Doors open at 7 - Poetry & music at 7:30 - $20 advance tickets - $25 at the door
This will be a seated style show with tables and chairs available first come first serve.
Back by popular demand, and this time with a special guest. These Detroit inspired evenings are truly deep, moving, and uplifting shows. The performances blend the music of Evening Star and the poetry of Joel Fluent Greene and Peace Bell in a seamless collaboration showcasing some of Detroit's best and brightest. We are honored to have them back again, and to have Amber Hasan open the night.
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Learn more about the artists:
JOEL FLUENT GREENE
Poet. Author. Event Producer. Detroiter.
“I am one with, a son of, Detroit. My beloved home. Once I turned 18 years old, the city and its culture became my obsession. The goal was to attend every open mic, Hip Hop concert, whatever cool event. Walking to The Hip Hop Shop on Saturdays. Catching the Dexter bus from the WestSide to downtown to host at Cafe Mahogany on Tuesdays. I was the cool, open soul that would sit on the pyramid at Hart Plaza with a notebook and pen. Still that same person. The son of a Jazz Pianist. I am an instrument of bronze flesh. Syllables be notes. Drum, trumpet, piano. I want you to hear Jazz, Hip Hop, African drums. I write in the spirit of Paul Laurence Dunbar. My most prized possession is a first edition copy of his book, Candle-Lightin' Time. First released in 1901. Classic. I would say Dunbar is my biggest influence as far as poets go. I love how he mastered writing in dialect and classic poetry styles. He wasn’t afraid to write like his neighbors talked. To tell their stories. A huge part of my work is speaking for the people I grew up with. I think there is nothing more beautiful.”
Learn more on his website
CLARETHA PEACE BELL
Peace Bell has been writing poetry since the age of 10, evolving to conscious rap,slam poetry and music. She accepted a challenge and stepped out to participate in her first poetry slam in 2008 and won 1st place. Shortly after, entered into the “Detroit Bring It" talent competition, collecting another win in the category of Spoken Word, Rap and Comedy. This competitive momentum prompted PEACE to take her writing and performance to the national stage and writing for established artists. PEACE is a two-time Recording Artist, two-time Grand Slam Champion,Rust Belt team finalist and National Poetry Slam Inc. group finalist, who continues to move crowds with her energetic wordplay. Her current projects include writing in preparation for publishing her book entitled "If I Were a Writer," facilitating resident workshops and touring throughout the country.
Learn more at her Linktree
EVENING STAR
Evening Star is a group of long time peers and friends from the Detroit Music Community. The group merges the roots traditions of jazz with the modern sounds of neo-soul, hip-hop, and R&B. Group Leader Tariq Gardner channels rhythms from the vast African Diaspora including Gospel, Rhumba, Samba, Swing, and many many more to make the bands textures go from smooth to rough to velvety. This group has played many venues within the state as well as out of state including Jazzin’ at the Vanity, Third Place Music Festival, Cliff Bells, Blue Llama Jazz Club, and Detroit Jazz Festival. The band has an afro-futuristic aesthetic with the mission that simply makes music the forefront of positive outlets with original compositions as well as arrangements on popular songs from the Black American Canon.
Learn more on their Instagram
AMBER HASAN
Amber Hasan has been writing for as long as she can remember. She sees writing as sacred, a vehicle for feeling spiritually whole and fulfilling her life purpose. In addition to being a writer, she is a wife, mother, actor, hip-hop artist, herbalist, and community organizer.
Learn more on Earthwork Music’s website