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Riverwood Poetry welcomes the 2021 Connecticut Poetry Book Award Winner, Ben Grossberg, and Finalists, Danielle Vogel, Jason Labbe, and Gray Jacobik. The poets will read selections from their books on varying themes. Registration is required. All are welcome!

In lieu of an open mic, time following the reading will be devoted to Q&A and discussion with the featured poets.

BENJAMIN S. GROSSBERG is Director of Creative Writing at the University of Hartford. His book, My Husband Would, investigates love and family and won the 2021 CT Book Award. His book, Sweet Core Orchard won the 2008 Tampa Review Prize and a Lambda Literary Award.

DANIELLE VOGEL, the author of Edges & Fray:
on language, presence, and (invisible) animal architectures, is a professor at Wesleyan University and runs a private practice as an herbalist on the ancestral lands of the Hammonassets and Wappinger peoples.

JASON LABBE is the author of Maps for Jackie and explores themes of trauma and recovery. Also a musician, drummer, and recording engineer, he has worked with many artists in New England and New York.

GRAY JACOBIK, the author of Eleanor, has previously been nominated for a National Book Award and a Pulitzer. She received a Lifetime Achievement Award from
The CT Center for the Book and The CT Humanities Council. She is also an award-winning painter.

Creative Cocktail Hour, Thu May 19

Live music, four art exhibitions, DJ. Let’s get groovy, baby. Come as you are.

A monthly gathering of people young and old, city, suburb and country, black, white, brown, gay, straight, trans, polkadotted and spotted.

Everybody is welcoming, conversations abound, people connect.
Come with friends, come by yourself, hangout. Creative Cocktail Hour is a great way to meet new people!

Los Cumpleaños
With an unmistakable, freewheeling style, Los Cumpleaños mixes tropical rhythms and experimental sounds into an energetic, danceable, one-of-a-kind musical experience. Citing influences as diverse as Colombian accordion legend Lisandro Meza, free jazz iconoclast Sun Ra and genre-defying tastemakers like Flying Lotus and Tame Impala, Los Cumpleaños will make you boogie.

Teeter/Totter by Ken Morgan and Peter Waite

Battlegrounds by Elizabeth Flood

Lamentations by Tina Freeman

Your Absence is my Monument by Merik Goma

Real Wall: Traé Brooks

DJ Mr Realistic

East-West Grill On Wheels
Lao & Thai Food.

A Triumvirate of Healing

A conversation and book signing between three experts exploring the mysteries of healing.

Registration is strongly encouraged.

Jeffrey Rediger, MD, MDiv, is a physician, best-selling author, and popular speaker. He is an Assistant Professor at Harvard Medical School and the Medical Director of McLean SE Adult Psychiatry and Community Affairs at McLean Hospital. A licensed physician and board-certified psychiatrist, he also has a Master of Divinity degree from Princeton Theological Seminary. His research with remarkable individuals who have recovered from incurable illnesses has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey and Dr. Oz Shows, among others. He has been nominated for the National Bravewell Leadership Award, and has received numerous awards related to leadership and patient care. His best-selling book, Cured: Strengthen Your Immune System and Heal Your Life, is available at local bookshops and in multiple languages.

Lissa Rankin, MD, is a mind-body medicine physician, author of 7 books, founder of the Whole Health Medicine Institute, and mystic who researches radical remission, trauma-informed medicine, and spiritual healing. Her TEDx talks have been viewed over 5 million times, and she starred in two National Public Television specials- Heal Yourself: Mind Over Medicine and The Fear Cure. Lissa’s interest in the link between loneliness and disease led her to spearhead her latest project, Heal At Last, a non-profit organization which aims to bring effective trauma healing and spiritual healing methods to anyone ready for the deep dive of healing.

Nancy Slonim Aronie has been a commentator for National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. She was a Visiting Writer at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, wrote a monthly column in McCall’s magazine and was the recipient of the Eye of The Beholder Artist in Residence award at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Nancy won teacher of the year award for all three years she taught at Harvard University for Robert Coles.

Riverwood Poetry Series
Tue April 12 ’22

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Riverwood Poetry Series hosts Recent Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and winner of the National Jewish Book Award, Alicia Ostriker

Alicia Ostriker, recent New York State Poet Laureate, Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, and twice-winner of the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, on Tuesday, April 12th, at 7 PM via Zoom, followed by discussion and a time for questions and answers.

Registration is required, but the event is free of charge and open to everyone.

An open mic will follow. One or two poems may be read. Please register for the open mic at RiverwoodPoetry@yahoo.com.

Bio:
Alicia Ostriker has published 19 collections of poetry, been twice nominated for the National Book Award, and has twice received the National Jewish Book Award for Poetry, among other honors. As a critic she is the author of the now-classic Stealing the Language: the Emergence of Women’s Poetry in America, and other books on poetry and on the Bible. Her most recent collections of poems are Waiting for the Light and The Volcano and After: Selected and New Poems 2002-2019..Her poems have been translated into numerous languages including Hebrew and Arabic. She was New York State Poet Laureate 2018-2021) and a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. (2015-2020) She lives with her husband in New York City.

Creative Cocktail Hour – Thur 4/21/22

💃🧚🏽‍♂️🎨Creative Cocktail Hour Thu April 21, 6pm ✌️🥂
Express yourself, experience community. Live music, four art exhibitions, DJ. Come as you are.

A monthly gathering of people young and old, city, suburb and country, black, white, brown, gay, straight, trans, polkadotted and spotted. Everybody is welcoming, conversations abound, people connect. Come with friends, come by yourself, hangout. Creative Cocktail Hour is a great way to meet new people!

Turning Jewels Into Water by Val Jeanty and Ravish Momin.
The Intersection of Ritual, Improvisation, Global Rhythms and Music-Technology

Dr Diego by Diego Vásquez, Melissa Grey & David Morneau.
bursts into bloom from the seeds of classic deep house, disco, chiptunes, and baroque organ music. Bass clarinet on steroids! (No anesthesia necessary.)

“Teeter/Totter” by Ken Morgan & Peter Waite. Curated by Maria Porada. A childlike sense of freedom and play.

“Lamentations” by Tina Freeman. Stories about climate change, ecological balance, and the symbiotic relationship between disparate environments over time.

“Battlegrounds” by Elizabeth Flood. Extraction, violence, and expression within the American landscape.

“Your Absence Is My Monument” by Merik Goma. Loss explored through implied narrative and surreal atmosphere.

DJ Mr Realistic, keeping it real.

Art making activities. Construct your own portable and reusable hydroponic system!

American and Mexican Tasty Flavors Food Truck (cash only!)

Why We Need New National Parks: A Natural Extension of Olmsted’s Vision

A lecture by Michael Kellett, cofounder and Executive Director of RESTORE: The North Woods, a Massachusetts and Maine-based conservation organization. With more than 30 years of experience working to create parks, save forests, and protect wildlife, Kellett will review our current challenges and suggest strategies for solving them with the proven power of public parks. The evening will feature a reception, and a first look at some of the top 100 areas for new National Parks.

Kellett, in the Daily Hampshire Gazette: We need to protect more wild lands.

Earth Day 2022

A detailed schedule of the day’s events is available at connecticutliteraryfestival.org

We need your help! To kick off Earth Day, we’re organizing a neighborhood cleanup. We’re meeting a Real Art Ways at 9:30am. Signup to volunteer.

2pm screening of “Call of the Forest,” focusing on the work of Dr. Diana Beresford-Kroeger. Introduced by Dr. Susan Masino and Dr Dennis Liu, EO Wilson Foundation.

The science and enchantment of the global forest provides us with answers to modern dilemmas.

‘Call Of The Forest – The Forgotten Wisdom Of Trees’ is a documentary featuring scientist and acclaimed author Diana Beresford-Kroeger. The film follows Diana as she investigates our profound biological and spiritual connection to forests. Her global journey explores the science, folklore, and restoration challenges of this essential eco-system.

Beresford-Kroeger explores the most beautiful forests in the Northern Hemisphere from the sacred sugi and cedar forests of Japan to the great boreal forest of Canada. She shares the amazing stories behind the history and legacy of these ancient forests while also explaining the science of trees and the irreplaceable roles they play in protecting and feeding the planet.

Olmsted and America’s Urban Parks

Olmsted and America’s Urban Parks examines the formation of America’s first great city parks in the late 19th century through the enigmatic eyes of Frederick Law Olmsted (1822 – 1903), visionary urban planner and landscape architect. It shares Olmsted’s vision for public parks as places for respite, health, beauty and democracy.

Registration strongly encouraged.

This screening will be followed by a reception and the first installment of Really Wild Wednesdays: Eager Ecological Engineers at 7pm!

This event is part of the Olmsted200 celebration. The free reception and the free film are cosponsored by UCONN and Trinity College.

Celebrating Olmsted & Old-Growth Forests in Connecticut

Have you ever been to an old-growth forest? Did you know that old-growth forests have trees of all ages? Or that we have “old-growth” and almost old-growth here in Connecticut? The recovery of temperate forests in New England is the most successful example of reforestation in the world and we are recognized as part of the “Global Safety Net.”
Join experts and community members for all or part of this free public event: a field trip through the landscape of Olmsted’s childhood, a lunch, and a documentary on old-growth forests in New England. After the film there will be a short panel discussion and Q & A featuring:

Dr. Joan Maloof, Professor Emeritus and Founder of the Old Growth Forest Network
Bob Leverett, Co-founder of the Native Tree Society; co-author of The Sierra Club Guide to Ancient Forests of the Northeast
Matt “Twig” Largess, Owner and Founder of Largess Forestry, ISA Certified NE-0802
Jack Ruddat, student researcher on Connecticut’s old-growth forests

10am: meet at the Keney Park Wood Materials Management Site at 392 Tower Ave, Hartford, for a walk-in the 10 Mile Woods, the childhood playground of Frederick Law Olmsted.
12:15pm noon lunch and book signing by Dr. Joan Maloof at Real Art Ways. “Among the Ancients: Adventures in the Eastern Old-Growth Forests.”
1:15pm screening of “The Lost Forests of New England,” introduced by filmmaker Ray Asselin followed by expert Q & A.

All events are free of charge. Registration strongly encouraged. Seriously bad weather cancels the walk. The lunch, book event and film will continue.

“The Lost Forests of New England” was released in 2018 and has been viewed by audiences throughout New England.
Leading experts and outstanding drone videography help tell the story of our forests before European settlement, what changes have taken place, and how old-growth in New England was “discovered.”

Organized in conjunction with Susan A. Masino, Vernon D. Roosa Professor of Applied Science at Trinity College and Old Growth Forest Network Coordinator for Hartford County.

Dr. Masino’s research focuses on promoting and restoring brain health, with a particular interest in the relationship among metabolism, brain activity and behavior. In addition to her laboratory research Dr. Masino is interested in how public policies can improve brain health – with a special focus on New England’s amazing forests – and is involved in local educational and environmental issues. During 2018-2019 she was a Charles Bullard Fellow in Forest Research at Harvard and published the seminal paper on proforestation for climate change mitigation, biodiversity, and public health.

Creative Cocktail Hour – Thur 3/17/22

Live music, four art exhibitions, DJ. Let’s get groovy, baby. Come as you are.

A monthly gathering of people young and old, city, suburb and country, black, white, brown, gay, straight, trans, polkadotted and spotted.

Everybody is welcoming, conversations abound, people connect.
Come with friends, come by yourself, hangout. Creative Cocktail Hour is a great way to meet new people!

Music:

Laura Wolf

The New Mosaic

Four exhibitions: Tina Freeman, Merik Goma, Peter Waite/Ken Morgan and Elizabeth Flood.

DJ Mr. Realistic.

Food truck: The Rolling Roti – authentic Guyanese cuisine.

Riverwood Poetry Series
Tue March 8 ’22

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An intimate conversation with Harvey Fierstein

Harvey has an autobiography! Real Art Ways welcomes actor, writer and LGBTQ+ icon Harvey Fierstein on Thursday, March 31 at 7pm for an intimate conversation with Real Art Ways Executive Director Will K. Wilkins. Harvey’s autobiography, “I Was Better Last Night,” is scheduled for release on March 1. Read more »

Creative Cocktail Hour – Thur 2/17

We’re going low-key this month. DJ James Hall aka Mr. Realistic will be setting a cool, chill vibe. Enjoy music, opening receptions for art exhibitions, food, drink and community. Come as you are.

A monthly gathering of people young and old, city, suburb and country, black, white, brown, gay, straight, trans, polkadotted and spotted.

Everybody is welcoming, conversations abound, people connect.
Come with friends, come by yourself. Hangout and talk about art, music and more. Creative Cocktail Hour is a great way to meet new people!

The incomparable DJ James Hall aka Mr. Realistic.

Four exhibitions, opening reception for Peter Waite/Ken Morgan and Elizabeth Flood.

Food truck – East West Grill.

Riverwood Poetry Series
Tue Feb 8 ’22

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Riverwood Poetry Series
January ’22

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Sweet Tooth: A Suite for Indigenous Resistance

Mali Obomsawin Sextet

Mali Obomsawin – bass, voice
Savannah Harris – drums
Allison Burik, Noah Campbell – reeds
Miriam Elhajli – voice, guitar
Taylor Ho Bynum – cornet

Mali Obomsawin’s new work Sweet Tooth is a suite for Indigenous Resistance, weaving together original compositions and arrangements with archival pieces from her community at Wabanaki First Nation. Known for her work as a bassist and singer, the project is Obomsawin’s debut as a composer-bandleader. Sweet Tooth highlights exciting intersections in Obomsawin’s own roots: incorporating a deep knowledge of rock, jazz, and folk traditions, it juxtaposes Wabanaki stories and songs passed down in her own family with original pieces addressing contemporary Indigenous life, blood politics, colonization, continuity, love and rage. Mali Obomsawin Sextet features Savannah Harris on drums, Allison Burik and Noah Campbell on reeds, Miriam Elhajli on voice and guitar, and Taylor Ho Bynum on cornet. Stay tuned for the record in 2022!

To explore Mali’s career and music, visit her website: https://www.maliobomsawin.com

Mali Obomsawin is a bassist, singer, composer and songwriter from Odanak W8banaki First Nation. With an eclectic background in jazz & creative music, American roots & folk, and indie rock, Obomsawin carries several music traditions. A Smithsonian Folkways Recordings artist, Mali has toured internationally, receiving acclaim from NPR and RollingStone and several Boston Music Awards nominations with her band Lula Wiles. She frequents the folk & roots circuit as both frontwoman and sidewoman, appearing at Newport and Philly Folk festivals, and performs as a bassist & singer in the jazz and creative music scene with the likes of Bill Cole, Taylor Ho Bynum, Peter Apfelbaum and Delbert Anderson. In 2020 she joined Welcome to Indian Country, an Indigenous Performance Production featuring six leading Indigenous artists in Jazz and roots music. In fall 2021 she launched her first project as a bandleader with her suite for sextet, Sweet Tooth, exploring concepts of Indigenous identity, colonization and resistance.

Obomsawin’s diverse background, sharp lyrical wit, and grounded sensibilities reflect extensive experience across several idioms. Known for her sardonic songwriting, Mali’s songs puncture the dream-haze of the capitalist apocalypse with a delicate balance of rock, improvisation and satire.

Beyond the stage Mali is a freelance journalist, published recently in The Boston Globe, National Performance Network, and Smithsonian Folklife Magazine. She is an advocate for Indigenous Sovereignty and collective liberation and works with the organizations Racial Equity and Justice and Sunlight Media Collective. Mali founded Bomazeen Land Trust in 2020, a Wabanaki-led nonprofit for land rematriation and food sovereignty, where she is now Executive Director.

Riverwood Poetry Series
December ’21

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Creative Cocktail Hour
Thur, December 16 ’21

A monthly gathering of people young and old, city, suburb and country, black, white, brown, gay, straight, trans, polkadotted and spotted.

Live music: Big Yuki and Reptar the Man. Checkout this video from Big Yuki.

DJ Mr. Realistic – he rocks.

Four exhibitions

Artmaking for kids and families

Featuring a Holiday Maker’s Market this month. Shop locally at Creative Cocktail Hour!

Holiday Parranda with Papo Vázquez and the Mighty Pirates Troubadours

Real Art Ways welcomes back trombonist, composer and arranger Papo Vázquez for an annual concert and holiday parranda.

Real Art Ways le da la bienvenida de regreso al trombonista, compositor y arreglista Papo Vázquez a nuestro concierto anual y parranda navideña.

Parranda de aguinaldo (Christmas folk music), is an Afro-Indigenous musical form played during the holidays in various Caribbean and Latin American countries including Puerto Rico, Cuba, Trinidad, and the coastal area of the states Aragua and Carabobo in Venezuela.

Parranda de aguinaldo (música folclórica navideña), es una forma musical afro-indígena que se toca en temporada de vacaciones en varios países del Caribe y América Latina, incluidos Puerto Rico, Cuba, Trinidad y la zona costera de los estados de Aragua y Carabobo en Venezuela.

Band of Pirates
Papo Vázquez – Trombone, Leader
Ivan Renta – Sax
Rick Germanson – Piano
Ariel Robles – Bass
Willy Rodriguez – Drums
Carlos Maldonado – Perc.
Reinaldo DeJesus – Perc.
Jose Mangual – Vocals, Perc.

ATTENTION LOCAL MUSICIANS
Bring your instruments and join in!
¡Músicos – traigan su instrumento y entran gratis!

Papo Vázquez
Trombonist, composer, arranger has 40+ years of career spanning Jazz, Latin and Afro Caribbean music. National Endowment for the Arts Master Artist, Grammy Nominee. Featured in the 2020 NPR Music Jazz Critics Poll.

“En fin, Vázquez junto a sus Mighty Pirates Troubadours e invitados exponen un proyecto exquisito y cadencioso que se transforma en un banquete para los amantes del género.” – El Vocero, 2020
(In short, Vázquez along with his Mighty Pirates Troubadours and guests present an exquisite and lilting project that becomes a banquet for lovers of the genre.)

•Musical Director for the National Puerto Rican Day Parade Orchestra, (NYC/WABC) 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
•Commissioned by Wynton Marsalis to compose music for Jazz and Art series, conducted and performed with J@LC orchestra, CD release August 2019
•New York Pops Education, Board of Education certified, 2018 and 2019
•Commissioned new music for Afro Latin Jazz Alliance for “Nueva Musica” concert series
•Grammy nominated for Papo Vázquez’ Mighty Pirates, Marooned/Aíslado, 2008

Born in 1958 in Philadelphia, PA, although his young formative years were in Puerto Rico. By age 17, Vazquez headed to New York City, recorded and performed with top artists in the salsa music scene like The Fania All-Stars, Ray Barretto, Willie Colón, Eddie Palmieri, Larry Harlow, and Hector La Voe. Vázquez became a key player in NYC’s burgeoning Latin jazz scene of the late 1970’s.

Went on to perform and/or record with jazz luminaries Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nations Orchestra, Chico O’Farrill, Ray Charles, Slide Hampton’s World of Trombones, Jerry Gonzalez Fort Apache among many others. By the age of 22, Vázquez had traveled the globe.

Vázquez was deeply moved by jazz at a young age. His appreciation and knowledge of the indigenous music of the Caribbean provides him with a unique ability to fuse Afro-Caribbean rhythms with freer melodic and harmonic elements of progressive jazz.

Learn more a t his website.

Creative Cocktail Hour
November ’21

A monthly gathering of people young and old, city, suburb and country, black, white, brown, gay, straight, trans, polkadotted and spotted.
Everybody is welcoming, conversations abound, people connect.
Come with friends, come by yourself.

Riverwood Poetry Series
Tue May 10 ’22 at Real Art Ways

Register HERE for this free online event!

Riverwood Poetry welcomes the 2021 Connecticut Poetry Book Award Winner, Ben Grossberg, and Finalists, Danielle Vogel, Jason Labbe, and Gray Jacobik. The poets will read selections from their books on varying themes. Registration is required. All are welcome!

Live music, four art exhibitions, DJ. Let’s get groovy, baby. Come as you are.

A conversation and book signing between three experts exploring the mysteries of healing.

Register HERE for this free online event!

Riverwood Poetry Series hosts Recent Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and winner of the National Jewish Book Award, Alicia Ostriker

💃🧚🏽‍♂️🎨Creative Cocktail Hour Thu April 21, 6pm ✌️🥂
Express yourself, experience community. Live music, four art exhibitions, DJ. Come as you are.

A detailed schedule of the day’s events is available at connecticutliteraryfestival.org

Live music, four art exhibitions, DJ. Let’s get groovy, baby. Come as you are.

Register HERE for this free online event!

We’re going low-key this month. DJ James Hall aka Mr. Realistic will be setting a cool, chill vibe. Enjoy music, opening receptions for art exhibitions, food, drink and community. Come as you are.

Register HERE for this free online event!

Register HERE for this free online event!

Mali Obomsawin Sextet

Register HERE for this free online event!

A monthly gathering of people young and old, city, suburb and country, black, white, brown, gay, straight, trans, polkadotted and spotted.

Real Art Ways welcomes back trombonist, composer and arranger Papo Vázquez for an annual concert and holiday parranda.

Real Art Ways le da la bienvenida de regreso al trombonista, compositor y arreglista Papo Vázquez a nuestro concierto anual y parranda navideña.

Parranda de aguinaldo (Christmas folk music), is an Afro-Indigenous musical form played during the holidays in various Caribbean and Latin American countries including Puerto Rico, Cuba, Trinidad, and the coastal area of the states Aragua and Carabobo in Venezuela.

Parranda de aguinaldo (música folclórica navideña), es una forma musical afro-indígena que se toca en temporada de vacaciones en varios países del Caribe y América Latina, incluidos Puerto Rico, Cuba, Trinidad y la zona costera de los estados de Aragua y Carabobo en Venezuela.

A monthly gathering of people young and old, city, suburb and country, black, white, brown, gay, straight, trans, polkadotted and spotted.
Everybody is welcoming, conversations abound, people connect.
Come with friends, come by yourself.

Music: The Lost Tribe
An Afro-funk fusion ensemble led by percussionist Jocelyn Pleasant.

DJ Mr. Realistic

Four exhibitions: Seunghwui Koo, Maxim Schmidt and opening reception for
Kenny Martin and Anne Wu.

Artmaking for kids and families.

Food truck: Craft Bird

Riverwood Poetry welcomes the 2021 Connecticut Poetry Book Award Winner, Ben Grossberg, and Finalists, Danielle Vogel, Jason Labbe, and Gray Jacobik. The poets will read selections from their books on varying themes. Registration is required. All are welcome!

Live music, four art exhibitions, DJ. Let’s get groovy, baby. Come as you are.

A conversation and book signing between three experts exploring the mysteries of healing.

Riverwood Poetry Series hosts Recent Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and winner of the National Jewish Book Award, Alicia Ostriker

💃🧚🏽‍♂️🎨Creative Cocktail Hour Thu April 21, 6pm ✌️🥂 Express yourself, experience community. Live music, four art exhibitions, DJ. Come as you are.

A detailed schedule of the day’s events is available at connecticutliteraryfestival.org

Live music, four art exhibitions, DJ. Let’s get groovy, baby. Come as you are.

We’re going low-key this month. DJ James Hall aka Mr. Realistic will be setting a cool, chill vibe. Enjoy music, opening receptions for art exhibitions, food, drink and community. Come as you are.

Mali Obomsawin Sextet

A monthly gathering of people young and old, city, suburb and country, black, white, brown, gay, straight, trans, polkadotted and spotted.

Real Art Ways welcomes back trombonist, composer and arranger Papo Vázquez for an annual concert and holiday parranda.

Real Art Ways le da la bienvenida de regreso al trombonista, compositor y arreglista Papo Vázquez a nuestro concierto anual y parranda navideña.

Parranda de aguinaldo (Christmas folk music), is an Afro-Indigenous musical form played during the holidays in various Caribbean and Latin American countries including Puerto Rico, Cuba, Trinidad, and the coastal area of the states Aragua and Carabobo in Venezuela.

Parranda de aguinaldo (música folclórica navideña), es una forma musical afro-indígena que se toca en temporada de vacaciones en varios países del Caribe y América Latina, incluidos Puerto Rico, Cuba, Trinidad y la zona costera de los estados de Aragua y Carabobo en Venezuela.

A monthly gathering of people young and old, city, suburb and country, black, white, brown, gay, straight, trans, polkadotted and spotted. Everybody is welcoming, conversations abound, people connect. Come with friends, come by yourself.

Music: The Lost Tribe An Afro-funk fusion ensemble led by percussionist Jocelyn Pleasant.

DJ Mr. Realistic

Four exhibitions: Seunghwui Koo, Maxim Schmidt and opening reception for Kenny Martin and Anne Wu.

Artmaking for kids and families.

Food truck: Craft Bird

💃🧚🏽‍♂️🎨Creative Cocktail Hour Thu April 21, 6pm ✌️🥂
Express yourself, experience community. Live music, four art exhibitions, DJ. Come as you are.

A monthly gathering of people young and old, city, suburb and country, black, white, brown, gay, straight, trans, polkadotted and spotted.
Everybody is welcoming, conversations abound, people connect.
Come with friends, come by yourself.

Music: The Lost Tribe
An Afro-funk fusion ensemble led by percussionist Jocelyn Pleasant.

Four exhibitions: Seunghwui Koo, Maxim Schmidt and opening reception for
Kenny Martin and Anne Wu.