Saturday, April 21, 2012

2012 Cambridge Poetry Jam Marathon

A Poetry Jam hosted by Cambridge Poet Populist Toni Bee, featuring Charles Coe, Sheri J. Fife, Danielle Georges, Regie Gibson, Irene Koronas, Jason Wright, and others. Poetry across various poetic genres will be represented: traditional poetry (11am-noon), multilingual poetry (noon-1pm), slam/spoken word (1-2pm), poetry-music mash-up (2-3pm), and free verse (3-4pm).

FREE and open to the public. For information, please visit http://www.cambridgeartscouncil.org/poetpopulist or call 617-349-4380.

ABOUT THE ORGANIZER
Toni Bee was elected to her position by Cambridge residents in 2011. Her goal as Poet Populist is to celebrate Cambridge’s richly diverse poetry scene by working to fuse the community of poets together through events like the Cambridge Poetry Jam.  Toni Bee was born in Boston from middle-class parents, but ended up single mom and homeless. Now, she works and lives in Cambridge (Area 4). She is a writer, photographer, student at Simmons College, and mother to her ten-year-old daughter.  Toni Bee is a neighbor media journalist at Cambridge Community Television (CCTV). In 2001, she was honored by the YWCA with an “Outstanding Woman” award for her advocacy and commitment to the arts.

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