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In Hurricane Season, the soaring poetry Pennimann and Garcia have collectively created and simultaneously deliver is at once a diatribe against injustice in its many forms, but it is also the beginning of a dialogue that will continue far beyond the night’s end. For one evening, the Off-Center was transformed into a sacred space of listening and participation.

Hurricane Season: The Hidden Messages in the Water brings to life the struggles and strengths of New Orleans natives through an energetic amalgam of spoken word, video projection, dance, shadow art, and sound collage of personal testimonies. Electrifying spoken word activists Naima Pennimann and Alexia Garcia go straight to the core of the issues affecting the nation and the globe that have been ignited by the needless destruction of America’s most spirited and magical city.