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Aloud & Alive @ 35
A Celebration of NUYORiCAN Poetry

May, 3 2008 at The TOWN HALL
123 West 43rd Street (between 6th Avenue & Broadway), New York, New York 10036
Cost : $40 & 35

Synopsis:
A wild and joyous evening with surprise guests and more than a dozen poets including Quincy Troupe, Ishmael Reed, Edwin Torres, La Bruja and the infectious music of YERBABUENA.

Started in 1973 in Loisaida (The East Village), Miguel Algarin and Richard August began hosting regular gatherings of young outcast poets of color in their apartment. Soon that space moved to an old bar on East 6th Street and The Nuyorican Poets Cafe as born. Allen Ginsburg called the Cafe the most integrated place on the planet. Several generations of novelists, poets, playwrights, musicians and artists have grown up within the walls of their open room. Come hear their powerful voices, dance to their music, and celebrate the thirty-fifth anniversary of a world-renowned literary movement.

Legends, pioneers and new millennium poets unite for one night only on The Town Hall stage as the NUYORiCAN POEtS CafE celebrates its 35th anniversary on May 3, 2008 at 8 pm. Mistress and Master of Ceremonies: actress/producer, Rosie Perez and poet/singer/ comedian, Flaco Navaja with some of the leading voices in the spoken word movement, including Carlos Andrés Gómez, Kirk Nugent, Sandra María Esteves, Mariposa, Willie Perdomo, Steve Coleman, Nancy Mercado, California’s first Poet Laureate Quincy Troupe, the performance poet and playwright Jesús Papoleto Meléndez along with the multifaceted performer, known for her mesmerizing poetry and characterizations, Caridad De La Luz, a.k.a. La Bruja. With music by the Boricua Roots Music group, YERBABUENA.