Upcoming Performers

Activities Program Board

Programming for students, by students.

Upcoming Performers
	Mike McGee Friday, October 31 10 PM McFeely's Coffeehouse	Bassey Thursday, November 13 9 PM CUB MPR
	The ‘Mighty’ Mike McGee’s “stand up poetry” has toured over 80,000 miles in North America. He has won the San Francisco Grand Slam Final, San Jose Grand Slam Final, and the 2003 National Poetry Slam Individual Grand Slam Championship. He has also featured on Russell Simmons presents HBO’s Def Poetry. He has competed in many celebrated poetry slams, including Chicago’s Green Mill Slam and at NYC’s Nuyorican Poets Café. Mike McGee and T.O.F.U. (Tons of Fun University-his group) have appeared at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival. Mike does at least half his best to marry humor with sincerity, and observation with comedy. He grabs the audience, entertains them, and lets them into his world, all while expressing some of his deepest feelings. He does this while making people laugh at him, themselves and any other animals in the room. If he’s not making you laugh, he’s making you think. Check him out on YouTube!	This Nigerian born spoken word artist has appeared on HBO’s Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry 5 times. She has opened up for Grammy nominated artists India Arie, Les Nubians and Luther Vandross. As a member of the all woman poetry collective, Diva Diction, Bassey appeared on the NAACP Image Awards as part of a tribute to Venus and Serena Williams. Bassey has also been a featured cast member of the National Touring Company of the Tony Award winning Broadway show, Russell Simmon’s Def Poetry Jam. In the Summer of 2003, Bassey was a part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Bassey has also been seen gracing the pages of magazines such as Nylon, Marie Claire, Glamour and Bust. She also recorded an original poem for the Kaiser Foundations, HIV/AIDS campaign, Knowing Is Beautiful. Bassey’s personal and heartfelt work has made her a much sought after performer. She is currently working on her first collection of Poetry and Prose entitled, From This Safe Space and raising her son. She can be found performing and colleges and universities across the country. For more information she can be reached at www.basseyworld.com. Check her out on YouTube!
	Will Marfori Friday, November 14 10 PM McFeely's Coffeehouse	Alexandra McHale Thursday, November 20 9 PM McFeely's Coffeehouse
	Will Marfori has been making audiences laugh for the last ten years. Originally from Washington DC, Marfori blends all the characteristics of the Nation’s Capital into his act. Coming from a mixed race family with a love of learning and silliness, Marfori shows that even the nerdy kids can be cool. Touring 51 weeks a year, he has performed all over the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean for hundreds of thousands of people. Will appeared on the LATE, LATE SHOW with Craig Ferguson in 2007. Winner of the 2004 Carnival Comedy Challenge. Marfori can be heard regularly on the XM Radio comedy channel and has appeared Stand Up, Sit Down show with Sonny Fox. Will’s debut CD Are You one of them Slow People was released on www.Laugh.com. Check him out on YouTube!	Alexandra McHale was thrilled to make her network debut on NBC’s The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. She’s also been seen on CBS’s The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn, Comedy Central’s Premium Blend and New Joke City with Robert Klein on the Metro Channel. After her appearance at the prestigious Montreal Just For Laughs Comedy Festival, The Hollywood Reporter cited Alexandra as one to watch “who scored points with quick barbs.” Alexandra grew up in Connecticut before relocating to New York City, where she became a lifetime member of the prestigious Actors’ Studio and studied with acting greats such as Paul Newman, Sally Field and Ellen Burstyn. She is a frequent commentator on VH1’s I Love The 80’s, Supersecret TV Formulas and The 100 Most Cheesetastic Video Countdown. In addition to appearances on network television, Alexandra has headlined at over 300 colleges and was voted 2002 and 2003 Female Entertainer of the Year by the readers of Campus Activities Magazine, been nominated for 2005 Female Entertainer of the Year and was nominated Performer of the Year by the Association for the Promotion of Campus Activities. Check her out on YouTube!