Friday, June 22
Poets for Puerto Rico: ¡El Grito de la Bahía! Join us for a night of poetry and music benefiting the Puerto Rican artist community in San Juan!
Poets confirmed: #PoetsforPuertoRico
founder Willie Perdomo, Aya de León, Rico Pabón, Berkeley Poet Laureate
Rafael Jesús González, Sandra García Rivera, Tongo Eisen-Martin, Paul
Flores, L7, Susana Praver-Pérez, Tony Aldarondo, Fish Vargas, Raina
León, Vylma V, Ilia Correa, Julia y Jesus Cepeda, Art3mis Prime, ¡y más!
In collaboration with Litside Collective.
Plus, LIVE MUSIC by CaliGente, a Bay Area group blending hip-hop lyrics and island rhythms! And DJ GLO will be throwing down tropical tunes!
Friday, June 22 at 7:30pm
BUY TICKETS $15 Adv. / $20 Door
Friday, June 22 at 7:30pm
BUY TICKETS $15 Adv. / $20 Door
The #PoetsforPuertoRico
movement is gaining national traction. Thus far, events have been
launched in NYC, Philadelphia, and now the Bay Area! A movement of
stateside Puerto Rican poets, created in response to Hurricane Maria,
our goals are to amplify the needs of the island and to send our
community a message: Sometimes poetry is about more than the poetry.
Proceeds from this event will support hurricane preparedness for The Poet’s Passage
– a living museum of poetry, art center, café, gift store, and local
craft studio for local and visiting poets in Old San Juan, founded by
poet, artist, and creative director Lady Lee Andrews.
With
the recent news revealing the overwhelming loss of life related to
Hurricane Maria, and the neglect of government and the media to
accurately reflect the devastation, I know that many of us are already
suffering from “disaster fatigue,” and/or the general exhaustion of
supporting our communities to live with dignity. But we will persevere,
and be unrelenting in spreading the word. Thank you so much for your
support we hope you will join us in helping to spread the word about
this amazing event for this important cause.
As stories and news continue to be unearthed, we poets will reflect the resilience, and dignity of our pueblo.
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Important links:
The Poet’s Passage: https://www.poetspassage.com/home-poets-passage-old-san-juan-puerto-rico.php
The Poet’s Passage Go Fund Me: https://www.gofundme.com/PassageVsMaria
Poets for Puerto Rico: https://www.facebook.com/pg/PoetsforPuertoRico/about/
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