For My NYC Peeps: Black Herstory @ the Brecht

The Brecht Forum, Betty's Daughter Arts Collobrative and Ocean Anna Rising are proud to present Womenon Wednesdays, a performance arts series highlighting the cultural practices of girls and women of the African Diaspora.
WOW features the work of cultural workers in the field of theater, dance, film and music.

For more information check out
brechtforum.org
bettysdaughterarts.com
oarinc.or


Wednesday, February 03
7:30 pm
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
WOMEN ON WEDNESDAYS
Co-sponsors: Ocean Anna Rising, Betty's Daughter Collaborative
Body, Move, Perform
Meri Nana Ama Danquah, Barbara Asare Bediako, Shenelle Eaton Foster, Phaskiso Collins, Tonya Hegamin and Ebony Golden
http://brechtforum.org/events/body-move-perform



Wednesday, February 10
7:00 pm
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
WOMEN ON WEDNESDAY
Co-Sponsored:
Betty Daughters Arts Collaborative
Ocean Anna Rising
She Got a Fierce Rock
Women in Hip Hop
Kymbali Craig

Say My Name| Dir. Nina Pelit |2009 |21 min|US/UK
She Got a FIERCE-Rock: Women in Hip Hop (Film/Hip Hop) wil explore how Black women navigate the terrain of Hip Hop Culutre and features a screening of the exciting new documentary "Say My Name" and a performance by Kymbali Craig

http://brechtforum.org/events/she-got-fierce-rock?bc=


Wednesday, February 17
7:00 pm
BLACK HISTORY MONTH
WOMEN ON WEDNESDAYS
Co-Sponsor: Betty's Daughter Arts Colloboative
Ocean Ana Rising
I Am a Drum
Performance and Reading
A staged reading of "I am a Drum" by Sybil Roberts will be presented to audiences as well as short experimental pieces that resist traditional categorization of theatrical performance. Featuring Joi M. Sears, Gabriella Callender, Nina Angela Mercer and participants of The Black Artist as Activists- Body Ecology Workshop.

6/10/15

http://brechtforum.org/events/i-am-drum?bc=



Wednesday, February 24
7:30 pm
BLACK HISTORY MONTH WOMEN ON WEDNESDAYS SERIES
Co-sponsors: Ocean Anna Rising & Betty's Daughter Collaborative
Ñañakuna K’uychimanta
(sisters of the rainbow)
Tara Betts, LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Tonya Foster & Paloma McGregor

The concert, Ñañakuna K’uychimanta (sisters of the rainbow), is a musical, literary and dance performance that will explore the artistic expressions of women from the African Diaspora.
http://brechtforum.org/events/%C3%B1a%C3%B1akuna-k%E2%80%99uychimanta?bc=