TDSB Open Mic Featuring Chestina Craig & Jay Hemphill

Since the clock decided to go back, The Definitive Soapbox decided to start a little sooner too! So come over and give thanks to this incredible season at The Definitive Soapbox for another night of incredible poetry and music! This month, we are featuring TWO super talented artists and YOU, our open mic performers: This month we are featuring Long Beach local Chestina Craig! Chestina Craig is an intersectional feminist, and marine biologist in training. Her work has been published or is upcoming in Button Poetry, The Metaworker, Black Napkin Press, Rising Phoenix Review, and Cadence Collective. Her two great loves besides poetry are her cat, and sharks. Other talents include breaking dishes, eating whole pizzas, and falling in love with tangerine sunlight. She hopes to one day only be required to wear loose gauzy clothing and swim in the ocean. Her new book "body of water' is out now for ONLY 8 DOLLARS (!!!) Sadie Girl Press: https://squareup.com/store/sadiegirlpress/item/body-of-water-by-chestina-craig AND Jay Hemphill Musician is a long beach based singer songwriter, who dabbles in folk, rap, and electronica. He is most comfortable on the bass and playing the guitar but can play cello, banjo, piano and more. He is currently working on a project where he writes a full EP every single month and so far has not faltered. Jay also enjoys buffets and driving the speed limit. See! Our features are INCREDIBLE!! But YOU are also incredible and you can show your mad skillz too on the mic! Sign ups are at 6:30 PM so be sure to show up ON TIME! COME JOIN US FOR AN UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT OF NOURISHMENT, POETRY, AND MUSIC! As always we are LOCATED at: Fox Coffee House 437 W Willow Street Long Beach, CA Hosted by: Antonio PazOne Appling 437 W Willow Street, in the wonderful Long Beach City!! The open mic is always FREE!!!! SIGN UPS START AT 6:30 PM Bring your friends, family, loved ones, a smile, woo's, claps, and cheers.