| How We Started: February
2000- July 2000
During our first year, we held two readings a month on the second
and fourth Sunday of each month at Borders Books. Each month featured
an open mike and the fourth Sunday was a showcased reading.
Very early on, we began including music into our showcase by inviting
artists such as Jabari Aziz and John Edward Ross. At this time,
VBB was still a grassroots group, and funding to pay all artists
came through Sehba Sarwar’s Personal Artist Project Grant
via the Cultural Arts Council of
Houston/
Harris County.
Performance Lineup
February 27, 2000 |
Jacsun Shah, co-founder and poet
Jabari Aziz, poet and musician |
| March 26, 2000 |
Christa Forster, poet
Donna Garrett, poet
John Edward, Jazz musician
|
| April 9, 2000 |
Sarah Cortez, poet
Sehba Sarwar, co-founder, novelist and poet
|
| April 30, 2000 |
Robin Davidson, poet
Solomon, poet
|
| May 14, 2000 |
Nicole Brogden, writer
Marcela Descalzi, co-founder and poet
|
| June 11, 2000 |
Tony Diaz, novelist and Nuestra Palabra
founder
Donna Perkins, co-founder, poet and visual artist
|
| June 25, 2000 |
Beth Secor, visual artist and writer
Varsha Shah, poet
|
| July 30, 2000 |
Performance by Core Group: Sehba Sarwar,
Marcela Descalzi, Donna Perkins and Jacsun Shah |
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