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“BRAVE NEW VOICES 2007”
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:
Tuesday July 17th :
“Opening Ceremonies”
San Jose Museum of Art, Courtyard
110 South Market Street San Jose, CA
Event 5pm-7pm
After their arrival in San Jose, youth poetry teams gather for a kick-off the San Jose Art Museum. This official meet-and-greet event will be followed by the Opening Ceremonies later that evening in the same location. Youth will have a chance to hear presentations from city officials and conference organizers, network with one another and share something from their city. A team photo op will complete the San Jose welcome and the day’s festivities!
“Arts In Education Writing Workshops”
San Jose State University Student Union
1 Washington Square
San Jose, CA
Workshops 10:00-5:00pm // FREE & Open to All Youth
Arts-in-Education Writing Workshops are a full day of writing workshops led by some of the nation’s top poets and spoken word artists. Each participant will be able to participate in at least 3 different workshops. These workshops feature world class spoken word artists, poets, writers, performers, and community activists from across the country.
“Bridging The Beat” Block Party
Michelle Lee & Mike McGee special guest hosts
Femi, Butterscotch live performances
South First Street (W. Reed & W. Williams)
San Jose, CA
Event 7:00pm-10:00pm // FREE
“Bridging The Beat” Block Party with spoken word artists & musicians – A Free block party on First Street, hosted in partnership with MACLA, includes an indoor cipher and an outdoor stage.
“Quarter Final Rounds 1&2 of International Youth Poetry Slam”
Event 10:00am-2:00pm // FREE
All Teams in Participation
“Quarter Final Rounds 3&4 of International Youth Poetry Slam”
Event 3:00pm-6:00pm // FREE
All Teams in Participation
Venues:
MACLA San Jose Stage Company
510 South First Street 490 South First Street
San Jose, CA 95113 San Jose, CA 95113
Works/ San Jose Camera 3 Cinema
451 South First Street 288 South Second Street
San JosÈ, CA 95113 San Jose, CA 95106
All day Thursday, the Quarter Finals of the Poetry Slam will be underway. Each team will perform in 2 separate bouts in that day. A bout pairs 4 teams up against each other to perform individual and group poems in the Poetry Slam format.
Friday, July 20th:
“Semi-Final Rounds of International Youth Poetry Slam”
Special Guest Emcees: Beau Sia & Suheir Hammad
San Jose Rep.
101 Paseo de San Antonio
San Jose, CA
Event 11:00am-2:00pm // FREE
4-5 Teams in Participation // 2 Bouts Each
“Poetry in Pedagogy: A Teacher’s Institute”
The San Jose Museum of Art
110 S. Market St.
San Jose, CA
Event 3:00pm-6:00pm // FREE
Workshops facilitated by some of the leading poet educators in the country, and supported by the work of teacher educators Dr. Jamal Cooks, SFSU, and LaShawn Route-Chatmon, Executive Director of the Bay Area Coalition for Equitable Schools.
“Grand Slam Finals”
Marc Bamuthi Joseph special guest emcee
Saul Williams live performance
The California Theater
345 South First Street
San Jose, CA
Doors 6pm, Show 7pm
$15 General Admission / $5 for Youth under 20
http://www.brownpapertickets.com
Saturday, July 21st:
“Brave New Voices on Global Warming”
Featured Youth Poets
Center For Employment Training (CET)
701 Vine St
San Jose, CA
1pm, FREE
Sundance Preserve & Youth Speaks proudly present “Brave New Voices on Global Warming”. Ten pre-selected youth poets compete for a trip to the Sundance Summit in Utah where they will perform at the Mayor’s Gathering on Climate Protection conference in September, 2007. The summit presents a rare moment for the youth to speak directly to political leaders and lawmakers.
Saturday, July 21st:
“Bring the Noise” Benefit Concert
Special Surprise Headliner TBA!!
Strange Fruit Project live performance , DJ Funklor
San Jose Civic Auditorium
135 West San Carlos Street
Doors 7pm, Show 8pm, $25 - $65
Hosts for Brave New Voices San Jose: this event is hosted and organized by Youth Speaks, the leading nonprofit presenter of Spoken word performance, education and youth development programs in the country. Presenters of the annual youth speaks teen poetry slam, the Bringing the Noise Reading Series, Spoken city, the Living Word
Festival, The Hip Hop Theater Festival (Bay Area), First Word Press and more. Youth speaks also offers a comprehensive slate of literary arts education programs during the school day and after school. All told, Youth Speaks works with over 45,000 teens per year in the Bay Area alone, and has partnered with programs nationwide to build the Brave New Voices Network. Founded in San Francisco in 1996, Youth Speaks has
since opened chapters in New York City, Seattle, Madison, Honolulu as well as many other programs across the country.
Brave New Voices 2007 is made possible through the contributions of the Ford Foundation, the Walter and Elise Hass Fund, Blue Marlin, The Sundance Preserve, ICLEI, the W.A. Gerbode Foundation, The San Francisco Foundation, The Doris Duke Foundation’s MPO Initiative, The Tides Foundation, BAVC, The James Irvine Foundation, Youth Speaks and Individual contributions of generous poetry fans.
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