BONK! (May 23rd) and addendum (May 19th)
May 16, 2009
Hey stinky diaper faces,
oh what flowers of May have our April showers brought! Not only do we have a Juggernaut of a BONK! happening on the fourth Saturday of this month but, before that, some graduating poets of Carthage College will honor the Racine Public Library with a reading, alongside some other Carthage-affiliated poets. Here’s the info for both events:
The warm up:
CARTHAGE POETS READING
Tuesday, May 19th
6:30pm at the Racine Public Library
75 7th Street, Racine, WI
The line up includes:
Jean Preston
Allison Gruber
Nick Demske
Eric Huff
Sarah Welle and
Hanna Gichard
Come join us and celebrate the achievements of some young, creative geniuses.
and then of course the MAIN EVENT:
BONK! 8
SATURDAY, MAY 23rd
BLUBERRIES CAFE
522 6TH STREET
RACINE, WI
6PM
(doors and cafe open at 5:30)
our lineup is a gift from the heavens above:
Brenda Cardenas (Poet): http://voices.e-poets.net/CardenasB/intro.shtml
Everett Thomas (musician): http://www.myspace.com/everettthomasmusic
Roberto Harrison (poet) : http://voices.e-poets.net/HarrisonR/
Iberia (funk group): myspace.com/iberiansoul
DASHA KELLY BACK FOR 4/25
April 21, 2009
The heading of this post pretty much says it all. The heavens have smiled upon us and Dasha Kelly, renowned spoken word artist (among other things), has had a schedule change that enabled her to uncancel her performance this week! For a taste of the mighty Dasha, see this site:http://www.dashakelly.com/
Until Then!
April 25th BONK!
April 13, 2009
BONK! lucky 7
6pm (doors and cafe open at 5:30)
Stephen Kalmar–poet
Chris Marvin–musician
TP Lucas–comedian
Special Guest?–specialness
note: Dasha Kelly, unfortunately, had to cancel so she will NOT, I repeat, NOT be there this month. Sorry to all you Dasha disciples : (
what do you miss if you don’t come to BONK!? Oh, you know (click on pictures to enlarge):
Well, the last two may not be all that appealing. But everything else! : )
Thanks to sister Jennifer Bahling of the BONK! family for these pictures. Click on her name to see the whole collection of pictures she took at last month’s BONK!
See you all this April 25th to celebrate the spring of…wel, you know…Spring.
Until then : )
BONK VI
March 18, 2009
The next BONK! event is SATURDAY, MARCH 28TH
6PM (doors and cafe open at 5:30)
Tina Ullrich……………..visual artist
Melissa Czarnik and
Eric Mire…………………folk-hop musicians
Valerie Laken……………writer
Folkswagon………………bluegrass/folk band
Your friends will all make fun of you if you miss it.
The life you save may be your own?
BONK! quatro
February 24, 2009
[dt] speaks and plays
miss katie lafond shares
harrison idowu
BONK! 4
January 23, 2009
THE RACINE PUBLIC LIBRARY PROUDLY ANNOUNCES:
BONK! IV
SATURDAY, JANUARY 24TH
BLUBERRIES CAFE 522 6TH STREET
RACINE, WI 6PM (doors and cafe open at 5:30)
Did you hear who will be there?… Katie Lafond, Musician (for a taste, check out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJifQkD5Fno )
Angela Malone, Writer
Oyetunji Harrison Idowu, Visual Artist and Poet
Dave Tomaloff, Musician (for more info see http://www.davidtomaloff.com/ )
And 2 out of 4 videos from our Dec. 20th BONK! III showcase. They’re on our video page.
What happens when go to BONK!? Flowers and puppies and magic and delicious. What happens when you miss a BONK!? Well, we won’t talk about that, now will we. Will we? See you this Saturday.
BONK! the Second Video Update
November 29, 2008
To get you started, here’s the Promo Video we put together from some testimonials after BONK!
The rest of the Nov. 22 videos are posted on our videos page.
And make sure you come out for the next installment of BONK! on December 20, when we’ll feature new work from local teen artists, writers and video artists from the Main Gallery program, alongside other super-secret featured performers. Join us at the same BONK-time, same BONK-channel: 6pm, Blueberries Cafe (522 Sixth Street in Downtown Racine).
Nov 22 Photos
November 24, 2008
All pictures below taken by Carly-Anne Ravnikar, our guest editor for the Nov. 22 show.
You can check out more photos from the show by viewing our Picasa Albums here.
Update!
November 13, 2008
The next BONK! is coming … Nov. 22 we’ll be featuring writers Pamela Smiley and Travis DuPriest, a dance segment choreographed by Dani Weber and a special mystery guest. Remember, the address for Blueberries is 522 Sixth Street, and we start promptly at 6pm. The event, as always, is free.
Until then, here’s the question & answer segment from 10/25:
Just In: Jessika Mikol’s Oct 25 BONK! Video
November 6, 2008
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