SAVE THE DATE: Tues May 9th, 7:30 PM
At Off Center For The Dramatic Arts 294 N. Winooski Ave, Ste 16c – Burlington

DO YOU WANT TO FIND OUT ABOUT MAKING THEATER IN AFRICA? What’s going on in Visual arts? Music? Poetry? How you might get involved. Learn about how hip-hop is influencing young African artists from Nairobi to Lagos to Adis? Then come to Off Center for the Dramatic Arts on Tues. May 9th at 7:30PM to meet the Ethiopian Artist – Behulum Graffiti – managing director of One Love Theater.

Behulum Graffiti, is the Manager of Ethiopia's One Love Theater (OLT) which over the years has collaborated with visual artists, writers, theater makers, and musicians from all over the world. Behulum, one of Ethiopia’s best known graffiti artists, will make a presentation on making theater for social change in the market places of Ethiopia, and will talk about what’s happening with the young visual artists in Ethiopia who are part of the world-wide street art movement. Behulum is in the USA to participate at the Trinity International Hip-Hop Festival in Hartford CT and as a participant in the Willowell Foundation’s Vermont/ Ethiopia’ Teacher’s Exchange where he is teaching this month in Addison County Schools.
Behulum will show videos of One Love Theater in performance and display some of his own paintings and art. David Schein, who founded One Love Theater in 2002 and Matt Schlein, President of the Willowell Foundation and Coordinator of the Vermont Ethiopia teacher exchange will also present. This is a free event with refreshments. Contributions welcome.

Information at dafschein@gmail.com or call David Schein, 716-640-4639

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