Award winning spoken word artist Carlos Robson to perform at SMC on Thursday, October 3rd

Spartanburg Methodist College is pleased to announce that Carlos Robson, an award winning spoken word poet, playwright and teaching artist, will perform at SMC on Thursday, October 3rd at 7 pm on the Judd Residence Hall’s Cellar Patio. The public is invited and admission is free of charge.

As a competitive “slam” poet, Robson has competed in local, regional, national and international competitions, winning the National Poetry Slam championship in 2007 and again in 2008 as a member of the North Carolina based team, Slam Charlotte. Robson has performed in all corners of the nation and on Broadway, and is a co-founder of the Charlotte based artist collective The Concrete Generation as well as one half of the live arts project The Indoctrination Experiment.

Twice nominated for APCA Spoken Word Artist of the Year, Robson has performed at over 50 colleges and universities. In 2009, Robson co-wrote and appeared in the play “Miles & Coltrane: Blue (.)” directed by Quentin Talley, which appeared off-Broadway and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland.