recommended performance by mary ann brooks

mary ann brooks is one of sweetest and most genuine people I've ever met; she's also a passionate performance artist, singer, dancer, and poet. If you're in the SF Bay Area and looking for something artsy to do tommorrow night, check out her one-night-only performance of her epic project (for which she's been creating and refining material for several years), Niggerati Story, tommorrow night at 848 Community Space, at 8pm. Here's the official blurb:

November 12-13, 848 Community Space Presents inventive
and engaging performance by queer women of color (see
www.848.com for more details). Friday's show features
performance artist mary ann brooks.

What: Niggerati Story
When: Friday, November 12 @ 8:00 pm
Where: 848 Community Space
848 Divisadero St. @ McAllister, San Francisco
Tickets: $10-20 sliding scale,
no one turned away for lack of funds!

Info/Reservations: 415-931-8125
marianabaile@yahoo.com, www.848.com

About Niggerati Story:
Niggerati Story is a collection of gestural stories,
epiphanies, and dreams integrating dance, video
projection, song and ritual. Local performance artist,
mary ann brooks welcomes you to The Church of True
Expression where she conjures up black superheroines,
genderbending preachers, bicycle dances, and ocean
goddesses.

About the Artist:
mary ann brooks is a local Performance Artist, Dancer
and Vocalist and was recently an Artist in Residence
at the Marin Headlands Center for the Arts. This past
year she collaborated with Keith Hennessy's CircoZero,
Tara Brandel's Mn Rua Productions, and Samsara
Acapella Singers. She has also danced, taught, and
performed in NYC, Amsterdam, and Aotearoa/NZ.