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Kinetic Affect’s Alma Mater

Kirk Latimer and Gabriel Giron have returned to their alma mater to bring in the next round of freshman students. It’s matriculation time!  The matriculation ceremony held on September 1st at Miller auditorium was a true success as Kinetic Affectteamed up with Western Michigan University to bring in the new school year. The 3,000 bodies in attendance…

Speaking Out THIS SUMMER

Kirk Latimer and Gabriel Giron’s non-profit program Speaking Out is back and badder than ever this summer in Battle Creek. It’s Speaking Out with a vengeance and its coming at the end of this month! With our first program under our belt, all we can say is that we had an overwhelming amount of success. You…

TICKETS still in SHORT SUPPLY!

Kinetic Affect LIVE has been super successful so far! Now tickets for each Saturday show are flying out the door. Go to http://kinetictv.eventbrite.com/ Tickets are still available on-line at Eventbrite for Kinetic Affect LIVE. We’ve decided to keep the shows FREE to public due to the overwhelming success of the show. Get them now because the second season taping…

The Non-Profit Affect

Kirk Latimer and Gabriel Giron have a little secret; they both founded a non-profit organization right in Kalamazoo. It’s called Speak It Forward Inc. and it’s already been doing work around the area to bring spoken word poetry and other uplifting educational experiences to those who need it the most. Speak It Forward Inc. is Kirk…

Readers’ Choice 2009 results: Arts & Entertainment

Best local band / performer Kinetic Affect  Kinetic Affect is 2009’s Readers’ Choice Award winner in the Best local band category. Since beginning their collaboration after meeting in 2006 as competitors in a poetry slam, spoken-word-poetry duo Kirk Latimer and Gabriel Giron have taken Southwest Michigan by storm, performing sold-out shows around the region and…

Kinetic Affect emphasizes living life to the fullest

By Alyssa Herter Western Herald With great enthusiasm, Kinetic Affect performed their show “Speak it Forward” to a small crowd at the Farmer’s Alley Theatre, last Friday. The spoken word poetry duo Kirk Latimer and Gabriel Giron are Kinetic Affect, and this performance also featured musicians Steve Lieto, Megan Dooley and Micaela Kingslight. “Speak it…

Kinetic Affect poets are preaching to the choir

Author: Mark Wedel; Special to the Gazette Section: Local News Article Text: One part poetry, one part motivational speech, one part performance with dance and music, Kinetic Affect‘s “Word Weaver: Encore” preached up a storm at the Wellspring Theater Friday night in the Epic Center. It is an encore, with a few new pieces, of their…

Kinetic Affect unafraid to take on tough personal topics

Author: Elizabeth Clark; Special to the Gazette Section: A&E Article Text:  Poets Gabriel Giron and Kirk Latimer of Kinetic Affect finish each other’s sentences fluidly and speak together with great synchronicity. More, even, than the identical twins who lived next door to me my whole childhood, whom my mother could never tell apart despite seeing them every day for…
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Hi, I graduated from high school at Kalamazoo Central 3 years ago…I just wanted to let you know that lately, whenever I need something empowering, I listen to your words. Since graduating I’ve moved to New York and I’ve been sharing your words and stories here and you’ve got many fans here now. I hope you’re both doing well, and I just wanted to tell you how much I appreciate you.

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Bridin Clements

…I was at Lakeside Academy and attended the classes that were put on by Speak It Forward. I loved and appreciated what you did for me and my fellow peers. It has been almost a year and a half since I left and I’m doing much better now. The things you taught me I still use to this day. Thank you.

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Karla Nusly

I still wear my shirt from your first performance downtown Kalamazoo. Circa 2006 or so… You guys are the TRUTH!!!

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Michael J Write, Grammy Award Winning Singer/Song Writer

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