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A.R. Alexander

About Me

Alaina R. Alexander was born in St. Louis Park, MN, and raised in Topeka, KS. At age six, she began dual love affair with singing and writing stories. During her college years, music became her primary focus and she put writing stories on the backburner.Alaina attended both Kansas State University and the College of Santa Fe. She received her BA in contemporary music with a minor in Spanish from the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico.Listen to Alaina's online radio show which airs live every Saturday at 4 pm Mountain Time (3 pm Pacific Time). Unobstructed , on the World Wide Radio Network Alaina has interviewed several publishers and writers including: W.S. Gainer, Michael Hathaway, Gerald Locklin, Sonia Sanchez, the late Alexander D. Taylor, Richard Vargas, Pam Ward and Al Young.She has been featured in Falling Star Magazine, Poetry Diversity, Poetix.net and World Word Wide Radio Network. In recent months, Alaina has done featured readings at Mama's Hot Tamales,The Venice Grind, The Leimert Park Book Festival and Beyond Baroque.Recently, Alaina started her own fashion line:Alaina created podcasts based on her popular blogs: Divatosity.com and BougieGirl.comAlaina's podcasts: Bougie Girl Podcast and Divatosity Podcast

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 04/02/2007
Band Website: http://www.alainaralexander.com
Influences: Nikki Giovanni, bell hooks, Nin Andrews, Maya Angelou,Colleen J. McElroy, Carly Simon, Samantha Le, Sandra Tsing Loh and too many more to mention.
Sounds Like: A courageous diva tellin' it like it is...
Record Label: none

My Blog

Minnesota Spokesman Article

Check out the article written about me in the Minnesota Spokesman Recorder "Minneapolis Native Uses Bougie as a Marketing Strategy". http://lnk.ms/07511
Posted by on Sun, 31 May 2009 00:51:00 GMT

Changing Podcast Servers

Dear All,I am in the process of changing over both my Bougie Girl and Divatosity. Also, I have written a couple of new essays which I hope to have recorded sometime within the next couple of weeks.A.R...
Posted by on Sat, 30 May 2009 10:59:00 GMT

Unveiling the Divatosity Brand Logo

Hot off the presses! I just received the final draft of the logo for my Divatosity brand.Many thanks to Nick G. for designing it for me.Check out the Divatosity website:http://www.divatosity.com
Posted by on Tue, 26 May 2009 19:31:00 GMT

Hobbes in the House just added as a segment on "UNOBSTRUCTED"

I am excited to announce the addition of "Hobbes in the House" as a new segment to my weekly podcast"UNOBSTRUCTED".  The "Hobbes in the House" segment debuted yesterday.Dwight Hobbes is a Twin Cities ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 08:14:00 GMT

Find me on Twitter!

https://twitter.com/BougieGirl
Posted by on Sun, 15 Mar 2009 20:32:00 GMT

Alaina is going to be interviewed on KSFR on Feb. 13, 2009 at 5:30 PM MT

Alaina is going to be interviewed on the KSFR show "The Journey Home" hosted by Diego Mulligan on February 13, 2009 at 5:30 pm MThttp://www.ksfr.org
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 07:47:00 GMT

Bougie Girl Apparel Slide Show

Check out the slideshow for Bougie Girl Apparel: http://www.zazzle.com/bougiegirl1 I would like to thank Rotten Apple for creating my Bougie Girl logo. Thanks again for your support! Si...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Jan 2009 12:36:00 GMT

Upcoming UNOBSTRUCTED shows...

To see a listing of upcoming "UNOBSTRUCTED"  shows go to: http://www.alainaralexander.com Listen to past  "UNOBSTRUCTED" shows at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/onword  
Posted by on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 23:36:00 GMT

SANTA FE READER’S THEATER

Santa Fe Reader's Theater A collaboration of actors, writers, and theater enthusiasts Sponsoring ongoing readings of plays and short stories     NOVEMBER'S READING   Sunday, November 1...
Posted by on Wed, 12 Nov 2008 03:24:00 GMT

Art Song Medley

I am starting to explore music again. Earlier this evening, I recorded a medley of art songs. It felt really cathartic to hit high notes.  I uploaded the track onto Myspace and it should b...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 04:32:00 GMT