GLIMMERING NEW YEAR
Tue, December 31, 2024 – 07:00 PM – Wed, January 1, 2025 – 02:00 AM
Advance tickets and more info at
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/glimmering-new-year

A glimmer is the opposite of a trigger. Glimmers are those moments of your day that make you feel joy, happiness, peace or gratitude.  I picked up this tool from my therapist as a method of retraining my brain to be more aware and acknowledging of the hope available to me in the now and the future, rather than tied to the trauma or pains of the past.

This year has taught me that the world needs hope, love, care, and space to dream together. i truly believe that a lot of what has landed society where it is now is a lack of care and access to imagination/dreaming. I created the Glimmer Garden as a space where we can be inspired by one another and reminded of how our individual actions contribute to the overall collective well-being. I open and offer this space to any and everyone who is open to building the future together. We’ve put together an amazing atmosphere, top tier entertainment, and phenomenal food options to bless this 2025.

Featuring performances by:

Staxx Cordero
@staxxcordero

Staxx Cordero (NY) multi-hyphenate entertainer featured on YouTube, Tubi, Roku and Amazon has performed in over 20 off Broadway productions. Opening act for notable artists from KRS 1 to Rakim and recognized on “Best of Showtime at the Apollo.” Writing has afforded collaborations with McDonalds, MC Lyte & D-Nice. Penned & produced the highly sought after stage play, “Poor Girl, Rich Girl.” Created a widely recognized award winning short film “I Got a Callback.” Screened in 25 film festivals, winning Best Writing in Allen Maldonado’s “Everybody Digital Film Festival.” Currently Amazon and Tubi house memoir and biopic both entitled “I Am Relentless.”

Kikashima
@kikashimamusic Based in Philadelphia, recently featured on WXPN’s Key Studion Sessions and the NPR Music Tiny Desk Contest Road show, Kikashima is the band and performing name of Mexican-Japanese singer/songwriter, Carissa Matsushima aka Kikashima. Including Parker St. Charles (bass), Max Azarmehr (drums) and Jackson Bell (lead guitar), Kikashima delivers heart-wrenching ballads and bangers. Kikashima’s gorgeous vocals range from whisper to wail, representing beauty, grief, and the courage to feel everything. Dropping hints of funk, soul, and folk, Kikashima’s music stems from legacy and rebellion and is a project that celebrates who we are both because of and in spite of where we come from.

C. Joi Sanchez aka 
@TheNotoriousRBJ

C. Joi Sanchez, aka Radical Black Joi, is a Brooklyn-born polymath and creative entrepreneur with international recognition across stand-up comedy, poetry, music, visual art and curation. RBJ is an artist’s artist, in it for the love of the game. When she’s not booked, she’s busy being somebody’s mama, drinking water, and minding her business. #InvestinBlackJOY at patreon.com/radicalblackjoi