The mind, a dormant stone

 ORGANIZER: Jessica Wilson CONTACT:  losangelespoetsociety@gmail.com Celebrating 5 years of change...  The moment we stepped together to decide that change was indeed important and it starts within ourselves and expands out into our communities. We are the protectors of the Earth. LAPS is so excited to bring you 2 shows this year - Friday in the San Fernando Valley city of Sylmar at Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural , and on Saturday, 100TPC Day, at our home in Venice Beach, CA, the literary arts mecca, Beyond Baroque  Literary Art Cente r .  Hosted by Poets and Musicians for Change, Juan Cardenas & Jessica Wilson worldwide image 1 by youssef alaoui[/caption]     FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25th at Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural! 8pm featuring Luis J. Rodriguez! All events will be live streamed and broadcast from the POET'S SOAPBOX : http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-poet-s-soapbox   SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 at Beyond Baroque Liter...

So what am I up to??? Here's what I've emailed over to my allies in "the scene". I am super honored and humbled... all these features just came in a brilliant light! Thank you, Los Angeles and thank you to my friends and those who believe in my work as a Poet. I am an artist. Love love! * * * * * * * * * * * Hello my friends, I wanted to be sure to get the word out to you about some upcoming features and workshops that I will be holding this week! It's a privilege to close out Poetry Month with a bang!  Thursday, April 30 Rooftop Poetry Workshop with Jessica M. Wilson, MFA Topic: Beat Generation @ 6pm $5 It all starts on Thursday, April 30th, the last day of Poetry Month, I'll be at The Hatchery, teaching a Poetry Workshop on the Beat Generation. This is truly such an honor. It's something I have been wanting to do all my life and I feel so blessed that I have this opportunity to share what I love to do with the people. Th...

FEATURE TIME! It's time to rock the mic en espanol!  Here I go... Friday, May 1  8pm Open Mic to all creative genres, en espanol o ingles! Poeta, Jessica M. Wilson featuring at Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural: 13197 Gladstone Ave. Unit A, Sylmar, CA 91342 http://www.tiachucha.org/ Jessica M. Wilson is Navajo Indian Poet from East Los Angeles, CA. She has an MFA in Writing from Otis College of Art and Design and a BA in Creative Writing and Art History from University of California, Riverside. She began the Los Angeles Poet Society as an answer to bring the LA literary 'scene' into light -- so there would be transparency between Poets and Poetry Venues, Publishers, Musicians and Artists and all creatives. To bring the community together, she is Founder and Host of the Literary Series: Writers' Row, Writer Wednesday, SoapBox Poets Open Mic, and the Salon @ NoHo. Jessica is a Poet Teacher with  California Poets in the Schools , and believes in the po...