[TONIGHT] Saturday, January 21, Lyrical Opposition, in association with the Joyce Gordon Gallery, bring back their admission-free, positive poetry & spoken word series, Paradigm Rhymes. This event will be Lyrical Opposition's first of six poetry slams since being officially certified with Poetry Slam, Inc. MUSIC: SoL DeVeloPMeNT (@soldevelopment) Lake Stovall (@lakestovall) POETRY: Javier Reyes (@improvjav) Jermaine Hughes (@jermaine.hughes) Brittany Williams (@britwill227) Cheddy (@onechedz) Demitrius Burnett (@demitriusburnett) Josue Silva (@josue5ilva) Fego Navarro (@fegonavarro) Fly Ry (@thefaceofct) Yonatan Seleshi (@seleshikalat) HOSTED by @odthewordsmith DJ Set by @kingtutt7 Each performer can opt to be scored and be eligible to be drafted into Lyrical Opposition's first ever poetry slam team to compete and represent at the National Poetry Slam in Denver, CO this year. Lyrical Opposition will hold its slam season from January 2017 - May 2017, then announce their team in June 2017. ABOUT LYRICAL OPPOSITION Lyrical Opposition is a creative collective & community organization that cultivates lyrical artists to oppose injustice through social awareness & systemic change. ABOUT JOYCE GORDON GALLERY Joyce Gordon Gallery is a commercial fine art gallery located in the downtown district of Oakland California. The gallery exhibits art that reflects the social and cultural diversity of the Bay Area and international artists. The aim of the gallery is to respect the creative pursuits of the individual and seeks to make such work accessible to a broad audience. #BayArea #PoetrySlam #OpenMic #SpokenWord #Oakland #EastBay #BayAreaEvents #OaklandNightlife #MisfitSFC #Xealots #FreshEvents #LegacyDisciple #JoyceGordon #ArtGallery #LyricalOpposition (at Lyrical Opposition)
