It's Kwanzaa Time!
Sat, Dec 13
|Inscape Collective
A Kwanzaa celebration with Dorothy Paige-Turner and Rockford Readers' Theatre
Time & Location
Dec 13, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Inscape Collective, 201 7th St, Rockford, IL 61104, USA
About the event
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“IT’S KWANZAA TIME!" Written, coordinated, and directed by Dorothy Paige-Turner, the performers will share music, stories, and spoken-word accounts of the history and origins of family celebrations of the non-religious holiday.
Kwanzaa is a seven-day candle-lighting ritual that takes place from December 26th to January 1st. It combines elements of African culture and African American experience to provide a framework for instilling strong family and community values.
The performance will include a choral reading of “Amazing Peace,” a resonant poem by Maya Angelou that tells the simple story of a family who join with their community—rich and poor, black and white, people of all faiths—to celebrate the holidays.
The very talented performers include George Davis, Jacquelyn Rogers, Coleen Martin Williams, Wendell Thompson, Carl Towns, and Janet Wright.
Program sponsored by Inscape Collective.