Cheap Seats

Join Dene and Sam in the Cheap Seats for one last time as we travel to San Francisco for a spoken-word tribute to Sylvester, the Queen of Disco. Sylvester was... LEARN MORE

Join Dene in the Cheap Seats in Cleveland, Ohio for a panel discussion on transgender identity and rights. Hosted by The City Club of Cleveland, the panel is moderated by Pulitzer... LEARN MORE

Dene is back in the Cheap Seats for a night of queer poetry.  Brought to us by Button Poetry, the performers explore autobiographical themes of love and attraction and stories of... LEARN MORE

Join Dene in the Cheap Seats at the San Francisco Public Library for a conversation with Armistead Maupin. KM Soehnlein interviews Armistead Maupin about “Tales of the City” which, for almost... LEARN MORE

Join Dene in the Cheap Seats for a human rights panel discussion that explores the ideological struggle between autocracy and democracy in Asia and the Middle East. The discussion is hosted by... LEARN MORE

Dene is back in the Cheap Seats for the National Poetry Slam 2015 in Oakland California. Presented by Button Poetry, the event features: Melissa Lozada-Olivia – Like Totally Whatever Olivia Fantini –... LEARN MORE

Join Dene in the Cheap Seats in Oakland California at the 26th Annual National Poetry Slam, a competition event where poets performance original work to a live audience. Presented by Button Poetry,... LEARN MORE

Dene is back in the Cheap Seats for a performance by Canadian trans artists Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon, performing their show “Gender Failure”.  The performance explores and exposes the pair’s... LEARN MORE

Join Dene in the Cheap Seats as we listen to ‘No Curry, No Rice’, a panel discussion that looks at sexual appetites, ethnic stereotypes, and racism in our LGBTIQ communities. It... LEARN MORE

Join Dene in the Cheap Seats for American poet and writer Eileen Myles reading her poetry to a live audience at the Chicago Humanities Festival. Eileen has produced more than twenty volumes... LEARN MORE