warrior women rivers of honey march 2014 in nyc
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Rivers of Honey NYC March 2014 Performers
Itoro Udofia is a first generation Nigerian writer, musician and community educator. She spends most of her time working for the liberation of Black Children from struggling backgrounds and creating alternative learning spaces defined by the community most effected by marginalization. Her art focuses on themes of love, Black womanhood, cultural legacies and politics.
Poet On Watch is a southern rooted performance poet and screenwriter. She has worked with theatre companies, universities, cultural organizations, social institutions, and individual artists across North America, North Africa, Canada and Europe through her commissioned writing programs. Poet On Watch has been published in Mother tongue and Mighty Real: An Anthology Of African American Same Gender Loving Writing. She is also the author of two collections of poetry entitled Sageburner Simple Pleasure and Poet On Watch published by Freeverse Publishing a division of the Media Arts & Literacy Institute www.malsite.org. To add to her discography, Poet On Watch has just recorded and produced two new dub poetry album's entitled Sageburner: Urban World Music Vol. 1 and Poet On Watch: The Spoken Word Project please pick up your copy today www.poetonwatch.com
Resident Artists Foxy Squire After completing the burlesque class
series by Deflouered Productions, Foxy has performed both nationally and internationally in London,
Connecticut, California, Phili, and NYC. Foxy was the headliner for DC Gurly Show. Her motto is EMBRACE YOUR SPECTACLE. She shares her love for deviant art
and dark beauty through burlesque.
Karma Mayet Johnson thisiskarma.net Composer /multidisciplinary performer Karma Mayet Johnson’s recent appearances include FELA! OFF-‐BROADWAY and Keith+Mendi Obadike’s FOUR ELECTRIC GHOSTS. She is composer/ director of the Blues Opera, Indigo. Her poems have appeared in Renaissance Noir, Nocturnes (re)view of the literary arts, Cave Canem’s Gathering Ground, Redbone Press’ Voices Rising. She was honored as an Astraea Lesbian Writers Fund Finalist for her novel in progress, Nothin in All This World. A frequent marauder amongst Burnt Sugar, the Arkestra Chamber, Karma has recently released the EP recording, September Songs. thisiskarma.net
Formerly Fone: I am a thirty something year old genderfucker of Color from Brooklyn. I've been writing poetry since the mid 1990s. Four years ago I created a facebook page with the sole intent to network and connect with REAL minds. I found them both online and at open
mics. Sometimes the people I met at open mics were people I had already connected with online. I feel very happy and blessed to have the opportunity to share my poetry and artistic expression with all of you.I hope that my art speaks for itself. If you have any questions, feel free to
ask!
Chauvet Bishop Originally from North Carolina, Chauvet is a licensed massage therapist/ healer, and has been the licensed massage therapist for Rivers of Honey featured performers. She is a poet, singer, student of life, supporter and lover of art and all things beautiful.
Troi Lauren is innately an entertainer. Whether on stage dancing or singing this amazing talent keeps the attention of her audience. Her sound fits anywhere between soulful and bedroom Club. On all spectrums involuntarily, and delightfully, she brings her audience on the journey of her heart. Traveling internationally with her talents Troi Lauren, 2013 US cultural ambassador, says that "action without purpose and heart is to act in naught." She applies
this to her music by writing songs from personal experience and with the message of self-‐love, social conciousness and civic engagement.
Jeaninne Kayembe – Host is co-‐founder of Philadelphia Urban Creators a nonprofit teaching sustainability and entrepreneurship to youth in north central Philly. When she's not teaching or turning compost she's interning for Philly's largest poetry collective Spoken Soul 215, helping run the city's largest open mic! Jeaninne has been performing and writing for 10 years and hopes to infuse artistic and sustainable practices into less fortunate communities all over the country.
DJ Zena has been DJing for about 5 years now. She has experience playing for various types of events, from nightclubs down to neighbor bbq's. Her favorite genres to spin are old school house and R&B music. I can also do electro and Afro house, hip-‐hop, dancehall, alternative, and rock music. I have a full setup and am capable of entertaining at any event. My prices are negotiable. If anyone's interested, hit me
up 917-‐524-‐9263 or at facebook.com/djzena.
Jaz Smith-‐Cruz and Shawn(ta) Smith-‐Cruz are the Co-‐Producers for
Rivers of Honey, highlighting the art of womyn of color.
For more information, to join us, perform, or hear about other Rivers events, find us
at http://riversofhoney.com
Flyer & Program Design: Shawn Smith-‐Cruz Direction: Jaz Smith-‐Cruz House Manager: Gaelle Voltaire Video: Sissy Van Dyke
Sound: DJ Zena Artist Massages: Chauvet Bishop
With our Ancestors, we honor the Goddess & Orisha Oshun, Ochun, Osun, Oxum, Ochún, Osun, Oxum
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