CafeNuba

Go LIVE: REAL Food – Denver a soulful culinary feast featuring locally grown grub & conversation on hunger, poverty & sustainability *in collaboration w/ Go Live, The Growhaus, Flobots.org*

Thursday, July 29th – 6p-9p
Greenspaces, 1368 26th Ave.
(btw Larimer & Blake) – Denver 80205
All-Ages | Admission: $5 – $10 Sliding Scale/Suggested Donation
BYOP! (Bring Your own Plate {and eat first!])

Hosted & Co-Produced by Jennifer Johns,
Erwin E.A. Thomas & Ashara Ekundayo
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Performing Artivists:
Ayinde Russell
SuziQ Smith
Love Royale feat. Heather Larabee
Ietef “DJ CaveM” Vita & More!

www.GoLiveOnline.net/ | www.CafeNuba.com | www.Flobots.org

Denver – July 5, 2010

“Cafe Nuba,” Denver’s award-winning spoken word & urban music showcase, is partnering with KGNU Radio, the Biennial of the Americas, Flobots.org and other local community artivists (arts activists) for a 2nd edition of the “I Am Haiti” Solidarity Fundraiser Jam on Thursday, July 29th at 2701 Larimer St. Denver, 80205 from 9p-2am, the event is 21+ w/ i.d. downstairs (inside Meadowlark Lounge & the backyard, All-Ages upstairs in the event space) – admission is $10 minimum – additional gifts greatly appreciated. A multi-genre mash-up including soul, hip-hop, afrobeat, reggae and deep-house with DJs: Musa, CaveM, and Gyp daHip this dance party will also feature LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES from Quetzal Guerrero, Supa Nova Slom, Erwin E.A. Thomas, Dominique Ashaheed, Jennifer Johns, Z.I.N. SoulDaddy & The Blackfyre Band, Brer Rabbit of The Flobots and visual art from Youbawoman. Door proceeds will benefit the Lambi Fund of Haiti Food Justice Delegation which includes Denver-based urban farmers. “We recognized that although many of our creative community was supporting relief for Haiti via text messaging, there was still a desire to share artistically and personally in the celebration of the resilience of the people. The “I Am Haiti” dance party is more than a fundraiser, it’s a collective healing ritual, a way to help us deal with this devastation” says curator/producer Ashara Ekundayo. In addition to donated venue space from the owner of the Meadowlark Lounge, all participants have donated their time and/or product to the effort that will continue as a series for at least the next 4 months. Sponsors and partners are still being solicited. “I Am Haiti” is co-produced by “Nuba” Co-Founder, Ashara Ekundayo & Peju Alwusa of Yorubawoman Design Studio (both co-producers of Denver’s famed “AfroBlu Afterhrs Party”). www.CafeNuba.com For more information contact Ekundayo at blublakwomyn@gmail.com or 303-260-9209.

Cafe Nube Meets King Tut!

Join BluBlak Media, for the Summer Edition of “Cafe Nuba” – Denver’s award-winning quarterly spoken-word & music showcase ~ in collaboration w/ UNTITLED “TWO” and The Biennial of the Americas!

Denver’s “original urban mic” (since 1999) keeps it “HOT & Mobile” w/ our latest offering featuring performance duos from local and international artists celebrating all that is creative and sustainable in collab w/ the Biennial of the Americas and The Nature of Things Speaker Series.  Spoken-word, performance art, political prose and tight beats will be on deck from gospel to crunk, from Nina Simone to Bob Marley ~ this early evening of multi-media beauty promises to inspire and enlighten all in the presence of “TUT” at DAM.

@The Denver Art Museum
100 West 14th Ave Pkwy (at Acoma) | Denver, CO 80204
http://www.denverartmuseum.org

Friday | July 30, 2010 | 6pm-10 sharp
All-Ages | Free w/ Museum Admission ($10)
[2 For 1 Admission w/ STUDENT I.D.]

Hosts | Ashara Ekundayo + Zakiya Harris
Rhythms | Ietef “Dj CaveM” Vita

Featuring |
Team Slam Nuba 2010
Supa Nova Slom + Ietef Vita
Jennifer Johns + Erwin Thomas
Insight Clopedia Brown
Quetzal Guerrero
Lynnette, Nande, Isis & Stephanie + Michael Williams
+ Open Mic!

check out Photographs, Flyers,and videos from some of the Cafe Nuba events. If you have some pics you want to share with us we will be happy to showcase them in our gallery.

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Provocative Musings on Urban Art & Politics feat. Interviews, Spoken-Word & Tight Beats
w/ Cultural Jedi, Ashara Ekundayo & Guest
Every 2nd FRIDAY on KGNU Community Radio – 88.5FM Boulder/1390AM Denver
3:00-3:30 (mst)
http://www.kgnu.org

follow us on Twitter: @cafenuba

CAFE NUBA Supports the Local Poetry Scene!
Check out these Colorado venues for some of the best in spoken-word, Rocky Mountain style!

Monday
1st & LAST Mondays
SlamNuba – open mic & slam feat. members of the Cafe Nuba Slam Team + DJ CaveM
doors 7:30pm – $5 – All-Ages
@Crossroads Theatre, 26th & Welton in Denver”s Five Points

Tuesday
2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Minor Disturbance Youth Series & Slam – feat. writing wksps & performances
7:30pm – Free (donations welcome) – Youth (ages 12-19)
@Flobots.org Community Space, 27th & Larimer, Denver
&
1st & 3rd Tuesdays
Justiz Speech Open Mic
7:00pm – 11:00pm | Free | All-Ages
@Gypsy House Cafe, 13th & Marion St. Denver

Wednesday
Last Wednesdy of the Month
“Poet As Muse” – feat. spoken-word, live visual art, hookah & good vibes
7:30pm – Free – All-Ages
@Gypsy House Cafe, 13th & Marion St. Denver
&
DejaVu – spoken word mic feat. local & national poets for the “grown & sexy”
Every Wednesday | 9:00pm – 21+
@Twisted Olive at Northfield Stapleton, 8270 Northfields Blvd, Unit 1480 Denver
&
Every Wednesday
“She Said” Interactive Mic
9:00pm – 12:30am | 21+ | LGBTQ-Powered
@ Her Bar, E. Colfax & Pearl, Denv

Friday
2nd Fridays
Cafe Cultura – Latino & Indigenous inspired spoken-word, music & live art
7:30pm – Free – All-Ages/Youth-Powered
@LaAcademia, 9th & Galapego

Saturday
1st & 3rd Saturdays
The SpeakOut Poetry Getaway – urban word, community issues & poetry
doors: 8:00pm/show 9:00pm – $5 – All-Ages
@Sam’s BBQ, 435 So. Cherry, Glendale, CO

Sunday
Mercury Slam – spoken-word and slam w/ feat. local &  national poets
Every Sunday | 7:30pm – $5 suggested donation – All-Ages/Youth-Powered
@Mercury Cafe, 21st & California St. Denver

WATCH CAFE NUBA TV [Circa Episodes] on DOM & FSTV
Peep the archives of “Cafe Nuba TV” from back in the day on Denver Open Media AND Freespeech TV!

DOM – http://www.denveropenmedia.org/project/show/cafe-nuba-405b-final-edit
FSTV – http://www.freespeech.org/video/keynote-cafe-nuba-10th-anniversary-party-poetry-slam