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Tonight we are at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley, California for a special live radio play broadcast of the first epidsode in a series of monthly ritual theatre pieces performances by Jovelyn Richards (Mz Pat's House) and Luisah Teish (Voudou Woman). We have a special guest host, poet, actress and healer, Piet Bereal.In the House of the Mothers : An interactive visit with Mz Pat, and the Voudou Q is January 26 @ 7:00 pm. For One Enchanting Night Only!  Mz Pat’s house is occupied by amazing characters with stories of trials and triumphs. The voudou priestess comes to visit Mz.Pat with a bundle of herbs and a pocket full of charms. The audience is invited to interact with these wise women through story-sharing, ritual,movement and song. Live Music, Jazz & Blues. Written and Performed by Jovelyn Richards &  Luisah Teish. Directed by Stephanie Anne Johnson. Visit http://lapena.org/event/in-the-house-of-the-mothers-an-interactive-visit-with-mz-pat-and-the-voudou-q-2/

Tonight we are at La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley, California for a special live radio play broadcast of the first epidsode in a series of monthly ritual theatre pieces performances by Jovelyn Richards (Mz Pat's House) and Luisah Teish (Voudou Woman). We have a special guest host, poet, actress and healer, Piet Bereal.In the House of the Mothers : An interactive visit with Mz Pat, and the Voudou Q is January 26 @ 7:00 pm. For One Enchanting Night Only!  Mz Pat’s house is occupied by amazing characters with stories of trials and triumphs. The voudou priestess comes to visit Mz.Pat with a bundle of herbs and a pocket full of charms. The audience is invited to interact with these wise women through story-sharing, ritual,movement and song. Live Music, Jazz & Blues. Written and Performed by Jovelyn Richards &  Luisah Teish. Directed by Stephanie Anne Johnson. Visit http://lapena.org/event/in-the-house-of-the-mothers-an-interactive-visit-with-mz-pat-and-the-voudou-q-2/

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay!

We rebroadcast an episode featuring Martin Luther, musician, composer, soul singer (smile). I am on my way to New York for Baba Amiri Baraka's funeral this weekend. We'll be back to our regular time next week.

We rebroadcast an episode featuring Martin Luther, musician, composer, soul singer (smile). I am on my way to New York for Baba Amiri Baraka's funeral this weekend. We'll be back to our regular time next week.

We honor Amiri Baraka who made his transition this morning with poetry, music and reflection and a rebroadcast of a show where Baraka spoke about Manning Marable's book Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. Music: Billy Harper, Max Roach with Abbey Lincoln, Donald Bailey, Val Serrant. Poetry: Gha'il Rhodes Benjamin's "U is King of Word cause can’t nobody CHANGE a word u said" (2009); Rafael Jesús González's "After the Lecture,' for Martin Luther King Jr. (2012).

We honor Amiri Baraka who made his transition this morning with poetry, music and reflection and a rebroadcast of a show where Baraka spoke about Manning Marable's book Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention. Music: Billy Harper, Max Roach with Abbey Lincoln, Donald Bailey, Val Serrant. Poetry: Gha'il Rhodes Benjamin's "U is King of Word cause can’t nobody CHANGE a word u said" (2009); Rafael Jesús González's "After the Lecture,' for Martin Luther King Jr. (2012).

8 a.m. – Opal Palmer Adisa, Author

8-8:30 a.m. – Pedro Gomez, Musical Director

9-9:30 a.m. – Micia Mosely, Comic

9:40-11:00 a.m. – Juliejean Jordan, Mother of Peace Zimbabwe

Rebroadcast from Dec. 6, 2013

8 a.m. – Opal Palmer Adisa, Author

8-8:30 a.m. – Pedro Gomez, Musical Director

9-9:30 a.m. – Micia Mosely, Comic

9:40-11:00 a.m. – Juliejean Jordan, Mother of Peace Zimbabwe

Rebroadcast from Dec. 6, 2013