Tag Archive for WordXWord Festival

WordXWord Hosts First Winter Invitational Poetry Slam

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – WordXWord will host the first annual Winter Invitational Poetry Slam on Tuesday, January 29, 2013, at 8 p.m. at yBar at 391 North St. The six poets invited to perform are drawn from the Berkshire area as well as New York City. The WXW Winter Invitational Slam will pit the six poet/performers…

Poets to Pay Tribute to Their Influences in WordXWord Readings

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Six Berkshire poets will read works by poets who inspired them along the way in Poet Via Poet with Page+Stage, a presentation of this week’s WordXWord Festival in downtown Pittsfield, at yBar and Gallery 25, on Monday and Tuesday, August 13 and 14, 2012. The poets include Curtis Asch, Gabriel Squailia, Nakeida…

Festival Seeks Young Poets for Haiku Slam

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Young poets are sought to participate in a fast-paced poetry event, Head-to-Head Haiku, on August 12, 2012, as the opening event in this year’s WordXWord Festival, which runs August 11-18 in various locations in downtown Pittsfield. Head-to-Head Haiku is a fun, good-humored twist on the Poetry Slam format. In H-T-H, poets come…

WordXWord Festival 2012 Boasts Over 40 Events

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The annual WordXWord Festival celebrating written, spoken and sung words kicks off on Saturday, August 11, 2012, with its popular rooftop party and will feature over 40 events over the course of the following week, including participation by such nationally known writers and spoken-word performers as Derrick C. Brown, Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz…

Northampton Author to Read at yBar

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Novelist and essayist Cathi Hanauer will appear as the featured author for July 2012 in the WXW Writers Room series at yBar on Tuesday, July 24, 2012, at 8 p.m. Hanauer will read a short excerpt from her brand new novel, Gone, and then answer questions and discussing writing, life, marriage, or…

WordXWord Festival Hosts Head-To-Head Haiku

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – The WordXWord Festival Writers Room and yBar are teaming up to present a Head-To-Head Haiku on Tuesday, May 29, 2012, at 8p.m. at yBar, 391 North Street, in Pittsfield. Head-To-Head Haiku is a fun twist on the popular poetry-slam format. In Head-To-Head Haiku, a “Gyoji” or slam master presents two poets –…

WAM Theatre 2012 Season to Include 24hr Project, Devised Theater Work During WordxWord Festival, and World Premiere of New Susan Dworkin Play

WAM Theatre cofounders Kristen van Ginhoven and Leigh Strembeck

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – WAM Theatre’s third season will include the second 24hr Berkshires/Capital Region Theatre Project showcasing five new works by women playwrights with everything written, rehearsed and performed in 24 hours; a new piece of devised theatre entitled Women & Technology created and performed during the WordXWord Festival in August; and the world premiere…