Closed Poetry Slam Show
January 29, 2012
Habilitat-the place of change
Coming Soon--to Olelo and the Internet
Hosted by
Cornelia Connie D. DeDona
Cornelia Connie D. DeDona
Special Guests
Kumu Hula Anita
`Ilima Kauka Stern
Author, Poet Dr. Kathryn Waddell Takara
Author, Poet Marilyn Maya Mendoza
Author, Poet Peggy Baxter Barnhardt
Artist, Author, Poet Marcia Zina Mager
Featuring Habilitat's Resident Slam Poets
AND A FEW SURPRISES!
Produced by Jeffrey V. Nash
Cornelia
Connie D. DeDona is an Author, Poet and Slam Artist
She is
the award-winning author of Letters to a Prisoner by Connie D., released in Jan.
of 2011. She
first appeared at First Thursday’s Fresh Café Poetry Slam hosted by Kealoha in
October of 2010 where she wowed the judges with her poem, “I Want to be a
Poet”. She has been published in Rain Bird, Windward Community College’s award
winning annual journal, since 2008. Her
poems and photography have also been published in various online and print magazines
Kumu Hula, Anita `Ilima Kauka Stern
is a retired educator, has taught
creative writing at the women’s prison in Kailua for six years. Through the Prison Writing Project, she has
helped inmates publish five editions of their work in Hulihia. She divides her time between writing,
teaching hula and the study and practice of Hawaiian spiritual traditions. Ms.
Stern lives in Kailua with her family. http://www.alohablessings.com/chant2.html
Marilyn Maya Mendoza was born in Brooklyn NYC and
has lived in Makaha, Hawaii for the last 35 years. Her debut memoir,"From
Agoraphobia to Zen" was released in June 2011 to good reviews. An English teacher at Stevenson Middle
School and earlier Japan, Marilyn is working on her second book, a memoir
in poetry. http://fromagoraphobiatozen.wordpress.com/
Dr. Kathryn Waddell Takara is a performance poet, author, retired
university professor, and motivational speaker. Winner of the American Book
Award in 2010, she has toured and read her poetry across the Hawaiian Islands,
the USA mainland, in Africa, and China. She has published three books of
Poetry: New and Collected Poems, Pacific Raven: Hawaii Poems,
Tourmalines: Beyond the Ebony Portal. Contact info: www.kathrynwaddelltakara.com
Peggy Baxter-Barnhardt is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio and North Carolina, she now makes Kapolei, Hawaii her home. She is the author of Season Of Light, written in 1996 and last released in 2009. She is presently writing a book about Hawaii's homeless situation to be complete in 2012. Mrs. Barnhardt's poetry is powerful and electric. "' Writing has always been my passion, fueled by my mother’s razor wit," she states. Her first submission as a child was to Humpty Dumpty magazine. http://bookstore.xlibris.com/Products/SKU-0036785017/default.aspx
Marcia Zina Mager is an author, journalist, poet, award-winning mixed-media artist, as well as performance artist. Her books have been translated into ten languages. Her international best-seller, BELIEVING IN FAERIES: A Manual for Grown-ups, is now available as an e-book, along with her trendy 31 Words to Create an Organized Life. Marcia regularly entertains audiences in Chinatown as a wild improviser with HomeWreckers, and also performs her original slam poetry at Fresh Café’s First Thursdays.