Monday, August 11, 2014

Omniphonic poetry music fusion fest at Bucktown Arts fest





Saturday, August 23
at 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Next Week

W4tB presents the poetry and music fusion fest that sets the city on its ear. This year we are live from the Bucktown Arts Fest. 
This year we will continue to entertain and enlighten with the coolest acts in the city.

Primo Fine
Billy Tuggle
The Charlie Rossiter Experience
The Goods
The incredible Bob and Andy Bob Lawrence
and of course the founders of the feast...Omniphonic

Thursday, August 7, 2014

Poetry Pentathlon 2014

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Friday, August 29
7:00pm - 9:00pm

Uncharted Books2620 N Milwaukee Ave, Chicago, Illinois 6064


This ain't your Daddy's Poetry War. This is how the ancient poets intended it. A battle of performance and writing skil


The rant--self explanatory (we hope)

the Reverse Sonnet--(Shakespearean)The meter and line breaks are the same, the rhyming words are at the beginning of the line
Pot Luck--each contestant will present a poem of their own creation to the judges. This poem will be in a sealed envelope. This poem will be given to an opposing contestant to perform.the scoring for this round is different 1-5 points will be awarded to the performer1-5 points will be awarded to the author
Letter Poem--each contestant will present a poem of their own creation to the judges. This poem will be in a sealed envelope. This poem will be given to an opposing contestant to perform.the scoring for this round is different 1-5 points will be awarded to the performer1-5 points will be awarded to the author
On the spot Prompt---all contestants will be presented with a poetry prompt upon arriving at the Pentathlon Arena . A poem will be written based upon the prompt during the course of the evening and will be presented to the judges as the final event of the evening

Our contestants are
Bill Tarlin
Clara Berman
Gary Ketchum
Dina Stuart
Nora Leon
Peyton Stewart
Suzanne Sosnowski