The Encyclopedia Show: Obsolete Diseases Chicago Slamworks

The Encyclopedia Show, a monthly variety show, asks ever changing literati to present original creative pieces based on an encyclopedia entry.  This Month's Topic: OBSOLETE DISEASES.  Tix $6


01/06/10 - 01/06/10

730p


The Encyclopedia Show, a monthly variety show, asks ever changing literati to present original creative pieces based on an encyclopedia entry.  This Month's Topic: OBSOLETE DISEASES featuring:

David Blair (National Poetry Slam Champ) Homosexuality as a Disease

Jamila Woods (2009 LTAB College Slam Winner) Smallpox

Mairead Case (Editor, literago.org) Harikikigaki

Noor Hasan (Louder Than A Bomb Youth Slam Champion) Dancing Plague of 1518

Marlon "Inphynit" Carey (Author, Hip Hop Poet) Guinea Worm Disease

Christopher Howard (PhD Candidate in Biology, Musician) Rinderpest

Monte Smith (Shawnimals) Dyscrasia

Lamon Manuel (Tomorrow Kings) Female Hysteria

Director
Robbie Q Telfer (Author of Spiking the Sucker Punch) and Shanny Jean Maney (Author of Our Brave Faces Were Just Smiles)

Performers
David Blair; Jamila Woods, Mairead case, Noor Hasan, Maron Carey, Christopher Howard, Monte Smith and Lamon Manuel

Production
Kurt Heintz (E-Poets.net)– Fact Checker; Aaron Enskat (Former Normal Slammaster); Tim Stafford (HBO Def Poet); Joel Chmara (HBO Def Poet); Evan Chung (Musician) - House Band Leader

Tags: Literary, American, 2010