A Celebration of Black Girlhood & Womanhood through Poetry, Films & Food!
Fri, Jul 16
|Epsilon Spires
Celebrate Black Girlhood & Womanhood through Poetry, Film, Food & Chocolate in our Outdoor Cinema! Featuring the films Hey Little Black Girl and The Fits, poetry read by poets from around New England, and soul food created by local culinary artists in response to the poems.
Time & Location
Jul 16, 2021, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Epsilon Spires, 190 Main St, Brattleboro, VT 05301, USA
About the event
The Reading is from 7:45 - 8:30 p.m. Films begin screening around 8:45 p.m.
Epsilon Spires presents a special multidisciplinary Backlot Cinema weekend-long event featuring poets from around the New England region - Amina 'illypsis' Jordan-Mendez, Lady Abstract, LN - alongside artist Shanta Lee.
As a part of this celebratory event for Shanta Lee’s book launch on Friday and Sunday, books and specialty non-alcoholic drinks will be sold by Antidote Books, custom chocolate inspired by Shanta Lee’s poems will be provided by Tavernier Chocolates, and Soul Food delights by Harmony's Kitchen!
Read more about it in The Commons! http://www.commonsnews.org/site/sitenext/story.php?articleno=34163
On Friday July 16, the featured poets Lady Abstract, and LN will read with Shanta Lee (who is sharing work from her new book, GHETTOCLAUSTROPHOBIA) prior to the showing of the exquisite films: Hey Little Black Girl and The Fits. The range of art forms paired together share an exploration of…
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Poetry + Film Friday Night!
Celebrate Black Girlhood & Womanhood through Poetry, Film, Food & Chocolate in our Outdoor Cinema! Featuring the films Hey Little Black Girl and The Fits, poetry read by poets from around New England, and special treats created by local culinary artists in response to the poems.
$15.00
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