CD Forum: Seattle's Leading Black Arts and Culture Presenter

Lenelle Moïse: Expatriate

webmaster — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:00:41 +0000

February 10-12, 2011 at 8:00pm
Erickson Theatre Off Broadway
1524 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA (Map)
Tickets: Student $5 | Advance $15 | Door $18 | Buy Online! Read More...

Are We That Complicated? Black Women in Relationships

webmaster — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:00:25 +0000

Sure to be a spirited discussion, the CD Forum presents a discussion about how Black women navigate their most personal relationships. Read More...

Codes and Secret Deeds: African Spiritual Practice Through the Diaspora

webmaster — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:15:23 +0000

Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 7:00pm
Seattle University LeRoux Conference Center
901 12th Ave, Seattle, WA (Map)
Tickets: Student $5 | Advance $7 | Door $10 | Buy Online! Read More...

Michele Norris: The Grace of Silence: A Memoir

webmaster — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:17:13 +0000

Monday, October 4, 2010 at 7:00pm
Town Hall
1119 8th Avenue Seattle, WA (Map)
Tickets: $10 | Buy Online! Read More...

dance theatre X: World Headquarters

webmaster — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 03:18:51 +0000

September 30-October 2, 2010 at 8:00pm
Velocity Dance Center
1621 12th ave Seattle, WA (Map)
Tickets: Students $10 | Advance $15 | Door $18 | Buy Online! Read More...

Terry McMillan: Getting to Happy

webmaster — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:00:20 +0000

Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 7:00pm
Town Hall
1119 8th Avenue Seattle, WA (Map)
Tickets: $5 | Buy Online! Read More...

Only On Sundays: The Black Church’s New Politics

webmaster — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:21:38 +0000

Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 7:00pm Seattle University LeRoux Conference Center 901 12th Ave, Seattle, WA (Map) Tickets: $5 students, $7 advanced, $10 door | Buy Online! Read More...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Celebration

webmaster — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:13:49 +0000

Monday, January 17, 2011
Seattle Center, Center House
305 Harrison Street, Seattle, WA‎ (Map)
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Press Release Announcement

blairb — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 21:22:08 +0000

The CD Forum Announces 2010-2011 Season: What Now? God, Home, and Country

Ranging from a reading by best-selling author Terry McMillan co-presented with Elliott Bay Book Company on September 23, to the world premiere of a multi-media work by choreographer Charles O. Anderson’s Dance Theatre X co-presented with Velocity Read More...

Press Release: CD Forum’s 2010-2011 Season

webmaster — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 20:42:37 +0000

SAY IT LOUD! PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2010

MEDIA CONTACT: Danielle Bias CD Forum Board Marketing Chair Danielle.Bias@live.com CELL: 646-420-8499

The CD Forum Announces 2010-2011 Season: What Now? God, Home, and Country

Seattle, WA— Today, the Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas (CD Forum) announced a full roster of groundbreaking arts and humanities programs during the 2010-2011 season themed: What Now? God, Read More...

CREATION Project Spotlight – Cristina Orbé

sylviar — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:20:03 +0000

The Twisted Tale of Two – a Circus Opera incorporates video, costume, makeup and shadow puppetry to create a multimedia showcase of Cristina's latest musical material. New York native Cristina Orbé didn’t start playing music until 2000 – which is astonishing because her music is already undeniably poignant. Listening to Orbe’s music you couldn’t help but be drawn in by the subtle vibrations of her acoustic guitar and her alluring voice. Orbe’s songs have a powerful sense of melody and social voice but at the same time have a curious disarming quality – one that allows the listener to be taken in by Orbe’s sharp lyrics while remaining absorbed by the overall dynamic of the simply composed music. She's shared the stage with Saul Williams, Bill Frissel, and Michael Franti. She's played Bumbershoot, the Vancouver Hip Hop Film Festival, Club Passim, Nuyorican, and The Knitting Factory, to name a few. (via Ananda Osel / Photo by Motzo) See Cristina and the other amazing artists on May 14th and May 15 at the Ranier Valley Cultural Center. Tickets will be available for sale at the door. Read More...

CREATION Project Spotlight – okanomodé

sylviar — Thu, 13 May 2010 18:13:06 +0000

Luci's Lamb Luci's Lamb is a black classical expressionist view of the juxtaposition, interdependence, & fluidity of the sacred & the profane. A multi-media work in progress that employs the use of movement, imagery, text and song, this post-punk epic faerie tale re-imagines the relationship between Jesus and Lucifer. okanomodé is the alter ego of wordsmith, composer, blak faerie, glamazon warrior – SoulChilde BlueSun. He is the ringleader of a musical stage experience called THE CAROUSEL, and featured vocalist with several projects including funk/hip-hop band Big World Breaks, free jazz band Threat Of Beauty, and The New Seattle Brass Ensemble. He is a regular featured vocalist for deep-house diva Nadirah Shakoor and has shared the stage with musical artists Yahzarah, Choklate, Ursula Rucker, Osunlade, Digable Planets, Janelle Monae and more. See okanomodé and other fantastic artists this weekend at the CREATION Project showcase. Tickets are available here. Read More...

CREATION Project Spotlight – Storme Webber

sylviar — Wed, 12 May 2010 18:04:40 +0000

Wild Tales of a Renegade Halfbreed Bulldagger The showcase piece is a multimedia montage of spoken word, acapella vocals, music, live art, and historical/family photographs – exploring the journeys of an African American family from Marshall Texas to Seattle during WWII. Of African American/Aleut heritage, Storme's work is rooted in complex and rich identities. Storme Webber is a Seattle-born, internationally nurtured writer/poet/performer/visual artist. Mentored by Angela Davis while studying in the Bay Area, she continued on to NYC, London, Berlin and other cities to perform her work in theater, film, stage and television. Most recently seen on the Sundance Channel in the documentary “Venus Boyz”, her work can also be found in the anthologies: “Voices Rising: 20 Years of Black LGBT Writing” (Redbone Press), and “Beyond Boundaries: Black Women Writing New Worlds” (Pluto Press). See Storme this weekend, May 14th and 15th, at the CREATION Project Showcase. Tickets are still available here. Read More...

CREATION Project Spotlight – Amontaine Aurore

sylviar — Tue, 11 May 2010 16:13:13 +0000

The Year The Revolution Came to White High School High It is 1972, and 16-year-old Desiree Hailey, admittedly the school dork, and one of only two Black students at Seattle’s White High School High, has just read Eldridge Cleaver’s revolutionary memoir, Soul On Ice, and her life will never be the same. Suddenly she’s on a mission to engage with her Black roots, to really “get into” her Blackness. When one of her classmates commits suicide, Desiree realizes the tenuousness of life and goes into overdrive to accomplish her goals. This solo performance piece conceived, written and performed by Amontaine Aurore, combines comedy, drama, multiple characterizations, music, dance, and elements of vocabulary and history. It explores the multi-layered issues around identity, and the distress and disorientation resulting from the uncertainty about one’s self and one’s role in society. It invites the audience to share the joys, sorrows, failures and victories of one girl’s search for her true worth. See Amontaine this weekend, May 14th and 15th, at the CREATION Project Showcase. Tickets are still available here. Read More...

Video: Food As Art 2010 Promo

webmaster — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 17:51:12 +0000

Seattle Times: CD Forum’s Chef Lineup is Iron-Clad

webmaster — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 21:18:24 +0000

It's time to get your tickets for 2010 Food as Art, a fabulous fundraiser for the Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas. On Saturday April 10, the CD Forum will again showcase the diversity of Seattle's black culinary community at... (Read More) Read More...

NW Wining & Dining: Food As Art

webmaster — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:57:34 +0000

Come and celebrate the outstanding talent and diversity of Seattle’s Black culinary community at CD Forum’s 2010 Food as Art at Bell Harbor on Saturday, April 10, with a VIP reception starting at 6:00 and dinner and the auction taking place... (Read More) Read More...

Press Release: Which Way Seattle: Too Old for Foster Care

sylviar — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:31:52 +0000

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

CONTACT: Amber Flame, Program & Marketing Coordinator

E-MAIL: amberf@cdforum.org

PHONE: 206-323-4032

Explore the Process of “Aging Out” of Foster Care on March 25 Central District Forum for Arts & Ideas Presents “What’s Next – Too Old for Foster Care”

Seattle, WA – The Central District Forum for Read More...

Rent Party for Haiti raises nearly $4,000 for Relief Agencies

sylviar — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:08:38 +0000

Organized by CD Forum board members Brenda Walker & Sandra Jackson-Dumont with a host committee of supporters from the Seattle arts community, the event was held at the Crocodile Cafe in Belltown.

CREATION Project Showcase

webmaster — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:18:15 +0000

8:00 pm on Friday and Saturday, May 14-15, 2010 Rainier Valley Cultural Center 3515 S Alaska St, Seattle, WA 98118 (map)