Words, Words, Words (and a little music!)

nest_clock_farsight_analog Saturday, October 17, 5:00 pm - Saturday, October 17, 6:00 pm

location_on Safe Harbors of the Hudson — 97 Broadway, Newburgh, NY 12550

groups Big Gay Hudson Valley

Join us at our spoken word event, Words, Words, Words (and a little music!) We are featuring poets Regie Cabico and Nina Robins as part of the Newburgh Fringe Festival on Sat Oct 17, 5p and Sun Oct 18, 1p This specially curated and exciting 1-hr performance is made special with live music, Regie Cabico electric stage presence, and audience participation including guided poetry writing with Nina Robins. Regie Cabico is the first Asian American and openly queer poet to win the Nuyorican Poets Cafe Grand Slam and took top prizes in 3 National Poetry Slams. He has appeared on HBO, TEDx Talk, and NPR. He is a lead teaching artist at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and executive director of A Gathering of the Tribes in New York City. He is the author of A Rabbit in Search of a Rolex (Day Eight, 2023). Nina Robins is a member of the Coalition for Mental Health Advocacy in Greenburgh, NY. She is a three-time national slam poet, and author of Supermarket Diaries, A Bed with my Name on It. T. Gondii, Warm Blooded Tree, Ode to Dymphna, and Saturday Morning Serotonin. She was a finalist for Poet Laureate of Westchester County, NY, where she lives with her husband and cats working in the bakery department of a supermarket.