The 4th event of the Mad Open Mic Series

The 4th event of the Mad Open Mic Series is set for November 18, 2009. Email margiekanter@gmail.com to read/speak. The event will start off with a presentation of the new book, Courting the Bull: An Anthology of Expatriate Literature in Spain published by Innoword Media and followed by the regular open mic. Free and open to the public. Presenters must pre-register by November 10, 2009.

The line up as of October 20, 2009:
Sarah E. Rogers; Editor of Courting of the Bull
Sue Burke, from Courting of the Bull
Matt Johnson,from Courting of the Bull
Violeta Brana-Lafourcade, from Courting of the Bull
Lawrence Schime, from Courting of the Bull
Marjorie Kanter, from Courting of the Bull
Shiva Roofeh, from Courting of the Bull
Dominic Anglim
David Wall
Éboli de Mer
Ana Galán
Luis Suarez
Jonathan Teuma
Matilde Fluixá
Sebastian Lopez
Simon Betterton
John Dapolito
Deborah Spiers

Nuevo

1. http://palabrasdarena.blogspot.com/

Pueden ver dos textos mios traducidos al castellano en este blog para la literatura infantil.

2. Recently out: Courting the Bull: An Anthology of Expatriate Literature in Spain which includes two pieces under the category of poetry) of mine, The Outsider and House Menu. Published by Innoword Media www.innoword.com

Poesia en el Barrio de las Letras

Yesterday, readings at the Ateneo in Madrid, Calle del Prado, a special lugar, by poets in the Barrio de las Letras and included a reading of "las memorias de elsa" by Marjorie Kanter. Coordinated by Nieto Rodriguez y Maribel Alonso. The event is part of Letra, Encuentro Internacional de Creadores, and the Artistic Director is Beltran Gambier. For program information: www.grupointramuros.com or Letra in Facebook.

4th UPCOMING, Just after The Third Mad Open Mic: Captured Words

UPCOMING, The fourth event of the Mad Open Mic Series is in the planning stages. The guidelines will continue to be the same as for the other three events, see thse guidelines below. The event will begin with a presentation of the new publication, Courting the Bull:An Anthology of Expatriate Literature in Spain (Innoword Media www.innoword.com)

3RD EVENT: The early night was still hot, the sun shone late, we are getting toward the longest day of the year. When we began it felt like it was still daytime. There was a great variety in the captured words that were heard. It turned out to be a great evening and these are the presenters/performers who made it possible:

Lawrence Schimel, poetry
Lara Ferguson, narrative
Paul House, extract from a novel
Charly Sangster, poetry
Sue Burke, excerpt from translation project, "Amadis of Gaulye"
Dominic Anglim, personal anecdote
Éboli de Mer,Cor de Porc (Pig Heart)
Leopoldo Fornés, Grizzly
Jonathan Teuma, poetry
Sarah Rogers, excerpt from the novel "Sin in Three Languages"
Nasima Akaloo, extract from a longer work in process
Shawn Douglas, poetry
Edu Anton Martinez, a performed personal story
Monica Saad LHoeste, poetry
Simon Betterton, narrative
Sam Lewis, poetry
Marjorie Kanter, Elsa´s Memories
Lawrence Schimel, poem

Following the Open Mic and reporting on us is:
http://www.madrid-guide-spain.info/blog/

Marjorie Kanter Projects Interactivity: Bagged Stories

Marjorie Kanter Projects Interactivity: Bagged Stories
http://www.cuadernodepoesia.org/revista3/kanter_poemas.html

4th Upcoming, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, The Fourth Mad Open Mic: Captured Words

4th Upcoming event of the Mad Open Mic Series, Wednesday, November 18, 2009. See below for the guidelines. The night will begin with a presentation and readings from the new publication, Courting the Bull: An Anthology of Expatriate Literature in Spain (Innoword Media) followed by the regular open mic.
Café Concierto La Fídula
Calle Huertas, 57 Madrid in the Barrio de las Letras
Metro: Anton Martin, Sevilla, Banco
Performing will begin at 9 pm.

To register and for further information, contact: margiekanter@gmail.com or www.elasunto.com/mkd.htm

Come to present your own work or just to listen in. Open to the public. No entry fee. You pay (only) for what you consume.

Guidelines for Performers:
- Your presentation must be your own creative words; spoken or readspoken. It can be a story, poem, lyrics (but no music), creative essay...
- We will readspeak in cycles of 3 minutes each depending upon how many we are. Please prepare your work in combinations of 3 minutes each to allow for flexibility in scheduling. If there is time, there will be a second cycle. Please clock your readings ahead of time.
- Sign up by emailing: margiekanter@gmail.com by November 10 2009.
- Put Open Mic in the Subject or Asunto of the email.
- Include a short sample of your work or give me an idea of what you are planning to readspeak to help in the planning.
- Late registrants will be included when possible.
- Presentations will be in English.
- For updates check: www.elasunto.com/mkd.htm
Registration now open until November 10, 2009.

The Third Mad Open Mic: Captured Words - scroll down for registered participants
June 10, 2009

Café Concierto La Fídula
Calle Huertas, 57 Madrid in the Barrio de las Letras
Metro: Anton Martin, Sevilla, Banco
Performing will begin at 9 pm.

To register and for further information, contact: margiekanter@gmail.com or www.elasunto.com/mkd.htm

Come to present your own work or just to listen in. Open to the public. No entry fee. You pay (only) for what you consume.

Guidelines for Performers:
- Your presentation must be your own creative words; spoken or readspoken. It can be a story, poem, lyrics (but no music), creative essay...
- We will readspeak in cycles of 3 minutes each depending upon how many we are. Please prepare your work in combinations of 3 minutes each to allow for flexibility in scheduling. If there is time, there will be a second cycle. Please clock your readings ahead of time.
- Sign up by emailing: margiekanter@gmail.com by May 31, 2009.
- Put Open Mic in the Subject or Asunto of the email.
- Include a short sample of your work or give me an idea of what you are planning to readspeak to help in the planning.
- Late registrants will be included when possible.
- Presentations will be in English.
- For updates check: www.elasunto.com/mkd.htm
Registration now open.

Participants registered as of May 11, 2009:

Lawrence Schimel, poetry
Lara Ferguson, narrative
Paul House, extract from a novel
Charly Sangster, poetry
Sue Burke, excerpt from translation project, "Amadis of Gaulye"
Dominic Anglim, personal anecdote
Éboli de Mer,Cor de Porc (Pig Heart)
Leopoldo Fornés, Grizzly
Jonathan Teuma, poetry
Sarah Rogers, excerpt from the novel "Sin in Three Languages"
Nasima Akaloo, extract from a longer work in process
Shawn Douglas, poetry
Edu Anton Martinez, a performed personal story
Monica Saad LHoeste, poetry
Simon Betterton, narrative
Sam Lewis, poetry
Marjorie Kanter, Elsa´s Memories
Lawrence Schimel, poem

Following the Open Mic and reporting on us is:
http://www.madrid-guide-spain.info/blog/

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The Second Mad Open Mic: Captured Words

March 4 was a fine event. I think everyone felt it was a big success for us all. Tentative date for next Open Mic is June 10th, 2009. Follow here for news. Meantime, if you were there, please send fotos, comments, suggestions for future events etc. The final line up for the Second Mad Open Mic was:

Readersperformers: The Line up

1. Heinrich D. Waegner
2. Francis Poole
3. Nasima Akaloo
4. Noelle Williamson
5. Ëboli de Mer
6. Keith Williamson
7. Paul House
8. Kevin Stevenson
9. Dominic Anglim
10. Amy Kaminsky
11. Sue Burke
12. Jose Luis Delgado Guitart
13. Marjorie Kanter
14. Maureen Meehan
15. Lindale Banks
16. Michael Mirth
17. Charlie Sangster
18. Rebecca Pegg
19. Shawn Douglas
20. Heinrich Waegner

The Mad Open Mic Series: Captured Words
(Second Edition)
Cafe Concierto La Fídula, Madrid March 4, 2009
For history, information and upcoming dates:
www.elsunto.com/mkd.htm
(See list of registrants below)
Café Concierto La Fídula
Calle Huertas, 57 Madrid in the Barrio de las Letras
Metro: Anton Martin, Sevilla, Banco
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Performing will begin at 9 pm.
To register and for further information, contact: margiekanter@gmail.com or www.elasunto.com/mkd.htm
Come to present your own work or just to listen in. Open to the public. No entry fee. You pay (only) for what you consume.
Guidelines for Performers:
- Your presentation must be your own creative words; spoken or readspoken. It can be a story, poem, lyrics (but no music), creative essay...
- We will readspeak in cycles of 3-6 minutes each depending upon how many we are. Please prepare your work in combinations of 3 minutes each to allow for flexibility in scheduling. If there is time, there will be a second cycle. Please clock your readings ahead of time.
- Sign up by emailing: margiekanter@gmail.com by February 26, 2009.
- Put Open Mic in the Subject or Asunto of the email.
- Include a short sample of your work or give me an idea of what you are planning to readspeak to help in the planning.
- Late registrants will be included when possible.
- Presentations will be in English.
- For updates check: www.elasunto.com/mkd.htm

Registrants for March 4, 2009 as of January 28, 2009:

1. Heinrich D. Waegner
(Special guest coming for this event from near Seigen,Germany) Born on 26 December 1942, in Bavaria, Germany, Heinrich Waegner studied English and German Language and Literature in Erlangen (Germany), Exeter (UK) and Charlottesville (University of Virginia, USA). He has taught German at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and at the University of Virginia. At high schools in Germany he not only taught English and German, but also Creative Writing and Theater. Europe-wide renowned, Waegner was invited to perform with his drama troupe at many festivals, generally winning prizes when they were offered. Along with teaching numerous workshops abroad and teachers’ training seminars at home, he has published many plays of his own or modern adaptations and theatrical articles concerning physically-oriented theater work with youths. With his emphasis on bodywork as being at least as important in theatre as language, he stimulates creative presentations of human behaviour beyond verbal possibilities. That is why he has titled his teachers’ manual From the Inside to the Outside – Acting via the Body. Starting with a series of physical activities that enhance sensitivity for stage presence and awareness of “the empty space,” partner exercises – along with music – move toward a kind of dance theatre long before texts are needed, making visible what happens inside. Extensions like music, sparse but intelligently “estranged” props which can add anachronistic humor, and of course stylized, minimal costumes – all in the spirit of “poor theater” – aid the expressiveness of the human images (scenes) exactly through their simplicity. Not until then should language fill in the messages that need verbal exactness. Since myths lend themselves particularly well to archetypal and intercultural interpretation, Waegner’s main interest lies in myths, which form the basis of most of his performed and published plays. Their perceptions and narrative intensity are still valid today when translated into the present with imagination and cheekiness by young performers. Aside from creating, directing and publishing plays for 30 years and writing on drama, Waegner has published several volumes of modern poetry and prose and has created “concerted art-happenings,” i.e. poetry readings accompanying abstract paintings, supplemented by musicians and dancers. The themes of two of these art-happening were “what moves us when we are in motion” and “tango.” www.heinrich.waegner.de.vu

2. Nasima Akaloo
3. Marjorie Kanter
4. Jose Luis Delgado Guitart
5. Noelle Williamson
6. Ëboli de Mer
7. Keith Williamson
8. Paul House
9. Kevin Stevenson
10. Dominic Anglim
11. Amy Kaminsky
12. Sue Burke
13. Michael Mirth
14. Maureen Meehan
15. Lindale Banks
16. Lara Ferguson
17. Charlie Sangster
18. Rebecca Pegg