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.  He re 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 Jenki...

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS Tickets for the aaduna, Inc. 2015 Harlem Renaissance…Revisited fundraiser are now available via PayPal or by check or money order payable to aaduna, Inc. and mailed to aaduna, Inc. SFR, 144 Genesee Street, Suite 102-259, Auburn , NY 13021 .   You do not want to miss uptown (upstate) poets and writers weave magic along with their downtown (downstate – NYC) colleagues.   The collective readings/performances will embrace you, and pull you into a world of creative words that will intrigue, challenge, embellish, and make your spirit feel good!  The music will have you tapping your feet. Don't believe me? The FIRST 25 people to order tickets online PLUS the FIRST 25 people to send a check and/or money order will get one FREE aaduna, limited edition tee-shirt (your choice of color: black or gray…one size only: large) that will be held at the door.   Of course, this offer ends when we reach capacit...

May 29, 2014 …in Auburn , NY , aaduna, Inc. presented a literary affair featuring poets, writers, and musicians who recreated the ambiance and spirit of the historical Harlem Renaissance period.   The affair was a fundraiser for aaduna , the global online literary and visual arts journal based in that City.   Comments after the affair and then on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media raised the same question or statement, “Are you going to do this again next year?”   …“You should do this again next year.” “Don’t believe me just watch.” Flash forward… May 28, 2015 , Theater Mack, Auburn , NY …aaduna, Inc. will be back at it!  In the Spirit of the Harlem Renaissance…Revisited, 2015…doors open at 6:30 pm with a artist meet and greet…vibrant words and live music…poetry, fiction, spoken word from Cyd Charisse Fulton, Dr. Kevin Jenkins, Howard Nelson, Heidi Nightengale, Bobbie Panek, Catherine Poku, Tearz, and Raymond Nat Turner. Bringing the “...

Cyd Charisse Fulton, aaduna featured poet Happy Holidays aaduna Family and Best Wishes for a great New Year! Now, please pardon my vernacular, but I “grew some balls” participating in aaduna sponsored events, such as my poetry submission to aaduna’s premiere issue, the Seward House Museum’s First Friday presentation, the Centennial Celebration of the legacy of Harriet Tubman, and “Poets, Poetry and Spoken Word” at Hudson County Community College in Newark, New Jersey.   These amazing challenges forced me to write from my gut, work to preserve cultural history and begin Emphatic Publishing .   While the company is in its infant stages, I have managed to publish three poetry chapbooks.   ·         Sky Bop , by Kevin Jenkins is a brilliant collection of poetry influenced by Black love and Jazz.   ·         Emphatic Radical is my poetic kaleidoscope of Black cultural awareness...