#WhereToBe 2.2–2.8
“Each Friday, Transformative Culture Project features a special #wheretobe post on to make sure every day of the week has a community cultural event to check out. We hope that you all can come out into the community, learn, and commemorate some influential people and events around Boston! Have something coming up that you’d like to see here? Tweet us @tcproj and follow the hashtag #WhereToBe
Friday 2.2
The Writer’s Block
“The Writer’s Block is a writing workshop series hosted and facilitated by Black Venus. This series of monthly workshops is geared towards building community and supporting artists/aspiring writers in their creative process. The workshops will consist of exercises and prompts lead by the host and/or featured community artists (writers, musicians, spoken word poets, etc.) The goal of these workshops is 3-fold:
- To provide space for local individuals and creatives to build their writing practice.
- To gather and center the voices of POC living in Roxbury, Mattapan, Dorchester & JP in order to RECLAIM space and actively resist gentrification in Boston.
- To offer a space for community building and networking.
This event series is open to aspiring writers and writers of all genre. Please note that this is an anti-oppressive space that centers marginalized voices. Leave your privilege at the door (or in the donations!)”
When: 6pm
Where: Haley House Bakery & Cafe | 12 Dade St, Roxbury MA
Saturday 2.3
Fundraiser + Benefit for Local Activist Siham Byah
“ WHAT?: Benefit for local activist, Siham Byah
$5-$20 suggested donation
All Ages
WHY?:
The Justice4Siham campaign is planning a fundraiser at makeshift on Saturday, February 3 from 5pm-10pm to help raise money for local activist Siham Byah was unjustly deported by ICE in December. We are raising money for Siham and her family to help with legal expenses and legal fees over the next couple of months. All proceeds will go directly to Siham and her family. Join some of Boston’s most talented DJs, musicians, performers and poets as we fight for justice for Siham and the hundreds of thousands of other families under siege by ICE.”
When: 6pm
Where: Makeshift | 549 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Sunday 2.4
QT Restorative Movement
“ An offering for our queer, trans, Two-spirit and intersex fam. Black, indigenous, people of color and white folx ALL welcome! This movement class offers 75 mins of suggested guidance through breathing, gentle movement and other tools for rest.
We will open the space with introductions and speaking into the space. We aim to create a safe(r), gender affirming and body positive space and are always open to feedback around how to do better as we evolve together! Feedback cards offered at the end of every class.
Accessibility:
We are excited to be at a new regular location at the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Promotion Center (entrance is on Green street, behind the health center, address is 10 B Green Street). The space is wheelchair accessible. As always, if you require childcare, please let us know and we can try to arrange on site. The space is not scent free…if you need a scent free space please reach out so we can accommodate!
All classes are donation based, nobody will be turned away for not donating. Suggested donation: $5-$20. We will have cash jar as well as venmo/paypal info. The donations go to replenishing any medicines and ritual materials used during class and for travel costs for facilitators”
When: 6:30pm
Where: 10 B Green St, Jamaica Plain
Monday 2.5
Black Gold Series : A Celebration of Black Music
“ The Berklee Ensemble Department, in collaboration with the Center for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, kick off the new Black Gold Series with a Celebration of Black Music.
In honor of Black History Month and the Black Lives Matter movement, this 60-minute concert will feature students, faculty, and special guests playing a select range of historically black music, highlighting genres such as Afro-Caribbean, the music of Duke Ellington and Dizzy Gillespie, neo-soul, and ’90s R&B.
Opal Tometi, a Nigerian American strategist, writer, and community organizer who cofounded Black Lives Matter (BLM), a historic political project and network launched to combat structural racism, will deliver the keynote address before the concert.”
Tuesday 2.6
Melanated L.O.C.S
“ Hi Folks! The planning for the 2018 LOCS is underway and we would love your assistance! The symposium is a community event and we want to invite YOU to be a part of making the event an amazing success by joining the development process from start to finish!
Creative council members are responsible for assisting with planning and coordinating of all aspects of symposium; workshop and concepts suggestions, speaker recommendations, and promoting the event by contacting individuals and organizations to provide a promo package, documents , etc. Additionally, the committee ensures the event flows seamlessly by engaging participants at the symposium, answering questions and facilitating requests and inquiries.
We are extremely grateful for their generosity of the Cambridge Women’s Center for donating the space for our meetings. The weekly meetings will be held every Tuesday, beginning 12/12/17 — Please note our first meeting will be on Wednesday, December 6th.
Food and beverages will be provided.
We appreciate your continued support!”
Wednesday 2.7
Wine Down Wednesday Open Mic
“ We’re three weeks away for our Wine Down Wednesday Open Mic!!!
The feature for February 2018 is Indigo aka SumWonElz!!! He’s been blessing our mic since the relaunch and after his last performance, we had to ask him to feature!! His flow is like no other! He’s able to change his tone, flow on any beat and his stage presence is dope!
Please show him some love and support, check out his bio below!!
On the ones and twos, our DJ Shamara Renee aka WHYSHAM with your host Amanda Shea!! Stay tuned to upcoming posts regarding the $5 drink of the night and plate special!
Indigo is SumWonElz, but don’t worry, you don’t got the wrong guy…At the moment, he is a Lyricist, Actor, and Self Proclaimed Guru among other things but he’d rather jus consider himself an Artist because he likes big umbrellas…He also likes unorthodox expression, using ellipses instead of periods, and speaking about himself in the 3rd person for bios…Oh, and he likes all 3 of his artist pages on Facebook and hopes that you do too 🙂”
When: 7pm
Where: Suya Joint | 185 Dudley St, Roxbury MA
Thursday 2.8
Black QueerStory
“ In commemoration of Black History Month, we present a screening of The Passionate Pursuits of Angela Bowen. The movie provides a window into the life of Angela Bowen who grew up in inner city Boston during the Jim Crow era, and went on to become a classical ballerina, a legendary dance teacher, a black lesbian feminist activist organizer, writer and professor. After the screening, join us for an intergenerational talkback.
Location: Fenway Health, 10th Floor, 1340 Boylston St, Boston, MA
Contact: Tanekwah Hinds, thinds@fenwayhealth.org
Light refreshments provided. The location is wheelchair accessible and has gender neutral bathrooms.
Community Sponsors:
Fenway Health’s Women’s Health Team
Lesbians of Color Symposium Collective
Wicked Queer
Flashback Sunday
Black Pride”
When: 6pm
Where: Fenway Health | 1340 Boylston St, Boston MA
