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12th Annual FUNDA FEST: A Celebration of Black Storytelling
January 17-24 2010
For more information, contact Valerie Tutson at 401.439.7122

Providence, RI—Rhode Island Black Storytellers, otherwise known as RIBS, invite you to join them in FUNDA FEST 12: A Celebration of Black Storytelling, January 17-24, 2010. FUNDA means to teach and to learn in Zulu and KiSwahili. For an entire week, Rhode Island will experience some of the best cultural arts programming across the state for the 12th year in a row.

Headlining this year’s invited national guests is Grammy-nominated Christon Bacon, aka Christylez (pronounced Chris- styles) a progressive hip-hop artist out of Washington, DC.”We are so excited to have Christylez with us this year. Several of us had seen him at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in DC this past summer. He is a young guy with a lot of talent and a great mix of old traditions and new flavor. Christylez is a talented musician and a poet who understands the Black oral tradition,” says Valerie Tutson, FUNDA FEST Director. “We had invited him, and then found out he will be headed to LA right after he leaves Rhode Island.” Christylez has been nominated in the “Best Musical Album for Children” category for a collaboration done with Folk/Children Music Duo, Cathy Fink & Marcy Marxer.

“In addition to Christylez, we have a wonderful woman, Deborah Asante, out of Indianapolis. She has a children’s theatre company, and has been telling stories all of her life. She will be doing the Intergenerational Storytelling Workshop at the Providence Public Library on Saturday, January 23rd, and sharing some of her Love Stories for grown ups on Friday night, the 22nd”

The FUNDA FEST performers include RIBS tellers Len Cabral, Rochel Coleman, Raffini, Ramona Kolobe, and Valerie Tutson. Festival favorite, Teju Ologboni returns from Milwaukee. Local artists include Christopher Johnson, who will perform as a solo artist, and with the spoken word trio Spittin Images. Drummer Abdul Mateen will add his talents to the mix.

“This year, RIBS and FUNDA are looking to expand our circle of family and friends, “ Tutson explains, “ For several years, RIBS has been a part of the Expansion Arts Program through the Rhode Island Foundation. We have had the opportunity to work with some very fine cultural arts groups in the State. Our program is coming to an end and we had talked about finding a way to showcase these groups; to bring our communities together. FUNDA seemed like the perfect opportunity.” As a result, the Saturday night concert at the Metcalf Auditorium at RISD will include a mix of voices and performances including young African drummers from OASIS International, Thawn Harris, a Native American storyteller from the Tomaquag Indian Memorial and Museum, ECAS Theatre and music and dance from The Hmong United Association of RI. All these groups and more will be a part of the Market Place in the lobby.

It’s a full week, from Sunday to Sunday, from Westerly to Woonsocket, Providence to Newport. See part of the schedule below, and full up-to-the-minute details at www.ribsfest.org.

Sunday, January 17, 2010:
Family Storytelling Concert
Woonsocket, RI
www.ribsfest.org for details and more info

Monday, January 18, 11:30 am, 1 and 2:30 pm:
MLK Amazing Grace featuring Rochel Coleman and Valerie Tutson
Providence Children’s Museum
100 South Street, Providence RI
Free with Museum Admission

January 19-22:
RIBS tellers and invited guests perform for Storytellers in the Schools
Statewide locations. For information, call Carolyn Martino: 401 351.8090

Thursday, January 21, 6-8 pm:
Family Storytelling Concert
YWCA Northern Rhode Island
514 Blackstone Street, Woonsocket, RI
Admission: $1/children .$50/adults

Friday, January 22:
Spoken Word and Love Stories
www.ribsfest.org for details and more info

Saturday, January 23, 12:30-5 pm:
Free Family FUN-Day
Providence Public Library
150 Empire Street, Providence
- 1:00-2:15 pm: Intergenerational Storytelling Workshop with Deborah Asante
- 2:30 pm: Family Storytelling Concert featuring RIBS and invited guests
- 4:00 pm: Story Swap: Tell your own story!

Saturday, January 23, Doors open at 7:30:
Storytelling Concert and Market Place (NEW VENUE)
Michael P Metcalf Auditorium at RISD
20 North Main St, Providence 8 pm
- 7:30 PM: Marketplace opens for Cultural gifts, tellers’ merchandise and more
- 8:00 PM: RIBS’ Featured tellers and Expansion Arts Partners take the stage
- Tickets: www.ArtTixRi.com; $10/advance, $15/door, RISD students free w/ID, RISD Museum members $10 w/ID at door

Sunday, January 24, 2010, 2:00 PM:
Family Storytelling Concert
Martin Luther King Center
20 Marcus Wheatland Blvd, Newport
Donations collected on-site

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FUNDA FEST is made possible with support from The Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, The Rhode Island Foundation, The Expansion Arts Program, Project Priscilla, and underwriting from the CITIZENS Bank Foundation.

Community Partners include The Providence Children’s Museum, Providence Public Library, The RISD Office of Minority Affairs, The Martin Luther King Center, Newport, The YWCA of Northern RI, The Westerly Public Library, ECAS Theatre, Tomaquag Indian Memorial Museum, OASIS International, The Hmong United Association of Rhode Island, and RezaRitesRi.com.

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Catch me, Venus Sings, spinning Thursday, Dec. 17 and Friday, Dec. 18 at 393 Broad Street in Providence. I’ll be part of “Introducing…the Power of Extraordinary Everyday People,” a Breaking the Chains Community Theater showcase. (flyer is courtesy of People’s School; photo by Nataly Garcia)

PROVIDENCE, RI - If you did not see the press release I posted a few days ago, Providence is about to be exposed to an organic arts movement designed to heal those who perform and participate: Breaking the Chains Community Theater (BTC), a project of People’s School. Tonight and tomorrow, from 7-10 PM, they will be previewing their groundbreaking work, and its endless possibilities, with a showcase called “Introducing…the Power of Extraordinary Everyday People.” It takes place at the historic Theater at the Annex Building of Trinity Methodist Church, 393 Broad Street in Providence, RI.

Some may remember - or be alumni - of the first round of work done by the People’s School, for instance the “Mindz Speaking” event held at the Providence Black Repertory Company in the fall of 2006. And while co-founder Deanna “Dee Dee” Brown remains at the helm - with the support of a variety of artists and community members that collaborated before - with a new home that also serves as a performance site, a fresh cadre of recently transformed artists, and a host of new partners (including me Venus Sings/DJ Reza Wreckage), expect the unexpected, prepare for empowerment, and be ready to open your hearts and minds to a program with incredible potential.

Or come out to support your newest, favorite DJ.

Read more about People’s School and their two-day showcase below, in the organization’s press release. To read about the former incarnation of People’s School, click here.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
PEOPLE’S SCHOOL HOSTS PREMIERE
For more info, contact Deanna “DeeDee” Brown at (401) 230-0060 or by email: PeoplesSchool@gmail.com

Providence, RI – On Thursday, December 17, People’s School will host its premiere showcase, “Introducing…the Power of Extraordinary Everyday People” at 7pm. The performance will take place at the historic Theater at the Annex Building of Trinity Methodist Church, 393 Broad Street, Providence.

With this premiere performance, the People’s School announces it’s successful re-establishment, new direction and home at the Annex of the Trinity Methodist Church. This performance is a preview of Breaking the Chains Community Theater (BTC), which will be offered in Spring 2010 at People’s School.

People’s School is a resident-led organization that uses the arts to address community issues that plague Providence and it’s residents: unemployment, crime, poverty, drug abuse, poor mental health, racism and classism and the trauma that is linked to coping with these issues. The vision is to offer multiple arts workshops that reflect the culture of The Creative Capital’s inner-city. People’s School is providing the opportunity to transform adult residents, everyday people, into actors & artisans in the same space that is the birthplace of the award-winning Trinity Repertory Theater. We’re spotlighting the power of citizens - when they’re given the opportunity & accessibility to express their full, uninhibited selves. Simultaneously, Trinity Restoration, Inc. is working to revive this great, but underutilized, community asset.

People’s School is holding two Showcases on Thursday, December 17th and Friday, December 18th. Guests are invited to arrive early to support local artists and get holiday shopping done at the People’s Marketplace, starting at 7pm (and going throughout the night). Theater Doors open at 7:30pm, and the show begins at 8pm. The event costs $5 for adults, and $2 for children 12 & under. People’s School is located at the Annex Building at Trinity Methodist Church on 393 Broad Street, Providence, RI.

For more information, visit PeoplesSchool.wordpress.com or Deanna “DeeDee” Brown: (401) 230-0060, PeoplesSchool@gmail.com.

Dear Mixed Magic Theatre,

I am writing this letter to express my thanks and to elaborate on why I extend it. It all started with a phone call from the venerable Bernadette Pitts-Wiley, who was personally inviting me to participate in a program your organization was organizing – rather than simply relying on email, an effective albeit impersonal and, unfortunately, not always persuasive way to reach out. She was recruiting me as an orator and participant in a reading and discussion of Moby-Dick. It was the inaugural event for Books that Defined a Nation, a program your arts organization is doing.

At first, I must admit, I was hesitant. As a self-prescribed writer, avid reader, and disciplined student, I should have already read Moby-Dick, for it was part of my high school reading requirements. Yet I remember drawing a line in the sand as a youth and placing myself on the side that simply wasn’t going to be bothered with such a voluminous piece of literature, no matter how sacred it might be. Furthermore, I had no desire to cross that divide – until, first, the call from Bernadette, and then, later, the discussion and environment I was allowed to absorb. Topping it off was the youth-centric adaptation of Moby-Dick penned and adapted by your own ship’s captain, the innovative and visionary, Ricardo Pitts-Wiley.

If I had to pinpoint my favorite elements from Saturday, September 26, I would have to select the discussions about the lively, independent, and sometimes nearly sordid life of the book’s author, Herman Melville, and the debates and embedded lessons pertaining to archetypal characters, stories, and images referenced by the well-read Melville.

Besides leaving your event with a new mission – to read Moby-Dick – I also left ready to tell someone about my experience, which I found in my mother. Upon hearing my description of your event and my corresponding resolve, she vowed to join me in my Melvillian journey. Therefore, in one stroke, Mixed Magic, you have given me fuel to quench my thirst for more literature, a partner to join me on my voyage, and another personal treasure that my mother and I can share.

So again, I say thank you, and I implore you to continue your good work.

Sincerely,
Reza C. Clifton
Online Publisher, Freelance Journalist, Multimedia Producer, Music DJ

Originally sent as a RezaRitesRi.com e-newsletter on Friday, September 18, 2009.

Take 5 with Reza Rites
by Reza Corinne Clifton

PROVIDENCE, RI – Does personal hardship yield better artwork? Or can you be a happy person and a talented creator? Do you work better under pressure and stress? Or have you found personal balance and an ability to be productive and efficient? As I lay the final touches on this week’s Take 5, and reflect on conversations I’ve recently had or heard, I wonder where you stand on the possession and application of joy, pain, worry, and tranquility.

Sunshine and laughter,
Reza Rites

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Take 5

Surprise: Venus Sings Radio 2nd Week in A Row – September 19

Flamenco Dancing and the Work of Federico Garcia Lorca – September 19

Charted and Improvised: A Poem by Indigo Bethea

Before They Were Four: Photos of 2 ‘Thieves’ from the RRR Archives

The Reza Rites Interview on Nobidade TV

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5 More

Famed African Writer Chinua Achebe Joins the Brown Faculty

Media Fellowships, New York Arts Summit: Updates from the Association of Independents in Radio

Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival and other Boston Arts Events – September 18 and More

Envisioning Our Media Future in Black Boston – September 23

Half the Sky: A Book And Writing Contest to Turn Oppression Into Opportunity for Women Worldwide

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PROVIDENCE, RI (August 13, 2009) - In today’s Take 5 with Reza Rites update, I share links to events and resources I received and forwarded to the “The Chirp,” a yahoo group I manage as a forum for friends of RezaRitesRi.com to discuss articles, interesting events, and other issues pertinent to the website or readers of it. To join The Reza Rites Chirp, email RezaRites-subscribe@yahoogroups.com.

Sunshine and Laughter,
Reza Rites
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Buy Local RI - Reception hosted by Lt. Gov Roberts - Thu. August 13

See The Comedy of Errors at Mixed Magic Theatre - August 13 - 23

Making Creative Media National Scholarships - Fri. August 14 Deadline

Live Jazz Show w. Kim Trusty and 15 African-American Youth - Sat. August 15

National Job Posting - from Feminist Majority Foundation - Bilingual Community Ed. Coordinator

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5 More: Bonus Links from RezaRitesRi.com, VenusSings.com, and UrbanHealthWatch.net:

WRIU August 8 Playlist: A Musical Tribute to a Seaside City

Reza Rites in Spain - The Visual Story

Deadline Extended: Early Registration for Regional Minority Health Conference

New Initiative Launched: Farmers Markets, Food Stamps and Fresh Food

An Opportunity for Girls - 9 to 14 years old

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by Reza Corinne Clifton

PAWTUCKET, RI - Sometimes when I’m out at a live show locally, I remember why I’ve never been hooked to American Idol: because that kind of talent exists in my backyard. That thought most recently crossed my mind last Saturday, April 25, when I attended a musical showcase at Mixed Magic Theatre - The MC’s R.A.P (Rhythm And Poetry) Sessions. Not only was I re-impressed with performers like Riders Against the Storm, Kalyana Champlain, and Yunus - two acts featured during the Rhode to Africa Concert Series and one whose work has accented a RezaRitesRi podcast - but I was appropriately amused by the wordplay of hip hop emcee (rapper) Waleezy, and downright titillated by the melodic, thematic, and metronomic variety displayed by the singer-poet-emcee, Genesis. Why, she even did a song/remix over Outkast’s breathtaking and convivial cult favorite, Spottieottiedopalicious, from their third album, Aquemini.

But kudos also goes to the host and creator of the night - Rudy Cabrera of Providence, RI - and to everyone at Mixed Magic Theatre. Part of the artistic and cultural renaissance happening in Pawtucket, Mixed Magic - under Ricardo and Bernadette Pitts-Wiley - have found the perfect balance between firmly cementing roots in a host community while sharing and attracting a broad base of supporters. Evidence of this includes recent performances by company members in Washington, D.C., and in their upcoming events. For more information keep reading below, visit www.mixedmagictheatre.org, or call 401-475-6675.

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The Blackstone Academy Charter School Presents

The Blackstone Tale of Don Quixote

Adapted and directed by Mixed Magic Theatre Artistic Director, Ricardo Pitts-Wiley
From the novel Don Quixote by Miguel De Cervantes

Thursday - Saturday
May 7th-9th
7:30 PM

Mixed Magic Theatre
171 Main St. Pawtucket

All Tickets $5
info: Call 726-1750

Miguel De Cervantes’ classic novel has been called the first true novel and in the eyes of many in the world, the greatest novel of all time. Cervantes uses an idealistic, insane knight and his devoted squire to portray many complex themes through a series of unforgettable incidents both tragic and comic.

In The Blackstone Tale of Don Quixote, director Ricardo Pitts-Wiley has adapted the novel and set it in contemporary Pawtucket and Central Falls, Rhode Island.

In the play, a man of the neighborhood, “Papi” has read Cervantes’ great novel to several generations of people. Now as an old man unable to care for himself, he has come to believe that he is the “Knight Errant” of his favorite book and must go on a mission to restore justice and honor to his beloved cities. A group of young people decide to take Papi through Central Falls and Pawtucket to reenact Don Quixote’s adventures before he is sent to a retirement home by the state.

The Blackstone Tale of Don Quixote will feature students from the Blackstone Academy Charter School located in Pawtucket. Teacher Gilbert Rodriquez will play the role of Papi.

The play is made possible by support from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts and the Pawtucket Rotary Literary Project.

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Mixed Magic Theatre Presents

Misery’s Fiend: Frankenstein

Written by Ricardo Pitts-Wiley. Adapted from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Directed by Jonathan Pitts-Wiley

Thursday - Saturday
May 14th- 23rd
7:30 PM

Mixed Magic Theatre
171 Main St. Pawtucket

$15 General
$10 Students & Seniors

info: 401-305-7333

Mixed Magic Theatre will present an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein titled Misery’s Fiend: Frankenstein at its theater located at 171 Main Street in Pawtucket. Misery’s Fiend: Frankenstein retells the story in Mary Shelly’s own words of Victor Frankenstein’s irresponsible creation of a monster. Against a backdrop of the contemporary American culture it also shows how his actions continue to influence the modern world.

This production continues Mixed Magic Theatre’s page-to-stage theatre projects and its efforts to build more literate and arts active communities.

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A Review of Bug:
A play running through Sunday, October 19 at
The Providence Black Repertory Company

by Camila Crews

PROVIDENCE, RI - Bug, the latest offering from the Providence Black Repertory Company’s resident director Megan Sandberg- Zakian, is a far departure from the Black Rep’s regular repertoire of theater that features the African Diaspora like The Bluest Eye and the Etymology of Bird. For starters, recreational drugs, ‘booze’ and conspiracy theories are the backdrop and norm of this plotline.

Agnes (Jackie Davis) is a down-and-out woman living in a rundown motel in the middle of Oklahoma. Agnes has a daily ritual that consists of a line of coke washed down with bottle of Arbor Mist. Besides her drugs and alcohol her only other companion is her lesbian friend R.C. played by Michaelle Santil. This quickly changes once R.C. introduces Agnes to a drifter named Peter (Cedric Lilly). The attraction between Peter and Agnes is almost instantaneous and the real story finally begins.

You quickly see that there’s something about Peter, he’s unlike anyone else Agnes has ever met. He’s also a walking encyclopedia with a little bit of knowledge about everything – including bugs and the effects that they have on people. Peter is fixated with bugs and troubled by paranoia, behavior displayed in a scene in which he goes from ripping all the linens off of the bed combing for bugs - in a motel in the middle of nowhere – to being in some kind of science lab complete with aluminum foil walls, the appearance of a psychiatrist and much more.

Raidge, a Black Rep regular, makes an appearance as Jerry – Agnes’s abusive ex-husband – but Davis as Agnes is clearly the protagonist. However, Lilly often steals the show as the quirky drifter in Sandberg- Zakian’s interpretation.

Bug is adapted from a play by Pulitzer and Tony Award Winner Tracy Letts. In 2007 Bug hit the big screen staring Ashley Judd, Harry Connick, Jr., and Michael Shannon.

Cedric Lilly and Jackie Davis hold their own as two loners brought together by fate… or some other entity. Bug is a humorous and entertaining thriller that will keep you guessing long after you’ve left the theater.

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PROVIDENCE, RI - If you haven’t listened to the newest RezaRitesRi Podcast yet, then you’re missing out on a conversation about the past, present, and future of Blacks in RI. The thirty-minute mix of poetry, music, and commentary were co-produced by me, Reza Rites, and by Vertygo - a co-owner of Beatbox (Recording) Studio in Pawtucket, RI. Music was used with permission from three RI-based artists: Spoken Word Poet and Hip Hop Emcee Kalyana Champlain; Spoken Word Poet Yunus Quddus; and Hip Hop Emcee Chachi Carvalho.

Click here to download the link or here to access it on iTunes.

Michael Van Leesten, board chair of MHNA and Black Rep, listens with pride to Raymond Watson and Chachi Carvalho (not pictured here). He has mentored and supported the two young men, as well as many other individuals and professionals - particularly of color - in RI. Hear what Van Leesten, Carvalho, and Watson had to say by downloading the conversation here. Photos courtesy of Tony Bass, “Jawz,” and City Beat TV.

The recording features Risa Gilpin of Rhode Island Council for the Humanities (RICH); hip hop recording artist, promoter and Pawtucket community advocate Charles “Chachi” Carvalho; Michael Van Leesten, chair of Mount Hope Neighborhood Association (MHNA) and chair of Providence Black Repertory Company; Raymond Watson, MHNA Executive Director and Rhode Island Young Professionals President; and me as interviewer.

The result was a lively discussion about contemporary and enslaved African-Americans in RI, and about a series of activities being co-organized by RICH to launch a new initiative. On the Road to Freedom was designed by RICH to commemorate the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade and to celebrate African American Heritage in RI. Freedom Festival 2008 begins September 27 with most events happening in October.

Risa Gilpin of RI Council for the Humanities (RICH) considers what a speaker to her right is sharing. RICH is encouraging community members and organizations looking for grants or developing programs to get involved in On the Road Freedom. Click here to access the conversation on iTunes, and hear ways that you can contribute or develop programming too. Photos courtesy of Tony Bass, “Jawz,” and City Beat TV.

Participants in the conversation are also some of the supporters and partners of “The Rhode to Africa Interview Series and Podcast Series.” For more information about Rhode to Africa (R2A) and who else is supporting it, click here to visit the R2A section of the website or here to download a PDF of the info page.

Other contact info of potential interest:

- RICH Freedom Festival - www.rihumanities.org

- Beat Box Studio - www.myspace.com/beatboxstudio.

- Providence Black Rep - www.blackrep.org

- RI Young Professionals - www.riyp.org

- Chachi Carvalho - www. myspace.com/bigchach

- Mount Hope Neighborhood Association - 401-521-8830.

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Bug, a play written by Pulitzer and Nobel prize winning playwright Tracy Letts and directed by Black Rep’s Associate Director Megan Sandberg-Zakian, runs September 18 - October 19, 2008 with Showtimes on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7 p.m. and Sundays at 3 p.m. The Sunday shows are part of the “pay what you can” People’s Matinee, and they are followed by a discussion with producers.

(Providence RI, August 21, 2008) – Black Rep’s 2008-2009 Theater Season kicks off in September with Bug, a darkly comic thriller by Pulitzer and Nobel prize winning playwright Tracy Letts, directed by Black Rep’s Associate Director Megan Sandberg-Zakian. The show opens in previews September 18th, and runs through October 19th at The Providence Black Repertory Company (276 Westminster Street). Press and the public are invited to celebrate Opening Night on Friday, September 26th, at 7:00 p.m. Opening Night will be a special Pay-What-You-Can performance benefiting Black Rep’s People’s Matinee program. All are welcome; reservations are required.

A handsome drifter. A lonely waitress. But what’s that crawling across the bed? And why does the phone keep ringing with no one on the other end? Reality slows blurs and suspense turns to horror, as this unique thriller explores the line between conspiracy theory and actual conspiracy. A tale of love, paranoia, and the grip of government, Bug will get under your skin!

“We are very excited to have Bug at Black Rep,” says Artistic/Executive Director Donald W. King, “It’s one of those edge-of-your-seat, oh-my-god-what’s-going-to-happen-next kind of stories! At the same time, the play touches on the horrifying experiences of our soldiers, their visible and invisible wounds upon their return from combat – and since we are a nation at war it’s crucial to provoke conversation about war and its price.” Director Megan Sandberg-Zakian adds, “Bug will speak to anyone who feels some level of skepticism about the government’s intentions and actions… and it’s really, really fun to watch!”

Playwright Tracy Letts, an ensemble member at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago, has recently been receiving international attention, as well as a Pulitzer Prize and multiple Tony awards, for his current Broadway hit, August: Osage County.

Now a major motion picture from the director of The Exorcist, starring Ashley Judd and Harry Connick Jr., Bug is the perfect play to get you in the mood for the season of chills, thrills and spooks. Don’t miss it! Please note that due to violent, sexual, and drug-related content, Bug is recommended for mature audiences only.

Tickets are $20 general for the general public and $10 for students and seniors. They can be purchased through Arttix RI, by visiting www.arttixri.com or calling 401-621-6123. Contact the Black Rep Box Office at 401-351-0353 extension 2, or boxoffice@blackrep.org for information about other special rates.

ABOUT THE PROVIDENCE BLACK REPERTORY COMPANY
The Providence Black Repertory Company produces and presents artistic performances that bring people together, provoke thought, inspire hope, and create understanding. The Black Rep is an arts organization that provides a unique experience inspired by the cultural traditions of the African Diaspora in three key areas: Theater, Education, and Public Programs. Black Rep has a range of season subscriptions and memberships available, and as always, every Sunday Matinee at Black Rep is The People’s Matinee, a pay what you can performance, followed by a talkback. Sunday Matinees are at 3 p.m., while all Thursday, Friday, and Saturday curtain times are now at 7:00 p.m.

The Black Rep’s 08-09 Theater Season is made possible in part through the generous support of: The Citizens Bank Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, The Shubert Foundation, and WRNI.

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