(Philly) - Mythobardic Story & Song • w Mica Sun & Samara Jade • special guests LindoYes + Ma Ja Ka

Name: (Philly) - Mythobardic Story & Song • w Mica Sun & Samara Jade • special guests LindoYes + Ma Ja Ka
Start: 2025-01-11T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-01-11T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Philly Typewriter

Schedule

Sat Jan 11 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Philly Typewriter | Philadelphia, PA

The Floating Kingdom: An Evening of Mythobardic Storytelling, Music & Magic
Mica Sun & Samara Jade, on tour from Western North Carolina, make their Philly debut.
With opening sets of spoken word poetry and magic by Philadelphia's LindoYes and Marshall James Kavanaugh.
Saturday, January 11th
Doors 6pm, show 6:30
Suggested Contribution to the artists - $10-30
All-ages show
...An old king with hairs of white finds himself on an unexpected journey to recover the pieces of the missing firebird, a splendid enigmatic being who holds the keys to his freedom...
With original songs by Samara Jade and original story by Mica Sun, this duo of wandering bards weaves a tale relevant for our times called "The Floating Kingdom" — suitable for all ages, yet sophisticated enough to satisfy the most discerning of mythic palettes.
Mica Sun and Samara Jade bring a uniquely original (and yet ancient and familiar) marriage of story and song in “The Floating Kingdom,” an original, theatrical tale of reflection, journey and return. Fine oral storytelling dances with seasoned craftsmanship in music and voice, weaving puppetry with interactive song, original music, and classical fairy tale, themed by reflections on freedom, grief, aging, and the repair of our world. This original production — is guaranteed to delight and entertain while churning the gears of the mind and stirring the waters of the heart.

The duo bookends "The Floating Kingdom" with a heartwarming assortment of original music by Samara, a seasoned touring songstress.
...
Samara Jade works as a song doula, song circle leader, rites-of-passage facilitator, and touring singer-songwriter, both solo and with her three-woman band of mugicians based in Washington state - Three Wheels Turning.⁠⁠ ⁠www.samarajademusic.com⁠⁠⁠
Mica Sun works as an oral storyteller, actor, songwriter and musician, poet, producer, author, and performing artist for children and adults of all ages.⁠⁠⁠ ⁠www.appalachianseason.com⁠⁠⁠⁠
....
Also performing from Philadelphia:
LindoYes (he/him), is a dyslexic spoken word poet born, raised and live in Philadelphia. He has been featured in the Philly Weekly, MetroPhilly Philadelphia Inquirer, Button Poetry, Voices in Power and Def Poetry Jam to name a few. Lindo poetry have expanded to short animations, gumball machines and plays where he has centered black existence, mental health and fantasy/scifi. He the recipient of 2023 Jackie Robinson award by Color of Change, the 2023 "Change Maker" award by Uptown Standards and nominated "The Social Impact" award by Voices In Power. LindoYes, will be releasing December 2024 a graphic novel called "Pawnshop" which is a scifi/fantasy anthology on Mental Health base in Philly.
Marshall James Kavanaugh is a Philadelphia-based dream laborer and performance poet. He has performed his poetry at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Barnes Foundation, and the Philadelphia International Airport. As Dream Poet For Hire, Marshall creates stream-of-subconscious inspired poetry on demand for the general public. He has published two collections of short stories, several small chapbooks of travel fiction, and two collections of haikus with the small press, A Freedom Books. His most recent poetry book, Travel By Haiku: Volumes 6-10, Far Out On The Road With Friends (released March 2021) is a modern ode to the community found on the road, with collaborative haikus written by six navigators of its far reaches over the course of three separate road trips.
...