WALL OF
SPARRING
ARTISTS...
Been in at least
one Spar with
the Ghosts...
ALOHI
RAMU AKI
DEE ALLEN
RAFAEL R.J. ALVARADO
LEN ANDERSON
CARLYE ARCHIBEQUE
STEVE ARNTSON
WISE PROOF AVATARI
AVOTCJA
JENNIFER BARONE
IRIS BERRY
BESSKEPP
CHARLES CURTIS
BLACKWELL
BARBARA BLOOM
LEE BOEK
LAUREL ANN BOGEN
BOB BOOKER
JIM BOLT
JACK BOWMAN
J.R. BRADY
EVE BRANDSTEIN
DON BRENNAN
PATRIA BROWN
CAMINCHA
JAMES CAGNEY
DON KINGFISHER
CAMPBELL
MARSHA CAMPBELL
FERNANDO D. CASTRO
NEELI CHERKOVSKI
MEL CLAY
ANN COHEN
JOIE COOK
COPUS
GABE DAVIS
HAL DAVIS
PHIL DEAL
WILL DODGER
TIM DONNELLY
CRAIG EASLEY
ANA ELSNER
STEVEN FAIVUS
RICH FERGUSON
JERRY FERRAZ
MICHAEL C. FORD
AMELIE FRANK
JERRY GARCIA
BEA GARTH
CHARLIE GETTER
STEVEN GRAY
S.A. GRIFFIN
Q.R. HAND
LATIF HARRIS
SUSAN HAYDEN
DANIEL HEFFEZ
MARTIN HICKEL
GUY HOFFMAN
ARIEL HOLDEN
DENNIS HOLT
PENELOPE HOUSTON
CLARA HSU
ELIZABETH IANNACI
INVERTEBRATES
JOYCE JENKINS
RUEBI LYNN JIMENEZ
GARY JUSTICE
JERRY KAMSTRA
RACHEL KANN
INGRID KEIR
DOUGLAS KEARNEY
ROYAL KENT
DEBRA GRACE KHATTAB
ROSIE KING
DEBBIE KIRK
ANNIE KLOPFER
BRENDA KNIGHT
MARC KOCKINOS
STEFFEN KUEHN
CHARLES KRUGER
GEOFFREY TODD LAKE
RON LAMPI
ERIC LAWSON
MICHAEL LEON
WENDY LOOMIS
JESSICA LOOS
RICHARD LORANGER
KIRK LUMPKIN
PATRICK MAHON
MAMACOATL
PETER MARTI
MIKE THE POET
WHITMAN MCGOWAN
DAVID MELTZER
BILL MERCER
RICHARD MODIANO
H.D. MOE
BRIAN MORRISEY
GINGER MURRAY
PHILLIP T. NAILS
NKETCHI
MARC OLMSTED
SUZIE OLMSTED
OMAR
JANE ORMEROD
LISA ALLEN ORTIZ
ANGEL PERALES
BRENDA PETRAKOS
NICHOLAS PIEROTTI
KOPI POD
A. RAZOR
ARTEMAS REX
HANNA RIFKIN
DOREN ROBBINS
JULIE ROGERS
PABLO ROSALES
BETHANY ROSE
DANI ROTER
JIM RUSSO
FLOYD SALAS
SAM SAX
HERB T. SCHMIDT, JR.
SCRAPPERS
ELENA SECOTA
MORDECAI SHAPIRO
ARA SHIRIYAN
JONATHAN SIEGEL
BUCKY SINISTER
JEANNE SPICUZZA
HARLAN STEINBERGER
CARL STILLWELL
TOM STOLMAR
MANI SURI
ROBERT SWARD
MEHNAZ TAYLOR
WILLIAM TAYLOR JR.
L.K. THAYER
ALFONSO TEXIDOR
MEL C. THOMPSON
THORNE
LA TIGRESSA
V. VALE
MAX WOLF VALERIO
GEORDIE VANDERBOSCH
CHRIS VANNOY
CARA VIDA
JULIA VINOGRAD
T. MIKE WALKER
PAM WARD
LUKE WARM WATER
REX WEINER
RUTH WEISS
D'DRA WHITE
THE BISHOP
NORMAN WILLIAMS
KATHLEEN WOOD
DANIEL YARYAN
GARY YOUNG
V. LAZARO ZAMORA
FERLINGHETTI DAY
was OCTOBER 18, 2011 in Santa Cruz
(Event flyer and film trailer below)




THE BIG EVENT...

Poetry Festival Santa Cruz promises to bring a
world-class poetry revival to the Cocoanut Grove on February 12, 2012 in the Grand Ballroom - 400 Beach Street, Santa Cruz - from 3:30 to 10 p.m. (doors at 3 p.m.) There will also be a "Sparring Artists Exchange" concurrently in the Bay View Room (adjacent classic Casino window room) with the ultimate book, art and memorabilia fair. The festival is produced by Sparring With Beatnik Ghosts. Click the following link for all of the festival performer bios...

The festival is sponsored by: Bookshop Santa Cruz, Poetry Santa Cruz, Seabright Brewery, Santa Cruz Weekly, Santa Cruz Art League, Nickelodeon/Del Mar, Food Bin & Herb Room, The Starving Musician, The Beat Museum, Felix Kulpa Gallery, Poetry Flash, Bird & Beckett Books & Records, Sport About, Community Printers, Santa Cruz Construction Guild, www.NativeImagesGallery.com, Poesy, Blue Press and Torkos Media.
Advance tickets are now available for $12.50 at http://showclix.com/event/poetryfestivalsantacruz
or by calling the ShowClix Call Center at 1-888-71-TICKETS. The phone box office is open Monday through Friday, 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Pacific).
Part of the proceeds of Poetry Festival Santa Cruz will benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz.
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