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Join us at the newly renovated Lincoln Theatre in Columbus, Ohio for Hope Springs' first performance fundraiser. The event will feature performances from faculty members and participants from The First Annual Hope Springs Poetry and Performance Retreat, including Rachel McKibbens, Rose Smith, Rosemary Daniell, Sunni Patterson, Alice Lovelace and Gina Loring.
We invite you to participate in the retreat preceding the performance. Click here for more information on The First Annual Women's Poetry and Performance Retreat.
Tickets are on sale at $25. Click here for more information regarding ticket purchases. The Lincoln Theatre is located at 771 E. Long Street, Columbus, OH 43203. Click here for a map.
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The Women's Poetry and Performance Fundraiser will be held at the newly renovated Lincoln Theatre, 771 E. Long Street, Columbus, OH 43203.
There are three ways to purchase tickets for this performance:
Please note, there are limited seats available and early registration is encouraged.
Rachel McKibbens has been on eight consecutive National Poetry Slam teams and coached the NYC louderARTS slam team to the finals in 2006, 2007 &'08. She is a two-time Individual World Poetry Slam finalist and appeared in the fourth and fifth seasons of HBO's Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. McKibbens has been teaching poetry and creative writing to high school and university students for 8 years. She is a 2007 New York Foundation of the Arts poetry fellow and a 2007 Pushcart Nominee.
Rose Smith, describes herself as a shy, quiet poet who's lived most of her life in Columbus. Others call her "a giant of a poet" or "a shy, gentle atomic bomb," and she was voted Poet Most Unlike Herself at the Mic by her peers in Columbus, Ohio. Her work has appeared in such journals as Chiron Review, The Iconoclast, Good Foot, Pavement Saw, Pudding Magazine, Concrete Wolf, Main Street Rag, and The Pedestal Magazine. She is a National Poetry Slam veteran (13th individually in 2005) and was invited to compete in Canada's first national event in 2004, the inaugural Gypsy Slam Invitational in Lexington, Kentucky, and as a featured poet in cities throughout the Midwest. An associate editor at Pudding House and facilitator of their monthly workshop series, "Salon" in Central Ohio. She is author of Shooting the Strays (Pavement Saw Press, 2003) and A Woman You Know (Pudding House Publications, 2005), and co-editor of Cap City Poets: Columbus & Central Ohio's Best Known, Read, and Requested Poets (Pudding House Publications, 2008).
Rosemary Daniell is known as one of the best writing coaches in the country. The author of SECRETS OF THE ZONA ROSA: HOW WRITING (AND SISTERHOOD) CHANGE WOMEN'S LIVES, its prequel, THE WOMAN WHO SPILLED WORDS ALL OVER HERSELF: WRITING AND LIVING THE ZONA ROSA WAY, she is the founder and leader of Zona Rosa, a series of writing and living workshops in Savannah, Atlanta, and cities throughout the country, as well as in Europe, as profiled in People and Southern Living magazines. But first and foremoste she is the ward-winning author of six other books of poetry and prose. Her revolutionary memoir, FATAL FLOWERS: ON SIN SEX AND SUICIDE IN THE DEEP SOUTH, won the 1999 Palimpsest Prize for a most-requested out-of-print book. Along with her second memoir, SLEEPING WITH SOLDIERS, it was a forefunner of the current memoir trend. Along with her four other books of poetry and prose, they were widely and nationally reviewed in many publications, among them Time magazine, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Ms., and Rolling Stone.
Sunni Patterson, is more than a poet, more than a singer, more than an emcee-it's not just what she says, it's how she says it. Emerging from the musical womb that is New Orleans, artist and visionary Sunni Patterson combines the heritage and tradition of her Native town with an enlightened modern world view to create music and poetry that is timeless in its groove. Sunni has been a featured performer at the many of Nation's premier spoken word venues, including HBO's Def Poetry Jam. She has also had the privilege of speaking at the Panafest in Ghana, West Africa. She has worked with several well known artists and performers including Hannibal Lokumbe- singing lead vocals for his score," King and the Cresent City Moon," Ka-lamu Ya Salaam, Sonia Sanchez, Wanda Coleman, Amiri Baraka, Laini Kuumba Afrikan Dance Company, and many more.
Alice Lovelace, performer, playwright, author, and poet, she also is the co-founder of the Southern Collective of African American Writers (SCAWW), lead staff organizer of the United States Social Forum, editor of CRUX: A Conversation in Words and Images from South Africa to South USA, and co-editor of the on-line publication In Motion Magazine. Honors include the City of Atlanta Mayor's Fellowship in the Arts, Fund for Southern Communities'Torchbearers Award, Project South Voice of the Movement Award, Georgia Writers Association's Lifetime Achievement Award, and the 2007 Democratic Socialists of America's Frederick Douglas-Eugene Debs Award. Other credits include: Remembering My Birth: New and Collected Poems; The Kitchen Survival Almanac; Black Coffee; Forever; The Citizen Artist: 20 Years of Art in the Public Arena; The Atlanta Tribune; DrumVoices Revue; Catalyst Magazine; The Great Speckled Bird; High Performance Magazine; Up Town/On The Town; Photography Quarterly; Black Poetry of the 80's From the Deep South; and This Is For Family (CD). Website: www.AliceLovelace.com and www.lnMotionMagazine.com
Gina Loring, with a rich, soulful voice, thought provoking lyrics, and a powerful stage presence, Gina Loring is in a league of her own. The top ranking female poet at the 2002 National Poetry Slam, she was featured on two seasons of HBO's Russell Simmons' Def Poetry and BET's Lyric Cafe. Following several showcases produced by Norman Lear, she was hired as a writer/ performer on his "Declare Yourself" tour. In conjunction with Diddy "Vote or Die" campaign and Rock the Vote, Gina helped to register thousands of young voters. She was also a featured vocalist/songwriter on the Brand New Heavies album "We Won't Stop" and has been mentored by such artists as Mos Def, Pharoahe Monch, Suzan-Lori Parks and Maria Gibbs.
Chauncey Beaty, Event Coordinator - ccbeaty@gmail.com or
Suzanne Stevens at Hope Springs Institute, (937) 587-2602 or (937) 587-2605
