In a few hours I will fly back to California. My first stop will be in Los Angeles to reconnect with one of my best friends from college, Sam Smith and to also perform excerpts of my solo theater production, Universal Self, at Da Poetry Lounge. I was blessed with this opportunity because of my friendship with Da Poetry Lounge co-founder Dante Basco. I met Dante Basco at the UniPro Summit, a conference for young Filipino professionals in New York City back in June 2011. I …

Brother Nonito Donaire is continuing to put in work as a professional boxer. This time around he has his own TV series to give the world a deeper insight into the life of the Filipino Flash. I hope the Urban Crazes community enjoys these episodes just as much as I do and feel free to leave a comment so that Nonito Donaire knows that you all got his back! Together we rise!

Urban Healing Tour –Toy Soldierz 2012 – Trailer

“TOY SOLDIERZ” TRAILER 2012 from Javier Reyes on Vimeo.

TOY SOLDIERZ, a multimedia production that combines hip hop, theatre, spoken word, music, dance and film has been scheduled for it’s east coast premiere May 4-6/11-13, 2012 at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. TOY SOLDIERZ tells the true story of Devon Johnson, a 4.0 high school student, gunned down on his graduation day. While in a coma state, Devon struggles with the potential loss of his dreams while coming to grips with the person who shot …

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Through personal experiences we can find the most honest and vulnerable wounds that are waiting to be treated in the racial emergency room of the American consciousness. Take a moment to slow down and feel the pulse known as UNIVERSAL SELF, an emerging solo theater production whose time has come. When we are able to gain deeper insight into the complex processes of how American youth make sense of the world and how childhood experiences shape our racial identity, we inevitably come closer to achieving racial unity and …

March 7-10, 2012
Riverside Theater, New York City

Created by Simón Adinia Hanukai, Naïma Kristel Phillips and the ensemble
Written by Naïma Kristel Phillips (MFA Playwriting Candidate, 2012)
Directed by Simón Adinia Hanukai (MFA Directing Candidate, 2012)
Three characters on the verge of breakdown get a look at themselves under the microscope, examining the shattered pieces of their broken lives. In this interactive promenade performance, the audience accompanies a selected character on their personal journey as their birthday world shatters and unveils their mythological DNA, offering audience members a glimpse into how broken individuals and …

On Jan 6, 2012, I attended the Poetic License Festival in the Lower East side of Manhattan. I sat in the second row in anticipation for the presentation of a play entitled GOLIATH. Derived from the popular story known as David & Goliath which represents the idea that the smallest amount of good will overcome the greatest of evils, GOLIATH is a modern twist that allows us to witness the brutality of war. We experience an uncomfortable journey for an American soldier, David, who is confronted …

Milan Sinclair Conner is an actor/ singer/from th e small town of Lynchburg, Virginia. His biggest creative influences include Will Smith, Whoopi Goldberg, Sidney Poitier, Bea Arthur, Eddie Murphy, and his father who attended the Julliard School for Dance. He’s made NYC his home where in between performing and auditioning, he watches Pam Grier films, does a vocal impression of Billie Holiday, and cliché as it sounds, he loves to take long walks in the city…. he has to…. everyone in NYC has to take long walks! BLACKTOR is his …

From performances across the globe to international tours with mega R&B artist, Joe, Afaliah has had her glimpses of the limelight in its many incandes cent colors. Now the time has come for her to command a spotlight of her own. The singer/songwriter has recently premiered her highly anticipated music video for her single, “Ms. U” The song has received thumbs ‘all the way up’ from industry heavies and is poised to spark a big buzz this summer. Ms. U was produced by up and coming producers, Monkey Wrench popularly …

From Boy to IRO is an autobiographical series of poems that depict Iro’s progression as an artist and as a person. The collection focuses on specific themes such as love, fatherhood, maleness and even erotica. From Boy to IRO is currently required for several courses within the City University of New York.
BOOK RELEASE CELEBRATION!
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Hosted by: ButtaFlySoul
8PM: Guest performance by the cast of
The Male Ego: A New Masculinity
9PM: Book Presentation & Talkback Session with Iro
Colors – New York
417 Lafayette St. New York, N.Y.
6 – Astor Place
N,R – …

GOLIATH RETURNS FOR THREE PERFORMANCES ONLY!
January 4, 7 & 8 at 7PM
The Wild Project – 195 E 3rd St, NY, NY
Part of Poetic License: social justice through spoken word, hip hop and slam Festival
Tickets on sale now at www.poetictheater.com
Today, as the American military returns home from Iraq and we as a society are trying to comprehend what kind of footprint we’ve left behind, Goliath provides a way to look deeper into what we do during times of war, what behavior becomes excusable and what it means to love when violence …