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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Virtual REcordings Available!

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

PS Programming by our Community Partners

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

FUNDA FEST 25 IS EXCITED TO SHOWCASE

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)

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