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DEM BEATS: Friday Night Dance Party with  Fehinty African Theatre Ensemble

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DEM BEATS: Friday Night Dance Party with Fehinty African Theatre Ensemble

Journey through the music of the Diaspora with some of Chicago's hottest DJs

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Multiple Dates Fri, Mar 6, 2020, 11:00 PM CST

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Green Line Performing Arts Center 329 East Garfield Boulevard Chicago, IL 60637

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Fehinty African Theatre Ensemble is excited to present Diaspora Monologues 2020: VA-NA-KU-LA, an exploration of language and innovations that mark identity, community, resistance, solidarity, and creative agency across the African diaspora.

DEM BEATS is a Friday night dance party + performances with some of Chicago's hottest DJs taking you on a journey through the music of the Diaspora - from reggae, dancehall, and afro-beat to afro-pop and hip hop!

Guests are also invited to check out the Come Shop: Fehinty Marketplace, open on Fridays at 7:30, Saturdays at 5:30, and Sundays at 1:30 from February 21-March 8. Shop in the marketplace to support local entrepreneurs’ art, decor, food, accessories, clothing, and more.

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Fehinty African Theatre Ensemble, Arts + Public Life inaugural Theater Company-in-Residence, is led by Artistic Director Olateju S. Adesida, and believes that performance illuminates many trajectories and common humanity. Their mission is to stage creative works from Africa and its diaspora through a process that actively engages African communities, facilitates the development of emerging artists and fosters dialogue and creative exchanges. Fehinty grew out of a community that wanted to tell stories that represented them in a new world. While African plays were not an anomaly in the early 2000s in Chicago, what there was did not reach or connect with the African immigrant community. As much as there are plays/stories that are culturally representative, it is as paramount that African Diasporans also be the tellers of those stories. Fehinty is a platform for the development of emerging African writers, directors, actors, and designers in diaspora and provide space and support for their work.

Learn more about FATE at fehintytheatre.org, and follow them on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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