INTERSECTIONS Tonight: Wednesday 6/6/07 7:30 PM @ the Honfleur Gallery

Hello Lovers of Poetry, Art and Music!

This is a friendly reminder about the first session of INTERSECTIONS for the month of June; Wednesday June 6th at 7:30 PM at the Honfleur Gallery 1241 Good Hope Rd. SE
Washington , D.C. 20020

Come join us as we celebrate the re-opening of the Honfleur Gallery (after the flood ) and the our first reading for the month of June.

Here is our line up for the evening:

PATRICK WASHINGTON- aka Black Picasso, RIO -Regarded by many as one of the country's premier performance poets, Patrick represents classic poetry with a hip-hop aesthetic. Weaving spoken & at times improvised lyrics through anything from live instruments to DJ's to beat box vocal percussion, Patrick consistently proves himself a master of genre fusion. A tried & true slam poet for the past 6 years, he has emerged victorious and brought down the house at various poetry slams & universities along the east coast. His take on life, love, art & the music that moves him are presented with such passion & energy that listeners will feel as if they have been shoved head-first into a vivid landscape totally of his making. On the literary front, Patrick has been included in several anthologies available nationally, including: "Life Through Black Eyes" (Rom Publications), "Crucifixion of my Soul" (Veracity Press), and the forthcoming "Share This Book" (Blacklustre Entertainment). He was also a contributing writer to "Tough Love: the life & death of Tupac Shakur" (Alexander Publishing).

Joel Dias Porter (aka DJ Renegade) was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. He served in the US Air Force, and after leaving the service, he became a professional DJ in the DC area. From 1994 through 1999 he competed in the National Poetry Slam, finishing as high as second place in the individual competition, and was the 1998 and 1999 Haiku Slam Champion. Places his poems have been published include Time Magazine, The Washington Post, Callaloo, Antioch Review, Red Brick Review, and the anthologies Meow: Spoken Word from the Black Cat, Short Fuse, Role Call, Def Poetry Jam, 360 Degrees of Black Poetry, Slam (The Book), Revival: Spoken Word from Lollapallooza, Poetry Nation, Beyond the Frontier, and Catch a Fire. He also edited and did layout for The Black Rooster Social Inn, an anthology of poems and photos of visual art. In 1995, he received the Furious Flower "Emerging Poet Award" from James Madison University. Places he has performed include the Today Show, the documentary SlamNation, on BET, and in the feature film Slam. The father of a young son, he has a CD of jazz and poetry on Black Magi Music, entitled "LibationSong".

A poem can curve like
the bell of a tulip or
a pistol grip
- Joel Dias Porter

We are honored to have with us a group of young poets from the Washington Middle School for Girls that share from their work and French artist Delphine Perlstein , whose exhibit just opened on June 2 at Honfleur. We also have the sounds of Mello -D & the Rados .

We hope to see you there.
Thank you for your continued support and interest in INTERSECTIONS!

Fred Joiner
Curator and Host

Links to artists:
http://www.poemcees.com - Patrick Washington
http://renegadesblog.blogspot.com/ -Joel Dias Porter (aka DJ Renegade)
http://www.delphineperlstein.com/ - Delphine Perlstein
http://www.washingtonmiddleschoolforgirls.org/ - Washington Middle School for Girls
http://www.thermiterecords.com/- Mello-D & the Rados
http://www.americanpoetrymuseum.org/ -American Poetry Museum
http://www.honfleurgallery.com

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