The Indiestry: Weekend Hangover ( March 11-13,2011)

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Weekend Hangover ( March 11-13,2011)

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Paige in Full—Saturday, March 12, 6:30 pm in Lab Theatre II at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street, NE.

theHegira: Paige in Fullon’t miss the return of this runaway hit of the DC arts scene that tells a personal, yet universal, story through the lens of Hip-Hop. With her brother “Nick tha 1da” spinning live, the dynamic Paige Hernandez tells her story from pre-conception to present day in a one hour mixed-tape show that is part comedy, part pain, and part retrospective on growing up in Baltimore. Produced by an innovative theater committed to new works by women of color, this popular show will feature some new twists, surprises and bonuses for our festival audiences. For ages 12 & up; March 12 performance ASL Interpreted.

Costs $20 general admission; $15 students/seniors. Click here to purchase.

BALTIMORE

Vagina Monologues—University of Maryland Baltimore County TheatreCOM is proud to present its first production of the semester, The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler. Directed by Jessica Ruth Baker; Stage Manager: Phil Vanoorbeeck. FREE for UMBC students, $5 for everyone else. All benefits and proceeds go to the House of Ruth Maryland.

Friday, March 11 at 8pm
Saturday, March 12 at 8pm
Sunday, March 13 at 8pm

Saturday March 12th the Baltimore Playwrights Festival is having a Public Reading at Spotlighters Theater.

11:30 am: Veteran's Day by Judith Glass Collins directed by Natalia Leimkuhler
1 pm: Inconstancy by Bob Barr directed by Bill Largess
3 pm: Familiar Strangers by Margy Kahn directed by Yvonne Erickson

All three playwrights are former Maryland and DC residents flying in from out of state. Join us at Spots to give them a warm welcome as they return to Baltimore to hear their plays!

More information, including synopses, is available on the BPF website calendar page.

NEW YORK

Freak Nasty erotic poetry night—Sunday, March 13, 7 pm at South Paw, 125 5th Ave. in Brooklyn (Take any train to Atlantic or Pacific). Featuring some of your favorites and a few new treats including Soulful Jones, Ainsley Burrows, Knickie D, Walter Maxfield Jones, Hollywood (an exotic dancer), Erotic Thunder, the shetopians, Fashion, and body paint. Online tickets are SOLD OUT, but walkups are welcome.

CALIFORNIA

Spoken word performance—Saturday, March 12, 7-8:30 pm in the Multicultural Student Center, ASUC Building at University of California, Berkeley. Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies will sponsor a spoken word performance at the Multicultural Student Center as a culminating event for the API Issues Conference. The event will feature spoken word poets Beau Sia, Kelly Tsai, and Bao Phi. Please spread the word and bring your friends! Free.