COFFEE TALK:
​Kenyatta Forbes
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COFFEE TALK: KENYATTA FORBES
​2PM - WED MAY 23, 2018
LOBBY, CHICAGO

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Presenting Coffee Talk: a weekly roundtable led by the city's best doers curated by Presence Agency.

Every Wednesday at 2pm we'll be sipping Stumptown coffee in the lobby while we chat with some of our favorite people in town about what they're doing.

This week's installment features Kenyatta Forbes of Urban Macrame Fibers, Trading Races and Trading Rappers. She'll be with us discussing creative failures and importance of celebrating them.
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Kenyatta Forbes is a multi-disciplinary artist who uses her own experiences as a Black woman to open a dialogue about the construction of "blackness." Using humor, gamification, and her experience as an educator, Kenyatta fuses together a safe space for uncomfortable conversation. She cultivates conversation around race and identity in projects both uncomfortable and humorous. Her work, which also includes film, video, performance art, game design, and community projects, aligns with her core values of community as activism. She considers her most recent project, Trading Races; a playing card game for blackness, an invitation for people to join a larger discussion on race and ethnic identity.

Nappi Hour + Trading Races
Black folks, those from the Diaspora and those who identify somewhere in between gathered in Chicago at Nappi Hour, a place for you to "Come let your hair down after work." Play a round or two with Trading Races.

Friday, September 29, 2017
​5 PM - 10 PM
Currency Exchange Cafe
Chicago, IL

Black Eutopia Festival
Join us for the Black Eutopia Festival!

The mission of the Black Eutopia project is to reimagine ideal situations and, engage marginalized communities in atypical space, through interrogating the connections between migration, labor + art with the hope of developing robust ideas for visioning + activating self sustaining Black Eutopia.

Saturday, September 30, 2017
4 PM - 10 PM
Union Park
Chicago, IL

Afropunk ATL + Trading Races
Trading Races is excited to announce that we will be a vendor at AfroPunk ATL. 

AfroPunk is the Carnival of Consciousness Atlanta to feel the music, free your mind, and join the movement, enjoy an incredible lineup of ground breaking icons and emerging talents.

Saturday, October 14- Sunday, October 15, 2017
787 Windsor
Atlanta, GA

Trading rappers Launch Party!
Join us at Sportsman's as we celebrate the launch of Trading Rappers. We made it!

Sip on rapper inpired cocktails like "Black Rob" Roy or "Method Man" hattan for $5 bucks as we settle the greatest rapper debate once and for all.

Remember... the rules are simple...the discussions won't be.

Tues, October 17, 2017
8:30pm-11PM
Sportsman's Club
Chicago, IL

PAST EVENTS!

TRADING RACES GAME NIGHT @ SPORTSMAN'S CLUB

Join Trading Races tonight at the promontory for Party Noire's two year anniversary! We'll be there playing a few rounds and getting into some good discussions.

September 12, 2017
​10 PM - 12 AM
Sportsman's Club
Chicago, IL

BLACK FAMILY REUNION + TRADING RACES

Join Tradign Races for Black Family Reunion! We invite ALL Black people of the diaspora -- our global family -- to this FREE event. 

Bring the South Side and West Side to this free event (yes, we see you too, Black Northsiders #noshade). Introduce yourselves to each other during a game of spades. Linger all night long, dance and celebrate our community!

Get to know your family.

Wednesday, September 13 at 9 PM - 11 PM
Three Walls
Chicago, IL

BRONZEVILLE ARTS DISTRICT TROLLEY TOUR + TRADING RACES

Join us for the Bronzeville 3rd Friday Art District Trolley Tour! Hop on and off for art, culture and networking.

Friday, September 15, 2017
6 PM - 9 PM
Little Black Pearl
Chicago, IL

PARTY NOIRE + TRADING RACES

Join Trading Races tonight at Sport'sman's Club for a night of gathering and drinking.  We'll be there playing a few rounds and getting into some good discussions.

Tuesday, September 9 at 10 PM - 12 AM
Promontory
Chicago, IL

Soho House +trading races

Join us in Chicken & Farm Shop for the opportunity to play Trading Races, a new card game for black culture, all while enjoying a delicious snacks provided by Chef James. After playing a few rounds we’ll engage in a group discussion about the game and the complexities about race it surfaces.
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The rules of the game are simple. The discussions won’t be.

June 20, 2017
10 PM -12AM
Chicken Shop
​Chicago, IL

Trading Races
Game Night!

Think you can out-black the creator of Trading Races? Well come join us at Maria's during game night!

​May 10, 2017
8 PM -10pM
Maria's Packaged Goods and Community Bar
​​Chicago, IL
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