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Nuyorican Poets Cafe Presents: Yo Miss!Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide, Vol 1
Thursday 4th March 2010
Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide, Volume 1. Conceived, written and performed by Judith Sloan Directed by Michael Dinwiddie What happens when a middle-aged teaching artist survives a near fatal car accident and collides with the oncoming traffic of Hip Hop culture? In Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide, Vol. 1, Judith Sloan remixes stories from twenty years of teaching immigrant and refugee teenagers and incarcerated youth as they grapple with the cataclysmic global events that shaped them. Using poetry, vivid character portrayals and music, Sloan brings their tales to life along with her own unraveling stories of family secrets and the ripple effects of the Holocaust. Through art, teaching, humor, and pathos, she discovers resilience in the face of adversity. Performed with Live Music including Frank London, founder of the Klezmatics At the Nuyorican Poets Café Thursday, Friday, Saturday, March 4th, 5th, 6th All shows start at 7 PM. Address: 236 East 3rd Street Between Ave B & C New York City $15 adv/$20 door/$10 groups of 10 or more Please call the Cafe at 212.505.8183 for group sales. http://www.nuyorican.org/calendar.php?r=0&eid=404 Proceeds to benefit EarSay’s Youth Education project for immigrant and refugee teenagers in Queens. http://www.earsay.org
Live: Judith Sloan, Frank London
Info: 212-505-8183
Tickets: $10-$20
Time: 7pm - 9pm
Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide, Volume 1.
Conceived, written and performed by Judith Sloan
Directed by Michael Dinwiddie
What happens when a middle-aged teaching artist survives a near fatal car accident and collides with the oncoming traffic of Hip Hop culture? In Yo Miss! Teaching Inside the Cultural Divide, Vol. 1, Judith Sloan remixes stories from twenty years of teaching immigrant and refugee teenagers and incarcerated youth as they grapple with the cataclysmic global events that shaped them. Using poetry, vivid character portrayals and music, Sloan brings their tales to life along with her own unraveling stories of family secrets and the ripple effects of the Holocaust. Through art, teaching, humor, and pathos, she discovers resilience in the face of adversity.
Performed with Live Music including Frank London, founder of the Klezmatics
At the Nuyorican Poets Café
Thursday, Friday, Saturday, March 4th, 5th, 6th
All shows start at 7 PM.
Address: 236 East 3rd Street Between Ave B & C
New York City
$15 adv/$20 door/$10 groups of 10 or more
Please call the Cafe at 212.505.8183 for group sales.
http://www.nuyorican.org/calendar.php?r=0&eid=404
Proceeds to benefit EarSay’s Youth Education project for immigrant and refugee teenagers in Queens.
http://www.earsay.org
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