Saturday, May 12, 2007, 7pm, 2007
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai "Infinity Breaks" CD Release Party
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai "Infinity Breaks" CD Release Party
Don't miss out on your only chance to see Boston bred poet Sahra Nguyen, Chicago born rapper Denizen Kane and Brooklyn based poet Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai do their thang!
Locus Arts is proud to host the only Bay Area CD release of Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai Infinity Breaks and premiere screening of By-Standing: The Beginning of An American Lifetime by L.A based filmmaker Karen Lin (ZuZu Films).
Born out of the business of dirty laundry & hard knocks of floor sanding, Sahra Nguyen is the daughter of Vietnamese wrestlers who took down the pacific waves on refuge. Reppin Boston, she is on a journey of growth and love as the perpetual learner. From stretched canvas to city streets, Sahra is a painter & conscious propagandist transcending the written world with honest words. Sahra loves art in it's infinite forms, & believes the creative outlet to be complimentary to community organizing in reaching the critical mass.
Denizen Kane is a poet and musician that was born in Tree City. He is one of the founders of I Was Born With Two Tongues (1998-2003), a spoken word quartet that independently released an LP entitled Broken Speak. In 2000, he co-founded Typical Cats, a Chicago-based hip hop collective, and has since released two albums, a self-titled debut and Civil Service. In Tree City Legends and the forthcoming Tree City Legends, Vol. 2, Kane makes his mark as a solo artist and displays his skills as a precocious lyricist, a style innovator, and a great storyteller-in-the-making. He has toured from New York to Tokyo to Los Angeles and has done shows with underground hip hop luminaries such as the Visionaries, Living Legends, and J-Live. His has also performed on three seasons of HBO's Russell Simmons' Presents Def Poetry. For more information visit Denizen Kane
KELLY ZEN-YIE TSAI is a Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based, Chinese Taiwanese American spoken word artist who has featured at over 200 performances worldwide including three seasons of HBO’s award-winning “Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry.” Current projects include her recently released CD “Infinity Breaks” and her solo show “The Grieving Room.” For more info, visit Kelly at Yellowgurl or on Myspace.
May 12, 2007 7:00pm
SPACE180 - 180 Capp Street, 3rd Floor (@17th Street), San Francisco
Admission: $5-10 sliding scale
Don't miss out on your only chance to see Boston bred poet Sahra Nguyen, Chicago born rapper Denizen Kane and Brooklyn based poet Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai do their thang!
Locus Arts is proud to host the only Bay Area CD release of Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai Infinity Breaks and premiere screening of By-Standing: The Beginning of An American Lifetime by L.A based filmmaker Karen Lin (ZuZu Films).
Born out of the business of dirty laundry & hard knocks of floor sanding, Sahra Nguyen is the daughter of Vietnamese wrestlers who took down the pacific waves on refuge. Reppin Boston, she is on a journey of growth and love as the perpetual learner. From stretched canvas to city streets, Sahra is a painter & conscious propagandist transcending the written world with honest words. Sahra loves art in it's infinite forms, & believes the creative outlet to be complimentary to community organizing in reaching the critical mass.
Denizen Kane is a poet and musician that was born in Tree City. He is one of the founders of I Was Born With Two Tongues (1998-2003), a spoken word quartet that independently released an LP entitled Broken Speak. In 2000, he co-founded Typical Cats, a Chicago-based hip hop collective, and has since released two albums, a self-titled debut and Civil Service. In Tree City Legends and the forthcoming Tree City Legends, Vol. 2, Kane makes his mark as a solo artist and displays his skills as a precocious lyricist, a style innovator, and a great storyteller-in-the-making. He has toured from New York to Tokyo to Los Angeles and has done shows with underground hip hop luminaries such as the Visionaries, Living Legends, and J-Live. His has also performed on three seasons of HBO's Russell Simmons' Presents Def Poetry. For more information visit Denizen Kane
KELLY ZEN-YIE TSAI is a Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based, Chinese Taiwanese American spoken word artist who has featured at over 200 performances worldwide including three seasons of HBO’s award-winning “Russell Simmons’ Def Poetry.” Current projects include her recently released CD “Infinity Breaks” and her solo show “The Grieving Room.” For more info, visit Kelly at Yellowgurl or on Myspace.
May 12, 2007 7:00pm
SPACE180 - 180 Capp Street, 3rd Floor (@17th Street), San Francisco
Admission: $5-10 sliding scale
for more visit http://locusarts.org/calendar.html?date=12+4+2007
