REPRESENTA!
Paul Flores
Paul Flores You gotta have your tips on fire. You never know who has your memory in their drinks.

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SAN FRANCISCO, California
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REPRESENTA! Bilingual Theatre for the Hip-Hop Generation, Co-commissioned by the San Francisco International Arts Festival, La Peña Cultural Center, GALA Hispanic Theatre, New Jersey Center for Perfroming Arts and NPN. NEXT APPEARANCE!!!!! New York City REPRESENTA! will be presented on May 16, 2009 at 8 pm @ HERE Arts Center 145 6th Ave New York City, NY. Phone number 212-352-3103 Tickets are $18 adults Ask for discount! FOR MORE INFO http://www.here.org "This is where Hip-Hop generation storytelling is headed in the new Millennium." Danny Hoch, actor, writer, OBIE Award Winner “True cross-cultural theater, inventive and full of energy. A window into the fascinating contradictions and complexity of modern day Cuba.” Dan Hoyle, Fulbright Scholar, writer/performer of Tings Dey Happen "Funny, incisive, poignant, and informative." Howard Junker, ZYZZYVA Magazine “An amusing array of naive activists, street hustlers, obnoxious tourists, wannabe thug rappers, and self-styled revolutionaries… " Sam Hurwitt, East Bay Express "A deep and personal story of friendship [told] from the perspectives of immigrants, and the characters they parody. And funny!” Valerie Bustos, El Centro Su Teatro "REPRESENTA! is an honest, nuanced portrayal of the complexities of individual aspirations and ideal vantage points characteristic of the many who legitimately search for identity and validation in larger competing national ideological, political, economic and cultural projects." James Early, the Smithsonian Institution Washington DC REPRESENTA! brings together the vision of writer/performer Paul S. Flores and Cuban rapper Julio Cardenas developed and directed by Danny Hoch in a fiercely incisive commentary on terrorism, immigration, Cuba, U.S. foreign policy, Bay Area lefty culture, New York after 9/11 and pan-Latino identity. Setting itself apart from other spoken-word performance, REPRESENTA! is bilingual theatre which combines spoken-word poetry with character portrayals that are simultaneously hilariously entertaining and provocative. A diverse and funny show with excellent supertitle translation for non-Spanish speakers who also want to learn more about contemporary Cuban culture. San Francisco hip-hop spoken word poet, Flores, travels to Cuba in 1996 looking for revolutionary solidarity at the Cuban Hip-Hop Festival. He finds that Hip-Hop in communist Cuba is thriving while the economy is in a chokehold. When the SF poet meets one particular Cuban rapper, Cardenas, who is looking for the "come up", more access, more attention, more validation and accolades for his art, two revolutions collide: Cuba and Hip-Hop. While the main characters try to reconcile this paradoxical relationship over a ten year period, one's desire for a future in Hip-Hop is directly juxtaposed with the other’s desire for a future for the Revolution. Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

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This is my new book LA MEZCLA: Poems, Traditions, Writings (Please read my blog to see how you can get it for free, and subscribe!) .. .. .. .. .. Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

..ALONG THE BORDER LIES by Paul S. Flores 2003 PEN OAKLAND NATIONAL LITERARY AWARD WINNER about the San Diego/Tijuana border. TO ORDER, please send me a message<..> with number of copies requested.
MusicLos Rakas, Michel Maza, Amy Winehouse, Marcus Shelby Jazz Orchestra, Bad Brains, The Roots, Ice T (OG), Ise Lyfe, Rafael Casal, Charanga Habanera, Dj Sake-1 mixes FANIA!, Erica Badu, Tego Calde, Celia Cruz, ya tu sabes, and I have to admit I have a Freestyle hangover from 1987.
BooksRepublic of Poetry by Martin Espada, Lost in the City and The Known World by Edward P Jones, BOMB Magazine. Hot writers: Percival Everett, Ed Vega, Willie Perdomo, Zoe Valdes, Guillermo Cabrera Infante (RIP), Madison Smartt Bell, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Roberto Bolaño, Louise Erdrich, ,Juan Felipe Herrera 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross the Border
HeroesLove to: Tamaya, My mother Patricia, mis abuelos Enrique and Olga Flores-Garcia, my son Santos, My friends Albert Quintos, Bamuthi, Norman Zelaya, Darren de Leon, James Kass, Will Frank, Rafael Casal, Jerry Quickley, Willie Perdomo, Danny Hoch, Julio Cardenas, Marc Pinate, Amalia Ortiz, Tomas Riley, Isaias Ridriguez, Leticia Hernandez, Kamilah Forbes, Clyde Valentin, Culture Clash, John Santos, Marcus Shelby, Melissa Lozano; Mentors: Quincy Troupe, Victor Hernandez Cruz, Juan Felipe Herrera, Tony Garcia, Abel Lopez, Elia Arce, Sylvia Sherman, George Stoya, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Baraka Sele, Linda Lucero, Brent Beltran Calaca Press, and Benito Santiago.

     REPRESENTA! 's Details
Status:Married
Here for:Networking
Orientation:Straight
Hometown:Chula Vista, CA
Body type:6' 2" / More to love!
Ethnicity:Latino / Hispanic
Zodiac Sign:Taurus
Children:Proud parent
Education:Grad / professional school
Occupation:Writer/actor/Professional Chingon

   REPRESENTA! 's Schools
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA
Graduated: 2000
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: MFA Creative Writing/Fiction
Clubs: Youth Speaks
 

1996 to 2000
University Of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
Graduated: 1995
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Lit/Writing
Minor: Philosophy
Clubs: I wasn't a sucka
 

1993 to 1995
Hilltop Senior High
Chula Vista, CA
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Major: Baseball & Football
Clubs: Humanities Club
 

1988 to 1990



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BIOGRAPHY Paul S. Flores is a published poet, novelist, playwright, international spoken word performer and University of San Francisco Performing Arts and Social Justice instructor. Raised on the Tijuana/San Diego border, issues of immigration, border experience, and Latino identity are central to his work. He is primarily recognized as a trailblazer in new Latino performance arts as both an artist and producer. In 1996 Flores co-founded the poetry performance ensemble Los Delicados with whom he has recorded the CD Word Descarga on Calaca Press (2000). He is founding artistic director of Chicano Messengers of Spoken Word and author of the novel Along the Border Lies (awarded the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles National Literary Award in 2003). A theater artist specializing in hip-hop and bilingual performance, Flores co-wrote De/Cipher (2001) and No Man's Land (2002) with Marc Bamuthi Joseph, The Fruitvale Project (2003) with Elia Arce, and Fear of a Brown Planet (2005) directed by Tony Garcia. His most recent play is REPRESENTA!, a bilingual hip-hop theater project co-commissioned by the San Francisco International Arts Festival and La Peña Cultural Center, written and performed with Cuban rapper Julio Cardenas and directed by Danny Hoch. REPRESENTA! premiered at the Hip-Hop Theater Festival: Bay Area and the SF International Arts Festival in May 2007, and is currently on tour to the GALA Hispanic Theater in DC, Abrons Art Center NY, NJPAC and Lehigh University PA. Flores has also performed his solo work across the United States and internationally including the National Hip-Hop Festival in Havana and America Libre Hip-Hop in Mexico City. His television work includes being a featured artist on Season Four of Russell Simmons Presents: Def Poetry on HBO. In addition to creating and performing his own artistic work, Flores is a highly respected youth arts development specialist, whose expertise in urban youth programs is recognized nationwide. For the last twelve years he has mentored teen poets as the former Program Director of Youth Speaks. His services in this area have also been sought by organizations throughout the country including Tigertail Productions (Miami), Multicultural Education and Counseling in the Arts (Houston), El Centro Su Teatro (Denver), Miracle Theatre (Portland) and South Division High School (Milwaukee), among many others. Flores currently facilitates and develops curriculum for Oakland public schools on gang and violence prevention through the Spanish Speaking Unity Council and the City of Oakland’s Measure Y Anti-Violence Campaign. This latter assignment recently led Flores into working directly with incarcerated youth at San Francisco’s Youth Guidance Center and Alameda Juvenile Hall where he has adapted the program to emphasize alternatives to gang membership. As a result of his work as an artist and youth arts specialist Flores has been an invited lecturer/speaker to over one hundred high schools and universities including Stanford University, Brown University, University of Georgia, University of North Carolina, Colorado State, UC San Diego, Macalester College and University of Wisconsin. Paul Flores holds an MFA in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University, has twice been awarded the National Performance Network Creation Fund and recently received a San Francisco Arts Commission Individual Artist Commission and is one of the first ever recipients of the Center for Cultural Innovation Individual Artist Grant. He is father to Santos Enrique Flores-Garcia, married to Tamaya Garcia, who is the Development Director at Center for Young Women's Development in San Francisco. (Family photo at Casa Fruta Hollister, California by Francisco Cardona (..thx Panch)
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Oct 4 2009 9:05 PM

Paul,

  Excited to hear ur palabras. Please spread the word! It is for a meaningful cause!
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Oct 2 2009 8:11 AM

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BOCAFLOJA. shows en california esta semana!

BOCAFLOJA. shows en california esta semana!



Sep 15 2009 12:28 AM

saludos
bocafloja "quilombo mocambo" nuevo video
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Aug 27 2009 5:02 PM


AB Side:Ulises López, Gira Sn. Cristobal, Chiapas

AB Side:Ulises López, Gira Sn. Cristobal, Chiapas



Aug 27 2009 6:00 AM


Saludos, les envío unas propas de nuestas próximas presentaciones en el DF, espero que puedan asistir
y nos pasemos un tiempo conociendo las propuestas culturales autogestivas;
un abrazo.
Sad C
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AB Side:Ulises López, Gira Sn. Cristobal, Chiapas

AB Side:Ulises López, Gira Sn. Cristobal, Chiapas



Aug 17 2009 6:36 AM

Saludos, paso a dejar unas propas
para las próximas presentaciones del AB Side, mi primer poemario.
Espero que se den un tiempo si es posible, la
entrada es completamente gratuita y esta abierto
el espacio para intervenirlo con las palabras.
Un Abrazo.
Sad C / Zona Norte Colektivo


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Aug 14 2009 2:48 AM

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Jul 28 2009 7:06 AM

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.BiGGEREZO.

.BiGGEREZO.



Jul 23 2009 2:24 AM

WENAA
PASABA A DEJAR SALUDOS
Y A DESEARTE MUCHO EXITO EN TODO LO QUE VENGA
ADEMAS QUERIA INVITARTE A PASAR POR MI SPACE
PARA QUE ESCUCHES EL NUEVO TEMA QUE E SUBIDO "QUIERES COMPETIR"
ESPERO SEA DE TU AGRADO
PEACE




 
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BOCAFLOJA. shows en california esta semana!

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SoulMan

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Jul 10 2009 9:21 PM

Saludos carnalllll
quiobo
Un Abrazo 
SoulMan
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AB Side:Ulises López, Gira Sn. Cristobal, Chiapas

AB Side:Ulises López, Gira Sn. Cristobal, Chiapas



Jun 27 2009 2:45 PM

Saludos bandita,
Aqui el Sad C reportandose desde  la
Zona Norte Colektivo,
Te paso a dejar el Flyer del próximo evento "Graffoesía" del Evento del
próximo 4 de Julio en contra del imperialismop Yankee
Hay chance de pintar pero hay que llegar puntual. Un Abrazo.
Ulises.

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Jun 8 2009 8:39 PM

i hope you had a great show on saturday. let me know when you bring your new work to L.A.
AB Side:Ulises López, Gira Sn. Cristobal, Chiapas

AB Side:Ulises López, Gira Sn. Cristobal, Chiapas



Jun 7 2009 4:11 PM

que trampita, aki pasando a dejar un Flyer de mi Poemario y de mis próximas presentaciones en Junio, ojalá puedan asistir, y de alguna manera apoyarme con éste que es mi primer proyecto literiario.
Un Abrazo.
Ulises López
Sad C
Zona Norte Colektivo


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Jun 6 2009 8:37 AM


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Jun 2 2009 10:40 PM

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May 24 2009 12:25 AM

Would love to see you come out on May 29th Paul. Besides Amenity, you'll get to see Tony Savala and Eddie Garcia too...
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