News Flash

Parks & Recreation News Releases

Posted on: June 25, 2018

Express Yourself! Support Teens Using the Power of Hip Hop at 12th Annual Performance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 25, 2018

MEDIA CONTACT: KIRA CALM LEWIS 301-446-3327 - or - Kira.CalmLewis@pgparks.com 

                                    IYANA MOORE 301-446-3313 - or – Iyana.Moore@pgparks.com

 

Express Yourself!

Support Teens Using the Power of Hip Hop at 12th Annual Performance

 

RIVERDALE, MD – The M-NCPPC, Department of Parks and Recreation is hosting a FREE performance featuring the poetry created by the participants of the 12th Annual Expressions: Talk Up, Not Down, 2018 poetry camp.

The week-long program aims to teach teenagers to use poetry and spoken word as a positive tool for expression. 35 County youth spent a week working with master poets: Neville Adams, Christopher Fields, Desire Johnson, Sekeithia Johnson, Karin Wilkinson, Sistah Joy, Janique Muckelvene, and visual artists, Pierre Dennis and Lillian Shaw; to prepare for the final presentation of the project entitled the Hip Hop Poetry Choir. The poems created by the youth provide a unique look into the modern teen who is dealing with many issues associated with growing up in the 21st Century.

WHAT: 12th Annual Hip Hop Poetry Choir
WHEN: 
Saturday, July 14, from 3 PM – 4 PM
WHERE: 
Bowie Center for the Performing Arts, 15200 Annapolis Road Bowie, MD 20715
COST: 
FREE

Facebook Twitter Email

Other News in Parks & Recreation News Releases

Reopening of Tucker Road Ice Rink

Posted on: August 30, 2021

Dino-Sized Ambitions

Posted on: December 21, 2018

Frightening Fall Festivities

Posted on: October 1, 2018

37th Annual Kinderfest: A Family Tradition

Posted on: September 20, 2018

Hispanic Heritage Festival --- CANCELED

Posted on: September 5, 2018

Are You Up for the Patuxent Challenge?

Posted on: August 20, 2018

Kinderfest 2017: Bigger and Better

Posted on: September 28, 2017