Beast Crawl: Tourettes Without Regrets

Leg 3 of the Beast Literary Crawl includes “Tourettes without Regrets” readings at Starline at 8PM

Readers include: ALEXANDRIA LOVE is a stand-up comedian, podcaster, and writer from Oakland, California. She’s the current ‘dirty haiku champion’ of Tourettes Without Regrets.

DUKE THE BOSSMAN is a slam champion, M.C, musician and host of the Oakland Poetry Slam.

RACHEL LARK is a genre-killing singer/songwriter of small stature and epic proportions. Her special brand of sex-positive subject matter and bawdy humor has made her the musical muse of the San Francisco Bay Area’s sex counterculture.

JOSH HEALEY is an award-winning writer, performer, and creative activist. Fusing his distinct storytelling style with a subversive humor and fiery love for justice, Healey has been featured in the New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and is a regular performer on NPR’s Snap Judgement.

FRAK is a young MC from San Francisco. He is the 2013 Bay Area MC Olympics Champion, and the Tourettes Without Regrets freestyle champion. He just released his first album Bagels.

KAILA LOVE is an emcee, singer, entertainer, aspiring dancer, and hip hop educator. She’s fresh back from her first national tour.

SYzYgY is a beat-boxer and emcee internationally renowned for his dizzying versatility, wildly inventive rhythm patterns and the ability to transform his voice into any instrument or personality.

ALL AGES

FREE

Tourettes Without Regrets has been called “The Fight Club of Underground Art”. Featuring spoken word, comedy, burlesque, a rap battle, circus performers and audience contests. The Show is held the 1st Thursday of every month at the Oakland Metro Opera House. Tourettes has been a staple of the Oakland art scene for over 16 years.