PEARL - the WOW Cafe Theatre's 30th Anniversary Festival Presents:
"Reconnections" - A staged reading that draws you into the story of a woman of multi-racial identity and her friends - black, latina and white, as they recover from U.S. style elitism and their families of origin - a novel by La Lupe read by Tantra-zawadi!
LaLupe
Saturday, May 8th
WOW Cafe Theatre
59-61 East 4th Street , 4th Floor
(Bet. Bowery and Second Avenue)
New York City, NY
7:30 PM
Donation: $10.00
PEARL – WOW Cafe Theatre 30th Anniversary Festival is made possible in part with public funds from the Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.
To purchase tickets on-line, please visit: http://www.fabnyc.org.
To learn more about PEARL and the WOW Cafe Theatre, please visit them at www.wowcafe.org.
Hope to see you there and thank you for your love and support!
One Love,
Tantra-zawadi
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Sunday, April 11th, 2010
New York is the melting pot. Brooklyn is the sticky bottom of the stew in the pot where all of the robust flavors tend to culminate. The main ingredients are the artists and Hip Hop is the seasoning. Hip Hop Hybrids will wow and dazzle with the diverse verbal dexterity and dance sensationalism that only Brooklyn can host. Hip Hop has been a grand part of the Black Brooklyn Renaissance since it’s inauguration into the eye of the mainstream in the late 70s. This event will expose the raw talent and cultural blending that parallels the multicultural backgrounds of Brooklyn’s inhabitants. Ranging from the roots of spoken word to the rise of the emcee, from the B-Boy and B-Girl to the DJ. Transcending gender, race, religion and language barriers. The spectator will witness diversity in the raw as we bring to the stage more than simply music and dance. We bring forth the intermingling of instrument with verbiage; the literal “marriage” of DJ and Emcee; spoken song; meshing of languages; jazz infusion; theatrical mastery; visual articulation; and the masterfully artistic control of the human body to the rhythms of the streets it inhabits.
Curated & Hosted by: Tah Phrum Duh Bush
Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 9:00pm
Location: Public Assembly, 70 N 6th Street, Brooklyn, NY
In this photo – King Tut
Tantra-zawadi
Featuring performances by:
Coole High
LMNOP
Charlotte Mishell
Dyalekt
M-Tri and Leecy T
Tantra-zawadi with musical guest King Tut
Ngoma
Saga One
Demostina
D-Cross
Special Guests – eYe of Braggin Rites & DJ Tahleim
Tickets available at the door $10
Hip Hop Hybrids
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Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
Love and Gratitude for a successful run of “A Night of Three God/desses” at the WOW Cafe Theater.
What people are saying about “A Night of Three God/desses”…
Soldier Blues by Tantra-zawadi was perfectly poised between Mildred Gerestant’s powerful ancestral opening (I Transgender: Gender Expressions of Haitian God/desses) and Sokhna Heathyre Mabin’s climatic dance (snapshots from the underground forrest)…like a second verse in a classic hit record where everyone is on the dance floor, pure enjoyment! “A Night of God/desses” was a COMPLETE SPHERE OF A WOMAN!
Ronald Hayne
Actor, Poet, Humanitarian
On Mildred Gerestant’s I Transgender: Haitian GOD/DESSES – Drawing from traditional Afro-Atlantic religion and culture, she takes the physical and sartorial form of each of three spirits sacred to practitioners of voudon–Danbala, Baron Samedi and Erzulie–who, themselves, contain duality, triplicity and all kinds of powerful multitudes within. Full moon on her back, she does not lack–to slightly paraphrase one of the lines from her dynamic monologue–for she has found survival in moon-like fluidity and self-transformation. Her command of voice and body, of cosmetics and costume (most designed by her colleague, dancer sokhna heathyre mabin) is confident and assertive.
Eva YaaAsantewaa
Arts Journalist
www.infinitebody.blogspot.com
Tantra-zawadi knows from impact – Soldier Blues–a “poetic movement” concerned with the well-being of our military forces and their families–makes her wicked-sharp, blues-based spoken word performance the solid core of a contained multimedia team presentation. She’s sensational, rousing and right as rain.
Eva YaaAsantewaa
Arts Journalist
www.infinitebody.blogspot.com
Performing with Mildred, Tantra and Sokhna has really changed my life. We all have a story. I encourage you to share yours.
Blis
Poet/Musician/Veteran
Cast of Soldier Blues
Had a fabulous night in New York! It was Amazing!!! I definitely look forward to seeing it again!!!!!
Alicia Cobbs
Artist/Poet
If you want “A Night of Three God/desses” to come to your city, please contact Mildred Gerestant @ www.dredlove.com!
Greetings beautiful ones!
Black History Month was filled with amazing celebrations and reflections on the historical contributions and achievements of blacks throughout history. Here we are in the month of March, to commemorate the many ways in which women are impacting our world.
I cannot think of a more appropriate time to showcase the premiere of three new one-woman shows: Haitian God/desses by Mildred (the artist formerly known as “Dred”) Gerestant, Soldier Blues by Tantra-zawadi and Snapshots from the Underground Forrest by Sokhna Heathyre Mabin, at the WOW Café Theater from March 11-13th. We are blessed to present these works through story-telling, music, poetry and movement. Your presence is all that is needed as we rejoice in the creative expression of women through art.
We hope to see you there.
Love Power and Gratitude!
Tantra-zawadi
A Night of Three God/desses
WOW Café Theater
59 East 4th Street (bet. 2nd and 3rd Avenues), 4th floor
New York City
Thursday, March 11th
Friday, March 12th and
Saturday, March 13th
Performance time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $15.00 (partial proceeds to benefit Haiti)
RSVP is recommended as seating is limited (646) 342-5660
Musical Guest: Kevin Nathaniel Hylton
Poetry Guest: Blis Blis
www.wowcafe.org
www.dredlove.com
www.tantra-zawadi.com
By subway:
F train to Second Avenue
6 train to Astor Place
R train to 8th Street
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Thursday, February 11th, 2010
Seating is limited – reservations are recommended.
To purchase tickets on line: http://fabnyc.org/calendar.php?month=3&year=2010&ctype=month&type=event&mids[0]=17#event_2010_03_11_1359
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Monday, February 8th, 2010
The Griot’s Corner @ the Frederick Douglass Unity House
Proudly Presents
OUT LOUD
Voices of the Black Power Babies
A generation of Performing Artists, Writers and Educators were born and raised during, as well as directly influenced by the artists,
intellectuals and cultural architects of the Black Arts Movement; as the movement enters it’s third generation we explore the transformation of a movement into a culture. Join us for our first evening of performances and conversation with two generations of Black Arts Movement Artists.
Featuring:
ASKIA TOURE – Griot, Poet, Black Arts Movement Architect, & Black Studies
Pioneer
MIKAL AMIN “Hired Gun” LEE – Griot, poet, MC, and educator
TAH PHRUM DUH BUSH – Griot, Poet, Philosopher, MC and Actor
TANTRA-ZAWADI – Griot, Performance Poet, Writer and Filmmaker
MWALIM *7) – Griot, Performance Artist, Writer, Filmmaker and Assoc Prof
of English and African/ African American Studies
THURSDAY, MARCH 25 – 6:30 – 8:30 PM
Frederick Douglass Unity House
285 Old Westport Road. N. Dartmouth, MA 02747
For more information, contact 508.999.9222 or mpeters@umassd,edu
This event is Free and open to the public
“In my childhood a circumstance occurred which made an indelible
impression on my mind, and laid the ground work of that enthusiasm…” -
Nat Turner
MWALIM (MJ Peters)
Assoc. Professor of English & African/ African American Studies
Univ of Mass Dartmouth
285 Old Westport Rd.
N. Dartmouth, MA 02747
mpeters@umassd.edu
PH: 508-999-8304
FX: 508-999-9235
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Poets Dave Ewing and Tantra-zawadi
