PFW LOVES TO LEARN SOMETHING EVERYDAY. *Karamu (feast), IS a feast held on December 31 as part of the Kwanzaa celebrations. A Karamu Ya Imani (Feast of Feasts) is a feast that takes place on December 31, the sixth day of the Kwanzaa period. A Kwanzaa ceremony may include drumming and musical selections, libations, a reading of the African Pledge and the Principles of Blackness, reflection on the Pan-African colors, a discussion of the African principle of the day or a chapter in African history, a candle-lighting ritual, artistic performance, and, finally, a feast, a Karamu. (wikipedia)
Karamu House in Cleveland has a long history of promoting social justice, including leveraging broad theatre audience 
to promote community discussions. This season’s plays which will all be followed by post-show discussions include Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar, is the story of Amir Kapoor, a successful Pakistani-American lawyer who is rapidly ascending the corporate ladder while distancing himself from his cultural root, when…… and the play Free Jujube Brown, by Gregory Morrison, that uses dance, music and theatre to comment on issues of racial identity, commercialization, revolution and hip-hop culture. This one-man show tells the story of a young writer who accidentally kills a police officer and…….http://karamuhouse.org
