¿DONDE ESTA MI GENTE? RETURNS! Did you miss us? You better have!
KQED presents ¿Donde Esta Mi Gente?! at the legendary LITCRAWL!
Hosted and curated by writer performer organizer BARUCH PORRAS-HERNANDEZ!
WHEN: Saturday OCT 18th, during the third leg of this amazing literary bar crawl, at 8:30pm!
HOW MUCH: FREE!
WHERE: at Laszlo Bar 2526 Mission Street, San Francisco.
WHO: ¿Donde Esta Mi Gente? is a celebration of the Latino Voice in Spoken Word and Poetry in the San Francisco Bay Area!
PERFORMER CURATOR HOST
BARUCH PORRAS HERNANDEZ Has featured all over the bay area. His work can be found in numerous anthologies, he is a Lambda Literary Fellow in Poetry, and head organizer of The San Francisco Queer Open Mic.
WRITER PERFOMERS
GABRIEL CORTEZ Former co-director of CalSLAM, UC Berkeley’s spoken word poetry community, Gabriel’s last youtube video went viral, and he’s been performing all over the bay area ever since. He also facilitates workshops and teaches underserved youth.
KAY NILSSON Poet performer currently attending the University of San Francisco. He has performed at slams and poetry readings all over the Bay Area. He has featured at Lunada Literary Lounge, San Francisco Queer Open Mic, and Soma Arts Center.
JENNIFER DRONSKY Writer, comedian and storyteller, lover of cats, she has performed at shows, festivals and bars all over the Bay Area. She lives in the Tenderloin with her wife, and their cats.
DENISE BENAVIDES is a San Diego native poet and performer currently residing in Oakland, CA. Her writing has been published in FatCity Review, Ground Protest Poetry, The Far East: Everything As It Is, and The Acorn Review
LORENZO HERRERA Y LOZANO Is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-nominated Santo de la Pata Alzada: Poems from the Queer/Xicano/Positive Pen, and Amorcito Maricón. His work appears in several anthologies and journals. Lorenzo holds a Masters in Liberal Arts from St. Edward’s University.ord poetry community,
see you all there!