The Arcadia Branch of the  LA County Library will be taking submissions and entries to be considered for the competition portion up to the day before.of the event. Youth interested in the Open Mic will be allowed to walk in and be considered for inclusion up to the beginning of the event. Submissions from teen and youth throughout the San Gabriel Valley will be considered for participation.

Prizes and recognition will be given out as scored by a panel of established poets from all over Southern California.

The event will take place inside the Cay Mortensen Auditorium and is free and open to the public.

For more information on submissions and entry rules:
Contact Regina Ochoa at the Arcadia Library at rochoa@ci.arcadia.ca.us

LINKS/MEDIA:
{Coming soon!}

LINKS:

Arté Cabalturo (Gallery owned/operated by Art Lopez)
http://artecabalturo.carbonmade.com/

Main Line Custom Graphics, Silk Screening, and Tattoos (Gallery owned by Joe Ortega)
http://www.mainlinecg.com/

Coco Na Dré Cafe (Gallery owned and operated by the Armstrong Family)
http://www.coconadre.com/

Facebook Event page:
http://www.facebook.com/events/169422089828364/?ref=ts

For those that have already come forward and offered assistance and have expressed interest, many thanks. The Nuvein Board will meet to discuss nominations and review statements from those that have declared interest.

There are many ways to help with the mission of Nuvein such as volunteering at events, performing at events, serving on either our advisory board to develop programs and events, serving on program or event committees, or serving on the executive board that handles budgetary, legal, and all other technical and logistical matters that the organization, promotion, development of evens, scholarships, and other resources require. Of course, one of the best way to support Nuvein is to support and attend our events, encourage fellow artists to showcase and participate at these events, and finally enjoy (hopefully) being a part of our events.

Statements of Interest should simply provide a quick background on your experience with arts related organizations, or your current practice/exercising of an artistic discipline, as well as include what goal or project would you like to be a part of developing with the Nuvein Foundation.

If you are interested please contact any of the following members of the Nuvein Executive Board.

Christopher Trevilla – ctrevilla@nuvein.org

Renato Aguirre – renato@nuvein.org

Carlos Aranibar – carlos.aranibar@nuvein.org

Jeffrey Bickel – nuvein@gmail.com

On Thursday, November 3rd, 2011 at 6pm the South El Monte Library and the Nuvein Foundation welcome the Emerging Urban Poets Group out of Pasadena, CA for a poetry showcase at the S. El Monte Library Adult Book Club meeting. The Emerging Urban Poets gather regularly for poetry readings, workshops, as well as serve as a network of encouraging fellow writers and artists that host a variety of events and programs at schools, the local community, and abroad. The group’s members have all respectively been featured in several books and anthologies of poetry, and publish their own works as part of the San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly publication. Under the leadership of Don Kingfisher Campbell, these poets have also served as inspiration to future generations of young poets, doing readings and workshops at Occidental College and elsewhere.

For more information on this event, please contact Roberta Marquez the South El Monte Library.

South El Monte Library
1430 N. Central Ave.
South El Monte, CA 91733

(626) 443-4158

On Saturday, November 5th, 2011, the Nuvein Foundation in partnership with the Norwood Branch of the LA County Public Library will create an opportunity for young aspiring poets from grades 6-12 from across the San Gabriel Valley to be paired up with established Southern California poets who either through publication, online blogs and media, and/or the spoken word circuit in order to receive hands on feedback, encouragement, recommendations, and mentorship for them to develop their poetic craft.

Among those scheduled to serve as Peet Poets (mentors) are:

Mike Sonksen, aka Mike the Poet- A 3rd-generation LA native acclaimed for poetry performances, published articles & legendary city tours. His published works have received acclaim across many poetic and literary circles, as some of his published works have been added to the curriculum of several universities. Mike has provided spoken word performances, poetry workshops, and  helped organize poetic events at museums, parks, schools, and other public landmarks and community centers across Southern California as he believes in the power of poetry’s reach regardless of environment, situation, and circumstances. Active as a  poet, journalist, historian, tour guide, and teacher, Mike also hosts a poetry open mic in Downtown Los Angeles.

Rick Stepp-Bolling- A former educator for reading, study techniques, and writing at Mt. San Antonio College and creative writing professor at Citrus College, whose relationship with poetry has spanned over forty-five years. A published poet and writer, he has participated with various poetry and creative writing groups and events across the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles and is currently at work on several writing projects, including preparing for live performances at future artistic events across the San Gabriel Valley. Rick draws his poetic themes from the world around him as he is generally  inspired by what life has to offer and what it denies all of us.

Ryan Hernandez- A musician, blogger, singer-songwriter, and poet whose passion for music is matched for that of the spoken word. He has been involved with several musical, artistic, and spoken word events and groups locally and across Los Angeles as part of his prior musical background and has begun to branch out as a spoken word artist . Ryan  operates an online blog, a poetry website, and a music site, and is working towards a poetry publication in the near future. Ryan believes in the power of poetry, spoken or written, to tell a story, and explores themes of love and relationships, as well as more socially conscious and political messages.

Sharon Rizk- A psychologist and Marriage & Family Therapist with a private practice in Pasadena, a contracted non-profit supervisor, as well as part-time professor at Citrus College, who wrote her first poem at the age of ten years old. She has participated in numerous writing and poetry groups across the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles, and recently co-organized the a writing retreat  in Monrovia Canyon. Sharon is a published poet, who also has some of her poetry recorded, and who has conducted poetry workshops out of her office, as she believes in the power of reading and writing poetry to heal wounds and foster growth.

Toti O’ Brien- A poet and writer fluent in Italian, English, and other languages who has been involved with poetry for abotu 38 years, alternating throughout those years with other literary and artistic forms. Toti’s works have been published in various languages and in many forms of media online and in other countries. She currently participates with creative writing and  poetry groups, attending workshops and participating at events in Pasadena, La Canada-Flintridge and other parts of the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles.  Toti has also been a guest poet as part of a summer creative writing and poetry course at Occidental College. Present in her poetry are themes of family and relationships, journeys and  and displacements,  love and loss, the legacy of historical figures, and the metaphors of religion.

Gary Imperial- A poet and writer who has been writing poetry on and off, though mostly on for the last 34 years. His early influences were narrative rhyme poetry like The Night Before Christmas and Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven.  It was in that style of narrative rhyme that he wrote  a sequel to The Headless Horsemen of Sleepy Hollow entitled Ichabod’s Revenge.  Gary has had his poetry published in several publications, with the most recent being in
the San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly.  He is presently a member and organizer of a poetry group in Whittier and has been thus involved for the last nine years.

Mina Kirby- A former collegiate educator who had her poetry first published in a state high school anthology during her junior year in middle school. She took a hiatus from poetry for much of her transition from school age to professional life, as she eventually became  a mathematics professor at East Los Angeles Community College. However, while instructing and mentoring collegiate students, she  wrote numerous songs about mathematics and published a book entitled Mathematical Dreams. Having retired, she began to explore her interest in poetry and prose composition. She has published several chapbooks, and is currently on working on future publications. Mina is a member of several poetry and creative writing groups out of the San Gabriel Valley and Los Angeles, has been featured as part of a artistic television show, and has recited poetry at the Pasadena Art Walk.

Mary Torregrossa- An English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor working in the San Gabriel Valley, her interest in poetry began during her childhood growing up in Rhode Island. She participated in an Summer Arts program during her sophomore year in high school, where she first began writing poetry in a group setting. In her collegiate years, she nurtured her talents as an Arts Page Editor. Recently, Mary continued to develop her poetry as member of several poetry groups across Los Angeles and the San Gabriel Valley, performing her poetry in various settings and for various events, as well as facilitating numerous poetry writing and critique workshops. A published poet and devoted philanthropist, the sale of one of her chapbooks of poetry entitled Shoebox Poems, went towards a foster care center in Pasadena. Mary is a narrative poet, as she believes in a poems interesting ability to tell a story both passionately , and draws her inspiration from events in her life, and the people and places she has come across.

Dennis Gomez- A poet, musician, event organizer, entrepreneur,  and artist who has been writing Hip Hop poetry for over 20 years. He has spent these years writing about things that he would observe in his environment, politics, social circumstance as well as creating story lines,  depicting them as cleverly as possible with words (that rhyme). He is not only a poet, but also a Visual Artist and Musician.  He is the founder of a weekly Trip-Hop and Downtempo excursion experience in Los Angeles, and runs a website featuring the latest recordings from this weekly auditory experience. He is also the president of a local graphic arts and media design company. He is also currently working on art for his first personal Art Exhibit and continues to work on his Hip-Hop project “Non Human Intelligence”  whose first video was recently voted “Best New Video” on MTVu’s Freshmen.  You can say Poetry and Arts are in his blood: Gomez’s Great Uncle Rubén Dario is known as the “Father of Romanticism”, and his Uncle is the abstract Painter, Orlando Sobalvarro.

for more information on this event contact either:

Ana Garcia at the Norwood Library at (626) 443-3147.

OR

Christopher Trevilla of the Nuvein Foundation at ctrevilla@nuvein.org

The event will feature award-winning spoken word performances by: Mike the Poet, Radomir V. Luza, Rick Stepp-Bollin, Christopher Trevilla, Kimberly Cobian, and others.

The spoken word will also be showcased at the Poets Corner/Rincon de Poesia where poets will gather and read their richly colorful poems paying homage to the dead and the living, as well as showcasing the several works of poetry and poetic groups and organizations from across Southern California.

Among the groups to be featured at the event will be the members of the ZZyZx WriterZ  group from Los Angeles; members of the Spartan Cafe Poetry Club from Schurr High School in Montebello; members from the Whittier Poetry Group; members from the Unbuckled NOHO Poetry Open Mic of North Hollywood; members of the Spoken Word @ the Last Bookstore from Downtown Los Angeles, members of the San Dimas Coffee House Writer’s Group, and many more!

For more information on how to participate, email Christopher Trevilla of the Nuvein Foundation at ctrevilla@nuvein.org

Come join ELM Poetry and the Nuvein Poetry Group as well as artists and musicians from the SGV come together for a night of open readings, expositions, and performances under the same moon.

Ven y acompaña al grupo de ELM Poesia y grupo Nuvein de Poesia tal como a la vez musicos y artistas del valle de San Gabriel para una noche de declamaciones, exposiciones, y presentaciones bajo la misma luna.

Bohemian Nights meets every 3rd Wednesday starting December 21, 2011
Noches Bohemias se reune cada tercer Miercoles desde el 21 de Diciembre del 2011
7PM-9PM

El Monte La Historia Society Museum
3240 Tyler Ave.
El Monte, CA

Hosted by Rosa Peña of El Monte (ELM) Poetry Group.
Facilitated by Christopher Trevilla of the Nuvein Foundation.

For more information contact Christopher Trevilla of the Nuvein Foundation at ctrevilla@nuvein.org