DARKMATTER
is a trans south asian performance art duo comprised of Alok Vaid-Menon
and Janani Balasubramanian. Based in New York City, DarkMatter
regularly performs to sold-out houses at venues like La MaMa
Experimental Theater, The Brooklyn Museum, and the Asian American
Writer’s Workshop. DarkMatter was recently part of the Public Theater’s
Under the Radar Festival, the Lincoln Center’s La Casita Festival, as
well as the Queer International Arts Festival. Known for their quirky
aesthetic and political panache, DarkMatter has been invited to perform
at stages across the world.
7:30 Abby Morningbull
8:00 Dark Matter - ItGetsBitter: Poetry Show
#ItGetsBitter is an interruption: a hybrid mixture of art and ac
tivism, poetry and polemic, giggles and gasps.
#ItGetsBitter is a remix of spoken word, stand up comedy, fashion, and
nursery rhymes. DarkMatter shares stories of navigating the world in all
of its ordinariness and peculiarity as trans South Asians, taking the
audience on an emotional roller coaster all of the way from the personal
to the political. Join us for an evening of poetry and healing as we
not only critique – but imagine new ways of being and resisting
together.
Join us after the show for hang outs and hugs at Owl Acoustic Lounge
HUGE thank you to every single one of you for your coninued support,
this event would not have happened without you + our campus &
community donors:
L.P.I.R.G
Alberta Foundation of the Arts
OUTreach Southern Alberta
Boys & Girls Club Lethbridge
ULSU QiP Grant
Drunken Sailor
PRIDE fest
Campus Women's Centre
University of Lethbridge Faculty Association
Electric Eye Music Festival
C.M.A.R.D
Amnesty Lethbridge
EVENT IS FREE - first come first served. Arrive early for seats!
FREE TRANSPORTATION will be available from the U of L & Boys & Girls Club. Stay tuned for details
ALL AGES WELCOME
ACCESSIBLE FACILITY for folks with mobility concerns; please contact hosts for more assistance
VOLUNTEERS needed. please contact hosts to sign up!
Listings 
