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Poetry Mission's Interests
General
Poetry, talking about Poetry, Tango, talking about Tango, Poetry about Tango, Tangoing over Poetry, Canoeing for beginners, Jazz, Cooking for friends, Yoga for beginners, Intermediate Hiking, The Symphony, Tantra for beginners, Opera, Hip-Hop Theater, Laundry, Gold's Gym.
Music
Trio Garufa, Duke Ellington, Ise Lyfe, Marcus Shelby, Tribe Called Quest, Bill Evans, Rilo Kiley, Mal Waldron and Eric Dolphy, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Astor Piazolla, Death Cab for Cutie, Giacomo Puccini, Radiohead, Sparlha Swa, Osvaldo Pugliese, Bud Powell, Carvell Wallace, Van Morrison, The Accidental Beauties, Silversun Pickups, Hootie and the Blowfish (but you wouldn't understand), John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman, Sarah Vaughn, Jeff Buckley, Meshell N'degeocello, Louis Armstrong, whatever the Thursday night DJ is playing at DALVA.
Movies
Little Children, Adaptation, The Science of Sleep, Blade Runner (Director's Cut), My Life Without Me, Dark City (wherein lies the best ever Hollywood screen kiss!), Y Tu Mama Tambien, Annie Hall, You Can Count On Me, Big Fish, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Return to Me, Born into Brothels, Run Lola Run, Tango, Mad Hot Ballroom, Streetcar Named Desire (1951), The Sound of Music, Pride and Prejudice, Little Miss Sunshine, Spellbound, Mansfield Park, Rosemary's Baby, Requiem for a Dream, Manchurian Candidate (1962).
Television
Six Feet Under, I'll Fly Away, Whose Line is it Anyway?, Picket Fences, Party of Five, The Daily Show.
Books
Sweet Flypaper of Life, Unbearable Lightness of Being, Invisible Cities, East of Eden, Native Son, Who is Angelina? Love in the Time of Cholera, The Book of Salt, Freakonomics, The Farming of Bones, For Girls with Hips.
Heroes
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Bast, Ronald K. Brown, Jose Rizal, Jane Austen, Ise Lyfe, Monique Marquisa de Magdalena, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Kahlil Gibran, Avotcja, Patrice Lumumba, Chinaka Hodge, William Shakespeare, Bobby Seale, My Mom, Kristina Wong, Al Young, Edwidge Danticat, Harriet Tubman, Charles Curtis Blackwell.
Brown University
Providence, RI
Graduated: N/A
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Big dreaming
Clubs: I didn't really go here. I just wish I did.
1997 to 2000
University Of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Graduated: 1995
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Mass Communications
Clubs: Hapkido, Pilipino American Association, Conservation Department of the Library
1993 to 1995
Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA
Graduated: 1993
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Associate's Degree
Major: Journalism
Clubs: P.A.R.A sa 'yo (The Filipino Club), Staff Writer -- The Los Medanos Experience
1991 to 1993
Pittsburg Senior High
Pittsburg, CA
Graduated: 1991
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
Clubs: Tennis, Leadership, Mock Trial, Academic Decathlon, Friday Night Live, Speech & Debate, Creative Writing Club, D.A.R.E.
Most Recent Features
- Victor, Darien Lencl
- Kristina Robertson
- The Mad Poet, Jeanne Spicuzza
- Rudy Francisco
- Khari, Jon Brown
- Jon Sands, Proletariat Bronze
- Ledbetter, Xandra
- Clarity
- Queen D
POETRY MISSION
Founded and Formerly Hosted by...
The Unfailingly Exquisite ELZ CUYA
Cohosted and Hosted, in recent past,
Honorably & Charmingly, by Adam
and, NOW, Currently Hosted...
by The Timid & Self-Deprecatory Jonathan
... But I'm working on that... Have Patience, with Me!
21 and over w/ID only!
no cover, one drink minimum
donations accepted for "Featured Performer"
& Door Prize Drawings Will Take Place!
Something Fun For All!
GET THERE:
14 Mission
22 Fillmore
26 Valencia
33 Stanyan
49 Mission - Van Ness
53 Southern Heights
16th and Mission BART
or yo' Mama!
questions?
email poetrymission@gmail.com
P.S. : If you've just recently received a "Friend Request" from us, it was because WElikeYOU, Specifically! No Randomness, at all. Something about "You", NOW, or in THE PAST, caught our eye. And We have only just been waiting... until we knew, for SURE, you were ready... To become part of.... The POETRY MISSION!
Who I'd like to meet: Truth Seekers, Trouble Makers, Beat Boxers, Good Listeners, Novelists, People who remind me of things I need to be reminded of, Editors, Women who Freestyle, Poets, Intellects, September 30 Birthday Babies, Other Yellow Belts, Volunteers, Long-lost Cousins, Builders, Guitarists, Coupon Clippers, Taoists, Proud Owners of Rhyming Dictionaries, Trumpet Players, Interns, Actors, People who have purchased more than one Thesaurus in the past five years, Blood Donors, Ex-Financial Planners, Tango Dancers, Ingenues, B-Boys, B-Girls, Elders, Proof Readers, Beginners, Buddhists, Other Filipinos, Rappers, Revolutionaries, Counter-revolutionaries, God Parents, Hip-Hop Theater Artists, Grant Writers, Goddess-Strippers, Comedians, Favorite Uncle-material.
555 12th St (door is on the corner of 11th & Clay)
Oakland, CA 94607
Every 2nd & 4th Friday
Poetic Grind is a welcoming venue to all poets. In past shows we've had talented poets, inspiring messages and a great audience. Come & Enjoy a afternoon of poetry, coffee and desert in a relaxed environment.
Sign up list for readers will open at: 5pm
Reading will begin at: 5:30pm
If you would like to be added to the sign up list prior to the event please email me directly at: profeticlyrics@gmail.com
