Chan. McKenzie: In Print & In Person
PUBLICATIONS - BOOKS:
- IMPLICATIONS- Sympatico Press 1984
- IN A QUANDARY - Sympatico Press 1986
- NAKED CITY BLUES - Unpublished Manuscript - publisher wanted!
- CARESSING JEMIMA - Unpublished Manuscript - publisher wanted!
PUBLICATIONS - PERIODICALS:
- The Empty Closet - About Chan. McKenzie 2001
- LABC Newsletter 2002
- CITY - Featured Poet - 11/8/84
- Action Magazine: Featured Poet- issue no 5
- The Rochester Anthology
- MetroACT
- Action Magazine: issue no 3
- Action Magazine: issue no 2
- Reporter Magazine
- SYMPOSIUM
- (CO-OP) City News
RECORDED PERFORMANCE:
- VIDEO: The Performance Artists -Writer's & Books and GRC Cable - Channel
12
- VIDEO: The Rochester Poets - Max Lent Productions
- AUDIO: Feminist Audio Books - London, England
EXHIBITS:
- RENAISSANCE POMP Assemblage & Poetry - One Woman Show
March 1-31, 1995, Rochester Institute of Technology, Student Alumni Union
- IN THE FACE OF AIDS Assemblage & Poetry
November 7 - December 15 1990 Jazzberry's Uptown Gallery
- LEFTOVER PHRASES Assemblage & Poetry - One Woman Show
March 1981 RIT, Wallace Library Galleries 1 & 2
- Women's Art Festival Artwork & Assemblage
June 1989 Albany, NY
- BABY BLUE... Artwork & Poetry
on display at Silkwood Bookstore, Rochester NY
- Artisan (work on display) - Assemblage, Artwork, & Poetry
August 1990 Women's Music Festival - Michigan
POETRY READINGS:
- MEET THE AUTHOR
Sponsored by RIT Library
April 2003
- 2002 IMAGE ARTS - PRIDE WEEK POETRY READING
Sponsored by Image Out & GAGV Writer's & Books Fall 2002
- 2001 IMAGE OUT POETS - PRIDE WEEK POETRY READING
Contest Second Place Runner Up
Sponsored by Image Out & GAGV
- A CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN WRITERS
Chan. McKenzie and Diane Conway
Sponsored by Wildseeds for Black History Month
Wildseeds Bookstore
February 7, 1992
- A Reading for Adele Friedman
NTID Gallery, RIT 1991
- WOMEN'S WORK: A CELEBRATION OF POETRY, MUSIC AND VISUAL ARTS
Sponsored by Wildseeds
Stefa Z. Dance Loft
December 9, 1991
- IN THE FACE OF AIDS (Gallery Exhibit Reception Party)
Sponsored by Jazzberry's
Jazzberry's Uptown
December 10, 1990
- THE LATE BUT NOT TOO LATE RWCC VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY
Fundraiser to Support Women's Music in Rochester
Sponsored by the Rochester Women's Chorus Committee
Mendon Ponds Park
February 18, 1990
- POETIC JUSTICE
A Benefit Performance for Calvin Green Legal Fund
Sponsored by United Church Ministries
Afro American Club
September, 1990
- THREE POETS
Chan. McKenzie, Finvola Drury & Wendy Lowe
A Sympatico Press Production
Writer's & Books
June 22, 1989
- NANCY DUPREE, SELECTED WRITINGS
A Benefit Reading for The Release of Her Book, Published Posthumously
Sponsored by Landers & Francis Publishers of Rochester
- March 12, 1989
- WOMEN'S HISTORY AS ACCESS TO POWER
Reading & workshop
Sponsored by 1989 International Women's Day Committee
YWCA , Rochester, New York
March 1989
- IN A QUANDARY
(Reading/performance of the book by the same name)
Wildseeds Cafe
June 15, 1989
- A READING OF BLACK WOMEN'S WORK
Chan. McKenzie & Becky Birtha
presented by New Women's Times & Jazzberries Cafe
Jazzberries Cafe
May 6, 1988
- SHATTERING SILENCE
A Benefit Reading for Black Women's Health Collective
Chan. McKenzie, Lori Matocha and Jo Cummings
Sponsored by Jazzberries Cafe
Jazzberries Cafe
November 23, 1988
- AN OUTDOOR READING AT THE CARA GAZEBO
One Woman Show
Campfest Music Festival, Pennsylvania
May 30,1988
- AN OUTDOOR READING
(featured Performer)
1988 Michigan Women's Music Festival
August 11, 1988
- PAINTED ROPE SERIES
Chan. McKenzie, Helen Christina A Fass & Merina Westcott Crider
Jazzberries Cafe
January 22, 1987
- A CELEBRATION OF MUSIC, POETRY & STORY
Sponsored by 1986 International Women's Day Committee
YWCA Coffeehouse, Buffalo, New York
March 7, 1986
- TESTIFY
One Woman Show
A Sympatico Press Production
Writer's & Books
April 28, 1986
- THE GENESSEE READING SERIES
Chan. McKenzie, & Jim Cohn
Writer's and Books
Writer's & Books
February 20, 1985
- INVITATION - A READING AT JAZZBERRY'S
One Woman Show
Jazzberry's at the Genessee Co-op
October 1985
- OPEN READING NIGHT
Celebrating the Grand Opening of the New Writer's & Books
Writer's & Books
February 1985
- A READING
Celebrating Black History Month
Sponsored by the Black Awareness Coordinating Committee
RIT
February 1984
- A POETRY READING BY CHAN. MCKENZIE
(featured Performer)
The Genessee Co-op Restaurant
May 1984
- BRONX KIDS- A Reading of Original Work
One Woman Show
New Life Community Church
December 3, 1983
- IMPLICATIONS
One Woman Show
Silkwood Bookstore
March 13, 1983
- A POETRY READING
(featured Performer)
Threshold of Rochester
1983
- THE PERFORMANCE ARTISTS
Poets Night sponsored by Snake Sisters Cafe
Snakes Sisters
October 8, 1982
- SYMPOSIUM PRESENTS
Webb Auditorium
Sponsored by Symposium Magazine
Rochester Institute of Technology
1982
- LEFTOVER PHRASES
One Woman Show
RIT Faculty Center
March 7, 1981
- PASSING FANCY
One Woman Show
Snake Sisters Cafe
August 3, 1980