The Return of the Rapp SaloonIf you succumbed to the popular superstitions about Friday the 13th, you probably spent this one at home waiting for the day to be over. That means, you missed the return of the Rapp Saloon.
After a long hiatus, Pete Justus and his "posse" are back at the Hosteling International Building in Santa Monica, at 1436 2nd Street, where they are planning to go strong every Friday night. And judging by the comeback night, they most certainly will. In addition to a bunch of open mic readers, including LitRave's very own Frankie and Helen, the Saloon had an absolutely amazing feature this time: Jeanne Spicuzza. A humble reporter like myself could spend megabytes of cyber space talking about her performance, or sum it up by quoting Pete Justus: "Jeanne rocks!"
She started off by giving the audience a pop quiz on women in the arts and proving her point that it is much more difficult for women to achieve any type of recognition in that field than for men. She continued with a voice-over from a film about Hildegard von Bingen that she is working on and one of Hildegard's chants performed by Stephanie Nefi. Then, Jeanne talked about dragons, Helen of Troy, challenges of being an artist, slipped into a brand new poem about timeless love, assured us that she and her family are not Mafia but Sicilian Amore instead, to finish off by claiming that "Men Succeed Where Women Are Sluts." One more time, Jeanne proved that she is one of the best. You go girl!
So, next time when you hear Jeanne Spicuzza is featuring at a poetry venue, drop what you are doing and go see her. You won't regret it!
Speaking metaphorically in Santa Monica and raving for LitRave,
Jelena aka Helen the Bashful Dragon
Rapp Sallon
Fridays at 8:00
1436 2nd St. (in the Hostelling International Building)
Santa Monica
310-326-4246
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