SPEAKEASY feat. Akirash

Join Lawndale and witness SPEAKEASY feat. Akirash. At this performance, artist Akirash will activate the costumes featured in Ara Oru Kinkin, on view in Lawndale’s John M. O’Quinn Gallery, at a performance beginning at Lawndale and traveling down Main Street.

This performance will celebrate water deity Yemoja (translating to “source”) of the Yoruba religion. Yemoja is the source of the river, of the people, of children, and of life and its very blood. Yemoja has a presence that makes everything brighter, more beautiful, and more wondrous with intoxicating laughter. She invites us to dance to her sacred drums and surrender to all the pleasures of a life well-lived. Her elemental power as the source of Sweet Waters on Earth (the fresh waters) makes life possible and preserves life for creation.

Revived in 2016, Lawndale’s SPEAKEASY series celebrates our historical relationship to live music and performance by presenting new works by artists and performers working in a range of disciplines from across the nation.