Mmmmmmmm, mmmmm...check these POETRY EVENTS against the LABARYNTH that is your CREATIVE and see if it don't get you INTO the mix - TRANSFORMED into a blissful KISS that won't pay the RENT but will send you DREAMING in TECHNICOLOR tradition

THIS ISSUE
o1. Second Wednesday ~ ViZualiSe Anniversary o2. Second Wednesday ~ Poetry Slam is Back! o3. Thursday ~ Raven Cafe Music
o4. Fourth Wednesday ~ Puppet Theater
o5. Final Saturday ~ Bill Campana Live! o6. Saturday in November ~ PAPA

o1. Second Wednesday ~ ViZualiSe Anniversary

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Second Wednesday, Sep 10, 8:00 PM
ViZualise poETry AnTi-slaM CELEBRATES One Year at The Lost Leaf! Come join the festivities and share your poetry on "RooseVelt Row": 5th Street Gallery set along rows of converted 1920's homes. LOCAL ART, LOCAL MUSIC, 80+ Beers, 20 Wines, 2 Sakes, 10 Organic Brews & Wines, Lambics, Chocolate Wine Glasses, Off-the-grid Wine, Gluten Free Beer. Poetry until Midnight! The Lost Leaf Gallery
914 N. 5th St, Phoenix
602.258.0014 | http://www.myspace.com/thelostleaf | http://www.myspace.com/ViZualiSeVoice

o2. Second Wednesday ~ Poetry Slam is Back!

Second Wednesday, Sep 10, 8:00 PM
The Downtown Poetry Slam is back!
For Anyone who loves to hear, read or perform poetry. The 2008 Phoenix Slam team has officially completed National Poetry Slam competition, finishing 27th out of 80 teams from across the US, Canada and Europe. On top of that, the Phoenix team competed on the finals stage for group pieces at Nationals, finishing 8th overall. It has been a great year for Phoenix Slam poetry, and we are excited to keep that going into the Fall and Winter. Everyone is invited to join us where it all began! Fair Trade Café
NW corner of 1st Ave. and Roosevelt, Phoenix | Behind the Trinity Cathedral | Free parking is available in the garage | If you get lost please call the café. 602.354.8150 | jsblue@PROTECTED airwissel@PROTECTED | *Compete at this Poetry Slam, and you could represent Phoenix at the iWPS this December! http://www.individualworldpoetryslam.com

o3. Thursday ~ Raven Cafe Music

Thursday, Sep 11, 7:00 PM
Prescott Poets host the Raven Cafe.
Alaska's piano man, Dave Manning, returns. Imagine the song-smithing of Greg Brown and Tom Waits with the swagger of Jerry Lee Lewis. Dave is a great personality and always a lot of fun for us. Raven Cafe
142 N. Cortez, Prescott | 928.717.0009 | info@PROTECTED | http://www.ravencafe.com

o4. Fourth Wednesday ~ Puppet Theater

Fourth Wednesday, Sep 24, 7:00 PM
Poetry in the Park on a New Night...
For those who follow the epic of a new venue for Poetry in the Park (PIP), this year we have secured a beautiful venue for poetry, song, essay, conversation & all kinds of performances...the Great Arizona Puppet Theater. DAVID CHORLTON will be taking over the venue ON A DIFFERENT NIGHT. How fortunate for all of us! David is great!! Starting September 24, the 4TH WEDNESDAY will be our new night at the Puppet Theater. We hope that everyone will enjoy our unique, challenging and satisfying event which supports creativity, written and spoken art of all kinds and expression of ideas. The Great Arizona Puppet Theater
302 West Latham St, Phoenix | carolhogan@PROTECTED | http://www.azpuppets.org

o5. Final Saturday ~ Bill Campana Live!

Saturday, Sep 27, 8:00 PM
Bill Campana Live at the Mesa Arts Center. Campana is revered Nationwide for his poetry. Professional Slam poets across the nation cite Bill's work and influence as beyond original and IN YOUR FACE. We here in the Valley are fortunate enough to have him live, write, and express here. Order tickets to Bill's show, which will kick-off with The Klute, who just returned from his appearance at the 2008 National Poetry Slam. Also performing: Patrick Hare, member of several Mesa National Poetry Slam Teams and an absolutely hilarious king of prose. Mesa Arts Center: Farnsworth Studio Theater 1 E. Main St, Mesa | There is a charge to park in the 1st Ave. lot and in the parking structure | Free parking is available on the street and in the lots next to the City building across Main | Also, there's a huge free parking lot next to the church on 1st Ave. (on the the West side of Center) 480.644.6500 | http://www.mesaartscenter.com/main.aspx | http://www.mesaartscenter.com/EventDetail.aspx?exp=False&mode=0&page=1

o6. Saturday in November ~ PAPA

Saturday, Nov 1st, 4:00 PM-????
PAPA 2008: Phoenix Annual Parade of the Arts. Come see the Supernatural, Freaks and Sideshow Geeks, Clowns Galore, Sonorous & more...Own the Streets! Join us in the Third Phoenix Annual Parade of the Arts in Downtown Phoenix. Pre- register your passion at 4pm and enjoy continual rotating performances by entertainers and an exhibition of costumes and floats entered in the parade’s competition. The PAPA Talent Showcase follows the parade with live music, staged performances and after parties at various downtown venues. In all, bikes, decorated shopping carts, jugglers, burners, drummers, musicians, clowns, food vendors, belly dancers, fire spinners, costumes, noise makers, ticker-tape, horses, elevated levels of levity, human-sized animals, magicians, poets, friendly freaks, silly hats, mimes, stilt walkers and balloon twisters. 5th St & Roosevelt, Phoenix
http://www.myspace.com/phxannualparadeofthearts

Phoenix Area poetry events ongoing at http://www.phoenixpoet.com