‘Spoken’ of…

So the panel on Thursday went well. Audience was pleased and the performers–Paul Flores, Emily Kagan and Tim’m West–were amazing. I’ve been asked a couple of times if I would have events like this in the future at the Commonwealth Club. The answer is I really couldn’t say at this point. The end result is highly rewarding but the workload leading up to it is huge. Plus, I’m not especially comfortable in the role of a special events planner which I feel is best described by my friend Jessa, “All of the grief and none of the perks. If everything goes perfectly, you shouldn’t even get noticed.”

I’m not sure if that’s me. We’ll see though. I’ve given myself a vacation for the entire next week, which I deperately need. I fear I may have suffered a little burnout, shifting into my new career without so much as a breath in between.

Thanks bunches to my friends Jish, Wendy, Tantek, Roman, and Kristin who all made a good showing at the panel. And since they asked, below are several excellent spoken word resources for the Bay Area.

SF Station’s Spoken Word Listings: A really fabulous catalog of different venues to see and hear spoken word throughout the region.

Youthspeaks: A youth spoken word and poetry educational group that has top flight performances around San Francisco often.

Black Box theater: A performance and theatrical venue in downtown Oakland that frequently hosts slams and spoken word events.

Berkeley Slam hompage: Also has a calendar of other slam events throughout the region.

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