Afro Urban Society x Berkeley Rep
WE IN THERE!
Join AUS outside for a pre-show mixer in Courtyard, then go in & see the ripple, the wave that carried me home show!
Tues October 11, 2022 | 6:45-7:30pm
Berkeley Repertory Theatre | Narsai M. David Courtyard
2015 Addison St., Berkeley
Featuring
Spoken Word: Reggie Edmonds, Meilani Clay
Live Painting: Olubori Babaoye
DJ + Dance: PlayCookie Selectah & Gbedu Town Steppaz
Free with October 11 ticket for the ripple, the wave that carried me home
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Mask\Vaccine required for attendance
ABOUT
Meilani Clay is a writer, mama, and educator from Oakland, CA. Her work has appeared in Nomadic Press’s Patrice Lumumba: An Anthology of Writers on Black Liberation and online literary journal The Ana. Her debut poetry collection, and the creek don’t rise, was the winner of the 2021 Michael Rubin Book Award from San Francisco State University’s Fourteen Hills Press. A graduate of Howard University, the University of San Francisco, and a current MFA Poetry candidate at SFSU, Meilani aspires to be in school forever, to bridge worlds with her words, and to one day build forts out of books written by Black folks. Twitter @meiclay | IG @meiclaysol
Olubori Babaoye is a Nigerian-American multifaceted artist from Oakland, CA. Over the years, I’ve continuously strived to perfect my craft and earn my titles as a classical painter, digital illustrator, Sip n Paint instructor, as well as a live performer. www.oluboribabaoye.com