FEB 19-28 | PRESENTED BY ASU PERFORMANCE IN THE BORDER/LANDS
SCHEDULE
FRIDAY, FEB 19
7:30pm The America Play
Opening Night @ Nelson Fine Arts Center
SATURDAY, FEB 20
7:30pm The America Play
SUNDAY, FEB 21
11:00am Several Lives Book Club featuring "Home: Social Essays" by LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka @ Fair Trade Café, 1020 N. 1st Avenue, Phoenix 85003
2:00pm Film & TV Writing Workshop
presented by screenwriter/filmmaker Cassandra Nicholson @ Burton Barr Library Meeting Room A
7:30pm The America Play
with opening Youth Poetry Reading
presented by Savvy Pen
TUESDAY, FEB 23
7:00pm Black Arts Movement Tribute: Performance & Readings @ The Newton (First Draft Book Bar at Changing Hands Bookstore)
WEDNESDAY, FEB 24
6:00pm AZ ArtWorker Solo Performance: Pathways to Radical Self and Community Reimagination with Asantewa Sunni-Ali
Opening presentation by Fatimah Halim
THURSDAY, FEB 25
6:00pm Local Black Arts Panel
Curated performances by Yovani Flores and Tia Oso. Moderated by Rashaad Thomas
FRIDAY, FEB 26
7:00pm BlackARTSMatter Conference
Keynote Address "From Sonia Sanchez to Sasha Fierce: The Significance of Art in Making A Social Movement" with Tia Oso
@ Mesa Arts Center Dobson Lecture Hall
7:30pm The America Play
FRIDAY, FEB 26
8:00pm Spoken World Series featuring Dahlak Braithwaite @ Mesa Arts Center Piper Repertory Theater
Hosted by Tomas Stanton
SATURDAY, FEB 27
1:00pm dat Black Mermaid Man Lady Performance Installation with Sharon Bridgforth and Sonja Perryman @ Phoenix Center for the Arts Black Box Theater
7:30pm The America Play with Talk Back
SUNDAY, FEB 28
4:00pm BlackARTSMatter Closing Panel
7:30pm The America Play