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(In the space of) Offerings Rivers of Honey Final show of the Year!

  • December 6, 2013
  • RiversofHoney
  • · Announcement · Blog · Cabaret · Events
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Be present with us as we continue to give thanks, provide Offerings to our Ancestors, and Always, pay Homage to Oshun, goddess of the Rivers.

8pm Open mic – Bring your Pieces
Featuring our December Artists and Performers:
(a slight run-down, very subject to change)
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Altar Goddess:
The one and Only Makeda Voletta
The Renaissance Amazon, dancer, artist, scientist, activist, & Sensual Warrior!
Find out more about this warrior goddess here:
www.TheBodyScientist.com

Act one Chauvet Bishop – Massage Therapist, Healer, Poet, Singer, Lover of Life. Chauvet is a Resident Artist at Rivers of Honey, and also resident massage therapist.

Act two Christina Rodriguez
is a Queens-born poet and journalist, trying to live this thing called, “The Writer’s Life” while juggling a 9 to 5 job and an emerging media company.
Read more: The Write Queen – Home http://www.thewritequeen.com/#ixzz2mGbVfXeU
Under Creative Commons License: Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike

Act three Gaelle Voltaire – Playwright and Poet – Debuted at Rivers of Honey in December 2012, and is now back one year later. Gaelle spent the year directing and producing her written play AGORAPHOBE.

Act four Foxie Squire – Dark Burlesque – Resident Artist at Rivers of Honey, bringing two original burlesque pieces every month for 11 months straight! Foxy has done it all year, and will end the year with a bang.
Find out more at: http://foxysquire.com/

Act five Itoro Udofia – first generation Nigerian writer, musician and community educator. Itoro will perform a musical act ensemble band. Find out more here: https://soundcloud.com/iudofia
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WdZzt8ns4w
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End of the Year thank you’s are also in store.
And a Hand wave by DJ Zena Grows InBrooklyn spinning and keeping us moving!

Hosted by Jeaninne Betu Abu Kayembe – Poet, Farmer, Activist, from Phili.

Rivers-of Honey Cabaret is co-produced by Jaz Cruz and Shawn Smith every first Friday of the Month at WOW Café Theatre.

We will see you there!

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Gratitude | November 2013 Rivers of Honey

  • November 1, 2013
  • RiversofHoney
  • · Announcement · Blog · Cabaret · Events
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Gratitude: Thinking and Thanking … of you!

Screen Shot 2013-10-27 at 1.52.14 AMFeaturing:
Brandi PURLBKNIT Harper
Taja Lindley & Jessica Valoris of Colored Girl Hustle
Private Tails
Raquel Penzo
Makeda Voletta
LeAnna Eden

And more…

Always Honoring the goddess Oshun.

Including our Resident Artists

  • Foxy Squire – Dark Burlesque Performer
    www.foxysquire.com
  • Chauvet Bishop – Spoken Word and Performance Artist

Altar Goddess: Makeda Voletta – The Body Scientist
Host: Jeannine Kayembe
Music by DJ Zena

Produced by Jaz and Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz

59-61 East 4th Street @ WOW Café Theatre
7:30pm – 10:30/11ish
$10-$15 at the door
(More if you can/less if you can’t)

Open Mic sign up at 7:30pm.
See you there!!

 

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Experience Gratitude at Rivers of Honey this Friday

  • October 27, 2013
  • RiversofHoney
  • · Announcement · Blog · Cabaret · carousel · Events
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Hello Rivers of Honey Community,
We are trying (yet again) something new with our formal announcements.  Instead of the googlegroup, we will use the “post” mechanism on the website.  That means, you will receive this as an email (like the googlegroups), but it will be formatted as a blog post, for your viewing pleasure.  The assumption is we’ll be less dependent on google, and will drive more traffic to our developing website. If you have feedback on how you’d like to hear about our show, we’d love to receive it!  Now, on to the announcement… Please note, all of the words in BOLD are links to something more.  Enjoy!

Gratitude: Thinking and Thanking … of you!
H
onoring the Goddess Oshun (with our visiting Altar Goddess, Makeda Voletta).

Screen Shot 2013-10-27 at 1.52.14 AMFeaturing:

  • Brandi Harper - www.purlBknit.etsy.com
  • Jade Foster – presenting her Campaign for the Women and the Word: The Revival Movie
  • LeAnna Eden - leannaeden.bandcamp.com
  • Private Tails - http://privatetails.com/
  • Raquel Penzo -  www.RaquelPenzo.com
  • Taja Lindley & Jessica Valoris of Colored Girl Hustle – www.ColoredGirlsHustle.com and their Upcoming Video Release Event

And more…

Including our Resident Artists

  • Foxy Squire – Dark Burlesque Performer - www.foxysquire.com
  • Chauvet Bishop – Spoken Word and Performance Artist

Altar Goddess: Makeda Voletta – The Body Scientist - http://renaissanceamazon.tumblr.com/
Host: Jeeninne Kayembe
Music by: DJ Zena

Produced by Jaz and Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz

59-61 East 4th Street @ WOW Café Theatre
7:30pm – 10:30/11ish
$10-$15 at the door
(More if you can/less if you can’t – no one is ever turned away)

Open Mic sign up at 7:30pm.
See you there!!

pssst. It’s the birthday of a couple of performers…
We may have something sweet to share our gratitude in their creation!
If you feel so inclined, click “join” on Facebook to let your friends know you are coming!

ABOUT:
Rivers of Honey is a Cabaret highlighting the art of Women of Color.
To send us a message, email us at: riversofhoneynyc@gmail.com
To Join the Team, go here: http://riversofhoney.com/join/
To Apply to Perform, go here: http://riversofhoney.com/apply/
To see info on past performances, go here: http://riversofhoney.com/cabaret/

All who identify as Women Of Color are invited to attend, perform, or join the team.  All allies are invited to support us! We love to have you!

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Transformations – October 4th, 2013

  • October 4, 2013
  • RiversofHoney
  • · Announcement · Blog · Cabaret · Events
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Transformation - evolution; resurgence; revolution!
“god is change” -Octavia Butler
Honoring the Goddess Oshun
Featuring, Women of Color Artists:
  • Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene, an Ijaw and Urhobo Nigerian dyke performance activist, poet, dancer, essayist, playwright, actress, video blogger and mixed media visual artist
    http://myloveisaverb.com/
  • Tina Vernon, with Accompaniment on Cello
    writer/musician/performing artist
    www.tinavernon.com
  • Makeda Voletta, also known as Queen Lioness, the Body Scientist and the Renaissance Amazon
    https://www.facebook.com/mvoletta
    http://renaissanceamazon.tumblr.com/
    http://thebodyscientist.com
  • and more…

Including our Resident Artists

  • Foxy Squire – Dark Burlesque Performer
    www.foxysquire.com
  • Chauvet Bishop – Spoken Word and Performance Artist

Altar Goddess: Takara Estes
Host: Jeannine Kayembe
Music by DJ Zena

Produced by Jaz and Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz

59-61 East 4th Street @ WOW Café Theatre
7:30pm – 10:30/11ish
$10-$15 at the door
(More if you can/less if you can’t)

Open Mic sign up at 7:30pm.
See you there!!

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Rivers of Honey – Honor Our Ancestors

  • September 6, 2013
  • RiversofHoney
  • · Announcement · Blog · Cabaret · Events
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Friday, September 6th
Honoring the Orisha Goddess Oshun, Ochun, Osun, Oxum
Ochún, Osun, Oxum, Ikolé, Erzulie-Freda-Dahomey,
La Virgen de la Caridad de Cobre, Venus

**Goddess of the Rivers**
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*Open Mic at 8:00pm Sharp – Bring your music, your poetry, workshop your pieces with us!  Come early to sign-up!
Still seeking artists….
Apply here.

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Seeking Women of Color Performers 2013 – 2014 Season

  • August 18, 2013
  • RiversofHoney
  • · Announcement · Blog · Cabaret
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Rivers of Honey is seeking Performers for our awesome Cabaret!

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from February 2013 Honoring Our Ancestors | Feeding Our Flesh

  • Friday, September 6th, 2013 – Honor Your Ancestors
  • Friday, October 4th, 2013 – Transformation
  • Friday, November 1st, 2013 – Gratitude
  • Friday, January 3rd, 2014 – Mothering/Birth/Life/New Beginnings

The Rivers of Honey Audience loves: Dancers, Actors, Visual Artists, Craftswomen, Singers, Puppeteers, Comediennes, Poets, Writers, Acrobats, Musicians, Troupes, filmmakers, and all and everyone who would like to profess their art to the women of color community.

If you know anyone who you think would enjoy being on the stage, please send them our way. The first step is to apply online at the link below.

http://riversofhoney.com/apply/

Here’s what you can tell your friends/colleagues:

As a Rivers Featured Performer, this season, you will,

  • share your art and beautiful spirit with a community of outstanding women and a supportive audience,
  • have the opportunity to be a featured name within our advertising on our listserv, online social networking sites, riversofhoney.com, and professionally designed programs,
  • have the opportunity to sell your merchandise,
  • will have a complimentary on-site massage by an alluring woman of color massage therapist,
  • absorb wonderful things to consume, for your tastes, your ears, your senses and your spirit.

As Rivers Producers, this season, we will,

  • create a virtual flyer with your name which will advertise the weekend before and week of the show,
  • create a program with your pic and bio for your records and our archive,
  • create an altar for Oshun that you may anoint if you wish,
  • burn sage and incense, hold a circle at the beginning of each performance, where magic is conjured through all artist intentions,
  • bless the space along with building and respecting an altar honoring Oshun,
  • arrange a location in the space for artists to sell their merchandise during fellowship (post-show), as long as you are willing to administer this process,
  • provide our backstage with a complimentary massage, drinks and wonderful things to consume

Thank you for spreading the word.

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Annual Underwear Party

  • August 2, 2013
  • RiversofHoney
  • · Blog · Cabaret · Events
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~~~COME IN YOUR UNDERWEAR~~~~
Swimsuits are okay…
Featuring:~ Essence Revealed ~
~ I AM OSHUN aka Shanell S Betts
~ SASSABRASS: The Poom Poom Priestess aka Taja Lindley
~ FOXY SQUIRE~
TWO DC ARTISTS:
~ PRIVATE TAILS
~ TS HAWKINS
&
Open Mic!!!Hosted by: Jeaninne Kayembe Betu Abu
Takara Estes as Altar Goddess
Music by DJ Zena Grows InBrooklyn
**Please respect we ask this be a WOMAN ONLY event
@ WOW Cafe Theater
59-61 East 4th Street
btw 2nd & BoweryPRODUCED BY SHAWN & Jaz Cruz SMITH-CRUZ
Rivers-of Honey IS A CABARET HIGHLIGHTING THE ART OF WOMEN OF COLOR EVERY FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH
We look forward to continuing to serve you!

 

 

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The Pride Show – June 7th 2013

  • June 7, 2013
  • RiversofHoney
  • · Announcement · Blog · Events
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RIVERS OF HONEY JUNE 7TH 2013
THE PRIDE SHOW
LGBTQ Pride – Lesbianic – Pulsating Love

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FEATURING: OPEN MIC & ARTISTS:

  • Enuma Messam – Singer from (travelling all the way from Toronto)
  • YaYa HoneyChild – Dancer
  • Foxy Squire – Burlesque
  • Jade Foster and Alyssa Hollins of 195 LEWIS – Presenting Webseries
  • Jasmynne Shaye – Theatre
  • Takara Estes – Altar Goddess
  • Jeannine Kayembe – Co-Host
  • Jamila Capitman – Co-Host

Rivers of Honey is a cabaret highlighting the art of Women of Color, held at WOW Café Theatre every first Friday of the month.

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Grandma’s Hands – May 2013 Rivers Cabaret

  • May 3, 2013
  • RiversofHoney
  • · Announcement · Blog · Cabaret · Events
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Grandma’s Hands - 
Maternal Love, Healing our Nurturing Spirits 
Facebook Invite HERE
With performances by:
SHukura – Theatrical Performance
Foxy Squire – Burlesque
Dale Novella – Live Band
Takara Estes – Spiritual Movement
Shawn Smith – StoryTelling
Jazz Goldman – Musical Solo
Yaya Honeylove – Drum Dancing
Honoring the Goddesses:
Oshun
Orisha Goddess Oshun, Ochun, Osun, Oxum, Ochún, Osun, Oxum, Ikolé, Erzulie-Freda-Dahomey, La Virgen de la Caridad de Cobre, Venus
With additional Spiritual Meditation and Respect to:
Yemoja/Yemeya/Yemanja 
Orisha of motherhood, mother of waters (ocean), family, sexuality, sorcery, primal waters (lakes), nurturer
&
Oya 
Orisha that guards the cemetery.
She is the winds of change, warrior, transformation, hurricanes, death, progression, rebirth.

It’s going to be a grand ol’ Rivers of Honey Time!

Hosts: Jamila Capitman & Jeannine Kayembe
Altar Goddess: Jamila Capitman

Artist Massages: Chauvet Bishop
Videography: Sissy Van Dyke
Flyer: Shawn(ta) Smith
Music and Sound: DJ Zena

As always,
Jaz Cruz & Shawn Smith
Co-Producers

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April Fools Show: Love & Other Foolishness!

  • April 5, 2013
  • RiversofHoney
  • · Announcement · Blog · Cabaret · Events
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Has love gotten you down? Or perhaps, as Spring arrives, has given you some pep in your step. Let’s gather, summon Oshun through her altar, and take a break to reflect on love, and other foolishness.

Happy April Fools all -Join us at Rivers of Honey for a once-a year spin on love and laughter!

Feature Artists:

Robin Cloud – nationally touring comedian and host of “Driving While Black” a web series

Sissy Van Dyke – Supplying Dyke-Laughter

Evelyn Rogers – Comedienne extraordinaire

Diamond Skyy – R&B, Hip Hop, And Pop Artist

Foxy Squire – Gives us deviant art and dark beauty through burlesque

Open Mic -Hosted by Your Lesbian Librarian, Shawn Smith
Raffle Prizes provided by purlBknit
Natural Knitwear Handmade in Brooklyn
www.purlBknit.etsy.com

April 5th, 2013
***$10-$20 @ the door (more if/less if).
Doors open at 7:30pm
59-61 East 4th street
Btw Bowery & 2nd Ave
New York City

Get there early for a seat and to sign up for the open mic!

CREW:
Co-Hosts: Jeaninne Kayembe & Jamila Capitan
Altar Goddess: Jamila Capitan
Sound & Spinning Tunes: DJ Zena
Program & Flyer Design: Shawn Smith

We’ll see you there.

Co-Produced by Jaz Cruz & Shawn Smith
The Rivers of Honey Team

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