THE NATIONAL BLACK ARTS SPOKEN WORD TOUR
                                  &
THE NATIONAL BLACK AUTHORS TOUR
                               with
R.E.A.L. (Research of Exemplary African Literature)

                          Presents

    S. L. A. M.  FESTIVAL
       (SPOKEN LANGUAGE ALIVE MUSINGS)
THEME:  “WHOSE GONNA TAKE THE WORD: EPIC MEMORY OF WINGS NOT MADE TO BROKEN…..ABIDE PROPHETICAL ENVISIONING OUR INFORMED DESTINY BACK TO THE OLD LANDMARKS”

Pre-event   Friday, April 8, 2011  6pm
HBO’ s  DEF Poet Television Series and Broadway Stage star, 
Tony Award and Peabody Award Winner   BLACK ICE   in Performance
Rotunda – 40th & Walnut Street  (FREE)
Rsvp – Africana@sas.upenn.edu
 
OPENING  Friday, April 8, 2011 8pm-10pm
“POWER OF WORDS” – Old School Poetry: Revival Performance of Word Sorcerey/We Be BADD People” 

(A Discourse on Miracles and First Person Arts conjuring of Juke Joint, Jazz June, Juba, Kuntu,  Nommo and Simple Signification forerunner framing the Academy of Being as African Continuum Contemporary).

Awardees:  Dr. Kimmika Williams & Black Ice
Featuring:  Lois Moses, James Johnson (Osayimwese Nadir Karume) ,
Kyle Morris, Maurice Henderson and other members from the  R.E.A.L.,
National Black Arts Spoken Word Tour, National Black Authors Tour,
Poetic Ventures  who have been invited as highlight for the celebrated 10th

Anniversary reclamation and historical opus publication of 

 ”MINE EYES HAVE SEEN INTO THE MILLENIUM” – an anthology that

has been prosperous suggested as the backstory and precursory branding for ”

“9/11: Witness and  Testimonials” – a staged production scheduled to kick off  

New York’s Theater season during September 2011. OPEN MIC  follows 

featured Performance Poets.   Reception, Booksigning, Record Release and

autograph session also included with self guided tour of Museum Exhibition.

PAUL ROBESON HOUSE MUSEUM – 4951 Walnut Street  (FREE)
Rsvp- (215) 820-7571 or mauricebrianhenderson@yahoo.com
(This is a must see performance and time capsule capturing of  those who
have served as preceptors for Spoken Word, Neo-Soul and the current
summoned of Ancient Hip Hop – Dream Deferred of WorldaNew)

 
WORKSHOP   Saturday, April 9, 2011  10am-1pm
Title – “ RICH OR ALMOST FAMOUS: How to Break into
The Entertainment Business, Music Industry, Performing Arts Field,
Print and Broadcast Media” 

Walnut Street Library – 201 S. 40th Street (FREE)
Rsvp – (215) 820-7571 or mauricebrianhenderson@yahoo.com
Workshop participants will be presented with the potentiality of career development success techniques by learning about the serial rights option and artistic licensing of their writings as an illumination for the stage, books, television, film and the print media.  Guidance will also include strategies for getting bookings on the touring circuit locally and nationally, mass marketing and merchandising branding of their talents, skills and abilities.  Help hints will engage attendees with the best kept secrets and hidden agenda for becoming a celebrity. outstanding media personality, public speaker, renowned lecturer and prominent figure recognized as a pop culture phenomenon by mainstream America.  Evidence leadership and intellectual heritage proprietorship as an outcome based measurement will be demonstrated as the publicity and promotional device for attracting and sustaining the millions in audience reach and patron context of viewers, listeners, readers, theatergoers and live attendees.  This workshop can be audio and videotaped by participants and is a continuum of  presentations made for the Tavis Smiley Youth 2 Leadership Summit, Hip Hop Conferences in Atlanta and Wisconsin, Hurston-Wright Foundation Writers Week and the Annual Celebration of Black Writing.  Specific details and previous respondents to this workshop can be viewed at www.creativesocialmedia.org or mauricehenderson.org and www.art-reach.org.  (co-sponsored by the Hip Hop Business School for the Arts, Bridging Worlds, Association of African-American Young Entrepreneurs, the Alternative Learning Institute, National Support Agency for Schools and Communities, New Arts Productions Publications, Adelphia Company Records, LOTS (Life Outside the Streets) and Keith Mungin of Walk Down Entertainment – producer of the Hit Series “Baby Mama Drama” , which has been adapted as an awardwinning and critically acclaimed Film Documentary, Talk Show, staged adaptation, Traveling Photo Exhibit, Fashion and Accessories Merchandising,  Print Media publication, CD record release and institutional advancement  for the non-profit inauguration of the House of  Reconciliation). 

SEATING IS LIMITED FOR ALL EVENTS  -  RSVP strongly suggested!!!!!!!!
(The Honorees, Performers and Presenters for this weekend event planned hosting of the S.L.A.M. Festival is an encouraged requiem of the Global Creative Economy pathways formerly highlighted on MTV, BET, HBO, TVone, PBS, every major Television and Cable Network. Constituency and associated collaborative procurement has also served as the enticement allure and optimum nominee categorization for the Emmy Award, Tony Award, Grammy Award, Academy Award,Writers Digest Award, Pew Award, American Book Award, NAACP Image Award, Library of Congress Award, Obie Award, Audelco Award, Kappa Alpha Psi Black Voices Award, Daimler Chrysler Poetry Award, Washington Post National Poetry Competition Award, Independent Music Award and almost every other distinction except for the Nobel Peace Prize.)