Third Thursday to feature Daniella Toosie-Watson February 16

Poet Daniella Toosie-Watson will read from her work at the Social Justice Center, 33 Central Avenue, Albany on Thursday, at 7:30 p.m.  Daniella is a performance/slam poet whose work addresses her own personal, multi-ethnic background, as well as the larger issues of racism and sexism confronting Americans today.

A reading by a local or regional poet is held each Third Thursday at the Social Justice Center.  The event includes an open mic for audience members to read.  Sign-up starts at 7 p.m., with the reading beginning at 7:30.  The host of the readings is Albany poet and photographer Dan Wilcox.  The suggested donation is $3, which helps support this and other poetry programs of the Poetry Motel Foundation and the work of the Social Justice Center.

For more information about this event contact Dan Wilcox, (518) 482-0262; e-mail: dwlcx@earthlink.net.