Black Lives Matter poets: There s no community without unity
Performance provides needed context for George Floyd murder
Bronwen Howells Walsh
The plan is to do whatever I can. ~MaDarrius Maximus
Seated on the grass at the Hyannis Village Green last Sunday were about 150 people, all shades and ages, pulled together by the legacy of George Floyd. Your faces are so beautiful, host, co-organizer and podcaster Tamora Israel told the mostly masked audience. Today, we re here to remember the life and murder of George Floyd. A man s life was taken, so we thank God for the life we have here. A-Way With Words featured a moving set of nine live performances punctuated by a passing rainshower that brought the group even closer.
Poets and musicians will gather Sunday at the Hyannis Village Green for “A-Way with Words: Spoken Word and Poetry in Solidarity,” a special event in remembrance of George Floyd one year after his murder.
“As a person of color, I was trying to think of a way to get our feelings out there, but also how can we heal, and for me that always comes back to creativity. It comes back to art, it comes back to self-expression,” says event organizer Rachael Devaney. “That’s why I thought this would be the perfect way to remember George Floyd.”
Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died May 25, 2020 after Minneapolis police stopped him on suspicion of passing counterfeit money. Former police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted last month of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter after kneeling on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes, even though Floyd told him “I can’t breathe” at least 27 times, based on a videotape of the inci
Spring dig, car wash, cut bait, songwriters, poets, Town Notes
The Barnstable Patriot
The 1717 Meetinghouse Foundation Trustees have been working to remedy the lack of available emergency water in West Barnstable, one of the few communities on the Cape without fire hydrants.
Seventy years ago, the efforts to restore the 1717 Meetinghouse cost approximately $1 million in today’s dollars.The end result will be 60,000 gallons of water buried underground to be used in case of fire, standing ready to preserve the building s history and memories.
The Barnstable High School Class of 2021 will be holding a Car Wash Fundraiser this weekend, Saturday and Sunday May 1 and 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Change of location: Moving from BIS to Steve & Sue s Par-Tee Freeze on West Main St.
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