MassQ Ball

10/05/2025

We are so grateful you were able to join us tor MassQ Ball 2025: Color. The event was designed so people - like YOU - could come together to convene with nature, the arts, and each other to celebrate what makes us both unique and unified.

We want to hear your experience. How did this resonate with you? What are your take aways?

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10/03/2025

Get an overview of the MassQ Ball from Castle of our Skins Ashleigh Gordon before joining us this Saturday at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University !

https://youtu.be/TUnCzm2Q2ME re e

MassQ Ball 2025 Co-producer Ashe Gordon describes the meaning, make up and motivation behind this extraordinary event.

09/26/2025

Thank you for the shout out The Boston Globe!

"Face First
Join the MassQ Ball from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Arnold Arboretum, where attendees paint their faces to create living canvases. The practice derives from body decoration traditions around the world. Performances, music, dancing, and visual arts are intertwined with nature to create a show celebrating the cultures of communities of color. Free. massqball.com"

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/26/magazine/cars-book-berklee-event/?event=event12

Five things to do around Greater Boston the week of Sept. 29 through Oct. 5.

09/20/2025

✨ MassQ Ball 2025: COLOR ✨
📅 Saturday, October 4th | ⏰ 10AM–4PM
📍 Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University ( )

We’re thrilled to share the full artist lineup + performance schedule for this one-of-a-kind celebration of art, community, and COLOR! 🌈

🌿 TOP OF DAY (10AM – 12PM)
The Massachusett Tribe at Ponkapoag (Ceremonial Smudging)
Cornell W. Coley ( )(African Drum Circle)

💃🏾 PERFORMANCE GROUP A (11AM – 1PM)
The Center for Teen Empowerment, Inc. ( )
Christopher Robinson (Think Outside the Vox )(ASL Spoken Word Griot)
Floorlords Crew ( ) (Hip Hop Dance)
Jean Appolon Expressions (JAE) ( ) (Haitian-Folkloric Dance)
DIS-N-DAT BAND ( ) (Trinidad & Tobago Steelpan)
Hyde Square Task Force ( ) (Afro Latin Youth Music, Dance & Theatre)

🎶 PERFORMANCE GROUP B (2PM – 4PM)
The Wellness Collaborative (Healing Bridge Ceremony)
Ife Franklin ( ) (African American Ring Shout)
Anjali Nath Kathak Artist ( ) (North Indian Kathak Dance)
Steph Davis ( ) (Ghanaian Gyil)
Gund Kwok Asian Women's Lion & Dragon Dance Troupe ( )(Chinese Lion Dance)
Isaura Oliveira ( ) & Power of Skirts (Afro-Brazilian Indigenous Performance Ritual)
Danza Orgánica ( ) (Social Justice Dance)
Shaw Pong Liu ( ) Secret Grove (Interactive Activation)

🎨 ALL DAY (10AM – 4PM)
MassQing Along Hemlock Road (Ceremonial Face Painting)
Lilly Manycolors ( ) Earthen Portal & Spider Mummas (Art Installation Viewing)
Crystal Bi ( )Float (Interactive Art)
Shaw Pong Liu Secret Grove (Interactive Art)
Naoe Suzuki ( ) We Are & Carrying Roots (Interactive Art)

🌟 It’s going to be an unforgettable day of music, dance, ritual, and art you won’t just see—you’ll experience.

RSVP now and join us at MassQ Ball 2025: massqball.com

09/19/2025

From our Friends at White Snake Projects ( )

White Raven, Black Dove is an original work of science fiction using live performance, computer generated images and animation to explore two issues consuming America today – race and climate change.

Through Raven and Dove, two birds with mythological significance in Norse, Asian, Judeo-Christian, Indigenous and other cultures, we are immersed in a dystopian world after the Sixth Extinction, a climate devastation accelerated by human action, and we must find ways to come together to build a new world.

In this era of “two” Americas, Raven reaches both Americas through engaging, contemporary music theater.

Performances: Sept. 26-28
Ticketing: https://www.whitesnakeprojects.org/white-raven-black-dove/
Location: Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Rd, Boston, MA 02125

09/19/2025

Shout out to one of the earliest supporters of the Ball, D. Elaine Corbin Hall!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAKoRNwgs5M