HK: ArtiST Festival!
Tantra-zawadi with musical guest James Pelton at Room 53!
7th Annual HK ArtiST Midtown Festival
7th Annual HK ArtiST Weekend Midtown Festival
Friday, May 15th
@Room 53
314 West 53rd Street (bet. 8th - 9th Avenue)
New York City, NY
(646) 675-5341
Catch Tantra-zawadi and James Pelton at 11:20 pm
(Continual live music, bands, acts and shows commencing at 6pm)
NO COVER
Join our all FREE 7th annual HK: ArtiST weekend Midtown Festival. May 15-17 all over Hell's Kitchen, 3 all night Galas: continual live music/bands, acts, shows & play! 12-6 PM Saturday-Sunday-during free 1 million strong 9th Avenue Int'l Food Festival! Saturday & Sunday 12-6 PM: Get a map on your smartphone & visit art(ists) in home-studio-galleries-biz. & group exhibits...Even special variety shows, cinema & exhibits by the Int'l Women Artists' Salon at 2 venues: & 1-4 PM at Broadway Comedy Club, 2 doorsdown from Room 53!
6 PM starting FRIDAY 5/15--->3 all night free parties with & for artists, performers & writers (our spin off Int'l arts & culture magazine is sold in 100's of venues, front postcard shows next cover image from HK: ArtIST member). Featuring all genres of entertainment, drama & body art: 1st 2 nights at Room 53, 314 West 53rd Street-largest piano & wine bar in NYC, French-Moroccan restaurant, bands film premieres/videos & karaoke! SundayBar Nine, 807 9th Avenue w/great stage/bands/games, & quality pub food. Invite all: See numerous press/videos, publication & newsletter w/all inside info, get interactive MAP on smart devices at: ArtistsintheKitchen.org (http://artistsinthekitchen.org/social/).
Hope to see you there!
About Tantra-zawadi
Tantra-zawadi, the author of three books of poetry and an international performance poet, has presented to standing room audiences around the world. She has performed original works off-Broadway and featured at The Badilisha Poetry X-Change Festival, Lincoln Center, The American Museum of Natural History, The Montserrat Poetry Festival, The Daniel Sorano National Theatre and The Austin International Poetry Festival. Tantra is a 2010 Pushcart Prize nominee for her poem “Girl,” a recipient of the Kings County District Attorney’s Women’s History Month Award, and in 2014, received the honor of Pan African Princess. As a mentor for the Girl-Child Network Worldwide, she is donating a portion of the proceeds from her books to GCN. Tantra performs regularly with The Senegal-America Project, performs on several global music compilations and her poetry has appeared in several publications including Essence Magazine. She is the director of two short documentaries, and her poem and video “Scarlet Waters,” was featured on the Product(RED) video wall to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS in Africa. Follow Tantra-zawadi on-line at www.tantra-zawadi.com.
Website: tantra-zawadi.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tantra.zawadi
Twitter: @tantrazawadi
"Dog Bytes," a Novel by James Pelton
Dog Bytes is a raw and sexy tale of sabotage, embezzlement, and computer hacking in the banking industry and on Wall Street.
Room 53
(8th - 9th Avenues)
New York City
(646) 675-5341