Bright Moments Spoken Word Nights

September 28, 5:30 p.m.
October 26 and November 30, 2023; February 29, March 28 and April 25, 2024, 6:30 p.m.
Randolph W. Bromery Center for the Arts lobby
Free (no ticket required)

Hosted by acclaimed performer Lyrical Faith, this series invites emerging artists from campus and the community to showcase their work alongside the best spoken word poets from the national scene. Bright Moments events in 2022 2023 featured moving performances and drew enthusiastic crowds. And we expect this season’s events to be even better! Join us for open mic performances, DJ entertainment, and more.

Bright Moments host Lyrical Faith is a Black American educator, activist, and spoken word poet from the Bronx. She is the third-ranked woman poet in the world as of the 2022 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam, an inaugural Bronx Poet Laureate finalist, a two-time recipient of the Bronx Council on the Arts BRIO Award, and the 2015 Syracuse University Poet of the Year. 

Lyrical Faith is a graduate of the public relations program at Syracuse University, a masters degree recipient of the Higher Education and Student Affairs program at New York University, and a current social justice education doctoral student at UMass, studying the intersections of arts and activism. Her work has been featured on Write About Now Poetry, Huffington Post Black Voices, and News 12 the Bronx. 

Through her poetry, Lyrical Faith strives to inspire, educate and advocate for intersectional and institutional issues by merging the arts and activism from a faith-based worldview.

Details on each month’s featured guest performers are announced on the Fine Arts Center website as soon as they’re confirmed.
 

Spring 2024 Artists

 

	RADI Thursday, February 29 6:30-9 P.M. Open Mic Sign-up 6:00 P.M.
	Katherine George Thursday, March 28 6:30-9 P.M. Open Mic Sign-up 6 P.M.
	Roscoe Burnems Thursday, April 25 6:30-9 P.M. Open Mic Sign-up 6 P.M.

 

Fall 2023 Artists

 

	XayRoZay Poet turned recording artist, XayRoZay has competed and successfully placed on final stages all across the country in the art form of slam poetry. Thursday, September 28, 2023 5:30-8 P.M. Open Mic Sign-up 5:30 P.M.
	Asia Samson Spoken word poet. Aspiring novelist, astronaut, oil painter, brain surgeon, ninja. Thursday, October 26, 2023 6-8:30 P.M. Open Mic Sign-up 6 P.M.
	John Burke Poet, educator, animal lover and firefighter, John is a member of the New Jeru Slam team which placed 2nd in the Nation in 2023. Thursday, November 30, 2023 6-8:30 P.M. Open Mic Sign-up 6 P.M.

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