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tagged: Min Jung Kim
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Just for clarificaiton:
The name is Min Jung Kim. Two Words, No Hyphen. Only one K and only one G.
*sigh*
Also, for tonight. You should go. It’ll be hella dope.
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San Francisco People’s Organization Convention Kick Off Party
Friday, June 3
111 Minna Gallery
6-9pm
$5-10 sliding scale, no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Hosted by Matt Gonzalez, San Francisco People’s Organization and League of Pissed Off Voters
Speakers: Ross Mirkarimi and Chris Daly
Performances by:
SHAILJA PATEL, Kenyan Indian Slam Poet Champion
ISE LYFE, Slam Poet/MC and Youth Organizer
STROLL PATROL, Island Indie Reggae/Punk Rock Band
JIMMY TRAN, Def Poetry Jam Poet
DJ LOVELEE, LoveSo’ Sessions DJ
and more!
More Artist Information:
Shailja Patel has appeared at the Lincoln Center, New York and venues
across the US and UK. Winner of national and Bay Area slam
championships, and keynote speaker for conferences at Yale and Brown
Universities, Shailja was Featured Literary Artist for APAture 2004,
the nation’s largest showcase of emerging young Asian Pacific artists.
“the new discovery…. the poet with an edge…infectious and endearing….addictive….”
Mantram magazine
“A packed Starr auditorium gave a standing ovation to slam poet Shailja Patel…”
Brown University Daily Herald
Ise Lyfe is a Bay Area native and one of the nation’s premier poet/emcee’s. Fusing Spoken Word and Hip Hop, he has a unique delivery and powerful content. Ise’s stage presence is awesome - Whether social or political, when addressing an issue he has a way with words that points out what really we already know yet seem to have a hard time acting on. With two national poetry slam competitions under his belt, and openings for artist from Dead Prez to Ben Harper, this young man is set to do great things.
Stroll Patrol, SF-based indie band, performs a unique blend of reggae and punk rock island-style (originally hailing from Guam and Maui). Performing with ukulele, guitar, bass and drums, they groove shows in SOMA and around San Francisco.
Jimmy Thong Tran is an upcoming poet involved with Theatre Rice, REACH, SASC, APASD, Proletariat Bronze, Asian American Theatre Company, and Youth Speaks. He is a member of the 2004 San Francisco Poetry Slam team and the 2004 National Collegiate Poetry Slam champions UC Berkeley’s CalSlam team. He recently taped for the 5th season of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam in New York.
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