Performance Dates & Times

Thursday, August 6th 7:00pm

Friday, August 7th 7:00pm

Saturday, August 8th 7:00pm

Oye Group and JACK Present

Ghetto Hors D’oeuvres presents 100 Years: The Black Liberation Experience

A three-night celebration of Black memory, Black power, and Black possibility.

Rooted in the legacy of Carter G. Woodson and the 100-year journey of Black History celebrations, this year’s GHD honors the artists, historians, organizers, elders, and everyday people who carried Black life forward. Inspired by figures like Arturo Schomburg, Jacob Lawrence, Faith Ringgold, Gordon Parks, Kara Walker, Basquiat, and the voices from our own blocks, this festival asks: What do we remember? What do we reclaim? What do we reimagine?

Across three nights — REMEMBER!, RECLAIM!, and REIMAGINE! — poets, musicians, performers, and community voices come together in true GHD fashion: part performance, part classroom, part ceremony. We gather to honor where we’ve come from, celebrate how we’ve risen, and dream toward the next 100 years of Black freedom.

A Century of Memory. A Movement of Power. A Future of Possibility.

FEATURED Poets

• Dizzy Senze 

• Jasmine Mans

• Cito 

• Rashawna Wilson

• Jennifer Falu

• Derek Aurelius

  AND

• MUSIC by First Life the Band: Lateef Dameer, Dre Mayes, Adam Lomeo, and Emilio Guarino

Creative Team

Roya Marsh, Curator

Flako Jimenez, Director

Emily Rondon, Production Manager 

Finn Meyercord, Lightning Director

Lateef Dameer, Sound Designer

Video Designer Neeti Sivakumar

Kimberly Collado, OYE Group Operations Manager

Lluridia Jimenez, OYE Group Community Coordinator