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May 26^th

@ 8pm

QUEER OPEN MIC

FEATURING: Treina Alexander & Elizabeth Chávez

Hosted by: Sherilyn Connelly and guest host Meliza Bañales

 At the Three Dollar Bill Café, 1800 Market Street.

Whose that that's gonna be there? WOW!

TREINA ALEXANDER!!!!

For the past 5 years, Treina Alexander,has heated up the mic throughout the Bay Area.  She has hosted SheSpeaks 2002 and Tell It Like It Is 2003, participated in LiquidFire as an emcee, performer and makeup coordinator, and emceed the first womens stage at Castro Street Fair 2005. With a natural ability to play with words, Treina tackles real life with an air of grace.  As an active member of the LGBTQ community, Treina not only creates beauty through words but also creates beauty through artistic makeup design.

and ELIZABETH CHAVEZ!!!

Elizebeth Chávez was born in Watsonville, Califas. A thirty-something year old, the youngest of  five children, is the designated family artist. She is a San Francisco transplant. A Chicana/Mexican American writer/filmmaker

and community artist organizer/collaborator. A youth/education through the arts activist and avocet. In 1997, she start her own production company and indie book press, Monkey Productions, producing works of her own and women of color.  She has 6 poets/writers published under her press. Has produced 2 shorts from local latina filmmakers and 3 shorts of her own. Collaborated with groups such as Forword girls, Youth Speaks, Los

Delicados, Proyecto Contra Sida Por Vida, Lyric, Luna Sea and CUAV. In 2001, she received a grant from the Serpent Source foundation. Has read at venues such as, Mission Cultural center, Galleria de la Raza, La Peña, Jon Sims, LGTB Center and featured with her book press at the 2002 Gay Pride Writer's/poets stage. In 2003, she co-organized/founded, "That girl makes films", film festival for colored girls. She has shown films at the Jon

Sims Center, and various fundraiser for local non-profits and organizations that promote and support the arts.  She recently showed a short film at the 2004 Cine Accion Film Festival. Frameline 2005, Chicago Reel 2005. She is writing her next book "Cuentos de la Alma" (working title), next film (And God made me) and her current mad Mexican passion Mexican, a Mexican Zombie horror B film, that deals with the gentrification of the mission with the Cupa Cabras as the hero.