As COVID transmission rates in NYC remain high, we have decided to temporarily move our Parkside Lounge show to Zoom. Please register via Eventbrite by 3:30 pm on the day of the event. The host will take open mic signups.

Featuring E.J. Antonio and Kelli Stevens Kane

Hosted by David Lawton

Plus open mic

E.J. Antonio received fellowships in Poetry from the New York Foundation for the Arts, the Hurston/Wright Foundation, and the Cave Canem Foundation. She’s appeared as a featured reader and performer at venues in the NY tri-state area, including Why Not Jazz Room; Arts Westchester; The Stone; the Hobart Festival of Women Writers, and Langston Hughes House. Her work has been published in various journals, magazines, and anthologies, including: the Encyclopedia Project, African Voices Literary Magazine; Black Renaissance Noire; The Mom Egg, and Killens Review of Arts & Letters.  E.J. is the author of two chapbooks: Every Child Knows (Premier Poets Chapbook Series 2007 ) and Solstice (Red Glass Books, 2013.)  Her solo jazzoetry cd Rituals in the marrow: Recipe for a jam session was released in the fall of 2010.  E.J. is a founding member of the Jazz & Poetry Choir Collective, which released its debut cd We Were Here in spring 2020, and a founding Board Member of the non-profit Arts organization One Breath Rising.  

Kelli Stevens Kane is a poet, playwright, and oral historian. She is the author of Hallelujah Science, her debut collection of poetry. Kane is a Cave Canem Fellow who has also studied at VONA, Hurston/Wright, and Callaloo. She’s read, published, and performed nationally. For more information visit kellistevenskane.com.