The May 11th Mr. Stevey & Friends will no longer be at Central Manatee Library, because:
Mr. Stevey & Friends is ON THE ROAD!
Join Mr. Stevey & Friends at two pick-up locations taking you and your family to Urban Bush Women's free performance at the Bay!
Get picked up at one of our trolley locations at North Sarasota Library and Historic Reid House for special day of fun and mindfulness to prepare for the FREE performance and workshop with Urban Bush Women, our Artists-In- Residence. Activities start on the trolley with Mr. Stevey and a free book! Then enjoy the Community in Motion performance starting at 1pm!
Space is limited, Registration is requested here.
PICKUP LOCATIONS:
North Sarasota Library (2801 Newtown Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34234)
Historic Reid House (2529 N Orange Ave, Sarasota, FL 34234)
TROLLEY TIMES:
NORTH SARASOTA LIBRARY TROLLEY
Pickup times:
11:30 AM | Arrive at the Bay at 12:00 PM
12:20 PM | Arrive at the Bay at 12:45 PM
Departure times:
2:15 PM | Arrive at North Sarasota Library at 2:40 PM
3:00 PM | Arrive at North Sarasota Library at 3:30 PM
HISTORIC REID HOUSE TROLLEY
Pickup times:
11:40 AM | Arrive at the Bay at 12:00 PM
12:30 PM | Arrive at the Bay at 12:45 PM
Departure times:
2:15 PM | Arrive at Historic Reid House at 2:30 PM
3:00 PM | Arrive at Historic Reid House at 3:15 PM
COMMUNITY IN MOTION
Performance and Workshop | May 11 at 1pm | the Oval at the Bay
Address: 655 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236
Join 2024 artists in residence from Urban Bush Women (Jaimé Yawa Dzandu, Kentoria Earle, Love Muwwakkill, Mikaila Ware) as they perform an excerpt from Haint Blu followed by a collaborative performance developed with community artists from Sarasota Contemporary Dance, Create Latino, and more.
Haint Blu is an ensemble dance-theater work seeped in memory and magic. Known as the color that Southern families paint their front porches to ward off bad spirits, Haint Blu uses performance as a center and source of healing, taking us through movement into stillness and rest: remembering, reclaiming, releasing, and restoring. It is an embodied look into familial lines and the movements, histories and stories of our elders and ancestors. It reflects on what has been lost across generations and what can be recovered. Haint Blu takes us to the magical place where spirits share their legacies journey onward, and leave the thick residue of their knowing behind.
After the performance, stay for a special Dance for Every Body Workshop. This movement jam/dance class embraces the ideas that each individual has a unique and powerful contribution to make, and that our bodies are a powerful source of agency. The goal is for "every body" to find their level of challenge and comfort and partake according to their abilities, and to appreciate the groups’ diversity as an attribute to their community. This is a movement class designed for the community so no prior dance experience is needed. Participants explore UBW's technique with close attention to the use of breath, weight, call and response and polyrhythm.
Address: 655 N Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL 34236