112 LIVE @ PPAC - Friday, July 11 TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
As part of Providence Sound Session '08 genre-defying music festival, "112" will be performing at the PPAC on Friday, July 11 at 8p.m. - post-performance party follows at the Black Rep for select ticket holders...ask for details.
The Providence Black Repertory Company was incubated in the early 90s as a pilot grassroots Public Program called "Xxodus featuring Miss Fannie's Soul Food Kitchen" at AS220 (an established neighboring arts center). Along with a second program called "Round Midnight: A Rapper's Delight," these two performance workshop venues successfully cultivated a solid foundation where local, aspiring artists can practice and perform their craft while attracting hundreds of community supporters from their neighborhoods and beyond.
Public Programs at the Black Rep are at the heart of the theater's multidisciplinary artistic vision. Not only do they serve as the founding, or grassroots, programs that incubated what is now The Providence Black Repertory Company, but they are also integral to the theater-based school curricula and public humanities programs that the Company has developed since 1996, and are designed to teach an appreciation and respect for the performing arts. Xxodus Café's multi-media approach, interdisciplinary format, and wide artistic spectrum attract youth, entire families, community organizations, visiting scholars and playwrites, professional and local musicians, emerging performing artists, and jazz enthusiasts.
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nakedknees would like to personally invite the black rep. to the female singer song writer series of sound session, at fire house 13 this thursday 8 pm!!!
COME & SHOW YOUR SUPPORT IN MY FIRST FEATURE LENGHT FILM WALLS HAVE EARS a Movie by Bway 7 Productions GRAND PREMIERE: SATURDAY JUNE 7TH @6pm 175 Tremont St. Boston MA AMC Theatre-Boston Common Tickets on sale now 1-866-468-7619 or online www.bway7productions.com/WallsHaveEars.html
(Additional Playing times will be Sunday, June 8th @ 8:30pm & Wednesday, June 11th @ 10:15pm) $15 PER PERSON
Richie I saw u twice/ Played ball with your brother for two years/ And never knew the connection/ Until sitting at your memorial gathering/// Tragedy, teaches, triumph Still ignorant brother won't respect the movement/ So we keep pushing to make the world know your name Richie Ragz your unforgettable/// I'm looking at your pictures/ Listening to your versus/ Realizing I'm just like you/// Crazy BM just like you/ Almost lost my life in the same circumstances, just like you He had a smile that could melt KKK member hate………………. Saw u the first time In your prime Rocking the mic at AS220 On the same stage where I battle in poetry slams…….. I was smiling to myself during the show bobbing my head to your flow Thinking to myself….. This cat………….he's going to make it….. Wish I would of said something and told you then…… Now I put this in your brothers hands/ And raise hands to sky….. Asking GOD why The youngest under wings of eagles had to die U could of pick anyone wasting their lives at Kennedy Plaza…………….GOD why Richie???????/// I'm just a hawk Watching from a mile away Praying you keep flying Higher than condors Higher than horizons……… Lord……….. It finally makes sense The connections…no coincidence FEDD HILLS family Brotherhood Triumph Tragedy Flying Horizons…………………………………….. I sit Listening Writing futures like Nostradamus… I know you made it And one day Well be with you In heaven With all Gods children RIP Richie Ragz Written by Yunus A. Quddus
Dual II present Barcelona(Gotta Keep Faith Rec) Dual II's second single "Barcelona" has been released on GKF Rec's first compilation.
Release date Jan 31st, 2008
Review:
Gotta Keep Faith Records:
"Dual II perfectly mixed
some classic Spanish guitar to the sophisticated house sound of their “Barcelona”."
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Spittin' Images < Introduction to its origin: The inception of Spittin' Images took place in late 2005 in Providence, Rhode Island in a small studio above the Cuban Revolution located in the heart of the theatre district. Political activist and local filmmaker, Napoleon X invited four poets to each write a poem based on his short-documentary film, Black Men Can Fly. The film briefly illustrates how George S. Lima, a black aviator, educator and activist overcame poverty, prejudice, adversity and ignorance to become an American hero. During the process of composing their individual poems based on Lima's life, the artists discovered that many of Lima's life experiences mirrored their own lives. This common thread became the impetus for joining forces to form a collective performance group. The group was originally called, Protown Princes of Poetry, and later it was amended to Spittin' Images. Spittin' Images is a fusion of contemporary urban rhythms mixed with Spoken Word and influenced by elements of jazz, gospel, blues and hip-hop. Comprised of award-winning slam poets and accomplished musicians, the trio performs material that speaks to a universal audience while staying true to it beginnings as an instrument for encouragement and social change. With an emphasis on exploring the common characteristic found in music from Negro spirituals to contemporary hip-hop, Spittin' Images endeavor to positively affect the Black consciousness. The group addresses issues su
