Vocalist Vanessa Rubin & her Trio featuring pianist Brandon McCune, bassist Kenny Davis , multi-percussionist Winard Harper & Poet Nancy Mercado
Friday, September 18th, 8pm (Doors at 7:30pm)
This is going to be great! We will hear from our own Board member, Jacqueline Johnson, as well as fellow contributors to From The Belly: Poets Respond to Gertrude Stein’s Tender Buttons,, Karren Aleiner, Nancy White. It’s guaranteed to be fun!
Cover Design: Susan Pearce Design
Cover Art: The Loophole of Retreat by Ellen Driscoll
Radical Reversal is a creative justice initiative dedicated to transforming how incarceration is understood and addressed. Through the installation of flexible performance, recording, and learning spaces inside detention centers and correctional facilities, the organization uses poetry, music, and collaborative artmaking to advance racial equity, rehabilitation, and self-determination. Centering the languages, cultures, and creative practices participants already hold, Radical Reversal empowers incarcerated artists to shape narratives, build skills, and imagine futures beyond the carceral state.
Poetry and Rhythm Matters presents Bassist, Mimi Jones, who will lay down soulful currents while Vocalist & Poet, Monique Ngozi Nri weaves language into living color, as Multi‑Percussionist, Brandon Saunders drives the heartbeat of the night. Together, they shape an evening where sound and story move as one
Betty Neals and Akua Dixon
540 Hancock Street, Brooklyn, NY 11233
onebreathrising@gmail.org
