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The Moonflower Room is a dining club, radical library and third space in Nassau, Bahamas. It celebra They bring beauty into darkness.

The Moonflower Room is a space to celebrate the people, plants and philosophies of The Bahamas specifically and the Caribbean generally as paths to revolutionary healing. Dining club meals will feature mezze-style plant-based (meat and dairy free) meals crafted with local ingredients in my signature style fusing Caribbean, Mediterranean and North African flavors and techniques. Community events wi

ll allow people to come together in an intimate supportive environment to discuss pressing social and political issues. Artist Statement

Moonflowers bloom at night, emitting intoxicating fragrances. A variety of tropical and sub-tropical traditional spiritual and healing traditions invoke their powerful feminine energy to facilitate physical and psycho-spiritual healing. “The Moonflower Room” is a space meant to summon the Moonflower’s botanical spirit. Its foundation corresponds with my doctoral research about intentional food practices and journeys of consciousness among a group of people I interviewed in Nassau. Much of my intellectual foundation is based on political philosophies with traditional masculine orientations. I became drawn to theories centering the radical capacity for healing and love because they have been more effective in facilitating transformation on my personal journey of consciousness. While my research grows out of the challenges of the nation—particularly as they relate to food, health, and sustainability, I chose to conduct research that illuminated how Bahamians are forging sustainability, wellness, healing, food security, and the development of autonomous identities despite the complex realities of everyday life in The Bahamas. The space—which includes books, multimedia resources, local foods, local bush plants, and community events—corresponds with my interpretation of interviewees’ hopes and dreams for the future. It is meant to reflect the beauty and sense of wholeness I have received as a result of my research and life in Nassau.

“The Moonflower Room” conveys material, cultural and ecological resources in The Bahamas that are facilitating the only real revolution—that which occurs when we seek courageously to claim our journeys of individual and collective healing for ourselves. About Hilary

Hilary is a chef, farmer, artist, radical political philosopher, musician, poet, researcher, writer, scientist, explorer, and healer. In all of her theoretical and practical work, she seeks to bridge healing and liberation between the minds, bodies, and spirits of individuals, communities, and the planet. Her life is dedicated to bringing about a more peaceful and just world by exploring the intersections of healing modalities, consciousness/spirituality, liberation theories, and creative/aesthetic practices.

19/04/2020

Given that the Prime Minister’s press conference is scheduled for the same time as my event today, I am postponing for another day. Please stay tuned for further info!

17/04/2020

HEY Bahamas!!!

Are you interested in learning more about Bahamian food security and the part that politics, economics, and culture have played in making it a reality AND derailing it over the past 40-50 years???

THIS SUNDAY (April 19th), I'll be sharing 242Food: A Bahamian Restoration Speakology with you once again LIVE from the Moonflower Room FB Page at 3pm EST/Noon PT.

This is a spoken word presentation that reflects my personal experience and research related to food security in Nassau. 🤓🍌🍍🥭🥑🍆🍅🥕🍠🥦🌽🍲🍮

I will be available for conversations following and hope this will be one way of sparking new and different conversations moving forward ... 🤓🤔🌴🌿🌞

I'll see you there!!! 🤗🤗🤗

*Poster art by Jalan Harris

04/04/2020

Hey Bahamas!!!

Has this moment left you wondering more about what food security, food sovereignty, and small island sustainability might look like in The Bahamas moving forward?

We're moving toward a NEW EARTH--and with that New Earth will come a new version of each of us AND a New Bahamas!

Are you looking for something to do on Sunday afternoon during this quarantine?

Grab a snack and beverage and join me from the comfort of your own home as I perform:

"242Food: A Bahamian Restoration Speakology"

This is a collection of spoken word poems about food security and cultural sovereignty in The Bahamas. I wrote and originally performed them 5 years ago--and they're still relevant, perhaps more than ever!

I'll be coming to you LIVE from The Moonflower Bahamas' page. PLEASE feel free to share this with people you think would be interested!!

I look forward to seeing you there and hope to have a fruitful discussion following!

FYI - If you're not Bahamian, you are ALSO welcome to join! I like social experiments! 🤔🤔🤔

**Original Art by Jalan Harris

27/11/2019

Bahamian Holiday Survival!!! 🎄👼🤗🎉

This is a little song I created to help me move through some of my own family patterns and ancestral trauma--inspired by my doctoral research. I thought it m...

19/11/2019

05/10/2018

A little less than 2 years ago, I created an installation and temporary dining club as a way of presenting my doctoral research in a different way. I didn’t want it to be relegated to a dusty shelf or the cloud. I wanted to create something so real that you had to consume it and could taste it—LITERALLY! Today, I am SO EXCITED to announce that The Moonflower Room now has its very own cookbook. But this isn’t just a cookbook. It has stories about my life that most people don’t know. It has quotes about the food fantasies of people I interviewed. And, of course, it’s woven with poetry and song lyrics. I am so proud of this work, which is the first of MANY multi-genre pieces I plan to publish. THE RECIPES are simple, beautiful, delicious, inexpensive. They were formulated with so much love and I know that you’ll feel the love when you create them yourself. To order your very own copy, click on the link in bio.

04/10/2018

HEY Everyone! 🤗

Today is the DAY and I am bringing the 🔥🔥🔥 back to the MOONFLOWER ROOM!!!

I know you’re burning to know what this big announcement is … so let’s get on with it, already!!! 🤔

Join me LIVE on The Moonflower Room Page TODAY at 5pm EST for the BIG REVEAL! 😮

Can’t wait to see you soon! 😁

Have an amazing day! 🇧🇸️

Lots and lots of love, 💙💛🖤

Hilary (AKA DR. BOOKER!) 👩‍🏫👩‍🍳👩‍🔬👩‍🎤🧜‍♀️🧘‍♀️🧞‍♀️

01/10/2018

Hello Moonflower Lovers:

Did you know that Monday is the mooooon’s day??? 🌝

Moonflowers bloom at night. Their most beautiful intoxicating qualities emerge in darkness, in shadow. 🌚

The Moonflower Room was meant to conjure all of the beauty that can emerge in darkness, the psychospiritual intoxication that can arise from sensing beauty when your sense of normalcy disappears or is taken from you. It was meant to offer an alternative perspective, an a-typical experience that is Bahamian, but also … kind of … not what might first come to mind for most people (Bahamian, non-Bahamian and everything in between--whatever any of that means) when they think of Nassau or "The Bahamas" as a conglomeration of people, place, culture, politics, society, ecology, etc. 🇧🇸️

On THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4th, I have a special Moonflower Room announcement that I’m sharing LIVE at 5pm EST. 🌿

I can’t wait to see you then and tell you more! 😁

Have an AMAZING Monday! 🙌

Lots of Love, 💙💛🖤

Hilary 👩‍🏫👩‍🌾👩‍🍳👩‍🔬👩‍🎤🧜‍♀️🧘‍♀️🧞‍♀️

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