We're hosting our first book signing
Virtual moves all around in 2021!
Hopefully it’s not too late to genuinely wish you a very happy and healthy new year.
We’ve been through…a lot, and though we’re not entirely through it, we’re finding ways to thrive in spite. For myself, it’s really really good to be typing again. This past year has also forced me to embrace a more sustainable pace and workload so although Salt and Aloes will be back to posting, there are a few changes and updates that I’m very excited to share with you!
SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR FIRST VIRTUAL BOOK SIGNING!
with Jessica Marie Johnson, Assistant Professor of History at Johns Hopkins University and author of Wicked Flesh; Black Women, Intimacy and Freedom in the Atlantic World
Moderated by (the amazing) Shivanee Ramlochan
Thursday, February 18th, 2020
All attendees will receive an autographed bookplate from the author
(you will be asked to provide a mailing address with your registration)
The event is free and open to all. Pre-register here
"Wicked Flesh is a powerful book that will set the standard for studies of gender and slavery to follow. It exemplifies the generative quality of a grounded engagement of the archives of slavery through contemporary theoretical work on race and the notion of Diaspora."—Jennifer Morgan, author of Laboring Women: Gender and Reproduction in the Making of New World Slavery
Purchase of books must be made individually.
Available on amazon
In preparation for the event, we are also organizing a book discussion for those of us who have already started on this incredible work.
There will be two sessions and feel free to attend both!
Wicked Flesh Book Discussion
Thursday, February 4th
6pm via Zoom
Register here
Thursday, March 4th
6pm via Zoom
Register here
MORE BIG NEWS!
First of all, thank you for your incredible support with this project. It’s been a joy to not only share with you but hear what Salt and Aloes means to you as well. With the new year comes new moves and I’ve decided to put on the big girl drawers and officially move over to Patreon!
If that feels onerous to you, I get it…Salt and Aloes will still be posting here on Substack once a month, you don’t have to do a thing except open your emails as usual!
If, however, this kind of content is worth a few bucks a month to you, join me over here for much of the same plus a whole lot more.
There are 2 membership levels and each comes with exclusive content (like monthly event calendars), full archive access and special gifts from me to you.
As a New Year’s gift, I’m including this month’s calendar of virtual events, usually part of the new Patreon package but available to you all since you’ve been rocking with me from the START!
THANK YOU THANK YOU AND HAPPY 2021!
January Calendar
44th Annual Three Kings Day (Virtual) Celebration | All ages
January 6, 2020
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
El Museo del Barrio is delighted to present the 44th Annual Three Kings Day (Virtual) Celebration on Wednesday, January 6, 2021, titled Fuerza Colectiva: Celebrating our Roots and Diversity. The upcoming celebration honors and embraces our community’s collective strength in response to the pandemic and injustice, and the cultural contributions of the African diaspora.
The Museum’s first-ever virtual celebration, hosted and directed by TV personality and Producer, Rhina Valentin, will include musical performances from La Grupo R with the participation of Beto Torrens from Puerto Rico, Los Pleneros de la 21, festive skits by Victor Cruz’s animated character TITA, cameos by our famous giant puppets, and saludos from this year’s honorees.
CELEBRATION SCHEDULE
11:00 am – 12:00pm | (Families + Schools)
FREE | RSVP to get stream link, click here.
(To be streamed on El Museo’s Facebook, YouTube, and Website)
Learn more about the Three Kings Day celebration through a fun-filled morning of storytelling, a musical performance and workshop by Los Pleneros de la 21, and special guests. Participants will learn about the unique characteristics of the Puerto Rican Three Kings Day tradition, including the evolution of the aguinaldo de parranda tradition (door to door caroling) and its featured instruments from Juan J. ‘Juango’ Gutiérrez, founder of Los Pleneros de la 21. Be sure to bring your crowns and instruments to join the parranda!
6:00pm – 7:00pm | All Ages
FREE | RSVP to get stream link, click here.
(To be streamed on El Museo’s Facebook, YouTube, and Website)
The Three Kings Day festivities continue from the comfort of your homes (or phones) featuring a parranda by Beto Torrens live from Puerto Rico, a special appearance by actor and comedian Victor Cruz’s beloved animated character TITA, saludos from this year’s honorees, and more!
Brooklyn Museum presents
Virtual Roundtable: The Future of the Museum
Thursday, January 14, 2021
6–7 pm EST
RSVP to get stream link, click here.
Cover, András Szántó, The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues. (Photo: Courtesy of the author)
How do museums fit into the calls for social change that echo around the globe today? Learn about some exciting approaches to inventing and reinventing the museum with two back-to-back conversations in conjunction with the U.S. publication of museum strategist András Szántó’s book The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues. First, Szántó discusses new global models with Sandra Jackson-Dumont, director of the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, and Marie-Cécile Zinsou, President and Founder of Benin’s Zinsou Foundation, who offer surprising and original answers to what a museum can be. Then, get an inside look into how museums are reshaping their institutions as Brooklyn Museum director Anne Pasternak speaks with museum directors Victoria Noorthoorn of the Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Franklin Sirmans of the Pérez Art Museum Miami.
This program is free to stream on Facebook Live. Or, register and pay what you wish to join us on Zoom, and participate in a Q&A with the speakers after the talks. Your contribution supports our dynamic programs and events. Add a signed copy of the book at checkout.
A performance by Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak
Thursday, January 28, 2021
3pm– 4pm EST
RSVP to get stream link, click here.
“A star in the making,” (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) Jamaican-American violist Jordan Bak is an outstanding artist of passion, energy, and authenticity in the recital and chamber music arenas. A Sphinx MPower Artist Grant Recipient and a top laureate of the 2020 Sphinx Competition, Bak is also a winner and Audience Prize recipient of the 2019 Concert Artists Guild Victor Elmaleh Competition, the recipient of the 2019 Samuel Sanders Tel Aviv Museum Prize, and the 2019 John White Special Prize from the Tertis International Viola Competition. In addition to his growing solo career, Jordan Bak is a member of the celebrated New York Classical Players.
The National Arts Club is partnering with the Sphinx Organization to present a series of classical concerts featuring outstanding young Black and Latino musicians. The Sphinx Organization is a national social justice organization dedicated to transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts.
This program will be hosted via Zoom. You will receive additional details upon registration.
Virtual Conversation: Understanding Windrush and the Black Caribbean Diaspora in the U.K.
Thursday, January 28, 2021
4pm– 5pm EST
FREE | RSVP to get stream link, click here.
Credit: Popperfoto/Getty Images
Join us for our online January Film Club event with Associate Editor of Callaloo, academic, poet, playwright, and publisher Professor Joan Anim-Addo from Goldsmiths, University of London. Professor Anim-Addo will present about The Windrush scandal and Black Caribbean diaspora in the U.K.
The Founder and Director of Goldsmiths' Centre for Caribbean and Diaspora Studies, Professor Anim-Addo is the first Black female Professor of Caribbean Literature and Culture in the UK and one of the "Windrush children" who contributed to the "60 Untold Stories" exhibition. Joan Anim-Addo is the recipient of the 2016 Callaloo Lifetime Achievement Award for invaluable contributions to literature and to literary and cultural studies. Some of Anim-Addo's recent research activities include: Caribbean Literature and diaspora, women’s writing, Feminist perspectives, and Black presence in Europe.
Prior to the event, participants are encouraged to view the BBC Documentary:The Unwanted- The Secret Windrush Files.
This event is co-sponsored by the Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies Program and the Center for European Studies at UW-Madison.
Artist Talk: Paintings & Textiles from When Night Stirred at Sea, moderated by co-curator Karen Carter
Thursday, January 28, 2021
6pm– 8pm EST
FREE | RSVP to get stream link, click here.
This artist talk moderated by co-curator Karen Carter will focus on the paintings & textiles in the exhibition 'When Night Stirred at Sea: Contemporary Caribbean Art’ currently on view at PAMA. The artists will take time to explain their individual practices and influences and will discuss the ways in which their imagery is influenced by and speaks to their connection to the Caribbean, the history of place and ideas around the construction of identity. Also joining the discussion will be a panel of guest commentators who are experts in the international fields of paintings & textiles.
Jamaica Jazz and Blues Virtual Festival
January 28-30, 2021
https://jamaicajazzandblues.com/
