Gemini Ink: Black History Month Event
Gemini Ink kicks-off San Antonio’s Black History Month with
Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence
WHAT: Gemini Ink’s Dramatic Readers Theater will present Sterling Houston’s Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence, a popular repertory piece pairing traditional jazz and blues with documents from the American slavery era.
WHEN: Monday, February 2, 7 pm
WHO: Born in San Antonio, Sterling Houston (1945 – 2006) was an award-winning African American writer who spent 30 years in theater as an actor, composer, and playwright. He performed and lectured across the country, working with prominent theater practitioners such as Charles Ludlum and Sam Shepard. His work is known for its sharp social commentary and clever theatricality.
Kicking off Black History Month in San Antonio, Black and Blue an hour-long snapshot of the African-American odyssey that includes excerpts from The Ballad of Henry Box Brown, Houston’s play detailing the true story of the man who escaped slavery in the South by shutting himself in a box and arranging to be mailed to freedom, Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail;” and songs by Fats Waller and others. Several historical documents are also included, such as a San Antonio ordinance defining punishment for slaves caught out after curfew.
The performance features actors and musicians Bett Butler, SkudR Jones, Danielle King, and Ron Wilkins. It is presented annually in memory of its author, Sterling Houston.
WHERE: McAllister Auditorium in San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro
INFO: The event is free and open to the public.
Gemini Ink is the only literary arts center in San Antonio and South Texas. We nurture readers and writers through community-based workshops, performances, and other literary events. For more information visit www.geminiink.org or call 210.734.9673.
Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence
WHAT: Gemini Ink’s Dramatic Readers Theater will present Sterling Houston’s Black and Blue: 400 Years of Struggle and Transcendence, a popular repertory piece pairing traditional jazz and blues with documents from the American slavery era.
WHEN: Monday, February 2, 7 pm
WHO: Born in San Antonio, Sterling Houston (1945 – 2006) was an award-winning African American writer who spent 30 years in theater as an actor, composer, and playwright. He performed and lectured across the country, working with prominent theater practitioners such as Charles Ludlum and Sam Shepard. His work is known for its sharp social commentary and clever theatricality.
Kicking off Black History Month in San Antonio, Black and Blue an hour-long snapshot of the African-American odyssey that includes excerpts from The Ballad of Henry Box Brown, Houston’s play detailing the true story of the man who escaped slavery in the South by shutting himself in a box and arranging to be mailed to freedom, Dr. Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail;” and songs by Fats Waller and others. Several historical documents are also included, such as a San Antonio ordinance defining punishment for slaves caught out after curfew.
The performance features actors and musicians Bett Butler, SkudR Jones, Danielle King, and Ron Wilkins. It is presented annually in memory of its author, Sterling Houston.
WHERE: McAllister Auditorium in San Antonio College, 1300 San Pedro
INFO: The event is free and open to the public.
Gemini Ink is the only literary arts center in San Antonio and South Texas. We nurture readers and writers through community-based workshops, performances, and other literary events. For more information visit www.geminiink.org or call 210.734.9673.
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