Free Holé Slam

Long-time FHS friend and supporter, Jonathan Penton, will impart a workshop titled Writing while the Sun Burns Out as part of the Tumblewords Project. Jonathan began adventuring the night of March 14th, 1964, wearing a mask fashioned from the discarded dress of a dead woman with an Italian last name. When the Keene Act was passed in 1977, he left his one-word rebuttal outside a police station, tacked to the body of a multiple rapist. On November 2nd, 1985, he failed to prevent the salvation of the world.

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 FHS friend and supporter, Leslie Council, will impart a workshop as part of the Tumblewords Project. Word-Go-Round 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.

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

Free Holé Slammer León De la Rosa will join Tumblewords to lead two workshop sessions on February 6th and 13th.

02/6 (Re)Covering Forms and Content: The Found & The Stolen Ideas and techniques on sampling and appropriating content, forms, words and everything in between from other people’s work. Please bring a piece of fiction, poetry or song NOT written by you to steal from.

02/13 Code-Switching as Wordplay: Espanglish Without Ethnic Concern No tortillas, no abuelitas, no tamales, no atole, no preconceived notions about what it means to mix languages in your speech. Please bring your spanish dictionary.

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 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