Sunday, April 29, 2007
ITVS Community Cinema - FREE Film Screening
Ashé Cultural Arts Center invites you to a screening of:SENTENCED HOME
By Nicole Newnham and David Grabias
SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., Central City New Orleans
Hosted by PBS, CPB and the Charitable Film Network
For more information visit: www.itvs.org/outreach/sentencedhome/
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Volunteer Party!
In Celebration of Volunteer Appreciation Month
Ashé Cultural Arts Center Invites you to a VOLUNTEER PARTY!
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007
8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., Central City, New Orleans
Admission FREE and open to the Public
LIVE Music by Bamboula 2000 - Refreshments will be Served
Hosted by Side by Side and the Mardi Gras Service Corps.
For more information call: (504) 569-9070
Ashé Cultural Arts Center Invites you to a VOLUNTEER PARTY!
THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2007
8:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd., Central City, New Orleans
Admission FREE and open to the Public
LIVE Music by Bamboula 2000 - Refreshments will be Served
Hosted by Side by Side and the Mardi Gras Service Corps.
For more information call: (504) 569-9070
Saturday, April 21, 2007
KATRINA WARRIORS MEETING THIS SATURDAY 4/21
NETWORKING and BRAINSTORMING "V TO THE 10TH"
Katrina Warriors is an expanding feminist network dedicated to ending all forms of violence against women and girls in the Greater New Orleans area. Organizations and individuals doing work that supports this mission are invited to join the Network.
New and existing Network members are invited to a Katrina Warriors interest, information, networking, and brainstorming meeting with Katrina Warriors from all over the Greater New Orleans Area .
Joining us to facilitate this meeting is Eve Ensler, author of "The Vagina Monologues," and Founder and Artistic Director of V-Day.
Noon - 2 pm
Saturday 21 April 2007
Anna E. Many Lounge
2nd floor, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women
Newcomb College Campus, Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
(Scroll down for directions and maps)
Children are welcome to attend the meeting, but no childcare will be provided.
V to the 10th: THE CURRENT KATRINA WARRIORS MISSION
V To The 10th will take place during the weekend of April 12, 2008 at the New Orleans Arena and other sites around the Greater New Orleans area to celebrate ten years of V-Day and to launch the next ten years. The Saturday evening event will feature multilingual performances of “The Vagina Monologues”; a celebration of the victories of women from around the globe (Kenya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Congo, Pakistan, Iceland, Bosnia, etc.); video testimonials from young activists; up to date reports from women on the ground in areas of conflict; inspiration from world leaders. Throughout the weekend, thousands of women and men will rally together and take the movement to the next level, expanding the V-Day model of empowerment for women and girls everywhere. The event will cut across movements gathering peace, environmental/ sustainability, racial justice, and sexual violence activists at one event. A highlight of the weekend: Led by Nobel prize winner Wangari Maathai, attendees will plant a million trees. The event will showcase the work of the women of New Orleans - Katrina Warriors – reflecting to a global audience the knowledge, experiences, and needs of women and girls of New Orleans.
Katrina Warriors are a breed of Vagina Warrior. To learn more, read Eve Ensler’s essay, “Vagina Warriors: An Emerging Paradigm, An Emerging Species” -- http://www.vday.org/contents/vaction/signupforvmail/vmailbackissues/0310301
The women and girls of New Orleans are the focus of the 2008 V-Day Worldwide Campaign. A portion of all monies raised by V-Day activities around the globe in 2008 will flow into our city to help establish a women's fund to sustain and further the work of Katrina Warriors. For more information about the V-Day organization, you may visit vday.org.
The concept for the Katrina Warriors Network was born during Spring 2006 as service providers, first-responders, artists, educators, and activists came together in conversations with Eve Ensler and V-Day about the daily challenges faced by women and girls returning to New Orleans to rebuild our lives. On May 21, 2006, the first Katrina Warriors ingathering took place, featuring interviews by Eve Ensler with Charmaine Neville, State Representative Charmaine Marchand, and Dr. Ruth Berggren, and the music of Joan Ann Brown and the New Orleans Gospel Singers with Rosalie "Tambourine Lady" Washington. A copy of "Katrina Warriors Handbook No. 1" and audio of the event are available for free download at
http://sophie.tulane.edu/katrinawarriors
Katrina Warriors organizes under the auspices of Metropolitan Center for Women and Children, Inc. of Jefferson, Louisiana, but all area service providers and anti-violence activists and advocates are invited to join the network as institutions or individuals.
ANNOUNCING THE KATRINA WARRIORS YAHOOGROUP! JOIN TODAY
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/katrinawarriors/
The function of the "katrinawarrior" Yahoogroup is to give Katrina Warriors in New Orleans and around the world a place to connect and share information and ideas, and to help facilitate collaboration and planning for the 10th Anniversary of VDay (vday.org) and the "V to the 10th" Festival that will take place at venues all around the Greater New Orleans Area in April 2008.
(A great thing about yahoogroups is that one can subscribe to a list and choose to read messages on the web instead of having them drop one-by-one into one’s inbox. Yahoogroups also offers features like file sharing, collaborative workspace, calendaring, photo-sharing and polls. )
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/katrinawarriors/
HOW TO FIND THE APRIL 21 MEETING
Caroline Richardson Hall is building #84 on the Tulane Campus Map:
http://www2.tulane.edu/about_campus.cfm
To Mapquest.com it, search "62 Newcomb Place, New Orleans, LA 70118"
Caroline Richardson Hall is also accessible via the Freret Street, St. Charles, and Broadway RTA buses.
Please note that there is ample free parking right in front of Caroline Richardson Hall along Newcomb Place on weekends. You do not need a Tulane permit to park on campus on weekends.
Caroline Richardson Hall is the second building on the right after one turns off Willow Street (between Broadway and Audubon Boulevard) onto Newcomb Place (onto the Tulane campus). From South Claiborne, Audubon Boulevard intersects with Newcomb Place at Willow Street.
Caroline Richardson Hall is can be difficult to navigate for Katrina Warriors who have trouble walking up and down stairs, and for those in wheelchairs. NCCROW staff is happy to assist anyone who would like to roll up the Vorhoff Library ramp and/or ride our freight elevator.
Please phone 504 865 5238 if you have questions about accessibility or other questions about the meeting.
Katrina Warriors is an expanding feminist network dedicated to ending all forms of violence against women and girls in the Greater New Orleans area. Organizations and individuals doing work that supports this mission are invited to join the Network.
New and existing Network members are invited to a Katrina Warriors interest, information, networking, and brainstorming meeting with Katrina Warriors from all over the Greater New Orleans Area .
Joining us to facilitate this meeting is Eve Ensler, author of "The Vagina Monologues," and Founder and Artistic Director of V-Day.
Noon - 2 pm
Saturday 21 April 2007
Anna E. Many Lounge
2nd floor, Newcomb College Center for Research on Women
Newcomb College Campus, Tulane University
New Orleans, LA
(Scroll down for directions and maps)
Children are welcome to attend the meeting, but no childcare will be provided.
V to the 10th: THE CURRENT KATRINA WARRIORS MISSION
V To The 10th will take place during the weekend of April 12, 2008 at the New Orleans Arena and other sites around the Greater New Orleans area to celebrate ten years of V-Day and to launch the next ten years. The Saturday evening event will feature multilingual performances of “The Vagina Monologues”; a celebration of the victories of women from around the globe (Kenya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Sierra Leone, Congo, Pakistan, Iceland, Bosnia, etc.); video testimonials from young activists; up to date reports from women on the ground in areas of conflict; inspiration from world leaders. Throughout the weekend, thousands of women and men will rally together and take the movement to the next level, expanding the V-Day model of empowerment for women and girls everywhere. The event will cut across movements gathering peace, environmental/ sustainability, racial justice, and sexual violence activists at one event. A highlight of the weekend: Led by Nobel prize winner Wangari Maathai, attendees will plant a million trees. The event will showcase the work of the women of New Orleans - Katrina Warriors – reflecting to a global audience the knowledge, experiences, and needs of women and girls of New Orleans.
Katrina Warriors are a breed of Vagina Warrior. To learn more, read Eve Ensler’s essay, “Vagina Warriors: An Emerging Paradigm, An Emerging Species” -- http://www.vday.org/contents
The women and girls of New Orleans are the focus of the 2008 V-Day Worldwide Campaign. A portion of all monies raised by V-Day activities around the globe in 2008 will flow into our city to help establish a women's fund to sustain and further the work of Katrina Warriors. For more information about the V-Day organization, you may visit vday.org.
The concept for the Katrina Warriors Network was born during Spring 2006 as service providers, first-responders, artists, educators, and activists came together in conversations with Eve Ensler and V-Day about the daily challenges faced by women and girls returning to New Orleans to rebuild our lives. On May 21, 2006, the first Katrina Warriors ingathering took place, featuring interviews by Eve Ensler with Charmaine Neville, State Representative Charmaine Marchand, and Dr. Ruth Berggren, and the music of Joan Ann Brown and the New Orleans Gospel Singers with Rosalie "Tambourine Lady" Washington. A copy of "Katrina Warriors Handbook No. 1" and audio of the event are available for free download at
http://sophie.tulane.edu
Katrina Warriors organizes under the auspices of Metropolitan Center for Women and Children, Inc. of Jefferson, Louisiana, but all area service providers and anti-violence activists and advocates are invited to join the network as institutions or individuals.
ANNOUNCING THE KATRINA WARRIORS YAHOOGROUP! JOIN TODAY
http://groups.yahoo.com/group
The function of the "katrinawarrior" Yahoogroup is to give Katrina Warriors in New Orleans and around the world a place to connect and share information and ideas, and to help facilitate collaboration and planning for the 10th Anniversary of VDay (vday.org) and the "V to the 10th" Festival that will take place at venues all around the Greater New Orleans Area in April 2008.
(A great thing about yahoogroups is that one can subscribe to a list and choose to read messages on the web instead of having them drop one-by-one into one’s inbox. Yahoogroups also offers features like file sharing, collaborative workspace, calendaring, photo-sharing and polls. )
http://groups.yahoo.com/group
HOW TO FIND THE APRIL 21 MEETING
Caroline Richardson Hall is building #84 on the Tulane Campus Map:
http://www2.tulane.edu/about
To Mapquest.com it, search "62 Newcomb Place, New Orleans, LA 70118"
Caroline Richardson Hall is also accessible via the Freret Street, St. Charles, and Broadway RTA buses.
Please note that there is ample free parking right in front of Caroline Richardson Hall along Newcomb Place on weekends. You do not need a Tulane permit to park on campus on weekends.
Caroline Richardson Hall is the second building on the right after one turns off Willow Street (between Broadway and Audubon Boulevard) onto Newcomb Place (onto the Tulane campus). From South Claiborne, Audubon Boulevard intersects with Newcomb Place at Willow Street.
Caroline Richardson Hall is can be difficult to navigate for Katrina Warriors who have trouble walking up and down stairs, and for those in wheelchairs. NCCROW staff is happy to assist anyone who would like to roll up the Vorhoff Library ramp and/or ride our freight elevator.
Please phone 504 865 5238 if you have questions about accessibility or other questions about the meeting.
Ashé Cultrual Arts Center CD Release Party!
Enjoy a Night of Great Music with the
Ashé Cultural Arts Center Family!
FRIDAY, APRIL 20 2007
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
7:00 PM -10:00 PM
$10 Admission
Please join us for a special Celebration of the release of our new music CD: ART FOR LIFE: A Crescent City Revival - A compilation of songs by 10 Side By Side Artists!
ART FOR LIFE will soon be available at Ashé Cultural Arts Center, our website ashecac.org, and at selected outlets.
For more information call Ashe @ (504)569-9070 or Luther Gray @ (504)495-0463
Friday, April 20, 2007
Ron Brown at Ashé
Meet Ron Brown!
April 17, 2007
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Blvd.
Central City, New Orleans
Admission free and open to the public!
For more information call (504) 896-7333
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
4th Annual New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival
April 12 – 22, 2007Ten Days
Fifty films
Five US premieres!
Live music, guest filmmakers and actors, special guest presenters, workshops, and more. Venues include Zeitgeist Multi-Disciplinary Arts Center, Ashé Cultural Arts Center, One Eyed Jacks, and Canal Place Cinemas.
Highlights include a benefit concert featuring Righteous Babe Records recording artist Toshi Reagon, several evenings of films by New Orleans filmmakers, the first fiction film shot in Iraq under US occupation, award-winning films from Lebanon, Mali, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Cuba and Palestine; plus an appearance by actor/producer Danny Glover.
See www.nolahumanrights.org for a complete schedule, updates, and more. You may also email questions to info@nolahumanrights.org, or call (504) 827-5858.
Tuesday, April 17
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
6pm: NOLA Students Speak Out! Selections from the Ashe Cultural Arts
Center youth filmmaking camp, and Students at the Center (40 minutes)
These moving films by New Orleans high school students cover a range
of important topics and themes. Filmmakers present.
7pm: Special Program sponsored by New Orleans World Social Forum
Organizing Committee
Notes From Porto Alegre (28 min) In January 2005, youth producers
traveled to Porto Alegre, Brazil to participate in the World Social
Forum.
Plus Special guests
This event is free
8:30pm: Heartlines: (97 minutes) After serving a jail sentence for
theft, Mayisa, a young man with a cruel past and an uncertain future,
is released. A heartwarming film about the road to redemption.
Ashé Cultural Arts Center at 6pm: NOLA Students Speak Out!
Selections from the Ashé Cultural Arts Center youth filmmaking camp, and Students at the Center (40 minutes) These moving films by New Orleans high school students cover a range of important topics and themes. Filmmakers present.
Ashé Cultural Arts Center at 7pm:
Special Program sponsored by New Orleans US Social Forum Organizing Committee
Notes From Porto Alegre: (28 min) In January 2005, youth producers traveled to Porto Alegre, Brazil to participate in the World Social Forum. Plus Special guests - This event is free
Ashé Cultural Arts Center at 8:30pm:
Heartlines: (97 minutes) After serving a jail sentence for theft, Mayisa, a young man with a cruel past and an uncertain future, is released. A heartwarming film about the road to redemption.
Wednesday, April 18
Ashe Cultural Arts Center at 6pm:
Free Ya Hood: (80 minutes) Highlights New York City activists' work organizing against police brutality.
Saturday, April 14, 2007
Mardi Gras Service Corps' First Annual Tyvek 2K FUN RUN!
Show your support for this Ashé sponsored community event!WHERE: CENTRAL CITY, NEW ORLEANS
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
Everything starts here! Registration, the start of the race, and the neighborhood party!
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
Everything starts here! Registration, the start of the race, and the neighborhood party!
WHEN: SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2007
Registration will begin at 9:00AM at the Ashé
The race begins at 11:00 AM
The neighborhood festival will begin between 11:30AM-12:00PM.
The race begins at 11:00 AM
The neighborhood festival will begin between 11:30AM-12:00PM.
(Above) MGSC Program Coordinator Felix Wai and sponsor
Kristina Bradford, Whole Foods Marketing Director
WHAT: A 2K run/walk for residents, families, youth, volunteers, and everyone else in New Orleans to have fun, celebrate the great life and rebuilding efforts, and show off their artistic skills. All proceeds will benefit the community rebuilding efforts of the Mardi Gras Service Corps.
Registered participants will receive a t-shirt and a white Tyvek suit to decorate and wear during the run/walk. We encourage everyone to customize their Tyvek suit (to accommodate the weather conditions). Prizes will be awarded for best decorated suit and best group theme. The run/walk will end with a neighborhood party, live music, good food, vendors, and a showcase of the artists, businesses, and organizations working in Central City.
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE: Businesses, artists, residents, volunteers and organizations doing great work to rebuild this historic and important neighborhood. This event is organized by the Mardi Gras Service Corps with support from:
- Ashé Cultural Arts Center
- Whole Foods Market
- City Year New Orleans
- Hands On New Orleans, and
- Little Israelite Baptist Church, and More!
Fee includes Tyvek suit, t-shirt, and refreshments on race day! Registration forms are available at the following locations:
Ashé Cultural Arts Center
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
Central City, New Orleans
Whole Foods Market
Arabella Station
5600 Magazine Street
Uptown, New Orleans
For additional information and sponsorship opportunities please contact: mgscorps.com or call (504) 569-9070.
1712 Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard
Central City, New Orleans
Whole Foods Market
Arabella Station
5600 Magazine Street
Uptown, New Orleans
For additional information and sponsorship opportunities please contact: mgscorps.com or call (504) 569-9070.
Please Join Us for LUNAFEST
A festival of short films by and about women
seen by over 20,000 men and women nationwide!
Saturday, April 14th at Tulane University
Independent films, African dance and local art!
Sponsored by Ashé Cultural Arts Center
LUNAFEST films are taken from top festivals across the nation including Tribeca, the Los Angeles Short Film Festival, and London International Film Festival. The event raises money for the Breast Cancer Fund and local non-profits.
5:00 pm
The art sale/exhibition and the wine and cheese reception.
THE NEIGHBORHOOD GALLERY will display their traveling art exhibit.
7:00 pm
Performance by AUSETTUA AMOR AMENKUM from The KUMBUKA AFRICAN DANCE $ DRUM COMPANY.
TICKETS: $7 for Students, and $10 for the General Public
The show will take place in Tulane University's new Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life (University Center or UC) in the Kendall Cram Auditorium. The University Center is located near the corner of Freret Street and McAlister Drive.
All proceeds will go to the Breast Cancer Fund and IN Exchange, a 501(c)3, non-profit retail store that will open in Tulane University's new Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life. IN Exchange will vend the fairly-traded art and crafts of marginalized artists and artisans from New Orleans and economically developing countries.
*Please buy tickets at the door and on select days leading up to the event at Tulane University's Lavin-Bernick Center (University Center) and on the Loyola University campus. Email Erica Trani at erica.trani@gmail.com with any questions.
All proceeds will go to the Breast Cancer Fund and IN Exchange, a 501(c)3, non-profit retail store that will open in Tulane University's new Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life. IN Exchange will vend the fairly-traded art and crafts of marginalized artists and artisans from New Orleans and economically developing countries.
*Please buy tickets at the door and on select days leading up to the event at Tulane University's Lavin-Bernick Center (University Center) and on the Loyola University campus. Email Erica Trani at erica.trani@gmail.com with any questions.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
The World Premier of "FINDING THE ENEMY"
March 22 through April 7
Anthoney Bean Community Theater
1333 South Carrollton Ave
New Orleans, LA
The Anthony Bean Community Theater collaborates with The Dog and Pony Theatre Company to present the World Premiere of “Finding the Enemy,”
Finding the Enemy Cast Members
Performances take place March 22-25, 29-April 1 and April 5-7. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00p.m. And Sunday’s matinee at 3:00pm. On Sunday, April 1st performance will be at 8:pm. Only!
Tickets are $18.00 for adults, $16.00 for students and seniors.
Tickets are available by calling the box office at (504) 862-PLAY-7529. Box Office hours are Tuesdays-Saturdays from 12 to 6pm. and for two hours before performances.
You can also charge by phone or online at www.anthonybeantheater.com.
“Finding the Enemy” tells the story about the awkwardness that arises when artists are trying to accomplish something lasting on problematic subjects. The cast features Michael Martin, Raphaelle O’Neil, Kevin Hubble, Wilbert Williams, Ernest Pettigrew and Escalante Lundy.
This play is peripherally part of a separate, two-year project called “Truth Be Told,” an arts initiative between the Contemporary Arts Center and Ashé Cultural Arts Center which examines the problems faced by artists who are dealing with sensitive issues such as racism and other tough issues in a agenda ridden world.
Finding the Enemy
Set Design by Chad Talkington
Lighting Design by Lyn F. Caliva
Costumes by Wanda Bryant
Cast
Michael Martin……………………………………………………The Boy
Raphaelle O’Neil………………………………………………..The Girl
Kevin M. Hubble…………………………………………………….Butch
Escalante Lundy…………………………………………………….Andre
Ernest Pettigrew ………………………………………............Reverend Lester
Wilbert L. Williams………………………………………...........Cicada Joe
