HoneyPot at The Nuyorican

I am extremely proud to say that I’ll be reading with fellow contributors to the Los Angeles Review
at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in NYC on March 29, 2010 7PM – 9PM. $10.
I’ll be reading a HoneyPot & dem story
which was printed in Issue #6 of the

Los Angeles Review.

bull-jean at Temple University

Thanks to Dr. Joyce A. Joyce,
the Women’s Studies Program, English Department and the Queer Student Union at Temple University
I’ll be reading from the bull-jean stories
Tuesday March 16th at 3:30
Women’s Studies Lounge | 821 Anderson Hall
Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

I’m Reading At BAAD

I’m reading at the Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance in their BAAD!Ass Women Festival 3/12/10 at 8PM. For more CLICK HERE

I’m Reading At Resistencia In Austin

9pm Saturday Feb. 27, 2010
CONJURE: Calling up the Spirit of Struggle, Resistance, & Liberation
Resistencia Bookstore, casa de Red Salmon Arts
1801-A South First St., Austin, Tejas: 512-416-8885

We invite you to a forum for progressive artist/activists:
a series of experiments in jazz music, spoken word, and dance.

This session will feature:
award-winning author/activist sharon bridgforth,
Chicana performance artist/cultural worker Virginia Grise,
dance/body movement by
Pinay artist/activist Czarina Aggabao Thelen,
& black improvisational music by the 3Collective.

$5 dollar suggested donation.
Rooted in the tradition of improvisation, revolution, and blues, Conjure is a sovereign site for artistic/exploratory/spiritual collaboration, expression, and rejuvenation. Each jam session will highlight the “Afrological improvised music” of the 3Collective along with a featured spoken word performer, dancer, and filmmaker inspired by the jazz aesthetic.
Co-sponsored by the UT Austin Community Engagement Center, John L. Warfield Center for African and African American Studies, and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies.

a salmon rojo production.

I’m Reading In Austin

I am in Austin working with the Austin Project (tAP).
tAP is presenting me as part of the Performing Blackness Series.
Florinda Bryant and I will present a staged reading of my work-in-progress currently titled: ring shout
Sat, February 20, 2010 8:00 PM (Free)
University of Texas at Austin WIN 2.180
For more CLICK HERE

Check out our tAP book
Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic
Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project
Edited by Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Lisa L. Moore, and Sharon Bridgforth
is now available for purchase!!!

For information/or to purchase: CLICK HERE

For more about the Austin Project CLICK HERE

I’m Reading At The LGBT Center

I am really proud to say that I’m reading at the New York LGBT Community Center
Friday, February 5, 2010. Reception 6PM. The Reading starts at 6:30PM.
For more CLICK HERE

Our Book Is Here!

(Artwork by Tonya Engel)

I am proud to announce that our book
Experiments in a Jazz Aesthetic
Art, Activism, Academia, and the Austin Project
Edited by Omi Osun Joni L. Jones, Lisa L. Moore, and Sharon Bridgforth
is now available for purchase!!!

For information/or to purchase: CLICK HERE

For more about the Austin Project CLICK HERE

Check Out delta dandi NOW

I am thrilled to announce delta dandi’s cast for
a (non-public) showing 1/21/2010
at New Dramatists in NYC:

The Cast:

Hangn with Saint Ehn

I am Blessed to say that I was able to participate in a weekend of readings of Erik Ehn’s genocide plays. Erik, Moira Brennan and the MAP Fund gathered a whole buncha amazing wonderful artists including: Ana Perea, Vinie Burrows, Laurie Carlos, Daniel Alexander Jones, Omi Osun Joni L. Jones and Robbie McCauley to read/talk/eat/brainstorm-be in the room together. For More about Erik Ehn CLICK HERE

At Northwestern University 11/20 & 11/21 2009

I’ll be reading the delta dandi script…doing a Jazz influenced experiment – conducting the audience in the telling
8 p.m. Friday, November 20, 2009
8 p.m. Saturday, November 21, 2009
Annie May Swift Studio. Northwestern University. Free. For more
CLICK HERE

ALSO…My Class will present new works:

Northwestern University’s Performance Studies Department Presents:

Maria Benson, Sage Morgan-Hubbard,
Kia Jones and Stacey Nwokeyi

Sharon Bridgforth’s Finding Voice- Developing The Artist’s Practice Master Class

Saturday, November 21st, 2009: 4pm Free.
Annie May Swift Hall
Studio: Room 103

**Performances will consist of excerpts of solo works-in-progress developed during class. With her Finding Voice Facilitation Method Bridgforth asked students to engage in a rigorous art practice using their personal stories/identities/family histories/and dreams as a way to explore and expand their artistic aesthetic and voice.

We proudly invite you to join us for a public sharing in celebration of their hard work and discoveries!