Brave New Voices http://www.bravenewvoices.org The largest ongoing spoken word event in the world... Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:32:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 If you are interested in Promoting Youth Creativity: http://www.bravenewvoices.org/2012/01/05/if-you-are-interested-in-promoting-youth-creativity/ http://www.bravenewvoices.org/2012/01/05/if-you-are-interested-in-promoting-youth-creativity/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:32:06 +0000 asobel http://www.bravenewvoices.org/?p=2158 Check out the new blog, Underage Voices, which showcases youth art, writing, spoken word, and social service at http://under-agedvoices.blogspot.com/. Want to be featured? Just submit to underagevoices@gmail.com your work and an artist statement!

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BOUT 1 :: Stockton | Houston | Detroit | Pomona | Guam
Contemporary Jewish Museum: 736 Mission Street, San Francisco (Powell BART)

BOUT 2 :: Bay Area | Hawaii | Denver | Austin | Flint
Yerba Buena CenterNovellus Theater: 700 Howard St., San Francisco (Powell BART)

BOUT 3 :: Orlando | Jacksonville | New York | Worcester | Hampton Roads
Oakland Museum: 1000 Oak Street, Oakland (Lake Merritt BART)

BOUT 4 :: Richmond | Philadelphia | Chapel Hill | Miami | Cleveland
Kaiser Center Terrace: 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland (19th St/Broadway BART)

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Teams have traveled far and wide to attend and perform in Brave New Voices. See where these amazing poets are from:

Alaska, AK | Phoenix, AZ | Los Angeles, CA | Pomona, CA | Sacramento, CA | Bay Area, CA | Stockton, CA | San Jose, CA | Toronto, Canada | Denver, CO | Connecticut, CT | Washington, DC | Delaware, DE | Leeds, England | Jacksonville, FL | Miami, FL | Orlando/Tampa, FL | Atlanta, GA |Guam, Guam | Honolulu, HI | Chicago, IL | Louisville, KY | Baton Rouge, LA | Lowell, MA | Worcester, MA | Baltimore, MD | Ann Arbor, MI | Detroit, MI | Flint, MI | Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN | Kansas City, MO | Chapel Hill, NC | Greensboro, NC | Albuquerque, NM | Silver City, NM | Taos, NM | New York, NY | Rochester, NY | Cleveland, OH | Philadelphia, PA | Providence, RI | Pine Ridge, SD | Nashville, TN | Austin, TX | Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX | Houston, TX | Hampton Roads, VA | Richmond, VA | Seattle, WA | Wisconsin, WI

 

 

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The Encyclopedia Show

Chevron Auditorium at the International House (UC-Berkeley) | 7pm-9pm
The hit variety extravaganza show comes to the Bay in a special edition featuring BNV poets, coaches, and Bay Area artistic favorites. Hosted by Robbie Q and Jamila Woods, this showcase highlights original creative works on a topic, smashing the myth that there is any one encyclopedic truth in the world.

MC Olympics Finals

Chevron Auditorium at the International House (UC-Berkeley) | 9:30pm-12pm
Witness hip-hop at its finest, as BNV’s top young emcees flex their lyrical skills to be crowned the MC Olympics Champion. This hip-hop battle royale is hosted by Rafael Casal and features nationally renowned beatboxers Joshua Silverstein and Joshua Walters.

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Register Here

Thursday July 21 marks a day of artistic development for youth as well as organizational development for teachers and emerging nonprofit leaders. Three seperate workshops will be taking place in Downtown Oakland.

BNV WRITING & PERFORMANCE WORKSHOPS
Oakland School for the Arts | Oakland | 1pm-5pm

These artistic workshops are led by leading spoken word artists, teaching artists, and educators in the Bay Area and Brave New Voices Network. All BNV participants will attend two writing & performance workshops, providing them with intensive opportunities to improve their art in conversation with youth from around the world. We’re sorry, but there is no more room for local youth to participate.

BRAVE NEW LEADERS CONFERENCE
Pro Arts Gallery | Oakland | 1pm-5pm

Simultaneous to the youth writing conference across the street, the Brave New Leaders sessions are geared for emerging nonprofit leaders. Trainings focus on fundraising, marketing, mission building and strategic planning, board development and more. Sign up here. SPACE IS LIMITED and includes a ticket to the Grand Slam Finals.

BRAVE NEW TEACHERS
Youth Radio | Oakland | 1pm- 5pm

Geared specifically for the classroom educator, the Brave New Teachers conference highlights best practices for incorporating poetry, spoken word and performance into the curricula. Features nationally-recognized educators in the BNV Network. Sign up here. SPACE IS LIMITED and includes a ticket to the Grand Slam Finals.

 

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BNV Opening Ceremony | Sproul Plaza (UC-Berkeley) | 6pm-7pm

Brave New Voices 2011 kicks off with a massive outdoor rally promoting the power of youth movements for social change. Taking place on historic Sproul Plaza, birthplace of the Free Speech Movement, the ceremonies feature Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party.

Welcome Celebration | Wheeler Auditorium (UC-Berkeley) | 7:30pm-9:00pm

Featuring the BNV Future Corps team and Bay Area legends, this artistic showcase welcomes the 500+ poets to the festival and the unique, creative landscape that is the San Francisco Bay Area.

 

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Brave New Voices International Youth Poetry Grand Slam Finals

The top 4 BNV teams from throughout the slam take center stage to see who will be crowned the 2011 Brave New Voices Grand Slam Champions. Featuring celebrity guest hosts and judges, the Finals takes place at the historic, 3,200-seat San Francisco Opera House.

Buy tickets here.

 

 

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Download Events Schedule (Note: times are subject to change so check back within the next week).

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Are you the one? When the belt at the Bay Area MC Olympics 2011.

It starts at two locations Saturday, July 9 · 1:30pm - 4:30pm: 150 Frank Ogawa Plaza in Oakland & 100 Larkin Street in San Francisco

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