Friday, December 4, 2015

BLACK NATIVITY MEETS KWANZAA INVITE FROM REFORMATION CHURCH-CHICAGO'S TOURISM JUSTICE MINISTRIES


Reformation Church-Chicago
("Young Barack Obama's community organizing sanctuary")

presents

BLACK NATIVITY MEETS KWANZAA:
Chicago's Holidays Are Forever Jazz & Poetry
Candlelight Celebration

featuring

The Black Christmas and Cultural Holiday Works of African American Poet Laureate
Langston Hughes-Set to Jazz

with

Authentic Kwanzaa Candlelight Ceremony by NAKO-Chicago Study Group & Reformation's Kuumba Theater Ministry-featuring its Imani Sacred Jazz Ensemble  with the Dynamic South Side Vocalist, Ms. Nanette Frank, as Special Guest-

Saturday, December 26 & Sunday, December 27, 5PM-7:30PM, at Lutheran School of Theology-Chicago Chapel, 55th Street & University Avenue, Hyde Park

Admission $20 at http://www.kwanzaachicago.bpt.me 

Co-Sponsors: Chicago Peace Campaign, African Descent Ministries-ELCA, Reformation Church-Chicago's Tourism Justice Ministries, & Authentic Kwanzaa Sets from Sankore Press <http://www.sankorepress.com>

Contacts: 773-499-3323; 773-996-1066; or 773-355-8540; and 708-439-1628  




Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Reformation's Black Nativity Meets Kwanzaa at Lutheran School of Theology Chapel-Hyde Park

Reformation Church-Chicago ("Young Barack Obama's Community Organizing sanctuary") will host its 1st Annual BLACK NATIVITY MEETS KWANZAA: Chicago's Holidays are Forever Jazz & Poetry Candlelight Celebration, on Saturday, December 26 and Sunday December 27, 2015, 5:00PM-7:00PM at Lutheran School of Theology Chapel-Hyde Park, 55th Street  and University.

The unique holiday celebration will feature Reformation Church Chicago's Kuumba Theater Ministry presenting selections from Langston Hughes' Christmas (Black Nativity) and Black Sacred History & Culture poetry backed by the Afrocentrcity Church's vanguard Imani Jazz Ensemble with Tazama Sun on Sax, George Nutall on Key-Board, Ray Mosley on Lead Guitar, Darryl Mahon on Percussions, Ronald Steward on Bass Guitar and the dynamic Ms. Nanette Frank as their especially invited guest vocalist.

More, NAKO-Chicago Chapter's Kawaida Philosophy Study Group will conduct an authentic Kwanzaa Set-Up and Candlelight Service as a central feature of the BLACK NATIVITY MEETS KWANZAA celebration.

BLACK NATIVITY MEETS KWANZAA is a fundraiser for Reformation Church-Chicago's Emergency Boiler Repairs, Chicago Peace Campaign, and the African Descent Lutheran Association-Chicago Chapter's reorganization.  Online tickets at $20 per person are availible at brownpapertickets.com.