SUGAR HILL BEATS Poetry/Spoken Word Open Mic Series, Featured poet: Margarita Cuevas Cruz

Tsion Cafe & Bakery presents SUGAR HILL BEATS Poetry/Spoken Word Open Mic Series. Every first Thursday of the month. NO COVER. 7pm open mic list sign up begins. Sign up ends 7:45pm SHARP! Maximum of 15 poets/spoken word artists, 3 minutes each. First come, first serve. Show starts 8pm. Featured poet(s) goes on after open mic. Show ends at 10pm. Hosted by Shafina Ahmed. Refreshments and food will be available for purchase during the show. This is only for poetry/spoken word. No offense to anyone. Featured poet of the night will be Margarita Cruz. Bio of Margarita Cruz While balancing her many activities as an AmeriCorps member at The American Red Cross and a new Administrative Assistant at a Non-Profit, her multiple activities as a volunteer with New York Cares and host/curator of her own poetic space Open Moments NYC she is a poet who wishes to inspire change in the many inequalities in the world while making time for 3-hour sessions with her hair. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology/Anthropology with a minor in history. She sees everything in her life in direct correlation with her studies, her life and the impact she wants to leave with the world. She uses poetry as an outlet for activism for women's issues, identity and self-reflection