Press Release

March 1, 2008

allgo presents the Texas Premiere of...

Tragic Bitches: written and performed by Adelina Anthony, Dino Foxx & Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano

When: Sunday, March 23, 2008
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Where: The Historic Victory Grill [1104 East 11th Street – Austin, TX 78702]
Cost: $10
Contact: Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano – (512) 472-2001 / lorenzo@allgo.org

Austin, TX – March 4, 2008 – Tragic Bitches promises a one-night stand of provocative performance as two gay Xicanos and one lesbian Xicana talk their magic in English, Spanglish & Spanish poetry.  It’s a very special and unique collaboration among spoken word/poet-performers: Adelina Anthony, Dino Foxx, & Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano.  These artists hailing from Texas & California promise an evening bristling with themes of family unity and disunity, ethnic bonds and bondage, assimilation and displacement, clit envy and penis worship, hard-ons and even harder break-ups! Tragic Bitches will be performed at 7 p.m. on March 23 at the Historic Victory Grill. Benefiting allgo, tickets are $10 and will be sold at the door.  For more info please call: 512-472-2001. 

Adelina Anthony, hailed by critics for her comic performances as “bawdy, proud and hysterical” to “screamingly funny,” has been fine-tuning her poetry to small private audiences on lesbian beds throughout Aztlán.  Her poetry has been published in Germany, Texas and California; she performs her poetry at various cultural and university venues-most recently at Serafemme. Adelina is a multidisciplinary artist garnering Best Actress nominations in comedy & drama, Best Production & Director write-ups, and she is featured in Simon & Schuster’s Best American Erotica series.  In 2002, Adelina was selected as one of the top queer activist by Tentaciones Magazines in Los Angeles.  Her website www.adelinaanthony.com is available for viewing 24 hours a day, although her diehard stalker fans have probably already found her on www.myspace.com/adelinaanthony.

Dino Foxx, born and raised in San Antonio, lives his life as an actor, singer, dancer, writer, spoken word poet and activist. Most recently Dino performed alongside Emanuel Xavier, Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano and Sterling Houston in Chile Con Lengua: Chiles Unplugged in Austin and San Antonio bringing this project into its sixth successful year. In January of 2006 Dino hit the stage in New York City where he headlined alongside Emanuel Xavier in Mariposas, a spoken word benefit for SOMOS (A program of the Latino Commission on AIDS) at the Bowery Poetry Club. His poetry was most recently published in the radical Queer People of Color Anthology, Queer Codex: Chile Love in association with ALLGO & Evelyn Street Press. Dino is also in the process of publishing his first collection of poetry entitled Memoirs of a Jota – Part I (Xorizote Press). [myspace.com/dinofoxx]

Lorenzo Herrera y Lozano is a Queer Xicano Poet, Dreamer and Activist, born in San José, California, raised in Estación Adela, Chihuahua, and now living in Austin, Tejas.  Lorenzo’s work has been called “uncompromising and hopeful, cínico y cariñoso,” “inspiring… provocative,” “landing so deep/you bleed without feeling the cut.” He is the author of the Lambda Literary Award-Nominated Santo de la Pata Alzada: Poems from the Queer/Xicano/Positive Pen.  He is in the final stages of publishing his second book, Promesas y Amenazas, an all-Spanish collection of poetry inspired on the Bolero aesthetic; and is finalizing his third collection, God Don’t Live Here Anymore, scheduled to be released in 2008. [myspace.com/jotopower]

About allgo
allgo works to create and sustain a statewide network of queer people of color activists, groups, organizations and allies, which through nourishment of relationships, grassroots organizing and artistic expression can radically transform systems and policies toward a collective liberation.  www.allgo.org

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