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

New Publications

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

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

Saddle Stitch Notebooks 5 ,6, 7 and 8

December 2008
Two New Saddle Stitch Notebooks off the press, Number Seven: Ingredients and Number Eight: Traces.

Two new Saddle Stitch Notebooks are just out, Codes, Issue Number 5, September 2008 and Identities, Issue Number 6, October 2008. Cost: 2 euros.

Bagged Stories

New project by Marjorie Kanter.

Bagged stories: a baggie, a story and object(s) related to the story. For information and purchase contact laespiralescrita@telefonica.net or margiekanter@gmail.com
Price varies according to the content of each baggie.
View a presentation here: http://video.google.es/videoplay?docid=-4353298951824446862

See bagged stories at: http://www.cuadernodepoesia.org/revista3/kanter_poemas.html

Issue Number Two: Saddle Stitch Notebooks

The second issue (March 2007) of the Saddle Stitch Notebooks, working pieces, is out.
Available from La Espiral Escrita for 2 euros. www.elasunto.com/laespiralescrita.htm
email: la esprialescrita@telefonica.net


Title: App(ear)ances

Content:

2 The biG SpiLL
4 Limited Offer
6 Treasure(d) Hoarder(ing) in the/a land of plenty
8 mother and child
10 one Upon a time we had known each other
12 Filene's Basement
14 obviously/naturally
16 the light Travel(l)er
18 lost in order
20 empty empty(ied) bottle on a couch
22 Ec(h)o

Installation, Fundación La Caixa, Lleida, Spain

Fundacion La Caixa in Lerida, Spain
Visit the installation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3I3lIyVvVe0
Centro Social y Cultural de Lleida
From January 2007 - January 2008
Instalación de Marjorie Kanter
La deconstrucción de los acontecimientos cotidianos y su reconstrucción posterior a través del lenguaje es el modus operandi con el que afronta sus trabajos Marjorie Kanter. Podemos hablar del observador casual (pero sintonizado para percibir la frecuencia de las vibraciones cotidianas), que, ante los acontecimientos que aparentemente pasan desapercibidos para la mayoría, encuentra la materia (raw material) con la que tejer una visión diferenciada (diferida, quizás) de lo que es real y constituir de esa manera una pieza de ficción que de nuevo se incorpora a la esfera de lo real. Los trabajos de Marjorie Kanter siempre se han mantenido en el ámbito literario. Sus referencias más próximas pueden ser los trabajos de Jenny Holzer, Sophie Calle o los etcéteras de Juan Hidalgo. Sin embargo, existe una pulsión emancipadora de los textos mismos de la esfera literaria en que la autora los tiene recluidos. Esa pulsión latente (aparte de su indudable calidad) es la característica más destacable de estos textos, que manifiestan una voluntad emancipadora del terreno literario para incorporarse de nuevo a la esfera de lo real en forma de objetos. Los textos que reflejan las imágenes del mundo sintonizadas por la autora desean desembocar en la realidad como un torrente que vuelve al mar. Otro de los aspectos importantes del trabajo de Marjorie es el uso de una lengua mestiza, una interlingua o nuyòrika surgida de la cohabitación de razas en las grandes ciudades. Esta característica dota a los trabajos de la autora de un aspecto sociológico muy interesante: la conformación de nuevos dialectos surgidos de la intersección cultural. La intervención de Marjorie es su primera incursión en el safari de las imágenes. La autora ha decidido dejar que sus textos se relacionen con los objetos. Y el resultado de ello ha sido Hidden Thoughts. Una intervención breve, de un carácter conceptual marcado, que reflexiona y remite de manera continua a sí misma. Una máquina circular de carácter lingüístico que adopta una forma de elipse tridimensional. Así pues, sólo falta decir lo que la autora nos invita a ver, una puesta en escena de sus piezas literarias creadas ad hoc para este ciclo de intervenciones en forma de conversación entre la autora y la audiencia: Conversation I wanted to say more than 'hello' so I said '¡Qué calor!' © 2002 M. Kanter
Horario
De lunes a sábado, de 10.00 a 13.00 h y de 17.00 a 20.00 h Domingos y festivos, de 11.00 a 14.00 h
Precio
Actividad gratuita -->
Del 09/01/2007 al 06/01/2008 Lugar: Centre Cultural de LLeida Dirección: Av. Blondel, 3 Localidad: LLEIDATipo de público: Público General Tipo de actividad: Instalación Ciclo: Supraficciones - 2007

Slam in Barcelona, Kosmopolis

Participant in the Slam at Kosmopolis, Fiesta Internacional de la Literatura, CCCB, Barcelona, October 22, 2006.