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| Upcoming Shows |
| Day | Date | Event | Time | Address | City | Cost | |
| Fri. | Feb. 10 | Messiah & Friends | 7PM | Adinkra Cultural Arts Studio 3804 34th Street |
Mount Rainier, MD | ||
| Sat. | Feb. 11 | Jazz Poetry Cafe | 8PM | Emoni's
Dessert Bar Cafe 17926 Main Street |
Dumfries, VA | FMI: (703) 441-3244 | |
| Sun. | Feb. 12 | Columbia St. West | 6PM | 135 W. Columbia Street | Fort Wayne, IN | ||
| Wed. | Feb. 15 | Roselle center for the Arts University of Delaware | 4:30PM | Gore Recital Hall | Newark, DE | ||
| Fri. | Feb. 17 |
Black Enterprise - Women of Power Summit "Be Heard Poetry Jam" |
7PM | The Ritz-Carlton | Orlando, FL | Tickets | For More Info |
| Tues. | Feb. 21 | Spirits & Lyrics | 8PM |
City Tavern 9405 Main Street |
Manassas, VA | FMI: (703) 335-2889 | |
| Thurs. | Feb. 23 | Black On Black Rhyme | 8:30PM | Amen Ra's | Tallahassee, FL | FMI: (850) 681-2023 | |
| Fri. | March 2 | NBG Presents Friday Night Poetry Explosion | 8PM |
Eisenhower Hotel 2634 Emmitsburg Road |
Gettysburg, PA | For More Info | |
| Fri. | March 16 | Utatu Collective's Queen's Night Out | 8PM | Northeastern Illinois University 5500 N. St. Louis Ave. |
Chicago, IL | ||
| Thurs. | April 26 | Neo Soul Lounge | 9PM | 11th Street Station 1101 E. 5th Street |
Austin, TX | ||
| Sat. | April 28 | New Jersey Performing Arts Center | 7PM | New
Jersey Performing Arts Center 1 Center Street |
Newark, NJ | For More Info | |
| Wed. | May 2 | The Fly Poet | 7PM | Los Angeles, CA | $15 | For More Info | |
| Fri. | May 4 | Free 2 Spit | 7PM | The New Haven Peoples Center 37 Howe Street |
New Haven, CT | ||
| Fri. | July 27 | Legacy Books & Cafe | 8PM | Legacy Books & Cafe 5249 Delmar Blvd. |
St. Louis, MO |
FMI: (341) 361-2182 For More Info |
| Video & Bio |
"You have so, so much inspired me with your Spoken Word" said the legendary Stevie Wonder, while interviewing Taalam Acey, during Wonder’s own birthday celebration in May 2008. Taalam, a child of the Newark Rebellion, was raised by a single mother who was a member of the famed writer and activist Amiri Baraka’s community organization.
Taalam Acey has published a novel, a comprehensive collection of poems, an award winning memoir and 11 Spoken Word CDs. He has been a full time traveling poet since 1999. Tens of thousands of people own his work and hundreds of thousands have watched him live or via television and the internet. Acey performs regularly in more than 50 cities in the US and abroad. On average, he is on a plane once every 3.5 days. That's 100 flights per year to promote Spoken Word.
Taalam's work has been featured on BET, TV One and in Essence Magazine. Acey was the first person ever selected as "the 1 thing you need to know about" on BET's countdown show, "The 5ive." Acey sat on the Congressional Black Caucus' 2007 & 2008 "Young Gifted and Black" panels. He has been a frequent guest at dozens of colleges and Universities and has lectured on contemporary Spoken Word at the prestigious Graduate School of Education at UC Berkeley. Acey has twice been featured at the Essence Music Festival. He's been quoted in several newspapers, including the Washington Post, the Philadelphia Weekly and the New Jersey Star Ledger. In addition, Acey's work has been associated with films that have garnered an Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival.
Taalam is also an accomplished slam poet who has won slams throughout the United States as well as in Germany and England. He was featured in an acclaimed Radio-One London documentary on slam and Marc Smith, the founder of slam poetry, used Acey's work as an example of slam poetry in his definitive book.
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