An Evening of Comedy + Poetry with ALOK

We invite you to An Evening of Comedy + Poetry with ALOK: March 9th 7:00 PM in Rudder Forum! ALOK, the internationally acclaimed comedian, mixed media artist, and poet (born and raised here in College Station!), will be performing live and in person in a celebratory kickoff of Texas AandM’s new undergraduate minor in LGBTQ+ Studies. 

ALOK (they/them) is an internationally acclaimed author, poet, comedian, and public speaker. As a mixed-media artist their work explores themes of trauma, belonging, and the human condition. They are the author of Femme in Public (2017), Beyond the Gender Binary (2020), and Your Wound/My Garden (2021). They are the creator of #DeGenderFashion: a movement to degender fashion and beauty industries and have been honored as one of HuffPo’s Culture Shifters, NBC’s Pride 50, and Business Insider’s Doers. Over the past decade they have toured in more than 40 countries, most recently headlining the Vancouver Just for Laughs Comedy Festival and selling out their runs at the Soho Theatre in London and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

EVENT SPONSORS:
 
Women’s and Gender Studies Program
College of Arts and Sciences
Glasscock Center for Humanities Research
Academy for the Visual and Performing Arts
School of Performance, Visualization, and Fine Arts 
Race and Ethnic Studies Institute

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Category: Arts | Performing Arts