CONCERT OF COLORS: DETROIT’S DIVERSITY FESTIVAL
JULY 19-23, 2023
All events are free
Wednesday, July 19
Location: Arab American National Museum
6:00-8:30 PM - FORUM ON COMMUNITY, CULTURE AND RACE: AIR, WATER, LAND & CLIMATE CHANGE, Moderator: Hina Baloch
Hina Baloch is the executive director of climate change communications and strategy at General Motors. Prior to this, she held senior positions at GM, including leading research and data analytics; diversity, equity, and inclusion; STEM education; and corporate social responsibility strategy. Previously, Baloch worked in bilateral trade and diplomacy with the British government, focusing on central and south Asian countries. She has also worked as a researcher with Brookings Institute and Results for Development in Washington DC. Baloch is a recipient of a UNESCO fellowship at University of Pennsylvania and a Fulbright-Hubert H. Humphrey fellowship at Penn State University. She is a board member of Michigan Energy Council, AI4All, and Smithsonian Science Center. Baloch’s recognition includes being named to PR Week’s Dashboard 25 as one of the most influential people in communications, data, and technology.
Panelists:
Hadassah GreenSky is a Waganakising Odawa (Little Traverse Bay Bands) from Detroit, Michigan. She is an activist, community organizer, curator, cultural worker, indigenous futurist working as a visual artist, jazz singer, musician, dancer (both modern and powwow), bead artist, seamstress, graphic designer, photographer, videographer and model. She was previously featured in Vogue for a photo taken of her and her relatives atop the base of the empty Columbus statue in Detroit. In Detroit, she co-founded a music festival called Vibes With The Tribes and a market she founded called The Waawiyaatanong NDN Market, both aimed at serving and uplifting Native artists. In 2021, she began developing a documentary called The Red Ghetto project, a story about the Native neighborhood of Detroit from the 1940-1970s. She recently began developing a project expanding on the market called The Epangishmok Exchange, a Native artist exchange between The Great Lakes and Northern California. Currently she is collaborating under SNAG magazine as a field reporter and journalist. She splits her time between California and Michigan to better learn and grow in her vision of starting a communal trade network and sustainable community artist hub. She has written for The Nation, been featured in the MetroTimes, Riverwise Magazine, Planet Detroit, Record Eagle, and featured on CBS News. She is also a 2022 Kresge Fellow.
Bana Kabalan (she/they) {pending - please do not share; waiting on full bio} is an interdisciplinary Lebanese-American visual performative artist who is currently a PhD student in aquatic ecology
Cherise Morris is an award-winning poet, multidisciplinary artist, ritualist and spiritual worker born and raised in rural Virginia. Her multidisciplinary performance work and writing has been supported by a host of regional and national organizations, including Red Bull Arts, Allied Media Projects, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit among others and has received funding from the Foundation for Contemporary Art, Poets & Writers, and PEN America. Merging experimental writing, poetry and prayer with performance, movement, sound and ritual practices, Morris’ writing and performance work opens loving, audacious and transformative spaces that invite communities to explore, imagine and continue the infinite work of individual healing and collective transformation. Her writing has previously appeared in The Iowa Review, Longreads, Black Warrior Review and elsewhere. Her essays have twice been recognized as notable works of literary nonfiction in The Best American Essays Series 2018 and 2019 and have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. She is a 2019 Kresge Fellow. Morris is currently at work on her ongoing project, "Visions of the Evolution: The Ritual-Performance Series," and her debut manuscript.
Annabel Rabiyah is the cofounder of Awafi Kitchen, an Iraqi Jewish cultural food initiative. Through sharing recipes and making meals, Awafi pays tribute to a lesser known culinary heritage. In addition to their social media presence, Awafi Kitchen hosts pop-up restaurant events, virtual cooking demos, and presentations on Iraqi-Jewish history. Annabel also founded the Iraqi Seed Collective, a group of Iraqi heritage people and seed growers which is devoted to preserving the genetic legacy of Iraqi crops through saving heirloom seeds and creating an Iraqi seed library.
Location: Third Man Records
Change of Time - 7PM - BLUE NOTE RECORDS AND THIRD MAN RECORDS 313 SERIES RELEASE PARTY FT. DAVE MCMURRAY BAND (DETROIT JAZZ)
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Thursday, July 20
Location: Detroit Film Theatre @ Detroit Institute of Arts
8:00-10:00 PM - JESSICA CARE MOORE’S DAUGHTERS OF BETTY - POWERED BY BLACK WOMEN ROCK! FEATURING: DIVINITY ROXX, KIMBERLY NICOLE, IMANI UZURI, LIZA COLBY & KIA IFANI WARREN (SUSU), MILITIA VOX, STEFFANIE CRISTI’AN & JESSICA CARE MOORE (WE ARE SCORPIO) and MORE (ROCK)
Location: Michigan Science Center
12:00-6:00 PM - ARTS & SCRAPS, (KID-FRIENDLY ARTS, free admission)
Location: Detroit Symphony Orchestra/Orchestra Hall
6:30-8:00 PM - THE NATIONAL ARAB ORCHESTRA (PAN ARAB & ARAB CLASSICAL)
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Friday, July 21
Location: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
10:00 -11:30 AM - DISCUSSION: NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS CHAIR - MARIA ROSARIO JACKSON, PRESENTED BY THE CHWMAH, MICHIGAN COUNCIL FOR THE ARTS & CONCERT OF COLORS. PUBLIC INVITED
Location: Carr Center
12:00-1:30 PM – FORUM: “THEY SAY I’M DIFFERENT: ROCK & ROLL, RACE & RADICAL WOMEN: MODERATED BY JESSICA CARE MOORE: FEATURING THE HEADLINERS FROM BLACK WOMEN ROCK!”
Location: Michigan Science Center
12:00-6:00 PM - ARTS & SCRAPS, (KID-FRIENDLY ARTS, free admission)
Location: Detroit Historical Museum
(ENTERTAINMENT, VENDORS, FOOD & MORE)
STAGE 1 at Detroit Historical Museum
2:00-3:00 PM - THORNETTA DAVIS (DETROIT’S QUEEN OF BLUES)
4:00-4:30 PM - KESSWA (NIGERIAN ALT/DANCE ELECTRONIC, KRESGE FELLOW RECIPIENT)
4:45-5:10 PM - SOUFY (CO-FOUNDER of VIBES WITH THE TRIBES, ANISHINAABE-OJIBWE ARTIST, HIP HOP)
5:30 -7:00 PM - ROBERT MIRABEL (NATIVE AMERICAN/MULTI-INSTRUMENT)
STAGE 2 at Detroit Historical Museum
3:00-4:00 PM - FUNKWAGON w/ COKO BUTTAFLI (GOSPEL INFUSED FUNK)
4:15-4:45 PM - THE MONALYSE (HIP HOP (Poet turned rapper)
5:10-5:30 PM - HADASSAH GREENSKY (CO-FOUNDER of VIBES WITH THE TRIBES, KRESGE RECIPIENT, ANISHINAABE ARTIST, NATIVE AMERICAN)
6:15-6:40 PM - NICK SPEED (PLATINUM MUSIC PRODUCER, DJ)
6:40-7:30 PM - MY DETROIT PLAYERS (MOODY, GROOVES OF TRIP HOP JAZZ OVER PROG ROCK INFUSED FUNK)
7:30-8:30 PM - POW WOW DANCE BY HADASSAH GREENSKY, SOUFY AND JAMIE JOHN (NATIVE AMERICAN/INDIGENOUS)
COMMUNITY STAGE (inside) at Detroit Historical Museum
2:00-2:30 PM - RAAD HAKEEM (TRADITIONAL FOLK SAZ)
2:45-3:15 PM - VICTORINO (FUSION OF HIP HOP, ROCK, ALTERNATIVE, and LATINO & OJIBWE NATIVE AMERICAN INFLUENCES)
3:30-4:00 PM - AL BETTIS (RnB, SOUL, GOSPEL)
4:15-4:45 PM - GEORGE MONTRELLE (RnB, SOUL, GOSPEL)
5:00-5:30 PM - BRIZZI (HIP HOP)
5:45-6:15 PM - DAY OSHEE MAATIN (HIP HOP)
6:30-7:00 PM - SONNY DULPHI (RnB, SOUL, HIP HOP)
7:15-8:00 PM - DANI DARLING (PSYCHEDELIC SOUL, FUNK and RETRO SOUL)
*THROUGHOUT THE DAY ONYX ASHANTI (BEAT JAZZ INVENTOR, TED TALK SPEAKER)
Location: Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Outdoor Stage
5:00 PM - KALABANTE’ -CIRQUE AFRIQUE (ACROBATS/MUSIC/TRADITIONAL/GUINEA)
6:00 PM - BABA BG & ODU AFROBEAT ORCHESTRA (NIGERIAN AFROBEAT)
7:00-8:00 PM - LEGALLY BLYND (R&B AND SOUL)
Location: University of Michigan Detroit Center
6:00 - 9:00 PM - FORUM: MORE THAN 8-MILE: DETROIT’S QUEST FOR HIP HOP: RECEPTION 6:00-6:30; PANEL 6:30- 8:00; AFTERGLOW 8:00-9:00. PANELISTS: TEFERI BRENT, AL NUKE, MICHAEL SMITH, NICK SPEED, SAM DONALD, DEIDRA D.S, SENSE SMITH, MODERATOR DR. ANTONIO CUYLER
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Saturday, July 22
Location: Scarab Club (Behind the DIA)
12:00 -1:30 PM - BOGGS CENTER FORUM: ROLES & RESPONSIBILITY OF ARTISTS IN 2023 AMERICA: THE WAY FORWARD with LENI SINCLAIR, GLORIA HOUSE/ANEB KOGOSITSILE, HALIMA AFI CASSELLS, AMELIA DURAN, STERLING TOLES, REVEREND ROBERT JONES, WAYNE CURTIS, MODERATED BY CHARLES EZRA FERREL
Location: Detroit Institute of Arts
1:00-8:00 PM - ARTS & SCRAPS, (KID-FRIENDLY ARTS, free admission)
OUTDOOR NORTH STAGE at DIA:
12:00-1:00 PM - KALABANTE’: CIRQUE AFRIQUE (GUINEA) (AFRICAN TRADITIONAL)
2:00-3:30 PM - ECNO: EL CONJUNTO NUEVA OLE (MEXICAN) (LATIN ROCK)
4:30-6:00 PM - DETROIT REGGAE SOCA ALLSTARS (CARIBBEAN, REGGAE & SOCA)
7:00-8:30 PM - DENGUE FEVER (CAMBODIAN 60s and 70s ROCK)
WOLVERINE STAGE, OUTDOORS AT DIA
2:30-3:30 PM - KACI THE MODEL & THE KUTIES (CHILDRENS DANCE)
4:00-5:00 PM - RACQUEL SOLEDAD (SOUL DANCE)
5:30-6:30 PM - MOLLYWOP! (FUNK)
7:00-8:00 PM - TUMBAO BRAVO (CUBAN JAZZ)
8:30-9:00 PM - IAN FINKELSTEIN (DETROIT JAZZ)
Location: Hellenic Museum of Michigan (Next to the DIA)
3:30 PM - AEGEAN ROOTS (GREEK) (FOLK)
5:00 PM - HELLENIC SOCIETY FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS (GREEK) (DANCE)
Location: Detroit Film Theatre inside the Detroit Institute of Arts
1:00-2:00 PM - WDET’s TINY DESK ARTIST
3:00-4:30 PM - CALVIN COOKE BAND (GOSPEL) (DETROIT)
5:30-7:00 PM - SIMON SHAHEEN (PALESTINE) (ARAB JAZZ)
8:30-10:00 PM - JULIAN MARLEY (JAMAICA) (REGGAE)
Location: Detroit Historical Museum
2:00-4:00 PM - A CONVERSATION WITH DON WAS & JOHN SINCLAIR MODERATED BY ANN DELISI
MUSIC PERFORMANCES BY GEORGE MONTRELLE
For more details and event updates visit www.detroithistorical.org
Location: Scarab Club (behind the DIA)
6:00- 8:30 PM - PAXTON/SPANGLER (JAZZ)
9:00- 10:30 PM - THE ASTRO MYSTIC SAMA ENSEMBLE (JAZZ)
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Sunday, July 23
Location: Detroit Institute of Arts
1:00-8:00 PM - ARTS & SCRAPS, (KID-FRIENDLY ARTS, free admission)
Outdoor North Stage at DIA
12:00-1:00 PM - WDET’s TINY DESK ARTIST
2:00-3:30 PM - ECNO: EL CONJUNTO NUEVA OLA (MEXICAN ROCK)
4:30-6:00 PM - CALVIN COOKE BAND (DETROIT) (GOSPEL)
7:00- 8:30 PM - TAMIKRIST (TUAREG)/MALI) (DESERT ROCK)
Location: Detroit Film Theatre inside Detroit Institute of Arts
2:00-3:00 PM - INFINITE RIVER featuring ETHAN DANIEL DAVIDSON (DETROIT) (EXPERIMENTAL)
4:00- 5:30 PM - THORNETTA DAVIS (DETROIT) (BLUES)
7:00-9:00 PM - DON WAS ALLSTAR REVUE: TRIBUTE TO DETROIT JAZZ GIANTS featuring DAVE McMURRAY, A. SPENCER BAREFIELD, ISIS DAMIL, ALVIN WADDLES, THORNETTA DAVIS, and the GABRIEL BRASS BAND (DETROIT) (JAZZ)
Location: Detroit Institute of Arts
Outdoor WOLVERINE STAGE at DIA
11 AM-12:30 PM - THE ARK SUNDAY SERVICES (DETROIT)
1:00-2:00 PM - MICHAEL TURNER (DETROIT) (MOTOWN ROCK)
2:30-3:00 PM - ROOTS VIBRATION (CARRIBEAN) (REGGAE)
4:00-5:00 PM - OBIE KING & THE MUTHAFUNKAS (DETROIT) (SOUL)
5:30-6:30 PM - RAFAEL LEAFAR (DETROIT) (EXPERIMENTAL JAZZ)
Location: Detroit Historical Museum Auditorium
1:00 - 3:00 PM - FILM SCREENING: “RUMBLE: INDIANS WHO ROCKED THE WORLD” (DOCUMENTARY)
3:00 - 5:00 PM - FILM SHOWING: CONCERT OF COLORS: UNITY THROUGH DIVERSITY (DOCUMENTARY)