18th Annual Poetry Ink: 100 Poets Reading

18^th Annual Poetry Ink: 100 Poets Reading

Sunday, April 6, 12 noon

@ Levitt Auditorium, Gershman Y, Broad & Pine Streets

 

WE WANT YOU ALL: Academic Poets, Famous Poets, Free Form Poets, Street Poets, Unknown Poets, Spoken Word Poets, Published Poets, Unpublished Poets, and more - Each reader gets 3 minutes -For 2014, the readings will be in alphabetical order A to Z -- By First Name

YOU NEED TO DO THIS NOW

THE DEADLINE IS THIS FRIDAY FEBRUARY 28, 2014

Just reply to this email

To be published in the 18^th Annual Poetry Ink Anthology

• Fill out this form and return it with your poem and $15.00 (pre-payment for one book).

• Please submit one poem only, limited to one page in length, with standard one inch margins, and a font no smaller than 12 point Times New Roman plus a short biography of one to two sentences in length.

• You must send the poem by email to poetryink@moonstoneartscenter.org with Poetry Ink as the subject line AND hardcopy with your check to Moonstone, 110 S. 13^th St., Phila. PA 19107 (hard copy insures we can check the formatting of your poem since electronic transmission does not hold format)

• All poems must be received by Friday, February 28, 2014.

We will distribute the book at Poetry Ink on Sunday, April 6, 2014.

___ copies of the Commemorative Poetry Ink 2013 Book @ $15.00------- $_______

Postage (only if you want us to mail the book to you) @ $5.00 ------------- $_______

Total Enclosed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- $ _______

Make checks out to Moonstone and send to 110A S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107.

Name: Address:

City: State: Zip:

Phone: Fax: Email:

To Register to Read (you do not have to be in the anthology to read)

Name: Address:

City: State: Zip:

Phone: Fax: Email:

We will send out a schedule of approximate times for each person’s reading in late March.

Please invite your friends and feel free to pass this information along to any other poets & writers that you think might be interested in participating. This is a pot-luck event, please bring your poetry, something good to eat or drink, and conversation.

A project of Moonstone Arts Center, 110A S. 13^th Street, Philadelphia PA 19107, 215-735-9600,www.moonstoneartscenter.org

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Spike Lee Plans School Daze Sequel

Let's Do It Again...Words By Raymond Tyler
School Daze is Spike Lee's second feature film and was released 1988.
Over the years the film has been regarded as everything from a classic film, to a film meant to divide people of color based on light and dark skin, in a sketch on In Living Color people claimed "I didn't go to an all Black College. I didn't get it."

 

School Daze also introduced Ossie Davis to a new generation, and presented brilliant early performances by Laurence Fishburn and Giancarlo Esposito.

 

The biggest impact I remember School Daze making was on The Cosby Show Spin Off, A DIFFERENT WORLD. The NBC hit TV Series presented A Different World presented life at a historically black college however, compared to the super real portrayal of life and issues in SCHOOL DAZE, A Different World started to progressively get more serious and diverse starting with season 2.

 

School Daze is like a moving history book that look at divestment from South Africa, pledging fraternities and their female friends, parties, and more.

The film takes place around homecoming 1988.

 

Now Lee has announced that there will be sequel.
Lee hopes that he can secure Fishburn to reprise his role has Vaughn Dunlap who is now The President of Mission College.

Lee has even suggested that this time around he will look at homophobia.

In a world where most films tell you to blow stuff up....I can't wait for the sequel to School Daze a film that made me want to open a book (and do Da Butt.)

 

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The Little WAC Remembers Sid Caesar

The world has lost one of it's most brilliant comedy minds.

It has just been reported that comic/producer and television icon
Sid Caesar has passed away.

Before Saturday Night Live, Mad TV , In Living Color....Sid Caesar created the variety show "Your Show Of Shows" that combined music with a healthy does of sketch comedy.

Your Show Of Shows had on staff several of Caesar's fellow icon's including Neil Simon, Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks. Caesar's wife Imogene Coco was also a major part of the show's success.

Your Show Of Shows ran from 1950 to 1954, however the influence of the show will be felt forever.

I doubt that anyone with a notion to write any kind of material could watch Your Show Of Shows and not be influenced by the cadre of free flowing and funny ideas.

Sid Caesar went on to influence generations of comics, writers, variety show and television producers in the years since he pioneered early TV.

Caesar starred in various films, TV shows and stage plays through out his career.

Mr. Isaac Sidney "Sid" Caesar  was born September 8, 1922 and died late last night (February 12, 2014) he was 91.

The Little WAC will have more on his life and influence in the days to come.

Raymond Tyler

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