Schedule of Events
We can't wait to share our stories with you!
FUNDA FEST 25 TICKETS AND PASSES ARE GOOD FOR IN-PERSON AND BROADCAST PERFORMANCES!
FESTIVAL PASS $75
Single Events $20 / $15 STudent or Senior / $10 CHILD 12 AND UNDER
This year’s festival returns to its roots as a Catalyst for Community, as part of a Rhode Island Foundation initiative 25 years ago to support Black artists, arts and community. RIBS and FUNDA engage 10 community partners with shared mission to share stories and culture from the African diaspora. A Community Grant from the Rhode Island Foundation and Ocean Stage Charities Trust makes it possible for these partners: includingHaus of Glitter, Stages of Freedom, Mixed Magic Theatre, W.A.R., Higher Ground, International, the Langston Hughes Community Poetry Reading, Outspoken, Rhode Island Latino Arts, Sidy Maiga Music, Lydia Perez Yoruba 2
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SATURDAY Jan. 28th 7:30PM
Storytelling For Grown Folk
MPACT Theatre: 25 Maple St, Pawtucket
Featuring our Invited National and International Guests
Ticket includes virtual access (link in ticket email)
SUNDAY Jan. 29TH 10AM EST
Brazilian-American storyteller Antonio Rocha
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County, Sunday Service
27 North Road, Peace Dale, RI 02879
FREE EVENT - NO NEED TO REGISTER
Sunday Jan. 29th 2-4PM
Sacred Storytelling with W.A.R and Mixed Magic Theatre
MPACT Theatre
Storytellers and Dancers, Featuring Exult Choir from Mixed Magic, W.A.R. Artists & Featured Guests
Ticket includes virtual access (link in ticket email)
Saturday Jan. 28th 10AM - 4pm
Free Family Fun Day:
BLM RI African American Innovation Center
225 Main St Pawtucket
MPACT Stage Maplestreet Performing Arts Center and Theatre
Enter through BLM RI at 225 Main St.. Look for signs for the parking lot. Parking behind the building.
10-12 pm: Drumming and Dance Workshops with Sidy Maiga and Lydia Perez
12:00 pm: Art Reception: Sankofa Art and the Langston Hughes Community Poetry
Reading, Hosted by Ramona Bass Kolobe
1-2 pm: Youth Storytelling Performance
(Raffini organizing and rehearsing youth)
2:30-4pm: Family Storytelling Concert
Vendors Cultural Market Place
Ticket includes virtual access (link in ticket email)
Friday Jan. 27th 7-10:30pm
RIBS FIBS Liar’s Contest
MPACT Stage Pawtucket
People compete before a panel of judges to tell their biggest “whopper” for cash prizes.
Ticket includes virtual access (link in ticket email)
7pm: Doors Open
8pm: Lies Fly
THURSDAY Jan. 26th 5-7PM
Community Flavors with Higher Ground International
Southside Cultural Center of Rhode Island
Features sharing Liberian food provided by HGI, and an invitation to participate in the Grand March, led by the Sweeties.
WEDNESDAY Jan. 25th 6-7:30PM
Harriet Tubman: A one-woman show by Janice Curtis Greene
Special production: South Kingstown High School
215 Columbia St, Wakefield, RI 02879
In anticipation of the PBS Documentary: “Harriet Tubman, Visions of Freedom” Airing February 12 at 9 p.m. on WSBE Rhode Island PBS
FREE EVENT - NO NEED TO REGISTER
SUNDAY Jan. 22ND 10AM EST
Poetry of Langston Hughes
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South County, Sunday Service
27 North Road, Peace Dale, RI 02879
- April Brown
- Kai Cameron
- Eugenie Rose Belony
- Langston Hughes Center
FREE EVENT - NO NEED TO REGISTER
Black History Live!
Southside Cultural Center of Rhode Island
Saturday Jan. 21ST: 10am-7:30pm Con't
4pm: The Malaga Ship Story
with Antonio Rocha
Antonio Rocha performs his new piece MALAGA, which tells the saga of a slave ship made from wood in ME, which travels to West Africa with captives who end up in Brazil. Ticket includes virtual access (link in ticket email)
7:30 pm: Sissieretta Jones with Becky Bass,
presented by Stages of Freedom
Opera diva Sissieretta Jones (1868-1933) grew up in Providence and took the world by storm with her soaring soprano voice. Ticket includes virtual access (link in ticket email)
1pm: Cool Papa Bell: A Black Baseball Story
with Rochel Garner Coleman
Rochel Garner Coleman brings to life Cool Papa Bell of the Negro Leagues. Ticket includes virtual access (link in ticket email)
10am: Historical Storytelling Workshop
with Antonio Rocha
Saturday Jan. 21ST: 10am-7:30pm
RILA (and RIBS) at Southside Cultural Center of RI
Featuring Magnolia Perez
Ticket includes virtual access (link in ticket email)
SUNDAY Jan. 15TH: 4-6pm
$75 FUNDA PASS
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ALL Youth, Family &
Evening Storytelling Concerts -
Storytelling Concert with
Rhode Island Latino Arts - Black History Live!
- Words and Music
- Community Flavors
- Liar's Contest
- All Workshops
- Storytelling for Grown Folks
- Sacred Storytelling
- Virtual Access
Storytelling with Len Cabral, Valerie Tutson Sidy Maiga Drum
Sissieretta Jones Exhibit
& Frederick Douglass Forum
Program Sunday, Feb 5
Program Saturday, Feb 4
Frederick Douglass Forum
& Harriet Tubman by Janice Curtis Greene
OVER 25 PERFORMERS!
…Bringing us their talents from the African diaspora.
SUNDAY Jan. 22ND 4-6pm EST
Words and Music Presented by OUTSPOKEN! PVD
Southside Cultural Center of Rhode Island
A New Twist, This Year Includes an Open Mic and a Program Curated by Outspoken PVD
• Rudy Ru
• Ginay
• Open Mic, Food and Cultural Vendors
Ticket includes virtual access (link in ticket email)
