Def Poetry

5 things to do: Thursday

source: Cincinnati.com

 OH Enjoy happy hour at Mixx Ultra Lounge and stick around for Mixx's "Soulful Garden" event, featuring "HBO Def Poetry" star Georgia Me and hip-hop and neo-soul music. 3. The Cincinnati Art Museum's annual food and wine event, A Taste of Duveneck, ...

Published Thu, Jun 4

The Return of the Troubadors

source: Forbes

 NY Emerging from Chicago in the mid-1980s and brought mainstream in 2002 with Def Poetry Jam (a Broadway show and hbo series of the same name), slam draws individuals from all walks--published poets, investment bankers, police officers--who recite their ...

Published Wed, Jun 3

Black Light Poetry heads to bigger digs

source: Fresno Bee

 CA Poetri - a Tony Award winner and frequent guest on HBO's "Def Poetry Jam" - hosts a poetry/comedy regular event called "Spoken Funk" in LA and is bringing a handful of his artists to Fresno. Scheduled to perform are poets Steve Connell and Sekou, ...

Published Thu, May 28

Carrie Fisher Brings WISHFUL DRINKING Back To Berkeley Rep's Roda ...

source: Broadway World

 NY Dame Edna (2000 Tony Award), Russell Simmons's Def Poetry Jam (2003 Tony Award), Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home (2003 Tony nomination), and It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues (1999 Tony nomination). His off-Broadway credits include Room Service, ...

Published Thu, May 21

Coming-of-age tale recounts harrowing childhood in Jamaica

source: PopMatters

 IL - Lauren R. Harrison For Staceyann Chin, it's just another way to stand out among the fray. The Jamaican black and Chinese poet has roused crowds in the Tony Award-winning “Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway,” as well as in her one-woman, off-Broadway ...

Published Sun, May 3

Coming-of-age tale recounts harrowing childhood in Jamaica

source: Victoria Advocate

 TX For Staceyann Chin, it's just another way to stand out among the fray. The Jamaican black and Chinese poet has roused crowds in the Tony Award-winning "Russell Simmons Def Poetry Jam on Broadway," as well as in her one-woman, off-Broadway ...

Published Tue, Apr 28

'Weeds' Creator, 'Tara' Producer, and the Hebrew Mamita Take on ...

source: Beliefnet.com

 NY Vanessa's hip-hop spoken word performances have been featured on Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam, and she's also the director of "Monologues," an evening of solo performances exploring Jewish identity through anecdotes, stand-up comedy, hip-hop, ...

Published Tue, Apr 28

Russell Simmons and the International Speakers Bureau Join Forces ... - PR Newswire

source: sev.prnewswire.com

From his fashion empire housing Argyleculture and American Classics, to his partnership with Stan Lathan in Simmons Lathan Media, which created HBO's The Def Comedy Jam, Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry, the Tony Award-winning Def Poetry Jam on ...

Published Tue, Apr 28