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Tavi Fields
Poetry Electric - Poetry Reading Series

Women’s Words

November 22, 2010 at 8pm

Celebrate female lyricism straight from the streets of NYC. Ilka Scobie returns with a line-up of diverse divas including: Elia Monte-Brown, Pat Cleveland, Tavi Fields, Angelica Ippolito, Ruth Oisteanu, Liza Jesse Peterson, Jackie Sheeler.

Ilka Scobie

Ilka Scobie is a native New Yorker poet and art critic, whose work appears in Artnet and Italian Marie Claire. She is honored to be again working with LaMama Theater, where she has curated womens and student readings. She teaches poetry in public schools for Teachers & Writers Collaborative and Lincoln Center. Collaborative work with her husband, Luigi Cazzaniga includes documentary shorts for Italian TV and recent interviews with artists Jiom Dine, Jeff Koons and Ugo Rondonine.

Pat Cleveland

In addition to modeling, Pat Cleveland has performed, singing and dancing on stage in Let My People Come on Broadway; acted in several foreign films including “Rio Babilônia” (Brazil), “Iago Shakespeare” (Italy), “Sotto il vestito niente” (Italy) and “Hair, The Musical” (Mexico); and has appeared in cameo parts for The Devil Wears Prada, “Sex and the City: The Movie” and most recently on “America’s Next Top Model”.  A superstar in Italy, Pat has recorded original lyrics written for Joe T. Vanelli and published a book of poems, In The Spirit of Grace, also published in English. Pat resides in the US, currently writing her autobiography.  She lives with her husband Paul Ravenstein and two children, Anna & Noel.

Tavi Fields

Tavi Fields is a brooklyn-based independent hip-hop artist.
Hobbies: Performing w/ her 8-piece band, Mamarazzi; Audio Engineering
Where u can see/hear more:
rawrhymes.wordpress.com
www.mamarazzisounds.com

Jackie Sheeler

Jackie Sheeler is an award-winning poet and songwriter with two CDs and four books under her belt so far. Her most recent collection, “Earthquake Came to Harlem,” was just published by NY Quarterly Books. An occasional blogger and card-carrying activist, Jackie enjoys committing random acts of kindness and random acts of righteous indignation in equal measure.

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