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SUMMARY:Iyeoka & The Rock By Funk Tribe No Cover
DESCRIPTION:ALCHEMIST\n\n10/23/2009 10:30 PM at Iyeoka\n435 South Hunt
 ington Avenue, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts 02130\nCost: Always Free\n
 \nALCHEMIST 22:30 at Iyeoka No Cover Description:Official 2008 Bio Iye
 oka Ivie Okoawo is one of the most sought after poetry slammers in the
  country and a recipient of the 2008 National Performance Network/NCCC
  Artist of Color Residency Award. Among her lists of credits is being 
 asked to compose and perform a poem for a dinner event hosted for Paul
  Kagame, the President of Rwanda, being commissioned by Discovery Chan
 nel for their 2008 brand campaign, being commissioned by a top-twenty 
 ad agency to write a piece for a diversity training tool, gracing the 
 inaugural cover of the magazine Leverage, receiving a 2007 Massachuset
 ts Industry Committee Hip-Hop Award for Spoken Word Artist of the year
 , and a New England Urban Music Award for the Best Female Spoken Word 
 Poet of 2006. . A 2x National Poetry Slam Individual Finalist, Iyeoka 
 is also the only member of the nationally competing Boston Lizard Loun
 ge Slam team to have earned her position seven years in a row. In 2008
 , Iyeoka’s vocal talents on a cover of U2’s 1988 hit song \"Desire
 \" was showcased on a compilation of U2 covers that includes All-Star 
 Grammy Award winning African artists with proceeds benefiting the Glob
 al Fund. Iyeoka will help you to remember that there is no such thing 
 as \"slam poetry\", only three minute time slots where a poet tries to
  inject their heart into yours. Let her. . Cd’s available online www
 .iyeoka.com: Black and Blues 2004 Phanai Records/ Hum the Bass Line 20
 07 Phanai Records/ In the Name of Love: Africa Celebrates U2 2008 Sony
  Records .\n\nFor more information visit http://neighborsforneighbors.
 org/events/iyeoka-the-rock-by-funk-tribe-1
DTSTART:20091024T023000Z
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CATEGORIES:funky, hip, hop
LOCATION:The Alchemist Lounge
WEBSITE:http://Alchemistlounge.com
URL:http://Alchemistlounge.com
CONTACT:617-477-5741
ORGANIZER;CN=Lyndon:http://neighborsforneighbors.org/profile/Lyndon
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