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Stories & Sea Shanties of Antebellum Black Sailors

Hear Vienna Carroll & Keith Johnston Perform Sea Shanties Sang by Black Sailors in Antebellum Times

Saturday, October 27, 2018
4 pm to 6 pm
(come early for more fun, read to bottom)
Gowanus Dredgers’ Boathouse

125-153 2nd Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231

Nearest subways:
G to Carroll St. (three avenues walk)
R to Union Street (two avenues & three blocks walk)
2,3,4,5,B,D,Q,R to Atlantic Terminal/Barclay’s Center (three avenues & 13 blocks walk)

Come early! This event is part of the Gowanus Oktoberfest
2 – 6pm
Free local food samples
Free canoeing
Kid-friendly
Quality beer and food available for purchase

Vienna Carroll & Keith Johnston

Saturday, December 9, 2017
7:30 – 10:30 pm
Look For Me in the Whirlwind/Human Rights Day Celebrating U.S. Held Political Prisoners

"Look for Me in the Whirlwind" bookAn evening of cultural performances including Vienna Carroll and Keith Johnston, Collective Flow, Ngoma, Obediah Wright’s Balance Dance Theater and others. Poetry ~ Dance ~ Hip Hop ~ Song ~ Music ~ Fashion Show ~ Art for Sale

Book party for Look for Me in the Whirlwind. Book editors Matt Meyer & déqui kioni-sadiki speaking, as well as a contributor and longtime u.s. held political prisoner (and Black Panther Party leader) Sekou Odinga and Jamal Joseph among others.

Suggested donation $10 (no one turned away for lack of $)
Donations benefit the Northeast Political Prisoners Campaign

Food and stellar coffee/tea/soft drinks available for purchase from The Commons Cafe.

The Commons
388 Atlantic Avenue (bet. Hoyt & Bond Streets)
Brooklyn, NY 11217
2,3,4,5 to Nevins Street (closest); also close to D,N,R to Atlantic Ave/Barclay Center and A,C,G to Hoyt-Schermerhorn
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For more info contact:

https://northeastpoliticalprisonercoalition.wordpress.com/blog/

FreeThemAll2016@gmail.com

LIVE STREAM EVENT AT:  http://thecommonsbrooklyn.org/videos/livestream

What For? Why Not?

Friday, April 7, 2017,
8pm,
Triskelion Arts at Muriel Schulman Theater, 
106 Calyer Street, 
Brooklyn, NY 11222,
G to Nassau Ave (walk 3 blks north to Calyer & 3 blks west to #106) • map

Vienna Carroll & Keith Johnston in What For? Why Not? FestivalThe “What For? Why Not?” series combines two artists from different disciplines juxtaposing dance, music, spoken word, and visual art. 
Patti Bradshaw (dance) / Vienna Carroll & Keith Johnston (music)
Act 1: Choreographer and puppeteer Patti Bradshaw shares the evening with singing storyteller duo, Vienna Carroll and Keith Johnston. Bradshaw’s Flowers in Space uses dance, puppetry, and slide projections in a solo for dancer Valerie Striar inspired by the turn of the twentieth-century painter, poet, set designer, and subtle social commentator Florine Stettheimer, (1871-1944).
Act 2: In Folk First: Black Roots Music, Carroll as griot and Johnston as guitarist celebrate the spirituals, work songs, prison blues, and sea shanties of antebellum African Americans, and their links to contemporary artists like Biggie Smalls and Pharrell Williams.

Vienna Carroll at MamapaloozaNYC!

Mamapalooza NYC
1 – 2 pm: Vienna performs with the fabulous fierce band:  Stanley Banks, bass; Newman Taylor Baker, washboard; Keith Johnston, guitar
12 noon – 5 pm: entire festival, so come early and stay late!
May 28, 2017
Riverside Park South
Pier i, 500 W 70th St. (path to pier is at Riverside and 68th Street, see map below)
New York, NY 10069
(Nearby Pier i Cafe has excellent food & drink, but no alcohol on the pier outside cafe grounds.)

Concert on the end of the 795 feet pier! Stunning river views. Fishing. Dog-friendly, family-friendly, bring chairs or a blanket to sit on, some benches.

MamapaloozaNYC 2017