"What a beautiful, moving and thrilling event..."






Question:
How do you surpass your Auburn, NY 2014 fundraiser affair with a 2015 event when both affairs shared the same theme and venue???!!!

Answer: You kick it up several notches.




"In the Spirit of the Harlem Renaissance...Revisted, 2015,"  was an event rarely seen, if ever seen in Auburn, NY.  Uptown met downtown.  Downstate met upstate. 

Poets, writers and spoken word performers enhanced by the piano stylings of Andy Rudy created an evening that transported the audience back to the days of the Harlem Renaissance. 

Here are some photos:



 

(Left to Right)  William E Berry, Jr, Raymond Nat Turner, Catherine C. Poku, Tearz, Kevin Jenkins, Heidi Nightengale, Cyd Charisse Fulton, Bobbie Dumas Panek, Howard Nelson, Lisa Brennan


bill berry, opens the evening


Cyd Charisse Fulton, aaduna contributing poet


Howard Nelson, aaduna featured guest poet


Dr. Kevin Jenkins, aaduna contributing poet



Heidi Nightengale, aaduna featured guest poet


Tearz, aka Julian Foster, aaduna featured spoken word performer


Bobbie Dumas Panek, aaduna featured poet and writer



Catherine C. Poku, aaduna featured poet and writer


Catherine C. Poku, Dr. Kevin Jenkins and Cyd Charisse Fulton



Raymond Nat Turner and Cynthia Aikman



Bobbie Dumas Panek, Heidi Nightengale, Catherine C. Poku, and Teresa Motz



bill berry jr and Tearz


Catherine C. Poku and Mikey Brennan



Guests Zac Hansen, Mrs. Florence Smith, and Jack Hardy


Julisa Stone/docent and Kirsten Wise/curator, Cayuga Museum


Guests and audience members in the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance


Guests Mark Berry and John Kingsley


Guests Mark Berry and Patricia D'agostino


Raymond Nat Turner


Guests with aaduna BOD member, Sheila Applegate (4th from left) with daughter Sarah 


Dr. Kevin Jenkins signs his chapbook for Glenda Neff



aaduna friends, Ron & Toni Van Nostrand


Andy Rudy, versatile multi instrumentalist, provided lively musical entertainment throughout the evening!




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bill berry with Kirsten Wise  



This event, presented by aaduna Inc., was funded in part by Poets & Writers, Inc., with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. 









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Comments

  1. I've seen a couple of other events at other places, but this was my first time in here. It was amazing! Great venue, it's smaller than those bigger places but it is still a fair sized venue. Food at best nightclub nyc was great and I think it's recently renovated - it didn't seem old or anything.

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