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Poet/Artist Tanzila Ahmed, on her debut full-length collection of poetry, Grasping at This Planet Just to Believe (Writ Large Projects):

“Every Ramadan since my mother’s passing, I’ve written daily poems as a practice of prayer during the month of Ramadan. Daily poems, over one lunar month over ten years. 2,800 poems, if I had actually done it without fail. Some years were more successful than other, depending on the year, the season, the heart, the world politics, the grief. Some years, all I did was write two poems and then fall into a depth of nothingness.

“Ramadan is the holy month of Islam, where Muslim around the world fast from food, abstain from ‘bad’ behaviors, and re-commit themselves to prayers. It’s often considered a spiritual re-set with the fasting from food giving a sense of clarity. In a world where reality is so often a distraction, Ramadan feels like a deliberate annual reminder of Allah and faith and love in this world.

“This project has become one of the most spiritually fulfilling part of how I connect to the world during Ramadan. I hope these poems can support you on your journey as well.”

PRE-ORDER: Grasping at This Planet Just to Believe by Tanzila Ahmed — Writ Large Projects Grasping at This Planet Just to Believe: Poetry a Day Over a Decade of Ramadans, the debut full-length poetry collection by Tanzila Ahmed. Available for Pre-Order.

ATTN: MUSICIANS & BANDS!

The City of West Hollywood, through its Arts Division, requests qualifications from musicians and performers to be added to the Musicians and Performers Roster (“Roster”). Selected musicians and performers from the Roster will be invited to perform at city events, such as Summer and Winter Sounds.

Typical performances will feature 90-minute, in person, family friendly, music performances. Selected performers will receive an honorarium for their participation.

Please complete an application to be considered: https://bit.ly/2024wehosounds



Deadline to Apply: Monday, January 8, 2024 at 5PM PT.

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The Black Radical Imagination 8:30pm Nov. 10th 2014


Focusing on stories from the Black diaspora, this second installment of The Black Radical Imagination is a collection of short films and videos about communing with the spiritual realm as a historical practice and point of collective memory. Works include Lewis Vaughn’s The Baptist (2012), Jeannette Elhers’ Black Magic at the White House (2009) and Black Bullets (2012), Lauren Kelley’s Get the Bones from 88 Jones Because She Also Eats Meat (2008), Sanford Biggers & Terence Nance’s Moonrising (2013), and Vashti Harrison’s Field Notes (2014). John Akomfrah’s Memory Room 451 (1997) completes the evening.

Event details here: https://www.facebook.com/events/340873259430591

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The Livest Bands will be rocking out of the Last Bookstore tonight for Art Walk. As I have stated in the past Free Music Frees Minds, so free yourself and slide inside as we present Free Moral Agents, Bright Beast and The Endangered.

Downtown Art Walk with Bright Beast, Free Moral Agents, and The Endangered | THE LAST BOOKSTORE The Last Bookstore celebrates June’s Art Walk with live music from Bright Beast, Free Moral Agents, and The Endangered. Check the Facebook event for videos of the bands and set times.

Tonight at The Last Bookstore during the DTLA Artwalk we feature incredible live music by singer/songwriter/mc Dez Hope (7:30p), accordion and violin duo Los Moribundos (8:00p) and Multi-instrumentalist/singer/songwriter Quetzal Guerrero (9:00p). Check Q out here: http://sns.mx/hagny6

Tonight at 7pm The Last Bookstore proudly presents performance artist Anna B. Scott's site specific dance theater piece, PATCH. $10 (cash only) @ the door.

PATCH, a 'Bout To Get On Boogie Performance artist Anna B Scott explores the future of Black History with a madcap, immersive afrofuturistic dance theater piece. What happens when melanin becomes a cosmetic?

Tonight Live at Transmissions feat. Sheera Ehrig and More. Quality Collective.

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This Friday Quality Collective is getting down in DTLA at (((Sound Report)))