REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE

Wednesday and Friday from 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Cost: $5 per class

Get Your Zumba® Fix Every Week!

Led by Licensed Instructor
Bobbiette Palmer

REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE

Wednesday and Friday from 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Cost: $5 per class

Get Your Zumba® Fix Every Week!

Led by Licensed Instructor
Bobbiette Palmer

Tuesday  from 6:30 pm – 8 pm
Cost: $5 per class
Location: 2nd Floor – Dance Studio

For More information Contact:
Juanita Collins
919-683-1709

Prepare to travel the African Diaspora in this energetic and culturally rich dance exploration. Let the rhythms of the drums and movements of the Motherland uplift your soul and jump-start your body.

The 90-minute class incorporates deep breathing, conditioning, and cardio intensive movements from various dance styles. Men and women of all levels are welcome. Childcare not provided. Space is limited. All are welcome to join us at Hayti! $5 per class. Guest instructors and master classes are programmed throughout the year for participants.

REGULAR CLASS SCHEDULE

Monday from 6:30-8pm
Cost: $5 per class

For more information call 919-683-1709 ext 21

Organized and facilitated by Dasan Ahanu
Featuring a guest facilitator

Our theme for this month is “The Art of Dreaming”

Workshop runs from 4-6pm
*On time arrival is preferred

Workshop is only $2

The only thing required is an open mind and whatever you prefer to write on, in, or with.

For more info go to www.bullcitypoetryslam.com/slamacademy or contact Dasan at dasan67@live.com or 919.295.0176.

Saturday, January 21
Doors 7:30pm, Show 8:00pm
$7 General Admission

Featuring Dani the Poet, www.thisisdani.com
Hosted by Dasan Ahanu

For more information: Dasan Ahanu at 919-295-0176 or dasan67@live.com

Henry “Box” Brown was an African American born into slavery in 1816 in Louisa County, Virginia. Although he was not subjected to physical violence, Henry’s story (the basis for One Noble Journey) demonstrates the cruelty of slavery was every bit as devastating to the heart as it could be on the body.

At the death of his first master, Henry’s family was torn apart and parceled out to various beneficiaries of the estate. Eventually Henry married and had children, only to have his wife and children sold to a new owner and never seen again. This devastating incident was Brown’s breaking point. He devised an ingenious escape plan – sealing himself in a wooden box for shipment to friends and freedom in Philadelphia. Eventually, he traveled the northern states telling his tale of liberation to abolitionist groups.

One Noble Journey also recounts the daring and miraculous quest for freedom of Elizabeth Craft and her husband William, who were born into slavery in Georgia.* Ellen Craft, who was very light skinned, disguised herself as a sickly, white gentleman traveling to Philadelphia for medical treatment. Ellen and William, who acted as her slave throughout the journey, bravely traveled on public trains and steamers as they made their way up the eastern seaboard to Philadelphia. Eventually they were forced to sail for England after the Fugitive Slave Law enabled slave hunters to pursue them even in free states.

Book vendors, youth talent, storytellers, and more!

Saturday, January 14, 2012
11am – 3pm
Free and open to the public. (Donations appreciated)

January 3 – February 29, 2012
Lyda Moore Merrick Gallery

Opening Reception
Formal Gallery Talk with Artist
Friday, January 20 from 6-8pm
Light Refreshments and Cash Wine Bar
Free and Open to the Public

“The Wanderlust of Sed Miles” is a stunning photography exhibit illustrating Sed’s year long, independent travel project spanning 15 countries on three continents. Using only one DSLR camera with two fixed lenses, he is creating art at the intersections of cultural aesthetics among diverse global communities.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Authentic cultural aesthetics defines the guiding framework behind the work of emerging artist, Sed Miles. Focusing on global and humanistic criterion, Sed is quickly developing a collection of photographic art that wanders between genres. Sed Miles is self-taught in 35mm film and digital photography as well as black and white darkroom techniques. His last exhibit, “Like This” was the artist’s statement on narcissism versus ritual in social media.

Sed consciously avoids modern digital photography clichés in an earnest search for authentic storytelling and the compelling re-creation of a natural world that he describes as “seriously beautiful”. He initiates his view of the world with a formal visual vocabulary, making great use of double-voiced rhetoric, the signifying style of cultural critique mastered by his personal art icon, Roy DeCarava.

His growing passion for documentary photography produced a comprehensive project called “The Wanderlust Files”, an independent, year long photographic expedition through 15 countries and 30 cities. His resulting work emphasizes a spiritual freedom within documentary, fine art and portrait photography, using the essential components of light, subject and framing to make each image a creative expression of the quintessential humanness of his subjects and himself.

A longtime community educator and activist, Sed instructs art, photography and media literacy classes around the world.

For more about the artist visit: www.sedmiles.com/portfolio