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Milwaukee, August 12-14: Strange Fruit

presented to you by
Jay Anderson and Chauntee Ross as Primary Collaborators
with David Ravel and Tarik Moody as Co-Producers.

The mission of the Strange Fruit project is to inspire change in the community through live performance art and the subsequent creation of lasting media.

Strange Fruit is a music festival that explores the thoughts and emotions of local musicians, regarding the current climate of racial relations both in Milwaukee and the country as a whole.


The idea is in response to back-to-back murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Chauntee Ross, of SistaStrings, invited friends to her house to discuss what they, as artists, can do by way of response. It became an impromptu Cooking and Clearing experience, a communal meal where the group not only broke bread as a family unit but joined creative forces. As Jay Anderson helped her sister and musical partner Monique Ross cook the greens, fry the chicken and bake the cornbread, they discussed the importance and responsibility of educating not only their community but neighboring communities as well who have even less of an understanding and true representation of who people of color are…
Strange Fruit

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