3.30.2010

PoCKeTBooK MoNoLoGUeS


Wednesday March 31st Poesis teams up with WCU'S Black Student Union to present The Pocketbook Monologues. A play featuring the stories of 13 colored women and their experiences with their "pocketbook". You don't wanna miss it!!
Sykes Student Union at 8pm; Doors open at 7:30pm.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW -- $5.00


2.17.2010

Def Poetry Jam poet Black Ice !!


Poesis brings Black Ice to West Chester University this Friday, February 19th from 9pm-1am in Sykes Student Union Ballrooms. Don't miss out !! Plus free giveaways & free food at midnight !! The dopeness continues....

10.26.2009

"WATeR FoR LiFe" BeNeFiT CoNCeRT


Come out October 28th to support West Chester University's multicultural senate seat of the student government association, Takia McClendon as she puts on a benefit concert to raise 500 dollars or the purchase of a water pump to be placed in the poverished areas of South Africa.


Poesis will put on multiple performances at the show!!


Come out and be a part of something great!!


-L0V3.P3AC3.&P03TRii-

TALeS FROM A SCRiPT

iTS OPeN MiC TiMe ONCe AGAiN!!
COMe OUT TO SYKeS COMMON GROUNDS AT WeST CHeSTeR UNiVeRSiTY OCTOBeR 26TH, 2009 FOR "TALeS FROM A SCRiPT".

FeATURe POeTS iNCLUDe
-GARY THe STORYTeLLeR
-SCRiBBLY LaCROiX

STUDeNT SiGN UP AVAiLABLe

THiS WiLL Be FLYNeSS AT iTS BeST. COMe OUT FOR LYRiCAL SPOOKS AND THRiLLS!!
-L0V3.P3AC3.&P03TRii-

9.17.2009

"PoeTRy On THe PaRKWaY"

This Saturday, September 19th 2009 Poesis brings you "Poetry on the Parkway" at West Chester University on Sykes Student Union front steps. Big cookout... even bigger open-mic with some of the hottest Philly poets and spoken word artists featuring! Student sign up will be available! Don't miss out, bring your soul and leave it all on stage!!


Check out the links for videos of some of our features
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http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/video/video.php?v=918536408604&subj=556873530

8.10.2009

HeRe We GO AGaiN !!

Time to start a brand new year, and Poesis plans to do it big !! Check back in with the blog for the semester's upcoming events, open-mics, and workshops !! If your an on-campus resident, email me your campus address to recieve monthly newsletters !! Follow Poesis on Facebook too !! Can't wait to get the year going, look out for "Poetry on the Parkway" this September !!

-L0V3.P3AC3.&P03TRii-
Sabria Rashae, President

3.25.2009

"For Colored Girls..." Play

Sunday, April 20th 2009 Poesis and Wcu's Black Student Union present a performance Ntozake Shange's 1975 stageplay, "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf". It is a choreopoem peformed through a cast of seven nameless women, each represented by a color. Their poems deal with issues of love, abandonment, rape, abortion, etc. So come out and enjoy this powerful performance !!

Directed By: Shardae Jackson, Zuri Stone, and Sabria Rogers
Actresses include: Brenda Upsher, Bethany Glass, Sabena YeYe, Fendi Godwin, Alissa Williams, Diamond Lipscomb, and Rebecca Nicolas

Only $7.00 admission, ticket price includes food and refreshment.
HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE !!