Original music, dance, stilt and bateria (drum) compositions performed by Loco Bloco’s Performing Ensemble and community youth classes.
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Original music, dance, stilt and bateria (drum) compositions performed by Loco Bloco’s Performing Ensemble and community youth classes.
Continue readingCome out for the 2nd Bazaar and Craftsfair celebrating the people, culture, food and knowledge of the African Diaspora. They’ll be vendors, speakers, performances, visual arts, food and more.
Continue readingThe Maafa ritual, October 12, 2014, is an honoring of our past and a prayer for our future. All black people are invited to come and share in this time of remembrance. We ask for this one event, those who support the well-being of black people respect our desires about the commemoration ceremony and mourning ritual.
Continue readingCome and join in our celebrations of the Orisha – elevated divinities – who come from the Yoruba traditions of Nigeria and whose worship has spread throughout West Africa and throughout the diaspora. These divinities work on behalf of all humanity to not only avert negating energies, but to help manifest our greatest hopes, dreams, and lives. Join us for a night of ritual drumming, dancing, and storytelling in honor of Yemaya and Oshun!
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