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Joie de Vivre

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Joie de Vivre: A Meditation on New Orleans, Katrina and the U.S. is a multimedia evening of music, visual art and performance hosted by Quennect4, 2716 W. North Avenue, Chicago on Saturday, September 8, 2007 from 7pm-2am . Presented by Striding Lion InterArts Workshop, Joie de Vivre is conceived and curated by company member Michelle Mashon, a New Orleans native living in Chicago who was inspired to produce an event that would create a space for dialogue and act as a celebration of the spirit of New Orleans in Chicago. Suggested donation is $15, $12 for students and seniors. Entry includes New Orleans inspired refreshments, all performances and a GUMBO COOKING DEMO & DISCUSSION at 7pm by New Orleans chef Matthew Mashon. All works in the exhibition are for sale, with 100% of sales going to the artists.

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Joie de Vivre visual artists include New Orleans natives Melissa and Lindsay Cook with Philip Matsikas, Louise Le Bourgeois, Gerald Haessig, Luz-Marie Lopez,Karen Crain, Lindsey Meyers, Michelle Mashon, Jeff St. Romain, Karen Crain, Mark Grote, Natalie Sciortino, Mark Wallent, book artist Tasheka Arceneaux, J. Stirling Barrett, Rita Posselt and Samia Saleem’s book “Degrees of Separation.”

Films and multimedia by Tim Best, Julie Downey, Byron Durham & Brandon Ross, Brandon Hutchinson & Tommy Foster, and Roxana Walker-Canton & Tina Morton.

Musical Performances by R&B artist Tovi Khali, Low Down Brass Band, Parallel Process and DJ Protman.

Contemporary dance works by Core Project, RTG Dance (Rachel Thorne Germond), Striding Lion InterArts Workshop, performance art by Jennifer Karmin and butoh by Wannapa P-Eubanks.

Poetry by Tara Betts as read by Chicago Def Poet Kristiana Colon, and an electronica operetta by poet-chanteuse Mars Caulton.

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Striding Lion InterArts Workshop presents Joie de Vivre: A Meditation on New Orleans, Katrina and the US Conceived & Curated by Michelle Mashon Saturday, September 8, 20077 pm to 2 amQuennect42...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:43:00 GMT

poetry by Tara Betts / Kristiana Colon

Kristiana Colon will be reading work by Tara Betts at Joie de Vivre:Hurricane Kwame Offers His Two CentsBy Tara BettsMy sister Katrina just twist-whipped the Big Easy.She wanted to see how stone cold ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:38:00 GMT