This is a project with Urban Impact to bring together youth from south Seattle to make creativity come to life. The aim is to open up a dialogue about life, a platform of self expression and a forum for foolishness through art, poetry, music and whatever else our creative juices lead us into. We hold a monthly Open Mic at Empire Coffee House - check the posts below for what’s coming up. + empirenights@live.comTumblr (3.0; @empirenights)http://empirenights.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l43aadDY061qa9eayo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The Jump OFF 2010 - July 2, 2010 - 7pm-9pm</p> <p>A benefit concert to raise funds to support summer opportunities for youth in the Rainier Valley.</p> <p>$5 @ the Door</p> <p>Doors open @ 6:30pm</p> <p>For more info email: empirenights@live.com</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/703291620http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/703291620Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:11:01 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l347uprZTm1qa9eayo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Empire Nights Open Mic & Grad Night</p> <p>June 19th, 2010</p> <p>@ Empire Espresso Bar</p> <p>3829 S. Edmunds</p> <p>1 block east of the Starbucks in Columbia City</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/639874574http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/639874574Fri, 28 May 2010 01:42:25 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktmtedT73F1qa9eayo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktmtedT73F1qa9eayo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktmtedT73F1qa9eayo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktmtedT73F1qa9eayo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktmtedT73F1qa9eayo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktmtedT73F1qa9eayo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Empire Gathering November 22 2009</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/256011193http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/256011193Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:08:37 -0500<p>December 19, 2009 @ 7PM</p> <p>@ Empire Espresso Bar (1 block west of rainier avenue south and south edmunds)</p> <p>For more information and artist registration: <a href="mailto:empirenights@live.com">empirenights@live.com</a></p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/250028554http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/250028554Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:01:48 -0500<p>Applications are available for stipend positions.</p> <p>You must be 14-19 &amp; attend Rainier Beach or Cleveland High School. (Some exceptions will be made.)</p> <p>For more information: <a href="mailto:empirenights@live.com">empirenights@live.com</a></p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/248829841http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/248829841Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:48:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8fdsLBJh1qa9eayo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8fdsLBJh1qa9eayo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8fdsLBJh1qa9eayo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8fdsLBJh1qa9eayo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8fdsLBJh1qa9eayo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8fdsLBJh1qa9eayo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8fdsLBJh1qa9eayo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8fdsLBJh1qa9eayo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8fdsLBJh1qa9eayo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8fdsLBJh1qa9eayo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>November 2009</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/246709379http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/246709379Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:39:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8f2akG961qa9eayo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8f2akG961qa9eayo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8f2akG961qa9eayo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8f2akG961qa9eayo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8f2akG961qa9eayo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8f2akG961qa9eayo6_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8f2akG961qa9eayo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8f2akG961qa9eayo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8f2akG961qa9eayo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8f2akG961qa9eayo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>November 2009</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/246700536http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/246700536Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:32:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8eqyUlYQ1qa9eayo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8eqyUlYQ1qa9eayo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8eqyUlYQ1qa9eayo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8eqyUlYQ1qa9eayo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8eqyUlYQ1qa9eayo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8eqyUlYQ1qa9eayo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8eqyUlYQ1qa9eayo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8eqyUlYQ1qa9eayo8_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8eqyUlYQ1qa9eayo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8eqyUlYQ1qa9eayo10_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>November 2009</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/246691664http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/246691664Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:25:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8do12OPO1qa9eayo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8do12OPO1qa9eayo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8do12OPO1qa9eayo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8do12OPO1qa9eayo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8do12OPO1qa9eayo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8do12OPO1qa9eayo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8do12OPO1qa9eayo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8do12OPO1qa9eayo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8do12OPO1qa9eayo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt8do12OPO1qa9eayo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>November 2009</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/246662926http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/246662926Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:02:24 -0500<object width="400" height="251"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/692948713316" /><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/692948713316" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="251"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>CONFESSIONS OF A HUMAN</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/236800709http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/236800709Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:03:00 -0500<iframe width="400" height="323" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/J3loYa0wb0I?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/232301960http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/232301960Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:03:06 -0500<p>I’m the melody, <i>You’re</i> the harmony.<br/><i>Your</i> percussion and I’m the bass line.<br/>In the onset we don’t fit,<br/>But in time we <b>MAKE</b> good music.<br/><br/>We can sit with silence and let the music bump,<br/><i>Your</i> head bobs, my foot taps,<br/>Our hands move at once.<br/><br/><i>You</i> bring the verse and I’ll bring the chorus,<br/>Together we make the bridge when we drop that beat.<br/><br/>It’s easy to feel, yet hard to say,<br/>So we musicians and vocalists take our turn at play.<br/><br/>This here communication is a cold collaboration,<br/>Two souls, two hearts, many parts, one song,<br/>Our genuine manifestation.<br/><br/><i>You</i> move—I move—we move,<br/>I move—<i>You</i> move—we move.<br/>We move, together we look out,<br/>And the world grooves with us.<br/><br/>So I’ll bring the melody if <i>You</i> bring the harmony,<br/><i>You</i> bring percussion and I’ll drop the bass line,<br/>We’ll find a groove together,<br/>And in time we’ll <b>BE</b> good music.</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/231137059http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/231137059Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:56:39 -0500<p><br/>The words escape me,<br/>I try to speak but your demeanor it leaves me weak,<br/>And in your eyes I can see the place my heart longs to be.<br/>It’s hard to say, yet easy to feel,<br/>This love it grows expanding fields.<br/>And when you look into my eyes,<br/>My Isis soul it flies and flies,<br/>Close to the sun of your appeal my heart if falls back to the field.<br/>I find no rest, my heart it heals.<br/>My mind is smart, it tries to yield.<br/>But I forget, my wings return,<br/>And for your love I yearn, I pine, I burn.</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/231135893http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/231135893Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:55:14 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks75cnfZnO1qa9eayo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks75cnfZnO1qa9eayo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks75cnfZnO1qa9eayo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks75cnfZnO1qa9eayo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks75cnfZnO1qa9eayo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks75cnfZnO1qa9eayo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks75cnfZnO1qa9eayo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks75cnfZnO1qa9eayo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Empire Nights—October 2009 Part 3</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/225310799http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/225310799Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:31:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6z5nnXpo1qa9eayo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6z5nnXpo1qa9eayo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6z5nnXpo1qa9eayo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6z5nnXpo1qa9eayo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6z5nnXpo1qa9eayo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6z5nnXpo1qa9eayo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6z5nnXpo1qa9eayo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6z5nnXpo1qa9eayo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6z5nnXpo1qa9eayo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6z5nnXpo1qa9eayo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Empire Nights—October 2009 Part 2</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/225195932http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/225195932Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:17:46 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6yvl7Prj1qa9eayo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6yvl7Prj1qa9eayo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6yvl7Prj1qa9eayo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6yvl7Prj1qa9eayo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6yvl7Prj1qa9eayo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6yvl7Prj1qa9eayo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6yvl7Prj1qa9eayo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6yvl7Prj1qa9eayo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6yvl7Prj1qa9eayo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ks6yvl7Prj1qa9eayo10_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Empire Nights—October 2009</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/225190748http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/225190748Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:11:45 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krxgcoKAPE1qa9eayo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/220150504http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/220150504Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:54:11 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_krxg1mRVEZ1qa9eayo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Empire Nights @</p> <p>Empire Coffee house,</p> <p>3829 A South Edmonds Street,</p> <p>Seattle, WA 98118</p> <p>November 14, 2009</p>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/220145867http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/220145867Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:46:00 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kruu18LhCK1qa9eayo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/218892911http://empirenights.tumblr.com/post/218892911Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:55:56 -0400