February 16 5:30 pm
Run Time: 75 minutes
Ages: Ages 18 and Older (Adults Only)
A group of strangers meet at a dinner party, only to find that they have more in common than not.
Oye DC is a night of English, Spanish, and Spanglish storytelling and poetry that celebrates Latine voices from across the Washington metro area.
Meet the Cast:
Azalea Aguilar is a Chicana poet originally from Corpus Christi, TX has called the DMV home for over 20 years. She is a mother of three who balances her work as a clinical social worker with her deep passion for writing. @aaguilar26
Carlota Roby is a human rights lawyer and a poet. Originally from Venezuela she resides in Washington, DC. @carlotaroby1
Dahlia Aguilar is a Texas native and longtime DC resident is an emergent poet, a mother, and a fellow of DC Arts and Humanities Commission awardee. @acocotli
María Fernanda Chamorro (she/hers) is an award-winning poet from Northeast DC and the founder of a poetry garden, a series centering Black poets and gardeners. @poetrywithmariafernanda
Natalia Chavez Gomes da Silva is an escritora flotante from Bolivia who teaches Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin American literature in DC. She writes fiction, nonfiction, and essays. @fuerzasespaciales
Sandy Ovalle (she/ella) is a table-setter and a poet. A native of Mexico City, Sandy often explores migration, grief, and loss in her writings. @Itsovalle
Sofia Romero (she/hers) is a microbiology scientist, storyteller, poet with a Salvadoran background and now calls Washington DC home. @sofia.estefaniahhh
xochi quetzali cartland is a queer latina poet & seamstress from the DMV. Her writing can be found in Only Poems, Muzzle Magazine, Little Patuxent Review, & elsewhere. @xochi_cartland
Adrian Gaston Garcia is a queer Latine storyteller and co-founder and co-host of Los Bookis Podcast: a podcast for queer Latine bookworms who love queer Latine stories. @adriangaston.garcia
About Tintas DC
Tintas DC is a Latine writers group for storytellers in the DMV. Their mission is to share the stories that build community.
Content Warning: This content includes frequent strong language, mild mentions of self-harm, frequent references to sexual assault, mild references to substance use, frequent depictions of violence, frequent mentions of suicide, frequent themes of grief, mild use and depiction of weapons, mild references to infertility and infant loss, and references to homophobia.