Free Holé Slam

Long-time Free Holé Slam friend and all-around legend, Gene Keller will impart three Tumblewords Workshops on Slam and Performance Poetry.

Performance and Slam Poetry:  Voice, Memory, Stage

Gene Keller is a poet, songwriter, and teacher. In the mid-90s Keller’s performance video, “Hiku Bob,” was aired on PBS. He has slammed inTexas and New Mexico . As a performing songwriter he appeared at folk festivals from Texas to Utah . Recent work includes poems, Oñate and the Nightbirds (1998), songs, Every Song the Mockingbird Knows (2004), and stories, Big Tent Jubilee (2009). For 2010 Keller has a new book of poems and a new CD of his songs forthcoming.

Where: Memorial Park Public Library 3200 Copper Avenue (915) 566-1034

Cost: Free, but donations accepted for the presenter

When:             All events are Saturday afternoons from 12:45 to 2:45

Contact:          Donna Snyder at 328-5484 or tumblewordsproject@yahoo.com

Long-time Free Holé Slam friend, Leslie Council will impart two workshops as part of Tumblewords:

Jan 2               Leslie Council                                    Word-Go-Round

The workshop will be based on the old creative process of sharing the creation of a piece of writing in a circle, sometimes known as renga, a traditional Japanese poetic game, or perhaps a new modern way of ‘tell the monkey’.   Participants will create new work out of bits and pieces of each other’s writing.

Jan 9               Leslie Council                        Scrapping Imaginations

Participants will create a writer’s resource similar to a scrapbook for use when stuck or blocked. A word provided can be worth a thousand words on the page–an inspiration and a base for the writer to expand upon after stumbling on a writer’s block. All supplies will be provided.

Leslie Council is a proud single mother  Most recently the layout editor for Tumblewords Project’s first anthology, Mezcla, Leslie is past editor of EPCC’s El Conquistador/Tejano Tribune and is currently a freelance graphic artist in a time of physical recovery. She works in a variety of creative forms which flow from all formats of ink, paint and graphic publication. For inquiries visit Leslie here.

Where: Memorial Park Public Library 3200 Copper Avenue (915) 566-1034

Cost: Free, but donations accepted for the presenter

When:             All events are Saturday afternoons from 12:45 to 2:45

Contact:          Donna Snyder at 328-5484 or tumblewordsproject@yahoo.com