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LOVE the poet, and Cave Canem fellow, t’ai freedom ford headline intimate salon-styled poetry tour this week.

October 3, 2011– Black lesbian poets tour the east coast in a salon styled poetry tour October 6-15, 2011. In private homes in Washington, DC, Chicago, Philadelphia and Brooklyn, THE REVIVAL hosts a night of music, libation and poetry- in – concert. Touring troupe and special guests break the envelope of safe space for today’s queer and trans artists and allies while sharing the written word.

After a successful tour last year, THE REVIVAL adds new members to its roster and a new city! Cave Canem fellow, t’ai freedom ford joins the ranks alongside Washington acoustic duo, Solrose and Punany poet, Revival veteran, LOVE the poet.

“Last year’s tour was awesome, a really tremendous experience. It was really interactive—the audience was just as much a part of the stage as we were. It was a give and take process that allowed for something different to happen. I think lives were definitely changed,” says new author of Black Marks on White Paper, LOVE the poet.

With presenting sponsors, The Rainbow Collective, Poets & Writers, and The Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies, each night of the tour features food, music, and a local poet:

Thursday, October 6, 2011: Washington DC with Bettina Judd
Friday, October 7, 2011: Brooklyn, NY with R. Erica Doyle
Saturday, October 8, 2011: Philadelphia, PA with E. Kairo Miles
Friday, October 14, 2011: Chicago, IL with Patience Soprano

Promotional videos can be found here and here.

For addresses and tickets visit www.cereusarts.com/revival2011

About Cereus Arts: Cereus Arts is an arts initiative that promotes the visibility of queer women of color through media, literature and community events. For  press passes and interviews please contact cereusarts@gmail.com

Filmmaker Tiona McClodden and publisher Lisa C. Moore announce their collaboration for a feature-length documentary film, Untitled Black Lesbian Elder Project. UBLEP will highlight interviews with black lesbian elders in their 60s, 70s and 80s from across the United States and situate them in a range of black historical movements, spanning the decades between the 1930s and 1980s.

Director M. Asli Dukan is making an anthology horror film based on stories from Skin Folk by Nalo Hopkinson. Donations to this project are tax deductible.

Julia Wallace of Queer Renaissance and Alexis Pauline Gumbs of BrokenBeautiful Press have joined forces to create A Queer Black Mobile HomeComing, a project to collect and amplify the social organizing herstories of black women who have been refusing the limits of heteronormativity and opening the world up by being themselves. Traveling the US in a mobilehome, the duo “will also be documenting this shared journey using video technology, new media, blogs, and scholarly articles and collecting artifacts to supplement existing archives that honor the sacred herstories of our elders.”

You can:

• Read about the project on their blog/website
• Hear them discuss the project on Sippin’ On Ink
• See an example of the types of stories/knowledge they plan to collect and share: So You Know
• Watch their (ultimately) successful journey to find an RV…
  
• Send a donation their way. (Gas isn’t cheap!)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – HARLEM PRIDE 2010
Celebrating Pride and Diversity of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Same Gender Loving neighbors and organizations in Harlem.

Harlem, NY, the historical center of African – American culture, will host to its FIRST EVER Pride celebration. Harlem Pride is pleased to announce its schedule of events for this historic celebration:

June 12, 2010
”Coming Out” Art Show A Historical Retrospective of New York’s Trailblazing LGBT Institutions
Casa Frela Gallery 47 W. 119th Street (btwn Lenox & 5th Avenues) 2pm – 10pm
Honored organizations include Black AIDS Institute, The Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, Fierce, Folsom East Street Fair New York, Harlem United Community AIDS Center, The Hetrick-Martin Institute, Human Rights Campaign, Imperial Court of New York , Leslie & Lohman Gay Art Foundation, The LGBT Center in NYC, LIVE OUT LOUD, PFLAG, SAGE and SALGA.

June 25, 2010
Harlem Pride Official VIP Launch Party Billie’s Black Bar/Restaurant//Lounge 271 W. 119th Street (btwn St. Nicholas Ave & Frederick Douglass Blvd)
7pm – 4am

June 26, 2010
Harlem Pride Day Celebration W. 119th Street (btwn Lenox & 5th Avenues)
12pm – 6pm

June 27, 2010
”Bowl with Pride” – Closing Event Harlem Lanes 2116 Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. (btwn W 125th and W 126th Street)
6pm – 10pm

The purpose of Harlem Pride is to promote Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Same Gen-der Loving Pride in Harlem by providing opportunities for networking and communication among organizations and community members in Harlem. To do that, Harlem Pride will become a com-munity partner in support of existing programs and we will also produce our own events that will celebrate LGBT & SGL pride. Lawrence Rodriguez and Carmen Neely, two Harlem LGBT activ-ists/residents saw an opportunity to celebrate the LGBT & SGL community and its role and contri-butions to Harlem’s rich history. They envisioned an annual celebration of gay liberation in Har-lem’s Mount Morris Park Historic District because the area has become a thriving “gayborhood,” and would be an excellent symbol of uptown gay pride. With thousands of LGBT residents in Har-lem and more visitors expected for general June Pride Month events, Harlem Pride’s time has come. Harlem Pride’s founding board members include Lawrence Rodriguez (Founder/Executive Director, Casa Frela Gallery), Carmen Neely (Founder, Crucial Arts), Michael Hodge (Owner, Kai & I Catering), Adriane Ferguson (Owner, Billie’s Black Bar/Restaurant/Lounge) and John Reddick (Founder, Harlemonestop.com)

Harlem Pride thanks its supporters the West 119th Block Association, Billie’s Black, Crucial Arts, Casa Frela Gallery and Gay Black Travel.

For more on Harlem Pride, our events, and how you can support. please visit our website at www.harlempride.org

This week’s featured guests are Julia Wallace of Queer Renaissance and Alexis Pauline Gumbs of BrokenBeautiful Press. They are the force behind A Queer Black Mobile HomeComing, a project to collect and amplify the social organizing herstories (1980′s and before) of black women who have been refusing the limits of heteronormativity and opening the world up by being themselves.

Out Loud & Proud IV
Curated and Hosted by Pandora Scooter
Friday, April 9 at 7:30

Gay, straight, queer, lesbian, bisexual—how do you identify? For this fourth annual gathering at NJPAC, some of the scene’s most provocative new hip-hop and spoken word artists (who collectively represent all orientations) come together to voice their views on one of life’s hottest topics: sexuality. This cutting-edge performance also incorporates an open forum for conversation. This performance contains adult/mature content and language. Part of NJPAC’s Alternate Routes Sacred Circle Café.

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Newark Is Burning:
From Cakewalk to Catwalk
Saturday, April 10 @ 7:30

Gender-bending balls have been a fixture of the underground social scene for nearly a century. These “Houses” parodied the fashion houses of haute couture and first gained mainstream attention with the 1990 documentary, Paris Is Burning. Now NJPAC gets a cat walk of its own. A part of Newark’s house culture since 1990, Fire Ball is sure to take NJPAC by storm with outrageous runway performances, fierce competition and an absolutely fabulous display of the audacity and love that resides in a community that’s doing a whole lot more than simply surviving. This performance contains adult/mature content and language.

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This week’s featured guest is Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene, a Nigerian dyke performance activist, poet, dancer, essayist, playwright and actress who was born with a mouth full of dynamite and sugarcane.

Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene

Lone Star marks the much anticipated return of singer/songwriter/artist Jomama Jones. The cd features all new music including Show Pony, Jomamasong, Endless Summertime, Open and many more. Love is woven through these lyrics/music–do your soul a favor and get yourself a copy.

Buy it: iTunes | CD baby

This week’s featured guest is Angel Brown, founder of Queer Black CinemaTM–New York’s first and Only Black LGBTQ Monthly micro-cinema and Annual film festival.

Angel Brown