BONK! (May 23rd) and addendum (May 19th)

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

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!

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

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

[dt] speaks and plays

miss katie lafond shares

harrison idowu

BONK! 4

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

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

All pictures below taken by Carly-Anne Ravnikar, our guest editor for the Nov. 22 show.

Dani Weber tap dances to the beat of a different drummer (not pictured).

Matt Specht welcomes the crowd to the second installment of BONK!

A view from the other side of the Blueberries fence.

Pam Smiley reads a story to the BONKers.

Tricia Byrd-Townsell performs her poetry.

Travis DuPriest is wondering, "What's up with the shopping carts?"

You can check out more photos from the show by viewing our Picasa Albums here.

Update!

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

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