Update From Friends of the Mill District
Sunday, August 28, 2016 at 8:29AMzAmya Returns to the Guthrie
The zAmya Theater Project is a unique creative process that brings together homeless and housed individuals to create and perform a theatrical production. zAmya turns “homeless” from a word back into a person. Or persons. Living, breathing, laughing, singing persons. Who act — yes, act — in entertaining, genre-defying productions that are guaranteed to change your mind, if not your life.
zAmya will be performing Home Street Homelessness: Minneapolis, at the Guthrie for two weekends in September. There are tickets available for September 17, 18, 22, 23, 24, and 25. Tickets can be purchased through the Guthrie box office and are $9.
This is a wonderful opportunity to see a terrific play, participate in a discussion after the play, and learn a great deal about people for whom homelessness has been a part of their lives. Grab some friends and neighbors for an evening you won’t soon forget.
Mill City Emanuel Singers
The Mill City Emanuel Singers, sponsored by the Friends of the Mill District are about to being another season. Everyone is invited to come and sing. Rehearsals are open to all and directed by the talented musician JD Steele, and the accompanist, Fred Steele.
J.D. Steele exploded onto the Minnesota music scene in the mid 1980’s along with Prince, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Soul Asylum and The Steeles, putting Minnesota on the National music map forever. Mr. Steele began his career singing and arranging jingles for local and national spots including Kodak, Target, and other national brands. Since arriving on the Minnesota music scene, Mr. Steele and his dynamic vocal siblings, “The Steeles”, have garnered every major music award and accolade the state has had to offer. J.D. and the family began touring the international hit show “Gospel at Colonus” with Morgan Freeman around the world before finally landing on Broadway in 1988 for a successful nine-month run.
J.D. has also developed a choral group of 200 kids at an orphanage in Nairobi Kenya. The group, Shangilia, made its debut in Nairobi in January of 2005. Mr. Steele has made numerous trips to east Africa. where he has also performed with the choir at the Zanzibar International Film Festival J.D. has taught and developed music workshop curricula across the country with K – 12 students as well as university music programs including students for Berkeley School of Music in Boston, MA, and San Francisco.Top of Form
Rehearsals for the Mill City Emanuel Singers begin on September 10 and will continue every Saturday through October 15, from 2-3:30 p.m. Most rehearsals will be at MacPhail for the first 6 weeks of rehearsal, but an announcement will be made about the site of each rehearsal. The second group of rehearsals will again be on Saturday afternoons from 2-3:30, November 12-December 17. All of these rehearsals will be held at the Guthrie. The last session of rehearsals for this season will be on April 8-May 27. There are several performances that are in the planning stages. All will be announced as soon as the plans have solidified.
Do you enjoy singing? Are you looking for a community project? I dare each of you to attend 1 rehearsal. You will be hooked! For more information, please contact Claudia Kittock at cjkittock@gmail.com.
The Last Yoga in the Park
The wonderfully successful summer yoga in the park program has one more session on September 3rd at 9 a.m. in Gold Medal Park. Over 160 people have participated. Remember, it is free, it is fun, and it is a wonderful opportunity to practice yoga in this gorgeous setting. You will remember this when it is -20 degrees! Grab a mat and a friend and join us for the last session of 2016.
