Spread the Smokin Word January 2004

• Spread the Smokin Word January 2004

Smoking Word newsletter January 2004

Thanks to all who came and supported Pedro Pietri at The Nuyorican
Poets Cafe. It was big turn out, lots of amazing poetry
new school, old school, and some poets so cool they sent us back to
school! That's how dope it was. www.nuyorican.org

Then SW had a great time celebrating the birthday for The Off-
Off Broadway Community Dish an organization of off off b'way theatre
producers that meet and eat once a month. We've gotten a lot of
support from them and we're pleased to announce that our Artistic
Director just became a board member. www.communitydish.org

Smokin' Word recently held a little experimental gathering at Ma-ya a
fabulous Thai fusion place on 4th Street between Ave A and B that
features amazing food, beautiful clothes for sale, and a groovy
performance space. The goal was to pool our collective knowledge to
create and submit demo tapes to HBO Def poetry Jam. Our Video Artist
Abeni taped the poets and then made professional demo tapes with beautiful
titles and everything,which were then hand delivered them to HBO. Poet Lamb has
been cast and is taping this week and we are all very happy for him!!
It's great when we can help each other out. We reccomend you try and see the
live HBO taping. It's an amazing show!

We'd also like to take this time to welcome new members actress:
Sameerah, and graphic artist:Seven.

Another peice of exciting news is that Smokin Words first film
project has been excepeted into the Reel Sisters of the Diaspora Film
Festival & Lecture Series march 13 and 14. reelsisters.org
check "SubLevel" (nee Take Down)out at http://smokinword.com/video.htm

Projects coming up are...

The playreading Party Feb 7 with Sydney Stewart, Tanisha Brady Christie,
Karen Gibson Roc, and Kendra Ware

WordShops reading February 29 at Manhatten Theatre Club. WordShop is
SW's spoken-word hip-hop playwriting workshop. Playwrights
presenting work are Yolanda Wilkinson, Claudia, Dyalekt, Phoenix
Soleil, Jesse Alick, and Kyana Brindle. We're planning on making it
a bit different from your average reading with a DJ, gift bags, and
maybe even chicken wings. Stay tuned!

We are also very excited to be produced in Arcos Communications
DownTown Urban Theatre Festival in May with these great artists Desi
Moreno-Penson, Bob Ost, T'kalla, Jennifer Cendana Armas, Mayda del
Valle, Mwalim, Kin Tommy Chan, Mario Bosquez, Nancy Fales Garrett,
Maarten van Hinte, Regie Cabico, Jeffrey Colt, and Melissa Maxwell.

Plus of course we'll be promoting our new CD "Upward Movement:
Brooklyn to Harlem" with a touring show that was debuted at the
REPRESENT event in December. They are featuring at Nightengales at the end of
the month.

Stay tuned cause where there's smoke there's fire
Smokin Word burnin' it up!