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find Abiola's most up-to-date national appearances calendar here. *Announced:
Abiola is the host of the 4th Annual African American Literary Awards! *Knives in My Throat directed by Abiola wins Best Experimental
Film at Reel Sisters Film Festival.
*Abiola writes for Self Magazine.
*Abiola
interviewed on women and finance for Good Housekeeping Magazine. *Abiola interviewed for
Sirius Maxim Radio by Amy Spencer & Anna David.
*Esther Armah interviews Abiola on WBAI's Wake Up Call. *Dare is nominated for two literary awards by the Virginia Arts Association. *Interviewed by Nerve Magazine's Funky Brown Goddess *Abiola
is NYU's Keynote Speaker for Black History Month. *NEW Goddess Factory Blog.
CONFIRMED EVENTS December
18th, 2007 Dare Release Party Creole in Harlem December 20, 8:00 PM
Rachel Kramer Bussel's In the
Flesh Happy Endings
Lounge New York, NY
www.rachelkramerbussel.com
January 11, 9:30 PM Watch Abiola on Lifetime's Matched
in Manhattan
January 12, 2008, 8:00 PM African Poetry Theater Queens, NY 11432 Thursday, January 17, 7:30 PM Girlsalon
The
Perch Café 356 Fifth Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11215 Friday, February 1, 6:30 PM New York University Kimmel Center Keynote Black History Month 60 Washington Square South. New York, NY 10012
Tuesday, February 5th 12-2PM New York University Making It In Media Panel Kimmel Ctr Room 404 60 Washington Sq
South NY, NY 10012
Thursday,
February 7, Time TBD Bluestockings
Bookstore 72 Allen
Street New York, NY www.bluestockings.com Tuesday, February 12, 8:00 PM 5 Spot Comedy Night Hosted by Dave Lester 459 Myrtle
Ave Brooklyn, NY 11205-2413 http://www.myspace.com/neighborhoodwatchcomedy
Wednesday, February
13, 12:00 PM Henry Street School
for International Studies Human Rights Day in honor of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
220 Henry Street New York,
New York 10001
Wednesday, February 13, 7:00
PM Barnes
and Noble DARE Day with Felicia Pride &
Maryann Reid 106 Court St., Brooklyn, NY,
11201
Wednesday February 13 at 9pm
Ferentz Lafargue, Felicia Pride & Abiola Abrams Love,
Music, and Literature Party 936
Atlantic Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11238-3101
Saturday, February 16, 7:00 PM
Manhattan World Culture Open Center
Michelle Cowen's
Women in Cinema Series 11
East 26th Street 12th Floor NY, NY 10010
http://www.lifeasalemon.com/WomenCinemaSeries.html
Sunday, February 17, Time TBD
Downtown Brooklyn Community
Event Save the Date Friday,
February 22, 7:00 PM Borders Dare Day with Donna Hill
& Sofia Quintero 576
2nd Ave New York, NY
Saturday, February 23 at 1pm WalMart Booksigning Store: #5293 77 Green Acres Rd. - Valley Stream, NY 11581
Tuesday, February 26, 2:30 PM
Bronx Academy of Letters
339 Morris Ave., Bronx, NY 10451
Thursday, February 28, 8:00
PM, EST Urban Literary Review
Virtual Event
www.urbanliteraryreview.com
Saturday, March 1 at 11:00am
WalMart
Book Signing - Store: #2248
6205 Baltimore National Pike
Catonsville, MD 21228
Tuesday,
March 11, 9:00 PM Babeland
Venus Hottentot & Candida
Royalle 43 Mercer St., New York, NY 10013
Thursday, March 20, 7:00 PM Barnes and Noble Dare Day with Linda Nieves Powell & Donna Hill 106 Court St., Brooklyn, NY, 11201 Monday, March 24, 6:00 PM
Barnes & Noble - Lincoln Center Jazz Mondays 1972 Broadway, New York, NY, 10023
Friday, March 28, 7:00
PM Arts,
Culture & Trade Roxbury 182-184 Dudley
Street, Suite 100 Roxbury, MA 02119 www.act.xbuild.com/
Wednesday June 18 Museum of Sex Reading Entry from Dirty
Words: A Literary Encyclopedia of Sex Edited by
Ellen Sussman www.ellensussman.com
Saturday, July 26, Time TBD
Divas of Literature Tour
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 Details TBA www.divasofliterature.com Saturday, August 9,
Time TBD Divas of Literature Tour
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
27101 Details TBA
www.divasofliterature.com Saturday, August 16, Time TBD Divas of Literature Tour 4400 Ashford Dunwoody Road Suite 1360 Atlanta, GA 30346 Details TBA www.divasofliterature.com
Saturday, August 23,
Time TBD Divas of Literature
Tour Los Angeles, California
90210 Details TBA
www.divasofliterature.com Saturday, September 6, 12:00 AM Divas of Literature Tour Detroit, Michigan 48201 Details TBA
www.divasofliterature.com
TBA - Babeland
- Rejection Show
- 22nd
Century Press
- Melba's NYC
- March 12-14 Seattle TBA Lady Flava's Bookstore & Café
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this just in: abiola to host @ umff,
abff & african american literary awards! more to follow... abiola's
writing featured in paula derrow & ellen sussman's upcoming antholgies...
watch the best shorts on sundays & tuesdays @ 8pm on bet j
NEW WEEKLY PODCAST
on The Indigo Room- Mondays at 8:40pm HERE!
Thursday August 9, 2007
Abiola Abrams docu project with We R 3 Deep Prods will screen a 10 minute preview at the event below:
ANF Short Film Collective In conjunction with NY Perks
Presents:
Enchantment
Featuring:
"Sweet Obsession" by Adrian Browne
(Can the music of Sam Cooke still bring lovers together?)
"Bliss" by Dayo Harewood
A young photographer discovers large graffiti murals, painted across the city labeled,
"Bliss." She then quickly falls for the stunning artist behind them, only to discover they are both much more beautiful
from afar.
Lifted By Randall Dottin
(A young mother dancer meets her spiritual guardian on subway platform
after she abandons her child.)
Thursday August 9th
NY Perks 193 Smith Street, Brooklyn NY (Between Warren
& Ba ltic)
Take the F Or G Train To Bergen Street
Music By DJ Reborn
Also Featuring the works
of Rondie Pottinger
Suggestive donations: $5
To RSVP: 212-414-5144 or rsvp@actnowproduction.org
ANF Short films is a product of ActNow Foundation an Not-For-Profit 501 C3 Arts organization
BET J PARTY & Live Taping 07:00
PM -
532 W 27 St NY, New York US
Cost:N/A
Description:Red Light... Green Light... 3 2 1 Party
Hey Film Fans, I am not only the host of The Best Shorts, but I will be your host for this wonderful red carpet event. Join
me and The Best Shorts family as we celebrate and announce the finalists to our contest to win $20k and $10k.
The
SHORT and SWEET of IT:
CAST: You! Filmmakers & Film Enthusiasts
MIS en SCENE: HOME - Night Club 532 W. 27th
StreetNYC (Off 10th Ave.)
Call Time: Wednesday, August 1, 2007 7 - 10pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Best Shorts Wrap Party & Contest Announcement Celebration This event is a Red Carpet publicity event and guests are
welcome to join us, as we announce our finalists for The Best Shorts film competition. The winners will receive $10 &
$20 thousand dollars. Doors open promptly at 7PM for the red carpet & cocktails. Following will be the announcement of
the finalists at approximately 8 PM. We will have a special invited guest DJ for the after party. (which will go until...)
@ HOME www.HomeGuestHouse.com
xo,
a.
Quick Links... WWW.BETJ.Com/TheBestShorts
www.myspace.com/thebestshorts
Myspace.com/goddessfactory
LIVE
Interview with Abiola & TN Baker Abiola and TN Baker will be kicking it as a part of TN's
book tour for the release of her latest from St. Martin's Press. July 13th, 2007 , 7:30pm-9:30pm at a sexy shoetique in
Harlem. Details TBA.... FUN- free food, drinks, a mini fashion show, books available for purchase, author autograph
signing, & gift certificates being raffled off & more.... For more info on the author please click below: http://www.tnbaker.com www.myspace.com/authorist_tnbaker Labels: street lit Harlem live interview
urban TN Baker Reading of A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer Hey
Lovelies, Save the date-- I am featured in the following anthology and participating in a reading... On
May 29th, Random House will be releasing A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer by Eve Ensler of The Vagina Monologues.
In the following months, over 45 benefit readings of the book will take place throughout the U.S, the UK, Australia and Taiwanto
raise awareness and money to end violence against women and girls. To launch this incredible body of work including
writings by Maya Angelou, Edward Albee etc, V-Day and the Culture Project’s Women Center Stage Festival are presenting
two readings at the Culture Project’s new space in New York City. I will be reading my piece at the reading
taking place on July 5th, 2007. Hope to see you there... What: Reading of A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and A Prayer Where: Culture Project, 55 Mercer Street New York, NY When: July 5th, 7:30pm xoxo, a. Labels:
eve ensler violence women empowerment feminism african Stranded screens @ BHERC Film Festival at Sea Abiola
Abrams' short film Stranded will screen at this exciting floating film festival.
June 23-30-- Spain, Italy
& Greece....
www.bherc.org for more info
AA @ BET Awards Abiola's first BET
red carpet. The awards air live on BET, with the red carpet on E!
Check your local listings!
www.bet.com
www.eonline.com
Hip Hop Odyssey Film Fest Awards Presenter June, 16 2007 at
Hip Hop Odyssey Film Fest Awards Presenter At BB Kings in Times Square NYC, I will be presenting an award with
Dr. Dre & others for best hip hop short film. See you there. For more info: http://www.h2oiff.org/ Labels:
hip hop film festival awards Knives
in My Throat Premieres! Thursday May 24th NY Perks 193 Smith Street, Brooklyn NY (Between
Warren & Baltic St.) Take the F Or G Train To Bergen Street Knives in My Throat is an experimental,
episodic documentary directed by Abiola Abrams (host of BET's The Best Shorts) which chronicles a year in the life of
a young poet and actress named Taqiyya Hadden who battles mental illness, self-destructive urges and several suicide attempts.
The film blends intimate video diaries, startling interviews, dramatic verity, animation and compelling performance pieces.
Knives in My Throat also depicts Taqiyya's journey as she wades through the fire of drugs, sex and hard choices
and balances jubilation and regret using hip hop poetry as therapy. Reception:6:30pm Screening:7:30pm Q&
A with with Abiola & Taqiyya follows RSVP@ 212-414-5144 or rsvp@actnowproduction.org Event Produced By
Aaron Ingram & Marty Majeske. Come Join Us for this provocative program. For more information please visit: http://www.knivesinmythroat.com/ http://www.myspace.com/knivesinmythroat www.thegoddessfactory.com Next
ANF Short Film Collective Thursday June 14th Line-up TBAhttp://www.actnowproduction.org or http://www.myspace.com/aaronactnow
Labels: film documentary depression mental illness joy recovery life poetry hip hop MOVIE PREMIERE: I Think I Love My Wife With special Q&A
with
Actor/Director - Chris Rock
Interviewed by: BET J’s, The Best Shorts Host:
Abiola Abrams
Thursday, March 15th - 7:30 pm
(check-in begins at 6:30 pm)
AMC Loews 84th Street
2310 BroadwayNew
York, NY 10024
(Please only 1 guest per RSVP)
This film is rated R for frank language and adult subject matter.
Hoes, Putas,
and Dragon Ladies: Our Sexuality ReMixed Participating Artists: Abiola Abrams, Sonia Malfa, Natasha
Cortes, Venus Hottentot, Ifetayo Abdus-Salam, Damali Abrams, Nancy Encarnacion, Jennifer Fuentes, Devorah Hill, Urban Envy
& Liliana Velasquez.
"The erotic is a measure between our sense of self and the chaos of our strongest
feelings." ~ Audre Lorde
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, March 8, 2007, 7:00 - 9:30pm
Chashama Gallery,
112 West 44th Street
Hoes, Putas, and Dragon Ladies: Our Sexuality ReMixed is a multimedia exhibit featuring film,
performance, visual art, and readings for Women's History Month at The Chashama Gallery and The New School for Social
Research in NYC. The objective of the exhibit is to examine, consider, reveal and comment on sexuality and sexual representations
of women of African, Latin and Asian decent by women of color artists.
Exhibit co- curated by filmmakers Abiola
Abrams and Sonia Malfa.
Visual Arts Exhibit: March 8-14th, Chashama Gallery
Opening Reception with Performance
by Liliana Velasquez
Participating Visual Artists:
Ifetayo Abdus-Salam, Damali Abrams, Nancy Encarnacion,
Jennifer Fuentes, Devorah Hill, Urban Envy, Liliana Velasquez
ADDITIONAL EVENTS:
Fri March 9th (7-9pm), Chashama
Gallery
Bless Da Mic Spoken Word & Readings
An Open Mic With A Twist presents women-friendly erotic performance
poetry and readings, hosted by Damali Abrams
Sun March 11th (1-3pm) Casa Atabex Ache, Chashama Gallery
Spiritual
Sexuality Workshop
Casa Atabex Ache presents a workshop for women on sexual empowerment
Casa has a unique approach
in supporting collective transformation and social change by providing holistic and alternative healing techniques for the
self-empowerment of wimmin of color worldwide to reclaim the power of their minds, bodies and spirits, and as a consequence
their rights.
Exhibition is a community event, spread the word!
Tues March 20th New School for Social
Research, Swayduck Auditorium (65 5th Ave.)
Sneak Preview: AfroDite Exposed: Sexual Empowerment in an Adult Hip Hop Film
Panel discussion with filmmakers: 7 pm, Wolfe Conference room (2nd fl)
Screening: 8pm, Swayduck Auditorium (ground
fl)
The New School for Social Research, in conjunction with Terry Williams as part of his Sex in the City series,
invites you to a preview screening.
Collaborating Entities include The Goddess Factory, Bless Da Mic, Casa Attabex
Ache with the support of Chashama and The New School for Social Research
The Goddess Factory uses movies and motivation
to empower women emotionally, politically and sexually. Each of these tenets is equally important to empowerment. It’s
a holistic approach. You can’t feel completely empowered politically if you are not empowered sexually. You can’t
own yourself sexually or emotionally, if you don’t own your political self.
Corporations are trying to own
& market our sexuality. It’s being bought, sold and traded on the open market. It is vital not only to criticize
but to offer an alternative voice to those seeking this kind of content. Clearly this is challenging with so many negative
and exploitive images dominating popular culture.
We work with V-Day to stop violence against women and girls.
A central part of this initiative is being clear that sex is not wrong or bad. The results of irresponsible sexuality and
representations include teen pregnancy and growing rates of HIV. However, we need to be clear that there is still a healthy
place for erotic joy in communities that that have been viewed consistently as over-sexualized.
The sexual representations
are damaging, not sex. People have a vested interested in owning and controlling our sexuality and we will no longer allow
them to do so.
"If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies
for me and eaten alive" ~ Audre Lorde
Urban Erotika with Mo Beasley - Dec.06 Abiiola reading/ performing...
NEW
YORK CITY
www.thelovestorm.net
Abiola reading @ Happy Ending Lounge- Dec.06 Abiola Abrams reads...
In
The Flesh Erotic Reading Series
www.rachelkramerbussel.com
African
American Literary Awards-Sept.06 Abiola Abrams Co-Hosts
The Annual African American
Literary Awards show will be held on Wednesday, September 27, 2006 in New York Cit at the Alhambra Ballroom on 126th Street
and Adam Clayton Powell - 7th Avenue.
The African American Literary Awards Show is an entertainment event production
and marketing company with a focus on writers and authors. AALAS produces an annual Open Book Awards to recognize, honor,
celebrate and promote the outstanding achievements and contributions that African-American authors and writers make to the
publishing, arts and entertainment industries.
The awards show will start at 6:30pm and end at 10:30pm. Please
arrive by 7pm. Dinner will be served at the show and there will be musical entertainment as well. For more information regarding
the awards show, please go to www.literaryawardshow.com.
Contact: Yvette Hayward @ African American Literary Awards
Show www.literaryawardshow.com
African American Women in Cinema-Oct.06 Abiola Abrams presents and moderates
the Student Filmmakers panel on October 26th & the Walmart Visionary Filmmakers Panel on October 28th.
www.aawic.org
Ophelia's
Opera @ ANF Short Film Collective-Sept.06 Press Release:
ANF Short Film Collective
Thursday September 14th 6:45p.m.
In conjunction with Bombay Sapphire
At NY Perks 193 Smith Street,(Bet Warren &
Baltic) Brooklyn New York
(You can take the F or G trains to Bergen Street)
Presents
That’s My
Reality
Featuring:
Ophella’s Opera By Abiola Abrams
(This domestic violence revenge tale where
Ophelia uses a spell to free herself from an abusive relationship)
“Broken”By David Wendelman
(
A small-time boxer Luis Morales is pressured to leave the ring and face his own mortality-the one opponent he cannot beat.)
“Rubber Soles" By Christine F. Turner
(An eleven year-old whose got moves on the dance floor, but
not on the court, gives up his prized soul records when he falls for a neighborhood basketball player.)
“A
Girl Like Me” By Reel Works Teen Filmmaker Kiri Davis
( A documentary film that explored the standards of beauty
imposed on today's black girls.)
RSVP at info@actnowproduction.org or 212-414-5144
Visits us at
http://www.actnowproduction.org or myspace.com/aaronactnow
Warrior Womyn Award Ceremony-June.06 I am being honored with
other women at The 4th Annual Mujeres Guerrera- Warrior Womyn Award Ceremony, but don’t come to see me, come because
Casa Attabex Ache is an incredible haven and safe space for women in the South Bronx, and the event is a fundraiser for them:
http://www.untiltheviolencestops.org
xoxo,
Abiola
Vagina Warriors
Film Festival Day #3 - June.06 June 16-18-- a fantastic empowering weekend of films, networking,
motivation, empowerment and fun at The Museum of the City of NY and TheMuseum of TV & Radio. Please read more about the
Until the Violence Stops: NYC Women's Film Festival at www.thegoddessfactory.com or www.vday.org.
http://www.untiltheviolencestops.org/go?/events/films
"the film festival for vagina warriors" a vagina warrior is a woman or man committed to ending violence
against women and girls.
Vagina Warriors Film Festival Day #2 - June.06 June 16-18--
a fantastic empowering weekend of films, networking, motivation, empowerment and fun at The Museum of the City of NY and TheMuseum
of TV & Radio. Please read more about the Until the Violence Stops: NYC Women's Film Festival at www.thegoddessfactory.com
or www.vday.org.
http://www.untiltheviolencestops.org/go?/events/films
"the film festival for vagina
warriors" a vagina warrior is a woman or man committed to ending violence against women and girls.
Vagina
Warriors Film Festival - June.06 June 16-18-- a fantastic empowering weekend of films, networking,
motivation, empowerment and fun at The Museum of the City of NY and TheMuseum of TV & Radio. Please read more about the
Until the Violence Stops: NYC Women's Film Festival at www.thegoddessfactory.com or www.vday.org.
http://www.untiltheviolencestops.org/go?/events/films
"the film festival for vagina warriors" a vagina warrior is a woman or man committed to ending violence
against women and girls.
Canada's
CBC Radio Interview - June.06 Shannon Robinson interviews Abiola Abrams live on CBC in Canada
for CKLN's RadioActive Feminism.
(The station is similar to our NPR.) There's a live-streaming link on
www.ckln.fm .
Women's
Erotica Panel, Toronto - June.06 June 1, 2006 @ Good For Her
Abiola Abrams is a panelist
showing excerpt of Alicia in Wonderland. She will discuss making work that empowers women rather than degrades. 175 Harbord Street in Toronto, ON Canada
Empowerment Workshop - May.06 May 19-21, 2006 Woman's
Retreat @ CASA ATABEX ACHÉ
471 EAST 140th STREET, GARDEN LEVEL BRONX, NY 10454
$95 for the weekend. www.casaatabexache.org/
OFFICE: 718-585-5540
casaatabexache@aol.com
uluvdamali@yahoo.com
Women's Erotica Panel, The New School - April.06 Public
Event
"Sex and Women's Bodies Re-imagined Through An Erotic Feminist Lens."
Thursday April 28, 4-7pm
in NYC.
Abiola Abrams is a panelist -- who will be speaking and showing excerpts from Alicia in Wonderland and
Ophelia's Opera-- two of her films that empower women in different ways, addresses issues of sexuality and violence. Panel
co-sponsored by Anne Snitow.
The New School for Social Research / Swayduck Auditorium 65 Fifth Ave.
Campus
Map: http://www.newschool.edu/campusmap.html
Contact: Terry Williams, Professor of Sociology. 212-229-5737, ext.
3132 WilliT01@newschool.edu
Goddess
Factory in Nigeria - April.06 April 20-25...
If you're in West Africa for the African
Academy Awards, join Abiola Abrams' 3 day workshop Indiewood: From Hollywood to Nollywood.
10A, Oba Ladejobi
Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria.
Tel: (01) 8917147 Hot Line: 08023174297, 08034030437
Email: info@ama-awards.com
Website:www.ama-awards.com
Shorts
@ Int'l Black Film Fest - April.06 Screening Abiola Abrams'Ophelia's Opera & 12
Minute Taboo Preview
http://www.blackfilmfestival.net/INTERNATIONALBLACKFILM.asp
Host: ALLEN DAWSON;
THE INTERNATIONAL BLACK FILM FESTIVAL
Location: NEW YORK OPEN CENTER
83 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY (near Broadway
in Soho)
When: Saturday, April 1, 7:00pm
Phone: 212-219-2527
PRESENTS
AN EVENING OF SHORT
FILMS
BY ADAMA ROAMBA, JAKUB BARUA, MARLENE RAMIREZ-CANCIO,
CASEY MOULTON, ROBERT PENN, ABIOLA ABRAMS, AND OTHERS
'FREE WEST AFRICAN FOOD"
FILM SCREENINGS, DISCUSSION, NETWORKING WITH FRIENDS
DOORS OPEM @6PM/
FILM BEGINS PROMPTLY @7PM
$12 ADMISSION SUPPORTS THE IBFF AND THE NYOC
*Special re-screening of "Zumbi"
a film by Norma Castillo
*Short films will be screened in competition
*Gifts, Prizes, Refreshments, Giveaways
*FOLLOWED BY A Q&A WITH THE FILMMAKERS
See, also www.opencenter.org Keyword:FILM
STUDENT DISCOUNT
SAG, AFTRA, AEA, NATAS, FVA admission $8 with valid card
* Free Kettle-Corn Sponsored by Ike and Sam's
Popcorn
www.ikeandsams.com
* Free Refreshments Sponsored by Fuze
www.drinkfuze.com
* Free
African Cuisine Sponsored by Coty's Catering
Contact: NaNa @ 201-864-2891
GnaGna@optonline.net
CAST YOUR BALLOT AND VOTE
http://mail.opencenter.org/webdev/#pt=programs&se=06WSA17P
Stranded Screens on BET BET Jazz has now become BET J, with
the mission of showing more socially conscious programming.
Click above to vote for Stranded as the best short film!
Screening Dates:
March 30th
April 4, 6, & 11th
1pm, 8pm & 11pm
Stranded Screening in LA - March.06 Stranded, directed by
Abiola Abrams
Sistas are Doin' it for Themselves
Saturday, March 25, 2006 - 7:00pm
Raleigh Studios
-650 Bronson Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038 (Melrose Ave. across from Paramount Studios)
Chaplin Screening Room (Reception
following)
ADMISSION $10.00 / PARKING $4.00
"Sistas…" began over thirteen years ago as a
call to the entertainment industry to acknowledge that there is grand talent amongst African American women filmmakers. What
began as a simple screening and discussion became one of the most recognized inspirational and emulated events of the Black
filmmaking community. It is a clear-cut concept; a screening of short films written and/or directed by some of the nation's
top filmmakers with a dialog following.
Past "Sista filmmakers" have included early works of Gina Prince
- Bythewood (Love & Basketball), Kasi Lemmons (Eve's Bayou), Yvette Freeman (ER), and Dianne Houston (first Black
Female to be nominated for an Academy Award / Short Film category) just to name a very few. Special invited guests will get
a rare chance to have an open dialogue and hear the awe inspiring stories of how these Sistas did it for themselves…
The Black Hollywood Education and Resource Center was formed in 1996 as a non-profit organization designed to advocate,
educate, research, develop and preserve the history, as well as the future of Blacks in film and television.
For
event information, contact Program Director Ralph Scott at 310 284-3170 or www.bherc.org
Jump Tomorrow
airs on IFC Abiola plays Sophie in this winner of the British Academy Award directed by Joel Hopkins.
When a young Nigerian man edges near his arranged marriage, his doubt is reaffirmed when he meets a beautiful Latin
woman, but there's a problem, she too is to be married, but not to him…
Click link above for TV Guide
schedule of airtimes from 3.25-3.27.
Here's the review from the NY Post: http://www.nypost.com/movies/28662.htm
NACA Mid Atlantic
Festival - March.06 March 17-18, 2006
Gettysburg College (PA)
Visit Abiola's
Motivational Booth 56!
Hotel Information
The Gettysburg Hotel: 1 Lincoln Square, Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone:
717-337-2000 Fax: 800-528-1234
Approximately $115 per night prior to Feb. 22
5-minute walk to Gettsyburg College
Hilton Garden Inn: 1061 York St., Gettysburg, PA 17325
Phone: 717-334-2040 Fax: 717-334-2073
Approximately
$109 per night prior to Feb. 17
There is no free shuttle available from area airports. Please consult the following
airport Web sites for information on ground transportation.
Baltimore/Washington International Airport
Harrisburg
International Airport
Philadelphia International Airport
Empowerment Workshop - Feb.06 Saturday, February 18,
2006 @ Women's Retreat
Contact:
CASA ATABEX ACHÉ
471 EAST 140th STREET, GARDEN LEVEL BRONX,
NEW YORK 10454
$95 for the weekend.
http://www.casaatabexache.org/casa_herstory.htm
OFFICE: 718-585-5540
casaatabexache@aol.com uluvdamali@yahoo.com
Speakers
Forum @ Sister's Uptown - Jan.06 Arch Productions invites you to Sister's Uptown Book
Store on Sunday, January 22nd for a special Speakers Forum discussing Mental Health within the African American Community.
Topics covered will be: 1) mental wellness and the taboo associated with seeking professional psychological help and 2) The
pros and cons surrounding conventional professional counseling as opposed to alternative outlets of counseling (i.e. Preachers,
Spiritual Healers, Bartenders, etc.) in an attempt to spark conversation and healing among our people.
About Forum
& Panelists
The evening will consist of a 5-minute showing of the documentary "Knives in My Throat"
that chronicles the life a young lady (Taqiyya Hayden) who tried to commit suicide and who sought help through both conventional
and non-conventional means. A Panel discussion and Q&A will follow.
Moderator: Maryam 'Myika' Day
(Actress, Writer and CEO of Epiphany 3 Films)
Panelists: TAQIYYA HAYDEN - Performing Artist Received psychological
help through counseling and the performing arts CHERYL COTTROL - Psychologist Board Certified Physician trained at Yale Medical
School and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center who specializes in Neurology and Psychiatry. Her current practice involves
working with patients with: memory disorders resulting from old age (i.e. Alzheimer's Disease), traumatic events (i.e.
traumatic brain injury, strokes and PTSD Developmental Disabilities) and general Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders (i.e.
Depression, Attention Deficit Disorder) CHIEF O. AFOLABI - Initiated Yoruba Chief Priest since 1971. An experienced Spiritual
Leader throughout the past 35 years, Chief Afolabi has counseled and advised thousands of households. He has developed and
mastered what he refers to as a 'Single-Session Self Healing System' he calls INSTANTANEOUS SELF-INVOKED RESPONSE
RECOVERY (I-SIR).
Price: There is no cover but Donations are Accepted.
Location: Sister's Uptown
Bookstore When:Sunday, January 22, 2006
Time: Doors open @ 5:30pm Speaker Begins @ 6:00pm
Where: Sister's
Uptown Book Store.
Address: 1942 Amsterdam Ave on the corner of 156th and Amsterdam.
Train Directions: "A
or C" Train Directions: Take the A train to 145 street and wait for C train one stop to 155th street or take the C train
to 155th then walk one block west to Amsterdam and the bookstore is right on the corner of 156th street. "1 or 9"
Train Directions: Take the 1 train to 157th and Broadway then walk one block east to Amsterdam make a right and you can't
miss it. "B or D" Train Directions: Take the B or D to 145th street and transfer to the A train or if you feeling
frisky walk up to 156 the and Amsterdam.
Nuyorican Film Screening 12.24.05 Join poet Ainsley Burrows and a host of NYC
talent for a Christmas Eve Artist's Night whether you celebrate Christmas or not!
They will screen a medley
of Abiola Abrams' films.
Nuyorican Poet's Cafe
December 24, 2005, 9PM $10
236 East 3rd Street NYC
http://www.nuyorican.org/
For more information, email Ainsley Burrows: ainsleyburrows@hotmail.com .
Goddess Motivational Talk Afrikan Poetry
Theater
Queens, New York
8pm
Address & Information: http://www.afrikapoetrytheatre.com/
Short Film with Discussion Abiola will
not be able to attend, but please enjoy her work at this event sponsored by Mahogany Blues Magazine.
At The Afrikan Poetry
Theater in Queens, NY
http://www.afrikapoetrytheatre.com/
Interactive Film Screening Night THE GODDESS FACTORY:
THE FILMLESS FILMS OF ABIOLA ABRAMS
A Pre-Career Retrospective
Interactive Film Screening Night
RUSH
ARTS GALLERY
Owners: Russell Simmons & Danny Simmons
Curators: Derrick Adams & Jaret Vadera
526 West
26 Street 3 Floor NYC, NY
Thursday, November 10, 2005 Time: 7-10PM
RSVP required, more information to follow...
2006...
January - The Goddess Factory Handbook audiobook preview released with free online installments
of Knives in My Throat, a documentary.
January 8 - Event on Women & Mental Health @ Sisters Uptown
Bookstore screening excerpt from Knives in My Throat. http://sistersculturalstop.com/home.nxg
February
19 - Motivational Goddess Talk at Casa Atabex http://www.casaatabexache.org/default.htm
March - Women's History
Month Motivational Goddess Factory Northeast University Tour
April/May - Premiere Gang Gurl X
June
17 - Eve Ensler's V-Day 5 Borough Film Festival
July 29 - Book Release - The Goddess Factory Handbook
October - Breast Cancer Awareness Month Motivational Goddess Factory Tour
December - Dungeon Screening Tour of
Alicia in Wonderland: NY, LV, Arizona, Atlanta, Miami
Private
Industry Screening Abiola Abrams was invited to screen in a private industry only event st the
SOHO House 7pm on November 4th as a part of Jane Bond's The Director's Cut. If you are an established industry person
please contact Jane Bond directly. www.thedirectorscut.net
Show in Montpelier, VT Please come to see the work of Abiola
Abrams and her fellow Vermont College MFA grads at T.W. Wood Gallery from August 2-August 6, 2005.
Other film
and video artists: Mary Ting, Tony Datillo, Jean Ormanza & Tamsin Whitehead.
The gallery is open Tuesday-Sunday
from Noon to 4 pm. Admission is free. Handicapped accessible. Closed Mondays.
Phone 802-828-8743; fax 802-828-8645
Abiola's MFA Concentration is in Film as Art in a Social Context.
http://www.twwoodgallery.org/
The Director's
Cut Screening of Stranded
The Gallery, 7 East 27th Street, New York NY 10016
7pm
Directions : N/R/6 to 28th Street
NOLLYWOOD
RISING CONVENTION! INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AND SYMPOSIUM:
“NOLLYWOOD RISING: GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVES ON THE NIGERIAN FILM INDUSTRY”
Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City, June 13-17, 2005
www.nollywoodconventionusa.com
Contact Abiola Abrams for more information!
Ethnic
Designer Competition Abiola Abrams will be an judge of the Ethnic Bridal Designer Competition
hosted by Jonathan Adewumi, owner of Nigerian Fabrics and Fashions and Amarachi Lounge in Brooklyn located at 325 Franklin
Avenue between Clifton Place and Green Avenue. The Event will be held at Medgar Evers College on May 7th.
For
information: (718) 260-9416 .
Abiola
hosts film premiere EPIPHANY 3 FILMS and owner/director/actress, the very talented MARYAM DAY
present the premiere of LAVENDER on MAY 5, 2005. Sure to be a must-attend event!
7:00 PM Guest Arrival/ Hors D’oeuvres
8:15 PM Introduction by Maryam Day
8:30 PM Film Screening
9:00 PM Q&A Introduction by Abiola Abrams
9:05
PM Q&A by Abiola Abrams
9:30 PM Closing Remarks by Maryam Day
About the film: The young Maeve Taylor,
whose secret dream to leave the rural town of Fall Springs, Virginia are answered; the news of a relative wanting her to live
in New York City would be more than a dream come true. Quickly, Maeve heads north to the home of Ms. Josephine Mitchell, her
only known relative and immediately gets swept away into the Harlem nightlife. She is confronted with a new sense of sexuality,
self-discovery, love and betrayal. With an apparent physical disability which eventually liberates her from a sorted past,
she realizes her own family cannot be trusted. Forcing her to depend on the only person she truly knows…
For
information:
Epiphany 3 Films, LLC
330 West 145th Street
New York, NY 10039
T 212-560-2331
F 212-491-5036
Epiphany3Films@gmail.com
Taqiyya
of Knives in My Throat See Taqiyya Haden, an emerging actress who you've also seen on television
star in HUE at Primary Stages will star Taqiyya on April 22, 23, 28, and 29th.
Contact:
ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICE
131 West 45th Street, 2nd Floor
(between 6th & 7th Avenues) New York, NY 10036
Phone: 212.840.9705
Email: info@primarystages.com
Leslie,
Producer of TABOO stars at NBT; APRIL 14-17 Leslie Lewis Sword, the Executive Producer of Taboo,
stars as Dorothy Dandridge at the famous National Black Theatre in Harlem in a one-woman show YESTERDAY CAME TOO SOON - APRIL
14-17. Her show will begin with a 4 show run, and from there, who knows!
Synopsis:
Dorothy Dandridge,
the bombshell who grabbed the Hollywood brass ring in the 1950s with the title role in Fox's all-black mega-musical Carmen
Jones, is stirringly brought to life by Leslie Lewis Sword, in this one-woman tour-de-force. Dandridge's journey follows
the familiar road of struggle, failed marriages, exploitation, fame, bad judgment, promiscuity, booze, pills and an untimely
end. Adding new dimensions to this classic plight however, is the matter of Dandridge's race and the birth of a mentally
retarded daughter, which emerges as the most painful component of a life filled with disappointments, among them a disastrous
liaison with Carmen Jones director Otto Preminger. YESTERDAY CAME TOO SOON is set backstage at the faded Dandridge's final
engagement, a minor 1965 Las Vegas gig, the day before she was found dead at age 42 from an overdose of the antidepressant
Tofranil.
Contact:
DATES: THUR, FRI & SAT,APRIL 14-16 at 7:30pm; SUN,APRIL 17 at 3pm
PLACE: The
National Black Theater, Fifth Avenue at 125th Street
TICKETS: $35.00 general admission, $25 seniors & students.
RESERVATIONS: (212_722-3800 or Theatremania.com 212- 352-3101
www.dorothyatnbt.org
Damali of MB Magazine hosts benefit - APRIL 8th FRIDAY, APRIL
8
SISTER’S POET’S OPEN MIC
THEATRE FUNDRAISER
8P – 10P
$7 COVER
For more info, call 212-862-3680
SISTER’S UPTOWN BOOKSTORE LLC
1942 AMSTERDAM AVE @ W156TH
NEW YORK, NY
HOSTED BY
DAMALI, EDITOR
OF
“MAHOGANY
BLUES” MAGAZINE
FEATURING
VIOLINIST & SPOKEN WORKS ARTIST,
SWEET POTATO
R & B SINGING SENSATION
DELIA BISHOP
AFRICAN DRUMMING STAR
PANAMA
&
OUR YOUNGEST QUEEN
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For information email damali at mahogany blues dot com
Abiola
@ Temple University on April 8th If you're in Philadelphia, Abiola Abrams will be a Visiting
Artist, curated by Cheryl Dunye, at Temple University. She will show several of her films and discuss her work.
Abiola as Visiting Artist at The Cambridge School on March 14th "Movies & Gumbo” Using Film to Discuss the Undiscussable
Workshop leaders Todd Bartel
and Abiola Abrams
Abiola Abrams attends this year's Diversity Day to initiate a film project on our campus,
with our own student body. The workshop will provide an in-depth opportunity to discuss her films and any relevant questions
they raise. The discussion will ultimately move into a creative brainstorm session about how CSW could create a film of our
own that explores the subject/s of "diversity/equality/race" etc and map out an initial proposal and plan to be
carried out in the fall of the coming school year.
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