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The interview is part of the promo for a very important event, Word is Brooklyn. I am one of the two curators for this amazing moment in oral expression. Kay Turner, from the Brooklyn Art Council, brought me in to help facilitate the artists and the production. I am proud to work on this. I get an opportunity to present artists I am fan of. I get a chance to hear artist who believe in Brooklyn as artistic incubator. Enjoy my nervous interview, Kay’s great narrative on BAC’s commitment to the Black Art… then check the details below. Surely, when you are done take some really great music and poetry!
Brooklyn Arts Council Presents Word is Brooklyn
Part of BAMcafé Live
Fri, Nov 19 at 9pm
Happy Hour 5:30—8pm
Poetry, rap, ghost stories, and verbal duels duke it out in this animated evening of spoken-word fireworks, presented by Brooklyn Arts Council as part of Black Brooklyn Renaissance. Tai Allen hosts an evening to feature Edwina Tyler, Pamela Sneed, mTkalla keaton, Sabrina Gilbert, Hanifah Walidah, James Lovell, and George Davidson.
BAMcafé
Free!
Presented in association with BAC’s year-long celebration Black Brooklyn Renaissance: Black Arts + Culture, 1960–2010. Find out more: brooklynartscouncil.org/blackbrooklynrenaissance
And of course the music promos for the maxi-single
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Canned Goods (CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ALL THREE SONGS)
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Luv Music (CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ALL THREE SONGS)
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St. James Infirmary (live) (CLICK TO DOWNLOAD ALL THREE SONGS)
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