Rose Olea posted on January 20, 2012 17:27
The People Speak, Live!
with Matt Damon and Chicago poets, activists, actors, singers, and even a journalist.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 7:00p.m. at the Metro in Chicago.
Voices of a People's History presents The People Speak, Live! an evening of dramatic readings and songs of rebels, visionairies and prophets from our past—and present.
The People Speak, Live! features Matt Damon with Chicago poets Angela Jackson, Kevin Coval, Idris Goodwin, and the Louder Than a Bomb All-Stars Malcolm London and She'Kira McKnight; Chicago Tribune journalist Rick Kogan; civic leader Rami Nashashibi of the Inner-City Muslim Action Network; Luna Blues Machine; Alana Arenas and Robert Breuler ensemble members of the Steppenwolf Theatre Company; Maritza Cervantes of Teatro Luna; Lani T. Montreal of Pintig CIRCA Culture Group; actor Brian Quijada; and, other special guests to be announced. With DJ Itch 13 on the 1s and 2s.
Produced by Voices of a People's History
In collaboration with Louder Than A Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
6:00pm Doors | 7:00pm Show
Metro
3730 N. Clark Street
Chicago, Illinois 60613
Tickets on sale January 9 at theMetro Box Office and online now through ETix. Show is all ages. Metro Box Office open Monday 12-6pm, Tuesday-Saturday 12-8pm. Closed Sunday unless there is a show. No service fees at the box office (just $1 restoration fee).
$11 in advance, $14 at the door, general admission standing, main floor or balcony*
$24, reserved seats, main floor
$99 premium package for TWO (2) seats at your own cocktail table in the balcony, plus a copy of The People Speak Extended Edition DVD
*plus ETix and city and state handling and convenience fees and Metro restoration fee.
The People Speak, Live! is based on the award-winning documentary The People Speak, a beautiful and moving film inspired by Howard Zinn’s books A People’s History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History of the United States, edited with Anthony Arnove.
The film features the actual words (in letters, songs, poems, speeches, and manifestoes) of rebels, dissenters, and visionaries from our past — and present — including Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony, Bob Dylan, Langston Hughes, Chief Joseph, Muhammad Ali, and unknown veterans, union workers, abolitionists, and many others. These dramatic moments from U.S. history are brought to life by a group of remarkable musicians and actors, including Matt Damon, Marisa Tomei, Danny Glover, Josh Brolin, Rosario Dawson, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, John Legend, Lupe Fiasco, Kerry Washington, David Strathairn, and many more.
Like Howard Zinn’s work as a whole, The People Speak celebrates the extraordinary possibilities for creating social change that ordinary people have realized throughout the course of our nation’s rich but often ignored history of dissent and protest.
Learn more about The People Speak here and on Facebook and about performances produced by Voices of a People's History that inspired the film, here and on Facebook.
"Democracy does not come from the top. It comes from the bottom."
—Howard Zinn, The People Speak
"If you want to read a real history book, read Howard Zinn's A People’s History of the United States. That book will knock you on your f—king ass."
—Matt Damon, as Will Hunting in Good Will Hunting
