aja monet
July 5 @ 18:00
aja monet (US)
aja monet is a multidisciplinary artist in the finest sense of the word – a poet, writer, spoken-word virtuosa, cultural worker and activist based in Brooklyn. Her writings address the themes of injustice, persecution, resistance and systemic violence from East New York to Palestine, but also belonging, motherhood and notions of community. At age 19, she was the youngest ever Nuyorican Poets Café Grand Slam champion.
Her debut album, when the poems do what they do, (recorded in collaboration with a roster of esteemed musicians, most notably Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah, and also Samora Pinderhughes, Marcus Gilmore …) is a mind-altering spoken-word cry, encapsulating the vibrant essence of jazz. “These aren’t poems for poets, but poems for everyone.” Last year, it was nominated for a Grammy Best Spoken Word Poetry Album.
Saturday, 5 July at 18.00
Linhart Hall
Presale (until 1 July inclusively) EUR 24, 20*, regular prices EUR 28, 24*
Day pass with the concert in Linhart Hall (aja monet) presale (until 1 July inclusively) EUR 35, 28*, regular prices EUR 38, 32*
*visitors aged under 25, over 65 and pensioners