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Cristin to Perform at 20th Annual National Poetry Slam
8.3.10 – 8.7.10 —
Cristin and the rest of the NYC Urbana 2010 Poetry Slam Team (Elliott D. Smith, Brian Omni Dillon and Omar Holmon) will battle poets from across the nation at the 2010 National Poetry Slam (Aug 3 – Aug 7). In addition to competing in the evening, Cristin will be participating in numerous day and late night events including hosting a panel discussion on publishing (with Penguin’s Karen Finneyfrock, Write Bloody’s Anis Mojgani and Penmanship Books’s Mahogany Browne), performing with her partner Shappy at the Encyclopedia show and being the resident lady nerd at the National Nerd Slam, hosted by Robbie Q Telfer and Shappy Seastholtz. If you are in the area, come on down! For more information, please visit the 2010 National Poetry Slam website here.
Cristin named 2010-2011 ArtsEdge Writer-In-Residence at University of Pennsylvania
From the press release: “The University of Pennsylvania’s Kelly Writers Houseis excited to announce the recipient of the 2010-2011 ArtsEdge Residency: New York City-based poet and author Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz. ArtsEdge is a collaborative residency project designed to encourage the careers of emergent writers. Residencies last for one year and include an apartment, studio space in the AIR Space artistic nexus on 40th street, and close affiliation with Penn’s writing communities. Aptowicz plans to use the ArtsEdge residency to work on a non-fiction book about the life and times of Thomas Dent Mutter, founder of the Philadelphia’s Mutter Museum. The Mutter Museum has granted Aptowicz full access to their museum, library and archives so that she may conduct her research for the book. Additionally, the Mutter Museum’s Francis C. Wood Institute for the History of Medicine has awarded Aptowicz with a Wood Institute Travel Grant to help further fund and support her work on this project. In addition to her writing projects, Aptowicz will get involved with Kelly Writers House programs and teach a Spring 2011 Creative Writing course at Penn focusing on non-fiction and poetry.” To read the full press release, click here.
Cristin to Perform at the NYC-Urbana Group Piece Recording Party & Send-Off Show
Cristin and the rest of the NYC Urbana 2010 Poetry Slam Team (Elliott D. Smith, Brian Omni Dillon and Omar Holmon) will record all of the group pieces we will be taking to Nationals for both video & audio purpose at this annual event. But really, it’s a party & send-off show, featuring all kinds of awesome local poets, auction items and maybe a burlesque dancers or two. Doors open at 6:30pm! Show up early for seats! All proceeds go towards sending the team to NPS 2010 in St. Paul, MN! For more information, please visit the Bowery Poetry Club website here.
Cristin to Perform at Barrelhouse magazine’s NYC event
Cristin will be making her KGB Bar debut celebrating one of her favorite magazines: Barrelhouse. Come on out and see how fun the printed word can be. For more information, please visit the Barrelhouse website here.
Cristin to Perform at the Bowery Poetry Club’s East Coast Regionals II
Cristin and the rest of the NYC Urbana 2010 Poetry Slam Team (Elliott D. Smith, Brian Omni Dillon and Omar Holmon) will take on regional poetry slam teams from Boston Lizard Lounge, NYC-Intangibles and Providence in this final regional bout! Doors open at 6:30pm! Show up early for seats! All proceeds go towards sending the team to NPS 2010 in St. Paul, MN! For more information, please visit the Bowery Poetry Club website here.
Cristin to Perform at Philadelphia’s Freedom Theatre
Cristin and the rest of the NYC Urbana 2010 Poetry Slam Team (Elliott D. Smith, Brian Omni Dillon and Omar Holmon) will battling the 2010 Philadelphia team in their hometown of Philly. NJ’s Loser Slam and a local farm team will fill out the line-up. For more information, please visit the Freedom Theatre website here.
Cristin to Perform at NYC’s Literary Death Match
Cristin will competing against other fantastic poets, including the electric Jon Sands, in this new, absurd performance competition sponsored by the great Opium magazine! Special judges include Lynne Procope and Jeffrey McDaniels. Show starts at 8pm. For more information, please visit the Bowery Poetry Club website here.
Cristin to Perform at the Bowery Poetry for the final NYC Regionals
Cristin and the rest of the NYC Urbana 2010 Poetry Slam Team (Elliott D. Smith, Brian Omni Dillon and Omar Holmon) brings it back to our home venue of the Bowery Poetry Club, where the final NYC regional will be held, featuring louderARTS, Nuyorican and NJ’s loser slam. Show starts at 7pm. For more information, please visit the Bowery Poetry Club website here.
Cristin to Perform at the louderARTS’s NYC Regionals
Cristin and the rest of the NYC Urbana 2010 Poetry Slam Team (Elliott D. Smith, Brian Omni Dillon and Omar Holmon) ship off the Bar 13 for the second NYC Regionals, where they will battle teams from louderARTS, Nuyorican and NYC-Intangibles. Show starts at 7pm. For more information, please visit the louderARTS website here.
Cristin to Perform at the Nuyorican’s NYC Regionals
Cristin and the rest of the NYC Urbana 2010 Poetry Slam Team (Elliott D. Smith, Brian Omni Dillon and Omar Holmon) ship off the Nuyorican Poets Cafe for the first NYC Regionals, where they will battle teams from louderARTS, Nuyorican and NJ’s Loser Slam. Show starts at 9:30pm. For more information, please visit the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe website here.
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