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edition 02_2010 dear village
ase the all experiencing one. ancestors. ase spirit guides. ase villagers.
welcome to our newsletter for february 2010, afrikan heritage month. amidst the celebrashun of our herstory, amidst the creashun of self-expreshun, let us remember the power of the word!
the spirit said
you are a good people and i bring you a gift …you must use it with care excerpt from pauline peters' dryland: in my village: fiery spirits: canadian writers of african descent edited by ayanna black. walk good with the ancestors, ayanna. you have left us so much to ponder and to use as sunshine to help us grow.
wishing love, strength and courage to our peoples in ayiti. read below on how to help.
words, words, words... the 2nd annual mikey smith raw works festival, held in december 2009 was a resounding success!
as if guided by the ancestors, and the invisible presence of the late jamaican dub poet, mikey smith, the adt! artists-in-residence brought forth wombanifestations of humanity through their individual works-in-progress. the works were raw and honest and simply beautiful!
congratulations to cassandra walker, julie tesolin, kalmplex, kemba king and natasha morris, and amanda parris for digging deep and for sharing their biomyth-monodramas with the very appreciative and engaged villagers that came to hear and feel their words on december 17th, 18th and 19th - some folks even attended more than once!
for all of you who were moved by the festival and wanted to continue to support us, we have decided to host a monthly fundraiser entitled dubnite rent session. please read below for more details. as well we will be having a bi-weekly open mic, all to ensure that we can see the 2010 season to its completion. please come out to both.
remember our next artist-in-residence festival comes at the end of april/beginning of may. come out and see how the residents have grown, when they take to the stage to perform their monodramas at sister insider: the audre lorde black womben's media and visual arts festival.
walk good and in solidarity
d'bi.young artistic director - anitafrika! dub theatre anitafrika! dub theatre events
open mic at anitafrika! dub theatre - thurs feb 11th/thurs feb 25
life is blessed and to keep the energy flowing, witness, share and shine at the first open mic night of the year at anitafrika! dub theatre. artists - emerging/professional/curious - come out and rock the mic with spoken word, dub, song, rap, stand-up or whatever style suits you. all that is asked is that you bring positive energy and food for thought. this event will be happening every 2nd and 4th thursday of the month. sign up is at the door. get ready...
place: anitafrika! dub theatre
time: 7:30-10:30pm entrance: $5 info: anitafrika.com facebook: click here  one-man show self-portait - wed/thurs feb 17/18
 award-winning painter and poet iyaba ibo mandingo gives us his first play "self portrait" using paint, poetry, song, dance & prose.iyaba tells the story of a west indian boy and his journey to self-discovery in america. his story is powerful, heartfelt and bold and is unlike anything you've seen before in a theatre setting (and that's a promise!).
celebrate black history month by treating yourself to this one-of-a-kind performance.
when: feb. 17 & 18 - 8pm.
where: anitafrika! dub theatre 62 fraser ave. fee: $20 at the door. info: seesawlive@gmail.com twitter: twitter.com/seesawlive facebook: click here  dubnite rent session | feb20following the momentum of the mikey smith raw works festival in december, anitafrika! dub theatre is launching a series of rent parties to raise money for the 2009-2010 season.
these parties will feature a headlining artist alongside performances from the adt! artists in residence, a closing party with dj kalmplex on the turntables.
this month's guest artist: bahia watson
hosted by d'bi.young featuring works from adt! resident artists amanda parris, cassy walker, julie tesolin, kalmplex, kemba king, and natasha morris.
when: saturday february 20, 2010
where: anitafrika! dub theatre 62 fraser ave. doors: 7pm show: 8pm entrance: $10 facebook: click here press release - click here
february news
ayiti
please send donations that will go directly to the people, primarily through food caravans, personally organized by my our sister and comrade nadine mondestin, who lives in ayiti: please send paypal donations to zandolit@gmail.com, interac to anacaona@gmail.com.
more ways to help haiti: ayiti.posterous.com.
 d'bi.young wombanifesto international tour 2010dubpoet, monodramatist and teacher d'bi.young embarks upon an international tour featuring her biomyth- mondrama trilogy sankofa consisting of the onewomban plays: blood.claat, benu, and word! sound! powah! as well as dubpoetry, lectures and workshops.
come out to see her in your city. as well as look out for her new website under construction.
first stop on the tour montreal. come see benu at la chapelle theatre - lachapelle.org.
press release - click here
 d'bi.young performs excerpt of her new biomyth-monodrama she at the rhubarb festival feb 17-21 (wombanifesto tour)part 1 of the labyrinth trilogy
9:30pm, chamber a buddies in bad times theatre she is the first play in a new trilogy of biomyth-monodramas by d'bi.young entitled she raw now.
a young black womban snew is enchanted with a pop icon. as her enchantment becomes obsession, what's real is make-believe and lines of fantasy and reality are possibly permanently blurred.
anitafrika! dub theatre space for rent
the anitafrika! dub theatre invites you to share our space -- in liberty village
dimensions: 1400 sq ft with a large central space 18x17ft
artist in town: please contact us regarding weekly accommodation rates and details for artists visiting and/or working in toronto. village@anitafrika.com | anitafrika.com/rental
march upcoming events...
 d'bi.young performs the first show in her sankofa trilogy, blood.claat, at the great canadian theatre company (gctc) in ottawa (wombanifesto tour)march 2-21
blood.claat is the first story in the sankofa trilogy which charts the journey of three generations of afrikan-jamaican-becoming-afrikan-canadian womben: mudgu sankofa, her daughter sekesu sankofa, and sekesu's daughter oya sankofa.
d'bi.young performs for intern'l womben's day mon march 8 (wombanifesto tour)
monday, march 8, 2010. 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
metro-central ymca 20 grosvenor st., toronto
for tickets call: uofttix box office at (416) 978-8849 or uofttix.ca $17.50 through uofttix or $15 at women's college hospital, ankh gift shop - cash and pickup only anitafrika! dub theatre dubnite rent session sat march 27
on line updates
reminder: our old number 416.434.1823 is no longer functional. you can reach us however at village@anitafrika.com for the months of february, march and april. we are looking for a subletter for the theatre. contact us if you are interested in the space for then or for any other events rental. anitafrika.com/rental
wombanifesto tour dates
i am also delighted that february will commence with the tour of my biomyth-monodrama benu in montreal.
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anitafrika! dub theatre is a radical arts centre founded on the orplusi principles of storytelling being developed by d'bi.young: the use of orality, rhythm, political content, language, urgency, sacredness, and integrity as mediums of social change
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