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Showing posts with label Simone Jacobson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Simone Jacobson. Show all posts
Friday, June 4, 2010
Thursday, June 3, 2010
"Out to Launch"
Saturday, June 12, 2010 | 7-10 p.m.
during the Food & Wine Festival at The Amber Tree Gallery
177 Waterfront Street Oxon Hill, MD 20745 (National Harbor)
LAUNCHING...
BIRIBELLE ACCESSORIES
SMART CHICKS INC. BLOG
WITH PERFORMANCES BY...
Carolyn Malachi & her live band, featuring Slyce D
Laroc Cartier (deep house)
Please join us at the Amber Tree Gallery's new location to celebrate the SmartChicks blog launch and the Crylittle Millinery for BiriBelle debut!
Sponsored by Bluffa Jo Cosmetics, Eye Catching Entertainment, Authentic Art DC, and Peppersoup Media.
The event will feature an exclusive "Out to Launch" Bloggers Lounge. For more info on the Bloggers Lounge or to RSVP your blog, please contact Kou Moore at: peppersoupinfo@yahoo.com
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The gallery has limited capacity, so please RSVP at: http://outtolaunch2010.eventbrite.com/
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Sister Bohemia Takes Bohemian Caverns
April 22
Bohemian Caverns
11th & U Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20009
8 p.m.
Experience the rapture of Sister Bohemia. Hosted by Simone Jacobson, this event is a must-see, featuring musical guests, Tamika “Love” Jones and Carolyn Malachi.
Tamika Love Jones, a DC native and representative in her own right, charms music lovers with a gospel-jazz tonality aimed to touch the soul. Her development into music after losing loved ones to drugs and violence deems Jones’ art even more imperative as it penetrates the lives of young people, the heart of her community. Invited to work with the likes of artists Faith Evans, Mya and Grammy Award Winner, songwriter, Denise Rich, Jones is no stranger to the prospect of stardom; still, she walks her own path, performing at live festivals, private events, and especially community affairs, where her music moves the hearts and hopes of many.
Moving and shaking her audience, not to mention the jazz genre altogether, is Smart Chicks Inc. founder and poster chick, Carolyn Malachi. Having finished a February tour in sunny South Africa, only to bring a hot spell to Georgetown’s Blues Alley, the trailblazer makes her way to Bohemian Caverns, where the day is hot, but the night will blaze. Also a Maryland-DC dweller, Malachi continues to advance theRevenge of the Smart Chicks movement with what she calls a “haute-eclectic-soular-blues.” Great-granddaughter to jazz pianist, John Malachi, and acclaimed activist as well, Carolyn Malachi is nothing short of a headliner.
Also on Deck
Tamika and Carolyn will be styled by Madia Willis, designer and owner of BiriBelle clothing. The afrochic clothing line was inspired by Willis' study abroad experience in Ghana. The BiriBelle logo comes from the symbol “hye wonhye,” (shay-wo-en-shey) meaning “permanent or unburnable.” It’s no question, Willis is here to stay.
This event is sponsored by Fusicology, Mr. Briggs Management, BiriBelle Clothing, and Smart Chicks Inc. Tickets are $10 in advance, $15 at the door. The event commences at Bohemian Caverns, 8p.m. on 11th and U Street, April 22, 2010.
Contacts
Carolyn Malachi / Billy Zero - Manager 202-302-2575 / billyzero@djboy.com
Tamika “Love” Jones /Delonte Briggs - Manager 202-492-5618 / delontebriggs@gmail.com
BiriBelle / Madia Willis - Designer 202-731-9076 / www.biribelle.com or biribel
Friday, March 5, 2010
SULU DC is a monthly event produced by Smart Chick, Simone Jacobson. Here's a review of the event in the Washington Post.
(Veronika Lukasova For The Washington Post)
Friday, January 8, 2010
Doors open at 6:30pm. Show starts at 7:00pm. Dance party at 10:00pm.
$10 general admission / $8 students
(Alcohol will be served at this event. Event is ALL AGES; all under 21 will need supervision after the show.)
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Hosted by Regie Cabico. Sounds by DJ Mars Noble.
FEATURING:
*KELLY ZEN-YIE TSAI *
www.yellowgurl.com
FB: Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai
Twitter: @yellowgurlpoet
Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai is a Chicago-born, Brooklyn-based, Chinese Taiwanese American spoken word artist who has performed her poetry at over 375 venues worldwide including three seasons on "Russell Simmons Presents HBO Def Poetry." Winner of a 2007 New York Foundation for the Arts Urban Artist Initiative Award, she was listed as one of Idealist in NYC's Top 40 New Yorkers Who Make Positive Social Change in 2008 and AngryAsianMan.com’s “30 Most Influential Asian Americans Under 30” in 2009. She has shared stages with Mos Def, KRS-One, Sonia Sanchez, Talib Kweli, Erykah Badu, Amiri Baraka, and many more.
*SIMONE JACOBSON*
www.wblinc.org
Simone Jacobson was born in Phoenix, Arizona where she emerged as a performer under the tutelage of internationally renowned choreographer, Hodgie Jo. While at the University of Maryland, she studied dance and became a member of the professional hip-hop dance company, Culture Shock DC (CSDC), serving as the first director of their junior dance company, Future Shock. Among other venues, she has performed with CSDC in Zurich, Switzerland, at the Asian Pacific Islander American Spoken Word and Poetry Summit in San Francisco and Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C. Ms. Jacobson was the founder/director of the Urban Poets Society, a traveling collective of spoken word poets in DC, MD, and VA. She also founded/directed UMD's first hip-hop dance company, PHUNKtions, which is still active and hosts an annual hip-hop dance competition. She has trained with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, danced as the opening act for Sister Sledge and for the legendary Roots crew with Footklan.
Today, she is the Cipher Director at Words Beats & Life (WBL), a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming individual lives and whole communities through hip-hop. She is currently pursuing an MA in Arts Management at American University. Over the past two years, she has taught English/hip-hop dance/spoken word poetry in northern France, in a French immersion preschool in San Francisco, visited her mother's homeland (Burma), managed an international arts exchange between Iran and the U.S., and launched/hosted an open mic at the Hillyer Art Space called HOME. In the words of Jeff Chang and the hip-hop community, "can't stop, won't stop."
*THE ELAHATER*
www.hateonme.com
*TAIYI SUN*
Violinist
*MARCO MERCADO*
Marco Mercado is a high energy performer who has amazed audiences up and down the East coast. He has performed at numerous colleges and venues including University of Florida, Penn State, Virginia Tech, Georgetown University. He is a social studies teacher at Independence Middle School in Virginia Beach. Marco Mercado's humble beginnings and word-of-mouth has given him longevity in the community. The performer and teacher is also sponsor for Barrelman Apparel.
with a special guest performance by *HANALEI RAMOS*!
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ABOUT SULU DC
Sulu DC is an underground, grassroots network for Asian American and/or Pacific Islander American (AAPI)* artists, which provides a home for AAPI focused spoken word and multidisciplinary artists in Washington, D.C. Sulu DC fosters relationships with local and national activist organizations, nurtures the artistic development of emerging AAPI artists and builds inter-generational alliances with cities across North America in preparation for the biennial APIA Spoken Word & Poetry Summit (next summit: 2011 in Twin Cities, MN. Visit www.apiaword.com for more information).
