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Black Voices Series:Our Stories, Our Lives
When - September 19 - 28, 2014
Where - African American Art and Culture
762 Fulton Street, San Francisco
(Limited Free Parking)
Tickets - $15 - $50
Program A:
 Dr. Stephanie Anne Johnson will perform Every Twenty Days: Cancer, Yoga and Me, her personal story about being diagnosed with cancer in December 2012. The title refers to her chemotherapy treatments, self-healing practices, and remembrances of family and friends who died from this disease. It's an intimate, funny, and uplifting story about the journey from diagnosis to treatment to physical well being. Johnson is an AfroSolo alumna as a visual artist and lighting designer. With more than thirty-five years of experience behind the scenes, this show represents Johnson's first venture into playwriting and solo performance. Photo by Steve Savage.
Performance Dates
Friday, September 19, 7pm Opening Gala Reception, 8pm Performance, $30
Sunday, September 21, 3pm Performance, $15-$25
Program B:
 Lance Burton will perform The Irrelevance of Being Relevant, the story of a Black man who, as a 1st grader, left Little Rock, Arkansas for San Francisco just as the 101st Airborne dropped into Little Rock to escort 9 Black students into Central High School. He shares his trials as a teen navigating 1960s Civil Rights Movement in the Fillmore and protests in the Haight/Ashbury. Leaping to years later, he considers the struggles of loves, marriage and a 30-year career on the fringe of media and technology as a Black man in San Francisco. Burton is a media entrepreneur creating print, video and photographic features, stories and profiles that depict the Black experience in San Francisco over the past 75 years. Photo by Thomas Simpson.
 Tarika Lewis performs My Life As A Black Panther, her personal story as the first female to join the Black Panther Party (BPP) for Self Defense in 1967. She was one of the founding members of It's About Time, a website dedicated to the legacy and alumni of the BPP. She was also a consultant on the movie "Panther" by Marlo Van Peebles and played herself in a few scenes. Lewis is an accomplished violinist and has traveled the world playing in the Legendary John Handy's Band and many others. Lewis is the director of MyStringsOfSoul, a youth instruction and string ensemble that performs Jazz, Traditional African, Hip Hop, R&B and good Soul music.
 Kurt (DJ Lamont) Young performs If God Wanted Me To Fly, an autobiographical story about the last time he spent time with his father's father and how his granddad's favorite pair of dress shoes traveled with Young around the world. DJ Lamont is a KPOO FM - San Francisco, CA programmer, renowned disc jockey, and audio storyteller. He now takes those skills and live performance to the stage. Young is the founder of Fingersnaps Media Arts, which is dedicated to the education, cultivation, and inspiration of DJ culture.
Performance Dates
Saturday, September 20, 7pm - Opening Gala Reception, 8pm performance, $30
This GALA Performance will be a Fundraiser for KPOO FM 89.5 ( kpoo.com)
Sunday, September 21, 7pm performance, $15-$25
Saturday, September 27, 8pm performance, $15-$25
Sunday, September 28, 7pm performance, $15-$25
Tickets: brownpapertickets.com/event/840460 or call 1-800-838-3006
For groups of 10 or more, $5 off each ticket (email: thomas@afrosolo.org)
Gala Special: Attend Gala for Programs A and B for $50 and Save $10 |
On behalf of the AfroSolo Family, thank you very much for making the first part of our 20th Anniversary Season a huge success. We hit a high-mark of creative inspiration with our Sneak Preview performances and the free outdoor concert dedicated to Paul Robeson and Negro Spirituals. Our Community Health Fair in collaboration with MoMagic's backpack give away, once again served the health and social welfare needs of hundreds in our community.
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