Hey Everyone, 

You might be wondering why you should spend the (predicted) sunny Sunday of Memorial Day weekend in a dark basement club. Well any of you who have ever been to The Amazon Slam, GenderCrash or any of the other queer spoken word events in town, whether you know it or not were participating in the legacy of Lisa King, a great performance poet and producer who died in February. I urge all of you who are in town this weekend to try and catch at least part of her Memorial on Sunday. Look at the list of performers: we have an amazing line-up for an amazing poet. We will also have open-mike time, so anyone who signs up (not just poets) can share their memory of or tribute to Lisa. There will be food at the Cantab but also (as many of you know) plenty of other options in Central Square if you want to take a break or plan a meal before or after you attend. You don't want to miss this. 

                                                                                                                           Ren

LISA KING: Memorial for a Poet Warrior
Produced by Friends Of Lisa King
Sunday May 28, 2006 2pm-8pm
FREE Memorial and Celebration @
The Cantab Lounge, 738 Mass Ave. Central Square, Cambridge (Downstairs)

Lisa King 1960 — 2006:
Poet, writer, spoken word artist, National Poetry Slam champion and
Amazon Super Slam repeat champion, Lisa produced and hosted the first
National Queer Slam for the 1995 OUTWRITE conference in Boston MA. A
trailblazer of the slam poetry/spoken word movement of the early 90's,
Lisa was a punk renegade, activist, rabble rouser, butch dyke,
creative, passionate & an inspirational force.

Spoken Word, Video, Archival Audio, Music, Photographs, Slide Shows
Open Mic time & Surprises. Over 30 performers pay tribute including:
Thalia Zedek, Lucky 57, Nancy Asch and Beth Heinberg, Jaclyn Friedman,
Emanuel Xavier, Cheryl B, Ren Jender, Aliza Shapiro, Melissa Goodman,  Amatul
Hannan, Michael Brown, Patricia Smith, Richard Cambridge, Gary Hicks, Yvette Leaphart,
Jessica Rose,  Sara Seinberg Gunner Scott, Brian Comiskey, Adam Stone,  Zilla McCue, Ryk McIntyre & Deb McKee


Links:
www.truthserum.org/lisaking
Archival audio of Lisa:
http://www.myspace.com/lisakingaudio