Bold Mellon
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QUEER MIGRATIONS FESTIVAL that celebrates the resilience and creativity of queer migrants in LONDON now
Europe, particularly the UK, faced a seismic population shift in the years following WW2. With such a shortage of manpower, they initiated the first official immigration from the West Indies, then a British Colony. Known as the Windrush generation, their arrival meant that the UK could finally staff its new National Health Service, amongst other…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah previews THE COCOA BUTTER CLUB plus BOLD MELLON two fab queer events in East London
Queer artists/performers The Cocoa Butter Club and Bold Mellon Collective present two shows at London’s Bethnal Green Rich Mix arts space next week as part of Soul on Ice. This is the latest festival from Certain Blacks, the East London arts organization specializing in celebrating diversity. The program is named after the seminal 1968 book…