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The Blacklight Lounge feat. Taalam Acey
The Blacklight Lounge takes off again at Queen Sheba with live music, spoken word, and honey wine. Come enjoy the best entertainment in Northern California on April 22nd.
featuring: Mars Gana (live music), Jose Cuellar, Courtship's Lovesong, Cameron Eugene, and Taalam Acey. Hosted by Russell Cummings....
$10 at the door
1704 broadway, sac ca
doors open at 9:45pm
Taalam:(taken from Wikipedia)
Acey was one of four poets from around the US selected by Essence magazine to feature at the 2001 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans. Previous to that, he was chosen to open up for activist Dick Gregory for a live PBS broadcast from the University of Texas at Austin [1]. Acey was one of five poets from around the United States selected to feature in the New Jersey Performing Arts Center's ground-breaking, "Theater of the Spoken Word". Acey has also lectured on performance poetry for the University of California at Berkeley's Center for Urban Education.
Along with Essence magazine (September 2001), his work has been featured in several publications including Philadelphia Weekly (December 2005),[3] New Jersey Star Ledger (July 2001).[4] Marc Smith the founder of slam poetry used examples of Acey's poetry in Smith's definitive book on slam poetry- The Complete Idiot's Guide to Slam Poetry [5] (2004). BBC Radio One (London) featured Acey in its documentary on slam poetry (2000).
Acey was a member of the 1999 New York City slam team representing the world famous Nuyorican Cafe [www.nuyorican.org]. He was the 2000 Grand Slam Champion of London's Paddington International Poetry Festival.[6] He was also the 2000-2001 New Jersey Slam master and the District of Columbia's Black Words Grand Slam Champion.
His first spoken-word video "When the Smoke Clearz" was shown in film festivals in Los Angeles, New York, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. The video was one of only 22 films nominated for a 2002 Sundance Film Festival On-line Award.
He has won poetry slams and performed his poetry extensively throughout the continental United States, from Los Angeles to Amsterdam as well as in Mexico, Canada, Germany, UK, Jamaica, and the Netherlands. Acey also makes time to perform for non-profit organizations such as shelters that serve as a lifeline to people at tenuous points in their lives. In 2004, Acey worked with Project Stay Free [2], an at-risk youth program in Delaware (2008) designed to educate and liberate youth from the juvenile justice system".
Along with 13 spoken-word CDs, Acey has published an award-winning memoir, a novel, a comprehensive compilation of his poetry and, most recently, a book entitled Excellent Exposure (2009). Acey describes his latest effort as, "A defiantly open compendium of essays and poems derived from over a decade of success as a full-time world traveling poet. This self expository collection weaves critical thought, blunt introspection and empirical enlightenment."
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LocationQUEEN SHEBA RESTAURANT (View)
1704 BROADWAY
SACRAMENTO, CA 95818
United States
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