Join us @ Hayti, Aug. 11th – 21st as we celebrate all things Hip Hop! The Culture is now 51 years young and is still changing and impacting the world. Join us for performances, workshops, lectures, culminating in a New Work, Death of Cochise by Dasan Ahanu @ Carolina Theatre, Aug. 20th !
Sunday August 11th @ 6 pm
Black American Music
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik: A Tribute To Outkast
sponsored by Google
Sunday, August 11th
@ 6pm
We’re kicking off season 4 of our Black American Music series by celebrating Hip Hop! 51 years ago on August 11th, hip hop was born. We are focusing on the South’s Contribution to the legacy with a tribute to the greatest Duo of all time – OutKast. Hip Hop was born from the fundamentals of Black American Music. Local jazz Musicians, will interpret the music that put the dirty south on the map.
Get into your Southernplayalistic Cadillac. And drive over to Stankonia aka Hayti. Invite she, they, him & I. Aquemini. Turn on your speakerboxx and witness the love below. It’s about to be outta this world, all you ATLiens….
Monday August 12th @ 6:30 pm
2nd Mondays
Jambalaya Soul Academy
Writing & Performance Workshop
Featuring Cypher U
Monday, August 12th
6:30 – 8:30pm
FREE/RSVP
The Jambalaya Soul Academy offers tools and strategies for writing poetry. You will gain poetry writing tips and prompts; develop new ideas or complete unfinished poems; and share your work with other poets. Bring your notebook, a pen, and an open mind. This month’s workshop will be hosted by Cypher University!
The workshop will be in Person @ Hayti Heritage Center.
Email [email protected] with any questions and RSVP below!!
Wednesday August 14th
@ 11:30am @ Hayti
Beyond The Beat:
Black Liberation & The Politics of Hip-Hop
A Lunchtime Lecture with Professor Demetrius Noble (aka D. Noble)
Wednesday, August 14th
@ 11:30am – 1:00pm
Free RSVP
90 minutes of head bobbing to hip-hop, picking apart poetry, and dissecting politics from works of art in a way that’s “intellectually rigorous” but incredibly fun. Welcome to class. Lets go beyond the beat with poet, scholar & professor Demetrius ‘D’ Noble’s UNC Greensboro’s Dept. of African American and African Diaspora Studies (AADS)
“New possibilities can be created through human activity. I’m hoping that these explorations of the art of Black liberation struggle will help inform and inspire them to think more critically about what they can do to get involved and make the world a better place.” – Professor D. Noble.
This workshop occurs in person @ Hayti Heritage Center and virtually on our Youtube Channel.
Friday August 16th @ 6pm @ Hayti
3rd Friday @ Hayti
Hayti Films presents Beat Street
Featuring The Raleigh Rockers
Friday, August 16th
@ 6pm
Free RSVP
Join us The Third Friday in August as we continue our Hip Hop Week Celebration by featuring the classic 1984 movie, BEAT STREET.
This movie premiered and captured the essence of the beginnings of hip- hop culture. Fast forward 40 years later and stop by HAYTI as we revisit this classic film. Beat Street: An aspiring DJ from the South Bronx and his best friend, a promoter, tries to get into show business by exposing people to hip-hop music and the local culture.
To kick off the evening we’ll also feature The Raleigh Rockers with a b-boy workshop @ 6pm. Movie begins at 7pm. Free please RSVP
Saturday August 17th @ 7pm @ Hayti
3rd Saturday @ Hayti
Jambalaya Soul presents
Paper Thin Poetry Slam
Saturday August 21st
@ 8pm | $10
Join us for a special night of poetry. All participants MUST READ FROM PAPER for this slam. They can read from printed paper or a journal. No phones. No memorized poems. This is a chance to hear a variety of amazing poems from some of the best writers in the Triangle. This is an opportunity for disparate arrays or voices. You don’t want to miss it.
All poetry shared must be original.
The Jambalaya Soul Slam is the Triangle’s longest running poetry event!
doors 7:30pm
show 8:00pm
$10 General Admission
*Limited seating is available
For more information: [email protected] | For guidelines go to www.bullcitypoetryslam.com
ONE NIGHT ONLY!
Tuesday August 20th @ 7pm
@ Carolina Theatre of Durham
BLACK POETRY THEATRE & THE CAROLINA THEATRE OF DURHAM IN ASSOCIATION WITH HAYTI HERITAGE CENTER PRESENT
Death of Cochise:
Created by Dasan Ahanu
Directed by Quentin Talley
Written & performed by Dasan Ahanu & Boris “Bluz” Rogers
Live Music by The Holloway Group
Monday August 20th @ 7pm
@ Carolina Theatre of Durham
It is summer. Two emcee poets leave home to meet and prepare for their show that night. As they navigate through the city, they witness rising tensions and frustrations at every corner. Families are struggling, the youth are anxious, and blackness is being manipulated. When news of a life lost hits, the two artists know they have to do something before the community explodes. Can they use their show as a way to provide healing and direction to those who feel pushed to the edge and overlooked?
Told through a combination of verse, drama, and imagery, “Death of Cochise” takes audiences on a journey through identity, culture, struggle, responsibility, and accountability. This multi-media production stars award-winning poets and performing artists Dasan Ahanu and Bluz. Led by these two dynamic artists, this hip-hop and spoken word production uses the art of emceeing, vivid imagery, and compelling storytelling to talk about the breadth of Black life and the value of Black creative expression.
“Death of Cochise” was created by Dasan Ahanu and is directed by Quentin Talley. It was commissioned and is being presented by the Hayti Heritage Center and the Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College. In addition to Black Poetry Theatre, the Carolina Theatre of Durham, and the Hayti Heritage Center, this event has support provided by the National Performance Network (NPN)