The People Say Project Presents A Holiday Shakedown Fundraiser with George Porter, Jr. & Dee-1
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Written by InthekNOwla.com
Monday, December 12, 2011 09:32 PM |
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(InthekNOwla) -- NEW ORLEANS | Each generation has their own thing...their own music, slang, tv shows, beliefs, etc. And trying to get people from different generations to interact with each other can sometimes be a doozy...you know those from the old school with all their wisdom and knowledge and those youngsters who think they already got wisdom and knowledge (but really just have big egos and mouths).
Well, The People Say Project is on a mission to get different generations of New Orleanians together in a productive dialogue about the city. Started in February 2011, The People Say Project brings together artists (both legendary and rising stars) from different generations to discuss the ways in which they make art and a living in the city today.
Brian Boyles, host and co-founder of the People Say Project, explained, “Bringing together artists from two different generations is a great way to have a conversation about the culture and money of New Orleans. There’s been an influx of new energy to the city, but there are also people who have put in great work here for 30 to 40 years. Those people people have something to contribute as do younger folks. The risk is that each just keeps doing their own thing and never gets a chance to meet in a way that’s actually helpful to both parties on an even platform.”
He added, “With the People Say Project, we intend to bring citizens together in a respectful dialogue with local artists and do some reconnecting in the post-Katrina era to establish that original bond that New Orleans really enjoys between its audience and its artists.”
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Hip Hop is Alive at the New Orleans Fringe Festival
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Written by InthekNOwla.com
Tuesday, November 15, 2011 09:24 PM |
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“It's not just poetry. It's not just art. It's not just black or white, rich or poor... It's a movement and it lives in us all.” – Hip Hop is Alive
(InthekNOwla) -- NEW ORLEANS | You know that feeling you get when you’re listening to a song, and you hear something that just makes you pause…makes you stop and think for just a second…a lyric that you most likely will never forget.
“I will not lose, for even in defeat, there’s a valuable lesson learned, so it evens up for me.” – Jay Z, Blueprint 2
There’s something about that lyric that says everything you need to hear. No more. No less. Exactly the words you need when they won’t come to you on their own. And this week, as part of the New Orleans Fringe Festival (a five-day showcase of theater and performance art), you’ll be able to enjoy some of hip hop’s best lyrics at the stage play Hip Hop is Alive.
Hip Hop is Alive features “a set of vignettes dissecting stereotypes about the music genre of hip hop by delving into its lyrical core. Actors portray scenes common to the overall human experience with dialogue taken primarily from hip hop songs. Infused with dynamic dance performances and a featured DJ nightly, this play asks us to open our minds about hip hop.”
Creator of Hip Hop is Alive DaVida Chanel describes herself as being a little bit strange (but hell, who in New Orleans isn’t strange in one way or another). She explained, “The thing is, I’m kind of a strange person. I have a tendency to speak in lyrics, so I’m always quoting this artist or that artist. When I decided that I wanted to write a play, I asked myself what was it that I knew about. I knew about relationships, drama, etc. and I could relate these messages to music, but I can’t sing or rap or dance. So basically, I created a variety of different real-lefe scenarios with the dialogue consisting of hip hop lyrics.”
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RAFApalooza: Respond Against Fear and Violence (RAFA V)
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Written by InthekNOwla.com
Sunday, November 13, 2011 09:13 PM |
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“If I had them (the attackers) face to face, I'd embrace them. I forgive them.” – Rafael Delgadillo, a New Orleans survivor.
(InthekNOwla) -- NEW ORLEANS | We love New Orleans…we know y’all know how much we love this city. But, this city can be incredibly cold and hard. New Orleans is not for the faint-hearted or easily discouraged, cuz she will test your faith and determination.
And Rafael Delgadillo is neither of those. See, Rafael is New Orleans…he loves New Orleans…but, we’re sad to say that New Orleans didn’t show him any love a few weeks ago. As he was driving home one night, two New Orleans youth attempted to car-jack him as he waited at a stop sign and shot him in the head. Rafael survived, but the bullet remains lodged in his brain with his sight having been drastically impaired.
Yet with all of this, Rafael still loves his city. When this city let him down, he did not leave. He stayed. He stayed to do something about it and the community has rallied around him and the need to stop this culture of violent living in New Orleans. We have a generation of hopelessness and despair, of feeling undervalued and tossed to the wayside, the “lost generation of New Orleans” if you will...no respect for their own lives much less anybody else's. And WE must be the ones to stop it.
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Passing on positivity and the creative culture of New Orleans
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Written by InthekNOwla.com
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 07:54 PM |
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(InthekNOwla) -- NEW ORLEANS | "Whenever my father, artist John T. Scott, was told thank you, he never said, ‘You’re welcome’. He would say, 'Pass it on.' Pay it forward is the principle idea. If you want to pay me back, then do something for someone else.” ~ NOYO Designs founder and owner, Ayo Scott
Creating an atmosphere of positivity and creativity is what Ayo Scott, Alphonse Smith, and Gian Smith do at their monthly event, Pass it On Open Mic. And like the above quote, they don’t want anything in return…no money, no congratulations, no compliments. Whatever you feel, get, or take from the event, you are then obliged to simply “Pass it on.”
Pass it On began three years ago as a means for local artists to showcase, feature, and project themselves to the local community. And it has quickly transformed into more than just that. Co-host Alphonse Smith explained, Pass it On has become sort of a pass it on of information between artists and the community, artist among artists, and community amongst community.”
Co-host Gian Smith added, “It has evolved into something that encapsulates what all of our ideals are. The event itself is an open mic that’s very much about artists and the community having a voice. We don’t discriminate against anyone’s artistic talent or attempt to express themselves. We’ve had a wide variety of artists from poets to singers to visual artists. We’ve had visual artists who really embraced the opportunity to have their work on display in front of an audience. Many times, as a visual artist, there’s a lot of waiting in between shows, or if you’re not in shows or galleries, then you’re missing your platform as an artist. So we offer them an opportunity to showcase their work and talk about the influences for the pieces or their own artistic expression. We’ve also had people come up and just read from their diary just because they had something that was in their heart that they needed to express.”
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FestiGals 2011, the ultimate New Orleans girlfriend getaway weekend
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Written by InthekNOwla.com
Monday, October 03, 2011 09:09 PM |
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(InthekNOwla) -- NEW ORLEANS | New Orleans is not necessarily known as a city you take a girls trip to. It seems we get lost somewhere in the Bourbon St. shuffle…
But for those of us who live here, we know how much fun the city can be for a group of women. From dining and shopping to museum hopping and dancing, there’s plenty of things to keep everyone entertained.
And this weekend is the perfect time to have the girls come down to partake in a new festival that’s focused on the gems of this earth…women! (Sorry men, you’re not invited to this festival, not even a little bit :).
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