photo by Ronna Leon
Arts Habitat Presents Spoken Word Artist
Garland Thompson Jr. in
Slam Poetry Event
Arts Habitat will present poet Garland Thompson, Jr. on Thursday, July 16, in an interactive poetry presentation entitled, "Are You Ready to Slam? A Brief Look at the Poetry Slam", as part of their event series Arts in Progress: Third Thursdays with Arts Habitat. The events take place every third Thursday of the month at the Monterey YMCA, 600 Camino El Estero, at Webster Street, from 7:00 to 9:00 pm. Refreshments are served and the events are free and open to the public.
Garland Thompson Jr. is a poet, an actor, playwright and producer whose career spans the left and right coasts, and more than 20 years. As a poet and spoken word artist Garland has toured the U.S and Europe. Locally, Garland has performed at First Night Monterey, the Carmel Performing Arts Festival, and he recently appeared in Pacific Repertory Theater's production of Man of La Mancha. He has been featured at, hosted and produced poetry readings and slams across the nation, and locally is known as the creator and producer of the "West Coast Championship Poetry Slam", an annual event that was held in Big Sur, CA, at the Henry Miller Memorial Library from 1998 through 2007.
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