Screening of “The Road to Fondwa” and Q+A with co-director Justin Brandon
Tuesday, September 14, 7:30-9pm
at Boxcar Books, 408 E 6th St
View the film trailer at http://fondwa.org/about/
RSVP and FMI: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113079255416353
Emeline Michel and her band perform Haitian roots music at the 17th annual Lotus World Music & Arts Festival
Friday, September 17 and Saturday, September 18, from 8:45-10pm
Tickets available online: http://lotusfest.org/ticket-info)
“Like other Haitian artists of her generation, Michel marries social and political content to the distinctive, danceable Afro-Caribbean rhythms of Haitian traditional music, including the Haitian original compas, the troubador-style twoubadou, and the Afro-Haitian festival style of music known as rara. “Everybody knows that Haiti is in trouble,” she says. As a Haitian living abroad, Michel uses her music “to show a side of Haitian culture that is positive.”
More information at http://lotusfest.org/emeline-michel and http://www.emeline-michel.com/
“A chat about Haitian music and culture” with Emeline Michel
Monday, September 20, 4-5pm
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, 1125 E. Atwater
Please note: This conversation will be conducted mostly in Haitian Creole.
“An Evening with Emeline Michel”
Tuesday, September 21, 7:30-9pm
in the Formal Lounge of the Foster International Learning-Living Center
Join us as this dynamic Haitian vocalist, songwriter, and dancer will discuss her life and career.
“Reforestation as Restoration:
An Examination of the Link between Environmental and Economic Restoration in Post-Earthquake Haiti”
a public presentation on sustainable reforestation and the impacts of the 2010 earthquake on the environment in Haiti
by Lizzie Cooke, Co-founder of Imagine Haitian(www.ImagineHaitian.org)
Friday, September 24, from 7-9:00 pm (Donations accepted)
at Boxcar Books, 408 E 6th St
Proceeds from the sale of Haitian arts and crafts will support Imagine Haitian’s reforestation efforts in Haiti.
Refreshments will be served.
RSVP and FMI: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=159551054055750
“A Night of Haitian Poetry”
Saturday, October 2, 7:30-9pm
at the Pour House, 314 E Kirkwood Ave
Join us for readings of Haitian and Haitian-American poetry and literature. Selections will be read in English, French, and Haitian Creole. Discussion will follow.
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