FEB 19-28 | PRESENTED BY ASU PERFORMANCE IN THE BORDER/LANDS
TICKETS & REGISTRATION
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Most events are free and open to the public with select events requiring an admission fee.
AZ ARTWORKER:
Asantewa Sunni-Ali
6-9pm • Feb 24
$10; limited to 25 Participants
"Solo Performance: Pathway to Radical Self and Community Reimagination."
Storytelling, creative writing, and Image Theatre exercises designed to create liberating stories that question dominant paradigms and reclaim community narratives.
Artist and educator Fatimah Halim will open the workshop with short presentation on "Art In Prisons."
A program of the Arizona
Commission on the Arts
THE AMERICA PLAY
7:30pm • Feb 19-21
& Feb 26-28
$10/$5
A contemporary classic of the U.S. American theatre by one of its greatest living playwrights, Suzan-Lori Parks. In it, the character of "The Foundling Father" is an African-American carnival worker, who impersonates Abraham Lincoln in an attraction set up next to "The Great Hole of History." There people pay for the chance to re-enact that famous assassination again and again and again. A nuanced and entertaining look at how events in the past continue to exert their effects on the present. This production marks the 10th anniversary of the School of Film, Dance and Theatre’s Theatre & Performance of the Americas program.
BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT TRIBUTE: Performance
& Readings
7-9:30pm • Feb 23
BlackPoet Ventures and musical band PressPlay perform a special tribute
to Black Arts Movement founder
Amiri Baraka.
Plus an open community reading to share work by your favorite poets and writers of the Black Arts Movement (1965-75).
Presented by
BlackPoet Ventures and PressPlay
Sponsored by
ASU Performance in the Border/Lands
KEYNOTE ADDRESS:
Tia Oso
7pm • Feb 26
Free
"Sonia Sanchez to Sasha Fierce: The Significance of Art in Making A Movement"
Whether its, We Shall Overcome, or Say it Loud, I’m Black and I’m proud, art is a critical element of shaping social movements and the Movement for Black Lives is no different. This talk by noted activist and organizer Tia Oso will discuss the role of artists in the movement for
Black lives and past and future Black liberation struggles.
SPOKEN WORLDS:
Dahlak Braithwaite
8pm • Feb 26
$11
Dahlak Brathwaite is a musician, actor, poet, and educator. His accolades include winning the Brave New Voices international poetry slam, and performing on the Tavis Smiley Radio show, in Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry Jam, and in the critically-acclaimed plays Scourge and Word Becomes Flesh by Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Through the organization iLL-Literacy, Dahlak showcases his seamless blend of hip-hop, theater, and spoken word throughout the U.S. and overseas.
Part of the Spoken World Series
produced by Tomas Stanton
in association with Mesa Arts Center
SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP
2-3:30pm • Feb 21
"Discovering Your Voice
Through Fim & Television Writing"
Presented by screenwriter/filmmaker
Cassandra Nicholson
Have you developed a story idea that leaps from the page? Do your characters appear to be moving through a camera lens in your mind's eye? Are you an avid film and television viewer who wants to dive in to developing your own concepts?
You no longer need a major studio or network to bring your story to an audience. Discover ways to unleash your voice, engage artists while honing your key skills and satisfy your creative itch.
Sponsored by
Savvy Pen Consultant and
ASU Performance in the Border/Lands