An evening of brazen poetry with themes of family unity and disunity, ethnic bonds and bondage, assimilation and displacement, clit envy and penis worship, hard-ons and even harder break-ups...
Tragic Bitches is a collaborative theatrical poetry staging drowned in the melodies and nuances of the music that triggers and accompanies us through our tragedies. Conceptualized by three Queer Xicana/o Artistas, Adelina Anthony, Dino Foxx and Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano, Tragic Bitches is the exploration of those dark corners of our souls we both fear and cherish. Birthed past midnight while laying on an old couch, drinking red wine and eating organic almonds, walnuts and sun dried cranberries... indeed, even birth can be tragic.
Tragic Bitches brings together the poetry of these three artists as they dive into the abysmal cycles of love, desire, family, betrayal, heartbreak, depression and renewed hope. The artists drag the audience into the depths of their poetic chaos in a whirlwind of Spanish, English and Spanglish metaphors. Set to music spanning nearly 10 decades and genres, Tragic Bitches leaves no crevice untouched.
Sunday, May 6, 2007
7pm
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave ~ Berkeley, CA 94705
(510) 849-2568
$8 pre-sale / $10 door
Forget what you think you know about queer Xican@s. And please forget what you think you 
know about our poetry. But do remember to mark your calendars for a very special and unique collaboration among spoken word/poet-performers: Adelina Anthony, Dino Foxx, & Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano. These artists hailing from Texas & So Cal promise an evening of brazen poetry with themes of family unity and disunity, ethnic bonds and bondage, assimilation and displacement, clit envy and penis worship, hard-ons and even harder break-ups! And, of course, it takes bitches with those Mexican-cantina survival skills to make you both laugh and cry at the tragedy of it all… a night of reclaiming ourselves.
Adelina Anthony, hailed by critics for her comic performances as “bawdy, proud and hysterical” to “screamingly funny,” is workshopping her poetry to small private audiences on lesbian beds throughout Aztlán. Her poetry has been published in Germany, Texas and California; she has performed/read her poetry at various cultural and university venues. She is working on a poetry series entitled Ay, Baby, Entre Tú y Mi Mama… Casi Me Matan! Adelina is a multi-genre artist garnering Best Actress nominations in comedy & drama, Best Production & Director write-ups, and she is featured in Simon & Schuster’s Best American Erotica series. In 2002, Adelina was selected as one of the top queer activist by Tentaciones Magazines in Los Angeles. Her website www.adelinaanthony.com is available for viewing 24 hours a day, diehard stalker fans have probably already found her on myspace.com/adelinaanthony.
Dino Foxx, born and raised in San Antonio, lives his life as an actor, singer, dancer, writer, spoken word poet and activist. Most recently Dino performed alongside Emanuel Xavier, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano and Sterling Houston in Chile Con Lengua: Chiles Unplugged in Austin and San Antonio bringing this project into its sixth successful year. In January of 2006 Dino hit the stage in New York City where he headlined alongside Emanuel Xavier in Mariposas, a spoken word benefit for SOMOS (A program of the Latino Commission on AIDS) at the Bowery Poetry Club. His poetry was most recently published in the radical Queer People of Color Anthology, Queer Codex: Chile Love in association with ALLGO & Evelyn Street Press. Dino is also in the process of publishing his first collection of poetry entitled Memoirs of a Jota – Part I (Xorizote Press). [myspace.com/dinofoxx]
Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano is a Queer Xicano Poet, Dreamer and Activist, born in San José, California, raised in Estación Adela, Chihuahua, and now living in Austin, Tejas. Lorenzo’s work has been called “uncompromising and hopeful, cínico y cariñoso,” “inspiring… provocative,” “landing so deep/you bleed without feeling the cut.” He is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-Nominated Santo de la Pata Alzada: Poems from the Queer/Xicano/Positive Pen. He is in the final stages of publishing his second book, Promesas y Amenazas, an all-Spanish collection of poetry inspired on the Bolero aesthetic; and is finalizing his third collection, God Don’t Live Here Anymore, scheduled to be released in 2008. Lorenzo is the founder of a Xorizote Press. [www.jotopower.com / myspace.com/jotopower]
PS ---- LifeLube hears they plan to bring their tragedy to other cities beyond the Berkeley date...
