Well If you're looking forward to some very powerful Poetry and Spokenword events this fall and winter. Here they are...
MORE QUALITY MIKE GUINN EVENTS "The leader in creative self expression...."
"Saving Lives, One Poem At A Time"
Mike Guinn, Texas's hardest working and most beloved performance poet has published a collection of poetry which is sure to be an award winner.
CRYING IN COLORS" The Poem-ographry Of A Man"! This riveting body of
multicultural musings fused with years of using clever language to describe life's triumps and tragedies via powerful imagery laced with a spokenword swagger.
Voted 2009 Community Mentor of the year by the FW Magazine and Winner of the National Poetry Award Michael has transcended hardcore open mic
poetry slams and spokenword juke joints to transform himself into one of the most sought after professional speakers, performance poets and emcee in the country.
. Having Michael is a very creative alternative to normal book receptions and is a welcomed change of pace any event. If you would like to sponsor or host a book signing or perhaps have him host a reading and book reception with other poets please contact him at (817) 412-3964! You will not be dissipointed Visit www.mikeguinn.com for a complete list of accomplishments and fee scale.
Well If you're looking forward to some very powerful Poetry and Spokenword events this fall and winter. Here is a list of other stellar poetry and spokenword events that I am honored to be hosting/coordinating. Over $6,100 in cash offered all together and with a very affordable entry fee.
First, the $1000 Rock The Republic Music Festival and Poetry SLam event On Oct 21st. Contact Stephen Sargent for INfo. Mike Guinn will be a Special Guest Host www.rocktherepublic.com
Sept 1st Mike Guinn features and Guest Host at Poetic Voices In Alexandria
Louisiana 7-10PM. Booksigning and Reception to Follow Poetry Reading!
POETS it's time to shine! Sept 1st show will be hosted by 1 of the most sought out spokenword artist in the country, International Spokenword Artist Mike Guinn, Founder and Slam Master for the historic Fort Worth Poetry Team! The first 15 performers to sign up for the show between 6:30 and 7:15pm at the Fleur De Lis r...oom on Sept 1st will be performing. 21 &up ID & $5 at the door. Dress 2 impress peoples!
Sept 10th - THE FIRST FRIDAY READING SERIES
First Friday Poetry Reading Series At Imprint House In Houston Texas
8PM. Performance by World Reknown Author/Performance Poet
Mike Guinn-MSW. Free Admission and Parking. Book Signing Immediately Following Open Mic. Inprint is proud to serve as a host for the First Friday Poetry Reading Series. The First Friday Series is the oldest poetry series in Houston and one of the most prestigious in the world. It has been held monthly on the first Friday of each month since 1975. The series is coordinated by Robert Clark, who may be e-mailed at HPFest@aol.com. The featured poet is always followed by an open mike.
Readings begin at 8:30 pm @ Inprint House 1520 West Main
(two blocks south of The Menil Collection, one block east of Mandell)
Admission is free
Sept 13th: YOUTH POETRY SLAM WORKSHOP:
AT UT-ARLINGTON 6:30PM (ALL OF DFW IS WELCOME TO COME)
Youth are invited to come and be apart of an one hour poetry slam workshop
as the DFW NATIONAL YOUTH POETRY SLAM TEAM prepares for its second year
of representing all of North Texas. Youth from all over are asked to come and be apart of
this historical first ever poetry slam team's quest to compete against teams from
all over the world. If you are a youth 13-18, or a youth who will not turn 20 before July 30th 2011 then you are welcome to come be apart of BRAVE NEW VOICES YOUTH SLAMS! Contact Mike Guinn -Founder at (817) 412-3964.
It does not matter if you have ever spoken in public. If you love it. WE WILL MOLD YOU!
This is a huge committment so be prepared to be molded into a national level performance poet. Join Fort Worth Poetry Slams and DFW Youth Slams On Facebook. Also add www.facebook.com/mikeguinn1 to keep up with all things Poetry Slam. CALL TODAY!
Sept 14th Mike Guinn Guest Host At J PEPES Featuring Some Of Dallas's Hottest Aspiring Spokenword Artists. Sponsored by Bacardi and Grey Goose! Coordinated by City!
Sept 16th: TAKE IT TO THE STAGE (Youth and Adult Poetry Reading)
This event was founded by Mike Guinn in 2006 and presented each 3rd
thursday of the month at the World Famous South Dallas Cultural Centre
It is a family friendly event for spoken word artists and poets who seek
to develop their craft under the watchful eye of Michael Guinn (Host)
BOOK SIGNING AND RECEPTION AFTER THE OPEN MIC!
Event is from 7-9pm and is free for everyone. 3400 Fitzhugh Dallas Texas
(Across the Street From The State Fair Grounds)
LIVE MUSIC AND ROMANTIC POETRY AND SPOKENWORD
Hosted By Mike Guinn with Michael Hubbard Music. $5 Cover.
Free Glasses of Wine and prizes... Call Mike Guinn now to RSVP for a cozy table in a cool place on a hot night of soul. LIVE AT THE COFFEE X SPOT!
3220 Mitchell Blvd Fort WOrth Tx 76119. 9PM SHARP! CALL NOW!
On Sept 18th: The 4th annual Waco Arts Fest Youth Poetry Slam IN Waco Texas (www.wacoartsfest.org), CALLING ALL YOUTH POETS! (Features needed)
Sept 21st: Performance and Book Signing Reception For National Author/Poet Mike Guinn At UT-Arlington Central Library. Sponsored By The African American Alumni Association. With Mike Guinn, DFW Youth SLams and Philly Folk Dope Poets
On Sept 24th THE QUEERLY SPEAKING PRESENTS A SPECIAL EDITION $500 GLBT Slam in Dallas At The Westin Hotel. Poets Call Me if you are intersted.
Scroll up for details..
Sept 25th, The Chocolate Lounge Poetry and Singing Competition. Live Music-Prizes In Lewisville. (BRAND NEW EVENT AND CITY) See Mike Guinn for details!
Produced by Mike Guinn and GABC. 1328 Main Street In Lewisville 9PM
Singing Contest and Prizes... GREAT FUN AND VERY RELAXING AS WITH ALL OF MIKE GUINN EVENTS! THIS IS GOING TO BE AN AWESOME EVENING!
BOOK SIGNING AND CD RELEASE RECEPTION FOR MIKE GUINN
FOLLOWING THE SET!
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Oct 24th Booksiging and Brunch At Kindells In Fair Park For National Author/Performance Poet Mike Guinn - Coordinated By Errin Davenport of KEBNRADIO! (www.kebnradio.com )
Nov 4th and 5th. The Biggest Poetry Slam In America! The 2010 Arkansas Grand Slam $2600 Poetry slam In Hot Springs www.thepoetsloft.com This annual event is the most prestigious 2 day individual poetry slam competition in the world. Complete with workshops, Head 2 Head Haiku, Erotica Slam and more...
See Mike Guinn for Entry Info and details. (817) 412-3964
If you think you got what it takes to compete with the best than simply
Nov 11th Mike Guinn Presents at NACA WEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE IN ONTARIO CALIFORNIA.
Dec 11th Keynote Speaker For Youth At San Antonio Public Library With Candid Johnson. Book signing and reception following this event..
Jan 15th Is The 5th Annual $1000 MLK SLam in Arlington, UT-Arlington See Mike Guinn www.facebook.com/mikeguinn1 or jordanmichaelg@yahoo.com
Free Hotel/Booth & food accomodations provided for out of town competitors.
Feb 4th 2011 Is The 1st Annual $1000 SUPER BOWL Of Slam Feb 4th 2011...
First 15 Poets to Sign Up. Call TODAY to find out about all of this on www.mikeguinn.com or call me at (817) 412-3964
Fahari Arts Institute In Association with Mike Guinn Productions
Presents
Queerly Speaking: Pride Edtion
" The Family Reunion"
7:00pm
$5
Open Mic Hosted by Harold Steward and Ashley Wilkerson
Featured National Performance Poets
Kevin Koaz Moore and Uriah Bell
Followed by a $500 Poetry Slam
650 North Pearl Street Dallas, TX 75201
Hotel Number - 214.979.9000
Poets contact Mike Guinn at (817) 412-3964
For Tickets and Event Details Contact Harold at (214) 960-7791
NEW BOOK ON THE BEST SELLERS LIST FOR AUTHOR MIKE GUINN
New book by Mike Guinn (Crying In Colors) Available on Amazon and Barnes and Nobles.
Booksigning this weekend at The 2011 Tulisoma Book Festival in Dallas At Fair Park
www.tulisoma.com for more on this 3 day event! Come support this event and purchase my book. Help me make this book the first collection of poetry to become a best seller..
Mike Guinn is Arguably The #1 Multicultural Poetry and Spokenword Events Promoter For Youth and Adults in Texas!
VOTED COMMUNITY MENTOR OF THE YEAR BY FW MAGAZINE AND IS A NATIONAL POETRY AWARD WINNER FOR TOP HOST FOR 2010.
With Mike Guinn... Its not just an hispanic thing or a Neo Soul Thing or a woman thing or a black thing. Its A MULTICULTURAL THING! In which we all share and reap the benefits from. So If you want to have a good time while expanding your mind.... visit www.mikeguinn.com any time..... (most events are free of charge) (Soon to be non profit)
PROMOTIONS AND CREATIVE MARKETING BY MIKE GUINN!
Mike Guinn coordinates some of the most succesful events in DFW history at the "GRASSROOTS LEVEL". He is a master at creating a buzz for small business and new products via the art of verbal self expression. Having worked with Hollywood promoters, Million Dollar Moguls, Schools, Universities, Non Profits, Libraries and numerous other organizations... Michael's unique approach to marketing and promoting is a win win for any agency or business trying to gain mass exposure. His unique ability to bring people together is legendary. His longevity is attributed to his professionalism and intergrity which is nationally known in the literary arts community. Mike ensures that his events are ego free multicultural gatherings that ANYONE can attend! Even Grandma! So for a proven national entity with national respect and a nack for connecting with people from all walks of life, contact Michael Guinn now for more on how to illuminate your business, event, product or cause. (817) 412-3964
ANNOUNCEMENTS!
MIKE GUINN RECIEVES THE NATIONAL POETRY AWARD FOR 2010 TOP HOST
at Saturday Nights 2010 National Poety Awards In Raleigh North Carolina.
Next Year The National Poetry Awards Comes To The DFW!
BRAND NEW AUTHOR
Here is the Link to Amazon.com where you can purchase and review a copy of the brave new outpouring from poet Mike Guinn! (www.mikeguinn.com)
BARNES AND NOBLES LINK!
Book Signing at the Tulisoma Book Festival This Saturday 9am-4pm. www.tulisoma.com
Michael Guinn was born in the small east Texas town of Jacksonville where he lived with his 4 brothers, Charles Jr., Maurice, Mark, and Derek. His mother and father were Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Evelene Guinn. His mother had 8 brothers; his father was the only child. Mom was raised in Cherokee county and did not finish high school. Father finished high school and played semi pro basketball and worked in construction. As long as I can remember my father has been a hustler. My mother, to this day, is still employed and always has worked at some job, whether it be construction, maid, housekeeper, care taker. Dad gave up on corporate America and engaged in a series of odd jobs. Chickens, Fire Wood, Scrap Metal etc..., all were a front for his real money maker. My family was as dysfunctional as they come. My parents sent me packing at 13 to live with my grandmother, who had already suffered two strokes as a result of us bad ass kids. We had no structure, no support and an abusive father who seemed to get off on how he "disciplined" us. Wire hangers, switches, extension cords were the norm. At age nine, I suffered third degree burns to my arms, and since we had no insurance, I have scars, internally and externally. I graduated from high school and enrolled in a small junior college in Ranger, Texas. There were more skunks than people and lots of racism. I left there the next semester and enrolled in Wharton Country Jr. College in Wharton, Texas. I ran track, pole vaulted, did well in high school, and excelled in college. After graduating from Wharton County, I received a scholarship to Lamar University in Beaumont. There I lived with a girl named Felicia Albin Callous. She had rescued me from myself and was my first kiss, first uhhmm, well you know. I left Lamar my senior year and enrolled in the U.S. Army and was stationed at Fort Jackson in Columbia SC. I met a girl named Susan Elece Sanders, who was another good woman I let, slip away. I came home and went to work for Rusk State Mental Hospital in east Texas. I met Patty Johnson, the mother of my oldest son, Gerald, who is stationed in San Diego in the U.S. Navy. Then I went back to school at Stephen F. Austin, met my son's mother there and graduated and went to work for CPS. I left east Texas and moved to Dallas where I began writing poetry. I started the Fort Worth Poetry Slams. And then after 6 years of CPS I left that job and Texas and moved to Sacramento. There I excelled in acting and spoken-word poetry slams. After being shot twice in an attempted carjacking, I moved back to Arlington and the rest of my story is woven in the poems you'll read in this book. Enjoy my life's work and my life as a man struggling to be a MAN in a world of colorful distractions. Welcome to Crying In Colors...The Poemography of A Man! "I simply love the beautiful torment of a springtime tornado. It's desperate struggle to survive. The way it brutally spins itself in circles for acceptance not knowing that it's destroying lives trying to sustain its own. And I've never felt closer to Mother Nature than right now..." : Mike Guinn Texas #1 Performance Poet/Promoter/Host/Youth Advocate
BIO FOR MIKE GUINN!
Michael Guinn is a native Texan who holds a Masters Degree in social work. What he witnessed as a caseworker for Child Protective Services "is what inspired him to write poetry. Since then he has become one of the nation's top advocates for social justice using the art of high-powered poetry and spoken word performances.
Michael Guinn is an internally reknown spokenword artist. He is the Founder and Slam Master for the historic Fort Worth Poetry Slam Team (which is featured every Tuesday at the Embargo located in Downtown Fort Worth). He has published over 13 books and recorded 4 volumes of poetry and spoken word. His workshops for creative writing and performance poetry have received national acclaim. Mr Guinn has done what no other performance artist has done, which is find a way to fuse the art of poetry and spokenword word in a way that makes it entertaining, educational and socially significant for various audiences. This is why he is one of the most sought after artist in the country
NATIONAL LEVEL SPOKENWORD EVENTS 
August 28th Book Signing for Mike Guinn's New Book and Performance By
Sept 1st Poetic Wisdom- Alexandria Louisiana - At La Fleurs 8-10PM
Coordinated By Jamie Bay. Hosted and Featuring Mr. Mike Guinn
Sept 10th Houston at the Imprint house. the Oldest known Poetry Reading in The Country.
Sept 13th. Another Brave New Voices Workshop Series. All Youth ages 13 -18 invited. Monday night at UT - Arlington in Arlington Texas 6:30PM. Contact Mike at (817) 412-3964 for more details. This workshop decides the youth team headed to San Francisco July 2011. Coordinated by the Fort Worth National Poetry Slam Team and Mike Guinn
Sept 17th Concert at Texas Weslyan University in Fort Worth.
Sept 21st UTA Feature and Book Signing
Sept 24th 2010 GLBT Poetry Slam and Open Mic at the Westin Hotel
Sept 25th GAB presents The Chocolate Lounge - Live Jazz and Poetry
1328 Main Street In Lewisville Featuring Mike Guinn and Friends.
Chocolate Open Mic. Lewisville Finally has its very own Poetry Venue.
Oct 21st -23rd Its The 2nd Annual Rock The Republic Music Festival and $1000 Poetry Slam in Bryan College Station. www.rocktherepublic.com .
Nov 4-5 THe #$2600 Arkansas Grand Poetry Slam in Hot Springs Arksansas www.thepoetsloft.com to register or call MIKE GUINN direct (817) 412-3964.
This is the Biggest Individual Poetry Slam in the Country!
Coordinated By Pam Rawls and Mike Guinn (Supported By The Poets Loft Committee)
(REGISTER NOW)
January 15th The 4th Annual $1000 MLK Poetry Slam At The University Of Texas In Arlington. www.mikeguinn.com
(The List is full for competitors but tickets go on sell November 1st)
February 5th. Mike Guinn and the Fort Worth Poetry Slam Present the SUPERBOWL OF SLAM $1000 poetry slam held on Superbowl Saturday in Arlington. All of these events are either hosted or coordinated By Mike Guinn www.mikeguinn.com . So call me direct to inquire about how you can purchase tickets or be one of the poets competiting for cash, notoriety and above all.... having a damn good time with some awesome poets and spokenword artists from all over the US!
visit www.mikeguinn.com and www.kebnradio.com for updates on Mike Guinn and all the events. (817) 412-3964
Weekly -Monthly Poetry Events
Every Tuesday Night: The Biggest Poetry Open Mic in the state goes down live at the EMBARGO! THIS IS THE BIGGEST FREE POETRY OPEN MIC AND SLAM IN THE STATE OF TEXAS! FREE ADMISSION and FREE PARKING!
SINGING CONTEST! COMEDY CONTEST!
THE ULTIMATE PLACE TO GROW WHETHER YOU ARE A FIRST TIME ARTIST OR VETERAN. Performers need to get there by 8:30 to sign the list in person. Call Mike Guinn at (817) 412-3964
RADIO SHOWS
SPIT: SPOKEN WORD AND POETRY IN TEXAS: Aires Sunday Nights from 8-10pm. This is the only radio show that exclusively promotes discussion on the state of poetry and spokenword and invites artists from all over the world to share their work, promote themselves and be apart of the family of artists who simply want to grow. Listen each Sunday Evening on www.kebnradio.com with Mike Guinn DFW'S #1 Poetry and Spokenword Events Promoter and the caretaker of Quality Performances since 1997!
Call in and share your work and comments LIVE at 646 595 4685 or SKYPE!
THE LUV JONZ RELATIONSHIP RADIO SHOW! The Radio Show where you are the expert. Listen LIVE each WEDS Night as Mike Guinn-AJ Houston and Pam Jackson
facilitate creative dialogue and colorful discussion about relationships. Tune in at 9PM -10PM each Wed night on www.kebnradio.com (646) 595 4685 is the call in number to speak to millions of listeners each week. See ya there..
THE LUV JONZ SPOKEN JAZZ SET: With MICHAEL HUBBARD MUSIC and MIKE G.
Every Last Friday Of The Month...
At The Coffee X Spot. Coordinated By Donna-Veronica-Mike 3220 Mitchell Blvd FW
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LUV JONX Spoken JAZZ SET
The Coffee X Spot
DATE: August 27, 2010
TIME: 8:30 PM til 11:00 PM
LOCATION: 3220 Mitchell Ave.
Fort Worth, TX 76105
MORE: Michael Hubbard Music
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Every 3rd Thursday: TAKE IT TO THE STAGE AT THE SOUTH DALLAS CULTURAL CENTER! 3400 S. Fitzhugh Dallas Tx. Free MULTICULTURAL Family Friendly Event in a theater setting at the historic South Dallas Cultural Center! Coordinated By Mike Guinn www.mikeguinn.com www.cityofdallas.org www.kera.org for more on this event. FREE ADM ALWAYS! PERFORMERS WILL HAVE BOOKS AND CDS!
PLEASE TELL A FRIEND ABOUT THESE WONDERFUL EVENTS www.mikeguinn.com
Michael Guinn-MSW
Motivational Speaker-Poet-Youth Empowerment Specialist
Founder-Fort Worth Poetry Slams
National Poetry Award Winner -2010
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