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SUMMARY:The Gods Must Be Crazy Featuring Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Martin L
 uther, Kev Choice, Jennifer Johns & Rich Medina [Tribute to Gil Scott-
 Heron, Nina Simone, Jimi Hendrix & More!]
DESCRIPTION:On June 30 and July 1, 2011, Top Ten Social (TTS) invites 
 you to two very special nights. Thursday night, ‘cultural Jedi’ As
 hara Ekundayo hosts a discussion with guest speakers hip hop theater a
 rtist Marc Bamuthi Joseph, DJ/producer Rich Medina, and singer-songwri
 ter Jennifer Johns, moderated by the Ella Baker Center for Human Right
 s’ Abel Habtegeorgis. This informal talk, part of the ongoing TTS.Sp
 eaker Series, will address themes including strategies for leveraging 
 art to inspire social change; the role of artists as activists; how do
  we elevate and inform people of their inner divinity; and creating pa
 thways out of mental slavery. An interactive audience Q&A will follow 
 the main discussion.\n\nFriday’s event places the Supernatural Black
  Experience in the context of live performance. The speakers of the pr
 evious evening join with additional guest artists and are transformed 
 into conduits of the divine spirit, celebrating ancestors – the gods
  – with expressions of spirituality, sustainability, solidarity, and
  sovereignty delivered in music, food, & word. Bamuthi and jazz-hop vi
 rtuoso Kev Choice both pay homage to legendary jazz poet and social co
 mmentator Gil Scott-Heron; Johns channels soul diva Nina Simone, rebor
 n as an Oakland b-girl; “rebel soul music” creator Martin Luther i
 nvokes guitar visionary Jimi Hendrix; and Medina lays down a deeply rh
 ythmic soundscape which will touch on everyone from James Brown to Fel
 a Kuti to Bob Marley to Michael Jackson. Ekundayo will provide the inv
 ocation for what promises to be an evening long to be remembered – i
 n this world and the afterlife.\n\nSo, are the gods really crazy? Or i
 s their true role to show us the insanity of the world man has created
 , and to reunite us with our true nature and divine selves? Find out T
 hursday, June 30 and Friday, July 1st, as Top Ten Social revives the S
 upernatural Black Experience in Oakland.\n\nPurchase Tickets here:\nht
 tp://thegods-tribute.eventbrite.com/\n\nFor more information visit htt
 p://trueskool.com/events/the-gods-must-be-crazy
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110701T200000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20110702T010000
CATEGORIES:oakland, ca
LOCATION:The New Parish, Oakland
WEBSITE:http://thenewparish.com/
URL:http://thenewparish.com/
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