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SUMMARY:Grand Performances: Black Voices Poetry Night
DESCRIPTION:FRIDAY- California Plaza\nGet ready to be moved and inspired at the “Black Voices Poetry Night\,” hosted by the talented Shonda Buchanan on Friday\, August 25\, 2023\, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. This empowering event celebrates the richness and diversity of Black voices through the art of poetry. Join us for an evening filled with captivating performances that explore the African American experience\, culture\, and identity. \n\n\n\nIn ‘Return the White Breath to Its Black Body: Poets Speak On Black Lives Matter\,’ Black voices take center stage during this special Friday evening Grand Performances poetry showcase hosted by award-winning author Shonda Buchanan. \nSchedule: \n\n\n6:00 pm – DJ \n\n\n6:30 pm – GP greeting and announcements \n\n\n7:00 pm – poetry night begins \n\n\n9:00 pm – evening ends \n\n\nFor Location\, Parking & FAQ\, click here \n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nShonda Buchanan \nAward-winning author and educator\, Shonda Buchanan has freelanced for the Los Angeles Times\, the LA Weekly\, AWP’s The Writer’s Chronicle\, Indian Country Today\, Westways Magazine\, Sisters of AARP\, and The International Review of African American Art. Shonda is also published in Tab Journal\, Inlandia Institute’s The Black Experience Anthology\, the Mississippi Review\, Urban Voices: 51 Poems from 51 American Poets\, Black Renaissance/Renaissance Noire\, Art Meets Literature: An Undying Love Affair\, Phati’tude Literary Magazine\, Red Ink\, Strange Cargo: An Emerging Voices Anthology\, Step into a World: A Global Anthology of New Black Literature\, Arise! Magazine\, Def Jam Poetry’s Bum Rush the Page\, Geography of Rage: Remembering the Los Angeles Riots of 1992 and Rivendell. \n \nShonda has served as a judge for multiple writing and grants contests including the Poetry Foundation\, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs\, CavanKerry Press\, Library of Virginia’s Poetry Book Awards\, North Carolina Arts Council Poetry Fellowship\, the George Floyd Youth Justice Poetry Contest\, the Amanda Gorman Youth Poetry Contest\, the Virginia Commission for the Arts Fiction Contest\, the Metrorail Public Art Project Poetry Contest and NAACP ACT So Poetry Contest. \n\n\n\n\nWebsite: https://shondabuchanan.com/ \n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Upcoming Performances Include:\n \n  \nFor additional information\, visit the website @ \ngrandperformances.org/events\n \n  \nFind more
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LOCATION:CALIFORNIA PLAZA at South Grand Ave\, 350 S. Grand Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90071\, United States
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SUMMARY:Grand Performances: Grupo Kual
DESCRIPTION:SATURDAY- California Plaza\n\n\n\n\nGet ready to dance the night away with Grupo Kual on Saturday\, August 26\, 2023\, from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM! This highly-anticipated event promises an unforgettable evening filled with infectious rhythms\, lively beats\, and a fusion of musical styles that will have you on your feet from start to finish! \n\n\n\n\nFor our huge 2023 summer finale\, Grand Performances and Discos Rolas present the acclaimed cumbia sonidera band Grupo Kual? \nBorn from cumbia sonidera royalty and hailing from Mexico City\, Grupo Kual? were one of the first bands to infuse Colombian cumbia with local influences\, as well as from further afield\, to create this unique Mexican style we now know as sonidera. You’re in for a festive evening under the stars. \nThe show starts at 6:00 pm. Set times TBD. \nPlease RSVP at Eventbrite \n \nDiscos Rolas presents Mexico City’s Grupo Kual? celebrating more than twenty years pioneering cumbia sonidera and infusing it with regional Mexican and tropical Caribbean sounds. Proudly from the humble barrio of San Juan de Aragón\, Grupo Kual? is one of the most beloved cumbia groups in the US and Mexico. Grupo Kual? continues the “Dinastía Pedraza” family legacy which begins with the legendary Super Grupo Colombia in the 1970s. Although cumbia originated in Colombia\, Super Grupo Colombia reinterpreted the genre for Mexico City in the pitched-down style developed by sonideros (soundsystem DJs). \n \nAdditional performances will include special secret guests representing the sounds of the far-flung cumbia universe from Colombia to Puebla to Los Angeles and DJs Ganas and Xandão. \nFounded in 2002\, Grupo Kual? is a beloved band from Mexico City’s San Juan de Aragón whose “música de barrios” sound brings together folkloric and popular dance music styles like cumbia\, rumba\, and ranchera from Colombia\, Cuba\, Peru\, and Mexico. They perform across Mexico\, the United States and Latin America from the Los Angeles Sports Arena to the Plaza de Toros Mexico\, to Mexico City’s Zócalo\, Teatro Metropolitan\, and for the immigrants rights protest on May 1st\, 2006 in San Jose\, CA. They have scored chart success with the singles “Rumba Kimbumba\,” “Las Mujeres No Se Akaban\,” “Rumba Cha Cha Cha\,” “Soy Maraquero\,” “La Chicharrita del Kafé\,” and “El Pájaro Zinzontle.” Their albums have sold in the millions. Grupo Kual? proudly continues the Dinastía Pedraza legacy established by the group leader\, Angel Pedraza’s uncles and father with Super Grupo Colombia in the 1970s. \n \n\n\n\n\n\nAdditional Upcoming Performances Include:\n \n  \nFor additional information\, visit the website @ \ngrandperformances.org/events\n \n  \nFind more
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LOCATION:CALIFORNIA PLAZA at South Grand Ave\, 350 S. Grand Ave\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90071\, United States
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