Hitched: Poetry As Performance..
October 23, Sunday 5:00 PM
At Beyond BAroque..
Produced, Hosted & Curated
by XochitL-Julisa Bermejo
HITCHED: POETRY AS PERFORMANCE
HITCHED: POETRY AS PERFORMANCE will feature two of L.A.’s most well-known performance artists, A.K. TONEY and MIKE “THE POET” SONKSEN along with two of the youngest poets to take the Beyond Baroque Stage, 7th grader SARAH WALTON and recent high school graduate, JAMAL CARTER.
A.K. TONEY is a poet, writer, and performance artist. For almost 20 years he has been an active member of World Stage Performance Gallery’s Anansi Writer’s Workshop in Leimert Park Village. Since 1993 his skills as a performance artist has lead him across the nation and abroad. Dedicating his life to teaching, Toney became a Literacy Coordinator in 2005 creating a literacy program called Reading Is Poetry.
A.K. Toney
MIKE SONKSEN, also known as, MIKE THE POET, is a poet, journalist, historian, tour guide and teacher. His book I AM ALIVE IN LOS ANGELES! has been added to the curriculum of several universities. Mike’s performed his poetry coast to coast at college campuses, museums, bookstores, and nightclubs. His Los Angeles city tours combine poetry and history and have been covered in the New York Times, THE UK Guardian, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Straight No Chaser.
Mike Sonksen aka Mike The Poet
JAMAL CARTER is a young poet who was born in Los Angeles, CA on February 12, 1992. In his brief 19 years of life, he has felt love, confusion, and experienced many growing pains that come with living. He was in desperate need of an outlet to express himself. MIKE SONKSEN had become a teacher at View Park Prep High School where he met Jamal. There, Mike introduced Jamal to the beauty of poetry. Ever since, Jamal has been tagging along with Mike to different venues and is eager to grow as an artist. He hopes to establish himself as a poet to become as great an artist as his mentor, MIKE THE POET. 
Jamal Carter
Beyond BAroque
681 Venice BlvdVenice, CA
http://www.beyondbaroque.org/
