Kennedy Center: Arts Across America – Maine
10Nov
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Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Arts Across America: Sacred Resonance. Portland Ovations & Indigo Arts Alliance produce an original performance event featuring three Maine artists to be featured in this Kennedy Center national series. Part of the Washington, D.C.-based John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Social Impact Initiatives, Arts Across America is a program to uplift artists and showcase art from communities and regions across the country. This free, online programming will be available on Facebook Live, YouTube, and the Kennedy Center website.
The Kennedy Center hosts weekly online performances curated by arts organizations in each United State presenting artists and their works, and Maine will air their contribution on November 30th, 2020 @ 4 pm ET / 1 pm PT.
RSVP NOW!
Featured Maine artists include:
- Firefly, a member of the Penobscot Nation and raised in his people’s ancient village at Indian Island, Maine in Firefly: Sacred Fire. A journey through sound, light and emotion from the ancient to the unknown. Deeply influenced by the traditions of his ancestors, Firefly performs both traditional hand drum, shaker and vocal songs as well as cutting edge musical compositions rooted in his ancestral traditions. A hyper creative, Firefly’s artistry involves powerful vocals, eye popping visuals and cutting-edge costumes created by himself and his team.
- Maya Williams (pronouns they/she), Definitions of Home, a showcase of poems touching on mental health, suicide, and racism. Originally from Greensboro, North Carolina, Maya is a Black and Mixed Race suicide survivor residing in Portland since 2017. She has published poems with glitterMOB, The Portland Press Herald, Black Table Arts, Occulum, Littoral Books, Homology Lit, and more. Her work has garnered a Best of the Net Nominee and a PortFringe’s Audience Choice Award as well as residencies with Hewnoaks, Sundress Academy for the Arts (SAFTA), and Voices of Our Nation Arts (VONA) Foundation. Maya hosts open mics on most Tuesday nights with Port Veritas.
- Atiim Chenzira’s work titled ‘Destiny Manifest’ is a seven-part multi-media art piece utilizing his poetic spoken-word and Hip Hop lyricism to explore his ancestral experience. His expressive storytelling highlights this familial journey from the East Coast to the West and back. ‘Destiny Manifest’ interweaves Atiim’s personal journey as a husband, father, and “new Mainer,” into his American experience with the larger issues of racism, colonialism, capitalism, and displacement.
New E.P. Coming! “Growth”
12Apr
Three songs in the pipe-line are headed to fruition:
1. the GARDEN (feat. Salim ALi & N.Seif)
2. What Should I Do?
3. the Kava March (feat. FBS & Salim ALi) – Bonus
Due for release in June 2018.
Thurs. August 27th: Neck Of The Woods
27Jul
Hey star-kids, my band FBS will be in your Neck of the Woods THIS THURS, August 27th 2015.
FatheR BrotheR Sun (FBS) is headlining again on Aug. 27th headlining and showcasing the vocalists, Freedom Bean, Ali Hammad, and me, Atiim Chenzira.
Catch us in San Francisco at the Neck of the Woods
Here are the tracks from my band FBS’ promotional album, The Dawn.
INFO:
Aug. 27th ~ FatheR BrotheR Sun / Bedrock Radio / Bleeding Fingers Band (LINK)
For more information: http://www.fatherbrothersun.com/tour/
I’ll be in your (SF) Neck Of The Woods.
1Jul
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Come out if you haven’t been able to experience my band (FatheRBrotheRSun) play lately, as we’ll be at the Neck Of The Woods.
We open the show for Stymie and The Pimp Jones Luv Orchestra, and The Brothers Prince, two damn great projects worth your time. You can listen to their music by going to this link:
http://www.neckofthewoodssf.com/event/892619-stymie-pimp-jones-luv-san-francisco/
Venue Address:
406 CLEMENT STREET (BETWEEN 5TH AND 6TH AVE) | SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94118
OPEN FROM 6PM – 2AM DAILY
415-387-6343
Seeking a manager?
8Jun
I just browsed around while contemplating the topic of seeking management, and this is what I have found: https://bandzoogle.com/blog/musicians-you-don-t-find-a-manager-a-manager-finds-you
Well, I guess I better just keep doing this thing until, one day, when a manager “finds” me.
Cheers.
In the meantime…
Chew on this for a bit. Just sit back and press play… Let’s take a trip together. Bless. ~Atiim
Oaktown Indie Mayhem (OIM) & Awaken Cafe Present: 5/23/15 EMF 2015 After Party
12May
Hello, folks!
My band, FatheR BrotheR Sun, will be headlining at Awaken Cafe on Saturday May 23rd, 2015, and will be joined by an Emeryville funk band, Color TV.
Doors at 8 / $7 in Adv – $10 at Door
VENUE: THE AWAKEN CAFE
- FatheR BrotheR Sun: http://FatheRBrotheRSun.com/tour
- Color TV (opening band): https://soundcloud.com/colortvfunk
- Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/862425287149649/
- Awaken Cafe Website: http://www.awakencafe.com
- Address: 1429 Broadway (@ 15th Street)Oakland, CA 94612
- Purchase Tickets: https://squareup.com/market/awaken-cafe/father-brother-sun-color-tv
Awaken Cafe is an official Eastlake Music Fesitval (EMF) After Party Location. The festival is FREE, but the After Party is not, so come out and support great music, local musicians, and your local business’.
Website: http://eastlakemusicfestival.org/
ODB & ATW – May 9th Show!
4May
Here we go again, folks! Oakland Drops Beats: Music Crawl is happening this Saturday!
May 9th, 2015 @ The Spice Monkey
The Spice Monkey is located at 1628 Webster, corner of 17th St at the border of Oakland’s Uptown and Downtown districts in an architecturally delightful former 1930’s art deco tile showroom.
CLICK THIS G-MAPS LINK
Oakland Drops Beats & A Thousand WordZ Present:
Doors @ 6pm:
Suggested Donation of $10 –
Sliding scale (no one turned away).
Art Exhibit
by Project Elefont Artist, Lorenzo Vasquez
Music Line-up:
- 6:00p – 7:30p DJ Hotwire
- 7:30p – 8:00p Blackulah (Spoken Word)
- 8:00p – 8:30p Soul from the O (Hip Hop)
- 9:00p – 10:00p Ali Hammad & FatheR BrotheR Sun (Soul, R&B, Hip Hop, Live Band)
- 10pm – 11pm DJ Hotwire
For More Information:
Oakland Drops Beats: Final Quarterly for 2014
14Dec
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History in the Making.
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Hey folks, I will be performing with my band, FatheR BrotheR Sun, this Saturday December 20th at Spice Monkey in Downtown Oakland for the final quarterly expression of Oakland Drops Beats in 2014. As some of you may know, since 2005, I have also been the CEO and Founder of A Thousand WordZ (http://AThousandWordZ.net); a community of mixed genre artists who share their works in community to build community. Check out the website. It has been a pleasure to organize visual, culinary, and audio arts to provide a special environment to share community ideals and to support non-profit organizations in our world who are working towards supporting natural disasters. This time around, we will be asking participants to donate what they can to provide support for some local Oakland non-profits. We’ll work the details out for who we choose soon, so stay tuned. For now, please review the flier below, tell your family and friends, and come out in support of Oakland ‘Standing Up’ to revitalize Downtown Oakland’s business district and arts, and local artists of Oakland sharing their passions to help you alleviate and elevate!
History in the Making.
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