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Dat Black Mermaid/Healing & Transformation Through Art An Evening with Sharon Bridgforth
MCC Theater
Love is the core of Joy and our struggles for personal and global peace. Sharon Bridgforth will discuss the writing and performance elements that generate and reflect this Love by sharing her own artistic process in the development of her latest work—dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/Performance Installation. She will share video documentation, music, oracle readings and stories from the dat Black Mermaid Man Lady/Performance Installation development process - with the intention of invoking conversations on Living with Resilient Love.
Cup of Culture
I Am Not Your Negro
MCC Theater
In 1979, James Baldwin wrote a letter to his literary agent describing his next project. The book was to be a revolutionary, personal account of the lives and successive assassinations of three of his close friends—Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King, Jr. In his incendiary new documentary, master filmmaker Raoul Peck envisions the book James Baldwin never finished. The result is a radical, up-to-the-minute examination of race in America, using Baldwin’s original words and flood of rich archival material. 95 min.
A Tribe Called Red
An Evening of Electronic Powwow Beats
MCC Theater
A Tribe Called Red, composed of DJ NDN, Bear Witness, and 2oolman, mix traditional pow-wow vocals and drumming with cutting edge-electronic music. This fusion has been hailed as the natural progression of the powwow, and has collaborated with artists like Mos Def/Yassin Bey, Narcy, Saul Williams, and Das Racist. The highly awarded Canadian band has become the face of urban Native youth renaissance since 2010, championing their heritage and speaking out on aboriginal issues through music, fashion, and art. The concert will feature traditional dancers of the Halluci Nation.
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Children’s Event
Ballet Folklorio and Facepaint
Music Department Bowl
Join Ballet Folklorio Alma de Mexico for a dance workshop featuring Mexican folkloric dance. Get ready to move and groove to traditional Mexican beats ahead of one of the most sacred holidays of the region, Dia de los Muertos. Children will also have the opportunity to learn about the cultural significance behind sugar skull face paint and have their face painted like a calavera for the day! Children of all ages welcome!
