This will be a community debrief, a reflection on all things “A Little Bit of Death.”

A Little Bit of Death is an annual storytelling spell that centers BIPOC voices + queer voices. This is where community gathers to listen, to be heard, to be reflected back by the storytellers sharing their hearts on stage. It is a powerful night of healing. Join us.

A Little Bit of Death is an annual storytelling spell that centers BIPOC voices + queer voices. This is where community gathers to listen, to be heard, to be reflected back by the storytellers sharing their hearts on stage. It is a powerful night of healing. Join us.

A free poetry showcase of new works responding to Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel “Dred.”

Join us as we celebrate Zulynette’s new book “Seeing in the Dark.”
Moderated by Journee LaFond and Patrick “Rico” Williams, Zulynette will share excerpts from the book, speak to us about her process and showcase her art.

This is a free event.

The culmination of the first annual Artists of Color Accelerate Fellowship.
Fellows will share their experiences, showcase work and share visions for upcoming cohorts.

Sponsored by CT CORE (Community Organizing for Racial Equity), this is the first in a series of conversations centering Black voices and experiences. To celebrate Black History we are highlighting several factors of Black life, in these conversations we are speaking to Black immigrant in America.

Sponsored by CT CORE (Community Organizing for Racial Equity), this is the first in a series of conversations centering Black voices and experiences. To celebrate Black History we are highlighting several factors of Black life, in these conversations we are speaking to Black immigrant in America.

Patrick “Rico” Williams will be facilitating Live readings, interactive dialogue and reflections on fiction and poetry by Black, Indigenous and BIPOC authors. We are discussing Jacqueline Woodson’s “Red at The Bone” and Grace Byers’ “I Am Enough.”

The Book Club was inspired Black Lives Matter activists and by Black author Jasmine Guillory, who writes “…when we say Black Lives Matter, we mean the whole of Black lives—not just when we die at the hands of the police and not just when our lives intersect with white lives to our detriment. Racism is not the only thing to know about what it means to be Black. Our joys, our sorrows, our love, our grief, our struggles to fit in, our families, our accomplishments and our triumphs—these things also matter.”

Together we will honor BIPOC stories of joy, grief, healing, sorrow, and love. In this spirit, the book club will live by a shared set of values, including committing to the practice of anti-racism in its gatherings.

For more information about the library, visit hplct.org

For more information about Hartford Stage, visit hartfordstage.org.

About AMERICAN DREAMS

You are invited into the live online studio audience of American Dreams, a game show where you, the audience, decide which contestant will receive the ultimate prize: instant citizenship to “the greatest nation on earth”.  This playful participatory performance takes a page from America’s favorite game shows and uses voting, polling, trivia and more to explore who and what we choose to believe.  Welcome to American Dreams. “It’s a Game. It’s a Show. It’s America!”

American Dreams premiered live at Cleveland Public Theatre in 2018. This fall, the show launches as a live online theater production nationwide in a virtual tour that will begin at Arizona State University and then head across the U.S., inviting audiences into playful, timely engagement and dialogue around immigration and what it means to be a citizen of this country.

Good morning!!!

Tonight I’m cohosting The People's Saturday School’s Launch Party.

there will be music, poetry, community.

The People’s Saturday School is a grassroots collective dedicated to co-creating liberatory educational spaces by and for Black, Indigenous and/or People of Color...

Registration open, but we are nearing capacity.

Hosted by Dr. Christina Best, we are discussing what community is about and what our panelists are doing for the movement.
Panelists:

• Ashley Blount

• Melinda Johnson

• Justin Farmer

• Patrick “Rico” Williams

Event brought to you by Inside Out, Outside In

Kick off Juneteenth with a virtual panel moderated by @brownfeminem!
Check them out for more information on the panel and how you can catch the event

There are few braver acts than migration; deciding to pack your life and lean into the unknown, because your future depends on it. CT UndocuFund is highlighting the stories and experiences of phenomenal folks who have taken that plunge, we present "Breaking Bread and Borders: Conversations around Food, Migration, and Home" moderated by Claudine Constant Fox�

The purpose of this initiative is to raise funds for our undocumented populations who are consistently excluded from relief efforts. For more information; continue to check our social media pages (IG & Twitter - @CTundocufund), donate (bit.ly/CTundocufund) and share this with your network.

Hosted by AJ Johnson & Patrick “Rico” Williams

We wanted to create a Black affirming space where people were able to be real; share stories, art, organizing strategies and hold space for each other. We wanted it to be informal, a place to take the armor off.

We are centering Black artist, activists, healers

There are few braver acts than migration; deciding to pack your life and lean into the unknown, because your future depends on it. CT UndocuFund is highlighting the stories and experiences of phenomenal folks who have taken that plunge, we present "Breaking Bread and Borders: Conversations around Food, Migration, and Home" moderated by Claudine Constant Fox�

The purpose of this initiative is to raise funds for our undocumented populations who are consistently excluded from relief efforts. For more information; continue to check our social media pages (IG & Twitter - @CTundocufund), donate (bit.ly/CTundocufund) and share this with your network.