Mid-May update... (It's May?!?)
Because new news! And new graphics!
Podcast Launch!!!!!
Wednesday, May 27th, 6 PM
Open Book Performance Hall
Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis
I’ve been working for a while on this project, a new podcast called Into a Darker Wilderness. From the website, IntoADarkerWilderness.com:
Into a Darker Wilderness podcast sits at the intersection of nature and Black history, expanding our definitions and seeking new understandings of our relationships with and through time, nature, and history.
Into A Darker Wilderness is co-hosted by Erin Sharkey, editor of A Darker Wilderness anthology, and Michael Kleber-Diggs, poet and author of Worldly Things and contributor to A Darker Wilderness. Each episode offers engaging dialogue with writers across the United States, unpacking the ways that Black folks have stewarded natural spaces despite pervasive structural racism. The Into A Darker Wilderness podcast celebrates the little and big impacts that Black folks have had on nature writing, all while inspiring listeners to cultivate new relationships with the outdoors.
You can register right now through Eventbrite (to help us track expected numbers); the event is free to attend. I hear rumors cake will be involved.
This Body, This Fruit (the play)
My debut three-act solo performance is peeking over the horizon…seven weeks till opening day! Pick up tickets to This Body, This Fruit now, and you won’t have to worry about forgetting (or missing out on whichever night/afternoon works best for your schedule).
Show dates and times:
Opening Day: Wednesday, July 8th, 7pm (show followed by Q&A / talk-back)
Thursday, July 9th, 7pm
Friday, July 10th, 7pm
Saturday, July 11th, 7pm
Sunday, July 12th, 2pm
Monday, July 13th, 2pm
Tuesday, July 14th, 7pm (closing show)
Other stuff from my May newsletter is still happening! But in the interest of saving virtual paper, I’m leaving it in that edition, which you can peruse at your leisure. Have a wonderful rest-of-May 💖