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Editor�s note: The location for this event has been
changed to accommodate construction on a new student housing project.
April 23, 2003
LOCATION CHANGED FOR SLAM POET�S BOISE STATE
PERFORMANCE
Alix Olson, a dynamic young lesbian-feminist slam poet and
a nationally recognized spoken work performer, will be performing on Friday,
April 25, at the Boise State University Student Union first floor dining hall.
The performance was originally scheduled in the Centennial Amphitheatre. Two
student poets will open for Olson. The show begins at 6 p.m. and is free and
open to the public.
Olson has been recognized in the spoken word scene since
1998, the year that her team from New York City�s Nuyorican Poets Caf�
clinched the National Poetry Slam championships. Since then, she has been
highlighted in Ms. Magazine and published in �The Lesbian Review of Books,�
�Gathering of Tribes� and two anthologies.
Olson�s awards and accomplishments include the 1999 New
York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, the 1998 Barbara Deming �Women in the
Arts� grant and the 1998 �In Our Own Write� award. She is in the process
of releasing her second solo CD, �Independence Meal,� on her own label, �subtle
sister productions.�
This event is sponsored by Boise State Student
Involvement. For more information call 426-1223 or visit http://entertainment.boisestate.edu.
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Contact
Sheri Muncy
Student Activities
208 426-1242
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208 426- 3275
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