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Climbing PoeTree

ALIXA + NAIMA



Brooklyn, New York
Colombia

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   Climbing PoeTree: General Info
Member Since3/24/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.climbingpoetree.com
Band MembersAlixa Garcia and Naima Penniman.... backed by a crew of ancestors, homegirls, and a tribe of creative warriors.

Influencesearth, wind, fire, water, spirit, sparlha, sonia sanchez, crystal, zap mama, francesca, frida kahlo, iyeoka, wumni, fly etaghene, jessica care moore, mae jackson, amina baraka, abuelita, harriet tubman, bryonn bain, audre lorde, celena, ceelo, invincible, lauryn hill, kahlil almustafa, queen godis, micah lee, me'shell, t'ai freedom, fannie lou hammer
Sounds Likemachine guns marrying rain drops
Record LabelClimbing PoeTree
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 22 2009 3:30P
THE WOMENS BUILDING San Francisco, California
Nov 24 2009 9:00P
The Precious Life Wellness Village Berkeley, California

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   About Climbing PoeTree
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Alixa and Naima, the Brooklyn-based, internationally-acclaimed performance duo, Climbing PoeTree, recently completed a national tour with a ground-breaking, multi-media show that obliterates the boundaries between performance and activism. "Hurricane Season: the hidden messages in water" will now spend the summer at the renowned National Black Theater in Harlem, from July 10 through August 2, 2009.

HURRICANE SEASON @ THE NATIONAL BLACK THEATER JULY 10 - AUGUST 2. Fridays and Saturdays @ 7:30, and Sundays @ 4:00 (July 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 31, & August 1, 2)!!!

FOR MORE INFORMATION: www.hurricaneseasontour.com

TO PURCHASE TICKETS: click here

SPREAD THE WORD!!!!!!!!!

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Through a tapestry of spoken-word poetry, video projection, dance, shadow art, and a sound collage of personal testimonies, "Hurricane Season" is a two womyn-show connects the issues that surfaced in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to the unnatural disasters disenfranchised communities are experiencing nationwide and worldwide on a daily basis.

"Hurricane Season" tackles global warming, environmental injustice, policing, prisons, militarization, corporate domination, gentrification, and displacement as they manifest from one gulf to another, with a powerful tale of resistance, resilience, creativity and survival.

Rhythmic and uplifting, revealing and deeply moving, "Hurricane Season" seeks not to captivate audiences, but to liberate them!

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CLIMBING POETREE, short bio: Alixa and Naima make up the tag-team, two-spirited, boundary-breaking artist duo, Climbing PoeTree. With roots in Haiti and Colombia, Alixa and Naima reside in Brooklyn and track footprints across the country and globe on a mission to overcome destruction with creativity. In five self-organized independent tours, Climbing PoeTree has rocked 500 mikes and counting from from Oakland to Atlanta, South Africa to Cuba with artists such as Amiri Baraka, Sonia Sanchez, Nikki Giovanni, Erykah Badu, Alicia Keys, Danny Glover, Jessica Care Moore, The Last Poets, and Dead Prez. They have led workshops in institutions from Cornell University to Riker's Island. And they have painted murals on walls from the Bronx, to Santiago, to Jamaica. Climbing PoeTree uses their art to expose injustice, heal from violence, and make a better future visible, immediate, and irresistible.

Who is Climbing PoeTree?

This 2 minute video, produced by Keith Wasserman, is a snap shot into the work of Alixa and Naima, the Brooklyn-based internationally-acclaimed arts activist duo CLIMBING POETREE. For more info on these inspiring women, log on to www.climbingpoetree.com

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HURRICANE SEASON TOUR Aug 29th- Dec 15th 08'

What can we say, it was incredible! we traveled over 11,000 miles on a bus converted to run on recycled grease from dumpsters across america, with 6 powerful womyn, a bamboo set and a mission. A two year vision come to life! "Hurricane Season: the hidden messages in water" is a post-Katrina performance uprising: a multi-media show and movement strategy that draws vital connections between shared struggles and common solutions in a critical moment in national and global history. Through a tapestry of spoken-word poetry, theater, video projection, dance, shadow art, and a sound collage of personal testimonies, Hurricane Season connects the issues that surfaced in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to the “unnatural disasters” disenfranchised communities are experiencing nationwide on a daily basis.

THE TOUR!!!

PHOTOGRAPHY BY LAYLA LOVE

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CLICK HERE to view a dope graphic review of the journey with images and testimonies!!!

www.HurricaneSeasonTour.com its official!

IMAGES FROM THE SHOW!


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Stories
TestimoniesIntentions
Truths Confessions
Healing Expressions
Dreams

Creating a future by rewriting our histories


S.T.I.T.C.H.E.D is a project that grew from the collective need for people to testify to their lived experiences and to confront the misrepresentations in mainstream media.

Since the wake of Hurricane Katrina, we have given our audience participants the opportunity to write part of their story on five-inch cloth squares that we sew together as we journey, creating miles of colorful prayer flags. The ever-growing project is showcased at all Climbing PoeTree shows.

Over the last 15 months, S.T.I.T.C.H.E.D has multiplied and taken on a life of its own. It has filled concert halls, transformed churches, adorned sidewalks, and catalyzed social healing, anti-racism, and creative writing workshops all over the nation. Each patch is someone’s prophecy. These are headlines from people who don’t own a newspaper, manifestos from people without armies, testimonies from people without tribunals, expressions from people with histories and with dreams.

The magic of S.T.I.T.C.H.E.D comes from declaring our truths, and bearing witness to others’. When we recognize ourselves in each other, we begin to dispel the myths that are created to keep us divided. Our goal is nothing short of transforming a culture of cynicism into a culture of caring. This project is one stitch in the patchwork of our collective liberation.

CONTRIBUTE TO S.T.I.T.C.H.E.D!

What's your story? Entries can be written, drawn, stamped, embroidered, stenciled, silk-screened, glued, or printed on a 6” x 6” piece of fabric.

Email us for the address: love@climbingpoetree.com

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ALIXA + NAIMA's debut album AMMUNITION

featuring Francis Phan, Resom Dhac,
Subtech, and Siddharthveda on beats,
Bryonn Bain, Anjali, Lady Malone,
Sparlha Swa and Iyeoka Okoawo on vocals,
has been officially released into the atmosphere!

This brave new album is a creative fusion of intense poetics and infectious beats, laced with subliminally sultry melodies. Alixa and Naima's detail-driven narratives take listeners on a journey from the llanos of Colombia to under the covers, the cosmos to the streets of Brooklyn with imagery so thick you can taste, feel, and picture it. Raw, bold, and unclassifiable, AMMUNITION is a collection of poems, prayers, and anthems for a world filled with contradiction, love and struggle.

We are proud to announce,
the battle between machine guns and poems has officially begun!

Click Here to purchase your copy through CD BABY!

You can also listen to audio clips of all the tracks through our CD Baby site,
and write a review! www.cdbaby.com/alixanaima

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FASHION STATEMENT


Alixa + Naima’s hand-made, one-of-a-kind, silk-screened clothing line
food clothing and shelter for the body and mind!

visit our website and click on FASHION STATEMENT
to view designs and place an order




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Nov 21 2009 11:47 PM

It was so great to meet you amazing sistas, i look forward to kicking it again sometime. Blessings and circles of light around you both on your travels to distant places...
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Nov 14 2009 6:24 PM

You girls should really go to Power To The Peaceful!
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I admire all your doing
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Oct 22 2009 5:33 PM

If you're not doing anything Sunday Oct 25th, I'm opening for the legendary Killah Priest of the Wu Tang Clan. The show is at Jerky's Music Hall 71 Richmond St. Providence. only $10 and no special dress code. There's gonna be alot of local talent there!!!! Hope you swing by. Peace!!!

 

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Oct 16 2009 3:13 AM

Soooo excited to share with you the new record about the drop, JuST BE The EP. I just posted the featured single "Bump The Beat" produced by 2009 Grammy winning producer for Lil Wayne's "Mr.Carter", Drew Correa. Track is fiyah!!! Check out my website at www.justbetrue.com to sample/buy the EP and for shows, photos, and updates.

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