November 30 – December 1, 2022
November 30, 2022
10:45 PM Gather at Boston City Hall Plaza for Processional to Boston Center for the Arts
10:50 PM PM Welcome from Rohit Chandra, board Chair SPOKE , L’Merchie Frazier, Executive Director of Creative Strategies and Partnerships
11:00 PM Remarks Quincey J. Roberts Sr., Executive Director for the Mayor’s Office of LGBTQ+ Advancement,
11:05 PM Remarks Samantha Rose Hale Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture Grants and Programs Director
11:10 PM Remarks Michael Dowling Artistic Director and Founder of SPOKE
11:15 PM Processional begins led by Dancer Wendy Jehlen
Special thanks to Thomas Johnston, Director of Partnerships and Events, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture for coordinating the opening at City Hall
December 1, 2022
Midnight Arrive at Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama in procession as Kairos Dance Theater and cellist Sam Ou Perform Water to Ashes
1:00 am Meditation and Reflection
2:00 am Matt Hull, Trumpet Call
3:00 am Charles Murrell III , Dreamscape
3:30 am Dakohai Matityahu, Live performance
4:00 am Dream space
5:00 am Dawn
6:00 am Ji Hyang Padma , Buddhist Chant
7:00 am Noel McKenna, Guided Meditation
8:00 am Contemplation
9:00 am Spirit Bowl workshop
9:30 am Robert and Sheila Frankel leading The Kaddish
10:00 am Philip Robinson, Poetry
11:00 am Nancy Armstrong, Soprano
Noon Christine Bennett, Dance with live accompaniment
1:00 pm Chuck Schwager, Djembe & gong
1:30 pm Robert Carr, Poetry
2:00 pm Matt Scarlet, Dance
3:00 pm Remembrance of Michael Lee Brown, a founding director of SPOKE
4:00 pm Taylor Rose Mickens, Dance
4:30 pm SPOKE YouthSPEAK
5:00 pm Ingrid Schatz Dance
5:30 pm Bayar Tuvshinjargal, Dance
6:00 pm Peter DiMuro, Dance
7:00 pm J. Michael Winward, Dance
7:30 pm Aaron Stone, Songs
8:00 pm All Voices Count, Movement
9:00 pm Nancy Aleo, Gongs
10:00 pm Nancy Aleo, Gongs
11:00 pm Letta Neely, Poetry
Midnight Michael Dowling Closing