MOJA Arts Festival, Charleston, SCSunday, September 2. Venue Morris Brown AME Church. Address 1. 3 Morris Street Coordinator S. Johari Andika. Swahili Sunday is an annual tradition that ceremonially opens the MOJA Arts Festival with African dress, spoken Swahili, and prayer. Worshipers in the Holy City call upon the Holy Spirit and ask the Almighty for another successful Festival season. The theme for this Swahili Sunday is Love. At several points during the service, the Pastor will ask worshipers to use their Swahili program insert to exchange, in Swahili I love you and I love you too. Thursday, September 2. Venue Dock Street Theatre Courtyard. Address 1. 35 Church Street. Admission Free. Meet new people and socialize in the intimate courtyard at the Dock Street Theatre and learn more about the exciting events planned during the 2. MOJA Festival. Graciously sponsored by Total Wine More. Thursday, September 2. Admission Free. A joyful celebration that signals the official start of MOJA 2. Opening Day Street Parade features lively performances, colorful costumes, and the bright sounds of the marching band Join youth ensembles, community groups, and entertainers to welcome in another MOJA Festival season. The parade begins at Marion Square and heads down King Street, turning on Market Street and ending at the US Custom House at East Bay and Market Streets. On View September 2. October 8 Tuesday through Friday 1. Saturday and Sunday 1. Venue City Gallery. Address 3. 4 Prioleau Street Admission Free. This annual juried art exhibition features work from artists living in the Southeast in a range of styles and media. In it, viewers will find artworks in photography, painting, drawing, graphic arts, fiber arts, sculpture, ceramics, basketry, and more. This years juror is Orisanmi Kehinde Odesanya, whose work has been exhibited at the City Gallery as part of the 2. Sixteen Crowns Manifestations of Ase. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, Orisanmi Kehinde Odesanya is an artist, storyteller, and author. With a background in costuming and academic studies in African Art and religious art forms, she has developed an art practice that includes writing and following the rich cultural tradition of the African Masquerade through doll making and metaphysical interpretation. Her published works include Kwanzaa A Learning Guide for Parents, Teachers, and Children. Sixteen Crowns Manifestations of Ase. On View September 2. October 2. 9 Tuesday through Friday 1. Saturday and Sunday 1. Venue City Gallery. Address 3. 4 Prioleau Street. Admission Free. In the tradition of the Ancestors of Black people in America and abroad, the giving of libation has been a practice which is deeply rooted in black culture. Its not just the action of pouring out a drink for those who are no longer on earth with us, but much more than that its the recollection, remembrance, and celebration of the life and lifetimes of those who have passed on to other side as an Ancestor. This exhibition consists of mixed media works, a short film installation, as well as a wall to floor installation. The artists offer healing to the community on a local and state wide level, as they examine a lack of acknowledgement for the diverse experiences through many peoples lives in the black community. Artists include Roni Nicole Henderson film, photography Dogon Krigga graphic design and 2. MOJA poster artist, Cedric Umoja multi media, muralist. Cedric Umoja, Visual Artist. On View September 2. October 2. 9 Tuesday through Friday 1. Saturday and Sunday 1. Venue City Gallery Address 3. Prioleau Street Admission Free. City of Charleston, the masquerade has arrived The Masquerade is an integral part of culture and tradition, often taking part of yearly festivals, weddings, birth of children, funeral rites, and family observances uniting the ancestral presence with the living, connecting the past to the present while moving forward to the future. Dance of the Ancestors Egungun Masquerade focuses primarily on the Yoruba tradition of masquerade, the many styles reflecting the diversity and creativity of the culture through the artistic eye of Orisanmi Kehinde Odesanya, who started creating these ancestral vessels in 2. Prominently featured is the creation of a full size Gelede Mask costume and photo documentary of the mask in process. This exhibition features various styles of Masquerades from West Africa, primarily based upon Yoruba culture, as represented through small sculpture and a full sized creation of a mask, Ere Spirit in Cloth. Dance of the Ancestors will have a performance function to dance the mask bringing its energy to life and bless all those who witness its magic. Artist Orisanmi Kehinde Odesanya, Cleveland, OH Curator Dr. Ade Ofunniyin, Adjunct Professor, College of Charleston, Executive Director of the Gullah Society, and Project Director of the Gullah Society Sacred Burial Ground Projects Curatorial support Jody Berman, Ph. D Candidate and Robin Poynor, Ph. D. Saturday, September 3. Sunday, October 1 at 9 0. Venue St. Andrews Parks and Playground. Address 1. 09. 5 Playground Road Admission Free. Coordinators Carl Campbell, Phil Burke, Brian Burke and Nathaniel Mercer. The Harold Smith Adult Tennis Tournament is a USTA sanctioned tournament. Entry deadline for participants is Wednesday, September 2. For more information, please call Phil Burke at 8. Friday, September 2. Venue Brittlebank Park, corner of Lockwood Fishburne Streets Admission Free. Sponsored By The Boeing Company Coordinator Osei Chandler. Join your friends and neighbors for one of the MOJA Festivals favorite traditions, an entertaining and energetic evening on the Ashley River, filled with music, food and fun. Dance the night away to music from local and regional Reggae artists including Emekris and True Concept Reggae Band and Mighty Joshua. Bring your folding chairs and blankets and set up a picnic or enjoy fare from a delicious variety of ethnic and international food vendors. Coolers are not permitted. Friday, September 2. Saturday, September 3. Sunday, October 1 at 6 0. Venue Historic Dock Street Theatre. Address 1. 35 Church Street Admission 3. Art Forms Theatre Concepts presents August Wilsons Fences, a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning drama from his well known Pittsburgh Cycle, consisting of ten plays, each set in a different decade and aiming to explicate the Black experience in the 2. The story follows Troy Maxson, former Negro league baseball athlete turned sanitation worker, depicting race relations in 1. Pittsburgh with uncommon richness, density and emotion. In this pre civil rights movement moment, the tension is palpable as Troy comes to terms with a world he never had access to and his youngest son looks for his own chance to play ball. PURCHASE TICKETSFriday, September 2. Doors open at 7 0. Venue Charleston Music Hall. Address 3. 7 John Street. Admission Tier I 2. Tier II 1. 9. 5. StudentGroups of 6 1. For Tickets Charleston. Music. Hall. com or 8. Charlton Singleton, Quiana Parler, and Friends continue their immensely popular series of tribute concerts. First it was Prince, then Michael Jackson, and now everyones idol, Stevie Wonder. From Sir Duke and Isnt She Lovely to Overjoyed and You Are the Sunshine of My Life, Higher Ground The Music of Stevie Wonder is sure to be another incredible night at the historic Charleston Music Hall. Saturday, September 3. Venue Beatty Center, College of Charleston School of Business. Address 5 Liberty Street. Developed and presented by the Wando Huger CDC, this one day conference was created to assist in the growth and development of the African American niche of the Tourism Industry. The day consists of workshops that focus on resource development, product development, and strategic planning. Advance registration required for more details and registration information visit scaat. Saturday, September 3. Venue Charleston Tennis Center. Labels. 0 9. 17 North Parade. Aggrovators, Augustus Pablo, Barrington Levy, Byron Lee The Dragonaires, Byron Lee The Dragonaries, Cedric Im Brooks The Divine Light, Cocoa Tea, Culture, Culture Don Carlos, Cutty Ranks, Dennis Brown, Dennis Brown, Delroy Wilson Big Youth, Eek A Mouse, Fred Locks, Freddie Mc. 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