Best Bet - "The folks behind "The Encyclopedia Show" take inspiration from an unlikely source for their showcase of visual art, comedy, music and spoken word. That's right: an encyclopedia. On Wednesday, the show uses the moon as a jumping off-point (think lunacy and eclipses) for works from local artists Anis Mojgani, Iggy Mwela, Cassie Sparkman, Rik Vasquez and others" - Julia Borcherts, Chicago Tribune's Red Eye Edition 1/5/09


10 Cool Things this week - "Local performance poets Robbie Q. Telfer and Shanny Jean Maney host "The Encyclopedia Show - Two the Moon ", a showcase of visual art, comedy, music and spoken word. Each month a topic is picked randomly from an encyclopedia, and volunteering Def Poetry Jam vets, writing professors, slam poets, stand-up comics, fiction writers, artists and performers are given assignments on that entry. Tonight's topic is the moon" - Chicago Tribune 1/5/09


Each month a new topic is randomly picked for "The Encyclopedia Show" with written assignments sent to a diverse group of writers, poets, visual artists and musicians.
This month's topic "The Moon .

Featured artists this month:

Featuring: Two the Moon - Anis Mojgani (National Poetry Slam Individual Champion)
Moonwalkers - Bill Struss (Phi Rho Pi double gold medalist)
Astrology - Amy David (Green Mill Slam Team)
Lunacy - A.D. Jameson (Fiction writer & Instructor, DePaul University)
Moon Geography - Cassie Sparkman (Director, Poetry Centery of Chicago)
Harvest Moon - Corey Schultz (“Slammaster”)
Lunar Space Elevator - Melanie "George" Decelles (Youth National Poetry Slam)
Lunar Gravity - Iggy Mwela (Creator, Words in Action Poetry Series)
Mooning (v.) re: Naked Fannies - Rik Vasquez (Youth Mentor, Slam Coach for hire)
Moon Treaty/Constitution - Kiara Lanier (Youth Singer/Songwriter)
Sea of Tranquility - Aly Bosetti (Visual Artist)
Life native to the Moon - Ralph Hardesty (Rhetoric Instructor, Cornell University)
Moon flower & Music - Luna Blues Machine

Hosted by - Shanny Jean and Robbie Q., with Jilted Emily Rose, Admiral-Professor Dan Telfer, Fact-Checker Kurt Heintz (Minister of Accuracy), and a Werewolf