Episodes
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Robert Hansen, Poems-For-All
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Friday Apr 27, 2018
Official website: www.poems-for-all.com
Thursday Apr 26, 2018
Simone Savannah, Poet and More
Thursday Apr 26, 2018
Thursday Apr 26, 2018
Simone Savannah was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. and currently resides in Lawrence, KS. She is the author of a new chapbook, Like Kansas (Big Lucks, 2018). She is a 2017 finalist for the Rita Dove Award in Poetry. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Big Lucks, GlitterMob, The Fem, Powder Keg, The Continental Review, and The Pierian. Simone holds a PhD in Creative Writing from the University of Kansas, where her research areas were: 20th century African American women's literature, black feminist criticism, and African American poetry.
Learn more about Simone Savannah's poetry on numerous online poetry journals, on Twitter @PerfectVerse22 and at https://www.SimoneSavannah.com/
Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
Brandon Whitehead, Poet & Poetic-Host
Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
Tuesday Apr 24, 2018
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Lusie Cuskey and Sarah VanZwoll of Spring Awakening
Friday Apr 13, 2018
Friday Apr 13, 2018
In this pulse-pounded rock musical adapted from the controversial 1891 German play, young men and women struggle to define themselves within a repressive culture. A smash hit on Broadway and winner of 8 Tony Awards. KU's University Theatre April 2018 production of Spring Awakening features a (mostly) student cast as well as an eight-piece, all-student band, and choreography by Michelle Heffner Hayes, Dance Dept Chair. http://KUTheatre.com/Spring-Awakening
Wednesday Apr 11, 2018
Matt Spezia, Poet-and-More
Wednesday Apr 11, 2018
Wednesday Apr 11, 2018
Matt Spezia was recently named a Prince of Poetry. He is a national powerhouse of Lyrical Ability, combining his 3-time national award winning Poetry Style, Kansas City Hip Hop, and Thespian Experience. Spezia uses his platform and his art to promote self confidence and betterment, social awareness, and cultural change.
Currently based in Topeka, Kansas, Matt Spezia regularly hosts Poetry Events and Performs his Poetry across the Midwest and more. All of this while being a proud Washburn University Ichabod. Follow @MattSpezia913 on Twitter and Instagram; plus www.facebook.com/Matt-Spezia-176173993172520/ and http://MattSpeziaMusic.com/
Thursday Apr 05, 2018
Lexi Rodriguez of Hope Through Headphones
Thursday Apr 05, 2018
Thursday Apr 05, 2018
Hope Through Headphones is a movement dedicated to providing mental health education and support to students using music to connect and inspire. HTH works with high school and college campuses to create social, welcoming events raising awareness of mental illnesses, how to help yourself, and how to help others. HTH is hosting the first annual Mental Music Scene on Saturday 4/7/2018 in Topeka, KS at Lake Shawnee. Music by 13 artists/groups. Food trucks on site. Plus info tables and speakers about living well with mental illness. Tix available online and at the event. “Stick it to the Stigma!”
Monday Apr 02, 2018
John Burroughs, Poet & Publisher
Monday Apr 02, 2018
Monday Apr 02, 2018
John Burroughs is a nationally-touring poet and performer from the Cleveland area and the author of over a dozen books including Water Works, Electric Company, Beat Attitude and The Eater of the Absurd. His latest, Loss and Foundering, will be released April 6th by NightBallet Press (nightballet.com). In various past lives, John served as playwright-in-residence for the Ministry of Theatre at Marion Correctional Institution, his blog was ranked #1 on MySpace, he won the first poetry slam he ever competed in, and he co-founded (with Dianne Borsenik) the infamous Lix and Kix Poetry Extravaganza and almost-annual Snoetry: A Winter Wordfest. John has edited numerous volumes, including the Oct Tongue poetry series, Cheap and Easy Magazine and the anti-censorship anthology Fuck Poetry, and he is probably most proud of his work since 2008 as the founding editor of Crisis Chronicles Press.
Follow John Burroughs to www.crisischronicles.com