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Monday, October 02, 2006
Lyrical Ambush
The DC Guerrilla Poetry Insurgency is an anti-authoritarian, collaborative, pro-humanity artists' collective incorporating music, rhythm, spoken word, community and resistance. They host a Lyrical Ambush on the first and third Monday of each month.
Check out an amplified poetry/spoken word/hip hop open mic held in a public space featuring voices, drums/musical instruments, sidewalk chalk, bubbles, and noisemakers — all available for public use. Lyrical Ambushes create a family friendly festival-like atmosphere, while filling the airwaves with progressive political messaging on themes such as racism, social justice, war vs. peace, corporate domination vs. meaningful democracy, the “war on drugs” and the misuse of fear to degrade civil liberties, etc. Ambushes consist of picking a time and a place, attracting a diverse set of artists and putting on a show of artistic resistance composed of whoever shows up.
When: Monday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. Where: Dupont Circle (19th St. and Conn. Ave. NW) More Info: dcguerrillapoet@gmail.com
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