The history of Kinetic Affect…

• April, 2006  -  Gabriel Giron and Kirk Latimer meet as competitors in poetry slam bout
• May, 2006  -  Gabriel and Kirk fill two of the five slots for National Poetry Slam competition and begin work together
• June, 2006  -  Going against the norm of competing individually, Gabriel and Kirk create duo-voice pieces that stun audiences in Austin, Texas
• August, 2006  -  The duo is soon widely recognized as one of the best duo poetry performers in the nation
• November, 2006  -  Kirk and Gabriel begin preparing new poetry pieces for next year’s competition
• February, 2007  -  After creating numerous poetry pieces, Kirk and Gabriel decide to name themselves Kinetic Affect and begin work on creating their own show
• February, 2007  -  Gabriel and Kirk begin performing for colleges around Michigan as Kinetic Affect
• March-May, 2007  -  Kinetic Affect tears up the competitive slam scene in the Midwest region
• June, 2007  -  Kinetic Affect withdraws from competition in order to focus solely on their new show entitled Word Weavers
• July, 2007  -  Kinetic Affect debuts its highly successful show Word Weavers to three sold out crowds
• August-December, 2007  -  After the success of their debut show, Kinetic Affect works as creative consultants for the WK Kellogg Foundation, United Way, and several other local organizations
• December, 2007  -   Kinetic Affect works on preparing its next Word Weavers show and begins preparing to take the entire Word Weavers show on a national tour
• January-February, 2008  -  Word Weavers storms the stage again in an Encore performance, featuring six new poems, to four sold out crowds.
• May, 2008  -  Kinetic Affect sponsors and hosts a successful student-driven spoken word poetry fundraiser called Slamapalooza at Portage Northern High School.
• August, 2008  -  Kinetic Affect announces its partnership with the new Farmers Alley Theatre in Kalamazoo and begins work on a new show, "speak it forward"
• September, 2008  -  Kinetic Affect is named Kalamazoo's Most Talented Performers and prepares for a trip to Las Vegas
• November, 2008 - Kinetic Affect Begins collaboration with Improv Comedy and Crawlspace Eviction
• June, 2009 - Kirk Latimer and Gabriel Giron establish a non-profit organization called Speak It Forward Inc.
• September, 2009 - Kirk Latimer is accepted into The Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Kalamazoo Class of 2010
• March-April, 2009 - Kinetic Affect succeeds at Chicago auditions and Flies out to California for a taping on the show America’s Got Talent
• June, 2009 - Release their third album entitled One Day to Live
• August, 2009 - Kinetic Affect runs Speak It Back, a workshop serving 20 needing youth for free
• September, 2009 - Kinetic Affect takes a week to help kick off a new “self awareness” campaign in Michigan called RAMP (Realizing All My Potential)
• October, 2009 - Kinetic Affect appears on the Apollo stage in New York
• October, 2009 - Kinetic Affect beats Matt Giraud for Reader’s Choice Award for Best Local Performer in Kalamazoo area
• December, 2009 - Kirk begins a artist collaborative group with Ken Morgan in Southwest Michigan
• January, 2010 - Kinetic Affect partners with Crawlspace Eviction and Fancy Pants Theater to open a new performance space in Kalamazoo, Studio 246
• January, 2010 - Get Affected, Kinetic Affect’s new monthly series at 246, launches