4th Berkeley Poetry Festival 2002- Poetry Slam, Open Mike, Open Mike Directory, Private Reading Studio, Poet's Exchange Table.html

Sunday May 12, 2002

Poet H. D. Moe waits in line to sign up for the various events offered at the 4th Festival.

The 4th Annual Berkeley Poetry Festival was a wonderfully successful five hour event that was held at the Berkeley Community Media Studios. The Festival was broadcast live on Channel 25 and consisted of a 2 hour Poetry Slam and a 5 hour Open Mike. A Private Readings Studio was open to any poet who wanted to read their work & be videotaped.The tapes were given to the poets and copies were retained for future editing and viewing on Channel 25. A Poet's Exchange Table was set up outside the studios.

The Festival will be shown repeatedly throughout the year on Channel 25. The tapes were donated to the Bancroft Library at UC Berkeley and made available for other Public Access stations.

*Slam* Master Charles Ellick with last year's Slam winner Laura; excited poet enters studio for a terrific poetry reading; Open Mike Co-Host Tshai Ungar, always up and always helpful; Jill Hutchby & Grace Christie signing up poets for the Slam and Open Mike; poet & MC Phillip Nails is one of Mother's Hen's professionally trained camera technicians; & poet Walter Liggett reading one of his highly imaginative pieces.

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