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Wordlights: Saturday Poetry Evenings
June 8, 2019 @ 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm
FreeWordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by NovaPDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev.
On Saturday June 8th, we’ll have a feature from Micah Fletcher, two mini features from Red O’Hare & David McIntire, and a short set poetry open mic!
OUR FEATURE: Micah Fletcher
Micah Fletcher is a nationally recognized poet and spoken word artist who took first place in Portland Oregon’s city wide youth poetry competition called Verselandia in 2013.
MINI FEATURES FROM:
Red O’Hare
Red O’Hare is a Ashkenazi Jewish American poet from Oakland, California where she featured twice with Bay Area Generations. A product of Presbyterian missionaries from the Belgian Congo and Eastern European carny folk, Red has been performing poetry for 20 years with varying rates of success. She works in a bakery and is compiling a list of people who want her dead. You can find Red at facebook.com/mizredohare or on instagram at @theharerunsintothefire.
David McIntire
As poetry rarely pays well, David McIntire has taken on numerous occupations over the years including printer, flooring installer, private investigator, delivery boy, factotum, retail manager, warehouse worker, pharmacy technician, Uber driver and roadie. His poetry has been translated into Swedish of all things. David lives in a converted school bus in Portland, Oregon. His first two books, Punk Rock Breakfast and No One Will Believe You are available from International Word Bank and his latest collection, Everything I Write is a Love Song to the World, is out now from Moon Tide Press. You can find more of David’s poetry at facebook.com/PDXpoetrybus
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Sign-ups start at 5:30, show starts at 6PM. On second and fourth Saturdays each performer in the open mic gets 5 minutes, there are only 8 slots available and the list order is randomized.
Come share your words and join us for a night of open mic, a great feature and plenty of snacks and booze 🍻
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Rocking Frog Cafe is an independently run, local gem in the lower Belmont District of southeast Portland. Nestled in a lovely early-century Craftsman-style bungalow, we offer a comfortable place to study, eat and socialize. Find out more about The Rocking Frog at rockingfrogpdx.com.
NovaPDX is a talent and production company based in Portland, Oregon. We organize and host performance and educational events, showcasing local and visiting musicians, poets and comedians. Our mission is to create spaces where talent thrives. Learn more about us at novapdx.org.
Your host, Igor Brezhnev is a poet, an author, an artist and a book designer among his other sins. He is roaming the West Coast thinking up new art, books and helping shape creative projects. You can find out more about Igor at igorbrezhnev.com