Join us on Saturday, July 12, 2014 at 1:00 - 4:00 p.m. at Jaam Rek Studios (2000 S. Jackson) for the 2nd Annual Octavia E. Butler Seattle Birthday Tribute: WILD SEED CEREMONY, an interactive community birthday celebration of Butler's storytelling and the social, environmental, and creative themes she explored in her novels and short stories. Octavia E. Butler was born June 22, 1947and moved to Seattle in 1999 before passing away here in 2006.
REQUESTED ATTIRE: Come as your futuristic self or embody nature (use your imagination)
General admission tickets are $10. Refreshments will be served. Your online donation of $50 or some other amount helps others to participate and helps us compensate participating artists.
Tickets ($10) available at http://wildseedseattle206.brownpapertickets.com
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PLEASE JOIN US in Pratt Park (northeast entrance to Pratt Park, corner of 20th & Yesler Way)at 1:00 p.m. for a short opening ceremony followed by a brief procession to Jaam Rek, 2000 Jackson Street (20th Avenue S. & Jackson St). Once inside we'll enjoy performances, readings, a seed exchange, and light refreshments. Audience participation is welcomed and encouraged.
WILD SEED CEREMONY will be honoring science fiction and speculative fiction American science fiction writer Octavia Butler who wrote %u201CWild Seed.%u201D "Wild Seed" is based on Ms. Butler's Patternist Series of books involving time travel, immortality, human to animal transformations, and key characters voyaging from Africa to Colonial America to establish new communities.
This multigenerational, ethnically diverse and multidisciplinary event will include a sharing ceremony in Pratt Park, and a procession with costumes to Jaam Rek Studio. The main program will include readings from the "Wild Seed" book, as well as spoken word and music evoking the spirit of futuristic fiction. We will share seed packets as a pledge for our Planet Earth.
This lively progressive program follows upon last June's Octavia Butler Birthday Tribute held at Elliott Bay Books and the highly successful Octavia Butler program held at EMP held February 28, 2014, which drew a sold out crowd of 300 Butler fans, as well as performers Cat from Thee Satisfaction and Gabriel Teodros, and a presentation by the national anthology project "Octavia's Brood." "Wild Seed" is expected to draw a full house with limited seating to hear personal accounts by artists and community members, such as Cat of TheeSatisfaction & Felicia Loud of Black Staxx, reading favorite and meaningful passages in an interactive ceremony composed of culturally diverse and progressive speculative and science fiction enthusiasts of all ages.
"Wild Seed" supports and reinforces a creative, progressive futuristic literary vision for all
readers, writers and artists. Ms. Butler serves as a stellar visionary for her honesty and clear vision of strong female leaders of color. Outreach will focus on young writers of color. Low cost tickets will invite all persons.
ACCESSIBILITY: wheelchair accessible. The procession is one block and will be slow paced. Please come scent & chemical free (for more questions about scent free, please contact us). Some seating will be on the floor. For guaranteed chair accommodations or access needs, please e-mail uzuri.consulting.productions@gmail.com
