Marquee Diversity Event: Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, Spoken Word Artist
Wednesday, November 04, 2009, 6:00 pm
Spoken word performance by Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai with question and answer to follow. WSU Vancouver students will open the show with personal poetry selections.
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai is a Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based, Chinese Taiwanese American spoken word artist who has performed her poetry at over 350 venues worldwide including three seasons on “Russell Simmons Presents HBO Def Poetry.” Winner of a 2007 New York Foundation for the Arts Urban Artist Initiative Award, she was listed as one of Idealist in NYC’s “Top 40 New Yorkers Who Make Positive Social Change” in 2008 and AngryAsianMan.com’s “30 Most Influential Asian Americans Under 30” in 2009. She has shared stages with Mos Def, KRS-One, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Amiri Baraka, and many more.
Where: Administration Building, Room 110
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact for more information: contact Bola Majekobaje 360-546-9568 or e-mail
Learn more: http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/studentdiversity