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Join Liberated Muse in Our Walk for Lupus
Join Liberated Muse Productions for a walk for the cure of Lupus on September 26, 2009 in Baltimore, MD, OR, make a DONATION TODAY! Click HERE or details! Lupus is a chronic inflammatory disease marked by its effect on various parts of the body, including the joints, skin, blood, and kidneys. It is a condition in which the body's immune system attacks its own cells and tissues, resulting in pain, inflammation, and often damage to organs. For many people, the disease is mild and affects only a few organs. For others, however, the disease can be severe and even life threatening. Anyone can get lupus, but it most often affects women. Lupus is also more common in women of African American, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American descent than in Caucasian women.
Liberated Muse Productions supports this cause as one of our members created our walk team to honor his mother living with Lupus. Join us for our walk and spread the word!
Liberated Muse Featured Artist for July 2009: Diallo Sumbry
One of the major players in the current emerging arts scene within Washington DC is Diallo Sumbry. An education professional and youth advocate by day, Diallo is behind many artistic and entertainment ventures that have begun to make their mark in the nation's capital. As manager of two renowned dance & music troupes-- the Beat Ya Feet Kings and Farafina Kan-- Diallo is busy as a manager of the arts and a participant. A drummer and entertainer himself, Diallo is always committed to taking things next level. Check out the vid below of the Beat Ya Feet Kings during a callback performance for the show "America's Best Dance Crew".
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Partner or Vend @ the 2009 Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest
Email us CapitalHipHopSoulFest@gmail.com for an application
Liberated Muse Helps You Buy Your New Home
Maceo Thomas, co-founder of Liberated Muse Productions, is a licensed real estate agent with Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. Please contact Maceo at MaceoThomas@gmail.com to receive a free real estate consultation.
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Still Accepting Vendor Registration Forms for the Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest
Posted by Moon on July 9, 2009 at 7:55pm
Stress and Prescribed Medications Just don't mix
Michael Jackson and the Jackson family are very beautiful people. It was tragic for many to hear of his death. Through their music, they have touched many souls. Michael Jackson was giving and very loyal to his fans. I’ve seen many celebrities give back, but he would also visit the sick children from Africa and many of the kids that were blessed through the charities that he had donated to. That is something very rarely done in the world. We as vessels of God should always have compassion for th… Continue
Posted by Spoken Word on July 9, 2009 at 4:00pm — 2 Comments
The Music Of Poligraf : Leftoverturned part 1
Posted by Christopher Stewart on July 8, 2009 at 12:01pm
My Artist's Date: Solomon's Island, Maryland
Folks, there comes a time where you have to take yourself on an artist's date. Not just any artist's date but one where you truly immerse yourself in a totally different environment than you normally do. For those of you who don't know an artist's date is one that was popularized by… Continue
Posted by Sankofa Doll Artistry on July 5, 2009 at 9:21am
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The Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest is Right Around the Corner!
Want to vend at the 2009 Capital Hip Hop Soul Fest? Email us at CapitalHipHopSoulFest@gmail.com for more info.
The website (www.CapitalHipHopSoulFest.com) is updated with information on who is performing this year, location of the fest and more! We are still accepting vending applications!
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July 10
Friday
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Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty
July 10, 2009 at 11:15pm to July 19, 2009 at 3pm – Warehouse Mainstage
The Saartjie Project to Participate in Capital Fringe Festival . Join us as we “Deconstruct the Myth of the Booty”! What: "Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty" Who: The Saartjie Project Where: Wa...
Organized by The Saartjie Project & Capital Fringe Fest | Type: stage, performance
July 21
Tuesday
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Theater for Community and Transformation
July 21, 2009 at 6:30pm to August 25, 2009 at 8:30pm – Emergence Community Arts Collective
Theater is for everybody. By coming together to play with various theater games and improvisational forms, we can build community, grow as individuals, and begin to imagine new ways of working toge...
Organized by Melanie St. Ours | Type: workshop, series
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The Capital Fringe Fest & Hip Hop Theater Festival Begin this Week!
"We are here to show you that DC is more than a municipality filled with institutions that import artists to exhibit or bring down last year’s broadway hit. We are here to show you that we are a city filled with innovators."The quote above can be found on the Capital Fringe Fest's welcome page as you are greeted with the notion that this year's fest is going to innovative, filled with talent from the nation's capital, and, always, filled with productions that are by no means mainstream. Hence, the term "fringe". The Capital Fringe Festival is about performance art that is eclectic, artistic and accessible. You can find out more by visitin the website http://www.capfringe.org/.
Some of the acts in this year's Fringe Fest we hope you check out are below:
Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty
Of course Liberated Muse is biased towards the Saartjie Project. Five of the members of the Saartjie Project are members of the Liberated Muse online network @ http://www.liberatedmuse.com/, including Liberated Muse co-founder, Khadijah Ali-Coleman. But aside from the bias, the Washington Post has also identified the Saartjie Project's "Deconstructing the Myth of the Booty" as a must-see show out of the 100+ performances showcased in this year's festival. Click HERE to get details about the Saartjie Project show. Click HERE to read the Washington Post article.
Headscarf & the Angry Bitch
Zed Headscarf performs a tongue-in-cheek romp through faith and growing up Muslim in America. Featuring hits like 'The Only Thing I'll Do Five Times a Day is You' and 'I Lost My Virginity During Ramadan.' With the US' growing international wars with people in other nations who are often of the Islam faith, this performance is guaranteed to be a boundary-stretching adventure as we confront our ethnocentric views and prejudices often perpetuated through the media. Get ticket info HERE.
So Do You Love Me Yet?
Liberated Muse member, Farah Lawal, who is also featured in our book Liberated Muse Volume I: How I Freed My Soul examines relationships and love in her one-woman show "So Do You Love Me Yet?" This 70-minute show weaves storytelling and spoken word into an enthralling show by Lawal who has appeared in a multitude of stage shows, most recently the play "Native Son". "Farah Lawal brings unexpected tenderness and devotion to Bigger's lover, Clara," said one Washington Post review of her performance in Native Son. Read the review HERE.
Watch Farah in the video below and visit HERE to purchase tickets to her show:
Hip-Hop Theater Festival
Founded in 2000, The Hip-Hop Theater Festival continues to invigorate the fields of theater and Hip-Hop by: nurturing the creation of innovative work within the Hip-Hop aesthetic; presenting and touring American and international artists whose work addresses the issues relevant to the Hip-Hop generation; and serving young, urban communities through outreach and education that celebrates contemporary language and culture.
In each of its Festival cities, New York City, Washington D.C., Chicago and San Francisco, The Hip-Hop Theater Festival presents live events created by artists who stretch, invent and combine a variety of theatrical forms, including theater, dance, spoken word and live music sampling. Through open submissions and aggressive curating both nationally and internationally, the Hip-Hop Theater Festival is fully dedicated to finding, developing and introducing to the public new artistic creations from a diversity of cultures and points of view.
The DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities and Hip-Hop Theater Festival is proud to present all events free of charge this year as the festival hits Washington DC. Online reservations are required, however, for many of the events are already filled to capacity already. Last night's Howard Zinn show at the Kennedy Center was filled to capacity in a very short time, leaving many guests who arrived later to search for something else to do for the night because they couldn't get in.
Here are some FAMILY-FRIENDLY choices we want to check-out this week:
THURSDAY, JULY 9
7 PM :: Zomo the Rabbit: A Hip-Hop Creation MythWritten and Directed by Psalmayene 24Originally Commissioned by Imagination StagePremiere performance January 24, 2009
Zomo the Rabbit in search of wisdom
Set in our Nation's Capital, Zomo is a contemporary, high-energy take on an African tale. Zomo the Rabbit calls the Sky God (on his cell phone) requesting the ultimate prize of wisdom. The Sky God gives him three tasks and Zomo succeeds in trickster fashion, but it's only by sharing the prize that he invents Hip-Hop, leading all the characters to celebrate their culture together. Enjoyed by Ages 4+. THEARC Theater :: 1901 Mississippi Avenue, SENOTE: For Thursday, July 9 performance, HHTF Shuttle Van running from Southern Avenue, Green Line Stop from 6 PM – 7 PM
SATURDAY, JULY 11
12 PM :: Step Into a World
Open House :: ALL AGES WELCOME
Each year this event welcomes families, community leaders, local artists, and young people out east of the river to enjoy some of the art and music created by the students of the DC Urban Arts Academy. This year, Words Beats & Life is inviting several local organizations, community groups, and programs to come showcase their programs. Throughout the day there will be interactive workshops in arts & crafts, Hip-Hop history, chess, a b-boy/b-girl exhibition, an interactive student art exhibition and performances, all for ages 6 and up. For more information email Ayana Patrick or call 202-667-1192. Benning Park Recreation Center :: 5100 53rd Street, SE (@ Fitch Street
12 PM :: Step Into a World
Open House :: ALL AGES WELCOME
Each year this event welcomes families, community leaders, local artists, and young people out east of the river to enjoy some of the art and music created by the students of the DC Urban Arts Academy. This year, Words Beats & Life is inviting several local organizations, community groups, and programs to come showcase their programs. Throughout the day there will be interactive workshops in arts & crafts, Hip-Hop history, chess, a b-boy/b-girl exhibition, an interactive student art exhibition and performances, all for ages 6 and up. For more information email Ayana Patrick or call 202-667-1192. Benning Park Recreation Center :: 5100 53rd Street, SE (@ Fitch Street
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Music Legend Michael Jackson Transitions at the Age of 50: How has his musical career impacted you? 8 Replies
When news hit yesterday that Michael Jackson died, I, like a lot of people, wanted to believe that it was a prank that wouldn't be too far fetched given Michael Jackson's reputation for being a jok...
Tagged: music, death, legend, jackson, michael
Started by Moon. Last reply by Spoken Word 1 day ago.
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