Post by goddessoflight on May 18, 2007 12:10:53 GMT -5
INFO: new york city--jammin' with baraka
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JAMMIN’ WITH BARAKA: A FUNDRAISING GALA
Wednesday May 30, 2007, 6 – 9 pm
The evening will consist of libation and live music by the James Spaulding Quartet.
Musician friends of Baraka will sit in, making this a real jam. Many honorary committee
members will be in attendance, including, of course, our honoree Amiri Baraka.
Place: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine’s Synod
Hall, 111th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
Price: $150
(All proceeds benefit the Up South International Book Festival)
To order tickets, send checks or money orders to
UP SOUTH, Inc
310 Convent Avenue (2A)
New York, NY 10031
For more information and/or to purchase tickets call 212-926-8090.
HAKI MADHUBUTI: Gala Honorary Chair, HONORARY COMMITTEE: Orlando Bagwell, Isisara Bey, St.Clair Bourne, Ed Bullins, W. Paul Coates, Iqua Colson, Steve Colson, Patricia Cruz, Ruby Dee, Inez Pickens, Rita Ewing, Danny Glover, Carole Hall, Woodie King, Valerie Kinloch, Rev. Diane Lacey, Benilde Little, Felipe Luciano, Toni Morrison, Sonia Sanchez, Tracy Sherrod, Danny Simmons, Debra Spruill, Susan L. Taylor, Johnny Temple, Richard Wesley, Valerie Wesley, Ted Wilson.
GALA COMMITTEE: Malaika Adero, Irving Hamer, Krishan Trotman, Renee Brown Walters, Ghana Wilson
UP SOUTH Board of Directors: Malaika Adero, Tracey Austin, Patrik Henry Bass, Alexa Birdsong, Marie Brown, Colin Channer, Faith Childs, Linda Duggins, Irving Haamer, Alvin Hall.
UP SOUTH, INC. MISSION STATEMENT: Up South Incorporated celebrates literary and artistic work by established and emerging international artists of color particularly those underrepresented in mainstream media. Its annual Up South Festival presents the best in contemporary literature, film, dance, music and performance art, to stimulate dialogue about art and culture, to provide exposure and attention to artists of color internationally, and to expand the audiences for their work. Up South refers literally and metaphorically to the phenomena of migration and immigration from regions that are rural and south to the cities often north, from antiquity to the present and the sometimes ironic consequences of the forward movement of humanity – especially black and brown people and the importance of language in understanding our reality.MALAIKA ADERO founded Up South in 2006 as a way to bring lovers of literature and the performing arts together to celebrate their impact on multi-cultural lives. As a senior editor of Atria Books (a division of Simon and Schuster), Adero has been an award-winning publishing professional for more than twenty years. The idea for Up South was born when some of Adero’s authors were seeking new ways to connect with their readers.
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JAMMIN’ WITH BARAKA: A FUNDRAISING GALA
Wednesday May 30, 2007, 6 – 9 pm
The evening will consist of libation and live music by the James Spaulding Quartet.
Musician friends of Baraka will sit in, making this a real jam. Many honorary committee
members will be in attendance, including, of course, our honoree Amiri Baraka.
Place: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine’s Synod
Hall, 111th Street and Amsterdam Avenue.
Price: $150
(All proceeds benefit the Up South International Book Festival)
To order tickets, send checks or money orders to
UP SOUTH, Inc
310 Convent Avenue (2A)
New York, NY 10031
For more information and/or to purchase tickets call 212-926-8090.
HAKI MADHUBUTI: Gala Honorary Chair, HONORARY COMMITTEE: Orlando Bagwell, Isisara Bey, St.Clair Bourne, Ed Bullins, W. Paul Coates, Iqua Colson, Steve Colson, Patricia Cruz, Ruby Dee, Inez Pickens, Rita Ewing, Danny Glover, Carole Hall, Woodie King, Valerie Kinloch, Rev. Diane Lacey, Benilde Little, Felipe Luciano, Toni Morrison, Sonia Sanchez, Tracy Sherrod, Danny Simmons, Debra Spruill, Susan L. Taylor, Johnny Temple, Richard Wesley, Valerie Wesley, Ted Wilson.
GALA COMMITTEE: Malaika Adero, Irving Hamer, Krishan Trotman, Renee Brown Walters, Ghana Wilson
UP SOUTH Board of Directors: Malaika Adero, Tracey Austin, Patrik Henry Bass, Alexa Birdsong, Marie Brown, Colin Channer, Faith Childs, Linda Duggins, Irving Haamer, Alvin Hall.
UP SOUTH, INC. MISSION STATEMENT: Up South Incorporated celebrates literary and artistic work by established and emerging international artists of color particularly those underrepresented in mainstream media. Its annual Up South Festival presents the best in contemporary literature, film, dance, music and performance art, to stimulate dialogue about art and culture, to provide exposure and attention to artists of color internationally, and to expand the audiences for their work. Up South refers literally and metaphorically to the phenomena of migration and immigration from regions that are rural and south to the cities often north, from antiquity to the present and the sometimes ironic consequences of the forward movement of humanity – especially black and brown people and the importance of language in understanding our reality.MALAIKA ADERO founded Up South in 2006 as a way to bring lovers of literature and the performing arts together to celebrate their impact on multi-cultural lives. As a senior editor of Atria Books (a division of Simon and Schuster), Adero has been an award-winning publishing professional for more than twenty years. The idea for Up South was born when some of Adero’s authors were seeking new ways to connect with their readers.