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The Cynthia Oliver & Company dancers are bringing Caribbean heat to the Northwest! Watch as they “slow wind” through a “Ruptured Calypso”

Buy your tickets now to the West Coast Premiere of this hot new dance performance!

Video: Which Way Seattle? Black Elected Officials

The CD Forum is pleased to host a timely panel discussing black elected officials and their impact on their constituents, specifically the Black community.

Video: CREATION Project Showcase: Vania Bynum

Vania Bynum: Excerpts from the Soul of a Woman

Video: Creation Project Showcase - Rachel Ferguson

Rachael Ferguson: The Oh, My God-It’s So True Story of Haly Bere

Video: CREATION Project Showcase: Christa Bell

Christa Bell: CoochieMagik

Video: CREATION Project Showcase: Amber Flame

Amber Flame: Binary

Video: CREATION Project Showcase: Chad Goller-Sojourner

Chad Goller-Sojourner: Sitting in Circles with Rich Whiter Girls – the Memoirs of a Bulimic Black Boy

Video: CREATION Project Showcase: Gin Hammond

Gin Hammond: Returning the Bones

Video: Nora Chipaumire’s

Nora Chipaumire’s solo contemporary dance performance, Chimurenga

Video: Civil Rights Organizations in the 21st Century

In the wake of Bruce Gordon’s resignation from the NAACP after only 19 months, there has been much discussion around the agendas set forth by African-American legacy organizations…

Video: Which Way Seattle? Transracial Adoption of Black Children

Explore the issue of transracial adoption of Black children.

Video: Which Way Seattle? Series: State of Young Black Men

This program will discuss the current state of African-American boys in Seattle.

Video: CD Forum Presents Carl Hancock Rux's No Black Male Show

Carl Hancock Rux’s ensemble performance narrative blends songs, music, and dance to ascertain the icon of the black male in pop culture and American myths.

Video: CD Forum Presents Cartoonist Keith Knight

Fear of a Black Marker: Underground Cartooning and Activism with Keith Knight

Video: CD Forum Presents DBR & The MissionVideo: CD Forum Presents DBR & The Mission

Whether he’s playing electric violin with a symphony orchestra or singing with his band complete with a string quartet…