Project Misik: A Malden RiverYard

returns, September 24, 2022,

in collaboration with Malden Reads/WOW!

OUR SCHEDULE:

1:00pm Percussion

1:30pm-2:30pm AFRO-BRAZILIAN DANCE

with Isaura Oliveira

2:30pm-3:30pm STEEL PAN Workshop

with Becky Bass

3:30-5pm AFRO-HAITIAN DRUM/DANCE

with Peniel Guerrier dance/drum

&

ZILI MISIK!

Honoring Those who came before us.

On the PUBLIC waterfront in Malden.

SUNDAY, JUNE 12TH, 12-5PM!!

Project Misik: A Malden RiverYard.

Honoring Our Ancestors through our Music.

Project Misik: A Malden RiverYard is a day of interactive workshops and performance, featuring BIPOC folkx & stories, & connecting us, by the riverside.

Led by Kera Washington of all-female multi-ethnic band, Zili Misik, this Yard is a a partnership with the Malden River Works, and brings together Haitian master drummer & choreographer Peniel Guerrier, steel pannist Carl Smith, Afro-Brazilian Mestra/Choreographer Isaura Oliveira, & Afrobeats DJ Lady Ly, & poet Letta Neely.

Haitian Food will be provided by Malden’s own Island Restaurant!

In this day of interactive workshops & performance, we intend to reclaim public space on the riverfront & build common knowledge, community and respect among us, particularly for marginalized people of African descent.

SEE YOU SUNDAY!!!

CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE, ALONG THE MALDEN RIVER,

195 CANAL ST, MALDEN, MA 02143