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SUMMARY:Union Square Slam presents Joanna Hoffman and WOWPS Qualifier #2
DESCRIPTION:  \nUnion Square Slam is hosting our second of three qualifiers for the Women of the World Poetry Slam\, held in Dallas\, TX this March. The top two winners of the night will qualify for a spot in our WOWPS Finals December 14th. AND THEN THERE’S OUR FEATURE\, 15-year slam veteran and all-around bomb-ass Unicorn\, Joanna Hoffman!! \n6pm: Free Writing Workshop\n7pm: Sign-ups and Socialize\n8pm: Slam Round 1 (2 minute round; 8 poets)\n8:30pm: Feature\n9pm: Slam Rounds 2 and 3 (1 minute/5 poets; 4 minute/3 poets) \n$5 Admission // All Ages // Wheelchair Accessible \nAbout Our Feature: \nJoanna Hoffman (www.joannahoffman.com) is a spoken word poet and teaching artist based in Brooklyn\, NY. She is a 15 year veteran of slam\, or competitive performance poetry\, who has competed on 5 National Poetry Slam teams\, ranked 4th at the 2012 Women of the World Poetry Slam and was the 2012 champion of Capturing Fire\, an international LGBTQ poetry competition. Her full-length book of poetry\, Running for Trap Doors (Sibling Rivalry Press) was nominated for a Lambda Literary Award and featured in the American Library Association’s list of recommended LGBT reading for 2014. She was recently named a White House Champion of Change for LGBT advocacy through art. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming on Upworthy\, Buzzfeed\, Winter Tangerine\, decomP\, PANK\, The Offing\, Union Station Magazine\, The Legendary\, Sinister Wisdom and in the Write Bloody Publishing anthologies We Will be Shelter and Multiverse. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/union-square-slam-presents-joanna-hoffman/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:Heather Love and Sarah Schulman in Conversation on the publication of Sarah's New Book: Conflict Is Not Abuse
DESCRIPTION:  \nHeather Love and Sarah Schulman in conversation on Schulman’s new book: Conflict Is Not Abuse: Overstating Harm\, Community Responsibility\, and the Duty of Repair.\n \n \nHeather Love is Associate Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania. Her work includes Feeling Backward: Loss and the Politics of Queer History (Harvard) and the editor of a special issue of GLQ on Gayle Rubin (“Rethinking Sex”) and the co-editor of a special issue of Representations (“Description Across Disciplines”). She has written on topics including comparative social stigma\, compulsory happiness\, transgender fiction\, spinster aesthetics\, reading methods in literary studies\, and the history of deviance studies. She is currently completing a book on practices of description in the humanities and social sciences after World War II.\n \n \nSarah Schulman is a novelist\, nonfiction writer\, playwright\, screenwriter\, journalist and AIDS historian. She is co-founder of the MIX: NY Queer Experimental Film Festival (now in its 29th season)\, The ACT UP Oral History Project www.actuporalhistory.org\, is on the Advisory Board of Jewish Voice for Peace\, and is Faculty Advisor to Students for Justice in Palestine at the College of Staten Island where she is a Distinguished Professor. Conflict Is Not Abuse\, is her 18th book. \n \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/heather-love-sarah-schulman/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161108T213000
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SUMMARY:Union Square Slam presents an evening with Jersey City Slam
DESCRIPTION:  \nUnion Square Slam is committed to exposing all the poetry this city has to offer. We want communities to merge and form into bigger communities. For this show we are happy to have the great literary/slam organization Jersey City Slam. \nHere’s a little more about JC: \nJersey City Slam was founded in 2010 and has since become a pillar in New Jersey’s poetry community. J.C. Slam provides a platform for New Jersey’s best poets to showcase their skills and talent on a national level. It also is a way for the community to connect to Jersey City’s vibrant and thriving art community. By putting the power in the hands of the judges picked at random from the audience J.C. Slam lets the community decide who represents Jersey City at the annual National Poetry Slam\, Women of the World Poetry Slam and the Individual World Poetry Slam. Jersey City Slam is a live event that offers local performers to participate in the open mic segment and judge Slam poets performances. \nJC Poets:\nAnn Marie Manso\nChris Rodriguez\nErin Anastasia\nRashad Wright \n6;00pm: Free Workshop with I.S. Jones\n7:30pm: Sign-ups and Socialize\n8:00pm: Open Mic\n8:45pm: Jersey City Slam \nAll Ages // Wheelchair Accessible\nOpen Mic // $5 \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/union-square-slam-presents-jersey-city-slam/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161109T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161109T193000
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SUMMARY:Nicolas Moufarrege DUETS Book Launch\, with Dean Daderko and Elaine Reichek
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nTo launch the latest volume of Visual AIDS’ DUETS publication series\, curator Dean Daderko and artist Elaine Reichek will discuss the art and life of Nicolas Moufarrege (1947–1985) in a conversation moderated by Visual AIDS Programs Director Alex Fialho. An Egyptian-born Lebanese raised in Beirut\, Moufarrege lived briefly in Paris before landing in New York in the early 1980’s. He molded a complex mixture of his cultural roots into idiosyncratic embroidered artworks and a distinct curatorial and critical writing sensibility that are highlighted in the DUETS publication through an interview between Daderko and Reicheck. Artist LJ Roberts writes the publication’s foreword and archivist Sur Rodney (Sur) contributes the afterword. \n  \n \n  \nVisual AIDS initiated DUETS to foster dialogue between artists\, writers and activists about their creative process and issues around HIV/AIDS\, including maintaining the legacies of those like Moufarrege lost too early to AIDS. \n  \nEvent image: Nicolas Moufarrege\, Banana Pudding\, c. 1982. Thread and paint on needlepoint canvas and mixed media\, 10 x 12 inches. Collection of Laura Skoler\n\n\n\n  \nDean Daderko is curator at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Daderko first encountered Moufarrege’s work in the exhibition The Downtown Show: The New York Art Scene\, 1974–1984 and was entranced. After researching his work and contacting the artist’s family members\, Daderko included a selection of Moufarrege’s works in SIDE X SIDE an exhibition he guest curated for Visual AIDS at La MaMa La Galleria. His recent exhibitions include Double Life (2015); LaToya Ruby Frazier: Witness (2014)\, which traveled to the Institute of Contemporary Art\, Boston; and Parallel Practices: Joan Jonas and Gina Pane (2013). In 2008\, Daderko guest-curated SIDE X SIDE for Visual AIDS at La MaMa Galleria\, an exhibition that included paintings by Nicholas Moufarrege\, alongside works by Scott Burton\, Kate Huh\, Martin Wong\, and Carrie Yamaoka. \n  \nElaine Reichek is an artist based in New York. Reichek and Nicolas Moufarrege were artist colleagues and dear friends\, and Reichek was one of the curators of Nicolas’s memorial exhibition at the Clocktower\, the Institute for Art and Urban Resources\, in 1987. Reichek has exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad for more than forty years\, including solo shows at New York’s Museum of Modern Art and the Jewish Museum; Palais des Beaux-Arts\, Brussels; Tel Aviv Museum; Stichting De Appel\, Amsterdam; and the Irish Museum of Modern Art\, Dublin. Her work is in the collections of New York’s Museum of Modern Art; the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston; Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum\, Philadelphia; and the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin\, among many others. Her most recent solo exhibitions include “Minoan Girls” at Shoshana Wayne Gallery\, Santa Monica (2016)\, and “Swatches” at Zach Feuer Gallery\, New York (2015). \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/nicolas-moufarrege-duets-book-launch-with-dean-daderko-and-elaine-reichek/
LOCATION:NY
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SUMMARY:20Something Monthly Manhattan Meetup
DESCRIPTION:  \nIf you are new to the city\, recently out\, just looking for friends\, or whatever experiences brought you to us – we offer a safe space where we can mingle and talk about our experiences as an LGBT person in New York City. We recommend this 20Something Meetup to anyone who is looking for a more casual space to explore their sexual/gender identity. There will be light refreshments. Bring friends! \nSuggested donation of $5 to benefit the Bureau and 20Something. No one turned away for lack of funds. \n20Something is the largest social events organization for young lesbian\, gay\, bisexual\, and transgender people in New York City\, aged 21 to 30. We hold a monthly social\, and two monthly icebreaker/discussion groups at the Brooklyn Pride Center and at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division\, the queer cultural center and bookstore on the second floor of The LGBT Community Center\, in Manhattan. With more than 2\,500 members\, we engage young adults across all 5 boroughs with a safe\, confidential\, and respectful platform to meet other LGBT folk. Many of our members have made long lasting friendships\, relationships\, and have been connected to important LGBT services and resources. Whether you are new to the city\, recently out\, or just looking to make friends – 20Something offers a space for you to pave the way to your own adventures in New York City – and make living here a little easier. Become a member: meetup.com/20SomethingNYC \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/20something-monthly-manhattan-meetup-5/
LOCATION:NY
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DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161111T213000
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SUMMARY:Matchers4Men
DESCRIPTION:  \nMatchers is a Friday night event for gay men who are in the dating scene\, who want to find a partner without the frustration and lack of success in meeting guys online or in bars. It’s a room full of approximately 35 eligible men\, seated so they can see each other. \nEach guy wears a nametag\, but instead of his name\, it’s a code (#001\, 002\, etc.). He’s also given paper and pen to take notes about the guys he’d like to meet\, as well as a printed sheet for him to fill in the codes of the guys he’d like to meet. \nThe event is like a talk show\, but instead of a panel of guests\, it’s the audience which discusses various current events topics\, like politics and social issues. The moderator guides the discussion\, and tries to ensure that as many attendees as possible get to add their proverbial two cents (or more). \nThis is an effective\, alternative way to meet people\, rather than talking about oneself for a minute or two. It’s much more interesting and provocative\, and gives participants a more accurate sense as to who is a better match. \nThis segment lasts 90 minutes\, after which there’s a 30-minute social period\, where guys can get to know each other\, one-on-one. \nFinally\, guys fill out and submit to the moderator the sheet with their choices of guys they’d like to go on a date with. Participants are informed the following day of the guys who also chose them\, their matches. \nThe event is FREE! \nFor more information\, please contact Scott at matchers4men@gmail.com and/or visit the blog\, matchers4men.blogspot.com \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/matchers4men/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161112T200000
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SUMMARY:Fire Island Artist Residency Presents: Tyler Ashley\, Matthew deLeon\, and Donald C. Shorter Jr.
DESCRIPTION:  \nFire Island Artist Residency Presents:\n\nAn evening of performance with Tyler Ashley\, Matthew deLeon\, and Donald C. Shorter Jr. \n\nThe three artists\, whose work is on display in the Bureau’s current exhibition\, Coney Island Babies\, will perform original works at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division!\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/fire-island-artist-residency-presents-tyler-ashley-matthew-deleon-and-donald-c-shorter-jr/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161113T200000
DTSTAMP:20260422T011301
CREATED:20161030T195636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161030T195709Z
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SUMMARY:An Evening of Sex & Culture with Carol Queen
DESCRIPTION:  \nUsually found holding down the fort in San Francisco\, Carol Queen joins us for a night of sex-positivity\, pomosexuality\, and possibly some brainiac-level smut. She’ll read from her body of work and follow it up with lively chat with attendees—maybe even some discourse!\n  \n\n\n  \nCarol Queen PhD [www.carolqueen.com] is a cultural sexologist and co- founder of the Center for Sex & Culture in San Francisco. She is a noted erotic writer and essayist whose work has appeared in dozens of anthologies. She’s written four books: the essay collection Real Live Nude Girl: Chronicles of Sex-Positive Culture; erotic novel The Leather Daddy and the Femme; Exhibitionism for the Shy\, which explores issues of erotic self-esteem and enhancement; and most recently (with Shar Rednour) The Sex & Pleasure Book: Good Vibrations Guide to Great Sex for Everyone. She’s also edited several volumes of erotica and essays and has appeared in several explicit educational videos\, notably “Bend Over Boyfriend: An Adventurous Couple’s Guide to Male Anal Pleasure.” Queen works as staff sexologist at Good Vibrations\, the women-founded sex shop\, where she has worked since 1990. Queen has been speaking publicly about queer sexualities for over 40 years. Her perspective in addressing sexual diversity incorporates personal experience\, accurate sex information\, and informed cultural commentary. She has addressed many conferences\, including the International Condom Conference\, the International Conference on Prostitution\, and the International Conference on Pornography; she frequently addresses college as well as general and specialized audiences. In February 2009 she debated the question of promiscuity (“Virtue or vice?”) for the Oxford Union at Oxford University\, England. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/an-evening-of-sex-culture-with-carol-queen/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161115T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161115T213000
DTSTAMP:20260422T011301
CREATED:20161114T183323Z
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SUMMARY:Union Square Slam presents Emily Eastman and Open Slam #3
DESCRIPTION:  \nWell\, America. Thanks for giving us ever more reason to gather together and write\, create\, read\, scream poems into microphones. Come get held/witnessed/free this Tuesday with our 3rd qualifying slam of the season\, and none other than the Wicked Queer Glitterbomb of Love\, Emily Eastman!!! \n6pm: Free Writing Workshop\n7pm: Sign-Ups\n7:30pm: Slam Round One\n8:15pm: Feature\n8:45pm Slam Rounds 2 and 3 \n$5 // All Ages // Wheelchair Accessible \nAbout our Feature: \nEmily Eastman is a genderqueer poet & organizer who hails from Manchester; New Hampshire’s loudest middle child. A longtime community & staff member of the Slam Free or Die poetry series\, they have helped to facilitate countless events & workshops on both a local & national level. They have performed\, hosted\, shouted\, bout managed\, & wept their way across the country\, from classrooms to concert halls\, and several barrooms in between. They have competed & represented Slam Free or Die at many national tournaments\, including the Individual World Poetry Slam (2014\, 2015) the Women of the World Poetry Slam (2015\, 2016) and the National Poetry Slam (2015\, 2016.) Interests include strong coffee\, dismantling the white supremacist heteropatriarchy\, & spending dinner dates talking about radical softness. Their greatest review to date came as a text from their 11-year-old sister: “Adequate.” \nAbout our Slam: \nThere are six opportunities to compete for the Union Square Slam National Team. The top two winners of each Open Slam have secured their spot in Finals\, pending participation in a Specialty Slam. \nEach open slam will :\n– consist of up to 8 poet competitors\n– have a 3 min time limit for each round with a 10-second grace period\n– will go from 8 in the first round to 5 in the second round and 3 in the third round (this is subject to change depending on the number of competitors that night — see below)\n– be scored cumulatively — the winner of the night will have the highest cumulative score from all three rounds. \nUnion Square Slam Nationals Qualifiers (Open Slams) are on the following dates: \nSeptember 20th\nOctober 18th\nNovember 15th\nJanuary 17th\nFebruary 21st\nMarch 21st \nUnion Square Slam National Team Selection Finals will be held on April 18th. \nIn order to represent Union Square Slam at any National Competition\, you must meet the following requirements: \n– Be 18 years old or older (all ages can compete in our slams! You just won’t be able to rep us at PSI events)\n– Be an active member of PSI at the time of competition (register at www.poetryslam.com you cover your annual registration fee of $20 — questions? Talk to Cecily or the current slam manager)\n– Read\, sign\, and adhere to the PSI Code of Conduct\n– Participate in at least one Specialty Slam during the 2016-7 season. Specialty Slams include WOWPS qualifiers\, Nerd Slams\, Petty Slams\, Iron Poet Slams\, etc. \n  \n  \n 
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LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161116T210000
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SUMMARY:CopWatch Training
DESCRIPTION:  \nCopWatch is an effective and legal tool for empowering communities\, ending police misconduct\, unprofessional behavior\, and discrimination. You have the right to observe and record all police activities in public places. Learn how to exercise you rights safely and legally. Workshop will be taught by comedian and activist Elsa Waithe. Suggested donation of $5\, but no one will be turned away. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/copwatch-training/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161117T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161117T213000
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SUMMARY:Switch n' Play
DESCRIPTION:  \nSwitch n’ Play offers an evening of queer performance from members K.James\, Nyx Nocturne\, (wo chan) Pearl Harbor\, and Vigor Mortis. Following the performances\, the performers will hold a Q&A panel discussion of drag\, gender\, community\, and the politics of embodiment. \nSwitch n’ Play is a Brooklyn drag collective\, established in 2006. Queer in every sense of the word\, Switch n’ Play spans the gender spectrum in life and onstage. Twice nominated for the Brooklyn Nightlife Awards in the Best Drag Performance Show and Best Burlesque Show categories\, SnP and its members have also been featured in the Huffington Post\, Posture Magazine\, Vice Broadly\, and Velour Magazine. They produces shows at Branded Saloon in Prospect Heights Brooklyn every 2nd and 4th Saturdays. \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/switch-n-play/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161119T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161119T213000
DTSTAMP:20260422T011301
CREATED:20161108T001343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161108T182339Z
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SUMMARY:TELL 29: BIRTHDAYS—Special Edition for Bureau's 4th Birthday!
DESCRIPTION:  \nTELL is an evening of story telling from the mouths and minds of queers in NYC hosted by Drae Campbell at the Bureau of General Services—Queer Division since February 2014. \nIn honor of the Bureau’s 4th birthday\, BIRTHDAYS is the theme of the twenty-ninth installment of TELL. Featuring Skye Cabrera\, Michael Bret Cohen\, Miss Crimson Kitty\, and Dora Vargas! \n  \nCome celebrate the Bureau’s 4th birthday with this special birthday edition of TELL! Cake will be served! \n  \n$10 suggested donation – no one turned away for lack of funds \n  \n \nDrae Campbell is a writer\, actor\, director\, story teller\, dancer\, and nightlife emcee. Drae has been featured on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and on stages all over NYC. Drae’s directing work has appeared in Iceland\, NYC\, Budapest and in the San Francisco Fringe Festival. The short film Drae wrote and starred in with Rebecca Drysdale\, YOU MOVE ME won the Audience Award for Outstanding Narrative Short at OUTFEST 2010 and has been shown in festivals globally. Drae won the grand prize at the first annual San Miguel De Allende Storytelling Festival in Mexico. She once reigned as Miss LEZ and also got dubbed “the next lezzie comedian on the block” by AfterEllen.com for her comedic stylings on the interwebs. Campbell hosts and curates a monthly queer storytelling show called TELL at BGSQD. Check her out online!  www.draecampbell.com. \n  \n  \n \nSkye Cabrera is a Poet / Musician from the Bronx who has been performing since 2009 at venues such as Nuyorican Poets Cafe\, Brooklyn Historical Society\, The Bronx Museum\, Apt 78\, the Hispanic Panic series and more. She is the author of two poetry books\, “Music for Caterpillars” in 2011 and most recently “Meet me at the Cube”.\nIn 2013 her Spoken Word video “when a woman speaks” was featured on Madonna’s Art for Freedom project.\nHer work reflects the urban inner city queer experience\, angst\, love\, identity and purpose. \n  \n \nMichael Bret Cohen has worked in the adult entertainment industry and is one of the subjects of “The Red Umbrella Diaries”\, a doc about a sex worker reading series which is touring the film festival circuit. He is currently working on a book of essays and has completed a poetry chapbook he is self publishing in the new year about his last 3 years on the road and roadside traveling through America. His NSFW blog: www.velveteenfur.tumblr.com \n  \nPhoto By David Ayllon\nCalled the female-on-female drag pioneer by Time Out New York\, Miss Crimson Kitty is taking drag culture by storm one perfected lip-synch at a time! The drag daughter of Rebecca Glasscock of Rupaul’s Drag Race The Lost Season\, she has created a haven for other queens at LADYQUEEN which is NYC’s only all female drag revue and created an education revolution by creating LadyQueen University; A 6 week workshop designed to turn any Lady into a LadyQueen! \nCrimson has been featured in the press such as the Huffington Post\, Oyxgen\, Time Out\, and Next Magazine for her gender illusionist skills and is known both nationally and internationally as one of the top reigning queens in her field. As a title holder for Dragnet and nominated for many nightlife awards\, she is representing a realm of drag much overlooked in the community and aims to change the perception of drag solely based on gender. \nPhoto by David Ayllon \n  \n \nDora Vargas is a Brooklyn native who dabbles in music and songwriting. She is mostly known as a singer among her friends and acquaintances. She has performed at such venues as the Bureau\, karaoke night at Ginger’s\, the Court St. R train station with a tin can\, a lesbian wedding\, and the shower. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/tell-29-birthdays/
LOCATION:Online event\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161120T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161120T203000
DTSTAMP:20260422T011301
CREATED:20161114T191835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161115T210759Z
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SUMMARY:Imani Cezanne and Emi Mahmoud Present Matte Fearless: A Women of the World Poetry Slam Champions Showcase
DESCRIPTION:  \nAfter an unprecedented decision to share the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam Championship\, Emi Mahmoud and Imani Cezanne have reunited to put on a one of a kind show! Come one\, come all to the for an unforgettable night of love\, laughs\, poems and womanhood. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/imani-cezanne-and-emi-mahmoud/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161122T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161122T213000
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SUMMARY:Union Square Slam presents Venessa Marco and WOWPS Qualifier #3
DESCRIPTION:  \nDid you know? Both our USS rep Gabrielle Smith and USS Organizer Extraordinaire Taylor Steele excelled to Finals Stage at last year’s WOWPS competition? Come on out for your last chance to qualify for USS’s WOWPS Finals Dec 14th!! And while you’re at it\, come get your heart salvaged by none other than the dynamite Venessa Marco!! \n6pm: Free Writing Workshop\n7pm: Sign-Ups and Socialize\n7:30pm: Slam\, First Round (2 min round)\n8:15pm: Featured Poet\n9pm: Slam\, Second and Third Round (1 min and 4 min rounds) \n$5 // All Ages // Wheelchair Accessible \nAbout our Feature: \nVenessa Marco is an Afro-descendant poet\, writer by way of Cuba and Puerto Rico. Marco currently resides in Harlem\, New York. She was a member of the 2012 Da Poetry Lounge in Hollywood\, California slam team and a member of the 2013 Nuyorican Poets Cafe\, which placed 3rd in the nation. In 2014 Marco competed in The Women of The World poetry festival and placed 6th in the nation. She is a recipient of the Cora Craig Author Award for young women writers allocated by Penmanship Books. \nAbout our Slam: \nWOWPS is: \na) an acronym for Women of the World World Poetry Slam\nb) one of three national poetry slam events put on annually by Poetry Slam\, Inc.\nc) held in Dallas\, TX from March 15-18th\, 2017\nUnion Square Slam WOWPS Qualifier rules: \nQualified competitors are poets who are female assigned or identified individuals who are PSi members and are 18+ or 21+ years of age\, depending on the Host City. This includes gender non-conforming individuals. \n8 poets\, 3 rounds. Cumulative Scores. \nFirst Round: 2 min (all)\nSecond Round: 1 min (all)\nThird Round: 4 min (top 5) \nCumulative score wins the slam. Top two winners advance to Finals. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/union-square-slam-presents-veness-marco/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20161124
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20161125
DTSTAMP:20260422T011301
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SUMMARY:Closed for Thanksgiving
DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Bureau will be closed on Thanksgiving Day\, Thursday\, November 24th.
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/closed-for-thanksgiving/
LOCATION:NY
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20161129T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20161129T213000
DTSTAMP:20260422T011301
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LAST-MODIFIED:20161121T173808Z
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SUMMARY:Union Square Presents: Taylor Steele's Book Release!
DESCRIPTION:  \nTaylor Steele‘s got a new collection of poems she wants to share with all of you! Come celebrate this book with her and every member of every team/collective Taylor has been a part of. It’s a family affair! \nDirty.Mouth.Kiss\, published by the amazing pizza pi press\, features art by Ashley Tenn. \n7:00 – Mix + Mingle (And buy a book\, maybe???)\n7:30 – Show Starts \n$5 Entry // $13 Book // All Ages // Wheelchair Accessible\nWill there be FREE PIZZA? Who knows? Will Taylor break out her guitar and sing a few ditties? Come find out! \nFeaturing Performances By: \nAshley August + Timothy DuWhite + Nkosi Nkululeko + Kearah Armonie + Patrick Roche + Roya Marsh + Jay Salazar + Gabriel Ramirez + of course\, TAYLOR STEELE! \nAbout the Author: \nTaylor Steele is a Bronx-born\, Brooklyn-based writer and performer. Her work can be found at such esteemed publications as Apogee Journal\, Drunk in a Midnight Choir\, Rogue Agent\, and more. Taylor is or has been a content writer for Philadelphia Printworks\, The Body is Not an Apology\, and Drunken Boat Journal. She is an internationally ranked spoken word artist\, placing 5th and 6th in the Women of the World Poetry Slam in 2015 and 2016\, respectively. Most importantly\, Taylor is a triple-Taurus who believes in the power of art to change\, shape\, and heal. \nAbout the Book: \n“These poems\, this book\, are the first step in my journey towards honoring the ugly in: me\, love\, the world. I wasn’t trying to make any of this pretty. This is how my truth tumbled out of me.” – Taylor Steele \n  \n 
URL:https://www.bgsqd.com/event/union-square-slam-presents-taylor-steeles-book-release/
LOCATION:NY
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