Mind Gravy at Tapps Art Center every Wed at 8PM

Mind Gravy Poetry hosted by Al Black

“Poems sliced thin drenched in gravy of dreams forgot”

Tapp’s Arts Center, 1644 Main St. Downtown Columbia, SC on lower level in former lunch counter room of Tapps; 8-10PM every Wednesday

UPCOMING EVENTS:::::

Nov 16^th Columbia Writer’s Night & open mic

The night before Thanksgiving will give us all a treat to be thankful for:

Nov 23^rd John Starino aka Sildag aka Phoenix Tongue (formerly of Red Tub and Art Bar poetry nights) returns again to rise from the ashes and entertain with his newest, fresh poems and reciting of a few audience favorites!

Also Nov. 23rd...Featured musician Bob Kilgore, inventor of the harmonic capo for guitars and unique new age sound that's in a class of it's own, playing tunes from his newest cd release! Jean Bourque, conceptual painter will paint live to Bob's interesting sounds! "This is a don’t miss event!"

Nov 30^th –Fifth Wednesday – Pianos and Poetry & open mic

Jan 11^th – Sufia & Seitu Amenwahsu are planning a special night of poetry, music & open mic in honor of Martin Luther King Day

Jan 25^th – Alice Osborn of Raleigh, NC www.aliceosborn.com

Meet Me at Tapps...

yours truly

Jean Bourque

Columbia Has Got Talent- Come See!!

The longer I live in Columbia, the more I realize how many talented people we have here. We have a very large visual arts community. I probably know over 500 visual artists just in Columbia. By visual I mean artists that paint, draw, sculpt, blow glass, make beads, do photography, graphic arts and design, altered books, fiber artists, wearable arts such as fashion design, home arts such as bowl turning, wood working, assemblage, wall hangings and quilts. We also have a large clay community.

Photograph "Five Points at Night" by Jean Bourque (prints available)

(Taken the night of Advertisers Bail Out)

I know there is the Gourd Art group, a design Group, a live drawing group and the Decorative Art group, not to mention at least 6 professional art associations with at least 50 members or more. I mean the sheer abundance of art here is amazing. This city should be known the world over for its art community. We have more artists here than anyone realizes I am sure of that! Now that I have really thought about this;I probably know closer to 1000 artists.

We have a great music diversity and range of talents; in Columbia at USC, at night spots and outdoor festivals with many bands, groups, soloists and performances all over the City. Just about any night during the week and of course weekends you can find live entertainment. We have poets that publicly preform every week like John Starino in at least 3 different venues that I know of. Go to Verseworks at the Art Bar or Open Mic at H20, Macs on Main, Jammin Java, and many more.

We have legendary musicians like Skipp Pearson performing weekly at Hunterer Gatherer playing the Sax every Thursday night. We have Jeff Liberty on harmonica and guitar singing the blues. That man can sing too. Both of them have been willing to work with new performers and help them get going. There's Danielle Howle playing guitar and singing. This is just to name a few. I mean Columbia has GOT talent. We have a huge artistic community here.

Theater: We have several great theaters such as Trustus is a great venue and sometimes they have alternative features and they are reasonably priced. We have three historic theaters as well as a huge Convention Center and so much more. The Workshop Theater, the Town Theater and much much more. Columbia's Visitors Bureau attracts visitors from all over the world.

Ballet: We have a world class ballet and several other ballet and dance companies. This town is bursting with Talent. You can find ballet and dance performances or take lessons any week in Columbia.

People say they don't know where to find out about what's going on; there should be someplace where all things could be posted. I agree. ARTSAILS1 is my volunteer effort to put out the info I know about. So if you have something for me to post; email me by clicking here at ARTSAILS1. If you applaud my effort; want to add this blog as a link to your site, have news to share or be added to the email list or make a purchase (art and photography is for sale) that would be wonderful as well.

Columbia has got Talent...in every area of the arts...think art, think Columbia!!!

H2o Wed. May 21 Open Mike Poetry Grand Finale

Hosted By: John Starino
When: Wednesday May 21, 2008
at 8:00 PM
Where: H2O
220 State St
West Columbia, South Carolina|41 29169
United States
Description:
Open Mike Poetry



This is performance poetry in motion...a great cast and crew of supporting characters makes this a unique venue. You may hear a little bit of everything from the conservative to the liberal; from religion to politics and all subjects in between. Nothing is off limits at the H2o.

My best wishes to all of the performers for a fine farewell and hopefully a new home will be found soon.

Open Mic Night - H20 State St WC 8PM tonight

Phoenix Tongue Open Mic returns to State St. West Columbia, SC
with a Holiday Year End Show on Wednesday December 12, 2007
at H2O at 220 State St. Open Mic begins promptly at 8PM.
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Moody Black, Poet and Upstate SC Slam Master, will be featured at 9PM. This Event will see many members of the UpTopTour performing as well. Sound will be provided by Zach Fowler. John Starino will be reciting his latest entitled "The Avanti Epic"as well as "Soul on Tap", "Travelin Man" and "An Ancient Age Saga".

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Share your Poetry, Music, and Storytelling in this new Free Speech Zone,
No Cover Charge,
Phoenix Tongue location hosted by SilDag.
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Check out www.myspace.com/SilDagPromotion
for more info. Hope to see you there. From SilDag