[redwoodmen] FW: Another Oral Traditions Poetry Event

From: barry spector <shmoover@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Barry Spector <shmoover@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:21:52 -0800
Wednesday, April 1, 7:00 pm
2nd Annual
World Poetry Night 
in the Oral Tradition

The Mechanics' Institute 57 Post Street, San Francisco
(between Market and Kearny Streets)
An exhilarating evening of poetry from diverse cultures and times. Maurice
Wren and his ensemble of presenters, including Bill Denham, Doug von Koss
and Barry and Maya Spector, will be reciting all poetry from memory. The
evening follows the format of an Oral Traditions Salon where the poems flow
with a thread connecting each poem recited. Hear and enjoy the inspiring
works of Rumi, Sappho, Hafiz, Kabir, Burns, Tennyson, Whitman, Shakespeare,
Yeats, Jeffers, Dickinson, Oliver, Berry, Collins, Stafford, and more!

BILL DENHAM is a southern born and  raised Berkeley man. Father, poet,
carpenter and letter press printer. Bill both recites and writes poetry and
has been part of the Noah Project and the Redwood Men's Conference for many
years. His passion for the spoken word and poetry was kindled by hearing a
poem recited, in his case Mary Oliver's The Journey.
 
DOUG VON KOSS is the artistic director of The Noah Project, a men's ritual
performance group in the Bay Area. As a radiant elder in the men's movement
he participates in spoken word performances from coast to coast. He teaches
regularly at Robert Bly's Great Mother Conference and The Minnesota Men's
Conference. For more information on events and schedules, see
www.dougvonkoss.com
 
BARRY and MAYA SPECTOR
Barry writes about American history and politics from the perspectives of
myth and archetypal psychology. He is seeking a publisher for his book,
Madness at the Gates of the City: The Myth of American Innocence. Maya is a
children's librarian, storyteller, poet, ritualist, certified SoulCollage
facilitator and member of a women's circle meeting weekly since 1984. She
has a book on the Goddess Persephone in progress. Barry and Maya have
performed in The Great Night of Rumi, Rumi's Caravan and The Great Night of
Soul Poetry, regular celebrations of recited poetry and music, for many
years. Hear them and others reciting poetry at
www.dzola.com/berkeley_poetry_hear.asp Feeling that the revival of spoken
poetry and storytelling is a key to cultural renewal, they present Oral
Traditions Poetry Salons at their Menlo Park home (the only rule is no
reading!) and conduct an annual Day of the Dead grief ritual in early
November. To get on their email list and read their essays and poetry, see
www.barryandmayaspector.com
 
MAURICE WREN is a long time Oakland resident from Australia. Poetry was not
part of his interests until hearing it recited by men and woman of passion
at poetry and ritual events around the Bay Area. His love of singing and
poetry have been fed by his long time involvement in the Noah Project, he is
also an avid Argentine Tango dancer. Poets who continue to influence and
"work" him are Rumi, Hafiiz, David Whyte, Mary Oliver, Billy Collins and
Yehuda Amichai, to name a few.
 
TRANSPORTATION:  Montgomery BART / MUNI station
Members:  $5 Public: $15 (Café opens at 6:30 pm)
http://www.milibrary.org/events.html#27



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