Mission Creek Duos:
A Performance by Billy Dean Thomas
A Virtual Sample of One of America's Great Arts Festivals
Mission Creek Festival returns virtually April 29-30 with DUOS. The festival features musicians and writers performing their work and discussing the creative process through one-on-one conversations. We’re happy to share samples from three virtual performances from Mission Creek artists.
Up first is Billy Dean Thomas, AKA “The Queer B.I.G,” a hip-hop recording artist and producer born and raised in Harlem, but currently living in Boston. Billy Dean challenges the music industry with quick-witted punchlines that highlight intersectional feminism, social justice, and growing up in a gentrified city. To watch the entire event, in which Billy Dean is paired in performance and conversation with Kiese Laymon, visit Mission Creek Festival to sign up.
The Virtual Book Channel
Launched during the coronavirus pandemic as virtual literary communities began emerging in vital and unexpected ways, The Virtual Book Channel seeks to provide the best possible platforms for writers to reach their readers. The VBC (aka “The Veeb”) is a curated channel that archives live-streamed programming through partnerships with independent bookstores, literary festivals, authors' WFH spaces, and more.
