Speaking Axolotl our monthly Latinx/Chicanx reading series happens the third Thursday of each month. Come hear Decolonized Verses, Spanglish Poesia, Bilingual chismes y Latinx Spoken Word. This month we are over la luna excited to have as our feature this month Tino V.H. Jr. and Diego Garcia.

Tino V. H. Jr. is a  Mexican-American spoken word poet born and raised in Oakland, CA. He attended UC Santa Cruz, pursuing a degree in Literature. He’s been on several poetry teams representing cities like Santa Cruz and Berkeley, CA on national stages. His work explores im/migration, indigeneity, the hood, queerness, feminism, and decolonial frameworks. Mostly recently, he traveled to the Bigfoot Poetry Festival with the 2023 Berkeley Slam team, where they took 3rd place. He currently organizers with RichOak Events in the Bay Area (co-curating 4 shows: Alchemy Open Mic, Day Dreamer’s Poetry, the Oakland Poetry Slam and the Berkeley Poetry Slam) and is one of five members of FDK (Fuck Dem Kids!) with: D’mani Thomas, Collin and Reggie Edmonds; and Niambi Walker. In his spare time he constantly updates his “Best Tacos in East Oakland” list, plays too many video games, reads to feel alive and writes pre-colonial high fantasy.

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