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Cristin to Perform at Ishle Yi Park Farewell Show
Queens Poet Laureate Ishle Yi Park is following her heart and moving to New Zealand at the end of the month. To celebrate this stunning and accomplished poet, Cristin will join an amazing line-up of performers including Willie Perdomo, Roger Bonair-Agard, Edward Garcia and many other as Ishle Yi Park’s farwell party held Thursday night, 7pm-9pm at the Asian-American Writers Workship. For more information, please check out the Ishle’s website here.
Cristin’s “Snips for Tips” Returns for the BPC’s “O’Debbie Awards”!
Cristin will be chopping heads at the BPC’s “O’Debbie Awards,” which celebrates with homemade statues the amazing and eclectic voices of the Lower East Side performance poetry scene. The show will feature performances by the O’Debra Twins, Shappy, Moonshine Shorey, and a slew of LES’s best ranters and ravers! Plus, excellent new haircuts by Cristin herself! For more information, please check out the Bowery Poetry Club website here.
Cristin’s “Snips for Tips” Returns for Magic Hat Benefit for Ann
Cristin will chopping heads at the BPC / Magic Hat’s benefit for Shaptowicz pal, Ann, who works for Magic Hat and lost her house recently to a devasting fire. The show will feature performances by the NYC’s best musicans and poets, and proceeds from the evening (and from “Snips for Tips”) will go towards Ann! For more information, please check out the Bowery Poetry Club website here.
Cristin’s Work Showcased on Indiefeed Performance Poetry Podcast
“F*cking Made Easy,” one of Cristin’s most randy poems about her time working as an editor and writer in the “adult entertainment” field (see her book Hot Teen Slut for more information), is featured on today’s spoken word Indiefeed podcast, along side great work by poets such as Buddy Wakefield, Steve Marsh, Beth Lisick and the late great Lisa King, among many others. Check it here, and check back often as more of Cristin’s poems are scheduled to be uploaded.
Cristin Perform at “Poetry Live!” in White Plains
Cristin will be performing a set of old and new poems as part of the annual White Plains poetry series, Poetry Live!, held every Thursday at the Center City Barnes & Noble (230 Main Street, White Plains). The event is hosted by Zork and sponspored by the White Plains Public Library. Following the performance, the audience is invited to interact with the guest poets and participate in a poetry Open Mic.
Cristin’s interview with Caitlin Atkinson appears in June / July Issue of Bust Magazine
Check out the latest issue of Bust Magazine with “The Yeah Yeah Yeahs” on the cover, and read Cristin’s interview with lady photographer / failure advocate, Caitlin Atkinson! Feel free to pick up a subscription, as it’s fab lady-run rag!
Cristin to host Urbana Finals
Come one, come all to the NYC-Urbana Finals hosted by Cristin and Shappy. The show — which pits some of the country’s best performance poets against each other — starts at 7:15pm, but show up early for good seats and free Magic Hat loot (they are the judging team this year!) For more information on the Finals, please check out the Bowery Poetry Club website here.
Cristin Perform at the Purnell School
Cristin will be performing a set of old and new poems at this prestigious all girls school. She will follow-up her short set by hosting the school’s first ever poetry slam. Cristin is delighted to witness firsthand what the next generation has to say! Doors will be closed to non-students, but for more information on this wonderful school, click here.
Cristin Hosts Sexiest White Male Poet Reading
Cristin hosts the “Sexiest White Male Writer ALIVE! Reading,” a tongue-in-cheek riff off of the Cute Boy Slam which Urbana hosts annually. The event has a startlingly good line-up, including performances by Derrick Brown, Jeffrey McDaniel, Michael Cirelli, Sweet D and Rives, all vying for the “title.” Doors open at the BPC at 7pm. For more info, click here.
Cristin Co-Hosts 7th Annual Urbana Cute Boy Slam
It was August 1998 when God gave Amanda Nazario the idea of the Cute Boy Slam, the popular annual competition which challenges cute boys to read cute poems in a cute way or ELSE, and this year Cristin and Amanda will host the 2006 incarnation. Drop by the Bowery Poetry Club on Thursday, April 13, at 7pm to soak in all the adorable goodness as well as catch two-time National Slam Champion feature poet, Mike McGee. Celebrity judges, celebrity poets and a Cute or Not Cute gong: could you ask for anything more? For more info, click here.
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