mlk day bay area recommendation

mary ann brooks is offering a special Martin Luther King Jr. Day performance of her multimedia work Niggerati Story. I saw the first run of this a couple of months ago, not long after the election. I don't want to give anything away, but I will say this: the last segment consists of a sort of participatory group ritual so overflowing with radical, authentic love and compassion that the memory of it has helped to keep my heart from turning into a block of ice this cold, grey, stormy winter.

The show is at 848 Community Space, 848 Divisadero St. @ McAllister, San Francisco, at 7pm. $10-$20 sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds.

Here's the official info:

About Niggerati Story:
Niggerati Story is a collection of gestural stories, epiphanies, and dreamscapes integrating dance, film projection, song and ritual. Local dancer and 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. Niggerati Story is in collaboration with dancer, Ashley Brockington, film artist Benjamin Connelly and vocalists from the acappela group, Samsara.