The Kalmunity Vibes Collective Cultural Exchange

The Centre for Art Tapes in Halifax, will present a series of cultural events with the Kalmunity Vibes Collective of Montréal. “Kalmunity” is composed of spoken word and musical performance artists who work with a style derived from African roots, and black musical genres. The Kalmunity Vibes Collective is not a band; it’s a happening. It’s unpredictable, on the spot, and their “live organic improv” is unique in the spoken word or music scene.

At each performance “Kalmunity” gets down to the business of creating an organic music/word mix, sharing the microphone with a full crowd who sway, clap and vocalize to the rhythm and rhyme. The crowd grooves to Kalmunity’s improvised melting pot of reggae, soul, jazz, and spoken word, backed up by hints of scat, beat box, and rap and whatever funky sounds the evening’s performers put out. At their regular Tuesday night gigs in a coffee shop in Montreal, the Kalmunity Vibes Collective is represented by around ten of the roughly 60 musicians and poets in the collective. While no two nights are the same, it’s the “vibes” that are consistent – collective, community, sharing, and respect in an amazingly cohesive groove.

Cabaret Performance
Friday, May 27th, 2005 8 pm - 12 am
2037 Gottingen Street, Halifax

Halifax will get it’s own feel for the Kalmunity vibes on Friday night May, 27 at The Marquee Club which is the key public event during this cultural exchange. Opening for Kalmunity will be Halifax Spoken Word Artist Reed Jones.

Admission $10 at the door

Advance ticket sales: $10 employed, $8.00 students and unemployed
Sam the Record Man, 1656 Barrington St,
Starlite Cuisine, 5467 Cornwallis Street,
Centre for Art Tapes, CBC Radio Bldg, Sackville and South Park, room 207
Black Cultural Centre, 1149 Main Street at Cherry Brook Road,
The Persian
Bazaar, 2103 Gottingen Street

School visit
Friday, May 27, 1pm

Kalmunity Vibes Collective visits Auburn High School to share their work and philosophy with students.


Workshop
Saturday, May 28th, 2005 1-5 pm

The Crib
2103 Gottingen Street (next to the Persian Bazaar)

Kalmunity Vibes Collective members meet with local spoken word artists, writers and musicians and performers in a creative circle session style workshop at The Crib. The focus is on the integration of music and spoken word. (admission $8.00)

Story Telling Night
Saturday, May 28th, 2005 7pm – 9pm

Black Cultural Centre,
1149 Main Street, Dartmouth
(the number 7 Highway at Cherry Brook Road)

Along with the public, Kalmunity will be guests of African-Nova Scotian Storytellers at The Black Cultural Centre. (admission by donation)

contact:  Liz MacDougall or Shelley Fashan

The sponsor for this community-driven project is the Centre for Art Tapes (CFAT) with support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Council on African Canadian Education, and the gracious support of The Marquee Club and MusicStop. CFAT has presented performance and audio art events in Halifax, since the early 1980’s.

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