BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:252@somervilleartscouncil.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190824T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190824T190000 DTSTAMP:20250224T204601Z URL:https://somervilleartscouncil.org/events/blackbrownqueer/ SUMMARY:Black\, Brown & Queer Fest DESCRIPTION:Black\, Brown &\; Queer Fest 2019\n\n\nThe Somerville Arts C ouncil is partnering with Oompa\, a nationally-acclaimed\, Boston- born\, poet\, rapper\, and educator\,  \;to present a Black\, Brown &\; Qu eer\, a QTPOC (Queer and Trans\, person of color) multi-disciplinary arts festival. This will be a free\, outdoor\, multi-disciplinary music festiva l\, with all of the artists coming from the QTPOC community. The festival will take place on Saturday\, August 24 (rain date Aug 25) from 3:00 to 7: 00 p.m. on the Union Square Plaza. \;\n\nThis festival will be a celeb ration of Boston QTPOC artists and their contribution to the arts communit y/scene. Often\, QTPOC artists are asked to bring one part of themselves t o the table and to leave or hide others. What is a safer space for one ide ntity does not cross the intersections into other identities\, and often Q TPOC artists leave feeling exploited and unseen as a result. This festival is loud about wanting to name\, create\, and cultivate a space that sees QTPOC artists as whole people with intersectional stories and selves to sh are.\n\nThe festival line-up includes rap\, poetry\, punk music\, drag and more and features: DJ Lady Ly\, Porsha Olayiwola\, Golden\, Red Shaydez\, Brandie Blaze\, Paper Citizen\, Optic Bloom\, Mint Green\, Neon Calypso\, Neon BLK and Just JP. The festival will also feature visuals artists and vendors. \;\n\nThe festival is curated in partnership with Oompa\, who is forever representing the queer\, black\, orphaned\, hood kids and them . Oompa is the winner of the 2018 Unsigned Artist of the Year award from B oston Music Awards after an unprecedented six \;nominations\, the 2017 Women of the World Poetry Slam\, is a finalist at the 2016 National Poetr y Slam. Oompa released her new album\, CLEO on August 9th.  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;  \;\nGo HERE for more details! \;\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://somervilleartscouncil.org/wp-content/upl oads/2019/08/BlackBrownQueerFestInsta.png CATEGORIES:ArtsUnion END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR