Rosetta “Rosie” Peters and JG Everest performing
Paper in Fire Community Writing Circle in Room 203
Rosetta “Rosie” Peters and JG Everest performing
This is a suggested donation. We will offer sliding scale tickets at the door. No one will be turned away!
Join us for a livingroom music & poetry show!
Poet / storyteller Rosetta "Rosie" Peters and composer / musician JG Everest return to Grand Rapids for a special performance of their live poetry + music storytelling collaboration, featuring brand new material, as well as pieces from their acclaimed 2022 chapbook album, The Hummingbirds Dance. The combination of Peter's heartfelt and powerful stories and poetry, combined with Everest's cinematic and ethereal musical accompaniment is a transportive, transcendent alchemy that inspires and connects us all more deeply to our human experience.
Local writers from our 'Paper in Fire' community writing circle will open the show, sharing poetry, spoken word, and more! To sign-up to read, email shanai@fireinthevillage.org
Soup, bread, and other potluck goodies will be served - bring something to share if you like!
PERFORMER BIOS
Rosetta “Rosie” Peters is a Minnesota-based poet, author, public speaker, storyteller, and activist. She is excited to be a part of the revitalization of her ancestral language, Dakota, which is currently being taught at the University of Minnesota. She is of Yankton, Crow Creek, and Oglala descent. Rosetta hopes to learn the language and pass it on to future generations. She is a single mother of six beautiful children, four daughters and two sons. You can learn more about her on her website and hear poetry from her chapbook album with JG Everest, The Hummingbird's Dance on Bandcamp.
Composer / Musician / transdisciplinary artist JG Everest was born and raised in Imnížaska, Mni Sota Makoče (St Paul, MN) and is currently based in Minneapolis. He has been collaborating closely with poet / storyteller Rosetta Peters since 2017, releasing their debut "chapbook album", The Hummingbird's Dance, in 2022. He is a founding member of musical ensembles Lateduster, BLACKFISH, Roma di Luna, Sans Le Systeme, and Gold Minefield, and was music director and lead collaborator with acclaimed dance company Emily Johnson / Catalyst for over a decade, awarded a NY “Bessie” award for The Thank-you Bar in 2012. In 2016 he founded Wavelets Creative, a community arts organization focused on bringing transformative and collaborative arts experiences to our communities. He is a 2019 McKnight Composers Fellow. Learn more on his website jgeverest.com.