DuEwaWorld News! by DuEwa Frazier

On Sunday, April 6th I hosted Word Canvas presents Art. Love. Music. at Brooklyn's Rustik Tavern.  The event featured DuEwa Frazier (poet/performer), Rakiem Walker Project, Cheryl Boyce Taylor, Qurrat Kadwani, Radha MUSprime and Tai Allen. I was so excited about this event!  I have been performing, writing poetry and hosting my own signature events since 2002.  I founded Word Canvas in 2005, as a brand of performance events featuring musicians, poets and actors.  I take great pride and pleasure in curating events, bringing artists together and watching them come off without a hitch!   It was great to have a spring show with talented artists. DuEwa & Rakiem Walker @ Art. Love. Music. Cheryl Boyce Taylor is a notable poet and author who I've come to know and cherish, through her event series the Glitter Poemegranate Series.  I love when she performs with her Trini accent.  Her poems are smooth and bring back memories you wish you had...

GLITTER POMEGRANATE PERFORMANCE EVENT!   Friday, November 8, 2013 @ 7:00 PM     Hosted by Cheryl Boyce-Taylor, Founder & Curator   FEATURING:   DuEwa Frazier - ( author of Goddess Under the Bridge ) Robert Gibbons Nichelle Johnson Charan Morris and an open mike     Eve's Lounge    769 Washington Avenue   Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, New York  (between Sterling & St. Johns)       This event was funded in part by Poets & Writers, inc. with public funds from the NY State Council on the Arts and with the support of Governor Cuomo and the NY State legislature, and by Calypso Muse.

  New York City Book Launch  for me and Nina by Monica A. Hand Friday, February 10, 2012 Time : 6:30pm until 9:30pm Where:   Cave Canem 20 Jay Street, Suite 310-A Brooklyn, NY Celebrate the launch of Cave Canem fellow Monica Hand's debut collection, me & Nina ( Alice James Books , 2012), winner of the 2010 Kinereth Gensler Award and lauded by Elizabeth Alexander as a "moving, deeply satisfying, and unforgettable book."  Tara Thierry will be performing with Monica A Hand. $5-10 suggested donation. Wheelchair accessible.

  Cave Canem Workshops in Brooklyn Now accepting applications for our spring poetry workshops. Admission is free! Poetry Conversations with Kamilah Aisha Moon Wednesdays, 6-8:30 pm February 22, March 4 - April 18 Cave Canem / DUMBO, Brooklyn An open-enrollment workshop for poets of color at the early-to-intermediate stage of their writing enterprise. Participants will experiment with new ways of approaching the page through in-class writing exercises and prompts. Deadline to Apply: February 1 Details & Application Guidelines || Apply Online Writing across Cultures with John Murillo Mondays, 6-9 pm March 19 - April 9; April 23 - May 14 Cave Canem / DUMBO, Brooklyn In this workshop, poets of color & Arab American poets will focus on content and worldview, reading across cultures in order to enact a paradigm shift that may open participants to new risks and realms in their writing. Deadline to Apply: February 15 Details...

Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 6pm The Park Slope Food Coop’s Wordsprouts Reading Series Featuring Author & Poet, DuEwa Frazier   The Park Slope Food Coop Meeting Room 782 Union Street, Brooklyn 11215 (btw 6th and 7th Aves) (718) 622-0560 Co-curators Paula Bernstein and Paola Corso Free and open to the public Join award nominated poet, author and educator DuEwa Frazier for an evening of poetry! DuEwa will read from her latest book, Ten Marbles and a Bag to Put Them In: Poems for Children and facilitate a poetry workshop for children. Books will be available for parents and educators. All children are welcome. The poetry activities are geared toward ages 4-11. About the Author DuEwa Frazier is a poet, performance artist, speaker, author, educator and cultural organizer. She earned the M.F.A. degree in Creative Writing at The New School and the M.Ed. degree in Curriculum and Teaching at Fordham University . DuEwa has taught both youth and adults in the area...

Author Feature: Danette Vigilante The Trouble with Half a Moon by Danette Vigilante DF: Your first book about a teen girl named Dellie titled The Trouble with Half a Moon , has received great reviews. What inspired you to write this story? What has been the response from your teen readers? DV: As a kid, my heart had been broken by a little boy who was very similar to Corey, the neglected boy from Trouble. I carried that little boy around with me all these years and though I didn’t know exactly what I was writing when I finally sat down to write The Trouble with Half a Moon , I knew I wanted to give that little boy a chance for a good life. I realized right away that I needed someone brave enough to step up and help Corey and that’s where Dellie came in. Not only is she courageous but she was able to reach beyond her own hard times in order to help save him. The response from my teen readers has been goose bump inducing! The greatest thing I’ve heard from several students was ...

  Join Making Books Sing for: A Summer Night to Support Arts Education! Hosted by Emmy award-winning TV journalist, Cat Greenleaf and hip hop artist/activist, Talib Kweli Tuesday, June 14, 2011 7:30pm-9:30pm  @ Brooklyn Brewery 79 North 11th Street (between Berry & Whythe Streets) Brooklyn, NY Tickets: $15 includes one complimentary beer + tasty treats + private tour of Brooklyn Brewery Purchase tickets at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/1767836/14  RSVP (reserve tix to pay at the door) to events@makingbookssing.org  212-573-8791 ext. 16 This is a 21+ over with ID event! A large percentage of proceeds will be donated to Making Books Sing and is tax-deductible.

2010 Brooklyn Book Festival Sunday, September 12, 2010 10AM - 6PM ALL EVENTS FREE Programs taking place in the Brooklyn Borough Hall Courtroom and St. Francis College Auditorium are ticketed. Free tickets will be distributed one hour before the start of the program from the Brooklyn Book Festival Information Booths Brooklyn Book Festival Bookend Events September 10, 11 and 12 Celebrate all weekend with parties, music, film screenings, children’s theatre, literary games and author appearances at the Brooklyn Book Festival’s Bookend Events Click here for schedule

ENVIROMEDIA MOBILE- Earth Day Celebrations SUN APRIL 25th- 1PM-5PM IKEA/Erie Basin Park in Red Hook, Brooklyn On Sunday April 25th, 1pm. The ENVIROMEDIA MOBILE- the amazing traveling NATURE and MARITIME Museum on wheels kicks offs its spring/summer weekend fun in waterfront recreation, environment, culture and maritime with EARTH DAY CELEBRATIONS at IKEA/ERIE BASIN PARK in Red Hook, Brooklyn. 5000 people to Join in and help raise the GIANT FLOATING EARTH BALL. - Come help float a Giant Earth Ball to 100ft in the air; signifying 100% commitment to mitigation of impacts on Climate Change, Ocean Acidification, and Fostering a New Green Generation in NYC. -There will also be public tours of the mobile museum, - RECYCLING- Bring your old junk electronics ( carry-by-hand) items only and your old ready to through away sneakers, plus various environmental recreation activity stations, - 2pm Live Music from the " Open Piano on The Soap Box" with guest Lyrical Vocalist/Poet DuEwa Frazi...

BKLYN Soul Renaissance Soul, Funk + Hip Hop Artists Rockin’ the Mic Saturday, April 24, 2010 8pm - 12am $10 cover at the door FEATURING: DuEwa Tah Phrum Duh Bush Afterwork Collective Featuring Rakiem Masauko & Yolanda Rustik Tavern 471 Dekalb Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11205 Train: G train to Classon Ave Bus: 38 to Dekalb Ave. and Classon Ave

Well here I go again - being both a poet and a performer, merging the two and enjoying the rhythm that is created on this path. Here are a few of my upcoming events! October 5th Hybrid Poetry Concert Featuring: DuEwa, Shakka, Carolyn Baxter, Heloise & Karast Is $15 Times Square Arts Center 300 West 43rd St 5th Fl Theater New York, NY 10036 For tickets visit www.theatermania.com October 12th DuEwa Frazier in “Cooperative Village” written by Frances Madeson, directed by Emmitt Thrower A one-woman comedy about dead neighbors, library cards, husbands, and running from the law. Free River View Players at Café Largo 3387 Broadway @ 137th Street New York, New York 10031 November 1st Live Soul, Hip Hop & Rock Featuring: DuEwa, Boo Boo Cousins & Band, Derick Cross and special guests $8 at the door Solomon’s Porch Café 307 Stuyvesant Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11233

Mos Def's Big Band & Gil Scott Heron at Carnegie Hall by DuEwa Frazier On Saturday, June 28, 2008 at 8pm, presented by Festival Network in partnership with Carnegie Hall and co-produced by Jill Newman Productions , the JVC Jazz Festival brought Brooklyn’s own renaissance man, Dante Smith, a.k.a. Mos Def , to town with his big band Amino Alkaline Orchestra, featuring special guest Gil Scott Heron. Mos Def: Amino Alkaline – The Watermelon Syndicate rocked the dome of Carnegie Hall for a multi-general audience of what seemed like thousands. The show opened with Mos’ twenty-three piece band walking onto the stage and the image of the late, legendary radio man, talk show host, and activist, Petey Greene , shown overhead on a large screen above the stage, eating watermelon . Petey Greene urged the audience to eat and enjoy; perhaps a metaphor for the evening to come. Once his band was in place, Mos Def seemed to glide smoothly onto the stage, to the roar of shouts and applause. ...