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Offered at: First Congregational Church, 27th and Harrison St.., Oakland, CA

October 18:  Who Am I: Naming Ourselves through our Ancestor Lineage 9AM -Noon

In this workshop we will look at the various ways that naming occurs

in indigeneous traditions and explore the various names each of the

participants has walked with. Each person will create a praise poem or prayer for your

ancestral lineage through the process of naming. Wear comfortable clothing;

bring a notebook, pen and information you have about your ancestors (the names

they went by, what they were known for, their occupations, their triumphs and

their challenges.) $30.00  Presented by Iya Fakayode, a faculty member of the School of Ancient Mysteries/Sacred Arts Center in Oakland, California.

October 18:  Cultivating Kinship – Finding Your Ancestral Allies  1-4PM

From the crossroads to the river, the mountaintop to the ocean’s depths, your Ancestors are waiting to support you in your life.  Come engage in an inner dialogue to discover who travels with you.  Transform whispers into potent words as you allow the voice of an Ancestor to come forth and be heard by you.  Come and cultivate kinship with your Ancestral Allies as What is Remembered Lives!  $30.00 

 

 Please:  Bring something to represent you on the Altar during the workshop.

 Bring things to help you be comfortable (a pillow, favorite doll, water, etc.)

 Bring paper and pencil/pen

 Dress comfortably.

 

 

 

Another Special worshop not to be missed……..I’m going to do this workshop!!! 

October 25th and 26th, What is Remembered Lives!, Ancestor 101 & 102 will be taught by Uzuri Amini at 2115 Myrtle Street, Oakland, CA from 10 am until 4 pm on Saturday and 9am until 4pm on Sunday.  This weekend intensive provides basic information for beginners interested in Yoruba Ancestor practices.  
Workshop participants will learn how to: make an Ancestor shrine, connect with their Ancestors, find and decorate a staff to represent their Ancestors, share stories, sing, plus much, much more.  On Sunday participants will participate in Ile Orunmila Oshun’s annual visit to the ceremony to honor our Ancestors.

Both workshops presented by Uzuri Amini who is an initiated priest of Oshun, the Yoruba deity of love, art, sensuality, sexuality, fertility and creativity.  She was initiated in 1989 in Oshogbo, Nigeria. She is also a ceremonialist, creative artist, and word warrior published in the anthologies The Goddess Celebrates, Earthwalking Skydancers & A Waist is a Terrible Thing to Mind.   She is also a faculty member of the School of Ancient Mysteries/Sacred Arts Center in Oakland, California.

Ms. Amini travels around the country and the world presenting her workshops about the Ifa tradition of West Africa, sacred sexuality, and how to put “power” in your writing.  She is also a faculty member of the School of Ancient Mysteries/Sacred Arts Center in Oakland, California.

 Take advantage of the 2 for 1 Workshop fee.  Register now as spaces are limited.  For more information and workshop fee please call 510.467-7295.

 

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The Thirteenth Annual Festival of the Bones

Presented by Ile Orunmila Oshun

 

 

Saturday, November 1st at 7PM Ile Orunmila Oshun presents its 13th Annual Festival of the Bones celebrating the Ancestral season at the The Oakland Center for Spiritual Living, 5000 Clarewood Drive, Oakland, CA 94618

Festival of the Bones honors the contributions of our collective ancestors and celebrates the beauty of life.  We share in the gifts of the world’s spiritual traditions including African, Native American, Hawaiian, and Middle Eastern.

Representatives from these traditions will share their stories, songs, and dances. This Festival is interactive village theatre.  Participants will experience transformative acts such as invoking the spirits of their ancestors, telling their stories, and placing them on the Tree of Life.

In the month of October Ile Orunmila Oshun offers a series of workshops in various aspects of ancestor reverence such as altar building, trance dance, ceremonial clothing and creating sacred objects. Attendance at these workshops will enhance understanding of ancestral traditions and provide participants with personal rituals that can be incorporated into their lives everyday.

Kindred spirits, women, men and children of all ages and spiritual paths are welcomed.

This is a drug, alcohol and hate free zone.

Suggested donation: Adults $18 or multiples of 9 Children 12 & under 99 cents – $$9

No one turned away for lack of money. Come to the Festival and become a part of a growing Bay Area Tradition. I will be performing at this event….don’t miss a chance to see me in action 

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The Oyin (honey) Artist Salon starts officially Oct. 22nd at 8pm and will continue every 4th Weds from now on. Bring your poetry, art, songs and stories to tell. Potluck stylee. 2115 Myrtle St Oakland. email interest at bushmag1@juno.com

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  ((((((Performances and Plays))))))

  PRISONS
Four Shows Only! Friday 8pm, Saturday 2:30pm and 8:00pm and Sunday 5:00pm, October 17th, 18th and 19th 2008. $15 adv / $18 door.

At The Black Repertory Theater 3201 Adeline St, Berkeley, CA 94703.

OAKLAND, Calif. – 30 September 2008 – Shanique S. Scott is pleased to announce her one-woman drama/comedic theatrical piece entitled “PRISONS”.  “PRISONS” is an autobiographical story about Scott’s life growing up in the Bronx, New York City.  The story focuses on three main influences in her childhood life.  The first influence is home, where there was violence, poverty and substance abuse. The second is the New York City public school system where she was passed along from grade to grade having never passed a city-wide reading or math test.  And lastly, religion, where there were major contradictions between teachings of love, compassion, fear and punishment.

“PRISONS” is the story of a young girl holding on to her hopes and dreams of a better life in contrast to her experience of chaos, despair and loss that surrounds her world. When she is finally successful in manifesting a different experience, she is faced with a decision of whether to let her past become a “PRISON” or taking a risk for something new.

“PRISONS” will be performed at The Black Repertory Theater 3201 Adeline St, Berkeley, CA 94703.  Four Shows Only! Friday 8pm, Saturday 2:30pm and 8:00pm and Sunday 5:00pm, October 17th, 18th and 19th 2008. $15 adv / $18 door.  This project is supported by Theater Bay Area CA$H and The Zellerbach Family Foundation.

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Shanique S. Scott has performed in several venues and festivals, including AFRO SOLO theater festival (2004 and 2005), the San Francisco theater festival (2006), and the Hip Hop Theater Festival (2007) in Berkeley.  She has also performed in upscale comedy clubs such as New York Comedy Club, Stand Up New York Comedy Club, and The Punch Line in San Francisco.  She has also performed in high schools, prisons, group homes and halfway houses.  “PRISONS” was premiered at The Jon Sims Center for the Performing Arts in San Francisco and The La Peña Cultural Center in Berkeley (2006).  Her most recent successful performance was as Pecola Breedlove in Toni Morrison’s “THE BLUEST EYE” AT THE Lorraine Hannsberry Theater in SanFrancisco, CA.  Shanique has a Masters Degree in Theater and Women’s Studies.

 

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Mangos With Chili Queer Borderlands Tour 2008 Kicks off in SF !
Mangos with Chili, the floating cabaret of queer and trans people of color bliss, dreams, sweat, sweets & nightmares, is pleased to announce the Bay Area kick off of our 2008 Queer Borderlands Tour.

Launching on Columbus Day weekend in resistance to the legacy of imperialism and colonization reflected by the commemoration of the holiday, Mangos with Chili will present two evenings of unforgettable and history-making performance in both San Francisco and Oakland. The show will feature new work in the genres of dance, vaudeville, poetry, spoken word, theater, burlesque, performance memoir, and hip hop addressing the themes of border transgressions, migrations, deportations, relocation, displacement, legacy and the struggle to create new worlds, and in celebration of queer lives, stories, and the legacies we are creating for future generations of queer and trans people of color.

Hosted by history making burlesque sensation SIMONE DE LA GETTO! with an all star hottie lineup featuring:
VIXEN NOIR presenting her multi-media mix of erotic performance art
CHICA BOOM the notorious Chicana burlesque starlet
QWO-LI DRISKILL the celebrated first nations two spirit poet
NAR boy-girl Arab hip hop duo
NICO DACUMOS mixed Chicano/Filipino performance memoir maker
TRE VASQUEZ two spirit rappero from the borderlands of arizonaztlan
ZULEIKHA MAHMOOD Afghan writer and zine maker 
MS. CHERRY GALLETE and her showgurlesque cabaret dance fusions
LEAH LAKSHMI PIEPZNA-SAMARASINHA the femme powerhouse spoken word wonder
(Oakland show was this past Monday)
SF SHOW INFO:
Friday, October 10, 2008, 8:00pm
Mama Calizo’s Voice Factory Theater
1519 Mission St. (at Van Ness) , San Francisco, CA
$10-$15 sliding, no one turned away for lack of funds. I’m going to this…anyone wanna carpool over and have thai food afterwards????
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