In late November, the DC Center hosted Smokin' Words, a night of spoken word and poetry performances to expose the LGBT community's struggles with tobacco. Videos of the performances are now on YouTube.
See performances by:
Regie Cabico - Regie Cabico is a 3 Time National Poetry Slam Finalist and has appeared on 2 seasons of HBO's Def Poetry Jam. His work appears in over 30 anthologies including The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry, Spoken Word Revolution & The World In Us; Gay & Lesbian Poets.
Liz Prescott - Liz was a semi-finalist in Capturing Fire, the first national, queer poetry slam. She has featured previously at the original Busboys and Poets, *Sparkle* a queer driven open mic at the 5th and K location, and The Garden open mic at Bloombars. Liz is the board president of mothertongue, a women's spoken word collective. She just released her first chapbook, The Calcium in my Bones in February.
Amy Saidman - Amy Saidman has been hosting and producing SpeakeasyDC since 2001. For over four years, she was the Program Manager for the Washington Storytellers Theatre.
J. Mace III - J Mase III is a Black/Trans/Queer/Rowdy-as-Hell Poet with a capital [P] based in Philly. As a performer and teaching poet J Mase III has rocked venues all around the country from colleges and radio stations to group homes and youth centers. An organ donor, J Mase is the author of If I Should Die Under the Knife, Tell My Kidney I Was the Fiercest Poet Around and creator of the annual performance event Cupid Ain't @#$%! To find out more about J Mase III, simply stalk him on his website www.jmaseiii.com or on facebook.com/masonthewordartist.
Gowri K. - Gowri is program director at BloomBars community arts space and teaches a course on poetry and social justice at Duke Ellington School of the Arts. She has performed at the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage and Lincoln Center Out of Doors and her poetry has appeared in Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Bourgeon, and Lantern Review.
J.T. Bullock - JT Bullock is poet, writer, and aspiring teller of stories who resides outside the District line (in Silver Spring, Maryland).He has competed in three National Poetry Slam competitions, most notably the 2006 Nationals in Austin where he ranked 19th in the nation.
