Latino Poetry Night
Saturday, May 26, 2012, 7:00 PM

The Fridge invites you to listen to three Latino poets, Sami Miranda
and Maritza Rivera from Puerto Rico and Quique Aviles from El
Salvador, who have been on the fray of the DC poetry scene for
decades. Each poet will examine what it means to live in a
multi-cultural world. These poets will bring distinct perspectives to
the stage using performance, humor and social commentary. Maritza will
bring an Afro-Latino-female voice, Sami will bring the
poet/painter-spectrum viewpoint and Quique will bring his sarcastic,
blunt and hilarious outlook. The evening will be hosted by Quique and
will feature bilingual work as well as poems written in English and
Spanglish.



Venue
The Fridge
516 Eighth St. SE
Washington, DC 20003

 

THE E IN TEL AVIV: THE HEART AS SURVIVOR

 

Outside Tel Aviv I fall

apart inside a hotel room.

My arms and legs speaking

Hebrew and Arabic. My eyes

embrace Jaffa and Jerusalem.

Inside my heart are crowded

streets and cafes filled with men

and women. No one volunteers

to rescue me. There is no one

language to love in.

 

   - E. Ethelbert Miller

 

FILM BY KYLE PIENAAR

http://vimeo.com/40728217

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I'll be posting comments and pictures of my trip during the next few days.

Ethelbert and US Ambassador Shapiro (to Israel). Photo by Matty Stern

                                   

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