Da Poetry Lounge Slam Finals

with Special Musical Guest

Sanura

Movement Towards Freedom:

Voices Of Struggle Hosted by

Matt Sedillo

Ink’d Out:

Stories from the LGBT Hosted by

Yosimar Reyes

Da Poetry Lounge Founders’ Night

Featuring

Dante Basco, Shihan Van Clief, Poetri Smith and Brutha Gimel Hooper

Bridging The Gap: Legendary Poets

featuring

Luis Rodriguez and Kamau Daoud

Youth Showcase

Da Poetry Lounge Community Open Mic

Free Community Mixer

followed by

Venue Caravan to Our Mic for the premiere of heartstorms

Chingona Fire

Hosted by

Angela Aguirre and Yesika Salgado

featuring

Alyesha Wise and Aman Batra

Don’t Talk About It, SP!T About It

Written and Directed by

Alex Alpharoah

The Poets’ Round Table

inkSlam Invitational

Hosted by

Shihan Van Clief

Youth Showcase

Queer Writes:

Workshop for folx from the LGBT Community: Facilitated by Edwin Bodney

Expand Your Story On The Page:

Facilitated by

Beau Sia

Participants will take an aspect of their story and through various exercises layer the depth of their story such that it is specifically theirs and resonates beyond who they are because all stories are simultaneously the individual and the all.

Expand Your Story On The Stage:

Facilitated by

Arianna Basco

Most performers learn a method to express themselves. many performers thik that that is the only way to express themselves. In this workshop, participants will engage in exercises to free them form this rigid idea, allowing them to see their performance can reflect the full range of who they are and not just the aspect they’re celebrated for.

 ReBrand:

The New Business of Spoken Word

Facilitated by

Taalam Acey

Intro to Party Rocking DJing 101 Intensive Workshop

Facilitated by

Brutha Gimel

If you’re a beginning DJ or have interest in learning the craft of DJing, this is the workshop for you.

This 90 minute intensive will include:

This is the intro to party rocking!