The Poetry Brothel: Feverdream

This Valentine's Day, slip beneath the conscious into the realm of fantasy with The Poetry Brothel. The subliminal will surface as our poets make nocturnal admissions.

Choose from two shows on 2/13:

6pm Doors, 630pm-830pm show

9pm Doors, 930pm-1130pm show

At The Poetry Brothel, a “madam” presents a rotating cast of poets, artists, and artisans who operate within self-constructed character, “erupting into verse in public and luring guests into back rooms for private readings,” as described in The New Yorker. Central to The Poetry Brothel experience is the creation of character, which for each artist serves as disguise and freeing device, enabling The Poetry Brothel to be a place of uninhibited creative expression in which artists and audience members alike can communicate more authentically.

Artists performing with the Brothel are women, men, folx, people of color, queer, straight, emerging, established, local, and international. Their alter-egos are faeries, sea creatures, witches, aliens, virgins, whores, and everything in between. Some of the artists within The Poetry Brothel universe perform sex work in their off-hours. The Poetry Brothel uses its platform to support sex workers and to educate audiences about the sex industry. Proceeds from each show go to the artists as well as to an organization providing direct support to swers.

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