The Encyclopedia Show –
Young Chicago Authors
Best Bet – Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye Edition 1/5/09
10 Cool Things this week – Chicago Tribune 1/5/09
Best Bet – “The folks behind “The Encyclopedia Show” take inspiration from an unlikely source for their showcase of visual art, comedy, music and spoken word. That’s right: an encyclopedia. On Wednesday, the show uses the moon as a jumping off-point (think lunacy and eclipses) for works from local artists Anis Mojgani, Iggy Mwela, Cassie Sparkman, Rik Vasquez and others” – Julia Borcherts, Chicago Tribune’s Red Eye Edition 1/5/09
10 Cool Things this week – “Local performance poets Robbie Q. Telfer and Shanny Jean Maney host “The Encyclopedia Show – Two the Moon “, a showcase of visual art, comedy, music and spoken word. Each month a topic is picked randomly from an encyclopedia, and volunteering Def Poetry Jam vets, writing professors, slam poets, stand-up comics, fiction writers, artists and performers are given assignments on that entry. Tonight’s topic is the moon” – Chicago Tribune 1/5/09
Each month a new topic is randomly picked for “The Encyclopedia Show” with written assignments sent to a diverse group of writers, poets, visual artists and musicians.
This month’s topic “The Moon .Featured artists this month:
Featuring: Two the Moon – Anis Mojgani (National Poetry Slam Individual Champion)
Moonwalkers – Bill Struss (Phi Rho Pi double gold medalist) Astrology – Amy David (Green Mill Slam Team) Lunacy – A.D. Jameson (Fiction writer & Instructor, DePaul University) Moon Geography – Cassie Sparkman (Director, Poetry Centery of Chicago) Harvest Moon – Corey Schultz (“Slammaster”) Lunar Space Elevator – Melanie “George” Decelles (Youth National Poetry Slam) Lunar Gravity – Iggy Mwela (Creator, Words in Action Poetry Series) Mooning (v.) re: Naked Fannies – Rik Vasquez (Youth Mentor, Slam Coach for hire) Moon Treaty/Constitution – Kiara Lanier (Youth Singer/Songwriter) Sea of Tranquility – Aly Bosetti (Visual Artist) Life native to the Moon – Ralph Hardesty (Rhetoric Instructor, Cornell University) Moon flower & Music – Luna Blues MachineHosted by – Shanny Jean and Robbie Q., with Jilted Emily Rose, Admiral-Professor Dan Telfer, Fact-Checker Kurt Heintz (Minister of Accuracy), and a Werewolf
Director
Young Chicago AuthorsPerformers
Anis Mojgani (National Poetry Slam Individual Champion)
Bill Struss (Phi Rho Pi double gold medalist)
Amy David (Green Mill Slam Team)
A.D. Jameson (Fiction writer & Instructor, DePaul University)
Cassie Sparkman (Director, Poetry Centery of Chicago)
Corey Schultz (“Slammaster”)
Melanie