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Skeletons in Your Closet?
Skeletons in Your Closet?
Hey, face it, we’ve all got ‘em. And as writers, it’s our job to dig them out—not in morbid gushy confessionals but instead with honesty, literary garbo. So come out of the closet—and bring your skeletons with you. Show me yours and I’ll show you mine. Host: Miami Writers Association Date:...
Video: Luna Star Cafe Hosts ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Summer!’
Video: Luna Star Cafe Hosts ‘I Can’t Believe It’s Not Summer!’
Its the first day of Autumn. Or possibly not. Its kinda hard to tell here in Miami. Of course not having a proper Fall & Winter is why lots of of us live in the Southern part of the Sunshine state. Come celebrate seasonal ambiguoity with the Miami Writer’s Association; we-& you if you...
The Phoenix Rises Poetry Event
The Phoenix Rises Poetry Event
Join the MIAMI WRITERS ASSOCIATION Friday, Sept. 11, 7:30-9:30 PM to celebrate this “Day of Remembrance” in the company of friends and wordsmiths at The Bookstore in the Grove Whatever your preferred genre—poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, drama—join us, plan to read for 5-7 min. from original...
July 30: Open Mic at the Wallflower Gallery, downtown MIA
July 30: Open Mic at the Wallflower Gallery, downtown MIA
Get off the beach and come to the Wallflower Gallery, a secret jewel hidden underneath the “Culture Void” (a term coined by K. Lee Sohn) of MIA. Time: 7:00PM Thursday, July 30th Location: The Wallflower Gallery, 10 N.E. 3rd Street Downtown Miami Melanie’s preparation… I’ve...
July 3: “Let Freedom Ring” Open Mic at Bookstore in the Grove
July 3: “Let Freedom Ring” Open Mic at Bookstore in the Grove
“Let Freedom Ring” – an open mic for readers is scheduled for Friday, July 3 at The Bookstore in the Grove. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. - hosted by the Miami Writers Association and the International Institute for Human Understanding. Let’s get a good crowd for the night and celebrate...
Boobs, Pants and Politics at The Standard Hotel
Boobs, Pants and Politics at The Standard Hotel
7:30pm I park my truck on Purdy Ave (instead of valet parking) and walk across the Venetian Causeway carrying my bag of “tricks” for tonight’s inaugural comedy and spoken word at The Standard Hotel with members of the Miami Writers Association (MWA), and whomever else saw the post...
Comedy & Spoken Word at The Standard Hotel
Comedy & Spoken Word at The Standard Hotel
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WE WANT YOUR STORY!
WE WANT YOUR STORY!
Lip Service has gotten so big and so good.  Audiences are spilling into the street because people are telling their hilarious, juicy, raunchy, TRUE stories. WE WANT YOUR STORY! All stories must be true and fewer than 1,300 words.  Send your story to submissions@lipservicestories.com.  Go to...
Word Dancing at It’s A Grind Cafe
Word Dancing at It’s A Grind Cafe
SAN FRANCISCO – On the corner of Polk Street and Washington Avenue, It’s a Grind Cafe hosts a monthly word and music series every second Monday. I happened to find out about it while waiting for the 19 MUNI going northbound on Larkin Street. A bald black guy was telling another chic that...
Feb. 13: A Taste of Love Poetry at Bookstore in the Grove
Feb. 13: A Taste of Love Poetry at Bookstore in the Grove
Bring a poem to read or just enjoy 2 for 1 wine specials to the Bookstore in the Grove on the corner of Grand Avenue and Virginia Street in Coconut Grove. 7:30-9:30p.m. — Dear My Ami, Hi, how are you? It’s been about a month since I left and I’m already missing you. It’s cool...
The News on Monday, Jan. 5: South Beach Comedy Festival Try-Outs
Check out Marga Gomez at the Colony Theatre Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009 @ 7:30pm Will there be another comedy depression? We don’t think so…but it happened back in the 1940s! by Chakra Girl The 4th Annual South Beach Comedy Festival teamed up with the IMPROV Comedy Club to...
The News on Monday, Nov. 10: Write Out Loud @ Miami Book Fair
Tonight I am hosting Write Out Loud along with my writing comadre, Pluton, and El Presidente of the Miami Writers Association, Ruben Soto. I am wondering if I should dress like a devil. Or an angel. Or both? Because I killed Kemila Velan on Friday. She was a devil on earth and became an angel in death?...
Open Mic Night at UVA69 at 6900 Biscayne Boulevard!
by Ruben Soto, President of the Miami Writers Association (MWA) Our first Jazz Open Mic Night at UVA 69 was a tremendous success! Alejandra and Kemila were the hosts for the event and they did an incredible job. Sinuhe, the club’s owner was very pleased with the event and he wants to have another...
Nov. 10, 2008: Write Out Loud
The Miami Writers Association is doing it again this year. We’ve got our own tent, all we need is you to come and read your poetry, sing your song, or make us laugh with the latest chapter of your novel. Alejandra Fernandez reads erotica-meets-spirituality… Kiro, Kemila, Claudia, Marcos...
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“Write Out Loud” Miami Book Fair International Nov. 7, 2007
Wednesday, November 7th, 2007 Alejandra Fernandez reads erotica-meets-spirituality… Kiro, Kemila, Claudia, Marcos and Alejandra. Claudia Forestieri reads about her friendly neighbors in the West Design District. Jessee Jackson performs in the “Write Out Loud” tent. Gysela,...