Cal Shakes Slam CALIBRATION POET: Paul S. Flores with ARROZ CON POLLO
The Cal Shakes Midsummer Digital Poetry Slam begins with Paul S. Flores with ARROZ CON POLLO. When asked how did William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream inspire them, Paul answered with Poetry, Celebration, Wonder, Love! His poem reflects this!
Paul S. Flores’ deep dive into themes of transnationality and citizenship comes at a crucial time in contemporary history. Flores creates plays and oral narratives that spur and support societal movements that lead to change. Flores last play “On The Hill: I Am Alex Nieto” brought San Francisco communities together divided by gentrification and police violence. Flores’ ability to paint a vivid picture of bi-cultural Latino experience is shaped by his personal background and experience growing up near the Mexican border. He began presenting spoken word as a founding member of Youth Speaks and Los Delicados in 1996. He performed for the first time in Cuba in 2001 while working at La Peña Cultural Center, and has since presented multiple times in Havana, Mexico and El Salvador. His comprehensive body of work touches on the immigrant story in all its complexities: from the violent—forced migration, gang life, war, incarceration and separated families—to zooming in on intergenerational relationships and the struggle of preserving important cultural values. Paul Flores newest play “Pilgrim Street” premiered September 13-16, 2018 at Z Space Theater in San Francisco. His next play “We Have Iré” is about the true stories of Afro-Cuban immigrant artists in the United States and premieres in May 2019. He is an adjunct professor of theater at the University of San Francisco. More info: paulsflores.art
In Poetry Slam, The Calibration Poet, (sometimes referred to as the sacrificial goat) performs but is not eligible to win. They are simply there for the judges to practice voting on. This poem is still eligible for audience favorite prize so give it a Like!
JOIN US AT THE LIVE SLAM MAY 23, 2019 6:30pm at The California Shakespeare Theater!
The Grove Stage, outside The Bruns Amphitheatre, is located at 100 California Shakespeare Theater Way, Orinda CA 94563, around 7 miles from Berkeley and Oakland, just off Highway 24. There’s free parking onsite, or you can take BART to the Orinda station and catch the free shuttle, which runs every 20 minutes beginning two hours before each performance.
We are excited to get together to celebrate brilliant Bay Area voices, share music and food with friends and watch some great Shakespeare. As one of our judges recently shared In slam “The point is not the points. Sometimes the point isn’t even the poetry. The point is the people!” We started this project in this digital space and it’s a pleasure to bring it to a culmination outside in the beautiful Bruns!
Don't Take OUR Word for It! (ROMEO AND JULIET Edition)
Real patron feedback from a performance of ROMEO AND JULIET, directed by Jonathan Moscone, at California Shakespeare Theater's Bruns Amphitheater in Orinda, CA. ROMEO AND JULIET runs through June 21, 2009. Video by Stefanie Kalem with assistance from Grace Vincent. calshakes.org.
Don't Take Our Word for It! Pastures of Heaven Edition
Patron feedback after a recent performance of JOHN STEINBECK'S THE PASTURES OF HEAVEN (dir. Jonathan Moscone), at the Bruns Memorial Amphitheater in Orinda, CA. PASTURES runs through June 27, 2010.
Zendaya
Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman (born September 1, 1996), known simply as Zendaya, is an American teen actress, singer and dancer. She began performing at an early age with the dance group Future Shock Oakland, the California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, and as part of her studies at the Oakland School for the Arts and Cal Shakes Summer Conservatory Program. While she was in her early teens, she embarked on her entertainment career, graduating from modeling work for Macy's and Old Navy to appearing in the video for Kidz Bop's version of Katy Perry's hit single, Hot n Cold.
Late in 2009, she auditioned for the Disney Channel series eventually known as Shake It Up, landing the role of Rocky Blue. Several of the songs she performed on the show were released as singles, including 2011's Watch Me, a duet with her co-star Bella Thorne that charted at number 86 on Billboard's Hot 100. That year, she also released the promotional single Swag It Out. Zendaya also parlayed her Shake It Up success into hosting Make Your Mark: Ultimate Dance Off 2011 and a role in the 2012 Disney Channel original movie Frenemies, alongside Bella Thorne. That year, more of Zendaya's songs were featured on the second season of Shake It Up and the soundtrack Shake It Up: Live 2 Dance. After signing a deal with Disney imprint Hollywood Records, she began work on her first solo album.
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Zendaya
Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman , known simply as Zendaya, is an American teen actress, singer and dancer. She began performing at an early age with the dance group Future Shock Oakland, the California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, and as part of her studies at the Oakland School for the Arts and CalShakes Conservatory Program. While she was in her early teens, she embarked on her entertainment career, graduating from modeling work for Macy's and Old Navy to appearing in the video for Kidz Bop's version of Katy Perry's hit single, Hot n Cold.
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ZENDAYA - WikiVidi Documentary
Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman is an American actress and singer. She began her career appearing as a child model and backup dancer, before gaining prominence for her role as Rocky Blue on the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up . In 2013, Zendaya was a contestant on the sixteenth season of the competition series Dancing with the Stars. From 2015 to 2018, she produced and starred as K.C. Cooper on the Disney Channel sitcom K.C. Undercover. She made her film breakthrough in 2017, starring as Michelle MJ Jones in the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming and as Anne Wheeler in the musical drama film The Greatest Showman. Zendaya began her career in music by recording songs independently and releasing the singles Swag It Out and Watch Me in 2011, the latter a collaboration with Bella Thorne. She signed with Hollywood Records in 2012 and later released her debut single, Replay, which reached number 40 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States. Ze...
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00:01:25 Early life
00:02:44 2009–14: Shake It Up and Zendaya
00:07:50 2016–present: Focus on feature film acting
00:09:16 Upcoming work
00:10:02 Endorsement
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