14 Black Poppies: An Afternoon of Art, Film, Dance & Poetry | Mission Dist.

Submitted by the Event Organizer

14 Black Poppies curates an afternoon and evening of  arts & healing with film, music, dance, and spoken word performances, arts/crafts vendors, community mandala creation, interactive fortune writing, and on-site tattooing for the Mission Arts and Performance Project (MAPP).

You’re  invited to view a gallery of work by local artists, sample refreshments, and participate in interactive art projects such as a mandala and a community story experience. In addition to arts & crafts and food vendors, participants will be offered spiritual readings and cleansings. The event is free and open to the public.

14 Black Poppies Mission Arts Performance Project
Saturday, April 7, 2012 (2p-8p)
Wix Lounge SF on the 3rd Floor of the US Bank Building on the corner of Mission and 22nd Street.
FREE

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2:15pm — Asian Mainstream Productions (skits and spoken word)
3:15pm — Everything in Pen (literary indie pop)
4:15pm — Po’ Poets/Poetas POBRE’s (decolonized bi-lingual poetry)
5:15pm — The Vespertine Orchestra (elctro-chamber experimental)
6:15pm — 3 Little Birds (tribal healing dance)
7:15pm — Justin Ancheta (reggae flavored indie-rock)
Emceed by 14 Black Poppies Co-Founder, Jason Wyman

ALL DAY:

• ARTS/CRAFTS VENDORS from 14 Black Poppies, Hapa Girls, POOR Magazine, Women’s Initiative for Self Employment, and Urban Solutions
• COMMUNITY MANDALA CREATION with 14 Black Poppies Artist Ramona Soto
• PICK-A-POPPY; LEAVE-A-POPPY interactive writing with 14 Black Poppies Co-Founder Margaret Bacon Schulze
• PERSONAL SPIRITUAL READINGS/CLEANSINGS by 14 Black Poppies healers Jimena Quiroga Hopkins (ofTransforming Ways) and Anakh Sul Rama
• FILMS presented by local filmmaker Kirthi Nath of Cinemagical Media
• STEAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS a interactive community story experience by artist Jennifer Kincaid
• PLUS: Light snacks and refreshments by Wix Lounge San Francisco
• AND ROCKY’S FRYBREAD! (https://twitter.com/#!/rockysfrybread)

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