Tag Archive for spoken word

Singer/Slam Poet Aja Monet to Perform at MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass,) – Singer and spoken-word artist Aja Monet, the youngest-ever individual to win New York City’s famed Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam Champion title, will perform in Club B-10 at MASS MoCA on Saturday, November 15, 2014, at 8pm. Armed with extraordinary authenticity and a passion for storytelling, Monet announced her presence at…

Jeremy Goodwin to Read at yBar

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Cultural journalist and author Jeremy Goodwin will read new work at yBar on Tuesday, February 28, 2012, at 8 pm (291 North St.) in Pittsfield as part of the Tuesday Night Writers Room series, a project of the WordXWord Festival and hosted by Emily Pulfer-Terino and Gabriel Squailia. Goodwin plans to read…

Word X Word Kicks off with Words and Music

WORD X WORD FESTIVAL Pittsfield, Mass. Sunday, August 14, 2011 by Seth Rogovoy (PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The first indoor event of this year’s Word X Word Festival took place on Sunday night in a raw space on the top floor of the Compuworks building, and featured two spoken-word performers – Taylor Mali and Iyeoka Ivie…