The Mad Open Mic Series: Captured Words
The Tenth Mad Open Mic is finally set for Wednesday, May 22, 2013 at a new venue upstairs at la Libreria Fuentetaja, Calle San Bernardo, Metro Noviciado. Registration is now open. email: margiekanter@gmail.com Further information to come shortly.
The 9th Mad Open Mic will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Now open for registration.
Cafe Concierto La Fidula
Calle Huertas 57, Madrid
(Metros Sevilla, Banco, Anton Martin)
This is a yearly and often twice yearly forum held in Madrid, Spain since 2008 for reading/speaking/performing one´s creative words in English. 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. Please clock your readings ahead of time. The first set will be followed by spontaneous one minute presentations by anyone present. Again it must be your own words.
- Presentations will be in English.
- Sign up by emailing: margiekanter@gmail.com by April 4, 2012.
- Put Ninth Mad 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.
- For updates check: www.elasunto.com/mkd.htm and click on the open mic icon.
Participants for April 18, 2012 registered as of March 21, 2012:
1. Alex Owen-Hill, poetry
2. Violeta Brana-Lafourcade, her words
3. Jez Patterson, short story
4. Filip Makowski, poetry
5. Yulia Shymko, poetry
6. Mabel Lee, poetry
7. Dominic Anglim, his words
8. Matthew Bass, poetry
9. Nicole Angela Pearson, short story
10. Janel Torkington, poetry her style
11. Laura Hearfield, poetry
12. Marjorie Kanter, short literary pieces
13. Lance Tooks, from graphic novel
14. Ben Rowdon, lyrics
15. Celia Al Knight, poetry
16. Leopoldo Fornes, memoir
17. Nina Valdes, non-fiction excerpt
18. Ernesto L. Abeytia, poetry
19. Mike Mirth, poetry
20. Margot Kimball, light piece
21. Bryn Charles, free lance meditation
22. John Dapolito, short story
23. Rod Musselman, lyrics
24. Daniel Vincent, poetry
25. Jonathan Teuma, slam
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8th Mad Open Mic October 19, 2011.
Participants of the 8th Mad Open Mic:
1. Éboli de Mer - Parody
2. Violeta Brana-Lafourcade
3. Bryn Charles
4. Celia A. Knight -
5. Lance Tooks
6. Kathleen Hershner
7. Mudra Mukesh
8. Marjorie Kanter
9. Georgia Varjas
10. Jeff Wiseman
11. Charles almond
12. Dominic Anglim
13. Jose Recio
14. Laura hearfield
15. Janel Torkington
16. Chris Tasaka
17. Gyula Friewald
18. Alex Owen-Hill
19. John Dapolito
20. Sue Burke
21. Daniel Vicent
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7th Mad Open Mic Registrants:
Daniel Vicent
Éboli de Mer
Violeta Brana-Lafourcade
Jonathan Teuma
Bryn Charles
Announcing the Seventh Mad Open Mic: Captured Words.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011.
Cafe Concierto La Fidula
Calle Huertas 57, Madrid
(Metros Sevilla, Banco, Anton Martin)
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 February 15, 2011.
- 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.
Listed of registered partipants for the 7th Mad Open Mic as of February 14, 2011:
Anne Murray
Valeska Acuna
Sebastian Lopez
Marjorie Kanter
Leopoldo Fornes
Eboli de Mer
Sue Burke
Jose Luis Delgado Guitart
Violeta Brana
John Dapolito
Jun Chen
Tom Fieselman
Matilde Fluixá
Jennifer Kearney
Maureen Moss
Callum Mchardy
Dominic Anglim
Laura Hearfield
Peter Wessel
Nicola Hardy
Janel Torkington
Monica Alisse
Stephanie Gough
Aaron Coleman
Celia Knight
Daniel Vicent
Lance Tooks
Old News
Please note that due to the call for a General Strike thoughóut Spain, the The 6th Mad Open Mic:Captured Words will be held on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. This is the new date.
Come to readperform or just to listen in.
Now open for registration.
Registrants to date posted below.
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 September 22, 2010.
- 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.
List of registered participants as of July 9, 2010 for the 6th Open Mic:
Anne Sofie Allarp
Sue Burke
Anne Murray
Jennifer Deborah Walker
Éboli de Mer
Claire Jasinski
John Dapolito
Sebastian Lopez
Keith Williamson
Leopoldo Fornés-Bonavía Dolz
Violeta Brana
Laura Edgecumbe-Ansdell
Sabrina Hayeem-Ladani
Jonathan Teuma
Matilde Fluixá
Aaron Coleman
Noelle Williamson
Valeska Acuna
Marjorie Kanter
Michael Mirth
Monica Alisse
Evaristo Bellotti
Past events
Registrants for 5th Open Mic as of March 14, 2010:
1. Leopoldo Fornes
2. Jonathan Teuma
3. Sebastian Lopez
4. Simon Betterton
5. Dominic Anglim
6. Nivea de etruria y che,
7. Sue Burke
8. Sarah E. Rogers
9. Matilde Fluixá
10. John Dapolito
11. Danilo Jude
12. Violeta Brana
13. Keith Williamson
14. Marjorie Kanter
15. Laura Edgecumbe-Ansdell
16. Tom Miller
17. Aaron Coleman
18. Anne Murray
19. Kelly Crull
20. Jon Do aka K.C. aka Carlos “A”
21. Jose Luis Delgado Guitart
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After the event, 4th Mad Open Mic, November 18, 2009. Bravo everyone. It was a wonderful, a very special night. Me siento abrumada, so many wonderful words in English here in Madrid, from all over Spain, Australia, England, Gibraltar, Ireland, USA......Thank you all.
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 November 17, 2009 the 4th Mad Open Mic:
Sarah E. Rogers; Editor of Courting the Bull
Sue Burke, from Courting the Bull
Lawrence Schime, from Courting the Bull
Marjorie Kanter, from Courting the Bull
Shiva Roofeh, from Courting the Bull
Dominic Anglim
David Wall
Éboli de Mer
Beth Sierra
Luis Suarez
Jonathan Teuma
Matilde Fluixá
Sebastian Lopez
Simon Betterton
John Dapolito
Keef Williamson
Laura Edgecumbe
Violeta Brana-Lafourcade, from Courting the Bull
Matt Johnson,from Courting the Bull
Cafe Concierto La Fidula
Calle Huertas 57, Madrid
(Metros Sevilla, Banco, Anton Martin)
This is a yearly and often twice yearly forum held in Madrid, Spain since 2008 for reading/speaking/performing one´s creative words in English. 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. Please clock your readings ahead of time. The first set will be followed by spontaneous one minute presentations by anyone present. Again it must be your own words.
- Presentations will be in English.
- Sign up by emailing: margiekanter@gmail.com by April 4, 2012.
- Put Ninth Mad 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.
- For updates check: www.elasunto.com/mkd.htm and click on the open mic icon.
Participants for April 18, 2012 registered as of March 21, 2012:
1. Alex Owen-Hill, poetry
2. Violeta Brana-Lafourcade, her words
3. Jez Patterson, short story
4. Filip Makowski, poetry
5. Yulia Shymko, poetry
6. Mabel Lee, poetry
7. Dominic Anglim, his words
8. Matthew Bass, poetry
9. Nicole Angela Pearson, short story
10. Janel Torkington, poetry her style
11. Laura Hearfield, poetry
12. Marjorie Kanter, short literary pieces
13. Lance Tooks, from graphic novel
14. Ben Rowdon, lyrics
15. Celia Al Knight, poetry
16. Leopoldo Fornes, memoir
17. Nina Valdes, non-fiction excerpt
18. Ernesto L. Abeytia, poetry
19. Mike Mirth, poetry
20. Margot Kimball, light piece
21. Bryn Charles, free lance meditation
22. John Dapolito, short story
23. Rod Musselman, lyrics
24. Daniel Vincent, poetry
25. Jonathan Teuma, slam
-------------------------
8th Mad Open Mic October 19, 2011.
Participants of the 8th Mad Open Mic:
1. Éboli de Mer - Parody
2. Violeta Brana-Lafourcade
3. Bryn Charles
4. Celia A. Knight -
5. Lance Tooks
6. Kathleen Hershner
7. Mudra Mukesh
8. Marjorie Kanter
9. Georgia Varjas
10. Jeff Wiseman
11. Charles almond
12. Dominic Anglim
13. Jose Recio
14. Laura hearfield
15. Janel Torkington
16. Chris Tasaka
17. Gyula Friewald
18. Alex Owen-Hill
19. John Dapolito
20. Sue Burke
21. Daniel Vicent
----------------------------------------------
7th Mad Open Mic Registrants:
Daniel Vicent
Éboli de Mer
Violeta Brana-Lafourcade
Jonathan Teuma
Bryn Charles
Announcing the Seventh Mad Open Mic: Captured Words.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011.
Cafe Concierto La Fidula
Calle Huertas 57, Madrid
(Metros Sevilla, Banco, Anton Martin)
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 February 15, 2011.
- 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.
Listed of registered partipants for the 7th Mad Open Mic as of February 14, 2011:
Anne Murray
Valeska Acuna
Sebastian Lopez
Marjorie Kanter
Leopoldo Fornes
Eboli de Mer
Sue Burke
Jose Luis Delgado Guitart
Violeta Brana
John Dapolito
Jun Chen
Tom Fieselman
Matilde Fluixá
Jennifer Kearney
Maureen Moss
Callum Mchardy
Dominic Anglim
Laura Hearfield
Peter Wessel
Nicola Hardy
Janel Torkington
Monica Alisse
Stephanie Gough
Aaron Coleman
Celia Knight
Daniel Vicent
Lance Tooks
Old News
Please note that due to the call for a General Strike thoughóut Spain, the The 6th Mad Open Mic:Captured Words will be held on Wednesday, October 6, 2010. This is the new date.
Come to readperform or just to listen in.
Now open for registration.
Registrants to date posted below.
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 September 22, 2010.
- 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.
List of registered participants as of July 9, 2010 for the 6th Open Mic:
Anne Sofie Allarp
Sue Burke
Anne Murray
Jennifer Deborah Walker
Éboli de Mer
Claire Jasinski
John Dapolito
Sebastian Lopez
Keith Williamson
Leopoldo Fornés-Bonavía Dolz
Violeta Brana
Laura Edgecumbe-Ansdell
Sabrina Hayeem-Ladani
Jonathan Teuma
Matilde Fluixá
Aaron Coleman
Noelle Williamson
Valeska Acuna
Marjorie Kanter
Michael Mirth
Monica Alisse
Evaristo Bellotti
Past events
Registrants for 5th Open Mic as of March 14, 2010:
1. Leopoldo Fornes
2. Jonathan Teuma
3. Sebastian Lopez
4. Simon Betterton
5. Dominic Anglim
6. Nivea de etruria y che,
7. Sue Burke
8. Sarah E. Rogers
9. Matilde Fluixá
10. John Dapolito
11. Danilo Jude
12. Violeta Brana
13. Keith Williamson
14. Marjorie Kanter
15. Laura Edgecumbe-Ansdell
16. Tom Miller
17. Aaron Coleman
18. Anne Murray
19. Kelly Crull
20. Jon Do aka K.C. aka Carlos “A”
21. Jose Luis Delgado Guitart
----------------------------------------------------------------------
After the event, 4th Mad Open Mic, November 18, 2009. Bravo everyone. It was a wonderful, a very special night. Me siento abrumada, so many wonderful words in English here in Madrid, from all over Spain, Australia, England, Gibraltar, Ireland, USA......Thank you all.
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 November 17, 2009 the 4th Mad Open Mic:
Sarah E. Rogers; Editor of Courting the Bull
Sue Burke, from Courting the Bull
Lawrence Schime, from Courting the Bull
Marjorie Kanter, from Courting the Bull
Shiva Roofeh, from Courting the Bull
Dominic Anglim
David Wall
Éboli de Mer
Beth Sierra
Luis Suarez
Jonathan Teuma
Matilde Fluixá
Sebastian Lopez
Simon Betterton
John Dapolito
Keef Williamson
Laura Edgecumbe
Violeta Brana-Lafourcade, from Courting the Bull
Matt Johnson,from Courting the Bull
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