News Release
Spoken word artist at Penn State Harrisburg Feb. 17
January 27, 2008
Ursula Rucker
Acclaimed as one of the premiere spoken word recording artists in the music industry today, Ursula Rucker brings an intimate glimpse of urban reality to Penn State Harrisburg February 17 at 7 p.m.
Rucker’s appearance is free and open to the public on Stacks Stage in the Olmsted Building. For information, phone 717-948-6701.
The performance is an installment in the college’s year-long series of performance events dedicated to enhancing the University and community climate for diversity and fostering communication on diverse perspectives among all racial and ethnic groups.
Rucker began writing poetry as an adolescent, but kept her writings to herself until she read poetry in 1994 at Philadelphia’s Zanzibar Blue, which is credited as her public debut. That same year, she was invited to collaborate with numerous recording artists and producers including King Britt, 4hero, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Josh Wink, and most notably The Roots, quickly garnering a reputation for unique poetry techniques and stage presence described as “strong, vulnerable, wounded, and raging.”