BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:62519c37-e4c3-4d5a-a6c9-4c77fd1b4dcd@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261012T014754Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261202T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261202T220000 SUMMARY:South Austin Song Circle: Gina Chavez\, Victor Andrés Cruz\, Chib bi Ordũna & Nnedimmaya DESCRIPTION:GINA CHAVEZ Gina Chavez is a wife\, philanthropist and an awa rd-winning independent musician. She is a Latin Grammy nominee for Best Pop/Rock Album\, 16-time Austin Music Award winner\, including 2019 Best Female Vocals and 2015 Austin Musician of the Year. Gina was most recen tly awarded the 2025 People’s Voice Award by the Folk Alliance Internati onal. Her NPR Tiny Desk concert has more than 1.4 million views and her hour-long PBS special is available nationwide. Gina’s music is deeply pe rsonal. Her passionate collection of bilingual songs takes audiences on a journey to discover her Latin roots through music as she shares her st ory of life in Texas as a married\, queer Catholic. Gina tours internati onally as a cultural ambassador with the U.S. State Department and runs Niñas Arriba\, a college fund she co-founded with her wife for young wom en in gang-dominated El Salvador. She is featured alongside Oprah\, Beyo nce\, Mahalia Jackson\, Dolly Parton and many more in Southern Living's new book celebrating "100 extraordinary women who have left their indeli ble mark on the South and beyond." VICTOR ANDRES CRUZ Vic combines the C olombian sounds of his childhood and culture\, and the eclecticism of hi s years growing up in the US\, with reflective travel overseas and sever al frosty winters in Boston and New York. All of it resulting in a rich tapestry of dreams\, memories and love for home—wherever home is. Vic is also a graduate of Berklee College of music where he focused on arrangi ng\, composing\, singing\, and Latin percussion and music. Because of bo th his traditional and academic background\, he has found a way to conso lidate both schools of thought for singing and music in general. Focusin g on building and nurturing confidence\, awareness\, trust\, tone and rh ythm before anything else. CHIBBI ORDUNA M.R. “Chibbi” Orduña is a Mexic an-born\, Texas-raised poet\, actor\, educator\, publisher\, and communi ty organizer whose work bridges art\, activism\, and empowerment. With o ver 15 years of experience across poetry\, theatre\, and arts leadership \, Chibbi has become a defining voice in contemporary spoken word and qu eer Latinx performance. They are the founder and Creative Director of Ge m.In.Eyes Productions\, a multidisciplinary company dedicated to amplify ing underrepresented voices through performance\, publishing\, and media . Their debut spoken word album\, The Target Shoots Back (2025)\, writte n\, performed\, and produced by Orduña\, blends poetry\, music\, and sto rytelling to explore identity\, resilience\, and reclamation. Chibbi’s s tage presence extends beyond poetry. A trained actor with a B.A. in Thea tre and Dance from the University of Texas at Austin and advanced study at the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin\, they have portrayed iconic ro les such as Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch\, Usnavi in In the Heigh ts\, and The Creature in Frankenstein. Their theatrical work merges vuln erability with intensity\, mirroring the emotional precision of their po etry. A three-time San Antonio Poetry Grand Slam Champion\, Chibbi has p erformed and taught across the country\, from the National Poetry Slam t o the Open Society Foundations Fellowship Conference and The Aspen Insti tute’s Tech Accountability Coalition. As an educator\, they’ve facilitat ed workshops in schools\, universities\, rehabilitation centers\, and fe stivals\, including Gemini Ink\, Rutgers University\, and the Stonewall International Poetry Slam\, helping others find their voice through writ ing and performance. Chibbi is also deeply committed to building communi ty infrastructure. They serve as Editor-in-Chief at Write About Now Publ ishing\, Director of Media Production at Write Art Out\, and Senior Prog ram Manager at Out in Tech\, where they develop programming that uplifts LGBTQ+ professionals in the tech industry. They have organized and prod uced major cultural events including Queer Voices San Antonio\, Artitude Pride\, and the Out in Tech Leadership Institute. Their written and per formed work has appeared in publications such as Wax Wing\, The Texas Re view\, Pilgrimage\, and The Acentos Review\, as well as across platforms like Button Poetry\, Write About Now\, and All Def Poetry\, earning ove r 3 million views. Their book OTRO/PATRIA (2019) explores the intersecti ons of identity\, culture\, and queerness. Chibbi also co-edited the pow erful anthology Contra: Texas Poets Speak Out (Flowersong Press\, 2020)\ , a poetic response to the political climate of the Trump era. Recipient of fellowships from Tin House\, Lambda Literary\, Sundress Academy for the Arts\, and the City of San Antonio\, Chibbi has been recognized with the 2022 Arts and Letters Award from the Friends of the San Antonio Pub lic Library and was a finalist for both the Wax Nine Chapbook Competitio n and the Robert Phillips Poetry Prize. On stage\, on screen\, and in th e classroom\, Chibbi is a force of creative and cultural vitality — craf ting work that challenges\, heals\, and celebrates the power of being se en. NNEDIMMAYA Nnedimmaya delivers heaping amounts of vocal emotion nest led into catchy instrumentation tied together by their memorable lyrics. \n\nMore info: https://www.04center.com/calendar/sasc-dec2\n\nhttps://fi ndlocal.community/event/62519c37-e4c3-4d5a-a6c9-4c77fd1b4dcd LOCATION:04 Center\, Austin\, TX URL:https://findlocal.community/event/62519c37-e4c3-4d5a-a6c9-4c77fd1b4dc d STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR