittsburgh in Titusville, PA, 8:30pm
APRIL 2005
April 1, 2005 in Philadelphia, PA for APCA
April 4, 2005 in The Marketplace at University of Maine, Orono, 9pm
April 5, 2005 in McGovern Hall at St. Joseph’s University, West Hartford, CT, 8pm
April 6, 2005 with appearance by Tom Inhaler and Sage Francis in Harborside Recreation Center at Johnson and Wales University, Providence, Rhode Island, 9pm
April 7, 2005 The Hill at Stonehill College, North Easton, MA, 7pm
April 8, 2005 at Roger Williams University in New London, CT
April 9, 2005 at University of New Hampshire in The Memorial Union, Durham, NH
April 12, 2005 with Corrina Bain in Main Lounge at College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, 8pm
April 13, 2005 with Corrina Bain in BACCHUS Theater, Perkins Student Center, University of Delaware, Newark, 7:30pm
April 15, 2005 in the Alumni Lounge at Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, NH, 8pm
April 21, 2005 with Individual World Poetry Slam Finalists Andy Buck(Ausitn) and Jaoquin Zihuatanejo(Dallas) at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, 7pm in The Twilight Ballroom
April 22, 2005 at the Bluebonnet Slam in Conroe, TX
April 23, 2005 supporting National Youth Slam Finals in San Francisco
April 27, 2005 at The Starry Plough in Berkeley, CA
April 29, 2005 to speak at dinner honoring Sam Hamill, founder of Poets Against the War, for Lifetime Achievemnet Award, Whidbey Island, WA
April 30, 2005 at Burning Word Festival on Whidbey Island, WA
April 30, 2005 Seattle Grand Slam at The Catwalk, 172 S. Washington St. in Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA, 8pm
MAY 2005
May 3, 2005 at The Seattle Slam
May 6-7, 2005 at Col Poly San Luis Obispo
May 12, 2005 Sedona, AZ
May 16, 2005 at UCLA with Ratpack Slim, UCLA students only, outdoor concert, Noon
May 26, 2005 in the Jewel Box Theater at Rendezvous, 2322 2nd Ave, Seattle, 8pm, for David C. La Terre’s book release
JUNE 2005
June 3, 2005 Benefit show for Teen Link and Youth Speaks Seattle
June 4, 2005 Send butterscotch birthday cookies and large checks on the double.
June 9-21, 2005 in Rotterdam
JULY 2005
July 2, 2005 in St. Ignace, Michigan to preside over the marriage of Danielle Plunkett and Tim Johnson
July 3, 2005 in St. Ignace, Michigan to preside over the marriage of Cathy Bliss and Ben Stiltner
July 7, 2005 at The Oakland Metro for Tourette’s Without Regrets in Oakland, CA, 8:45pm
July 8-10, 2005 in Oakland finishing new CD
July 11-15, 2005 (dates blocked) Vancouver Folk Music Festival (rehearsal), Vancouver, B.C.
July 16, 2005 performing with Allison Russell (of Po’ Girl; vox, clarinet), Doug Cox (wiesenborn), Aditya Verma (sarod), Trevor Chan (of No Luck Club; laptop beats), Tarun Nayar (tablas, producer) at Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Vancouver, B.C., 12:30pm
July 16, 2005 with Ivan Coyote, Shane Koyczan and Mike McGee for “Kitchen Table Stories” at Vancouver Folk Music Festival, 1:45pm
July 17, 2005 performing with Utah Phillips, Mike McGee, Doug Cox, Veda Hille (piano, vox), MC E-Hawk, Adel Awad (percussion) at Vancouver Folk Music Festival, Vancouver, B.C., 12:30pm
July 17, 2005 with Ivan Coyote and T.O.F.U. on the poetry stage at Vancouver Folk Music Festival, 4:15pm
July 22-31, 2005 at University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI
AUGUST 2005
August 10, 2005 Round 1, Bout #17, 7pm, in Puccini’s against France, New York City (Louder Arts), Oneonta, Albuquerque and Milwaukee at The National Poetry Slam Finals in Albuquerque, NM
August 11, 2005 Round 2, Bout #12, 9pm, in Flying Star against Chicago (MG), Orlando, St. Louis, Minneapolis and Bowling Green at The National Poetry Slam Finals in Albuquerque, NM
August 13, 2005 Finals Night in Kiva Auditorium/Convention Center at The National Poetry Slam, Albuquerque, NM
August 20, 2005 Ranier Valley Spoken Word Festival, WA
August 25, 2005 at Christopher Newport University in Newport News, Virginia, 7pm
August 30, 2005 at The Seattle Slam, Seattle, WA, 8pm
SEPTEMBER 2005
September 1-4, 2005 at Bumbershoot in Seattle, WA
September 5, 2005 in Bagley Wright Theater at Bumbershoot Arts Festival for invitatinal Slam with Beau Sia, Roger Bonair-Agard, Sonya Renee and Youth Speaks, Seattle, WA, 8:15pm
September 7, 2005 in The Bog at University Center, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA, 8:30pm
September 8, 2005 at Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, NYC, 212.614.1224
September 10, 2005 invitational Slam in Howard Johnson’s Ballroom as part of the Colorscape Chenango Arts Festival, Norwich, NY
September 11, 2005 at Guernsey Library, Norwich, NY, 2pm
September 12, 2005 in Mills Theater at Bay Path College, Longmeadow, MA, 8:30pm
September 13, 2005 at University of Maine, Farmington, 9pm
September 14, 2005 in the Uxbridge High School Auditorium, Uxbridge, MA, 7:30pm
September 15, 2005 in Campus Center Carroll Room at Smith College in Northhampton, MA, 8pm
September 16, 2005 in Worcester, MA for Worcester Youth Slam
September 17, 2005 at Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, NH, 9pm
September 18, 2005 at Java Hut in Worcester, MA
September 20, 2005 at The Seattle Slam in the Mirabeau Room, Seattle, WA, 8:30pm
September 21, 2005 with Jack McCarthy, benefit for Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center at Arntzen 100 in Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, 7pm
September 23, 2005 for Words of Resistance Pro-Peace movement at Mr. Spots Chai House in Ballard, Seattle, WA, 8pm
September 27, 2005 at The Seattle Slam in The Mirabeau Room for Karen Finneyfrock’s farewell show, Seattle, WA, 8pm
September 28, 2005 first day of class for Randy Shinn’s creative writing students in Mary Gates Hall at University of Washington, 4pm, private class
OCTOBER 2005
October 5, 2005 back at St. Joseph’s University, West Hartford, CT!
October 7, 2005 at Broadway Performance Hall with Tara Hardy for BENT Writing Institute, BENT Mentor Showcase, 1625 Broadway, Seattle, WA, 7:30pm doors
October 9, 2005 workshop for BENT at LGBT Center in Capitol Hill on Pike between 11th & 12th Ave., Seattle, WA, 12-1:30pm, 206.253.8607 for info on attending
October 19-30, 2005 Vipassana, Ethel, WA
NOVEMBER 2005
November 2, 2005 at Capitol Hill Arts Center, Seattle, WA, in support of city-wide student walk-out protesting the war, 4:30pm
November 4, 2005 at The Center School, Seattle, WA, private class
November 8, 2005 at The Seattle Slam, Seattle, WA, 8pm
November 14, 2005 in the Babylon Student Center at Suffolk County Community College, Selden, NY, 11am (MC’ing the Slam; 5pm performing)
November 15, 2005 workshop in Macfarlane Auditorium, Deperno Hall, Utica College, NY, 1:30pm
November 15, 2005 in Strebel Auditorium in the Strebel Student Center, Utica College, Utica, NY, 7pm
November 16, 2005 in the SLC K. Bruce Sherbine Lounge at Pennsylvania State University, Worthington/Scranton, 7:30pm
November 17, 2005 in the Student Community Center at Pennsylvania State University, McKeesport, 6:30pm
November 18, 2005 at Bruno’s in Reed Campus Center, Pennsylvania State University, Behrend in Erie, PA, 9pm
November 19-25, 2005 in Texas for Turkey Day with Mom
November 29, 2005 Shorecrest High School, Shoreline, WA, private workshop
November 29, 2005 to slam at The Seattle Slam, The Mirabeau Room in Queen Anne, Seattle, WA
DECEMBER 2005
December 1-31, 2005 in Rotterdam, Netherlands
2004
JANUARY 2004
January 6, 2004 Wave’s in San Jose, CA
January 7, 2004 Starry Plough in Berkeley, CA
January 12, 2004 L.A. Green’s Unurban 3301 Pico Blvd – Santa Monica, CA, 9pm
January 14, 2004 Chico, CA
January 21, 2004 FEATURING and FUNDRAISING at The Seattle Slam for the individual World Poetry Slam!
January 22, 2004 Roosevelt High School Feature
January 29, 2004 University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
January 29, 2004 Pioneer High School, 12 noon, Ann Arbor, MI
FEBRUARY 2004
February 3, 2004 in New York City, filming for Def Poetry Jam
February 4-7, 2004 at the individual World Poetry Slam!
February 11, 2004 at The Seattle Slam
February 24, 2004 at Thumper’s, Seattle, WA
Feburary 27, 2004 at The Cottage 846 NW 60th Street Seattle, WA, 6:30pm
MARCH 2004
March 4, 2004 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
March 9, 2004 Spokane Falls Community College, WA
March 15, 2004 ReBar, 8pm in Seattle with ORATRIX for the World Championship Title celebration!
March 18, 2004 at The Center School, Seattle, WA
APRIL 2004
April 5, 2004 at UC Santa Cruz
April 9, 2004 at Richard Hugo House, Seattle, WA
April 16, 2004 at the Austin International Poetry Festival!
April 18, 2004 at Club Clearview, Dallas, TX
April 20, 2004 Austin SlamOff!
April 22, 2004 at University of Vermont, Burlington
April 24, 2004 at the Bluebonnet Slam, Conroe, TX
MAY 2004
May 8, 2004 Mesa, AZ Slam Finals
May 11, 2004 at Seattle University
May 12, 2004 at The Seattle Slam
May 16, 2004 at Backstage Productions in Kingston, NY
May 17, 2004 at In The Mood Gallery, Kingston, NY. Contact Mike Burhans for more info at inthemoodgallery@earthlink.net
May 21, 2004 Bullhorn Collective Exhibition Slam at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with Danny Solis, Tara Hardy, Sini Anderson, Regie Gibson, Sekou Tha Misfit, Gina Loring, Mush, Geoff Trenchard, Jamie Kennedy, Mike McGee and Taalam Acey
May 23, 2004 Seattle Touring Arts Roster
May 26, 2004 The Seattle Slam for the Seattle P.I.
JUNE 2004
June 4, 2004 Birthday… Be prompt with presents and avoid fiscal modesty.
June 6, 2004 at Gabe’s in Iowa City, 9pm
June 12-18, 2004 in Rotterdam for the International Poetry Festival’s World Slampionships. Competing with France, Switzerland, Sweden, UK, Italy, Germany and The Netherlands
June 14, 2004 Interview on NPR airs around 2:30pm
June 22, 2004 at The Wild Rose for Seattle Spit
June 24-July 5, 2004 Stanford University
JULY 2004
July 9, 2004 Seattle rally and benefit for Micah Painter
July 16 – Aug 22, 2004 Back at Stanford University
AUGUST 2004
August 25, 2004 Sacramento City College, 6:30pm
SEPTEMBER 2004
September 3-6, 2004 Bumbershoot, Seattle, WA
September 19, 2004 Featured on Russell Simmons Presents HBO’s Def Poetry Jam
September 22, 2004 at The Seattle Slam
September 29, 2004 at The Seattle Slam
OCTOBER 2004
October 2, 2004 at Studio 7 in Seattle with Face to Face and others for anti-Bush-ness
October 8, 2004 at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks, Alaska 11:30-1pm
October 8, 2004 at CEC High School in Fairbanks, Alaska 2-4pm
October 9, 2004 at University of Alaska, Fairbanks
October 13, 2004 benefit for Equality Now, Last Supper Club, Seattle, 8pm
October 13, 2004 at The Seattle Slam, 9pm
October 17, 2004 at Cafe Allegro for Youth Speaks Seattle
October 20, 2004 at The Seattle Slam, 8pm
October 26, 2004 at Consolidated Works for the Seattle Touring Arts Roster
October 29-30, 2004 on Carlotta’s Late Night Wing Ding, 10:30pm, Seattle
NOVEMBER 2004
November 3, 2004 at The Center School in Seattle with Shawn V and Christa Bell, 9am
November 4-6, 2004 in Marlboro, MA for East Coast Region NACA
November 10, 2004 at Shorecrest High School, Seattle, 10:10am
November 12, 2004 at Sonoma State, CA with Mike McGee
November 18, 2004 BBC Radio interview at 2:30
November 19, 2004 in London, England at The Poetry Society Cafe
November 20, 2004 in Birmingham, England
November 22, 2004 in Dublin, Ireland at Avalon…
November 23, 2004 in Dublin, Ireland at Brogan’s
November 24, 2004 at The White House in Limerick, Ireland
November 26, 2004 in Glasgow, Scotland with Jem Rolls at Oran Mor
November 28, 2004 in Stockton-on-Tees, England
November 29, 2004 at University of Wales – Bangor, North Wales
November 30, 2004 at Compact Theater in Manchester, England
DECEMBER 2004
December 2, 2004 at The Cumberland Arms in Newcastle, England
December 3, 2004 in Belfast, Northern Ireland to see The Beta Band’s Farewell Tour!
December 4, 2005 at The Poetry Place for Farrago, 22 Betterton St, London
December 5, 2004 in Liverpool at Rear window Cafe, The FACT Centre, Wood St, 7:30
December 6, 2004 at The Hollyrood Tavern in Edinburgh, Scotland
December 7, 2004 at Hammer & Tongue in Oxford, England
December 8, 2004 in Bristol, England
December 9, 2004 at The Amerika Haus with Derrick Brown in Munich, Germany
December 10, 2004 at BCN in Frankfurt, Germany
December 21, 2004 in Nueremberg, Germany
2003
JANUARY 2003
January 2, 2003 Slam at Ego’s in Austin, TX
January 4, 2003 in Santa Fe with Paul White
January 5, 2003 at Beer & Poetry in Albuquerque, NM
January 6, 2003 Fat Cat’s in Phoenix, AZ 9pm
January 7, 2003 Paisley Violin in Phoenix, AZ 8pm
January 8, 2003 Essenza in Mesa, AZ 8pm
January 9, 2003 Willow House in Phoenix, AZ
January 10, 2003 at Canyon Moon Theater in Sedona, AZ
January 11, 2003 in Tucson, AZ
January 12, 2003 The Wine Bar in Prescott, AZ
January 13, 2003 at a Masonic Temple somewhere in AZ…
January 16, 2003 The Iowa in Las Vegas 7pm
January 17, 2003 Jitters on Green Valley in Las Vegas, 7pm
January 18, 2003 The Peace March in San Francisco to protest the war in Iraq, and a personal profound protest against the man who WAS NOT elected president, but assumed office, George “Dad, can I have a baseball team?” Bush
January 21, 2003 The Green Court Theater in Hollywood, CA 8:45pm
Janurary 22, 2003 The World Stage with Imani Toliver in Los Angeles, CA
FEBRUARY 2003
February 1, 2003 DO NOT FORGET YOUR MOTHER’S BIRTHDAY!
February 2, 2003 The Knitting Factory in Hollywood, CA
February 3, 2003 Posted to www.poetsagainstthewar.org
February 4, 2003 Clare De Lune in San Diego with M. Kockinos
February 5, 2003 at the Hollywood Canteen in Hollywood, CA
February 6, 2003 The Flypoet Showcase in Snta Monica, CA 8pm
February 7, 2003 with the students of Michael Cirelli in LA.
February 8, 2003 in Pasadena, CA at The Java Zone 7pm
February 9, 2003 Slam in Orange, CA
February 10, 2003 at the Harmony Gallery in Los Feliz, CA
February 11, 2003 at Espresso De Culturo in Los Angeles in support of Michael Cirelli’s students
February 12, 2003 National Day of Poets Against the War
February 18, 2003 at Tourette’s Without Regrets in Oakland, CA 8:30pm
February 19, 2003 at the Berkeley Slam in The Starry Plough
February 20, 2003 at the Black Box Theater in Oakland, CA
February 25, 2003 at UC Berkeley in The Bear’s Lair at 8pm
February 26, 2003 University of Redlands, The Casa Loma Room, 6:30 pm, CA
February 28, 2003 with Rachel Kann and Ragan Fox in San Luis Obispo
MARCH 2003
March 1, 2003 at Bowerbird’s Birthday Celebration in LA
March 2, 2003 with Rachel Kahn at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood
March 3, 2003 Lysistrata Project in Los Angeles in protest of the war
March 5, 2003 Mahongany Urban Poetry, 1704 Broadway in Sacramento, CA 9:30pm
March 8, 2003 in support of Rahcel Kann’s ensemble, Hollywood, CA
March 9, 2003 Slam in Orange, CA at 7pm
March 11, 2003 at UC Riverside in Support of Mark Gonzales workshop on the relationship between prisoners and corrections officers
March 12, 2003 at The Ugly Mug in Orange, CA
March 13, 2003 THE BULLHORN COLLECTIVE presents Buddy Wakefield at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
March 18, 2003 Tourettes Without Regrets in Oakland
March 26, 2003 at the Seattle Slam in the Sit-n-Spin, 8pm
APRIL 2003
April 7, 2003 at University of Vermont (contact Dorothea at 802-656-8637 for more info.)
April 9, 2003 at Kent State University
April 10, 2003 with Shane Koyczan and Malcolm Jamal Warner in Vancouver, BC
April 13, 2003 at Cafe Montmartre in Vancouver, B.c., 8:30pm
April 14, 2003 Cafe Deux Solies in Vancouver BC
April 19, 2003 to support the Polyphonic Spree at Graceland in Seattle, WA
April 23, 2003 Seattle Wild Card Slam
April 27, 2003 Red Sky in Seattle, 7:30 pm
April 28, 2003 Stuart’s in Bellingham, WA, 9:30pm
April 30, 2003 Portland, OR
MAY 2003
May 1, 2003 Bookies in Portland, OR 9pm
May 2, 2003 Seattle Grand Slam
May 4, 2003 In San Francisco, write lululove@speakeasy.org for more info.
May 6, 2003 Seneca Youth Center in Castro Valley, CA, 11am
May 11, 2003 Second Sundays/Storyville in San Francisco, CA, 10pm
May 13, 2003 Wave’s Smokehouse in San Jose, CA 8:30pm
May 14, 2003 at the Rubber Chicken Slam in Monterey, CA
May 15, 2003 THE BULLHORN COLLECTIVE presents Neil The Wymsical Jell-o and a BIG MONEY SLAM at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
May 16, 2003 The Rapp Salon in Santa Monica, CA 7:30pm
May 18, 2003 Orange County Slam Team Finals
May 20, 2003 Tourette’s Without Regrets/Stork Club in Oakland, CA
May 25, 2003 LOS FELIX SEMI-FINALS in Hollywood, CA, Tamarind Theater
May 31, 2003 Taping “Urban Graffitti” for Boricua Films, Hollywood, CA
JUNE 2003
June 2, 2003 Los Feliz Slam Team Finals, Los Feliz, CA
June 3, 2003 at Cobalt Blue in Conoga Park, CA 9pm
June 4, 2003 at the Starry Plough in Berkeley, with Jason Carney
June 5, 2003 at The Black Box in Oakland, CA on Telegraph, 9pm
June 7, 2003 In Eugene, OR. More info at: foolscapbooks@clipper.net.
JULY 2003
July 16, 2003 Seattle Slam Bumbershoot qualifier
July 22, 2003 Fundraiser for the Vancouver BC Slam Team
AUGUST 2003
August 6th – 10th in Chicago for the 2003 National Poetry Slam
August 10, 2003 with Sage Francis at The Abby in Chicago, IL, 9pm
August 11, 2003 at Gabe’s Oasis in Iowa City, IA, 9pm
August 12, 2003 at Kieran’s Irish Pub in Minneapolis, MN
August 13, 2003 Minneapolis, MN
SEPTEMBER 2003
September 1, 2003 Bumbershoot Slam, Seattle, WA
September 7, 2003 The Rabbit Hole, portland, OR
September 18, 2003 Comedy Central pilot, Los Angeles, CA
September 19, 2003 DVD Project for SlamChannel.com, Los Angeles, CA
OCTOBER 2003
October 2, 2003 The Wild Rose in Seattle 8pm
October 6, 2003 Mr. Spot’s Chai House, with Jack McCarthy, Seattle, WA
October 8, 2003 The Seattle Slam at Capitol Hill Arts Center (12th & Pine), 8:30 pm
October 9, 2003 The Center House High School in Seattle, WA
October 15, 2003 The Seattle Slam
October 22, 2003 The Seattle Slam
October 24, 2003 Port Angeles High School, Port Angeles, WA
NOVEMBER 2003
November 7, 2003 A High School booked by the Seattle Reparatory Theater, WA
November 11, 2003 University of Northern Michigan with Sage Francis and Regie Gibson
November 24, 2003 Stuarts’s in Bellingham, WA
November 25, 2003 Whatcom County Community College in Bellingham, WA, 1:30 pm
November 26, 2003 with Shawn Vines in the Leo K at the Seattle Reperatory Theater, 9am
DECEMBER 2003
December 2, 2003 Experience Music Project, Seattle, WA
December 4, 2003 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s “Another Type of Groove”
December 10, 2003 Seattle Poetry Slam, at the Joint, Seattle Slam Semi-Finals
December 17, 2003 Seattle Slam
December 18, 2003 Poets Against the War, 6504 20th Ave NE, Seattle, 7pm
2002
JANUARY 2002
January 2, 2002 M’s Fine & Mellow in Baton Rouge, LA
January 8, 2002 Memphis robs everything I own
January 10, 2002 Java Cabana’s in Memphis, TN (High school kid gives me a backpack and random woman gives me her deoderant)
January 11, 2002 Precious Cargo in Memphis, TN
January 14, 2002 Precious Cargo Exchange in Memphis again
January 15, 2002 Uncommon Blends in Jonesboro, AK
January 16, 2002 Hairspray in Asheville, NC
January 17, 2002 Roanoake, VA
January 20, 2002 Teaism Slam in D.C.
January 21, 2002 Xando Slam in Baltimore, MD (appearance by Sage Francis)
January 22, 2002 Brooklyn Lyceum in Broklyn
January 23, 2002 Nuyorican Poets Cafe in NYC
January 25, 2002 The Frantic Rabbit in Worcester, MA
January 26, 2002 The Moonstruck Cafe in Charlton, MA
January 27, 2002 Java Hut in Worcester, MA
January 29, 2002 The Art House in Newark, DE
January 30, 2002 Siberia in NYC
January 31, 2002 CBGB’s in NYC
FEBRUARY 2002
February 1, 2002 The Rhombus Gallery in Burlington, VT
February 4, 2002 Bar 13 in NYC
February 5, 2002 Cup of Joe’s in Providence, RI
February 6, 2002 The Cantab Lounge in Cambridge, MA
February 7, 2002 Gioia’s in NYC
February 10, 2002 The Big Damn Poetry Slam in Long Beach, CA
February 14, 2002 High School performance in LA
February 19, 2002 The Hollywood Slam
February 22, 2002 The Bard’s Collective in BRaintree, MA
February 23, 2002 The Daily Grind in Bridgewater, MA
February 24, 2002 Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, OH
February 26, 2002 The Transit Bar in Tulsa, OK
February 27, 2002 Insomnia, CA in Albuquerque, NM
February 28, 2002 U of NM, Albuquerque with WORDCORE
MARCH 2002
March 12, 2002 Oklahoma University with WORDCORE in Norman, OK
March 13-16, 2002 SOUTH x SOUTHWEST
March 17, 2002 Ego’s in Austin, TX
March 19, 2002 Southmore House in Houston, TX
March 24, 2002 Oscar Night
March 28, 2002 UC Sanata Barbara Radio Show Phone-in
APRIL 2002
April 1, 2002 The Hideout, 7pm, 617 Congress — Austin, TX
April 6, 2002 $1000.00 Invitational — The Bluebonnet Slam at The Horseshoe Club on the Montgomery County Fairgrounds in Conroe, TX, 8pm
April 16, 2002 With Don McGiver at some Bookstore 7-8:30pm in Albuquerque, then we open for some band that night… this is all I know
APRIL 17, 2002 TRICKLOCK THEATER in Albuquerque
April 19, 2002 The Taos Slam at the Bean, 1033 Paseo Del Pueblo Sur in Taos, NM, 7pm
April 20, 2002 Reptilian Lounge in Albuquerque, NM
April 22, 2002 Flagstaff, AZ, at Northern Arizona University
April 24, 2002 Ugly Mug, in Orange, CA
April 25, 2002 Pig Slam in Los Feliz, CA (LA)
April 27, 2002 Tanner’s, Santa Monica, CA
April 28, 2002 The Big Damn Poetry Slam in Long Beach, CA (last show ever at the Blue Cafe)
April 30, 2002 Coffee Cartel in Redondo Beach
MAY 2002
May 1, 2002 The Flypoet Showcase (say my name at the door) 2120 Wilshire Blvd., Hollywood, CA 8pm
May 2, 2002 Colorado College with WORDCORE
May 3, 2002 harley Party/Foam Keg Dilemma, Colorado College
May 5, 2002 The Big Damn Poetry GRANDSLAM, 4pm
May 7, 2002 Flamson Middle School in San Luis Obispo, CA
May 8, 2002 Cal Poly San Luis Obispo with WORDCORE
May 10, 2002 Cross Cultural Convention “Engaging & Transcending Differences” with Cal Poly Students of San Luis Obispo, Guadalupe, CA
May 12, 2002 CoLab: ORATION in Hollywood, CA
May 13, 2002 The Lux in Phoenix, AZ
May 14, 2002 The Paisley Violin in Phoenix, AZ
May 15, 2002 Essenza in Mesa, AZ
May 16, 2002 The Lucky Dragon in Mesa, AZ
May 17-18, 2002 ARIZONA STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS in Arcosanti!
May 20, 2002 CSU San bernadino with WORDCORE
May 21, 2002 Eureka, CA at The Vista with WORDCORE
May 22, 2002 Portland, OR with WORDCORE
May 23, 2002 WORDCORE’S FINAL SHOW at the University of Washington in SEATTLE (HOME!!!!), WA
May 24, 2002 Poetry Games in the U District, Seattle, WA
May 24, 2002 WORDCORE at Odd Duck Studios, Seattle, WA
May 25, 2002 My beautiful sister graduates high school and I can’t be there so I spend the day celebrating her life.
May 26, 2002 Vancouver, B.C. with T. Paul
May 27, 2002 Cafe Deux Soliel with my favorite slammers at The Vancouver Slam
May 28, 2002 Bukowski’s in Vancouver, B.C.
May 29, 2002 HOME HOME HOME with THE SEATTLE SLAM!
May 30, 2002 Bellingham College Viking Union 565, 7:30 pm, Bellingham, WA
JUNE 2002
June 3, 2002 “Poet’s Monday” at Thai Joe’s in Milwaukee, WI
June 8, 2002 Featuring at the Cleveland Grand Slam
June 18, 2002 Evansville, IN
June 20-22, 2002 THE SOUTHERN FRIED REGIONAL POETRY SLAM, Memphis, TN
June 24, 2002 in Grand Rapids, MI with Greg Bliss
June 25, 2002 Kraftbrau Brewery in Kalamazoo, MI
June 28-29, 2002 THE RUST BELT REGIONAL POETRY SLAM in Columbus, OH
JULY 2002
July 2, 2002 The Heidelberg in Ann Arbor, MI
July 3, 20 Katie Moss’s wedding, Ann Arbor, MI
July 7, 2002 The Green Mill in Chicago, IL
July 8, 2002 Mental Graffitti in Chicago, IL
July 9, 2002 Kalamazoo Slam at KRAFTBRAU!
July 12, 2002 John Starr’s Higher Ground in Chicago, IL
July 24, 2002 The Y-Not-II in Milwaukee… I DID NOT PERFORM. I WALKED OUT. I REMEMBERED I AM A GROWN MAN, AND FREE. POETS, BEWARE THIS VENUE.
July 27, 2002 in Kalamazoo AGAIN!
July 28, 2002 in Dayton, OH, with Bill Abbott
July 30, 2002 at Cafe Aloha in Chicago
AUGUST 2002
August 5, 2002 Blue Note, Chicago, IL
August 9, 2002 North Eastern Illinois University
August 13-17, 2002 NATIONAL POETRY SLAM IN MINNEAPOLIS, MN
August 27, 2002 Jet City Slam, at the Central Tavern in Seattle
SEPTEMBER 2002
September 2, 2002 BUMBERHOOT(!) in Seattle, WA
September 4, 2002 Seattle Poetry Slam, Sit-n-Spin
September 11, 2002 at Sit-N-Spin
September 14, 2002 Waging Peace Festival, Seattle, WA
September 16, 2002 in Bellingham, WA
September 19, 2002 The Black Box in Oakland, CA (qualified for $10,000 slam in NYC.)
OCTOBER 2002
October 8, 2002 Amphitheater at the ERB Memorial Union, University of Oregon, 12:00-12:45pm
October 22, 2002 in Normal, IL with Joel Chmara
October 23, 2002 in St. Louis, MO at The Red Sea
October 24, 2002 at The Lincoln Lodge Comedy Showcase in Chicago
October 28, 2002 in Grand Rapids, MI with Greg Bliss
October 30, 2002 in Memphis, TN at Pancho’s Downtown (a solo dinner performance hosted by Thom Holcomb)
October 31, 2002 in Memphis, TN at Java Cabana, then afterparty
NOVEMBER 2002
November 2, 2002 Jeremy and Shana Sholdis wed; car gets totalled
November 4, 2002 THE BULLHORN COLLECTIVE at OU in Norman, Oklahoma
November 6, 2002 at Galileo’s in Oklahoma City, OK
November 9, 2002 Bradley University, Peoria, IL, 7pm, Student Center Ballroom.
November 12, 2002 Pioneer High School in Ann Arbor, MI with Jeff Kass
November 13, 2002 in Columbus, Ohio with Scott Woods
November 16, 2002 in Pittsburgh, PA with DJ Brewer at The Shadow Lounge
November 18, 2002 in Omaha, NE at Stage Right at 16th & Harvey
November 19, 2002 in Des Moines, IA with Heather Knowles Cottington
November 20, 2002 in Iowa City at The Green Room on Gilbert St.
November 21, 2002 in Sioux City, IA at Uncle John’s Music Cafe from 7:30pm
November 22, 2002 in Minneapolis, MN with Cynthia French
November 23, 2002 in Minneapolis at a Midnight Cabaret
DECEMBER 2002
December 2, 2002 THE BULLHORN COLLECTIVE present Patricia Smith, Regie Gibson, Da Boogieman and Buddy Wakefield with Raegan Truax at University of MASS, Boston for World AIDS Day
December 4, 2002 THE BULLHORN COLLECTIVE (featuring Sekou Tha Misfit) at U of Michigan, Dearborne
December 5, 2002 With Todd Bannon’s students in Climax, MI
December 7, 2002 at Brewed Awakenings in Toledo, OH
December 18, 2002 Slam at Southmore House in Houston, TX
2001
MAY 2001
May 12, 2001 The Venus, Seattle, WA
May 25, 2001 Cafe Allegro, Seattle, WA
May 29, 2001 Beautiful Lumber Benefit Slam, Ballard Firehouse, Seattle, WA
JUNE 2001
June 6, 2001 Sit-n-Spin, Seattle, WA, 9pm
June 9, 2001 Olympia Arts Festival Slam, 11pm, Olympia, WA
June 16, 2001 Morgan State University Invitational, 7pm, Baltimore, MD
June 17, 2001 Grand Rapids, MI
June 19, 2001 Kalamazoo Slam, Kraftbrau Brewery, Kalamazoo, MI, 8pm
June 20, 2001 Exhibition with Team Kalamazoo, Portage Public Library, Kalamazoo, MI
June 21, 2001 Subterranean, Chicago, IL
June 23, 2001 Columbia Festival of the Arts, Slayton House, Columbia, MD, 9pm
June 24, 2001 Open Slam, 400 8th St NW, Washington, D.C., 7:30pm
June 25, 2001 SLAMicide at XandO! 3003 N Charles St, Baltimore, MD, 7:30pm
JULY 2001
July 9, 2001 Home Alive Benefit, I-Spy, Seattle, WA, 8pm
July 21-22, 2001 Big Sur Team Slam with Team WORDCORE (Big Poppa E, Gregory Hischack, Buddy Wakefield and Morris Stegosaurus), Big Sur, CA
July 31 – August 5, 2001 NATIONAL POETRY SLAM, SEATTLE, WA
AUGUST 2001
August 7, 2001 Bukowski’s, Vancouver, Canada, 9:30pm (604)214-1348
August 8, 2001 Seattle Slam, Sit-n-Spin, Seattle, WA
August 12, 2001 Paradise Lounge, San Francisco, CA
August 14, 2001 San Jose Slam, Wave’s Smokehouse & Saloon, San Jose, CA
August 15, 2001 Bezerkeley Slam, Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA
August 16, 2001 Mambo Mambo, Oakland, CA, 8pm
August 19, 2001 Big Damn Poetry Slam, Upstairs at the Blue Cafe, 210 Promenade, Long Beach, CA, 3pm
August 19, 2001 33 1/3, Los Angeles, CA
August 20, 2001 Prado Room at Joslyn Center, 210 North Chapel Ave, Alhambra, CA, 7:30pm
August 21, 2001 Da Poetry Lounge, Hollywood, 9pm
August 21, 2001 Poetic Licence, Zen Restraunt, Los Angeles, CA
August 22, 2001 Ugly Mug Cafe, 261 North Glassell, Orange, CA
August 23, 2001 Mysteries, Movies & Mayhem, 14925 Magnolia Blvd., Sherman Oaks, CA 818.905.9191
August 23, 2001 Tanner’s on Sepulveda, Los Angeles, 8-10pm
August 24, 2001 Millenia, with Bess Kepp, Pamona, CA, 9:30pm
August 25, 2001 KXLU-LA Radio, 8-9pm
August 25, 2001 Kuame & Apple’s joint, Westchester, CA, 10pm
August 26, 2001 San Diego Slam, Urban Grind Coffee House, 3797 Park Blvd. (in Hillcrest) San Diego, CA
August 27, 2001 Coyote Joe’s, 116 South Montezuma Street (upstairs) on historic Whiskey Row, Prescott, AZ, 7-8:30pm.
August 29, 2001 Essenza Slam, Mesa, AZ
August 30, 2001 Lucky Dragon, Phoenix, 8:30 – 9:30pm
SEPTEMBER 2001
September 2, 2001 The Spoken World Internet Show with Bob Nelson, 9pm
September 3, 2001 107 South San Francisco Street, Flagstaff, AZ, 7:30pm
September 7, 2001 R.B. Winning’s Coffee Company, Albuquerque, NM, 7pm
September 8, 2001 Blue Dragon Coffee House, Albuquerque, 11pm
September 9, 2001 On 89.9 KUNM-Albuquerque Radio at 11:30pm
September 12, 2001 Book & Bean, inside UNLV library, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 4505 Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV, 7:30pm
September 13, 2001 West Charleston Library, 6375 West Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV, on the Community College Campus
September 14, 2001 Jitter’s, 2457 E. Tropicana, Las Vegas, NV
September 16, 2001 The Big Damn Poetry Slam, Long Beach, CA, 3pm.
September 16, 2001 Chromosome X, 7021 Hollywood Blvd., Hollywood, CA, 8:30 pm.
September 18, 2001 Redondo Poets, The Coffee Cartel, Redondo Beach, CA, 7 pm. (tentative)
September 19, 2001 Bezerkeley Slam, Starry Plough, Berkeley, CA, 8pm
September 20, 2001 Oakland Slam, Mambo Mambo, Oakland, CA, 9pm
September 21, 2001 Chico Slam, featuring with Morris Stegosaurus
September 23, 2001 Thundering Word Heard in Vancouver, B.C.
September 26, 2001 The Seattle Poetry Slam, Sit-n-Spin, Seattle, WA, 8pm
September 27, 2001 High School/Booked/Seattle, 3pm
September 28, 2001 Secluded Alley Works, 113 12th Avenue, Seattle, WA
September 29, 2001 10:45am at Eyes Rite…wait, nevermind that.
September 30, 2001 Odd Duck Studios, 1214 10th Ave., Seattle, WA, 11:59 pm
OCTOBER 2001
October 1, 2001 Vancouver Slam!, Zesty’s, 604.528.9092
October 3, 2001 The Seattle Poetry Slam, Sit-n-Spin, Seattle, WA, 8pm Semi-Finals Slam
October 4, 2001 The James Newman House, 513 18th St., Seattle, 7:30pm
October 5, 2001 UW Workshop Slam, Cafe Allegro at the College Inn, 7:30-9:30pm.
October 7, 2001 Contour, 807 1st Ave., Seattle, WA 7pm – 9pm
October 9, 2001 336 East William St. at the Hillel in San Jose with Eitan Kadosh at a Jewish reading.
October 9, 2001 San Jose Slam, Waves’s Smokehouse Saloon
October 10, 2001 With WORDCORE, CSU Hayward, 7-9pm
October 11, 2001 Hidden Gems of Poetry at West Charleston Library in the meeting room on the Community College Campus/West Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, 7pm
October 12, 2001 Vegas Poets Society, 2457 E. Tropicana, Las Vegas, NV 7pm
October 14, 2001 The Magic Bean, 1211 Cherry Street, Springfield, MO
October 15, 2001 The Abyss, 214 West McDaniel, Springfield, MO
October 16, 2001 The Shanti, Soulard, DiMBy, St. Louis, MO
October 18, 2001 The GRINDER, The Coffee & Tea Exchange (formerly Willow Cafe) 1100 West Thorndale (edgewater), Chicago, IL, 773-907-3500, 8pm
October 19, 2001 John Starr’s Higher Ground, 5256 North Broadway in Andersonville/Chicago area, 8pm
October 21, 2001 THE GREEN MILL in Chicago (birthplace of Slam)
October 23, 2001 Kraftbrau Brewery, Kalamazoo, MI 8pm
October 24, 2001 Dara Tribal Village, 1505 West Chicago Ave, Chicago, IL
October 29, 2001 With WORDCORE, UC Davis, Freeborn Hall, 8pm
October 31, 2001 The Jamaican Restaurant, 1704 Broadway, Sacramento
NOVEMBER 2001
November 2, 2001 With WORDCORE, Sonoma State, 1801 East Cotati Ave., Rohnert Park, CA
November 3, 2001 Living Word Festival, Center for Creative Thought, 2169 Folsom Street, Studio 100, San Francisco, CA, 5pm
November 6, 2001 Tourettes Without Regrets, where I will be disproving the myth that a gallon of milk cannot be finished off in 1 hour (WHILE I read). The Stork Club, 2330 Telegraph, Oakland, CA
November 7, 2001 With WORDCORE, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, 7-9pm
November 8, 2001 Oakland Slam, at the Black Box
November 11, 2001 With Saul Williams, The Justice League, 628 Divisadero Street, San Francisco, CA, 7pm
November 13, 2001 With WORDCORE, The Woodland High School, Woodland, CA
November 13, 2001 San Jose, CA
November 14, 2001 With WORDCORE, at UC Santa Barbara
November 15, 2001 Oakland Slam, Mambo Mambo, Oakland, CA
November 16, 2001 With WORDCORE, at UC Irivine
November 26, 2001 Espresso Roma in Davis, CA. For more info contact Michael Holt at pigletsu@hotmail.com
November 27, 2001 Waves Smokehouse & Saloon, San Jose, CA
November 30, 2001 With WORDCORE, Colorado College
DECEMBER 2001
December 2, 2001 Denver/booked (for more info please write to Ted Vaca at duende@interfold.com)
December 9, 2001 DVD Project, San Francisco, The Justice League, 8pm with Jerry Quickley, Annie LaGanga, Shane Koyczan, and 10 other phenomenal spoken word artists from the US and Canada.
December 10, 2001 Essenza in Mesa, AZ, 6pm
December 11, 2001 Albuquerque, NM
December 12, 2001 Galileo’s on the Passeo, 3009 Paseo in the historic arts district, Oklahoma City, with Spontaneous Bob
December 13, 2001 The Transit Bar in Tulsa, OK
December 18, 2001 Sun Poet’s Society at Barnes & Noble (but this ain’t no typical B&N readin’), 321 NW Loop 410, Suite 104, San Antonio, TX, 7-9pm
December 18, 2001 Puro Slam in San Antonio from 10pm = ? (more info comin’)
December 19, 2001 The Mercury Lounge, Austin, TX (for more info contact jacksabbath@yahoo.com)
December 22, 2001 Southmore House in Houston, TX
December 27, 2001 Poets Anonymous at The Spanish Moon, 1109 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, LA, 7:30pm
December 31, 2001 BACKSTAGE w/Xero in Baton Rouge, LA