Sister Crew: Collaborative Arts Insurgency (CAI) in San Francisco, CA
In San Francisco, the Collaborative Arts Insurgency (CAI) kicks it at the corner of 16th St. & Mission every Thursday night. The community's been rockin since the summer of 2003, and welcomes new comers with open arms. If you're in the Bay Area at any point, check it out!
Here are some links for further information:
- An article in the SF Bay Guardian by Julia Scott (date unknown, but likely sometime in 2004)
- Video of the May 18, 2006 lyrical gathering
- Audio of the August 25, 2005 lyrical gathering
- A CD featuring 18 tracks by CAI poets. [Check out #14, by hip-hop flautist Greg Patillo , who's since moved on to New York City, where he and other SF expats kickstarted The Fuse]
- Video from MC Lynx
- "The Living Poets," a poem by CAI stalwart James Marchetti
- A photo depicting the CAI's charismatic pandemonium in May, 2005
- A flyer and event announcement about an October, 2005 show
- Reflections of a participant in September, 2005
- Relections of a frequent passerby (date unknown)
- Reflections of a passerby in August, 2005
- A rant distinguishing the CAI from the poetry slams derided by the author
