Color Them Father with Karen Smith and Friends
June 7 at 2:00 pm-5:00 pm
Free – $20.00
Tickets are by donation. No one is turned away due to a lack of funds. We can all give in ways that work for us. Sometimes, our presence is our gift.
Donations can also be collected at the door. Sign-ups are helpful for us to gauge capacity.
Doors at 1:30pm
10% off Taqueria Cresta with your Fallser Club ticket!!
Color Them Father with Karen Smith and Friends
There is a need for more mentoring and conversations from all walks of Life, and the Arts have a way of bringing many together. Through stories, poetry, songs, tributes, movement, crafts, live music, I wanted to hold space for various perspectives of what parenting means as well as how it compares to then and now. This Artistic Love Fest welcomes all communities and promises something enjoyable as well as memorable !!
Color Them Father has something for everyone with Tai Chi Master Chik Mason kicking things off, storytelling by Nashid Ali of Keepers of the Culture, Poetry session featuring Marshall “The Dream Poet” Deerfield, The Authentic, Eric Marsh and Demetrius Ford and more. Also to close out the afternoon, a special salute to some of public radio finest with the Color Them Father Ensemble featuring Bert Harris on Bass, Brandon Turner on Keys, Walter Gershon on Sax/Percussion and Clay Carothers on Drums along with Vocalist Warren Cooper, Elijah Pringle, Anthony Cooper and hosted by Wrti’s J. Michael Harrison.
Karen Smith
Karen Smith is the proud recipient of a 2023 Pew Fellowship grant.
A New York Native/Philadelphia Transplant, Karen is a percussionist, playwright, director, producer, and poet. She is also the founder and leader of two musical collectives: The Karen Smith Experience and Sistahs Laying Down Hands (SLDH).
“I create spaces where other artists can join in a spirit of trust and improvisation.”
For more than 10 years Karen Smith has been taking her drums on the road with her movement, Have Drums Will Travel Immediately. She has provided rhythms for projects in the Delaware Valley Tri-state area, and also in Alabama, Houston, Atlanta, and Jamaica, West Indies. She also performed at the United States Human Rights Network Conference. Karen captures “the rhythm of a place and the cadences of people.” The beat continues wherever the movement may take her!
Karen Smith curates artistic projects, hosts private drumming lessons, provides musical backgrounds, plays at festivals, and especially loves collaborations.
By Car or By Train
The East Falls Train Station is a short walk from the Fallser Club. Parking in East Falls is no problem! There is ample free on-street parking near the East Falls train station driveway at 3610 Midvale Ave and a paid municipal lot three blocks away at 4100 Ridge Ave. Midvale Ave and Ridge Ave are both well-lit!