neRciTY at ong king arts center performs SURviVOR

First Friday at Ong King Arts Center
Time and Place: Ong King Arts Center, 184 N. King St., Friday, December 6, 2007
www.ongking.com

THE pOET: nERCITY: NerCity (Pronounced "Inner City"), Poet, Host, Community Activist and student of the art of spoken word poetry has been gracing the mic for over 10 years. His brash and gritty "In Your Face" style is not only a reflection of his life growing up in the streets of the Bay Area, but his "NerCity Poetry" reflects on the many lessons he's learned from elders that are/were in his life.
His Slam Resume reads as follows; 2002 Oakland Representative for the NYC Hottest Poet Competition, 2003 Oakland Slam Team member that placed 4th in the Nation in Chicago, 2003 Team Oakland member that Placed 1st in The New Word Series in San Francisco, 2004 Nuyorican Grand Slam Finalist, 2005 Berkeley Slam Semi Finalist 2007, Winner of the Show Stoppa Slam in Sacramento, Ca. & recently crowned 2007 Oakland Grand Slam Champion.

NerCity has toured and featured at some of the hottest venues across the country such as The Fly Poet Showcase (Los Angeles), The Nuyorican Poetry Café, Café Nuba (Denver) Untamed Tongues (Las Vegas), Spoken Funk (Hollywood) and many others.

Nercity has also performed at the 2000 NBA All Star Game in Oakland, The Apollo Theater in New York City and was invited to be on B.E.T.'s Lyric Cafe' in the Bahamas & The Essence Festival in New Orleans.

http://www.myspace.com/nercity

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