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May 2, 2025
Alternating Fridays in May; future dates to be scheduled.
May 2, May 16, May 23
$20/session
Explore stories of American musical lessons for combatting oppression and erasure that exist in the communities and traditions of the African and Jewish diasporas. Featuring both popular and obscure stories and figures in these cultures, The Rhapsody Project’s leaders and special guests will introduce you to stories and music that contain essential knowledge drawn from cultures where people have been compelled to combat erasure for generations.
Hybrid Format: Attend on Zoom or in person at The Rhapsody Workshop at King Street Station
Dinner included for in-person attendees.
Session 1 with Junious Brickhouse
Friday, May 2 - 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Erased, Not Forgotten: Tracing the Roots and Resistance to Cultural Erasure
A historical inquiry into pre-transatlantic cultural memory and the systems that sought to silence it
Junious Lee Brickhouse—dancer, folklorist, and cultural researcher—offers a deep and necessary exploration into the historical context preceding the transatlantic slave trade. This program examines the deliberate erasure of cultural knowledge as a tool of colonial dominance and asks: how successful were these efforts, and what has truly been lost?
Participants will engage with the historical sources and causes of cultural erasure, tracing the patterns established through early colonial projects and their continued impact today. The session builds a foundational understanding of how systems of power have worked to suppress cultural memory.
At a time of increasing division and institutional instability, this offering challenges participants to consider how truth can be re-centered and how the revitalization of marginalized cultures contributes to healing and wholeness in fractured communities.
https://therhapsodyproject.org/face-the-music/
