Lady Zen Announces Special Events!

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  • Hi, this is Lady Zen.

    I am inviting you to a special event I am creating here in San Miguel in collaboration with The Palm Cabaret, in Puerto Vallarta; Boleto City, BGolden Productions, La Dona Rooftop, Paprika Restaurante, and Hotel Nena.

    I’m so excited to share it with you I can hardly contain it. While working in Vallarta over the past few years I’ve had the opportunity to see incredible talents; working with legends and up-and-coming performers.

    Tuesday. April 20th
    Paprika Resturante
    Calle Ancha de San Antonio 9A
    +52 415 124 2338
    Doors open at 6:30
    25 persons only
    200 pesos
    reservation only
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    Paprika will host my live interview show called, “Behind the Scene: With Lady Zen and Keith Tynes.” This is not a full-length performance as much as a live talk show. Get to know Keith in a way that you won’t get from just going to a show. Limited seating to 25 people. Accompanied by Musical Director Papacho Sirdey-Desgagnés.
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    Keith Tynes will sing a few songs to promote his full-length show the following night. $200 Peso Entry fee.
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    Wednesday, April 21
    Thursday, April 22
    Friday, April 23

    La Dona Rooftop
    Full-length 70-Minute Concert
    Doors at 6:00
    60 people only
    $450 pesos
    AVAILABLE NOW for Purchase
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    In order to get these tickets, you must go in person to La Dona and pay cash for the ticket. What a bargain price to see a legend in an intimate show, on a rooftop, at an open-air venue with award-winning food. Make an evening of this special event. This show will sell out so act now by going to get your pre sale tickets or calling for reservations.
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    Details of the concert:
    Keith will be telling stories from his life and singing for you in a live cabaret style performance live and in person.
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    Keith Tynes BIO:
    As you may know, Keith was a member of the historic group The Platters, producers of major and unforgettable hits like Only You and Great Pretender.
    This great musical talent is from Miami and has performed on some of the world’s most important stages and theatres like the New York Radio City Music Hall and the Queen Alexandra House in London. He also sang jazz on tracks recorded with The Chicago New World Symphony. With The Platters, he toured all around Europe and the US.
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    Keith is a vocal master who understands that music is used to express spirituality and emotions. His powerful presence and charisma on stage are the result of his extensive career and experience in the music industry. Keith is the authentic and legendary voice of soul, Motown, r&b and pop.
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    Who is Lady Zen?
    Alzenira Quezada ( Lady Zen) is an internationally known lyric fusion poet, who is performing, composing, teaching, and producing around the world. At age 18, awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in Opera Performance training as a Mezzo-Soprano. They also won a Community Service/Social Justice award through the University of Southern Maine. In 2014 received an MFA in creative writing. Alzenira teaches courses in vocal performance, creative writing, and poetry–recently published in About Place Journal and Measure for Measure: An Anthology of Poetic Meters, Feckless Cunt: A New Feminist Anthology. Lady Zen travels extensively and currently lives between Portland, Maine; San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, and Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico. Performing at The Palm Cabaret as a featured artist. Also while in Mexico, Mr. Lady is the creative force behind Plata Performance Nightclub. Featured on nationally known platforms such as the 2014/16 TEDx series, The Corner: MOTH Maine Storytellers, and listed third on the 100 Most Stylish Butches by DapperQ Magazine. She appeared alongside actress Glen Close for the Maine Center for Creativity Industries Awards. Their work as a creative director in photography was featured at the Bi-Annual Butch Voices Conference. Her original compositions have been commissioned by The Holocaust Museum in DC, Art Not Hate, The Institute for Civic Leadership, Creative Portland, and the Maine Chapter of the NAACP. In 2019, They released a radio drama podcast, Flies in the Jar, and star in the short Mexican/American/ European film called Deep Drag. In their spare time, they volunteer for Trans Youth camps and other Health organizations that provide training to understand the needs of trans-identified individuals. Currently, they are producing a one-person show for Theater First with director Jon Tracy; What’s in a Name is set for virtual release in April 2021. During the pandemic, they were chosen as a librettist of one of the first non-binary charactered opera, finishing a play called, Queen of the Zeedijk. Zen is a featured performer for The San Miguel Writers Conference and currently a poetry reader for The Maine Review Literary Journal and is actively performing and producing creative work, teaching, organizing archives, and spending as much time as possible gardening, cooking, and arguing with a Tortie Cat who is well-loved and has been a great companion for 4 years.
    Wanna come? Here’s what you do:
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    April 20
    Behind the Scene with Lady Zen and Keith Tynes at Paprika. To reserve one of only 25 spots by calling +52 415 124 2338.
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    April 21, 22, 23
    Full Length Concert
    1. Go to the office at La Dona at 32 San Francisco Street, anytime day or night. There is always staff available 24/7 or call 415 688 3131 for a reservation.
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    2. Say you want to purchase tickets for the Keith Tynes Show.
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    3. Pay for your tickets and fill out your name and contact information on the sheet provided.
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    4. Be at La Dona at 6:00 pm to be seated for the show.
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    Come meet Keith! Take a photo; get his autograph, or have a conversation with a legend but please wear your mask as we have to observe Covid standards.
    Keith is coming! Don’t Miss it! Everyone will be remarking on this show and you cannot miss this event! See you there!
  • One Comment

    Kate Murray

    Just read that you spend part of your year in Portland. I am from Portland and have spent the last 21 winters here in SMA. When in Portland live on Munjoy Hill and Peaks Island.

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