Nov 10 Warm Wednesdays: Featuring Tai Allen
Tai Allen is a poet, singer, musician, designer and multi-talented artist. His influences range from Bob Marley and Aretha Franklin to Norman Connor and Gil Scot-Heron to the Beatles and Post-Modernism. His writing and essays have appeared in Bomb Magazine,Uptown Magazine Online, The NYC Underground and the Daily Challenge and his chapbook, Easy Readin. He has been featured on BET/CentricTV, Okayplayer, SoulTracks and in Nu-Soul Magazine. Tai is the National Poetry Awards 2010 Winner for best album for LP For Easy Readin, the companion to his chapboo, and was a nominee for best single.
As a fan of the arts, Tai is curating music and poetry shows at prestigious New York venues: The Apollo Theatre, Restoration Plaze and the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Tai Allen can described by one word: creative.
Warm Wednesdays
The Largest, Longest Running Open Mic Poetry Venue in the Nation!
Hosted by Walter Maxfield Jones
Doors Open at 8:30 PM
LADIES FREE before 9:00 PM
2 for 1 Drinks until 9:30 PM
$5 before 10:00 PM
$10 after 10:00 PM
After Party with DJ Harvey Dent and DJ Franchise on the 1's and 2's
www.whatwaltcando.com
301-728-3451
(sponsorship opportunities are available)