Come out and participate in the Jambalaya Soul Slam’s Slam Academy!

Workshop is only $With the assistance of the St. Joseph’s Historic Foundation, the Jambalaya Soul Slam has begun a new initiative. In addition to our monthly poetry slams we will be conducting writing and performance workshops at the Hayti Heritage Center. These workshops are part of a program called the Jambalaya Slam Academy. At the Slam Academy, experienced writers and performance artists will help workshop participants bring their words from the page to the stage. In a peer to peer environment, participants will go through writing and performance exercises designed to help them improve both the writing and delivery of their work. Whether someone is new to performing, an experienced performer looking to slam, or someone who wants to feel more comfortable reading at the open mic….this is for them.

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

Organized and facilitated by Dasan Ahanu

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

Saturday, April 21
Doors 7:30pm, Show 8:00pm
Only $7 general admission

Jambalaya Soul Slam presents Grand Slam Finals.
Hosted by Dasan Ahanu

Feature: TBA
For more info: Dasan at 919-295-0176 or dasan67@live.com
www.bullcitypoetryslam.com

A Game Apart provides a glimpse of Jackie Robinson’s life during a bygone era of separate and unequal locker rooms, of whites only hotels, and of restaurants with only a back door for colored athletes to enter. Witness the hopeless humiliation of a star player who was showered with adulation on the field and became a second-hand citizen when he walked off the diamond. Meet Jackie’s compatriots fighting the same battles between the end zones, inside the ring and around the track. A Game Apart is a powerful lesson of courage through dedication, perseverance and leadership.

About Mike Wiley

Acclaimed actor and playwright Mike Wiley has spent the last decade fulfilling his mission to bring educational theatre to young audiences and communities across the country. In the early days of his career, Wiley found few theatrical resources to shine a light on key events and figures in African-American history. To bring these stories to life, he started his own production company.

Through his performances, Wiley has introduced countless students and communities to the legacies of Emmett Till, Henry “Box” Brown and more. His most recent works include a one-man play based on Tim Tyson’s memoir Blood Done Sign My Name and The Parchman Hour, an ensemble production celebrating the bravery and determination of the Freedom Riders who risked their lives to desegregate Southern interstate bus travel in 1961.

Mike Wiley has a Masters of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is the 2010 Lehman Brady Visiting Joint Chair Professor in Documentary Studies and American Studies at Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In addition to his numerous school and community performances, he has also appeared on Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel and National Geographic Channel and has been featured in Our State magazine and on PBS’ North Carolina Now and WUNC’s The State of Things.

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

ABOUT

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana is one of the nation’s premier flamenco and Spanish dance companies. We believe that the universal spirit of flamenco, a multicultural art form, has the power to build bridges between cultures and inspire audiences from diverse backgrounds.

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana’s performances uphold the purity and traditions of flamenco and classical Spanish dance while pushing the boundaries of the art form in new directions. The Company commissions dramatic works with original choreography and live music, and performs cutting edge dance throughout the United States.

“Art allows me to transform my illustrations and graphic designs into social commentary and I am a more passionate, more serene, more balanced, happier, more productive and more satisfied man because of it. I am an artist who has gone beyond the canvas, the core of my formal training, in order to pay respect to my inspirations-music, equal rights movements, and popular culture. My use of bright colors and the iconic fist pick, symbols of revolution and progress, grace the pages of my art, as I master my craft. I am an artist whose work is a tangerine thread, nourishing the soul, making my art distinct, yet relatable to many.

I hope that my art will let those who view it relax. By finding an ironic comfort in my use of bold lines and bright colors, my art is designed to gently, but vigorously liberate minds from the bonds of conventional thinking.”

–Franco

About the Artist

At once easy to digest and thought-provoking, Franco’s work makes statements about the laudable triumphs and continued struggles of those who have fought and who continue to fight for social equalities. Franco’s bold and engaging aesthetic can be most recently seen in his pop art examining culture through the lens of popular Latino and Asian food products. Additionally, music is always a strong influence, whether hip-hop, funk or rare groove.

Franco received his Bachelor of Arts in Art at North Carolina Central University with a concentration in Visual Communications and a Certificate in Multimedia at The School of Communication Arts. Franco lives and creates in Durham, North Carolina. While some may claim that life imitates art, Franco is dedicated to art changing life.

SCHEDULE

October 3 – October 30, 2011

Opening Reception and Gallery Talk
Thursday, October 6th from 6-8pm
Light refreshments and Cash Wine Bar

This Event is Free and Open to the Public

Location

Lyda Moore Merrick Gallery
Hayti Heritage Center
804 Old Fayetteville Street
Durham, NC 27701
919-683-1709

Zumba® is a fusion of Latin and International music that creates a dynamic, exciting, and effective fitness system. The routines feature interval training sessions where fast and slow rhythms and resistance training are combined to tone and sculpt your body.

The class is regularly scheduled for Wednesday and Friday, 6:30 – 7:30 p.m. The fee is $5 per class.

The Radio Skywriter is a 30-minute community magazine show. The goal of the program is to connect the listeners in Durham and its surrounding area to community service agencies and civic organizations in the region.

If you miss it, the podcast will be available on WNCU’s website.