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Beste Vrienden, Chers Amis, Dear Friends,

Next verbal jam 8 will be on April 29, 2009.

Performers:

Erika Claessens, journalist/writer;
Annemarie Estor, writer/poet, ‘Prikkeloverdracht‘, neuro-poetry with drawnings of Riet Verhelst;
De Fatima’s, young talented Fatima’s and their latest tube: ‘Iedereen Fatima!;
David Troch, writer/poet;
Livinus Pelgrims, musician, sax;
Tineke Van der Eecken, writer/artist, presenting her book ‘Café d’Afrique’.

And maybe you?

Please post if you want to subscribe for the next verbal jam or if you want to participate as a performer. Do not hesitate to invite your friends to participate. All kind of artists, creators, musicians, writers or whatever, are invited to participate. Spread the word!

Where? Entrepot du Congo, Vlaamse kaai 42, 2000 Antwerpen (south), resto ‘la piazza’ (first floor)

Here you can register for Verbal Jam 8 (limited number of visitors).

Beste Vrienden, Chers Amis, Dear Friends,

The verbal jam 7 was again a success.

Performers were:

Erika Claessens, journalist/writer,
Robert Wastyn, keyboard, Dorien Wastyn, celtic harp,
Orlando Verde, artist, homework ‘dit was ik’,
Marion Kahane, photographer,
Bwalya Mwali, fashion designer.

You can visit their work here.

Please post if you want to subscribe for the next verbal jam or if you want to participate as a performer. Do not hesitate to invite your friends to participate. All kind of artists, creators, musicians, writers or whatever, are invited to participate. Spread the word!

Next verbal jam 8 will be on April 29, 2009.

Where? Entrepot du Congo, Vlaamse kaai 42, 2000 Antwerpen (south), resto ‘la piazza’ (first floor)

Here you can register for Verbal Jam 8(limited number of visitors).

VERBAL JAM 7: January 21, 2009

VERBAL JAM 8: April 29, 2009

VERBAL JAM 9: To be defined.

Wondering what a verbal jam is?

It’s a cosy and ’small is beautiful’ event in a tiny place where writers, photographers, poets, painters and some other serial performers meet, jam and exchange art, friendship, knowledge and happiness. For Verbal Jam 7 performers are still to be defined but maybe you are one of them? Anyway, YOU are the most wanted guest on the list.

Do take a look at the images and texts on this site!

If you want to participate please let me know. If you want to be my guest, please just be there!

Regards, Erika

Dear Friends,

I would be happy to see you on December 19 at the THIRD edition of the Verbal Jam Event.

PROGRAM - START at 7.30 pm

- Erika Claessens, journalist/writer, (INTRO)
- Guy Poppe, radiojournalist,
- Lut Engels, creator of hats,
- Marion Kahane, photographer,

INTERMEZZO 8 till 8.15 pm by Ernest and Frederik

- Erika Claessens, journalist/writer,
- WALTERito, photographer,
- Jan Wyn, poet, and Bob van Brant, musician (KlezmicnoiZ)

INTERMEZZO 8.45 till 9 pm by Ernest and Frederik

- Jan Dheedene, writer,
- Wilfried Defillet, poet

INTERMEZZO 9.30 till 9.45 pm by Ernest and Frederik

- Daniel Storz, photographer, and Aïcha Hainselin, film “Marolles ‘66, bucht ou brol?”, music by Toots Thielemans e.a.

Ernest Vanrintel and Frederik Demilde will go acoustic with an Arabic ‘oud’ and a Spanish guitar.

Thank you for registering here (limited number of visitors).

Where? Entrepot du Congo, Vlaamse kaai 42, 2000 Antwerpen (south), resto ‘la piazza’ (first floor)
When? 19 December at 7:30 pm

Kind regards,

Erika Claessens

Beste Vrienden, Chers Amis, Dear Friends,

The verbal jam session on September 26 was succesful and inspiring.

Thanks to all visitors and performers!

Performers (and some pictures):

• Alex Siccard, writer, ‘Impressions on traffic in Lima’,
  
• Jan Dheedene, writer, Wat nu?,
  
• Erika Claessens, journalist/writer, TaïaTaïa and Dover, a contemporary fairy tale,
  
• Marion Kahane, photographer, ‘Sjakosonomie’,
  
• Keltoum Belorf and Ikram Aoulad L’Ahcen, journaliststs, sketch ‘Fatima and Fatima, a television show‘
  
• Dimitri Desiron, painter, oil paintings.

Note down in your agenda right now: Verbal Jam Event 3 on December 19.

The theme for the event in December is ‘haardverschuiving‘ (D). [tsunami of the heart, the home or the homeless, in all meangingful ways (E)]

Please post if you want to subscribe for the next verbal jam or if you want to participate as a performer. Do not hesitate to invite your friends to participate in a tsunamical way. All kind of artists, creators, musicians, writers or whatever, are invited to participate. Spread the word!

Where? L’ Entrepot du Congo, Vlaamse kaai 42, 2000 Antwerp, resto ‘la piazza’ at first floor.

When is the next one? December 19

Many thanks go to Wim Erpels, owner of Entrepot du Congo and Bo(udewijn) Delafortry for the technical support.

Hartelijke groeten, Cordialement, Kind regards,

Erika Claessens

Beste Vrienden, Chers Amis, Dear Friends,

The verbal jam session on June 28 was succesful.

Thanks to all visitors and performers (Thanks also to Peter Haex en Karin Van Heusden from Gazet Van Antwerpen, for announcing the event).

For those who want to read again the stories performed:

Orlando Verde, Los texticulos de O., ‘De Leeuw van Vlaanderen’
Jan Dheedene, Fraude in Shanghai, ‘chapter‘
Erika Claessens, ‘Wie omhoogkijkt, ziet geen grenzen’, Sauda
Marion Kahane, ‘knock knock run’, images

We decided that night to organize verbal jam sessions on a regular basis. Note down in your agenda right now: Verbal Jam Event 2 on September 26 and Verbal Jam Event 3 on December 19.

The theme for the event in September is ‘aardverschuiving‘ (D). [tsunami in all meaningful ways (E)]

The theme for the event in December is ‘haardverschuiving‘ (D). [tsunami of the heart, the home or the homeless, in all meangingful ways (E)]

Please post if you want to subscribe for the next verbal jam or if you want to participate as a performer. Do not hesitate to invite your friends to participate in a tsunamical way. All kind of artists, creators, musicians, writers or whatever, are invited to participate. Spread the word.

Where? L’Entrepot du Congo, Vlaamse kaai 42, 2000 Antwerp, resto ‘Rouge Baiser’ at first floor
When? September 26 and December 19

Hartelijke groeten, Cordialement, Kind regards,
Erika Claessens