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Performance: "Voices from the Urban Indigenous Campfire"
Venue: Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Monday, October 14, 2024
Time: 7:30 - 8:50 PM
Event Types: Miscellaneous, Arts & Theatre, Speaking Engagements
Cost:
General Public: $25.00 Virginia Tech Students with ID: $10.00 Youth 18 and Under: $10.00

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Description:
The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech presents the performance "Voices from the Urban Indigenous Campfire" on Monday, October 14, 2024.

Poetry, creative writing, and rich stories interlace at "Voices from the Urban Indigenous Campfire", a specially-curated celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, featuring three Indigenous creatives.

"Voices from the Urban Indigenous Campfire" is a creation of the moment, a bespoke evening of storytelling curated to create a snapshot, a perspective for the Virginia Tech community. Native storytelling is having a moment. For the first time we now have a voice on stage, on the big and little screens, in literature, and beyond. We are finally beginning to unravel decades of invisibility. Each of the three featured artists was introduced to me through their writing first. The voices from this show present a view from the soul of Native America, the poetry, the theatre, and nonfiction writing. Within these voices you will find the humor, reflection, and spirit that give our communities direction and purpose.

Award-winning poet Rena Priest (Lummi Nation, Washington State Poet Laureate 2021-2023), first-person novelist Deborah Taffa (Quechan Nation, Laguna Pueblo;Whiskey Tender), and leading playwright Rhiana Yazzie (Navajo, 2020 Steinberg Playwright Award) represent voices reaching well beyond their own tribal affiliations. These distinguished writers delve into tribal identity and the beauty, and tremendous challenges, of keeping culture, land, and traditions close.

Programmed by guest curator Andre Bouchard.

General admission tickets are $25.00. Virginia Tech students with ID and youth 18 & under are $10.00.

To purchase tickets, visit: https://tickets.artscenter.vt.edu/online/seatSelect.asp?createBO::WSmap=1&BOparam::WSmap::loadBestAvailable::performance_ids=AF4232B3-B9B9-455D-B018-968B5B306A77.

This performance will last approximately 80 minutes with no intermission.?

The Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech is located at 330 Turner Street NW in Blacksburg, VA.

To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/RCfnnFP3/image.png.

For more information, visit: https://artscenter.vt.edu/performances/voices-urban-indigenous-campfire.html or https://www.facebook.com/artscenteratvt or https://www.instagram.com/artscenteratvt/ or call 540-231-5300.