INTRINSIC: A Performance by Climbing PoeTree
Climbing PoeTree harnesses creativity as the antidote to destruction through their award-winning spoken word and hip hop-infused world music. They’ll perform material from their dazzling recent album, Intrinsic. A collaboration with over 33 world-class musicians.
Veterans' Memorial Auditorium (VMA)
October 18th | 10:45 am to 10:55 am
Keynote
Climbing PoeTree
Artists
Climbing PoeTree (Alixa Garcia and Naima Penniman) are award-winning multimedia artists, organizers, educators and a spoken word duo who have independently organized more than 30 tours, taking their work from South Africa to Cuba, the UK to Mexico, and 11,000 miles around the U.S. on a bus running on recycled vegetable oil, presenting alongside powerhouses such as Vandana Shiva, Angela Davis, Alicia Keys, and Alice Walker, in venues ranging from the UN to Harvard to Riker's Island Prison.
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