Join us for an evening with Black Lit Durham and Desarae Dee!
The night will also include 2 short films presented by Durham Region International Film Festival!
Headlining the event is Desarae Dee, a Canadian Instrumental Fusion Artist,...
Join us for an evening with Black Lit Durham and Desarae Dee!
The night will also include 2 short films presented by Durham Region International Film Festival!
Headlining the event is Desarae Dee, a Canadian Instrumental Fusion Artist, Multi-Instrumentalist and Producer who has made significant waves in the Canadian music industry with her unique and unconventional playing style since 2014. Known as “Toronto’s Queen of Vibes,” her passionate and meaningful sound combines a unique mixture of faith, soul, vulnerability and divine balance.
Featured artists for the evening include:
Greg Frankson, also known as Ritallin, is an award-winning literary artist, writer, and speaker. He edited and contributed to the critically acclaimed AfriCANthology: Perspectives of Black Canadian Poets, appears in five literary anthologies, and published four poetry collections.
Judith Shaw is a poet and a member of the Durham Storytellers. Born in Kingston, Jamaica and raised by her Grandma Wawa, she is the author of the children’s book “My Grandmother Said Art Is Everywhere”.
Asante Haughton is a national award-winning mental health advocate, peer worker, poet, thinker, and two-time TEDx speaker. His belief in people, global inter-connectivity, and positive personal change led him to being recognized by CAMH as one of the top 150 Difference Makers in mental health in Canada.
Shakkoi aka Need Some Koi is a multi talented creative excelling in dance instruction and spoken word poetry. Floetry Fitness, her business that creates spaces for movement and poetry, has been seen on Breakfast Television’s "Movin in the Mornings", Nia Centre, Black Women in Motion and the City of Pickering.
Learn more about Black Lit Durham: Black Canadian Literature - BlackLit Durham
