PH+T Makers Series Presents Queen Drea’s "Born on the Fourth of July: From Mississippi to Minnesota"

Friday, August 28 at 7:00 p.m.
Barbara Barker Center for Dance
University of Minnesota Campus

Join Queen Drea for Born on the Fourth of July: From Mississippi to Minnesota, an immersive interdisciplinary sound performance and installation exploring family archive, oral history, and Black cultural memory.
Through original music, poetry, oral history recordings, improvisation, and layered sound design, the work traces the journey of Queen Drea ’s mother from Mississippi to Chicago and Minnesota. Rooted in personal history, the project reflects on Black womanhood, migration, caregiving, memory, and family legacy across generations.
Blending experimental sound practice, archival storytelling, and live performance, Born on the Fourth of July: From Mississippi to Minnesota creates an intimate meditation on history, identity, and freedom.
Movement Artist: Ryan - Olivia Lundy
Vocalists/Loop Artists: Sarah Greer And Kashimana Ahua
Illustrations: Myc Dazzle
Following the performance, join us for a conversation exploring The Great American Migration and Its Lasting Impact, moderated by Tish Jones.
Tish Jones is a poet, organizer, educator, and cultural producer.
This is a one-night-only event.
Commissioned through the American Composers Forum’s Recomposing America initiative.