meTamorphosis: FALL-ING IN LOVE! QUEER OPEN MIC NIGHT

RSVP to attend in-store! We invite you to join us at meTamorphosis and support emerging local LGBTQ+ writers. meTamorphosis is excited to offer FALL-ING IN LOVE: QUEER OPEN MIC NIGHT! Calling all yearners: We invite LGBTQIA+ writers to share original writing about LOVE in all forms. Self-love, platonic love, familial love, romantic love, we want to hear about it. Sign ups begin at 6:30pm and LGBTQIA+ readers can share up to 5 mins of their original work. We can host up to 10 readers. We are grateful to host performances by Windafire and Overall Princess Tati of The Illustrious Kiki Haus of Baby Phat. About the performers: WINDAFIRE is a musician, healer, spiritualist, and storyteller. They draw upon folktales, myths, and oral history to connect our shared humanity. They are a Co-Founder of Black Dream Escape which is a therapeutic arts practice for Black and Indigenous people. Windafire has an album out with Black Dream Escape called All This Beauty which is on all platforms. OVERALL PRINCESS TATI BABY PHAT is a performer, creator, and overall fierce artist! A Mx of many talents and titles, she’s built roots as a performer in the ballroom scene and you can find her weaving vogue into all of her performances. Whether she brings the beat up or gives it to you soft, she never misses! About meTamorphosis: Created by White Whale's events coordinator, Amari, meTamorphosis is a local queer & trans led event series committed to uplifting emerging LGBTQ+ writers by curating inclusive community readings in Pittsburgh, PA. meTamorphosis celebrates queer & trans people's commitment to ongoing transformation and embracing change to become who they know themselves to be. About the organizer: AMARI ONYX is a Black trans poet & artist based in Pittsburgh, PA. Poetry, art, and community sustain his existence, which inspired the creation of meTamorphosis in 2024. His work has appeared in Black Warrior Review and The Shade Journal and is set to appear in Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, Callaloo, and twurl. Amari is an editor for 3 Sisters journal and a proud trans vogue fem.