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November 7th, Berlin, House of World Cultures

AfricAvenir International presents

Poetry, Performance and Resistance: An Evening With Shailja Patel


in the Re/Visionen Series

Date: November 7th

Time: 7.30pm

Venue:
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10, 10557 Berlin

Entry: 8 euros / 6 euros

Read more on the evening.

October 31 - November 4, Stockholm International Poetry Festival

Presented by the Swedish culture magazine 00TAL, this festival has featured some of my favourite poets in the past - like the immortal Joy Harjo.

October 16 - 18th, Bioneers Conference, California

At this premiere environmental conference, social and scientific innovators focus on solutions inspired by nature and human ingenuity.

Bioneers Conference

San Rafael, California
October 16-18 (with intensives October 15 and 19).

Friday, October 16th
4.30pm - 6pm

Re-Envisioning Leadership Panel

Saturday, October 17th
10.40am

Plenary Performance

October 8th, Poetry And Activism Panel, Berkeley

What is the place of poetry in activist practices?

What is the place of political activism in performance poetry?

An event of the Individual World Poetry Slam 2009

Shailja Patel (Kenya)
Ant Black (San Diego)
Tristan Silverman (Chicago)
Tara Hardy (Seattle)
Jack Rusk (UC Santa Cruz)

Thursday, October 8, 2009
1:00pm - 1:45pm

Long Haul Infoshop
3124 Shattuck Ave
Berkeley, CA

September 12th, Excerpts from Bwagamoyo, Oakland

RESERVATIONS LIST NOW FULL.
EMAIL shailjapatel@gmail.com TO GO ON WAITLIST FOR SEATS UNCLAIMED BY 2.45PM.


Staged reading of excerpts from Bwagamoyo: The Father - Part II of Migritude

Guest Actor: Zachary Drake

Followed by Q and A with the audience

Saturday September 12th

3pm - 5pm

Oakopolis Gallery
447 25th Street (between Broadway and Telegraph)
Oakland

$5 - $20 (sliding scale)

PLEASE NOTE:

The venue is a small gallery space that seats 40 comfortably, 50 max. So I strongly encourage you to get on the reservations list to secure your seat. If you have confirmed attendance on Facebook, you're on the list. If you want to get on the list, email your name/s to shailja@shailja.com

We will seat people on the list first, from 2.30pm to 2.45pm. At 2.45pm, we will open up remaining seats (if there are any left) to everyone else.

There is no public restroom at this venue. Nearest public restroom is round the corner at Mama Buzz cafe, 2318 Telegraph Avenue. If you need to make use of it, please be respectful and buy something at the cafe - support small local independent businesses that build and sustain our community!

August 20th, Laundry Party Public, San Francisco

Laundry Party is a group of artists, writers, performers, designers, musicians, who meet every fortnight or so to share new work.

We're doing our first Public Airing in San Francisco on Thursday, at the fabulous Paris South Of Market Coworking Space.

Venue:
KSW/PariSoma
1436 Howard, @ 10th Street
San Francisco

Time:
7 - 10pm

Lineup:
Cathlin
Caitlin
Bryan
Matthew
The Cities

Break (10 min)

Sam
Derek
Claire
Shailja
The Matinees

PariSoma does not have a bar or restaurant, so feel free to bring your own food and drinks.

July 9th, Bwagamoyo Staged Reading, Nairobi




PEN International Kenya Chapter and Wasanii Literary Nights Present:

a staged reading of:

BWAGAMOYO (The Father) : Part II of MIGRITUDE

Special Guest Actor: MUSIRA

What do Samuel Kivuitu's neck, Ngugi wa Thiong'o's ribcage, William Ruto's abdomen, and the hands of a Nairobi "grease monkey" all have in common?

Find out on this poetic journey, from colonial Zanzibar to Kenya's post-election violence, by way of the male body.

A powerful, heartbreaking, hilarious exploration of how patriots become patriarchs, muscles break down masculinities, and daughters confront fathers.

An anthemic call for a new generation of Kenyans to reconnect gut to heart to voice.
To challenge icons and claim our own power.
To sing ourselves back from our violent histories to new ways of knowing and living the truth.

This reading is dedicated to Bantu Mwaura (1969 - 2009). Brother, friend, truth teller. Mourned and deeply missed.

DATE: Thursday, July 9th
VENUE: Wasanii Restaurant, Kenya National Theatre
TIME: 7 PM

Followed by Discussion With Audience

Event is FREE, with voluntary contributions requested to Kenya PEN.

NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN

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