October 15, 2016 Saturday @ 1 - 4pm

Oni Lasana, The Storyteller 

w/ Girl Friend, Nyota Kungaa aka Star Shine 

African American Museum of Philadelphia

June 18, 2016

Bose-Giles Family Reunion

"Doin' Dunbar as 'Lias' Mother"

Hilton Hotel, Lancaster, PA

June 25, 2016 

"Doin' Dunbar as 'Lias' Mother"

Brandywine Senior Living @ Haverford Estates

Haverford, PA 19041

April 14 

UNSILENCED

Philadelphia Clef Club 6:30 pm

Sister Wings

with

Tomorrow's Girls & For Women Collective

 April 20th  

1pm

"Down On The Farm With Granny Goose"

A. W. B. Children's Center

Philadelphia, PA

April 20th 

7pm

Moonstone Poetry 

Presents

Oni Lasana's "Sister Wings"

Fergie's Cafe, Philadelphia 

Hosted by Na Koikoi Aziza Zenzile Kebe

*!*

McCarl Coverlet Gallery

Latrobe, PA

*!*

  Doin' Dunbar as 'Lias' Mother

The Coatesville Cultural Society

21th Annual Productions

of 

"LYRICS OF LOVE & LAUGHTER"

Dramatic & Humorous Vignettes

Featuring the southern dialect poetry

of

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Fridays & Saturday in November 2015

Dinner & Discussion after performance.

SUNDAY @ 3PM

Community Education Center's

Meeting House Theater Philadelphia, PA

*!*

June 20, 2015

"NANA AESOP"

 Wood Services ~ Langhorne, PA

  *!*   *!*   *!*  

"Down on the Farm With Granny Goose"

May 8th, 14th & 22nd 2015

Your Child's World 

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  *!*   *!*   *!*  

  Harriet Tubman, Her Story  

Wednesday, June 3, 2015  @ 2:00 PM

Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse

West Chester, PA

American Heritage Student Tours, Inc.

                                               *!*   *!*   *!*  

April 24th, May 1st & 2, 2015 @ 7:00 pm

The Coatesville Cultural Society's Theater

Coatesville, Pennsylvania

"Wingate Hall"

Oni Lasana as "Aunt Bess"

(Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning poem

John Brown's Body by Stephen Bonet)

Oni Lasana as "Mama Earth"

11 am & 1:00pm

Lower Merion Conservancy

Gladwyne, Pennsylvania

                                                                          *!*   *!*   *!*  

Oni Lasana, The Storyteller

with

Patchwork, A Storytelling Guild

    Coatesville Cultural Society

20th Annual Productions

of 

"LYRICS OF LOVE & LAUGHTER"

Dramatic & Humorous Vignettes

Featuring the dialect poetry

of

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Fridays & Saturday Evenings

November 15th & 16th, 21st & 22nd - 2014

                                                                             *!*   *!*   *!*  

                                                           *!*     *!*   *!*  

20th Annual International Locks Conference

 Wholistic, Health & Beauty Expo www.LocksConference.com

Universal Audenried Charter High School

33rd & Tasker St.  South Philadelphia

October 4 & 5th, 2014

Saturday & Sunday

"Down On The Farm With Granny Goose" 

in the

Nu Watoto Village

(Children's Circle)

&

Pretty Imperfection Artwear on sale!

                                                                           *!*   *!*   *!*  

Oni Lasana, The Storyteller

with

Patchwork, A Storytelling Guild

Sunday, September 21, 2014

New Jersey Storytelling Festival

Grounds for Sculpture

Hamilton, New Jersey

                                                                    *!*   *!*   *!*  

July 27, 2014

Doin' Dunbar as "Lias' Mother

Talarico's Estate

Mohnton, PA

*!*   *!*   *!* 

Doin' Dunbar as 'Lias' Mother

Juneteenth Concert In The Park

Reading, Pennsylvania

June 21, 2014

30th Anniversary Celebration of Black Writing

Sister Wings & Doin' Dunbar

"In The Sanctuary" ~ Featured presentation

Philadelphia - May 7, 2014

                                                               *!*   *!*   *!*  

April 2014

Doin' Dunbar as 'Lias' Mother

Yang Ming Restaurant, Bryn Mawr, PA

      *!*   *!*   *!* 

Sunday, January 19, 2014 ~ Tobago
Kariwak Village Holistic Haven

Storytelling Time

4-5pm in the Ajoupa

  *!*   *!*   *!*  

 
Coatesville Cultural Society's
19th Annual Dunbar Celebration
Presents
Lyrics of Love & Laughter
Dramatic & Humorous Vignettes featuring the

dialect poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar

Dunbarians: Bob Jones, Ajene Livingston, Oni Lasana,

Kalia Loper, Ann Praino & Mary Kuhn

NOVEMBER 2013
15th & 16th & 22nd &  23rd

Fridays & Saturdays
7:00 pm
Limited Seating 
Light Dinning & Discussion with performers after the play
Reservations Only.  
Coatesville Cultural Society
142 E. Lincoln Highway
Coatesville, PA            
                         

  *!*   *!*   *!*  

Oni Lasana is a contributor to the book, "For Woman, A Tribute To Nina Simone" edited by Debra Powell-Wright. Also a featured performance poet at the following events;      

ART SANCTUARY PRESENTS:

FOR WOMEN: IN TRIBUTE TO NINA SIMONE 

Reading, Performance and Book Signing

 Saturday, May 11, 2013

 Join us as we celebrate the life and work of the incomparable Nina Simone and the collection of short stories and poems created by performance poet and author,Debra Powell-Wright. Featuring readings and performances from collection contributors. 

Location: Scribe Video Center, 4212 Chestnut St, 19104

Time: 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Cost: Free! (donations welcomed)

In The Company Of Poets 2000         

Nish Pugh, Debra Powell-Wright, Oni Lasana, Cora Williams, Pat McLean

Sista' Wings ~ Jazz In The Grass

Mt. Pleasant, Tobago

August 2012

Doin' Dunbar as 'Lias' Mother

Sunday, August 26, 2012

PENNSYLVANIA WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECT

"A Woman's Work Is Never Done"

Chichester Friends Meetinghouse

Upper Chichester, PA 19061

HerasHouse@yahoo.com

PHILADELPHIA ART MUSEUM

PEOPLES LIGHT & THEATRE CO., MALVERN, PA

AFRICAN AMERICA MUSEUM OF PHILADELPHIA

DODD AMERICAN SCHOOLS,   HEIDELBERG - WUERZBERG

RAMSTEIN - KAUSERSLAUTERN - AMBERG & BOEBLINGEN, GERMANY

DUNBAR HOUSE MUSEUM, Dayton, Ohio

VIRGINIA TECH, VA - NIKKI GIOVANNI

CHEYNEY UNIVERSITY, RUBY PERKINS, Language Arts

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, PA - Freshmen Orientation

EAST STROUDSBURG UNIVERSITY, PENNSYLVANIA 

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF DENVER, ANNUAL COLORADO WOMAN

OF COLOR IN HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE DENVER 2000

DEBBIE ALLEN DANCE STUDIO, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA

 SHUBIN THEATRE  ~ "The Other Side Of Gon' Wid De Wind"

AMY RUTH'S RESTAURANT - HARLEM, NY - Opening for RUBY DEE

CIVIL WAR ROUNDTABLE, WEST CHESTER, PA

KEEPERS OF THE CULTURE, PHILADELPHIA

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK STORYTELLERS, INC

LEHIGH VALLEY STORYTELLING FESTIVAL, PA

PATCHWORK, A STORYTELLING GUILD

FREEDOM VILLAGE, CALN TOWNSHIP, PA ~ Senior Residency

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CULTURAL CENTER, NORRISTOWN PA

TOBAGO HERITAGE FESTIVAL, Shaw Park, Tobago, Caribbean

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA, PA 

COATESVILLE CULTURAL SOCIETY, PA

CALN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, COATESVILLE PA

GERMANTOWN HOME, PHILADELPHIA

OCTARARA MIDDLE SCHOOL, PA

PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL - Philadelphia 

PASCEP @ Temple University

ADAIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Phila. DUNBAR - GRANNY GOOSE - HARRIET TUBMAN

MONTGOMERY COUNTY CULTURAL CENTER THEATER 

WIDNER LIBRARY, 25TH LEHIGH AVE, Phila.

CHESTNUT HILL LIBRARY, 'LIAS' MOTHER

AMERICAN ASSOC. OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN, LANSDALE, PA

DOWNINGTOWN SR. CENTER, PA 

MAPLEWOOD MANOR - Doin' Dunbar Musical Presentation

TELLABRATION! Patchwork, A Storytelling Guild Production

ETHEL ALLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL: Philadelphia

CAMDEN FREE LIBRARY NEW JERSEY - Doin' Dunbar Musical

DOWNINGTOWN CIVIC CLUB ~ 'Lias' Mother Performance

DOWNINGTOWN HIGH SCHOOL ~ HUMANITARIAN DAY RESIDENCY WORKSHOPS

BORDERS BOOK, WILMINGTON, DELAWARE

U.S. DEPT OF AGRICULTURE EMPLOYEE BLACK HISTORY CELEBRATION

PEACEFUL POSSE' BOYS & GIRLS CLUB, Abbottsford Homes, Phila.

BUCKINGHAM HISTORICAL FESTIVAL, Hansel Park, Bucks County, PA

AMERICAN ASSOC.OF RETIRED PERSONS

COATESVILLE SENIOR CENTER

KENNETT SQUARE SENIOR CENTER

CALN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Pennsylvania

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