Dallas Poetry Slam Youth Team @ Read Rite Market

0 CommentsWednesday • July 10, 2013 • by admin

What: Dallas Poetry Slam Youth Team
When: Saturday, July 20th, 2:30 pm for the DPSYT (Festival begins at 10 am)
Where: Read Rite Market @ Oil & Cotton, 837 W. 7th St.
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 WordSpace and Dallas Poetry Slam are honored to present Dallas Poetry Slam Youth Series Team, the competition winners representing Dallas at Brave New Voice for 2013: Kellen Weigand, Eliza Schreibman (the Grand Slam Champion), Lizzie Vamos, Josh Rambeau, Blake Lackey, and Amanda Jackson.

Throughout the year, Alexandra Marie and Joaquin Zihuatanejo offer free writing and performance workshops at Half Price Books, 1st Saturdays of every month, a partnership of Dallas Poetry Slam and WordSpace’s Next Generation Project.

Read Rite is a creative one day festival jam by the folks at Oil and Cotton in collaboration with writer, Joe Milazzo:

• EVENTS MAY OVERLAP, COME ANYTIME!!! Scheduled Events: 10-10:30am Coffee, Cigarettes and a Newspaper – Local journalists will choose an article from a variety of newspapers and read aloud as we enjoy coffee from Liz Goulding’s roving coffee shop featuring Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters. Liz will provide a coffee recipe book with instructions on how to make a perfect cup of coffee. 11-11:30am BlackOUT///CutUP Poems – Cut and paste found words gleaned from the newspaper, books and other printed media to create poems with The Wild Detectives, a soon to be book store on 8th Street. Poets from Spain and New York will Skype in and present readings as we work. 11-11:30am Intuitive Calligraphy – Artist Andrea Estrada will gaze into your soul and gift you with a word handwritten in her fine script. 11:30-12 Flash Book with Evan Cleveland – Make a small book super fast. 12-12:30 Silent Song – Jennifer McNabb from Resolana will share artwork and writing projects made with women incarcerated at the Dallas County Jail. 12:00-1pm Ex Libris – This is a special demonstration for all of you bibliophiles, book worms, and closet librarians. Artist Kyle Hobratschk will lead you through the making of a bookplate etched into a copper plate on his beautiful press. 12:30-1pm PRINT::PROOF – Pull a screen printed READ-RITE poster with Ryan and Rachel Rushing. 1-1:30pm Oral Fixation Reading 1:30-2pm Carve Magazine Reading 2-2:30pm Dallas Poets Community Reading 2:30-3pm Word Space (youth) Reading 3-3:30pm Book Dissection with Candice McKay – Learn the anatomy of a book with book restorer and owner of the Book Doctor. Book cadavers and scalpels will be provided. 3-3:30 Carve Literary Services 3:30-4 Mad Swirl Reading 4-4:30pm The Writer’s Garret Reading 4:30-5pm Deconstruct Reconstruct – Make a book from the pages of a discarded books. 5-5:30pm Robin Myrick/The Town Crier 5-6pm The Wild Detectives are cooking and serving a FREE Paella dinner