An Evening with Derrick Brown and Buddy Wakefield

Join spoken word legends Derrick Brown and Buddy Wakefield for an evening of unforgettable poetry, friends and laughs. Some very special guests just might be in town.

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DERRICK C. BROWN is a Storyteller & Writer | Comic | Award-winning poet | Ghost writer | President of Write Bloody Publishing whose innovative blend of art earned him Paste Magazine's Comedy Album of the Year in 2023. The New York Times celebrates his work as "a rekindling of faith in the weird, hilarious, shocking, beautiful power of words," capturing his unique ability blend comedy and poetry. He used to be a paratrooper for the 82nd Airborne, but finds writing to be more fun.Brown has performed at prestigious venues worldwide alongside comedy luminaries including David Cross, Eugene Mirman, Bob Odenkirk, Kristin Schaal, Jon Glaser, Kyle Kinane and H. Jon Benjamin. He is the author of ten books of poetry and four children's books, and winner of the Texas Book of the Year award for Poetry.

BUDDY WAKEFIELD is an actor, writer, producer, and three-time world champion spoken word artist featured on the BBC, HBO’s Def Poetry Jam, ABC Radio National and has been signed to both Sage Francis’ Strange Famous Records as well as Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe Records. In 2004 he won the first Individual World Poetry Slam Finals thanks to the support of anthropologist and producer Norman Lear, then went on to share the stage with nearly every notable performance poet in the world in over 2000 venues internationally from The Great Lawn of Central Park, Zimbabwe’s Shoko Festival and Scotland’s Oran Mor to San Quentin State Penitentiary, House of Blues New Orleans and The Basement in Sydney, Australia.

*This event will be downstairs in the Jungle Room.

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