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 about living in the Caribbean.

Brooklyn Book Party! Last month, children's author Danette Vigilante held a book release party for her second young adult novel, Saving Baby Doe .  Friends, family and community members were in attendance for Danette's reading and book signing at BookCourt, a friendly community bookstore located in Brooklyn.  Danette's first book, The Trouble with Half a Moon received wide acclaim.  Check out photos from Danette's book party!  Supporters at the signing! Danette signing books!    Me with Danette and a young reader! This book party would not have been complete without  these cutie pie Saving Baby Doe cupcakes!     Saving Baby Doe (Putnam Juvenile, March 2014) Children's Author, Danette Vigilante About Saving Baby Doe Lionel and Anisa are the best of friends and have seen each other through some pretty tough times--Anisa's dad died and Lionel's dad  left, which is like a death for Lionel. They stick together no

 Lauryn K. Alleyne (photo: Rachel Eliza Griffiths) Poet, Lauryn K. Alleyne's new book Difficult Fruit (February 2014), is the author's debut book!  Lauryn will be featured at the upcoming BOCAS Literary Festival, Trinidad and Tobago April 23rd - 28th.  V isit her website for more information.