This weekend in DC: Classlines, Green TV & The Saartjie Project

[Anu]

Hey everyone,

very last minute notice, but I am performing in a work-in-progress of
Classlines this Saturday at the Urban Transformations Conference at
AU, along with Rose Oliphant and Ellie Walton. We decided to go
personal -- what better way to explore issues of class than by mining
our own stories and experiences. Sometimes it's important to examine
the lens from which we are viewing the world.

The excerpts are short, as we only have 30 minutes. But they are a
rough mix of projection and storytelling. Come and check it out:

Classlines, a work-in-progress
exploring issues of class through a storytelling lens

Saturday March 21st
6pm King Life Chapel
American University
FREE

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PLANET GREEN CONTEST

A fellow artist-in-struggle has entered a $200,000 American-Idol-ish
contest for Green Living in the US. Similar to American Idol, he's
looking for votes. So if you've got a minute, I recommend his work
which is a pilot video show currently in the works for online and tv
networks. Here's his description, "it's a kind like a SNL meets the
entire PLANET GREEN network on SESAME STREET for lunch with a guy-
yelling-on-the-street-about-his-problems to a market research
consultant. The goal is to entertain and inform so that people will
commitment to small actions to improve their lives, communities and
the environment."

Here's the site:
http://www.justmeans.com/competitionidea/8038/promoteidea.html

Feel free to share it around.

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THE SAARTJIE PROJECT
FRIDAY MARCH 20 8pm
The Potter's House
1658 Columbia Road, NW
Washington, DC 20009
Suggested Donation $15 (No one turned away!)
all tickets sold at the door!

"A diverse collective of black women performance artists weaving song,
dance, visual art, spoken word & drama into a celebration that
reclaims the humanity of Saartjie (Sara) Baartman and explores the
continued fascination with the black female body..."

I haven't yet had the pleasure of seeing their work, I've never been
able to make the shows yet. But I've heard fantastic things and their
shows have always sold out, so be sure to arrive early if you want to
check it out.

www.thesaartjieproject.org

Location:
The Potter's House
1658 Columbia Road, NW
Washington, DC 20009
metro: columbia heights
bus: 42/90 buses

Also featuring:

JOYISM
dance/play/live

Binahkaye Joy activates the space with a fusion of dance, words,
sounds, and fun, inviting everyone to participate in the dance that
belongs to all of us. She is accompanied by the cosmic melodies of
Manatho "Moonhead" Masani on mbira, the thumb piano.