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Black Factz, Powerful Wordz & Quotez, Holistic Living, Organic Foodz, Spiritual Exercizez, Insightful Connectionz with builderz, leaderz, youth and the seven principalz of Kwanzaa LIVED DAILY, Being enlightened and so much more...
I'd like to meet:
Folks who crave Nlitement on any and every level...Conscious Folks!Artist, filmmakers, musicians, painters, poets, sculpters, vocalists so we created a place to do just that!!!
EVERY WEDNESDAY
Nlitened Soulz
presents
"THE SET"
An eclectic combination of sound & style. A featured performance w/ a limited Open Set so get there early if you'd like to perform for features, be prepared to submit samples of your work!!!So that everyone knows...WE ARE NOT PROMOTERS we are actually two artists featuring OTHER ARTISTS basically providing a space for them to share their art!!! Not for profit on our part but, for exposure for the arts on every level!!!So, come out and enjoy the weekly "dinner and a show" vibe that brings you unsigned, unplugged local artists performing 35-45 minute acoustic sets of their own music and/or poetry who usually have CDs.We also feature a visual artist each week who usually has prints and or ORIGINALS for SALE. All of the artist have products, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS!!!
May 28th
During the shows, we will be filming each feature...This is history in the making!!!
Artist products as well as food and beverages will be available for purchase...Again, SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL ARTISTS!!!
In the future we'll be having film screenings, one man/woman acts, live bands and various other performances...so be prepared to be Ntertained!!!
If you'd like to be considered for a feature, for a later date, please send an sample of your work to [email protected]
For all interested Artist:
Formats for sample review are as followed:
Visual (painting, photography etc. Must be jpeg 300 dpi)
Audio (neo-soul, jazz, r&b, spoken word and selective other genres- Must send 2 mp3's)
Film/Video (quicktime or Microsoft Media player)
The Set is an "unplugged" venue where we put a spotlight on up and coming artists of all mediums...as long as they prove that they're about uplifting folks. One of our missions: is for every artist, that appears at THE SET, to cause the people in attendance, to think about life even AFTER they've purchased their CD's, eaten a great meal and left our venue...so if your work does that, link up with us about featuring at THE SET!
Peace,
Lyte N Soul
Music:
The mass media stations aren't feeding us the things that MOVE US!!!...We embrace ALL artistic outputz, as long as its helping someone prosper...In fact we've started "NlitenedSoulz Radio" to do just that...tune in!!!
..A variety of uplifting artz, interviews of our ancestorz and elderz, relaxtional soundz of wave crashing against rockz or a singer humming along with her accustic guitar or a Blues/Jazz mix or that BACK-N-THE-DAY HIP-HOP...or a poem, written and delivered just right like a short film made to tweek your thoughtz in such a way that you have to create something...
Movies:
The Color Purple,
X (SPIKE LEE),
The Learning Tree (GORDON PARKS),
The Slave Narratives,
T.A.R.G.E.T.S. (KUROJI NTU)
LUMUMBA (RAUL PECK)
Uplifting Independents (i.e. Sundance, IFC, Silver Docs)...more to come...
Television:
We use to watch TV but this one day (that seemed like a month, there was NOTHING on and the cable bill came and Soul got, let's say..."bothered" and...well...
...
But please, remember to turn it off and tune into yourself every now & again.
Books:
Autobiography of Malcolm X,
The Learning Tree by Gordon Parks,
Behind Those Eyes by T.P. Carter,
Sugar Rush: Loves Liberation by Yolanda D. Coleman,
Growing Up Girl by Michelle Sewell,
Anything by J. California Cooper
Octavia Butler,
Maya Angelou
Jerry Craft (creator of "Mama's Boyz"),
Aaron McGruder (creator of "The Boondocks")
Shabazz Born Allah (creator of "Akee & Essence")
C. Freeman (creator of "Chris and Wayne")
Heroes:
All of our ancestors (in flesh & in spirit) the Soulz that shown their Lyte upon the blind deaf & dumb...the ones who started the trails & pathways that we now follow...with their guidance we stive forth...ASHAY!
