Tag: poetry

Nubia Yasin: SHEENA

Post author By Bianca Phillips
Post date March 1, 2023

Crosstown Arts presents Nubia Yasin: SHEENA in the Green Room.

The Green Room at Crosstown Arts
Saturday, April 1, 2023
Doors open at 7 pm | Show begins at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $15 advance | $20 at the door

PURCHASE TICKETS HERE

Show Description:

SHEENA, a show curated and performed by Nubia Yasin, begs the question “What would make the pain of transformation desirable?” With a blend of original poetry and music, Yasin tells the story of her own transition from girlhood to womanhood against a backdrop of deep rooted shame. By walking through her own shame, she aims to allow the audience a chance to shine a light into their darkest corners, and say to what lives there “I see you. I don’t hate you.”

Artist Bio:

Nubia Yasin is a Memphis-born writer, multidisciplinary artist, and performer. She uses her experiences as a first generation Somali-American living in the South to tell stories about Black femmehood, with an acute focus on themes related to shame. Her writing has been featured in projects for Netflix, Apple Music, and more. She’s performed in galleries and museums across the United states.

Her first full collection of poetry, The Blood and Body, was published in August 2022 with HomieHousePress.

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Impossible Language

Post author By Bianca Phillips
Post date October 10, 2016

Ongoing contemporary poetry series organized by Ashley Roach-Freiman.

Impossible Language welcomes four poets whose range in sonic brilliance is as powerful as it is diverse. Where intimacy is also horror, where that’s a good thing. Where the bird world is a myth world is a world of uncorruptable song. Abraham Smith, Sarah Sgro, Maggie Woodward and Nathan Parker are not to be missed — kick out Halloweekend feeling haunted.

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Spoken Word-Shop & Poetry Slam

Post author By Bianca Phillips
Post date May 24, 2016

if you are interested in learning how to better put verses together for poetry or music (or just to express yourself), and then how to effectively perform these original pieces onstage, join us for our first-ever spoken-word workshop. taught by professional actress, playwright, and spoken-word artist Jazmin Miller, the “word-shop” will begin with a workshop in crafting and revising verse/prose poetry, and then on Friday of this week, we’ll have a poetry slam event and chapbook signing, open to the public. each participant will receive a chapbook with the original poems of all the participants.

15 participants capacity | for entering and current high-school students

Contact nat@crosstownarts.org to sign up!