Dubros – Kukaan ei voi jäädä kotiin
Runous: Harri Hertell
Musiikki: Papa Jahmani
Kuva: Sara Vallioja
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| Kuva: Sara Vallioja |
Lava avoin ja lämmin jälleen Kiiski Open Mic -runoklubilla 17.11.2012
TIEDOTE 07.11.2012
JULKAISUVAPAA HETI
Vastarannan Kiisken (Runeberginkatu 26, 00100 HKI) open mic -runosessiot jatkuvat jälleen lauantaina 17.11.2012 kello 19.00 alkaen. Kutsuvieraiden joukko on vähintäänkin (n)elinvoimainen: ennen varsinaista avomikitystä lavalle nousee runopäitä lämmittämään spoken word -poeetta Jenni N. kitaravahvistuksella sekä runoilijat Arto Leivo, Veera Aalto ja A.P. Kivinen.
Kiisken avomikeissä kuvio on yksinkertainen: ota runosi, rap-lyriikkasi tai vaikkapa laulusi mukaan ja tule esittämään ne muille! Emme ole kytänneet kelloon esitysten aikana vaan jokainen saa esittää settinsä loppuun, harkintaa kuitenkin käyttäen.
Esiintyjien kesken arvotaan kaksi ilmaislippua saman illan W/ord! -lavarunousfestivaalille Café Mascotissa! Tölikän avomikitykset juontavat Helsinki Poetry Connection -kollektiivin aktiivijäsenet Kasper Salonen ja Lasse Hauerwaas. Tapahtumaan on vapaa pääsy. Tervetuloa!
Lisätiedot ja haastattelut:
Harri Hertell, tapahtumatuottaja
hkipoetryconnection@gmail.com
http://hkipoetryconnection.blogspot.com/
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Like riding a bike: Kiiski Open Mic poetry club 17 Nov 2012
PRESS RELEASE 7 Nov 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
The Helsinki Poetry Connection’s open mic club at Vastarannan Kiiski (Runeberginkatu 26, 00100 Helsinki) once again welcomes all poets and poetry-minded individuals to experience a night celebrating the spoken and written word. This time around our guest warm-up performers are fourfold: performing with guitar accompaniment will be the lovely Jenni N., followed by poets Arto Leivo, Veera Aalto and A.P. Kivinen.
The principle of the Kiiski Open Mic poetry club is recurring and simple: take out and dust off your poems, rap tracks or song lyrics, whatever the language, and perform them on stage for all to hear! There are only two rules of thumb: only perform your own material (because we’re here for you) and try to keep your performance at around 5 minutes in total (so that everyone has a chance to rip the mic).
One lucky open mic’er is normally chosen by lottery to receive a surprise award at the end of the evening; this time around the prize is in the form of two coveted free passes to the culmination of the W/ord! stage poetry festival at Café Mascot!
Kiiski Open Mic will be hosted by poets and long-serving members of the Helsinki Poetry Connection, Kasper Salonen and Lasse Hauerwaas. Entry free of charge. Come one, come all!
Queries and interviews:
Harri Hertell, cultural producer
hkipoetryconnection@gmail.com
http://hkipoetryconnection.blogspot.com/
YLE1:n Parittomat ohjelma visitoi Poetry Jam -klubilla. Katso jakso (kohdasta 17:50 alkaen): http://areena.yle.fi/tv/1690374
Helsinki Poetry Connection suosittelee lämpimästi kaikille Sysmässä sijaitsevaa Villa Sarkia kirjailijaresidenssiä. Lisätietoja täältä: http://www.kaapeli.fi/nvl/villasarkia/index.html
”Villa Sarkia on Nuoren Voiman Liiton ja Sysmän kunnan ylläpitämä ensisijaisesti alle 40-vuotiaille kirjailijoille ja kirjallisuuden kääntäjille tarkoitettu residenssi kirjalliseen työskentelyyn. Residenssiin voi hakea työskentelemään 1-3 kk:n pituisiksi jaksoiksi.”
Sweden’s foremost performance poet and rap artist Henry Bowers to perform in Finland
PRESS RELEASE 23 OCT 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Swedish freestyle, poetry and rap A-lister ”Kung” Henry Bowers will be giving a live performance, his first ever on Finnish soil, at the premiere of the new W/ord culture festival at Café Mascot on Saturday 17 Nov 2012. Drawing its theme and its inspiration from a freeform coalition of poetry, rap and spoken word, the festival features international superstar Henry Bowers, known throughout the Swedish and English-speaking world for his freestyle battles, spoken word poems and aggressive rap tracks.
In recent years, the combining of poetry and rap and the rapid rise of free-for-all poetry open mic events have helped birth a national phenomenon in Finland. In his cultural smorgasbord of a homeland, the industrious Bowers himself has been a force for good on the poetry/rap combo scene for years. And if any one event can be said to have had an overwhelming hand in putting performance poetry on the map in Finland, it is the Helsinki Poetry Jam club, which will be ushering in the new W/ord festival on its first night. The opening evening will see, among others, nationally recognized Swedish performance poet Malin Jakobsson and Finnish poetic legend Teemu Hirvilammi, who will also be releasing his newest poetry album with composer Ari Taskinen after an eleven-year break. Other acts will include the music group Koivuniemen herrat, headed by rap-artist Shaka, and founder of the Helsinki Poetry Connection, Harri Hertell, alongside dub-producer Papa Jahman.
The distinctly wizardly W/ord festival headliner, Henry Bowers (real name Nils Jansson), began his glowing career in the early 2000s on the Swedish poetry slam circuit. Even then his performances were characterized by a special blend of rap, poetry and social commentary-infused stand up comedy. He emblazoned his mark on the performance poetry scene for good in 2004 when he took first place in Sweden’s national poetry slam competition. Since then, Henry has performed on stages great and small around the globe. His style is a unique mix of music, poetry and an acute sense of social and situational awareness. In Swedish he dons the alter ego of Kung Henry, while his English material sees daylight under the Kingian pseudonym Henry Bowers — in his coming show in Finland, he will perform in both languages.
More on ”Kung” Henry Bowers:
http://henrybowers.com
Swing Batter Batter Swing, a music video by Bowers:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7uGhoNoN4A
Interviews and contact:
W/ord Festival
Harri Hertell, event producer
0405063668
harri.hertell@gmail.com
Kaikkien kuvien tekijänoikeudet omistaa Sara Vallioja. Kuvien käyttö ilman kuvaajan lupaa on kiellettyä.
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