Summer is a great time to hit the streets and enjoy some of downtown Racine's finest entertainment. The Racine Public Library invites you to enjoy an evening with some very talented artists on Saturday, June 26 from 6-8pm, for another installment of "BONK!", a free monthly performance series in downtown Racine. Now being held at the Racine Arts Council, 316 Sixth St., the series was created to expose the public to both local and nationally-recognized artistic talents. Each event showcases poets, writers, musicians, film makers and other talented artists. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with seating available on a first come/first served basis.
This month's event will feature poet Nina Corwin, spoken word artist Nigel Wade, and City Dwellers with musicians Kevin MacPhail, Austin Spika and Cody Hess.
Poet Nina Corwin is a Chicago social worker, jazz guitarist, and the author of a collection of poetry, Conversations With Friendly Demons and Tainted Saints. She has performed throughout the country and has collaborated with choreographers, percussionists, and jazz and chamber musicians. Her published work appears or is forthcoming in ACM, Bayou, Hotel Amerika, Mudfish, Nimrod Int'l, Poetry East, Slipstream and Southern Poetry Review, as well as the anthologies Visiting Frost (University of Iowa Press, 2005) and Poetic Voices Without Borders (Gival Press), receiving awards from the Illinois Arts Council and the Illinois State Poetry Society. She co-edited Inhabiting the Body (Moon Journal Press, 2002) with Mary H. Ber and served as a guest poetry editor for Fifth Wednesday.
Spoken word artist Nigel Wade,is an energetic, positive performer who has risen to the top of the Milwaukee Slam and Spoken Word scenes. A member of many successful national slam poetry teams, including the Milwaukee National Slam, Wade won the Milwaukee Shuffle Slam competition in 2006. In 2007, Nigel was honored to represent Milwaukee in the Individual World Poetry Slam, which took place in Vancouver, Canada.
Individually, musicians Kevin MacPhail, Austin Spika and Cody Hess are incredibly talented young musicians who have garnered much attention in the music world among professionals, their peers and their audiences. Together, calling themselves the City Dwellers, they will take their music to new heights. All three can claim talented musical abilities from a young age and all three have experienced a variety of playing opportunities, accomplishments and recognitions. We're eager to see what this trio works up. Join us for their debut performance.
Local artists and performers are encouraged to consider sharing their talent/craft with the community via the BONK! series. For more information on how to participate or to view video of past performances please visit http://bonkperformanceseries.wordpress.com. You may also contact the Racine Public Library at 262.619.2571, Becky Spika at becky.spika@racinelibrary.info , or Nick Demske at nick.demske@racinelibrary.info.
BONK! is sponsored by Gary's Music World, Power Audio, the Racine Arts Council, and the Racine Public Library.
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