As Multicultural Art Center artist-in-residence, Aiden Marshall spent the summer workshopping “Be No Rain,” but the idea for it came in the wake of the 2024 presidential election. “There was a period of one or two weeks where there was some grieving happening personally and in community with other folks, particularly other Black folks,” Marshall said. Like many, he wondered how to stay motivated; this answer is scored by mostly Black and Afrodiasporic artists, with a title from Gil Scott-Heron’s poem “I Think I’ll Call it Morning” – which discusses choosing joy as an action. “I often compartmentalize and say that I can either feel these feelings of grief or only focus on activist work, and I wanted to think about what it means to hold both things simultaneously,” Marshall said. “This performance mediates on being with one’s own thoughts, sharing experiences with others and actively choosing love and joy as an act of resistance.”
“Be No Rain” at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 16 at the Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge. $30
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