Congratulations to Jasmine Colon-Thomas, alum of the Care Center in Holyoke, who has been named the January Massachusetts Poet in the Spotlight by Mass Poetry. Her poem “What I Do Remember” will take your breath away!
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Showcase
East Boston Heads South (to Panama!)
The ZUMIX Jazz Allstars are headed to Panama to perform in the 2014 Panama Jazz Festival, one of the preeminent Jazz festivals in the world, January 14-19, 2014. Enjoy this clip, “The Chicken,” from their newly released album:
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Youth Showcase at IBA on January 16
Charge up for the new year. On January 16, 2014 Inquilinos Boricuas en Accion hosts La Lengua del Poder (The Language of Power), a showcase of young people freeing their voices through visual art, theater, music, movement, and poetry. Free. 6-9pm. Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 West Newton St., Boston. Part of the YouthReach 20th anniversary celebration.
I Am A Muslim
This video, I Am A Muslim, was produced by teens in Cambridge Community Television’s Summer Media Institute in July of 2013. It explores Muslim stereotypes and what it is like to be a Muslim in Cambridge, MA. Produced by: Iman Gheraissa, Avery Guan, and Liam O’Connell.
Urbano’s Urban Myths + The Dream Machine
Teens at Urbano are busy preparing their winter exhibition, Urban Myths + The Dream Machine, which opens December 17, 2013, 5:30-7:30 pm. This is the second exhibition of their yearlong theme, “The Emancipated City: Reimagining Boston,” and will showcase art combining video, performance, installation, and sound, all created by young artists in partnership with their teaching artist mentors. This event is free and open to the public and will take place at 284 Amory Street, Jamaica Plain.
RSVP for 11/21 Youth Showcase
Don’t forget next week’s event at the Museum of Science Boston – Insights and Innovation: Youth Speak through Media and Technology – celebrating 20 years of YouthReach through youth-led demonstrations and video screenings. 4:30-7:00 pm with a reception to follow. RSVP now.
