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! ! ! ! ! ! ! THE SHORTLIST ! ! ! ! ! ! !
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1) MONTEVALLO POETRY SLAM
2) G-SOUL LIVE @ BAILEY'S PUB IN BIR
3) SYNTHESIS PRESENTS SPEAKEASY @ XINDIGO'S IN BIR
4) SYNTHESIS PRESENTS URBAN GROOVZ f/MAUSIKI SCALES & THE COMMON GROUND
COLLECTIVE
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ONES TO WATCH
Look for new albums from ATL underground Soul artists, India Arie (as
featured on the
Bamboozled Soundtrack) and Brandy Irvon (Imagination Fruit)
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"How do I get on the Team and go to Seattle?" you ask:
Come to the Montevallo Poetry Slam
Monday, Jan 15, 2001
at Barnstormer Pizza
on Main Street in Montevallo, AL
(just follow Hwy 119 from the Alabaster exit on I-65).
Sign up at 9pm, Slam at 10pm.
Enjoy $1.50 beer all night and great Pizza, Calzones, Pasta and Specialty
Sandwiches 'til 10.
Bring drums or anything you can shake, rattle, or beat on and make some
noise with us.
There are three other Slams in the Slam Team Selection Series: Feb 12, Mar
12 and Apr 9. Scores will be kept and accumulated from slam to slam so come
to as many of the next four slams as you can.
Complete rules and info can be found at the Montevallo Poetry Slam website:
http://www.angelfire.com/ab3/bamaslam/index.html or
http://www.poetryslam.net
also, check out our Slam's Sponsor: http://www.NewDawnUnlimited.com
Come out for Poetry, Open Mic, Improv and Percussion Jam
For more info or directions call 205.665.7904 or 205.665.1166
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THE G-SOUL ERA CONTINUES IN 2001!!!
G-Soul performs their unique blend of Jazz/Funk/Soul live!
FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 2001 @ 10P
@ Bailey's Pub
1124 S. 20th St.
in the Five Points South District
on Birmingham's South Side
(across from Ruby Tuesdays, behind Dave's Pub)
Don't miss the G-Soul musical experience.
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Synthesis returns in 2001 with new programming @ a new venue!
People are talking...
If you liked Marie Jones' forum on the word "nigga" in December, then check
out our new
monthly discussion forum
SPEAKEASY
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2001 - 7P to 10P
@ XINDIGO'S RESTAURANT
427 South 20th St.
(above Ona's Music Room)
Downtown Birmingham
THERE IS NO ADMISSION FEE FOR THIS EVENT!
SpeakEasy will give you (the community) a chance to come together in a
comfortable environment to discuss issues of concern in an open forum. We
will also reserve time at the end of each discussion to draft creative
interventions to various issues, such as service projects. The event will
be held on the 1st Friday of eaach month and will be hosted by Marie Jones
(Synthesis, Birmingham News).
Order food and drinks from Xindigo's menu. Xindigo's will be open for
business during the last week of January. This brand new restaraunt is sure
to please.
For more info: 205.806.8030 or SynthesisInc@hotmail.com
More quality programming in 2001 from Synthesis. Visit our web-site at
http://synthesisinc.virtualave.net
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Back by popular demand
Synthesis presents URBAN GROOVZ
Returning in 2001 @ a brand new venue!
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2001
@ XINDIGO'S RESTAURANT
427 South 20th St.
(above Ona's Music Room)
Downtown Birmingham
featuring
the Sankofa Jazz, Soul and World Beat grooves of Atlanta's MAUSIKI SCALES &
THE COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE, performing cuts from their debut CD,
"Remembrance Has Not Left Us"
and
poetry by Sacramento, CA native DAMIAN GILBERT
plus
Open Mic Poetry (1st 9 to sign will read)
Doors open @ 5P w/ DJ BERRACO spinning vinyl groovz (Acid Jazz, Rare
Grooves, Neo-Classic Soul, Afro-Latin vibes)...Come early to chill out w/DJ
Berraco and sample a variety of foods and drinks from Xindigo's
menu...Showtime is 6P-9P.
ADMISSION: $7 til 7P...$10 afterwards (that's a $3 discount for arriving
early)
Artists, patrons of the arts and the curious are welcome.
For more info: 205.806.8030 or SynthesisInc@hotmail.com
Sponsored by Alabama Power (A Southern Company)
More quality programming in 2001 from Synthesis. Visit our web-site at
http://synthesisinc.virtualave.net
Look out for our ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY MEGA-PARTY in late March/early April!
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NEW BLACK RENAISSANCE CONTINUES IN 2001
THE SHORTLIST IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE SUNSPOT CAFE:
* SunSpot Music & Books - Organic wordsounds for the enlightened mind
* SunSpot Innertainment - Connecting artistic people, places and things
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