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SUMMARY:11th Big Head Community Festival
DESCRIPTION:Schedule \n12:00 – 2:00pm\nPutting Your Touch on Greatness\n(Ritual washing and polishing of Eternal Presence) \n2:00pm\nWelcome and occasion by Jumaada Abdal Khallaq H.\nSmith and Edmund Barry Gaither\nIntroduction of Phree\, Master of Ceremonies\nSound engineering and music by Whistle & Bell \n2:15pm\nWah Lum Kung Fu with Charles Payne \n2:35pm\nPoetry and notes on upcoming exhibition Cancel Violence with L’Merchie Frazier \n3:00PM\nDance performance by Kaleisha Chance and company \n3:20pm\nAshley Villard sings \n3:45pm\nPresentation of Lifetime Achievement Award to African dance historian and choreographer De Ama Battle \n4:00pm\nDance performance by Kaleisha Chance and company \n4:20pm\nHip hop performance featuring HAAWWS \n4:45pm\nLovely Hoffman sings \n5:10pm\nJazz with the Fred Woodard Collective \n5:50pm\nThank you and fall announcements! \nUpcoming \nThank you for joining us today. We’ve got plenty of news for you. Here goes!\nOn September 15\, 1921\, our community was blessed with the birth of Elma Ina Lewis\nwhose legacy we honor and sustain. Until 2004\, she led a remarkable life as an arts\nvisionary locally\, nationally and internationally. With tomorrow’s sunrise\, let us all say \n“Happy birthday\, Miss Lewis!” \nA significant part of Miss Lewis’ legacy is the annual production of Black Nativity which opens its 24th season December 6-22 in Boston’s Theatre District. Friday and Saturday performances are at 8pm\, with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3:30pm. Mark your calendar for the Black Nativity Art Auction\, December 5\, 2024. Announcing Auditions For Black Nativity – The holiday is fast approaching and the National Center of Afro-American Artists’ production of Langston Hughes’ Black Nativity will again grace the Paramount Theatre. If you sing\, audition for choral or solo parts on Saturdays\, September 21 or September 28 between 11:00 AM and 1:00 PM at the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists at 300 Walnut Avenue\, Roxbury. Auditions are open to children ages six and above\, teenagers\, young adults and elders. The Hon. Milton L. Wright\, adult choral director and internationally acclaimed vocal instructor and children’s choral director\, Marilyn Andry will conduct the auditions. This is your opportunity to join an enduring Boston tradition of great art and theater. \nToday’s event introduces\nCancel Violence: Artists Speak \nAn exhibition and public programs sponsored by UnMonument\, De-Monument\, Re-Monument\, Transforming Boston\, a project of the Mellon Foundation and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture. Watch for Cancel Violence events\, and plan to take part in as many of them as possible. \nYou are invited to join a Cancel Violence discussion inside the museum. It will be announced from the stage in today’s program. \nWe are bursting with pleasure as we proclaim our 15th annual Juneteenth Emancipation Observance\, on June 19\, 2025. Plan to celebrate with us. June is not so far away. \nDon’t forget to support our vendors! \nWe are deeply grateful for the support of The Boston Foundation\, Josephine and Louise Crane Foundation\, Mellon Foundation and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture\, and other friends and backers.
URL:https://ncaaa.org/calendar/11th-big-head-community-festival/
LOCATION:National Center of Afro-American Artists\, 3000 Walnut Avenue\, Roxbury\, MA\, 02119\, United States
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