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Registration confirmations are coming in for Think in Sync (2.0)!

Will you be there? 👀

Link in bio or comment “sync” in previous post.

#sync #syncmusiclicensing #music

Create The Room x Bay Eight Studios event recap is here! 🤩
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We had so much fun hosting this group of talented individuals at our Sync Sanctuary workshop where they got to learn the ins and outs of the sync licensing industry.
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Thank you to everyone who came out! 😎 Stay tuned for more content 🔜
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#synclicensing #syncmusic #songwriters #artistlifestyle #studiolifestyle

📕 Almost a year of Crying in LA: Sapphic Longing in Tongues and Tears — and we’re still in it.

Baltimore and (*DMV adjacent) friends come through Thursday, 6/4 at 7pm.

I’ll be kicking off 🏳️‍🌈 with an intimate night of live reading in conversation about the book and what’s shifted since its release.

Expect excerpts, reflections, and a ton of kiki.

Bring a friend. 👭🏽

📍 Greedy Reads | Fells Point
🗓 Thursday, June 4th, 2026
⏰ 7pm ET

🔗 Link here & in bio:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/jasmin-benward-presents-crying-in-la-sapphic-longing-in-tongues-and-tears-tickets-1988858475238?aff=oddtdtcreator

Thanks friends of @greedyreads 🫶🏽

See ya there. ✨

#pride #poetry #reading #authorreading #sapphic

MAP BELONGING: POETRY READING 🗺️✨

Join co-facilitators Jasmin (@writeonjas) and Yohanna (@emelindabaez) in person alongside the inaugural Map Belonging Poetry Cohort (@mapbelonging) LIVE featuring:

loosetoothpoetry
@sainttreyw
@xiodabomb
@my_crumbled_thoughts
@thomasfucaloro

for an afternoon of in-person stories attuned to location and memory by voices who refuse to be erased. 💐

Deets:
🗓 Saturday, May 16th, 2026
⏰ 2–4 PM ET (doors at 1:45 PM ET)
📍 325 Convent Ave, Harlem NYC

** RSVP Required **

🎟️ RSVP (also in bio): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/map-belonging-poetry-reading-tickets-1988350106694?aff=oddtdtcreator

This event is free and open to the public, however, capacity IS LIMITED.

DO NOT WAIT! RSVP does NOT guarantee entry if capacity is reached.

✨Thank you to our sponsors (@nycchr, @stophatenyc) and partner (@_createtheroom) for supporting this arts initiative!

Come belong! 🫶🏿🫶🏼🫶🏽

#Mapbelonging #Poetryreading #NYCpoetry #Spokenword #NYCevents

Happy National Poetry Month! ✨📚

We’re so excited to feature artists and storytellers from the Map Belonging community.

Say hello to Jasmine “JRose” Rosario (she/her) 🔥🌹

JRose is an international spoken word artist, teaching artist, and founder of The Rose Garden Events (@therosegardenevents), repping Queens, NY with power, purpose, and poetry. A 2023 BRIC Brooklyn Grand Slam Champion and host of the iconic Nuyorican Poets Cafe Poetry Slam, she’s graced stages from Lincoln Center to NJPAC to Busboys and Poets – wowza!

🌺 Always blooming:

Artist: JRose’s work is rooted in vulnerability, truth-telling, and emotional depth—bridging page and stage through poetry that heals, challenges, and resonates.

✍🏽Educator: Through workshops in schools, universities, libraries, and even Rikers Island, JRose creates transformative spaces where storytelling heals, yes, including incarcerated youth and women.

Y’all hear that?👂🏾Yeah, that’s J Rose. We stan a multi-gifted 👑.

We honor you and your impact, JRose. 💐

✨ Stay tapped: @my_crumbled_thoughts

👌🏽Thank you to our sponsors (@nycchr, @stophatenyc) and partner (@_createtheroom) for supporting Map Belonging!

#artist #storyteller #poetry #spokenword #mapbelonging

Happy National Poetry Month! ✨📚

We’re so excited to feature artists and storytellers from the Map Belonging community.

Say hello to Xiolynn De La Rosa (she/her) 🔥✨

Xiolynn is an open-format independent artist from Uptown NYC whose sound moves fluidly across genres, blending into something uniquely her own.

⭐️ Just a glimmer:

🎙️ Artist: Xiolynn’s a versatile performer whose work spans genres, rooted in emotional honesty and sonic exploration.

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽Collaborator: Xiolynn’s known for building creative chemistry in both live and studio spaces, amplifying connection through music.

We can attest to this!

Oh, and this 🎼music? Yeah, that’s her! 😉

How fortunate are we to know you, Xio. 💫

Don’t miss out: @xiodabomb 💐

Thank you to our sponsors (@nycchr, @stophatenyc) and partner (@_createtheroom) for supporting Map Belonging! 👍🏽

#artist #storyteller #music #mapbelonging #independentartist

Tickets now available for Third Concept Media’s Live Table Read!

Theme: Celebrating Autism Acceptance 🧩

Come support “Third Wheel,” “Kain and Able-Bodied,” and “Paradise Cursed.”

Save The Date:

📅 April 29th, 2026

What to Expect:

🎭 A diverse cast of professional acting talent performing live reads of 3 new & original scripts.

📺 A special first look and Q&A with Filmmaker & Director Okema T. Moore (@okematmoore)

🫱🏾‍🫲🏻Introductions and networking with guests, including directors, producers, casting agents, executives, and fellow screenwriters.

We’re inviting brand partners to offer donations to support the (@3rd.concept) mission to produce more events! Find out more:

https://bit.ly/table-read-sponsor

All links in bio! 🔗

#autismacceptance #lgbt #sapphic #tableread #shortfilm

Happy National Poetry Month! ✨📚

We’re so excited to feature poets and storytellers from the Map Belonging community.

Say hello to Thomas Fucaloro (he/him) 🔥✨

Thomas is a magnificent poet and educator whose work bridges page, performance, and community, creating spaces for connection, reflection, and transformation.

Just a fraction:

🍎 Educator: teaching poetry and literature at Wagner College, BMCC, and the College of Staten Island; Thomas facilitates workshops across NYC, including The Harlem Children’s Zone and Prison Writes.

Co-founder: Poetry in the Park, WORDPLAY, Creating Space, and Poetry in Motion

🖊️ His pen:

Author of full-length collections It Starts From the Belly and Blooms and Inheriting Craziness is a Soft Halo of Light (Three Rooms Press), along with multiple chapbooks; latest release LE(t)GO (Neuronautic Press)

We’re honored to be in your orbit, Thomas. 💫

Get familiar: @thomasfucaloro 💐

🙌🏽 Thank you to our sponsors (@nycchr, @stophatenyc) and partner (@_createtheroom) for supporting Map Belonging!

#poet #storyteller #literature #mapbelonging #spokenword

Happy National Poetry Month! ✨📚

We’re so excited to feature poets and storytellers from the inaugural Map Belonging Cohort.

Say hello to Saint Trey Wooden (he/him) 🔥✨

A writer, poet, and cultural worker, Trey’s work lives at the intersection of memory, Black queer life, and collective freedom. Rooted in the belief that storytelling can remake the world, his writing moves fluidly between personal narrative, political reflection, and lyrical meditation.

Through essays and poems, he engages belonging, grief, care, and imagination—drawing deeply from family history and the living archive of Black community life.

We stan! 🤏🏾

Forthcoming: And, I Did Not Let Myself Die 🖤
Columnist: Blueprints for the Unborn for Iansa Magazine
Staff Writer: Gaye Magazine (@gayemagazine)

We’re honored to be in community with you, Trey. 💫

Watch closely: @sainttreyw 💐

Thank you to our sponsors (@nycchr, @stophatenyc) and partner (@_createtheroom) for supporting Map Belonging.

#poetrymonth #poet #storyteller #blackqueerart #mapbelonging

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🖤🤎 actors of the femme/masc/butch and beyond+ experience, I welcome you to apply for my upcoming virtual table read.

@3rd.concept Jovan, Dave, and the rest of the Third Concept Media team are going to great lengths to support the writers in this showcase - it’s going to be incredible! 💐

Acting not your thing? Save the date 📅 April 29, 2026 and come through as an audience member.

It’s neurospicy, sensual, and poly forward. 👀 🧩

#poly #actor #autismawareness #neurospicy #tableread

Happy National Poetry Month!

We’re so excited to feature poets and storytellers of the inaugural Map Belonging Cohort. 🗺️

Say hello to Scarlet Gomez (she/they) 🔥✨

A queer Dominican Bronx-based poet, writer, and zine-maker, Scarlet is out here building worlds and leaving their mark—on the page and beyond. Sheesh:

Founder: Poetry House LLC

Work seen in: Philadelphia Stories, The A3 Review, and Femme Dyke Magazine (!!!), Hedgebrook alum—yes, that kind of writer. 📚💅🏽

Scarlet’s just getting started.

Guest editor:
Archived As: I Said I Love You (coming via Sinister Wisdom in 2028)

👀 All while cooking up debut novel, No World Without You.

Bronx brilliance. Queer storytelling. Big, bold literary energy.

You go, Scarlet! 💫

Watch out for this one: @loosetoothpoetry 💐

Thank you to our sponsors (@nycchr, @stophatenyc) and partner (@_createtheroom) for supporting Map Belonging.

#poet #storyteller #mapbelonging #identity #artist

🚨Eternally grateful to have been chosen to be apart of this poetic cohort with some extremely talented individuals, who will represent each of our respective boroughs. We were chosen because of the work we do to show up in our community, for which I am honored.

In partnership with @_createtheroom and sponsored by the NYC Commission on Human Rights @nycchr and the NYC Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes @stophatenyc —our cohort will be exhibit our work through public readings, exhibitions, and other projects for the next few months throughout the five boroughs.

This Public Reading (which is virtual) is the first of the series of events we have planned.

Join us on Thursday, April 30th at 6:30 PM, for the Map Belonging Cohort Public Reading.

Did I mention that it is FREE.99? 👀

You can register at the link in my bio.