Nomad No-Mic featuring Mark States

Thu, Sep 22
Signups 6:30pm, Reading 7-9:30pm
Free (one-drink minimum)

It's acoustic spoken word in North Oakland. No mic, no music, just
the words. Come listen to spoken word, and share your own or someone
else's if you get the urge. This is a great venue, and the owner is
a huge supporter of local art, so we'd love to see you there to
support this great event.

Our feature this week is Mark States. Mark is a well-respected poet
in the Bay Area scene. Performance poet, host of Poetry Express in
Berkeley, facilitator of the Public Speaking for Poets workshops, he
uses humor, parody and characters to reflect the angst and
insecurities of everyday life.

He has featured throughout California at such venues as Da Poetry
Lounge (Los Angeles), The Ugly Mugg (Orange), The Starry Plough
(Berkeley Slam), and the Oakland Literature Expo 2004 & 2005. He was
ranked at Berkeley Slam in 2001 and 2002 and finalist at Oakland Slam
in 2004. His performance poetry video "Oakland Crazy" came out in
April 2004.

Mark was open mike emcee for the Berkeley Poetry Festival (1998-2002)
and coordinator in 2004.

Venue:

Nomad Cafe
6500 Shattuck (at 65th)
Oakland

http://nomadcafe.net

Additional Info:

510-601-6364
http://nomadcafe.net