The Brothers Network

What: A Valentine’s Day discussion and interview with area black male couples

When: Saturday, Feburary 13, 2010, 2 pm

Where: Arts Condo Community Room, 1321 Locust Street, Philadelphia, PA

Black men loving black men is a revolutionary act.

-Marlon Riggs

The Brothers’ Network’s provocative, no-holds-barred discussion series continues in February with an exploration of black-on-black male love. The mainstream media almost never present to the general public images of black men loving black men.  Six black male couples will join us as guest panelists to talk about life, love and the pursuit of happiness.

What: Brothers Network night at the Arden Theatre Company: Blue Door

When: Saturday, Febuary 27th, 2010, 7:30 pm

Where: Arden Theatre, 40 N. 2nd St., Philadelphia, PA

As part of our ongoing theatre series, the Brothers’ Network has partnered with the Arden Theatre Company for a special evening during their production of “Blue Door” by playwright Tanya Barfield.

Director Walter Dallas returns to the Arden after helming the notable production The Piano Lesson. Philadelphia’s own Johnnie Hobbs, Jr. stars as Lewis, a successful mathematics professor whose wife has just left him. So begins his sleepless night where a series of ancestors visit him and reveal the hardships and victories of their lives. Lyrical, funny and poignant, Lewis’ journey is a thought-provoking window into the soul of one African American man grappling at the intersection of his own identity and his cultural history. Tanya Barfield’s The Blue Door is an exuberantly theatrical work about the black male experience in America and will resonate with anyone who has ever struggled to live with – or escape – the past.

Please join us Saturday, Feburary 27, 2010, for the play and post-performance reception. Brothers’ Network members are able to recieve a special price of $30.00 per ticket for the evening’s performance. Please call or visit the Arden Theatre Web site to purchase your tickets. Use the special code bronet to receive the discount. Regular price tickets are $48.00. Brothers’ Network members will all be seated together for the performance.

WHAT: Mauckingbird Theatre Company’s production of “The Threshing Floor”

WHERE: Second Stage at the Adrienne Theatre, 2030 Sansom Street

WHEN: Friday, January 15, 2010, 7:30 p.m.

Please join us for a special evening of theatre as The Brothers’ Network travels to the Adrienne Theatre in Center City Philadelphia for the world premiere of The Threshing Floor, a new play about the life of James Baldwin.

The Threshing Floor honors the life, ideas, and everlasting imprint of quintessential American author James Baldwin. From 1920s Harlem to the bohemian utopia of Paris in the ’40s to the civil unrest of the ’50s and ’60s, numerous figures from Baldwin’s life emerge in this one-man play featuring luminaries like Josephine Baker and Eldridge Cleaver, the author’s own lovers, parents and fellow civil rights activists.

Join us on Brothers’ Network Night at the Adrienne and enjoy this important new play for only $15 – 25 percent off the regular ticket price. To RSVP or for more info, email info@thebrothersnetwork.org.