Wednesday, June 20th 2018 VerBaLizAtiOn Boston’s longest-running open mic gathering that provides a variety of spoken word poetry, rhyme, song and more. @Fort Hill Bar & Grill: 2805 Washington St., Roxbury MA 6:30PM-9:30PM Hosted by VCR With featured poet: M’SHAIRI
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Dr. Kokayi Patterson comes to Boston!
Wholistic healer & Reiki master, Dr. Kokayi Patterson, COMES TO BOSTON! A contemporary of Mutulu Shakur, Dr. Sebi, Queen Afua, Dr. Liala Afrika, Dick Gregory and others, Dr. Patterson is coming Sunday to talk about his methods. Come by and hear what he has to say.
Franklin Park Kite & Bike Festival
Celebrating 50 years of wonder and play at Franklin Park! Gather your family and friends at Franklin Park on Saturday, May 18th to celebrate spring at the annual Kite & Bike Festival! Picture endless blue skies dotted with colorful kites, children and families running and laughing across bright green fields — this event is not […]
BAA Honors 2020 hosted by Boston Arts Academy Foundation
****POSTPONED**** The Boston Arts Academy Foundation is hosting its annual BAA Honors celebration on Saturday, May 2, 2020. The signature fundraising event that Boston Arts Academy (BAA), Boston’s only public high school for the visual and performing arts, features a cocktail reception, dinner, student performances, live auction, and dancing. The event will be followed by […]
Sun-Music.net Presents Charenee Wade
Sun Music presents Charenee Wade Charenee Wade is an award-winning singer, arranger, educator and composer from New York City. She has excited audiences all over the world with her ingenuity, vibrancy and vocal dexterity. Gigwise recently named Charenee Ward one of the 27 standout contemporary female jazz vocalists who have made their mark in the […]
“Father and Son Reading” public conversation
John Wilson’s monumental Father and Son Reading models how tenderness and familial nurture dispel violence and communal distress. Learning to care matters, not just in families but also in the larger community. No work could better demonstrate this truth about learning together where one teaches another across generations. Come gain new insights into this major […]
Freaky Friday Halloween Ball featuring Debo Ray
Come celebrate the season with Debo Ray with Her All Star “Band of Ghouls” LIVE at Arlington’s Regent Theatre! Resident artist, singer/performer extraordinaire Debo Ray brings funky, pop-oriented original music and Halloween classics from The Monster Mash to Ghostbusters (Ray Parker), Psycho Killer (Talking Heads) and a full performance of Michael Jackson’s Thriller to the Regent […]
Celebration of Hip-Hop with Kid ‘N Play
A Celebration of Hip-Hop! Join us for a night of Hip-Hop history. Kid ‘N Play headlines our 2nd Annual Celebration on November 13th. Celebrate their Hall of Fame induction and live performance. Tickets are available, but going fast. Berklee Performance Center, 136 Mass Ave, Boston @berkleebpc@berkleecollege#Berkleehiphophalloffame
Hollow Tree: A Film Screening and Conversation
Hollow Tree is a feature-length documentary that follows three teenagers coming of age in their sinking homeplace of Louisiana. For the first time, they notice the Mississippi River’s engineering, stumps of cypress trees, and polluting refineries. Their different perspectives — as Indigenous, white, and Angolan young women — shape their story of the climate crisis. Offered […]
Twilight at MAAM: Earth Studies featuring Skooby Laposky
Experience the museum through all of your senses. Join sound designer and artist Skooby Laposky for Earth Studies: Ancient/Future Sounds, a soundscape created in real time utilizing a pop-up garden teaming with ancient and future life. Create a work of art with natural and found materials in the Studio. And activate your tastebuds with a craft-your-own […]
Strings Entwined
This is a free event but where possible a donation of $15 per ticket would be graciously accepted. DATE: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24TH TIME: 3PM ADDRESS: ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 14 CUSHING AVE, BOSTON Join Convergence Ensemble for an enchanting program of music for violin, viola, and cello – Classic, Exotic, Moody, and Rhapsodic. This performance features […]
VerBaLizAtiOn’s 25-YEAR ANNIVERSARY JAM
Since its birth in 1999, VerBaLizAtiOn has been a staple in the Black and poetry community for over a decade, becoming the current longest-running open mic gathering in Boston. Started on Veteran’s Day at a cafe in Dorchester (Codman Square), VerB has picked up from its predecessors and provided an open space for poets/spoken word […]
