Empowering Womxn of Color Open Mic Series

DOORS OPEN AT 7:30PM / PERFORMANCES AT 8PM

Donation based entry: $5 Suggested Donation (No one turned away for lack of funds.)
All proceeds will go towards covering the costs of hosting this series.

La Peña Cultural Center and UC Berkeley Womxn of Color Initiative present: THE EMPOWERING WOMXN OF COLOR OPEN MIC FALL SERIES!

Back by popular demand, this open mic series provides a space for performances celebrating the voices of women of color and will include one featured artist per month!

Come support local Bay Area talent or sign up to perform! September sign ups are now CLOSED! October sign ups will open on Monday, October 1st!

Performers, come dazzle the crowd with your talent and get in touch with the local artist community each month.

AURIELLE MARIE – FEATURED ARTIST FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28:
Aurielle Marie is a Black, Atlanta-born, Queer ass poet and social strategist. She is a 2018 Lambda Literary Writer Retreat Fellow and was chosen by Safiya Sinclair as the winner of Blue Mesa Review’s 2017 Poetry Prize. Her essays and poems have been featured in or are forthcoming from the Adroit Journal, Selfish Magazine, Scalawag, For Harriett, ESSENCE, Allure, and the Huffington Post. Her collection, Gumbo Ya Ya, won the 2017 Write Bloody Poetry Prize and is forthcoming from Write Bloody Press. Although her work has lived on a global host of stages, her favorite will always be Mama’s kitchen.

LINEUP FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28:
Dianna Ayvar
Emilia Russo @starfire1408 on Instagram
Shirley Rivera @colorizedimprov on Facebook and Twitter
Sharryn Roh chynkchyk on Facebook
Samantha Sipin SoundCloud.com/samanthasipin & @samanthasipinmusic on Facebook
Raina León http://www.rainaleon.com
Sana
Judy Eun Kyung Kim judyeunkyung.wordpress.com & medium.com/@judyeunkyungkim_
Nann @know_nann on Instagram
Nia Pearl @notes.by.nia on Instagram
Nadia De Ala @nadia_alreadyexists on Instagram
Kiran Patel www.KiranPatel.Life
Ecaterina Burton @tisaytomboy on Instagram
Meelah @meelahmusic on Instagram
Angela Urata https://www.reimaginerpe.org/claws/about
Aurielle Marie @ElleOfTwoCities

La Peña Cultural Center: 3105 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley, CA 94705