Kei X. Griot has been performing since 2007, and has performed in cities along the east coast and in the bay area. Kei has been published in literary magazines, newspapers, and anthologies including, among others: Forum Literary Magazine, Street Sheet Newspaper, The Dead Animal Handbook, This Is Sound, & YG2D.
This Baltimore native has called the bay area home since 2009. In 2012 they earned a degree in Arts & Humanities from City College of San Francisco alongside their partner. Together the...
Kei X. Griot has been performing since 2007, and has performed in cities along the east coast and in the bay area. Kei has been published in literary magazines, newspapers, and anthologies including, among others: Forum Literary Magazine, Street Sheet Newspaper, The Dead Animal Handbook, This Is Sound, & YG2D.
This Baltimore native has called the bay area home since 2009. In 2012 they earned a degree in Arts & Humanities from City College of San Francisco alongside their partner. Together they have been documenting their lives since 2010, to be released in film this year as "Dreams in Black Space." The documentary chronicles life in their van, their art and community. Trailer coming soon!!
Will have available for purchase handmade, self-published Chapbook, 'Emergence,' (2011) illustrated by partner, Gabrielle Wilson-Sealy, and spoken word CD "Resisting Our Existence" (2008). Also available prints by GWS.
Culture Fuck is a feminist, anti-racist performance space for radical outcasts, passionate queers, gender liberators, intellectual non-conformists, and everyone else who loves to break rules and subvert social propriety.
Details:
Cost: Donate what you can- everything goes to the artist! No one turned away for lack of funds.
Arrive at 7:00pm to meet your host, shop the store, eat/drink, socialize, and sign up for the performance list. Performances will begin at 7:30pm. Heads up: first come, first served!
You are welcome to perform spoken word, poetry, music, dance, comedy, theatre, and prose. Please bring your zines, books, chapbooks, or edible merchandise to offer for donation or to freely distribute!
Access is love: Please keep it scent-free so everybody can show up and not have to leave due to chemical injury! (leaving off perfume, cologne, essential oils and using frag-free detergent on yr clothes helps a lot.) The venue is wheelchair accessible, including bathrooms (yeah!) We make sure space is saved for wheelchair/scooter users in front.
Show & Tell, the brain child of retail veterans alyah baker and nichole payton, is a lifestyle brand, concept shop, gallery, and gathering space located in vibrant downtown oakland. the idea for show and tell came out of payton and baker’s shared desire to make their community and the broader world a better and more stylish place, while having as much fun as possible.
show & tell serves as a platform for unique, fashion forward apparel and accessories, artwork, and housewares with a focus on:
· local independent designers
· sustainable fashion
· cause driven brands
· ethically sourced and produced goods
· products made in the USA
Show & Tell is committed to the rebuilding of oakland and will partner with carefully selected local organizations and non-profits to advocate for the advancement of education, arts, women and other underserved groups within our community.
