Poetry and Spoken Word

Boston Globe on The Last Poets Juneteenth

The Last Poets Juneteenth Show was written up in the Dorchester Your Town Section: The smooth sounds and righteous lyrics of “The Last Poets,” a direct link to the creators of modern hip-hop and spoken word poetry, will be coming to Roxbury this Saturday. … “The audience can expect to hear some fiery poetry dealing … Continue reading

Boston Herald Covers The Last Poets Juneteenth Show

Colneth Smiley Jr. of the Boston Herald ran a piece last week about the Last Poets and their historic show in Boston Juneteenth: The revolution will be lyricized. Tomorrow night, iconic spoken word and musical group the Last Poets will perform at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury. The event honors June-teenth — an African-American holiday that … Continue reading

WGBH Write Up: The Last Poets Juneteenth Show

Bridgit Brown did a write up for WGBH Arts about the Last Poets Juneteenth Show: No discussion about the history of Rap or even about the history of contemporary Spoken Word is complete without mentioning The Last Poets. On June 16th, Abiodun Oyewole, Babatunde Don Eaton, and Umar Bin Hassan of The Last Poets will … Continue reading

Last Poets Show, Feed the Hood Write-Up in JP Gazette

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The show we are doing on June 16 just got a great write up in the JP Gazette. On Saturday June 16, 2012 we are bringing The Last Poets to Boston for a Fundraiser show to benefit the Blackstonian and the Feed the Hood / Fill Your Fridge Programs. There will be a Youth / … Continue reading

Last Poets Youth Show – Live in Boston June 16 – All Ages Show

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- Last Poets 21+ Show Info – Free Film Screening: “The Last Poets Made in Amerikkka” Info Saturday June 16, 2012 we will be bringing The Last Poets to Boston for a fundraiser show to benefit the Blackstonian and the Fill Your Fridge program. While the main show is 21+, we will have an additional … Continue reading

Anjuli Stars Live in Boston

Anjuli Star‘s live show at West End Johnnies. Scope’s own Catch Wreck rocked a verse in her set and they had a killer band. Also performing that night was Joy, with debuting her new music video. Scope was in the building with tees on deck. Shout out to Ju Santanta and Dante Luna for documenting … Continue reading

YGB Recap

Young Gifted and Black 9 was the youthful explosion of talent it was promised to be. All of the artists represented their diverse crafts, and Hibernian Hall was a great venue. Catch Wreck and True East Ent. held it down for Scope (video coming soon). In the meantime, check out some photos on the Scope … Continue reading

Young Gifted & Black 9

Scope’s own Catch Wreck and True East Ent. will be performing tomorrow at Young Gifted and Black – The 9th Revolution. The show, featuring Poetry, Hip-Hop, Dance and more will take place at Hibernian Hall, located in Roxbury at 184 Dudley Street in Dudley Square (next to the fire department & barber shop) on the … Continue reading

BOSTON’S OWN: SAHRA NGUYEN

Make sure you check out the new episode of Boston’s Own featuring local talent Sahra Nguyen. You can view her amazing visual art and poems on her webiste RiotintheSky.com

Boston’s Own: Sofia Snow

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