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Re: “The Green Book Chronicles II: Welcome to the Lilly”
MMB Theater 1 Project
presents
The Green Book Chronicles II: Welcome to the Lilly"
Closely held secrets within a Virginia family that could tear apart their long-held dream of opening a bed and breakfast.
There will a talk back after the staged reading to gauge the audiences' initial impressions of the dialogue and other elements before the work by Karen Culley has a full production in August at the 12th annual Sankofa Theatre Festival.
Admission is free. For more details, go to https://www.muccc.org.
Re: “Black Cinema Series: "Black Border Warriors" (2019)”
BLACK CINEMA SERIES, a partnership between the Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ) and The Little Theatre, proudly presents its film selection screening for the month of May
"BLACK BORDER WARRIORS: THE SEMINOLE NEGRO INDIAN SCOUTS"
Made by local filmmakers, Black Border Warriors: The Seminole Negro Indian Scouts is the saga of freedom-seekers and their descendants of African American and Native American heritage.
After the film, there will be a Q & A session with Executive Producers Mikhail Gershteyn and Nate Brown, along with a Skype discussion with Director/Producer Joseph Hill.
The Black Cinema Series is sponsored by the Rochester Association of Black Journalists (RABJ) and The Little Theatre.
Price: $9
https://www.rabjournalists.org/black-cinem…
https://thelittle.org/series/black-cinema-…
https://www.rabjournalists.org/
Re: “Indie Lens Pop Up: "Charm City"”
Admission is FREE to the documentary film screening.
Re: “"Daughters of the Dust" (1991)”
Presented in partnership with the Rochester Association of Black Journalists and the Little Theatres Black Cinema Series.
A panel discussion will follow the screening. The panel will include Nicholle La Vann, award-winning filmmaker in pre-production for "Tenacidad," Delores Jackson Radney, community writer, theater artist, educator and art historian, and Tess Padmore, owner of Wolf Clan LLC, inventor, and writer of creative nonfiction.
Re: “11th Annual Sankofa Theatre Festival: The Circle”
The Circle: A Book Club Sisterhood by Laura A. Thomas
Fri., Sept. 7, 7:30 p.m.
A womens black literary club finds not judging a book by its cover easier said than done as some reveal, and others conceal, personal struggles.
Admission $15 in advance; $20 at the door.
MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester Neighborhood of the Arts
https://www.muccc.org/events/the-circle
Re: “11th Annual Sankofa Theatre Festival: Night of Tens”
11th Annual Sankofa Theatre Festival: Night of 10s
Tue., Sept. 4, 7;30 p.m.
MuCCC, 142 Atlantic Ave., Rochester, Neighborhood of the Arts
Admission is $15 in advance; $20 at the door.
https://www.muccc.org/events/ night-of-tens
Kicking off the final week on Tue., Sept. 4 is a new component to this years festival, an evening of ten-minute plays, with an emphasis on works that are comedic in nature and pertain to some aspect of the African American experience
This medley of ten-minute plays are by playwrights Ibn Shabazz of Buffalo (The Old Black., a farce); Karen Culley of Irondequoit (Memory and Machine); Reuben J. Tapp (RC Beta), Stephanie Leary (A Polished Slavery), Jacquetta Harris (A Taste of Reality) and Gary DeWitt Marshall (Hiding In Plain Sight), all of Rochester.
Experience this special night which includes a talk-back with the playwrights.
Sankofa Theatre Festivals remaining full-length productions are on alternating nights:
On Sept. 5 and 7, is The Circle: A Book Club Sisterhood, by Laura A. Thomas of Rochester. A womens black literary club finds not judging a book by its cover easier said than done as some reveal, and others conceal, their personal struggles and turmoil.
And on Sept. 6 and 8 is, Now & Then, by Grace Flores of Rochester. Weve heard it said that we are spirits having a human experience. What if eight such spirits have more than one human experience? Cross over and beyond dimensions into the Now & Then.
Admission nightly is $15 in advance; $20 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at Mood Makers Books, Village Gate, 274 N. Goodman St., or at https://www.muccc.org
Re: “Ole Toms Need Not Apply”
MMB Theatre 1 Project
presents
FROM MY MIND TO YOUR SOUL: THE RETROSPECTIVE
"Ole Toms Need Not Apply"
July 3, 5 and 6, 2019
"Ole Toms Need Not Apply" is a play by C. Kirkland Rivers. It is about an African-American man widely reviled by his own community who finds himself unwittingly not only out of time, but also out of place, when his supposed best friend and landlord evicts tenants to redevelop the neighborhood.
The main character, Thomas J. Savage, is joined on stage by an urban chorus and an ensemble cast. There will be a discussion after each performance of the play.
"Ole Toms Need Not Apply" is the fifth installment of C. Kirkland Rivers play memoir series Backyard Stories from 1018 15th Avenue South.
Admission is $12; $18 at the door. Tickets can also be purchased at Mood Makers Books, Village Gate, 274 N. Goodman St., or https://www.muccc.org.
(https://www.muccc.org/events/from-my-mind-…)