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Pouring Tea

by E. Patrick Johnson

Dates: 05/5/09 - 05/5/09
Location: Multicultural Center (MCC)
Cost: n/a
Contact: Christina McMahon email

DISCUSSION: Sweet Tea: A Discussion with E. Patrick Johnson
E. Patrick Johnson (Performance Studies, Northwestern University) Tuesday, May 5 / 2:00 PM
2514 Theater and Dance

A discussion with author and performance artist E. Patrick Johnson, about his new book Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South--An Oral History and performance Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales. To attend, please rsvp: NewSexualitiesRFG@gmail.com

Sponsored by the IHC's New Sexualities and Performance Studies RFGs

PERFORMANCE: Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales
E. Patrick Johnson (Performance Studies, Northwestern University)
Tuesday, May 5 / 6:00 PM
MultiCultural Center Theater

Scholar and artist E. Patrick Johnson is currently Chair and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Performance Studies at
Northwestern University. His one-man-show, Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales, is based on the oral histories
collected in Johnson's book, Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South -- An Oral History, published by the University of North Carolina Press.
The oral histories are from black gay men who were born, raised, and continue to live in the South and range in age from 19 to 93. This
performance covers the following topics: coming of age in the South,religion, sex, transgenderism, love stories, and coming out. The
show tells of Chaz, a transgendered person who lives as a man on Sunday so he can sing in the church choir, but lives as a woman during the rest of the week; Freddie's story of being raised by parents who did not want him is heartbreaking, but also delivered with an ironic twist; Countess Vivian, the oldest narrator, recounts his life during the 1920s and the 1930s on the streets of New Orleans. Johnson embodies these and other stories in the show.

Sponsored by the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center's Performance Studies and New Sexualities Research Focus Groups, the Department of Black Studies, Department of English, Center for Black
Studies, Department of Theater, Department of Feminist Studies, the MultiCultural Center, the IHC, Black Quare, and Associated Students, with special support from the following individuals: Stephanie L. Batiste, Ingrid Banks, Mireille Miller-Young, and Christina McMahon.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 2:00 pm (discussion) and 6:00 pm (performance)

Tickets

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DIRECTIONS & Parking

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If you do not have a prepaid pass (purchased in advance at the Arts & Lectures box office with your tickets), you are required to purchase a parking permit once you get to campus. Simply drive to campus and park in Lot 22. The parking lot has several machines that vend parking permits that you can purchase with cash or credit card. When using cash, please note that machines only take bills and do not provide change. Evening and weekend parking purchased on campus the day of an event costs $3.

Daytime Parking on Campus
If you are attending a daytime event, proceed to Lot 22. Pay for your parking from one of the self-pay vending machines located in the lot. You will need to choose the time period most appropriate for the duration of your stay on campus.

Driving to UCSB from the south
Take Highway 101 North to the Highway 217/Airport/UCSB exit. Highway 217 will lead you directly to the East Gate entrance of UCSB. Upon entering campus, veer right of the roundabout and follow Mesa Rd to the third stoplight, Ocean Rd. Turn left onto Ocean Rd, then follow through a stop sign, two stoplights (across El Colegio Rd), then park in Lot 22 (the newer parking structure) on the left. The department's venues are easily accessible from Lot 22 as you walk towards the heart of campus.

Driving to UCSB from the north
Take highway 101 South to the Los Carneros Rd exit; turn right onto Los Carneros Rd and follow across Hollister Ave to El Colegio Rd. Turn left. El Colegio Rd will take you directly onto campus. At Ocean Rd, turn left, then park in Lot 22 (the newer parking structure) on the left. The department's venues are easily accessible from Lot 22 as you walk towards the heart of campus.

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