TYPE OF PROGRAM: Comedy & Poetry Slam
DATE I TIME: Thursday, Oct. 1, 1998 at 6:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Centennial Hall, NPL

DESCRIPTION: The Nuyorican Poets Cafe presents an evening of rip roaring Latino comedy and poetry at the Newark Library, hosted by Miguel Algarfn.Algarfn is the founder of the Nuyofican Poets Caf6 in New York City and was the radio host of its live broadcasts on WBAI for more than eighteen years. A distinguished poet and critic in his own right, he has just published a collection of poems entitled, Love is Hard Work, and Action: A Collection of Theater Pieces Premiered at the Nuyorican Poets Café. He teaches at Rutgers University.

Some of the featured stand up comics and poets are: Sarah Jones, who recently completed a successful one-woman how in New York titled, "Surface Transit: Ordinary Lives", keith roach, Slam Master at the Nuyorican Poets Café; Caridad de la Luz, currently in production of a show titled "Boogie Rican". and Angelo Lozado, leader of the comedy troupe "Nuyorican Rule."