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| Ong-King Arts Center - Entertainment |
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Entertainment
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Friday - 5/2/2008
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9pm-2AM
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Ong King Arts Center
184 N. King St. (near River Street)
Honolulu, HI 96816
Contact:
808-306-7823
or 808-428-3233
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$10.00
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| Description/Comments |
 BrILLiant boundLess BeautiFUL beingS bLessed by bizarreness! OUr feaTure arTist is a grOUP show titLEd: ELEMENTAL, our emerging artIST is PRICLLA oRTIZ.....both bring unique shapes and 3 dimensional transportationaL oRganic creatIONS. MUSIC is by PaUL IsaK, and QUaDraphonIX, THEATRE by Burst the reaLM of boredom, KUNG-FU demo entitled: Monkey plays fiDDLE, NATIONAL TOURING SLAM POETS Mighty Mike Mcgee and Robbie Q, STREET DANCE by FU, there is DJ JOULZ, n' MC SEE, pLus a secret surprise....reLease the feasT of fantasticaL forTUne.
MUSIC: Quadraphonix: Fresh off rocking EARTH DAY, the ever popular jazz/groove band, including Jonathan Heraux, Shree Sagopan, and Eli Clemens, continues to innovate compositions and incorporate new talent. This month they are collaborating with IONA dance company in their creation, Paint by NUmber
PAUL IZAK, and the jam band, this man is one travellen soul with rOOtS! An open mind, a soothing voice, a righteous heart, love this reggae. PauL aLSO plays tuesdays at BC burrito. He is in the awesome reggae roots band: Pressure Drop
NATIONAL TOURING SLAM POETS: 2 Poets come from the mainland to engulf our ears with truth, rhythm and humor.
MIGHTY MIKE MCGEE: .. Mike McGee is an international spoken word artist, writer, performer, speaker, slam poet and comic. He has performed in thousands of venues all over North America, and was one of the first Americans ever to perform poetry at the University la Sorbonne in Paris, France.
In 2003, McGee won the coveted National Poetry Slam Individual Grand Championship, besting over 300 nationally ranked poetry slammers. In 2006, McGee became the first person to win two separate individual titles by being crowned the 2006 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion, besting over 70 of the world's best ranked slam poets. His “stand-up poetry” has been written about in Writer's Digest magazine, and been featured on NPR, HBO and CBC. Mike McGee books internationally and is on tour damn-near 300 days a year.
Mike McGee poetry slam titles:
* Individual World Poetry Slam Champion, 2006
* International World Poetry Slamionship, 2006 (2nd)
* National Poetry Slam Individual Grand Champion, 2003
* San Jose Poetry Slam Grand Champion, 2003 and 2004
* San Francisco Poetry Slam Grand Champion, 2003
www.mikemcgee.net
ROBBIE Q. TELFER...a featured performer in the poetry shows of over 30 major North American cities, he placed 8th overall in the 2008 National Poetry Slam in Austin, Texas. His work can be found in several slam poetry anthologies, and online journals. In 2007, he and five other Chicago performance poets co-founded the Speak'Easy Poetry Ensemble under the direction of slam poetry founder Marc Smith. He is currently the Performances Manager for Young Chicago Authors, a nonprofit that gives creative writing, performance, and mentorship opportunities to Chicago teens. His second self-published book of poetry My Huge Heart Still Has No Room for You was published in 2006
through lulu.com www.myspace.com/theenvironment
KUNG FU DEMO: Michael Hamilton teaches Qi Gong, and practices Acu Puncture at onG king Monday's. He presents: MONKEY Fiddles with Sticks, a kung fu, stick demo based on an ancient CHinese myth.
STREET DANCE DEMO with FU...our newest teacher recently arrived from NYC to teach the pop n lock and more....
THEATRE: Break the buBBle of Boredom, is a call out to the strangest segment in our selves.
THE surprise..is just that...
plus MC SEE........www.myspace.com/honestpuck
and DJ JOULZ....... www.strangermojo.blogspot.com/
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