This event is in the past.It took place on May 22, 2026 at St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery.
Literature TalkLiterature TalkTwo visionary artists turn a 225-year-old church into a laboratory for the Black radical tradition. Malcolm-x Betts and Okwui Okpokwasili fuse movement and language, reading from new works that channel desire, grief, love, and rage into something you feel in your bones.
Intimate performance
Black radical tradition
Contemporary dance
Experimental theater
Tips
đ"desire, grief, love, and rage"
âȘperformed in a 225-year-old church
âïžartists reading from new, in-progress works
$10
Malcolm-x Betts + Okwui Okpokwasili
East Village
Literature TalkLiterature TalkTwo visionary artists turn a 225-year-old church into a laboratory for the Black radical tradition. Malcolm-x Betts and Okwui Okpokwasili fuse movement and language, reading from new works that channel desire, grief, love, and rage into something you feel in your bones.
Intimate performance
Black radical tradition
Contemporary dance
Experimental theater
Tips
đ"desire, grief, love, and rage"
âȘperformed in a 225-year-old church
âïžartists reading from new, in-progress works
$10
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