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Venus Sings at Funda Fest
Catch me, Reza Rites aka Venus Sings On Friday, January 22 at Spoken Word and Love Stories, a Funda Fest 12 event.
PROVIDENCE, RI - In case you missed it, the 12th year of Funda Fest began this week with its workshops, story swaps, school shows, and special performances. The annual cultural festival is organized by the RI Black Storytellers, a non-profit organization “dedicated to promoting the awareness, appreciation, and application of Black Storytelling in Rhode Island through performance, educational, and cultural experiences.”
Well the event continues tomorrow, on Friday January 22, with “Spoken Word and Love Stories.” The event will be hosted by spoken word poet, Christopher Johnson and dj’d by ME, Venus Sings/DJ Reza Wreckage. The event starts at 10pm, admission is $5, and it will take place at Brooklyn Coffee & Tea House, 209 Douglas Avenue in Providence, RI.
Join Johnson, me, and a host of other performers including a special preview performance by the Funda Fest 12 headlining performer, Grammy-nominated Christon Bacon, aka Christylez (pronounced Chris- styles) a progressive hip-hop artist out of Washington, DC. He performs for the Funda Fest Storytelling Concert and Market Place on Saturday, January 23, at 8 PM at the Michael P Metcalf Auditorium at Rhode Island School of Design, 20 North Main St in Providence, RI. For more information about the show visit www.ribsfest.com. For more about Funda Fest, click here.
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