admission: $5-10 sliding scale

***more info coming soon!***

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East Meets Beats is a program at EMW Bookstore dedicated to cultivating the community of underground producers, DJ's, and musicians in Boston. We're back after a a little bit of a hiatus and we want to party with you! come through and ease your mind with some dope beats from these local homies!

Note about the space: Shout out to the homies at Atomic Bean Cafe for allowing us to use their space! Out of respect we ask that no alcohol be permitted in the venue! Feel free to check out any of the nearby establishments and come back.♥

$5 Suggested Donation

The Boston area welcomes back poet, educator, and organizer, Janae Johnson with REPRISE. This show is dedicated to the celebration of growth, creativity and self. Come enjoy new work from the featured writer as well performances from of a few special guest artists. This is a return, a chorus to tap in communion with. This is the REPRISE. 

Admission: $5-10 Sliding Scale

Jade Phoenix Martinez is a Queer, Trans, Femme, First-Generation Pilipinx-American, Los Angeles based Performance Poet, Writer, Educator, Parent & Activist. Jade’s work is a poetic expression rooted in the multiple identities she holds and how they intersect with her day to day struggle for liberation while navigating her survival within our current social and political systems and power structures. Learn more about Jade at http://www.jadephoenixpoetry.com/. 

Mateo Mendoza is a first-generation, multi-racial musician from South Central Los Angeles. Drawing on Robert Glasper, Esperanza Spalding, and Buena Vista Social Club for inspiration, he became a regular in the New York City jazz jam session scene. He's been playing for 17 years, crafting his sound and style while exploring the intersections of jazz, latin music, experimental electronic music, and hip-hop. 

Ally Ang is a self-described spooky femme whose roots spread across continents and oceans. A senior at Wellesley College, Ally studies Sociology & Asian American Studies and hopes to work towards decolonizing academia. Their work has been published in journals such as The Fem, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and Rambutan Literary, and their first chapbook is available from Damaged Goods Press. Preorder "Monstrosity" by Ally Ang here. 

"thick'ums", an installation presented by Boston-based artist Noèl Puèllo (pronouns: she, her, hers), celebrates QPOC intimacy, self-care, and body acceptance. As an artist who strives to spark conversation and create spaces of healing and reflection, Noèl wants to open the stage for a viewing of fear, anger, intimacy, self-care, and reconceptualized beauty.

See more of her work here.

"thick'ums", an installation presented by Boston-based artist Noèl Puèllo (pronouns: she, her, hers), celebrates QPOC intimacy, self-care, and body acceptance. As an artist who strives to spark conversation and create spaces of healing and reflection, Noèl wants to open the stage for a viewing of fear, anger, intimacy, self-care, and reconceptualized beauty.

See more of her work here.

"thick'ums", an installation presented by Boston-based artist Noèl Puèllo (pronouns: she, her, hers), celebrates QPOC intimacy, self-care, and body acceptance. As an artist who strives to spark conversation and create spaces of healing and reflection, Noèl wants to open the stage for a viewing of fear, anger, intimacy, self-care, and reconceptualized beauty.

See more of her work here.

"thick'ums", an installation presented by Boston-based artist Noèl Puèllo (pronouns: she, her, hers), celebrates QPOC intimacy, self-care, and body acceptance. As an artist who strives to spark conversation and create spaces of healing and reflection, Noèl wants to open the stage for a viewing of fear, anger, intimacy, self-care, and reconceptualized beauty.

See more of her work here.

"thick'ums", an installation presented by Boston-based artist Noèl Puèllo (pronouns: she, her, hers), celebrates QPOC intimacy, self-care, and body acceptance. As an artist who strives to spark conversation and create spaces of healing and reflection, Noèl wants to open the stage for a viewing of fear, anger, intimacy, self-care, and reconceptualized beauty.

See more of her work here.

"thick'ums", an installation presented by Boston-based artist Noèl Puèllo (pronouns: she, her, hers), celebrates QPOC intimacy, self-care, and body acceptance. As an artist who strives to spark conversation and create spaces of healing and reflection, Noèl wants to open the stage for a viewing of fear, anger, intimacy, self-care, and reconceptualized beauty.

See more of her work here.

Duy Doan’s poems are open to loss, temporary and permanent; loss that comes from violence (family and war), from love, from neglect. As a first-generation Vietnamese American queer poet from Texas, he also writes about losing his grasp of the Vietnamese language and customs, a loss that happens over time, across generations. He believes that loss can be redeemed through compassion and connection.

"thick'ums", an installation presented by Boston-based artist Noèl Puèllo (pronouns: she, her, hers), celebrates QPOC intimacy, self-care, and body acceptance. As an artist who strives to spark conversation and create spaces of healing and reflection, Noèl wants to open the stage for a viewing of fear, anger, intimacy, self-care, and reconceptualized beauty.

See more of her work here.

Join StreetBio, your friendly community DIY biology lab, in it's next planning meeting! 

This is a chance to learn what we do and meet our amazing family-team. Get involved in bringing synthetic biology methods, ethics and understanding to the people and the streets of Cambridge. 

"thick'ums", an installation presented by Boston-based artist Noèl Puèllo (pronouns: she, her, hers), celebrates QPOC intimacy, self-care, and body acceptance. As an artist who strives to spark conversation and create spaces of healing and reflection, Noèl wants to open the stage for a viewing of fear, anger, intimacy, self-care, and reconceptualized beauty.

See more of her work here.

"thick'ums", an installation presented by Boston-based artist Noèl Puèllo (pronouns: she, her, hers), celebrates QPOC intimacy, self-care, and body acceptance. As an artist who strives to spark conversation and create spaces of healing and reflection, Noèl wants to open the stage for a viewing of fear, anger, intimacy, self-care, and reconceptualized beauty.

*Please note the performance component will include a lavender-based fragrance.*

See more of her work here.

East Meets Beats is a program at EMW Bookstore dedicated to cultivating the community of underground producers, DJ's, and musicians in Boston. This month we are featuring Dr.Sus, Dcha, Shape zed, and Wandrew!

At the open mic, participants can sign up to sing, spit, dance, play music, or share a story. This month, we are featuring Giles Li! Giles is the executive director of the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center, as well as a nationally recognized performance poet and community educator.

EMW is excited to share our stage with Creative Action Crew, our friends at Theater Offensive who use theatrical approaches to share the concerns, joys, and resiliency of LGBTQ people through interactive performance. $5-10 suggested donation.

East Meets Beats is a program at EMW Bookstore dedicated to cultivating the community of underground producers, DJ's, and musicians in Boston. This month, our showcase is featuring Rodga, Still Haze, Gene Shinozaki, and Ellio. $5 suggested donation.

Technology in all its forms enables human beings to transcend our limitations. But what about our ultimate limitation: mortality? The fact of death may be non-negotiable, and in this Drink Salon, we explore how human beings shape its manner and meaning using technology. $8 suggested donation.

Noir is a workshop that will artistically explore what is black in America using movement and spoken word.

Each month, we feature an Asian American artist or group, who will perform a full-length set after the open mic portion of the evening. East Meets Words is hosted by EMW Bookstore every second Friday of the month.

East Meets Beats is a program at EMW Bookstore dedicated to cultivating the community of underground producers, DJ's, and musicians in Boston. This month we have some dope performances from some local homies! 

In the information age, we have developed a very complex relationship with our food. Join the Drink Salon on Tech and Ethics for a focused discussion on Boston's local food system.