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Tue, Oct 18, 2011 -- 10:00 AM

First Person: Marc Bamuthi Joseph


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Marc Bamuthi Joseph
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Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Celebrated hip-hop performance artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph joins us as part of our "First Person" series, profiling the leaders, innovators and other compelling characters who make the Bay Area unique. A national poetry slam champion, Joseph is artistic director of San Francisco-based Youth Speaks.

Host: Michael Krasny

Guests:

  • Marc Bamuthi Joseph, poet, dancer and artistic director for Youth Speaks

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His current production "red, black & GREEN: a blues," blends poetry, dance, music and film in an exploration of race and environmentalism. It runs at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts through October 22.

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