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EVERY THIRD THIRSDAY | 7-9pm | $5 or FREE ENTRY if you bring a canned good!! | 21+ In the past, Lethal Poetry has partnered with Second City comedians & showcased some of the most talked about performers Chicago has to offer. LP has brought award winning & national touring artists to the stage, and has been included as Metromix & Red Eyes "best bets" on several occassions! LP is now turning WORDS THAT KILL into a showcase AND poetry slam! We intend on taking a team to the National Poetry Slam in 2010...so we restructured...We are came back strong inSeptember on a new night (third thursdays), with two new producers, two new hosts, & AN INCREDIBLE LINE UP!!! Keep checking the exhibitions & events page to see who's performing! WORDS THAT KILL moved to LILLY'S BAR | 2513 N Lincoln Ave - Chicago, IL 60622 EVENT FORMAT Run time 7-9pm. Slam sign up begins at 6:45pm, COMEDY & POETRY SHOWCASE starts promptly at 7pm & will include a selection of Chicago's finest stand up, improv, sketch comedy, performance poetry, & musical poetry! We will close the evening with an OMNI-SLAM! FEBRUARY : WOMAN'S HISTORY MONTH: FEATURED PERFORMERS THIS MONTH is National Woman's History Month, so in honor of this historic occasion, we have partnered with Beast Woman Productions to fill out our line up with tons of talented women AND "appreciators of women"! Some of which include: Stacy Fox, Molly Meacham, Emily Lake, Leslie Lee, Janet Kane, The Mojdeh Project, Robin Fine!
Janet Kane has been hosting the "Cafe Cabaret" at Ballou with jazz singer, Roberta Miles for some time now. She is a local producer with a addiction to musical comedy! Janet has been called the "Maven of Mischief" because of her silly antics & wit. She is a repeat "Beast Woman," and is proud of it too! Emily Lake charms audiences all over Chicago with her keen observations and witty rhetoric on dating, relationships, and small town life. Her comedy has been described as "infectious" by many, because of her conversational tone and delivery . With Emily, you just sit back and laugh as she welcomes you into the secret life of a single girl in the big city. From the Nabraska Chicago, Stacy Fox is a local transplant into the local community! She competed in the National Poetry Slam in Austin, TX - just before relocating to the home of the first poetry slam! She's an educator and an active community motivator! Molly Meacham, a teacher in the Chicago public school system, is a fixture in poetry slam circles. She is part of the Promethean Theatre Ensemble and teaches Shakespeare with a not-for-profit organization, the Viola Project. Molly also recently hosted the 2010 Chicago Woman's Poetry Slam, at the Green Mill. The Mojdeh Project, is fronted by 4x award winning writer & performer, Mojdeh Stoakley. President of Lethal Poetry & executive producer of several events like Outspoken festival & Nights of Sight & Sound. The Mojdeh Project will bring poetry to life through music and building soundscapes. They are also proud "Beast Women" for the first time! Leslie Lee, ‘The Queen Bee of Comedy’, has moved quickly from college radio & community theater to bigger stage & film work, she is most at home in an intimate setting where she can interact with her audience. There’s been no stopping Leslie Lee! Known for her prurient parodies of popular songs, her stand-up act combines her love of traditional musicals with witty bon mots and self-deprecating humor. Her motto? ‘Just tell me when to show up and hand me a microphone!’ She also writes erotica and children's books, but not at the same time. Leslie is also a repeat "Beast Woman", so beware! Robin Fine, really hit her stride as a performance poet when in her first season with Beast Women. Robin is well known for her erotic poetics. Though she weaves a great deal of humor into her pieces about being a "voluptuous" lover!
Click here to read more about Words That Kill (showcase/slam, podcast, & compilation CDs & books). Sponsors & Partners,
PODCAST LP is also kicking off it's first PODCAST! The Words That Kill Podcast, otherwise known as the "Lethal Poetry : WTKP"! Elanor Ruth Smith, will host a monthly exploration into the lives & talents of several poets, comedians, linguistics experts, novelists, and more. The podcast will be themed around the union between language and the arts - but will also include useful tips on how to build a career in these different creative fields and more! UPCOMING COMPILATION CDs LP is gathering recordings & text from all around the world to build "Words That Kill" audio & book compilations to help promote up & coming artists & to raise funds various meaningful humanitarian, arts, & environmental non-profits.
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES & INFO Submit to Showcase or to be considered as a guest for the Podcast: Please send an email to elanor.lethalpoetry@gmail.com, your subject should specify either"Submission: WTK Showcase" or "Submission : WTK Podcast Guest". To be considered you must include the following information, your legal name, your stage name / alias (if you have one), a brief bio about you/your work/your achievements, your phone number, email address, official website, links to samples of your work (youtube, myspace, purevolume, etc), and the dates that you will be in town if you are not from the Chicagoland Area. Send mp3s only if you don't have work streaming online. Incomplete submissions may not be considered. Submit your recordings for the Podcast & Compilation CDs: If you would like your recordings (music, poetry, comedy, etc) to be considered for the podcast please send an email to elanor.lethalpoetry@gmail.com, your subject should read "Submission: WTK Podcast Recordings". To be considered you must include the following information: your legal name, your alias/nickname (if you have one), a short bio about you and your work, your email address, phone number, official website, links to your work (myspace, purevolume, etc). Please be prepared to email us mp3s or ship us a copy of your CD upon request. Submit your recordings & text to WTK compilations: If you would like to have your work showcased in one of our compilations you must send an email to lethalpoetryco@gmail.com, your subject should read "Submission: WTK Compilations". Your submission must include your legal name, your pen name or performance alias (if you have one), a brief bio about you and your work, and you must submit ONLY the work that you'd like to be considered (as an mp3, word doc, pdf, or rtf document). By submitting your work you are choosing to give LP permission to duplicate and distriubute your work. Furthermore - you must understand that you will recieve no royalties for your work if compilations are sold, but you will recieve proper recognition. You must be prepared to ship us CDs or email us your text in different formats upon our request.
CONTACT: WORDS THAT KILL showcase/slam producers
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