World Poetry Champ Buddy Wakefield in Omaha at Shoot Your Mouth Off next weekend!
We have one of the best live performance poets in North America if not the world coming to Shoot Your Mouth Off in Omaha next week: Buddy Wakefield! Buddy is an amazing writer, performer and person who's got a resume longer than my arm. In the write up on PoetryMenu.com local slam guru Matt Mason wrote:
"Buddy is the 2004 and 2005 Individual World Poetry Slam Champion; Featured on NPR, the BBC, HBO's Def Poetry Jam; Won the International Poetry Festival in Rotterdam, Netherlands; and Founded Bullhorn Collective. To bring this excellent feature in, there will be a $5 cover tonight."
We never charge a cover normally, but as Buddy does this for a living we are charging a cover to help cover his costs for coming through town. (Just check his tour schedule.) Believe me when I say that I've seen him perform 5 times in front of different sized crowds and $5 is a bargain. If you'd like to sample some of his work, his myspace page (http://www.myspace.com/buddywakefield) has four poems in audio and a video of him performing live.
If you're ever planning on going to our show (or a live poetry event this year), come to Shoot Your Mouth Off (320 S 72nd St, 504-4434) next Tuesday!
