August 3, 2013, 12pm at
Hearst Plaza
165 W 65th St
New York, NY 10023
Afropop and Afro-Cuban drumming. Conscious MCs and cutting-edge vocalists. Slam poets and traditional truth-tellers. They all come together for a powerfully diverse day of spoken word, music, and movement dedicated to the late Sekou Sundiata, who performed in the inaugural edition of this now-annual celebration. Poet, storyteller, actor, and musician David Gonzalez, who shared the bill in the first La Casita, will host, performing Sundiata’s influential poetry.
La Casita is sponsored by PepsiCo Foundation.
La Casita is produced in cooperation with Claudia Norman, Claudia Norman Management.
La Casita is curated by Bill Bragin, Lincoln Center Out of Doors; Melody Capote, Caribbean Cultural Center; Lillian Cho, Consultant; C. Daniel Dawson, Arts and Media Consultant; LaTasha N. Nevada Diggs, Writer, Vocalist, Sound Artist, and Curator; Claudia Norman, Claudia Norman Management; Shawn Termin, Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian; and Rich Villar, Acentos Foundation.
For more information please visit
http://www.lcoutofdoors.org/la-casita?show_date=2013-08-03%2012:00:00