Los Angeles Poet Society is LIVE at the Poetry Circus!

Los Angeles Poet Society - a community organization PROUD to run away with the circus!

(any time, Nicelle Davis, any time!) 

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Our new Los Angeles Poet Society banner making its debut!

I'm the president and also a client...haha LAPS Founder and President, Jessica M. Wilson

The Poetry Circus @ Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round

February 28 of 2015

by Juan Cardenas

The Los Angeles Poet Society had the great honor of being part of The Poetry Circus at the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round on February 28 of 2015, as a Featured Presenter representing an array of Poets and Literature aficionados in Los Angeles County by displaying their books on our own official Los Angeles Poet Society travelling table. LAPS is offering this community service FREE OF CHARGE; this means we can sell your books and give you full commission for absolutely nothing in return, just your love and appreciation. We want the table to serve you! So send us your books, brochures...we will display and sell whenever we attend literature events. 

The night at the Poetry Circus turned out to be precisely what you imagine a full traveling Poetry Circus is. While you rode the Merry-Go-Round, trapeze acrobats, marching band music, freak show and abnormalities, juggling jungle animals, sword swallowing, fire spitting, weird funny clowns all performing in their most serious silliest fashion all through the visual projection of Literature and Poetry. Sounds crazy enough? Animals transformed into different shapes and shades as they rode the poet’s stanzas, jokes and silliness applauded through uncontrollable tears of laughter. A mixture of cheer and laughter from kids all of ages filled the cloudy night, as Justin Wallace Kibbe and his collage of moving poetry evoked sighs of awe across the distance.

The event organized by Nicelle Davis was a great success though the reflection of the amount of people in which it attended, both whom were there to see the amazing line up of Poets, Writers and performers featuring and those who were there to experience the Merry-Go-Round’s joy ride of incredible speeds. 

Poet features included wordsmiths and literature Maestros Lauren Ann Bogen, Brendan Constantine, Yvonne de la Vega just to mention a few. Of course, no Circus can ever exist without clowns, so Post Mortem Movement Theater showed up and along with their mime-like athletic and expressive dialogue made us both laugh and shriek in amazement as we saw them abstractly enjoy killing each other to the sounds of gypsy circus music with their imaginations.

Nicelle, what's in store for next year!

We can't wait! 

Love, the Los Angeles Poet Society

LAPS President with the VP, Juan Cardenas!

Binbon, the Mime of Los Angeles Poet Society aka the Director of Spanish Literature, Alejandro Molina with LAPS Member, Joe Willis! 

CPITS Poet Students! 

Brendan Constantine reads on the Merry-Go-Round!

Lovely MC, Nicelle Davis!

Brendan Constantine 

Art display by Just Kibbe

Enjoying my first ride on the Merry Go Go!

Beautiful Yvonne de la Vega!

Art by Just Kibbe

The Post Mortem Dance Group

Our friend from the Poetry Store!

Cinema Night Hosted By The 13th Floor Art Collective

This just in, The 13th Floor Art Collective will be hosting Cinema Night at Win Within Sangha on Wednesday, February 18th, 2015! This is LA’s only indie film-popcorn-deejay party!

Now in its second year of operation, Win Within Sangha has quickly become a destination for Angelinos looking for conscious community events, amazing showcases, and the latest developments in the fields of technology, health & the arts.

With projects like Broadchester Farm, whose aim is to create “a better living environment through community gardening, education & service;” as well as Win Within Sangha’s own, Sangha Light & Sound, which “provides production resources for the conscious community;” a collaboration between the two collectives was inevitable.

The 13th Floor Art Collective consists of a diverse array of musicians. The grunge-punk band Skulrot, hip-hop group Sacred Circuitry, and synthpop duo Future Holotape are just a few of the musicians that have taken the stage with the 13th Floor Art Collective.

Cinema Night with Win Within Sangha is the second collaborative project between the two collectives. The previous collaboration was a focus group, beta test for theLet’s Seed Bomb LA campaign. The project included invited guests from both groups, and concluded with a tour of the surrounding area. Special thanks went to Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Chipotle, Sacred Circuitry, Scene N’ Heard, & specialists Paul Grubb and Rachel Kadish.

It is no small secret that the 13th Floor Art Collective curates memorable musical showcases, but it also assembles an eclectic blend of artisans that include painters, live performers, and craftspeople. From cigar box portraits to upcycled set designs, the 13th Floor Art Collective is about bringing together artists into collaborative space.

Sangha Cinema Night is just over two weeks away and the busy bee buzz can already be heard, as the cinematographers of the collective are polishing their entries, and more submissions are being received. Unlike previous 13th Floor events, Sangha Cinema Night is an event that is putting the film makers on the forefront, with music videos, documentaries, and more. Needless to say, members like Arthur McDee [Photorgapher, Videographer, & Pro-audio] view this as an event in which people can “support conscious consumerism,” something which  is lacking in the industry. As an open sourced Art collective, the 13th Floor encourages others to create their own art, and even submit their own short films.

If you would you like to receive updates about the event, then RSVP on theSangha Cinema Event Page.

Mark your calendars and wear your dancing shoes, because cinema night is just around the corner! For more information about Win Within Sangha and the 13th Floor Art Collective, including additional projects, and supplemental media, you follow the links provided below.

Official sites:
www.WinWithin.org
www.Level13.org

Youtube:
Win Within SanghaThe 13th Floor Art Collective

Meet the Los Angeles Poet Society's Director of Visual Arts Collaboration: Michael Ray de los Angeles!

An Interview with Michael Ray de los Angeles!

Meet the Los Angeles Poet Society's Director of Visual Arts Collaboration: Michael Ray de los Angeles!

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/italosradio/2015/01/25/the-great-michael-ray-the-moon-and-his-traveling-circus

#lapsradiopalette #losangeles #michaelray #interview

Spanish Creative Writing Workshop starts Wednesday Jan. 28!

New Creative Writing workshops en Español at Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore, led by the Los Angeles Poet Society's Director of Spanish Literature, Alejandro Molina, MFA! Sign up today! $20 donation for 9 classes! 
Starting each Wednesday from 6-7:30pm. 

More info? Message us or email losangelespoetsociety@gmail.com

A New Bilingual Youth Poetry Workshop starting January 31!

Los Angeles Poet Society teams up with California Poets in the Schools to bring a new bilingual youth poetry workshop at Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural!

LAPS' Vice President and Director of Music Collaboration, Juan Cardenas, will lead this free workshop to youth ages: 13-18 years old!

Would you like to register? Please email: losangelespoetsociety@gmail.com 

Go to www.tiachuchas.org for the complete Winter Program!

Behind the Scenes at Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural

Los Angeles Poet Laureate and co-founder of Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore Luis J. Rodriguez is pictures here during the taping of an upcoming KCET special. LA Poet Society was there to capture the behind the scenes moment.

For more information on Tia Chucha's Open Mic, Noches de Canto y Poesia, In The Words of Womyn and other programs, don't hesitate to come to Sylmar and support this center that is changing the lives in the East San Fernando Valley communities like Sylmar, San Fernando, Pacoima, Arleta and other communities.

Tia Chucha's is located at: 13197 Gladstone Ave, Unit A, Sylmar, CA  91342

Visit their website: tiachucha.org

Starting 2015 on a High Note at Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural

Tia Chucha’s had the pleasure of having the young future leaders fill all the seats in the house for their first 2015 Open Mic hosted by Jeffery Martin. It was a night of laughter, tears, song and selfies. These young warriors from YMI (Young Men's Initiative) are on the road to becoming leaders that will be saving lives in their community of Cutler-Orosi and beyond. Everything is possible through the power of words!