AUTHOR / ACTOR / MAYHEM POET
2017 UPDATES
- Hosting InspiredWordNYC which has been called, “The Best Open Mic in NYC.” Sign up in advance or be my guest. Upcoming: 7/7, 7/12, 7/26 at Hellphone, 7pm and 7/12 , 7/24 at Parkside Lounge, 7pm.
- Touring new poems w/Mayhem Poets, a one of a kind, spoken word supergroup. Contact to have the group visit your university or school! Now Booking Fall Dates.
- Check Out These Summer Months an anthology from the Late Orphan project with poems, prose and stories in response to the loss of a parent.
- Creating a new podcast in conjunction with NYPL, Anne Born and the Backpack Press called Good Grief. More details coming soon.
- Booking shows for poet Cary Goldberg, centered around disability awareness, bullying, tolerance and CP rights. Contact for press-kit and watch his Promo Video.
- Now booking Readings/Features for my own books and performance work.
1. Sconnettts/Beyond Sconnettts. Includes stories + performance with a post show sonnet writing workshop.
2. Sports Stories; Mostly True Tales of Running, Punning and Jose Canseco. A performance talk/workshop for artist/athletes for summer camps, after school programs and more. *Book includes bonus story about Olympian Michael Phelps.
3. The Polygons: Surrealist Poems Volume 1. Freestyle writing from the subconscious and trusting yourself and and off the page. (Workshops with special guest freestyle poet Joel Gold)
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Summer 2017
Available for hosting, features and group performances/workshops
April 2017
*Looking to collaborate with other poets, musicians, and comics.
Lincoln Center Poetry Master Class 4/12
Westport, CT Mayhem Poets Residency 4/17-4/21
4/24 Mayo Performance Arts Center Morristown, NJ w/Mayhem Poets
4/25 Overture Center Madison, WI
4/26 The Grand Theater Wausau, WI
4/27-4/28 Bloomington, Indiana
Hosting Queen’s Lit Fest 4/29-4/30. LIC landing. Still seeking additional sponsorship.
Recent Past Events
November 3rd Mikumari and Scottt at the Get Down, Club Cielo 7pm
November 9th Mayhem Poets School Time Series
November 10th Hosting, Parkside Lounge We Heart NYC Writer’s Night
November 12th Hosting, Hell Phone All Star Showcase Inspired Word NYC
November 14th Hosting, Parkside Lounge Open Mic Inspired Word NYC
November 17th University of Michigan-Flint with Mayhem Poets KIVA Center 8pm
November 18th-November 25th AWAY
December 8th Mayhem Poets Private Event
December 10th Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden 2pm
1/18-1/22 Mason Granger /Scottt Raven; 13th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival.
1/25 Hellphone, The Late Orphan Anthology Storytellers event
1/30 Hosting at Parkside Lounge with featured poet, Sandy Simona
Hosting 3/21, 3/27, 3/28 Parkside Lounge
Mayhem Poets at Utica College 3/30
Bowery Poetry Club Feature for PoetNY 4/2, 8pm
InspiredWordNYC 7 year Anniversary Feature 4/7, Hellphone 7-11pm.
Fall Events
October 1 Storytelling at the SUGAR HILL Museum 1 YEAR ANNIVERSARY Celebration
October 6th HUM II Samuel Compers Campus Mayhem Poets Show
October 7th PinkSpeak Breast Cancer Fundraiser Feature
October 10th Parkside Lounge Hosting
October 11th Parkside Lounge Hosting
October 13th Hosting We Heart Writers Night, Parkside Lounge
October 14th Reading, PA show with Cary Goldberg
October 18th Hosting Parkside Lounge
October 21 Mayhem Poets School time Series
October 24-25 Ridgefield Playhouse with Mayhem Poets
October 26-27 Lincoln Center Bruno Walter Auditorium with Mayhem Poets
Summer ’16 Events:
August 11th We Heart NYC Writers Parkside Lounge
August 22nd Mayhem Poets at MercyHurst University
August 29th 7-10pm Open Mic at MISTHarlem
September 8th Parkside Lounge
September 16th Scottt at Serenity Adult Care Facility, (Pictures coming soon!)
September 22nd Mayhem Poets at Trenton Thunder Baseball Stadium
September 26th Middle School Show afternoon/ Parkside Lounge evening
Contact: scotttraven@gmail.com/#scotttraven/#sconnetts
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