FINDING HOME: IMMIGRANT STORIES AND MUSIC FROM BOSTON AND BEYOND

Check out this  amazing event Hoopla Productions is producing at Jamaica Pond on September 18^th from 6-8pm. (rain date, 9/19).

It’s called Finding Home:  Immigrant Stories and Music from Boston and Beyond, and it’s a powerful celebration of the strength, tenacity, and creativity of local immigrants. Through music, dance and storytelling, Hoopla Production aims to elevate the voices of immigrants representing a range of experiences, countries and cultures.

Featured artists include musician Stan Strickland; dancers Jean Appolon, his 7-year-old son Cedric, and Mcebisi Xotyenif from Jean Appolon Expressions; Boston’s Youth Poet Laureate Alondra Bobadilla; Indigenous storyteller and musician Annawon Weeden; Actor and director Vincent Siders; MC Yhinny Matos, and a fantastic group of spoken word artists, poets and storytellers of diverse ages and backgrounds, including Afro-Caribbean writer/poet Yara Liceaga Rojas; Karen Chen, Director of Chinese Progressive Association, who came to the U.S. from China at age 10; Afro-Brazilian dancer/storyteller Isaura Oliveira, and Ty Ruwe, actor/storyteller whose parents are from Zambia, paternal grandfather from Malawi, and paternal grandmother from South Africa.

You can find more information at the Hoopla Production website.  https://www.hooplaproductions.org/finding-home/

ENCONTRANDO CASA: HISTORIAS DE INMIGRANTES Y MÚSICA DE BOSTON Y MÁS ALLÁ

Vea este increíble evento que Hoopla Productions está produciendo en Jamaica Pond el 18 de septiembre de 6 a 8 pm. (fecha de lluvia, 19/9).

Se llama Finding Home: Immigrant Stories and Music from Boston and Beyond, y es una poderosa celebración de la fuerza, tenacidad y creatividad de los inmigrantes locales. A través de la música, la danza y la narración, Hoopla Production tiene como objetivo elevar las voces de los inmigrantes que representan una variedad de experiencias, países y culturas.

Check out this  amazing event Hoopla Productions is producing at Jamaica Pond on September 18^th from 6-8pm. (rain date, 9/19).

It’s called Finding Home:  Immigrant Stories and Music from Boston and Beyond, and it’s a powerful celebration of the strength, tenacity, and creativity of local immigrants. Through music, dance and storytelling, Hoopla Production aims to elevate the voices of immigrants representing a range of experiences, countries and cultures.

Featured artists include musician Stan Strickland; dancers Jean Appolon, his 7-year-old son Cedric, and Mcebisi Xotyenif from Jean Appolon Expressions; Boston’s Youth Poet Laureate Alondra Bobadilla; Indigenous storyteller and musician Annawon Weeden; Actor and director Vincent Siders; MC Yhinny Matos, and a fantastic group of spoken word artists, poets and storytellers of diverse ages and backgrounds, including Afro-Caribbean writer/poet Yara Liceaga Rojas; Karen Chen, Director of Chinese Progressive Association, who came to the U.S. from China at age 10; Afro-Brazilian dancer/storyteller Isaura Oliveira, and Ty Ruwe, actor/storyteller whose parents are from Zambia, paternal grandfather from Malawi, and paternal grandmother from South Africa.

You can find more information at the Hoopla Production website.  https://www.hooplaproductions.org/finding-home/

ENCONTRANDO CASA: HISTORIAS DE INMIGRANTES Y MÚSICA DE BOSTON Y MÁS ALLÁ

Vea este increíble evento que Hoopla Productions está produciendo en Jamaica Pond el 18 de septiembre de 6 a 8 pm. (fecha de lluvia, 19/9).

Se llama Finding Home: Immigrant Stories and Music from Boston and Beyond, y es una poderosa celebración de la fuerza, tenacidad y creatividad de los inmigrantes locales. A través de la música, la danza y la narración, Hoopla Production tiene como objetivo elevar las voces de los inmigrantes que representan una variedad de experiencias, países y culturas.

Los artistas destacados incluyen al músico Stan Strickland; los bailarines Jean Appolon, su hijo Cedric de 7 años y Mcebisi Xotyenif de Jean Appolon Expressions; La Poeta Juvenil Laureada de Boston, Alondra Bobadilla; La narradora y músico indígena Annawon Weeden; El actor y director Vincent Siders; MC Yhinny Matos, y un grupo fantástico de artistas de la palabra hablada, poetas y narradores de diversas edades y orígenes, entre ellos la escritora y poeta afrocaribeña Yara Liceaga Rojas; Karen Chen, directora de la Asociación Progresista China, que llegó a los EE. UU. Desde China a los 10 años; La bailarina y narradora afrobrasileña Isaura Oliveira, y Ty Ruwe, actor y narrador de padres de Zambia, abuelo paterno de Malawi y abuela paterna de Sudáfrica.Puede encontrar más información en el sitio web de Hoopla Production. https://www.hooplaproductions.org/finding-home/