Crossing the BLVD/Crossing the Cultural Divide

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Performance to support Arts and Activism workshops for immigrant teenagers. Hosted by actress, radio producer, writer Judith Sloan.

Featured performers: Lemon Andersen, Tony-award winning Brooklyn-based renaissance and hip-hop artist, creator of the critically acclaimed one man show County of Kings*; Mahina Movement, three voices and one guitar mixing folk, rock a...nd rhymes in English, Spanish, and Tongan simmered with indigenous roots and culture; Elise Knudson, cross-disciplinary dance-maker;
AKIR, hip-hop educator and producer and Hasan Salaam, hip hop artist, humanitarian/speaker. Special Guests: recent high school graduates Michael Legaspi from IHS, Justin Hudson from Hunter College High School and Readnex Poetry Squad.

EARLY BIRD SPECIAL: TICKETS $14 if purchased by Sept. 22.
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Phone for ticket information: 1-800-838-3006
Tickets at the door will be $20

Proceeds go to EarSay’s Youth Arts Programs and directly to the performing artists.
An EarSay event http://www.earsay.org/

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Supported in part by: public funds from Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, The Queens Council on the Arts http://queenscouncilarts.org/ and Viper Records http://www.viperrecords.com/

* Lemon Andersen’s County of Kings was first presented at the Public Theater in association with Under the Radar and the Culture Project

EarSay is an artist driven non-profit arts organization dedicated to uncovering and portraying stories of the uncelebrated. Founded by Warren Lehrer and Judith Sloan in 1999, our projects bridge the divide between documentary and expressive forms in books, exhibitions, on stage, in sound & electronic media. We are committed to fostering understanding across cultures, generations, gender and class, through artistic productions and education. We bring our work to theatres, museums, schools, prisons, festivals and universities. EarSay's Arts and Activism workshops at the International High School in Queens, NY provide arts training for immigrant and refugee teenagers, many who have fled war-zones or natural disasters.

Media Links for more information on the youth workshops and performers and presenters:

Read about Lemon Andersen's one-man show:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/27/theater/27sont.html

Article in New York Times about Judith Sloan's work with immigrant youth: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/nyregion/13websloan.html

Read about Justin Hudson's speech in the NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/05/nyregion/05hunter.html

EarSay's project for Immigrant Youth on The Brian Lehrer Show WNYC:
http://beta.wnyc.org/shows/bl/2009/mar/24/yo-miss/

More about Crossing the BLVD/ NY Times:
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/10/31/an-oral-history-of-queens-immigrants-hits-the-road/

Video:
http://www.earsay.org/workshops-lectures/
scroll down to bottom of workshops, view video

EarSay on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/earsay#p/u/2/PxmOV2oC9ck