Featured Spoken Word Artist In 2009
2009 ECHOVERSE FEATURES
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ECHOVERSE ENTERTAINMENT
DJ ANDRE ROYSTER has a deep passion, simply, for being creative all the time. When the band isn't gigging, the dj's crafting tracks and spinning. Andre is also the lead producer of Detroit's SoundCircle Collective. When the dj's off, there's something going on in his studio, and the producer is making music, i.e. writing lyrics, or arranging background vocals, or laying down a bass line, etc., etc., etc. You know, the stuff that musicians do.. [ More ] [ Web ]. Photo Credit: Kahn Davison
JY-OBADELE is also known as Johnny Jenkins Jr. is a Detroit poet, activist and producer who has hosted and produced poetry readings for over 10 years. Notable venues including the Chase Sunday Cafe in Detroit's Campus Martius, Lavendar Moon Cafe in Ferndale, Redd Apple Gallery, 1515 Broaday Theater and the Meetery Eatery Cafe. Currently, he serves as Resident Host of the EchoVerse Poetry & Slam Series, and prinicipa/creative director of NoirAmerica. [ More ] [ Web ] [Slam Master Blog]
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2009 WINTER FEATURES
The EchoVerse Open Mic is Detroit hottest open mic, winning awards from the city's entertainment weekly rags - 2006 Real Detroit Weekly and 2007 Metrotimes. Hosted every Friday by EchoVerse Entertainment's Resident Host and Slam Master Johnny "JyObadele" Jenkins Jr. and DJ Andre Royster. Featuring the "All Kinds Of Poetry" Open Mic, the Echoverse Poetry Slam, showcase performances by national, regional and local poets. Come hear it, learn it, stow it like a secret and then release your voice into the EchoVerse.
NOVEMBER 14
Dimonique has been a writer for MANY years, but didn’t start out as a poet, per se. In school, whenever there was a creative writing assignment, she chose poetry because it seemed like the easiest option. Sixteen measly lines that rhyme? She could do that in her sleep… She actually won first place for her poem “Brown Courage” in a citywide youth writer’s competition in seventh grade. What she REALLY started out being into was rap and songwriting. When she was 11, the boys in the neighborhood started writing rap songs, and she decided to join in. The next thing she knew, she was being chased down the street by a pack of boys who had been angered by her lyrics.
DECEMBER 5TH
Talaam Acey
DECEMBER 5TH
Phenom
JANUARY 9TH
Justice has been performing professionally for the past two years. He is an accomplished poet and host, and released his first CD, “The Dead Fall of November” in 2007 to wild success. He has competed in multiple Rustbelt Midwest Regional Slams as well as the 2008 National Poetry Slam, in which he was one of only 400 poets chosen nationally. He competed there with the 2008 EchoVerse Slam Team, beating out 40 other poets from the city of Detroit to earn his spot. To his hosting credits, he was the founder and host of The Parallel Movement Poetry Series at Intus Night Club, host of Open Mic Poetry at Katwalk, and was a Hip-Hop and Poetry DJ at the University of Detroit University Local radio station. He has also served as guest host at The Detroit EchoVerse Slam Series and Poetry, Pages and Scribes at the Southfield Public Library
JANUARY 16
Righteous Knowledge Allah is an original member of the Detroit -based hip hop group Third Eye Open. Righteous is a poet, activist, father and husband with some crazy writing and performance skills. He's also one of the EchoVerse's preeminent House DJ's. Mad skills indeed.
Passion Fruit Festival 5.0
The Fifth Annual Urban Erotic Festival of Poetry, Performance, Music and Dance.
Last years Passion Fruit Slam Champion
ONE of Toledo, Ohio (Pictured)
MARCH 6TH
Supreem She has a powerful voice, rich in Palestinian-American heritage and social justice. When Supreem arrived in Detroit from Boston no one knew she had so much to share. Today we view her as one of our own. Simply claiming her to be an EchoVerse favorite is an understatement.
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2009 SPRING FEATURES
The EchoVerse Open Mic is Detroit hottest open mic, winning awards from the city's entertainment weekly rags - 2006 Real Detroit Weekly and 2007 Metrotimes. Hosted every Friday by EchoVerse Entertainment's Resident Host and Slam Master Johnny "JyObadele" Jenkins Jr. and DJ Andre Royster. Featuring the "All Kinds Of Poetry" Open Mic, the Echoverse Poetry Slam, showcase performances by national, regional and local poets. Come hear it, learn it, stow it like a secret and then release your voice into the EchoVerse.
JUNE 19 @ 1515 BROADWAY THEATER
2009 Battle of the Sexes 10 Poets, 2 X-Factors, 1 Mic and 0 Rules. It's the third installment of our annual fundraiser to send our slam team to the national slam competition in Madson, Wisconsin. The audience makes the final season, so pick a gender and route for your favorite poet. Last year the men won bragging rights. Can the ladies reclaim it? Tickets available via GrooveTickets.Com.
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2009 SUMMER FEATURES
The EchoVerse Open Mic is Detroit hottest open mic, winning awards from the city's entertainment weekly rags - 2006 Real Detroit Weekly and 2007 Metrotimes. Hosted every Friday by EchoVerse Entertainment's Resident Host and Slam Master Johnny "JyObadele" Jenkins Jr. and DJ Andre Royster. Featuring the "All Kinds Of Poetry" Open Mic, the Echoverse Poetry Slam, showcase performances by national, regional and local poets. Come hear it, learn it, stow it like a secret and then release your voice into the EchoVerse.
JULY 26
HTJ!2009 Poetry Slam & Jam more info to come.
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2009 AUTUMN FEATURES
The EchoVerse Open Mic is Detroit hottest open mic, winning awards from the city's entertainment weekly rags - 2006 Real Detroit Weekly and 2007 Metrotimes. Hosted every Friday by EchoVerse Entertainment's Resident Host and Slam Master Johnny "JyObadele" Jenkins Jr. and DJ Andre Royster. Featuring the "All Kinds Of Poetry" Open Mic, the Echoverse Poetry Slam, showcase performances by national, regional and local poets. Come hear it, learn it, stow it like a secret and then release your voice into the EchoVerse.
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Support EchoVerse's 2009 Detroit Slam Team.
WHEN: Doors open at 9:00 p.m.; open mic and slam list available at 9:45 p.m.; show begins at 10:00 p.m. until no more poetry exist. Midnight's chill to Deep House, Soul and Hip Hop After Mix. Then repeat next Friday.
RESIDENT HOST: JyObadele aka, Johnny Jenkins, Jr., Detroit
RESIDENT SOUND ENGINEER: DJ Andre Royster, Detroit
WHERE: 1515 Broadway, 1515 Broadway, Downtown Detroit, 48202 (313) 965-1515 [ get directions ]
PRICE: $10.00 USD. Features may change without notice. Slam registration free, cash prize availabe every Friday.
EchoVerse Poetry & Slam is a EchoVerse Entertainment L.L.C. production. Sponsorship and feature inquiries please contact us via email.
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