As Black Historical past Month involves a detailed, Pompano Seaside Arts is inviting the group to spend a full Saturday immersed in native storytelling, dwell music and highly effective reflection.
On Saturday, February 28, residents can expertise a free, multi-part celebration rooted in reminiscence, tradition and shared historical past — starting with jazz within the morning and culminating in an intimate theatrical efficiency and documentary screening that honor Black life in Pompano Seaside and Broward County.
Groovin’ on a Saturday Morning Kicks Off the Day
The celebration begins from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. throughout Inexperienced Market on the Pompano Seaside Cultural Middle with “Groovin’ on a Saturday Morning.”
Jazz icon Nicole Yarling will highlight the subsequent technology of expertise, that includes the Jazz Schooling Group Coalition Band alongside college students from North Broward Prep. Attendees can get pleasure from a vigorous set of jazz requirements earlier than the occasion transitions right into a student-led group jazz jam, inviting musicians of all ages to take part.
Registration for the Inexperienced Market on February 28 is on the market on-line.
‘The Porch Discuss’ Brings Generations Collectively
The afternoon continues from 2 p.m. to three:30 p.m. on the Ali Cultural Arts Middle with The Porch Discuss: A One Act Play.
Written by Sharonda “Eccentrich” Richardson and directed by Curtis Smith — each Pompano Seaside natives — the intimate manufacturing facilities on a well-recognized Southern gathering place: the porch.
Via humor, tenderness and honesty, the play explores generational divides, shifting social values and the fragile artwork of listening throughout time. Three generations collide in dialog, highlighting how knowledge is commonly handed down not by way of lectures, however by way of tales shared near house.
Introduced in collaboration with the Tiger Path Pageant, the efficiency is free to attend, although registration is required.
‘RUBIN’ Examines Broward’s Historical past
The storytelling continues at 4 p.m. at The Hive Black Field Theater with a screening of RUBIN, an authentic documentary by filmmaker Tenille Brown.
The movie examines the life and legacy of Rubin Stacy, whose 1935 lynching stays a painful chapter in Broward County’s historical past. Informed by way of the voice of his niece, Anne Naves, the documentary weaves private remembrance with collective reminiscence, confronting the duty of trustworthy storytelling.
Following the screening, visitors are invited to take part in a talkback with Brown to debate the filmmaking course of and the significance of preserving native narratives.
Occasion Particulars
Date: Saturday, February 28
Instances:• The Porch Discuss — 2 p.m. to three:30 p.m.• RUBIN Documentary Screening — 4 p.m.
Places:• Ali Cultural Arts Middle• The Hive Black Field Theater
Tickets:• The Porch Discuss — Free (registration required)• RUBIN — Free tickets out there on-line
For extra data on these occasions and different Black Historical past Month programming, go to Pompano Seaside Arts’ web site.
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