Arts & Culture Poetry Series: Toussiant St. Negritude
Wednesday, July 12, 2023
7:00 PM 8:00 PM
Afrofuturist / Oro-shamanic poet and bass clarinetist Toussaint St. Negritude dually conjures the lyric timbre of both his horn and verse, creating his own collaborative ceremony of empathic wonders.
Black, queer, artist, mountaineer, devout congregant of the wilderness, Toussaint St. Negritude honors his multiplicity of freedoms quite seriously. Perennially informed by the pan-cosmic realms of philosophic discovery and the corresponding spirituality evoked by the surrounding Green Mountains of Vermont, his works are inherently intoned by both the liberation and the expansion of the African Diaspora. Self-taught on the bass clarinet, poet, hat maker extraordinaire, Toussaint St. Negritude blends the unique dual performance of his poetry and reeds, by interspersing his words with the compositions of his bass clarinet.
Performing throughout the region, along with the intuitively sensorial bassist Gahlord Dewald, Toussaint St. Negritude leads the jazz duo Jaguar Stereo, powerfully evoking the free-form dialogue of worlds far beyond the pale. Much as one might describe his horn, Pulitzer Prize Winner poet Gwendolyn Brooks described his poetry as "Full of Sweet Sounds and Surprises."
Sponsors: Autosaver Group, Community National Bank, Dad's 4 By 4, Passumpsic Savings Bank, St. Johnsbury Distillery, Trombly Plumbing & Heating.
All events are free and ADA accessible. For more information: Bob Joly 802-745-1389 or bjoly@stjathenaeum.org