BONK! 16–Sat. January 23rd (& some etc.)
January 4, 2010
6pm yo
This madtastic lineup:
As Flava Flav used to say: yeah Boyeeeeeee!
Here are some other things you should know:
I (Nick Demske) will be reading in Chicago the day after BONK! in the neighborhood I grew up in. Sunday, Jan 24th, 7pm. It will take place at Myopic Books and I’m reading with Mike Bernstein. Go to that.
Past BONK! performer, The Wandering Endorphin (aka Jim Green, guitar maniac) will be playing a show at the Racine Public Library on Thurs. January 28th at 6:30pm
Lastly, the RPL will be hosting a series on hip hop called “Poetic Evolution.” First, read a bit about it here. Then just go to it.
Love you all.
See you on the BONK! side.
Last BONK! of the year–12/19/09
December 9, 2009
BONK! 15
SATURDAY, DEC 19th
RACINE ARTS COUNCIL
316 6TH STREET
RACINE, WI
6PM
(doors open at 5:30)
Q: Do you wanna know why you’re so cool?
A: Because you are coming to BONK! on December 19th. Here is the lineup:
Poet CARIE O. ADAMS
Poet ED MAKOWSKI
Musicians AMERICAN RESTLESS
Be there or be square. Or, if you’re like me, be there AND be square. Multitasking.
Until then…
This month’s line up:
6pm at the Racine Arts Council building (316 6th street)
doors open at 5:30
you are all a bunch of ninnies.
*note: Mariah Carey will have to unexpectedly cancel last minute for this performance.
also, don’t forget:
LIBRARY HOSTS ABE SMITH WORKSHOP AND READING (WITH STEVE TIMM)
Racine – The Racine Public Library, with assistance from a grant awarded by the Wisconsin Center for the Book, has invited one of contemporary poetry’s most innovative and dynamic performance artists for a poetry workshop and performance on Friday, November 6. High school students are invited to participate in an exclusive master poetry workshop with contemporary poet/performance artist, Abraham Smith. Smith, known for his cutting edge experimental poetry and unforgettable performance style, will share his knowledge and expertise with creative writing students in grades 9-12 from 10am-2pm at the Racine Public Library, 75 Seventh St. Master workshop participants will have a unique opportunity to explore their own poetic voice and performance techniques with a professional and highly-acclaimed artist. The workshop is free and lunch will be served, but is limited to 20 participants. Those interested should contact Becky Spika at 262.619.2571 or becky.spika@racinelibrary.info to reserve a spot as soon as possible.
The Racine Public Library will then host an evening of exciting poetry performance by Abraham Smith and friends at 7 pm on Friday, Nov. 6. All workshop participants are invited to share their artistic voice in the evening’s open mic performance.
Abraham Smith originally hails from Ladysmith, Wisconsin. His first book of poems, Whim Man Mammon, was recently published by Action Books and has met with critical acclaim. His journal credits include American Poetry Review, jubilat, Northwest Review, Denver Quarterly, Typo, and Ninth Letter, among others. He was a 2004-05 Writing Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA. Presently, he teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Alabama.
This project is sponsored by the Racine Public Library and the Wisconsin Center for the Book, an affiliate of the Woodland Pattern Book Center in Milwaukee, WI.
Woodland Pattern Book Center is dedicated to the discovery, cultivation and presentation of contemporary literature and the arts. Their goals are to promote a lifetime practice of reading and writing, to provide a forum and resource center for writers/artists in our region, and to increase and diversify the audience for contemporary literature through innovative approaches to multi-arts programming. Woodland Pattern is the only Milwaukee, Wisconsin arts organization presenting contemporary literature to the general public on a continuous basis.
And, of course, my reading at Woodland Pattern, in Milwaukee, on 11/20/09. More info here: http://www.woodlandpattern.org/
Boo Journal
October 3, 2009
Oh yeah…check out Boo journal, an online sort of arts journal I (Nick) just recently started, where several of the BONK! performers, (including Daniel Borzutzky and K. Silem Mohammad) have new work to read. Delicious!
boojournal.wordpress.com
BONK! year anniversary 10/17/09
October 3, 2009
BONK! will be a year old this October.
Please come celebrate with us. We happen to have a crazy-great line up and the event will be outrageous.
*note: this BONK! falls on the third Saturday, rather than the fourth (as usual) due to scheduling problems).
Our line up:
writer— Daniel Borzutzky
poet—K. Silem Mohammad (click to see a great video of him reading)
musician—Brent Mitchell
The writers this month are irreverent, weird, creepy and, most of all, hilarious. Daniel comes to us from Chicago and K. Silem all the way from Oregon. And, if you don’t know Brent Mitchell, he’s a local musicain that is just unbelievably excellent. He played the first BONK!, so we wanted to have him bring in our second year as well. To see a video of Brent playing at BONK!, go to the videos tab above and scroll almost to the bottom of the page.
Happy Birthday to you all for supporting BONK! that it might survive this long and can’t wait to see you on Oct 16th at 6pm.
Just to catch up
September 24, 2009
No Maurice this month, but the dopeness of Ish, Johannes and Joyelle (see previous post for more). We will try to have Maurice come up soon.
Come to BONK! on Saturday!
BONK! 12, September 26th
August 29, 2009
The next BONK! is going to be utterly great. I am so excited for it. We have four incredibly accomplished, phenomenal performers reading for us. These are internationally respected wordsmiths and Racine is super-fortunate to have them coming to our community.
The line up for BONK! 12:
Let’s show up large and give this group of artists tons of Racine love. Can’t wait to see you all on the 26th to celebrate this visit from such an outstanding group of writers (and puppeters, etc. )
BONK! 11 Aug 22nd
August 16, 2009
The Wandering Endorphin (musician)
James Lacy (saxophonist)
W.A.S.T.E.L.A.N.D.S. (hip hop group)
First all music BONK! ever. All three of these acts have crazy unique characteristics about them and the blend is going to make for a really excellent night. Can’t wait to see you all there.
BONK! X July 25
July 22, 2009
Question: What is radical?
Answer: BONK! the tenth
Quraysh Ali Lansana (poet)
Jennifer Karmin (poet)
Austin Spika (percussionist)
I have three hands (music group)
Question:what is better than the four acts listed above?
Answer: That is a dumb question.
See you all for BONK!’s first venture into the double digits : )
BONK! 9 (6.27.09)
June 25, 2009
Yo homies!
The bad news: our culinary artist has canceled on us. I know. That sucks big time. But he had to.
The good news: these amazing acts have not:
Remember, we’re at 515 6th street now.
You will stink if you don’t come.
