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Dallas Poetry YOUTH Slam
What: Dallas Poetry YOUTH Slam
When: Every 1st Saturday at 4-6 pm
Where: Half Price Books, 5803 E. NW Highway, Program Room
Hosts: Alexandra Marie and RockBaby
Half Price Books and WordSpace are honored to partner with Dallas Poetry Slam to bring Poetry and Slam outreach to area youth. Created by Alexandra Marie, a host and organizer for Dallas Poetry Slam.
Laney Yarber @ Tyler-Davis Block Party
Laney Yarber @ Tyler-Davis 2nd Saturday: “Claireoke Revue”
When: Saturday, May 12, Slam, 5pm, Laney Yarber, 8 pm
Where: WordSpace, 415 North Tyler St. (Map)
Texas’s most celebrated performance artist Laney Yarber brings her charismatic and free associative magnetism to the Tyler-Davis Arts District’s 2nd Saturday Festivals. Laney Yarber is an artist whose work and influence has had a important impact on the state’s cultural life. Her work is part history (personal-area-occult), part installation, often multi-media, with great mastery of the craft of theater, sculpture, spoken word, and visual special effects.She is the recipient of many awards and grants, studied with Robert Wilson, and is the sister of painter Robert Yarber, Laney leaves her fans and even her diva-to-diva antagonists crying for more. Never enough. Never enough.
Michael Helsem on Sylvia Plath
WordSpace Critics Circle: Plath and the Crisis of Our Time,
Presented by Michael Helsem
What: Plath and the Crisis of Our Time
When: Tuesday, May 22, 7 pm
Where: Private Residence, RSVP: [email protected] or 214-838-3554
Admission: Members-FREE, Non Members $5
photo by J. R. Compton, courtesy Dallas Arts Revue
Michael Helsem is a Dallas writer, intellectual, painter, and author with multi-disciplinary knowledge and intersections of philosophy and imagination in art. He has kindly agreed to share his rich talents in a focus on Sylvia Plath. This is a an intimate salon setting at our WordSpace programs room. Space is limited. WordSpace Members Free. Non-Members, $5.
RSVP: WordSpace 214-838-3554
WordSpace presents the Dallas Poetry Slam @ Deep Ellum Outdoor Market
WordSpace presents the Dallas Poetry Slam @ Deep Ellum Outdoor Market
When: Saturday May 19th, 12pm
Where: Deep Ellum: Indiana and Malcom X
Dallas Poetry Slam heats up the hour every hour on the hour at Deep Ellum Outdoor Market. Visit the festival of arts and vendors created by Brandon Castillo for this special urban rejuvenation project benefitting the historic Deep Ellum District.
Michael Lagocki
Michael Lagocki
When: Friday May 18th, 8pm
Where: Heroes, 7402 Greenville Ave
Michael Lagocki is a professional artist, teacher, and poet. He is one of three founders of the Dallas based ArtLoveMagic, which seeks to unite artists and audiences in positive experiences. He frequently writes on issues that affect the lives and sanity of creative people at www.artlovemagic.wordpress.com.
Co-Hosted by Alexandra Marie and RockBaby
