Events

Black Art In America Grand Opening and Juneteenth Celebration 2022 in East Point, Georgia!
https://www.blackartinamerica.com/index.php/2022/06/10/one-of-the-top-black-cultural-events-of-the-decade-happening-juneteenth-pull-up-atlanta-by-debra-hand/
Great Weather for Media Spoken Word Sundays Presents Scott Pleasants and Tantra-zawadi plus open mic poetry on Sunday, November 14th!
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scott-pleasants-and-tantra-zawadi-plus-poetry-open-mic-registration-202450223067?fbclid=IwAR14yoHitIfm4Gnln6vBhZwAKY4TJJwgH5WT94MUoB3wmdW1NKupsah9viw
Senegal-America Project at Hartford’s Theater of Performing Arts (October 27th).https://www.hartfordschools.org/hartford-magnet-trinity-college-academy-hosts-global-citizens-day-music-event/
NYC Poetry Festival, July 25, 2021, Governor’s Island!
Tantra-zawadi, Prince A. McNally and Robert Gibbons.

Back to School Giveaway! September 10, 2021 3-6pm.
Flatbush Gardens Courtyard with support from Councilwoman Farah Louis.
Poets: Talena Lachelle Queen, Prince A. McNally, Tantra-zawadi, Roxanne Hoffman and Patricia Carragon.

December 27, 2020 World Premiere and February 28, 2021!
Sponsored in part by the Brooklyn Arts Council

8th Annual Purple Power Domestic Violence Awareness Fundraiser


Great Falls International Word Festival!


Hope to see you at the North Quabbin Garlic & Arts Festival on Sunday, September 30th at the Word Stage hosted by Paul Richmond, CEO Human Error Publishing.  I look forward to seeing you and sharing some of my original work!  Once again this will be a part of the 100 Thousands Poets for Change going on around the world. Each half hour, new writers will present their work with over 40 writers.  It’s all happening on Saturday & Sunday, September 29 & 30 from 10:00 AM ~ 5:00 PM –  Rain or Shine.

Where?

Forster’s Farm
60 Chestnut Hill Road
Orange, Massachusetts

$5 for adults, kids 12 and under free
Weekend pass $8 Credit/debit cards accepted

#northquabbingarlicandartsfestival #humanerrorpublishing #paulrichmond #massachusetts #poetry #writers #books #thingstodoinseptember #tantrazawadi

#AmsterdamDanceEvent – ADE Festival 2018 at Suzy Wong:  BBR Showcase, Thursday October 18th from 10:00pm – 4:00am. 

Line-up:

Luyo, The Rituals, Spellband, Paolo Madzone Zampetti, Enea DJ and Ezio Centanni.

Voice:  Tantra-zawadi

Hope to see you there #oneloveonehouse #peace

#ADE2018 #BBRShowcase #Luyo #TheRituals #Spellband #PaoloMadzoneZampetti #EneaDJ #EzioCentanni #Tantrazawadi #SuzyWong

Poets Wear Prada will be at this year’s Brooklyn Book Festival on Sunday, September 16, 2018 at Brooklyn Borough Hall from 10am – 6pm.   I’ll be there along with other Poets Wear Prada authors at booth #627.  For more information about the festival, please visit  http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/.  See you there and thank you for your support!


Poetic Soul Arts Presents
The Women Gather ~ Use Your Voice to Change Your Life
A Celebration of Women Poets & Fundraiser for Camp Hope/The Center for Family Justice

Thursday, March 29, 2018
6:30pm~9:00pm
$20.00 Admission ~ Half of all profits will be donated to camp hope. If you would like to make additional donations, the option will be available that evening or you can visit www.centerforfamilyjustice.org.

 

Blends Gallery
1163 Main St.
Bridgeport, CT 06604

Featured Poets Include
Tantra ZawadiLynnette Johnson, Brenda’s Child ~ Latoya Writes and Shanna Tanika Melton

Music by Buddha LuvJonz of LuvJonz Entertainment

The mission of Camp Hope is as follows…
“Our goal is to give back to children and teens the childhood’s they have lost.

The impact of being a primary or secondary victim of domestic or sexual violence or child abuse is devastating and can have profound long-term consequences. Children exposed to trauma have been deprived of the safety and security that should be a rite of childhood. They are also at a higher risk for residual , social and behavioral impact.

Camp HOPE America is a growing national network of camps created to respond to this kind of trauma in a sensitive, therapeutic way.

Clinical research shows the Camp HOPE model helps children and teens overcome obstacles in a safe, supportive environment; improves self-esteem; and makes them more emotionally resilient.”

Visit www.centerforfamilyjustice.org

 

for more information about Camp Hope and the great work that they do to assist families in our community.A special thanks to our contributors which include…
Kathleen Maher/ The Barnum Museum, Alicia Cobb/ Art Simplicated, Scihonor Ruiz, Earth’s Natural Touch Birth Care & Beyond, Christine Maxwell
Please support and connect with these important companies in the Bridgeport Community.

There are limited spots for vendors. Please inbox Shanna Shanna Tanika Melton email shatamel@gmail.com for information.

Please share this invitation! The more support that we have, the more we can contribute towards a great experience for these children. ~Shanna

NRM free range™ presents … TROPICAL SOUL™    Relax, Renew and Discover Emerging Content.   Experience cultural connectivity through sights and sound — under the sun and stars in Miami Design District. Escape into the music, art, food and tropical inspired cocktails and set yourself free. SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2018, 12 PM – 11 PM at Jungle Plaza in Miami Design District, 3801 NE 1st Avenue, Miami, FL 33137

For more details please visit:  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tropical-soultm-tickets-28192108355

 

Peace Beautiful Ones!

Excited about this very cool event on February 16th at Gateway City Arts in Holyoke, MA!  Our concert is called #RhythmandFlow.  Honored to share the stage with some of the most gifted artists on earth:  Tony Vacca (co-founder, Senegal-America Project), Abiodun Oyewole (founding member, The Last Poets), Derrik Jordan, Jo Sallins and Charles Langford.  The space is lovely, and the energy is going to be magnetic.  Hope to see you there!  Here’s the link to our Facebook event page:   https://www.facebook.com/events/168056350481853/.  To purchase tickets on line:  https://www.ticketfly.com/event/1639226

Friday, February 16th, Gateway City Arts, 92-114 Race Street, Holyoke, MA 01040 – 8:00PM #rhythmandflow #worldmusic #poetry #50thanniversarythelastpoets

“The SENEGAL-AMERICA PROJECT is an expandable, up-close-and-personal model for practicing the most essential and obvious principle of human interactions, which is that we are all connected. The primary goal of the project is to bring people together in meaningful collaborations that create transformational responses to what we share of common issues and common ground.  It’s global citizenship, and we’re using music as the vehicle to set all this in motion.

There are two distinct aspects of this project:  A performance troupe that features musicians, poets, and dancers from Senegal, America and beyond, and a non-profit sponsored network of partnerships that is focused on the power of our inter-connected global citizenship to address our common issues. These include health, education, equity, access, the prevention of violence, and the practice of joyful respect for our exquisite humanity.

For us, these are totally interconnected elements: music has always been the engine of social change. When the music, the dance and the poetry bring us all together, the message is always that “we are all connected, our fates are ultimately inseparable, and the help we give becomes the help we get.”  -Tony Vacca, co-founder Senegal-America Project

To learn more, please visit us on line:  Senegal-America Project

#worldmusic #globalcitizenship #spokenword #senegalamericaproject #partnership #westafricandance #artsareessential

 

“To Face It,” a one woman staged reading by Tantra-zawadi from the novel by Lupe Family…

Hope you’ll join us for my one woman staged reading of “To Face It” by Lupe Family on Sunday, December 10th at the WOW Cafe Theater. for a new chapter of family betrayal and sexism in the US of A. Tania and Agua dig deep into their past wanting to be heard and making sure it happens. Silenced no longer, our main characters face their fears as women of color struggling to survive and bloom in colonized Caribbean cultures and families.
Performed by Tantra-Zawadi
Directed by Lupe Family
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WOW Cafe Theatre
59-61 East 4th Street (bet Bowery and 2nd Ave), New York City. Doors open at 4:40pm and performance begins at 5:00pm – Admission $15 – sliding scale – no one turned away.
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#tofaceit #drama #liveperformance #onewomanshow #stagedreading #theater #zawadishouse #lupefamily #thankyou #performanceart #artistlife

See you in Amsterdam for ADE 2017 – Amsterdam Dance Event!!

#Madzonegeneration #FestivalLuminaa #ADE2017