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HABLA UNDERGROUND
Harvesting Asian Black Latino Artists |
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Chinese New Year Celebration |
An evening of live music, art and poetry |
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7:00 pm Saturday, February 13, 2010
Lili Bernard Art Studio & HABLA Underground
935 Chung King Road, Chinatown,
Los Angeles, CA 90012
www.lilibernard.com (323) 936-3607 www.HablaUnderground.com
FREE ADMISSION (Donations for the HABLA Underground accepted)
HABLA Underground Exhibition 5 on display in the Underground
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KEVIN T. WILLIAMS
featured musician
Featuring a live solo vocal & acoustic guitar performance by Kevin T. Williams. Kevin started his musical odyssey at the age of 2 in the place where most African-American singers start, the church. Growing up in Watts, California, Williams soaked up every musical influence that the city could offer. Latin, African, Motown, Funk, Soul and Rock and Roll were all in his own "butterflow" style by the time he joined his first band at the age of 13. His journey through the LA music scene and over 35 countries throughout the world has been bright and exciting.
Williams has a long list of recordings, production and song writing credits (including “Tell Me Why” co-written with South African singer Jonathan Butler and produced by Earth Wind and Fire front man Maurice White),Talk Back, The Rebel Rockers,The Bonedaddys, Jump with Joey,Solsonics & Ben Harper are just the short list of the artist that Kevin has lent his unique & varied talents to along the way.
With real American sounds steeped in the tradition of JAMES BROWN, STEVIE WONDER, MARVIN GAYE and CURTIS MAYFEILD. www.butterflow.com |
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JASMINE ORPILLA
"...impressively original" -- Contours Magazine
"vocal destructionist/gangsta!" -- Citizen LA
Award ward-winning vocal performance artist, also known as Ninjamamalickum from Ninja Academy, JASMINE ORPILLA performs her musical live-art piece entitled "SPLOTCH©: The Beauty of Skin Whitening."
Featuring collaborative imagery with filmmaker
Najaa Young
Najaa Young is an award-winning filmmaker, writer and director of the upcoming documentary "American Africans," about African Americans who have chosen to adopt African religious rites, names and customs as their own while exploring how their decisions affected their lives.
Jasmine Orpilla: http://ninjamamalickum.wordpress.com/
Najaa Young: http://sites.google.com/site/americanafricans/
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LILI BERNARD
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"I think the work that Lili is doing in telling that story . . . for lack of a better word , documenting that experience, the Afro-Cuban and the Afro-American experience as well, is very important -- and on top of being beautiful. The art work is really beautiful as well. We have a really powerful message on top of something that is esthetically pleasing."
-- Joseph C. Phillips
www.lilibernard.com
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musical accompaniment to the the spoken word by
LOBACE
www.lobace.com |
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Lili Bernard showcases her poems, "Arbol Sagrado," and "Che Chango Rendezvous en La Habana 2010, " which are part of a greater multi-media work-in-progress, entitled "Ceiba de Cuba." Through the spoken word, drama and performance art, Lili explores her Afro-Cuban roots, juxtaposed against Che Guevara the Icon and Che Guevara his words and deeds. Lili Bernard is accompanied by featured musician Lobace on bass guitar and her children Zion and the Ferguson 5 on percussion. |
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Original Poetry by WILLIAM JACKSON III
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HABLA Underground Exhibition 5 Artists: Anupama Chandrasekhar, Bob Bright, Christie Shinn, Debra A. Varnado, Donna Angers, Hugh O'Mara, Ingrid Elburg, Kevin T. Williams, Lili Bernard, Ray Chavez, Special K, Young Yun Summers.
HABLA Underground: Harvesting Asian Black Latino Artists is a collaborative of artists of all ethnicities (Caucasian included) who are creating a platform in the mainstream art world for the grossly underrepresented voices of non-Caucasian artists and of art in general which reflects themes and images outside of the White realm. CLICK HERE FOR A PRESS RELEASE
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