Literary Happy Hour

Date: 
Saturday, October 13, 2018 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm
Location: 
Kehler Liddell Gallery
873 Whalley Avnue
New Haven, CT 06515
Description: 

Literary Happy Hour is a reading and performance series curated by Cultural Activist Hanifa Nayo Washington. The theme for the October 13th Edition is “Being Well While Being ________,” and will coincide with this year’s City-Wide Open Studios. Literary Happy Hour provides a platform for New Haven writers to present their work, build a local following, and form a supportive, collaborative writing community. Uniting the strongest writers from disconnected corners of the New Haven community – including creative writing students, open mic performers, and independent writers – Literary Happy Hour emphasizes writers of color and other writers belonging to marginalized groups. Literary Happy Hour creates a radically inclusive performance space and creative community that gives rise to healing, liberation, deepening of self and genuine community building. Each event will focus on a different theme and feature 3 artists, whose performances are followed by an open mic. If you are interested in being considered as a featured artist or signing up for the open mic please email Hanifa: hanifaw@gmail.comHANIFA NAYO WASHINGTON is a cultural activist who views her creativity as radical medicine for the heart and uses it as a tool for liberation, healing, and community building. Hanifa has been the curator for Literary Happy since 2016. Learn more at www.handsofhanifa.com. This event is sponsored by ARTECON INITIATIVE and made possible with support from The NewAlliance Foundation, Kehler Liddell Gallery, and the Department of Economic and Community Development, CT Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.