FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Mark Fabionar
(805) 756-5840
Nation's Best-Known Slam Poets Perform 'Another Type of Groove' May 21
SAN LUIS OBISPO -- In celebration of the traditions of the spoken word,
the Bullhorn Collective "slam" poets group is coming to Cal
Poly
Friday, May 21, "to administer a mighty blow with their words,"
according to Mark Fabionar, coordinator of the university's
Multicultural Center.
The exhibition poetry slam, titled "Another Type of Groove,"
is open to
the public and will run from 7 to 10 p.m. in Harmon Hall in the
Performing Arts Center’s Christopher Cohan Center. The event is
free for
Cal Poly students; general admission is $15.
Slam poetry, according to the Bullhorn Collective's Web site, is the
"competitive art of performance poetry. It puts a dual emphasis on
writing and performance, encouraging poets to focus on what they're
saying and how they're saying it."
"Another Type of Groove" will feature past regional and national
poetry
slam champions, as well as the current No. 1 slam poet in the nation,
Michael McGee.
"Cal Poly will offer an outstanding evening of performance poetry
with
an exhilarating rotating cast that was formed in 2002 by Buddy
Wakefield," said Fabionar. "These inspirational artists have
been well
received all over the world and have appeared on television on HBO's
'Def Poetry,' the Public Broadcasting System, the BET-TV network, ESPN
and '60 Minutes,' as well as in Carnegie Hall and at nearly every major
festival and performance venue.”
The Bullhorn Collective Web site states its mission is to "to release,
revive, redeem and resonate with compassion, induce understanding,
inspire the aspiring, ignite whole laughter, and free poetry from the
shackles of textbooks … to achieve our goals as artists, thinkers
and
doers by stimulating meaningful dialogue and critical exchange while
promoting community-building that recognizes, engages in, and transcends
differences."
Tickets are available at the Performing Arts Center Ticket Office, by
phone at (805) 756-2787, or online at www.pacslo.org.
The event is being sponsored by Student Life and Leadership's
Multicultural Center, ASI Events, Cal Poly Arts, New Times, the San Luis
Obispo County Arts Council and the Soul Speak Collective.
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