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August 26, 2003 (Thur) 8:00pm |
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Josh Roseman vs Mark Anthony Thompson of Chocolate
Genius
with Mediation by
Latasha N. Nevada Diggs (vocals/fx)
and Val-Inc
on electronicas and ambience
234 W. B'way @ North Moore, Tribeca, New York City
212 925 2901
ten bucks |
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July 30, 2003 (Wed) 7:00pm |
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Hold the Space:
A Ritual Performance of an arriving guard of angels, thusly coming to greet
Written and performed by Akilah Oliver
In collaboration with Latasha N. Diggs (voice, electronics),
Fanny Ferreira (voice), Bethany Spiers (guitar).
At: Bluestockings Bookstor
172 Allen Street (1st & Houston)
Free Admission Free
Information: 212-777-6028
mailto:urbanthemeaki@yahoo.com
To Hold the Space is to maintain power.
An arriving guard of angels, thusly coming
to greet is a collaborative performance
between musicians and poets to celebrate
life and to name & honor our dead - our sons,
daughters, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters,
friends - all those who have departed.
To name our dead in public space
is to ritualize death, give voice to suffering,
and politicize the private act of mourning.
Come hold the space and create ritual in
the midst of struggle.
An arriving guard of angels, thusly coming
to greet celebrates the sacred power of
transition, & calls out resistance to the needless
deaths and murders of those who have fallen,
who are causalities, not collateral,
of war, neglect, an inadequate health care system,
racism, homophobia, et al.
Everyone is welcome to come hold the space.
Come witness an arriving guard of angels, thusly coming to greet. Bring
items for altar building to aid the performance.
About the Performers
Akilah Oliver is a teacher, performer and
writer. Oliver is author of experimental poetry,"flesh
memory:the she said dialogues"and is adjunct faculty
at the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics.
Latasha N. Diggs is a published writer & vocalist.
Diggs, a 2003 NYFA recipient, is lead electronic vocalist
for the jam band, Yohimb Brothers. Diggs is the producer
and writer of the experimental sound project, Television.
Fanny Ferreira is an experimental
fiction writer and poet. Ferreira is a visual artist
who works with print and digital photography as a storytelling
medium.
Bethany Spiers is a student at Pratt
University where she studies poetry. Spiers, a musician
with Eyeball Records, has a new CD scheduled for release
next year.
This performance is inspired by our fallen brother, Oluchi Nwadi McDonald,
age 20, who died untreated in a Los Angeles hospital on March 13, 2003. |
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July 26, 2003 (Sat) 9:00pm |
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Hold the Space:
A Ritual Performance of an arriving guard of angels, thusly coming to greet
Written and performed by Akilah Oliver
In collaboration with Latasha N. Diggs (voice, electronics),
Fanny Ferreira (voice), Bethany Spiers (guitar).
At: Art Land Bar
609 Grand Street, Williamsburg
(L train, Lorimer or Grand stops)
Free Admission Free
Information: 718-599-9706
mailto: urbanthemeaki@yahoo.com |
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July 24, 2003 (Thur) 7:00pm |
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At: Harvestworks
Digital Media Arts Center
596 Broadway Suite 602 ( at the corner of Houston)
Information: www.harvestworks.org
I wanted to personally invite you to the presentation of my artist
in residency project at Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center. This
is a big thing for me and I would like folks to come who have heard
of my whining over this project as well as those who never heard
a bleep about it. |
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will be presenting my audio project entitled Television that
involved spoken word, vocal processing and digital/analog
sound-scapes to explore the use of television amongst working
poor African American women namely me and my mother's relationship. |
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May
8 - 11, 2003 (Thursday
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"IN WHAT LANGUAGE?: a song cycle of lives in transit"
Directed by Rachel Dickstein
Lighting & projections by Clifton Taylor Poems
performed by:
LATASHA NATASHA DIGGS
ALLISON EASTER
MIKE LADD
AJAY NAIDU
musicians:
Ambrose Akinmusire, trumpet
Rudresh Mahanthappa, alto saxophone
Dana Leong, cello & trombone
Liberty Ellman, guitar
Vijay Iyer, piano, keyboards
Stephan Crump, bass
Trevor Holder, drums
At: Asia Society
725 Park Ave
at 8:00 pm
$16 members/seniors/students; $20 nonmembers
post-performance Q&A on May 9
For tickets, call 212.517.ASIA
Website: www.asiasociety.org |
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May 4, 2003 (Sun) |
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Divining "Angel"In The Badlands, Spoken Word and
Music Benefit
Poets and musicians gather to honor this crusader, her family, and their
incredible courage.
Featured Performers:
Latasha Natasha Diggs, poet and vocalist
Tamar Kali, singer
Samiya Bashir, poet
Mike Ladd, poet
Mox Brathwaite, poet
Carol C, turntablist and vocalist (member of the groupSi* Se)
Viamoana, Erica DelaRosa, Gabriella Callendar/Mahina Movement collective
Matana Roberts, solo saxophone
Gloria, poet (host)
At: Bowery Poetry Club
(btwn. Bleecker & Houston)
6P-7:30P
$10 at door
Phone: 212.614-1224, 212.614.1224
Website: www.bowerypoetry.com
*This event is organized by Latasha Natasha Diggs and GloWorks. |
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March 26,
2003 (Wed) |
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Honeychild and Latasha N. Nevada Diggs
two girls, a guitar, two microphones, lots of cables, extension cords and
gadgets...serious shock and awe
At: LIT
93 2nd Ave. (btwn 5th and 6th Street)
cover $5 bucks
Showtime...9pm |
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January
24, 2003 (Fri) |
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Greg Tate's Burnt Sugar
Guillermo E. Brown (grand master), Keith (bass head), and Yatsuko (line
6/vibes maniac/etc..etc...), and Latasha N. Diggs (vocals/plugs and nobs)
At: Tonic
107 Norfolk Street
(between Delancey and Rivington Streets) in Manhattan's Lower East Side
By Train: You can take the F train to Delancey Street or the J/M/Z trains
to Essex Street.
Once you exit the station walk east (towards the Williamsburg bridge) on
Delancey Street
and take your first left onto Norfolk. You will see Tonic about half up
the block on your left. |
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January 20 and 21, 2003 (Mon & Tue) |
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A Tribute to the Writer of Billy Holiday's Strange Fruit
Guillermo E. Brown (grand master), Keith (bass head), and Yatsuko (line
6/vibes maniac/etc..etc...), and Latasha N. Diggs (vocals/plugs and nobs)
At: Makor's
35 West 67th Street
(between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue)
check out www.makor.org |
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January 18, 2003 (Fri) - London, UK |
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Straight Ahead Records Presents: A Swiss Winter with Suburb
DJ Alex Dallas (Swiss), Domenico Ferrari(Swiss/Italy), and Latasha N. Diggs
(NYC)
8pm to 3am L6 before 9pm, L9 after
www.cargo-london.com
(check here for inforamtion about the gig...that is if you're in london...to
be more specific, i expect to see my london posse up in here like mad dogs!) |
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January 12, 2003 (Sun) |
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Greg's Tate's Burnt Sugar
At: Joe's Pub
The Public Theater 425 Lafayette Street
New York, New York 10003 |
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Performances
2003 |
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