Welcome to The New Renaissance and another edition of SWAAM Spoken Word Art & Music. Open Mic , Live Band, Wine Bar, Catered Food, VIP with bottle service and another Incredible Feature artist for your listening pleasure. Our Feature artist "Tongo-Eisen-Martin" the Poet Laureate of San Francisco Ca. will be in the building! Originally from San Francisco, Tongo is a poet, movement worker, and educator. His latest curriculum on extrajudicial killing of Black people, We Charge Genocide Again, has been used as an educational and organizing tool throughout the country. His book titled, "Someone's Dead Already" was nominated for a California Bookstore Award. His book "Heaven Is All Goodbyes" was published by the City Lights Pocket Poets series, was shortlisted for the Griffins Poetry Prize and won a California Book Award and an American Book Award. His latest book “Blood On The Fog” was released this fall in the City Lights Pocket Poets series and named one of the New York Times poetry books of the year. In 2020, he co-founded Black Freighter Press to publish revolutionary works. He is San Francisco’s eighth Poet Laureate. And we are humbly honored to have him grace our stage. Show starts promptly at 8pm, early arrival suggested.