SLAM NUBA
January Session Featuring Franklin Cruz
Friday January 29, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
VENUE: VIRTUAL, via Zoom
PARTICIPATE: DONATION BASED, REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Join Us virtually for another Slam Nuba. Register to receive a zoom link in order to protect the safety of all attendees.
This months feature is Franklin Cruz
Franklin Cruz is a queer latin dancer and poet born in Idaho, raised in Texas and polished in Denver. Born from an immigrant family his work had placed him In science museums, as an emcee for dance battles, poetry competitions, conferences and many shows. A Tedx Mile High performer he has taught and performed throughout the southwest, Peru, Puerto Rico for universities and environmental leadership camps and has had poetry in the Florissant Fossil Creek Bed, Denver Art Museum and Denver Botanic Gardens. His work encompasses self love, immigration, culture, nature and more. Franklin always aims to address intersectional liberation, confronting our complicity to privilege and oppression and the pressing lesson of specificity over simplicity. Instagram @fcruz_unido
Slam Nuba focuses on literacy, mentorship and competitive, performance-based poetry. The mission of Slam Nuba is to promote the creation and performance of poetry and cultivate literary activities and engage the community, focused on the power of the written and spoken word. Based at RedLine Contemporary Art Center in Denver, CO, the Slam Nuba collective of artists performs poetry throughout the nation, as well as teaches workshops locally in and around Colorado and the region. Since its inception, Slam Nuba and its members have consistently ranked among the highest in the nation in competitions.
