“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” - Octavia Butler
Bring your hearts and minds to “Black to the Future”, Intelligent Mischief’s launch event for the “New Sun Summer”, a radically imaginative collective experience taking place this Summer. From May to August we will radically reimagine Black life through local, coast-to-coast events and pop-up participatory spaces.
Join us I.M., Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements, and...
“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.” - Octavia Butler
Bring your hearts and minds to “Black to the Future”, Intelligent Mischief’s launch event for the “New Sun Summer”, a radically imaginative collective experience taking place this Summer. From May to August we will radically reimagine Black life through local, coast-to-coast events and pop-up participatory spaces.
Join us I.M., Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements, and other radical Black visionaries on Wednesday, May 26th for a radically imaginative evening, from 6pm to 11:30pm at SEIU 615.
We will begin with the “Black Brilliance” conversation that will highlight Black organizers, artists and visionaries from Boston along with adrienne maree brown, the co-editor of Octavia’s Brood will discuss how they imagine Black liberation in our cities. After, we will hear from readings from Octavia’s Brood writer’s adrienne, Morrigan Phillips and Mumia Abu-Jamal. We will end the night with the “Black to the Future” Party where we invite people to dress as themselves in the year of 2050. The evening will begin at 6pm and end at midnight.
6-8pm Curated Conversation: Black Brilliance in Boston
A curated fishbowl style conversation including Black organizers in Boston whose imagination, genius, work and spirit we wish to highlight.
8pm-9pm Octavia's Brood Reading/Book Signing
Hear readings from OB’s co-editor adrienne maree brown, Morrigan Phillips, and Mumia Abu Jamal
9pm- 11:30pm "Black to the Future" Afrofuturism PARTY
Time for us to build and get down with our radical selves. DRESS YOUR FUTURE LIBERATED SELF.
Please consider making a suggested donation of $10-$20 at the door, but no one will be turned away.
