Slaming Genres Together

All those indie and punk shows getting you a little too worked up? We thought so. Take a deep breath, remove the suspenders and striped socks. Put on your dancing shoes and listen to some poetry. But it’s the weekend you say, and you’re not up for some tame literary adventure? You want something with a little beat? Revive your soul at the Center for Latino Arts' Soul Revival on Saturday night. One of Bostonist’s favorite live action poets, Iyeoka Ivie Okoawo, will be there. She’s been around the slam scene in Boston for a number of years and has been pondering her continued participation on the Boston area Slam Team (yeah, Bostonist didn’t really know there was a regional team either). If HBO is your only feed for culture you may have seen Iyeoka on Def Poetry Jam.

Following Iyeoka and Sparlha Swa as the "Poet’s Lounge" the evening of Latino beats goes on with one sweet cross cultural bash. Bostonist heard a rumor that the House/Latin Jazz/Salsa combo the resident DJ KC Hallet at the Villa Victoria puts together is so hot J-Lo just spontaneously combusted. The whole event will also be simulcast on the net. Broadcast. It will be broadcast on 90hz.org. Simulcasting is wicked geek.