Join your host Lauren Doriahna for poetry open mic night, at Urban Grind Coffee House. You can visit her website here: www.laurendoriahna.com Calling all poets, singers, and musicians...c'mon out and rock our mic! There is a $5 cover fee. The list opens at 7PM.
Don't want to stand, due to limited seating then purchase a ticket in advance here, and we'll reserve a seat for you: http://www.laurendoriahna.com/#!find-me/cfvg
Our featured artist this month is no other than..drumroll.....
QUEEN SHEBA
Check out her bio below:
Bethsheba A. Rem/Queen Sheba graduated from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA with a B.A. in English, is an internationally renowned award winning poet, journalist, budding playwright, actor, activist, and CEO of Oya Exclusive Int’l which houses several endeavors by Rem Below the Radar - Event Planning Co. that produces their signature tenured production: Rough Language Poetry Slam & Live Music concert, writing workshops and multi-media show, Retro Active – clothing line for trend setting adults that don’t mind being talked about in public, and more.
She is the author of Long Story Short: A book of short stories and poems that won’t fit on the stage, and a forthcoming book of memoirs, These are MY F*#@!-ing Memories! Thanks. Her discography includes seven albums including her fifth: Get Familiar a double disc set that won Album of the Year from Just Plain Folks and her 6th & 7th Domino Affect Vol.2 and SHEBATAR: Inside the World of Queen Sheba a 3 disc 10-year-collection, both landed in the running for a Grammy under the Spoken Word category.
She has performed her poems as a solo artist and with her all girl alternative rock band: Tempo 1-60 all over the United States, West Africa, and across Europe. From her performances at the Savoy in LA, The House of Culture in Antigua, West Indies or Harlem's Apollo Theater, Sheba is one of the most dynamic writers and performers of her generation. Sheba’s debut rock album, They Say, is scheduled to start recording early Spring with Grammy nominated producer Nick Chahwala with cameo appearances by Eva Kennedy, RES and other black-girl rockers.
Sheba lives in Atlanta, where she is an avid dog rescuer raising a 2-year old Great Dane, Spirit.
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