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Go West, Fat Man!

Hey-O, weblings.

Went to Minneapolis this past weekend for a coaching-workshop retreat with Team Minneapolis. It went very well and I have returned with a heart full of love for Wonder Dave, Cynthia French, Miles Walser, Ezra Stead, Allison Broeren and her parents, partner (Marlowe) and puppy (The Professor), who, I might add, is too eff’n cute.

They are my rootin’ team for 2010; my “Team Heart.” I love them and I want them to do very well. They are all heart and humor. Such lovely, lovely people.

PLANS FOR HEADING WEST
My schedule is lax for most of July.

–a feature at Simone Beaubien’s “Boston” Kitchen Session on 7/16
–”Kitchen Session #18 – New York Invades Worcester” 7/24

Then my move back to the Bay Area, which coincides with the National Poetry Slam, leading up to my one-man show in San Francisco throughout the month of August: In Search of Midnight.

Now, a caravan of poets is heading to St. Paul, Minnesota from New England. Due to finances and such, I am very much considering joining their trek in order to:

–have one last adventure with NH, MA, ME and RI poets.
–save a bit of cash on a coast-to-coast flight.
–spend a day or two at NPS.

I am really trying to find the best flight possible from Minnesota to the Bay Area, but August is just about the worst possible travel month, aside from the November/December holidays.

If I can make it work and affordable, I will go to NPS for the first two days or so, but I really have to be in San Francisco by August 4 or 5.

Conundrum. Thanks for listening.
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Word to the nerd.

This entry was written by Mike McGee, posted on 13 July, 2010 at 5:50 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged , , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.

I Am Moving Back To The West Coast Around August 1st

I’ve known and been talking with friends about moving back to the West Coast since February (read original post here) and now the time has come.

CATALYST FOR MOVING
I am looking to head back around August 1. I will putting on a one-man show in San Francisco on Sundays this August 8, 15, 22 and 29. It will be called In Search of Midnight: The Mike McGee Show of Awesome. Because of the scheduling, I will be in and around San Francisco for the entirety of August.

Another catalyst is the potential for Dave Perez and I to take the reigns of the San José Poetry Slam. This is all very up-in-the-air in terms of details, but I am sure my involvement with SJPS organizing is assured for the beginning of the poetry slam season in September.

Perez and I have formed Silicon Valley Performance Project (SVPP) as our banner for events we produce, such as our upcoming Slumberfest 2010. SVPP may be taking on some form of poetry slam for Silicon Valley as re-design of its current poetry slam.

LIVING SPACE
I AM PRETTY OPEN TO MOST CITIES ON THE PACIFIC COAST. I ask those of you in the Bay Area to keep an eye and ear out for any available room for rent in and around San José. If I do not find something in the area under my budget by September, I will probably look further into setting up residence in Portland, Oregon. I have a couple of possibilities for housing in Portland. No matter what, I am sure I will spend a lot of time there over the next few years.

WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS
Man. I am saddened to leave these people. Thanks to the fact that I make my living on the road, I know I will be back at least once a year. Who would’ve thought Worcester would become such a special place in my heart.

KITCHEN SESSIONS
My little baby show has made my stay here in Worcester a really fun experience. If you plan to be around New England around any of the KS dates below, please add yourself to the Facebook group here, as I will keep it going to inform people of all Kitchen Sessions I will be involved with. Here’s the letter I just sent to the Kitchen Sessions group members:

Hey, Sessioners.

I am about 75% sure that I am moving back to the West Coast around August 1, 2010.

I know that I WILL spend all of August in the SF Bay Area. I could end up in Portland in September. I may end up in San José. Because of this, I need to pack up my stuff and start prepping for the move.

Kitchen Sessions in Worcester will go into overdrive before I leave.

My first hope is to make these last ones fun & huge. —> Fuge™

Here’s my outlook of remaining Sessions:

June 12 (this Saturday): Mahogany Browne and Jive Poetic had to back out. There will still be a KS @ 8:00pm, I’m just up in the air on the feature.

Saturday, June 19: Vancouver Kitchen Session #1. Hosted by yours truly at the Foxy House in East Van. 7:30pm.

Saturday, July 3: Krista Mosca and Matthew John Conley feature. McKendy will mini-feature.

Saturday, July 10: Ken Arkind feature. Ken has promised all new poems.

Friday, July 16: Boston Diningroom Session. Not at my house. TBA.

Saturday, July 24: New York Invasion feature. Some of our favorite New York poets come up early to BBQ and perform in a “Backyard Session.”

Friday, July 30: BON VOYAGE! A KITCHEN FAREWELL. Co-Hosted with Simone Beaubien. Tony Brown & Mike McGee feature all new work.

My second hope is that someone, be it here in Worcester, Manchester, Providence or Boston (and yes, even Connecticut…) will take the reigns and create their own space for a new series of ongoing Sessions. I understand the general distaste of opening one’s home to something like this so frequently, but it pays off, I assure you. If one is interested in holding their own, I will always be a phone call away for advice and networking.

My goal over the next year will be to incorporate traveling Sessions while touring. If I have a day off, and you have poets and a space, I will try schedule and host a session.

Wherever I end up on the West Coast I will try to establish a new Session there as well. I will probably give preference to any New England poet that comes through to the new Sessions.

Beginning this Saturday, there will be a box/pile of things I do not wish to take with me. It will be the UP FOR GRABS PILE. Take a little bit f me home with you, won’t you.

I hope to see a number of you this Saturday. So far, only Bill MacMillan and Liz Heath are signed up.

Love,
McGee

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This entry was written by Mike McGee, posted on 9 June, 2010 at 3:33 PM, filed under Personal Updates and tagged , , , , , , . Leave a comment or view the discussion at the permalink.