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CALLING ALL POETS! BE A PART OF THE NEXT ROOTS AND WINGS PROJECT EVENT!
SEEKING 99 POETS TO LEND A VOICE TO THE 99% Submit one poem to casandraw99revolution@gmail.com, ATTENTION: 99 REVOLUTION. A selected group of Poets from the event will tour the show to local venues and possibly beyond. OCCUPY THIS will be live streamed! “We declare ourselves to be free. There is no debt, no cage, no jail cell that can contain us because we are already free.” –Josefina Lopez Casa0101.org and therootsandwingsproject.com for more info.
Promo for A RECORD OF LIGHT October 29, 2011 - November 20, 2011 Reservations via The Last Bookstore: (213) 488-0599 RECORD OF LIGHT - October 28, 2011 through November 19, 2011 written and directed by Jesse Bliss music by Pitch Like Masses produced by Peter Woods (Quality Collective) and Jesse Bliss (The Roots and Wings Project) with The Last Bookstore.
SYNOPSIS
The complete sacred knowledge of all human experience is being housed in secret, in a downtown Los Angeles bookstore. Orelia Key, a woman whose spirit moves faster than her body can any longer handle, is determined to access it. On this mission, she encounters denizens of the bookstore, analog people, who in a world of technology, discover the link between body and the substance of the soul. "You don’t come out of this life alive…to know your life’s purpose is to dare go where it leads…"
IGNITE: AN EVENING OF MUSIC, ART, POETRY, THEATER AND MORE - Saturday, April 2, 2011 IGNITE was an evening of music, spoken word and art bringing together the talents of visual artists, actors, spoken word performers, musicians and DJs in support of Tree of Fire, a play written by The Roots and Wings Project founder Jesse Bliss. RAW were honored to hold this event at SPARC (Old Venice Jail): a community-based public art center that has produced, presented and preserved sites of public memory since 1976. The proceeds from IGNITE will go towards launching a touring production of TREE OF FIRE. KPFK was the media sponsor for IGNITE.
When a Magnolia tree catches fire in an aged and ominous women’s prison, three female inmates forgotten and left to perish are jolted as their lives are threatened, into memories of their past that inform the truth of their souls and the urgent need to expose the inhumanity of the prison to the world.
DIAMONDS - UCLA'S GLORIA KAUFMAN DANCE THEATER - APRIL 28 &29, 2006 "'DIAMONDS" is the story of two b-girls who struggle to find their truth. A collaboration between Campion (Catfox) and Bliss (Miss Bliss), it is an evolving work that will be further developed for future performances. Directed by Harris, the legendary hip-hop choreographer and Laurence Olivier Award nominee, the work features an original musical score by Devin Williams of Breakestra, Plant Life and Orgone; Romanowski; Crush Delight; and Kelvin Parker of Infant Records. Tony Award nominee Mary Joan Negro served as script and theatrical adviser.' 'The journey of "DIAMONDS" begins when Miss Bliss, a teaching artist haunted by the suffering of her disadvantaged students and feeling helpless to save them, returns to her old neighborhood looking for solace. She runs into Catfox, her childhood friend, who is hardened by years of struggle. Miss Bliss and Catfox share stories of their experiences through a combination of hip-hop dance, poetry, theater, music and images. Residents of
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