Spiderwoman Theater — the oldest, continually running, Native feminist theater company in the Americas — will celebrate its 50th Anniversary with SPIDERWOMAN THEATER’S BLOCK PARTY POW WOW: AN INDIGENOUS CELEBRATION on Saturday, August 15. This family-friendly afternoon of art, culture, heritage and neighborhood unity will be held on DeGraw Street between Court and Smith Streets on the border of historic Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill (easily accessible from the F & G lines at Carroll Street Station) from 1pm – 5pm. It is free and open to the public, no reservations required. For more information visit www.spiderwomantheater.org.

In the 1930’s, 40’s and 50’s, Boerum Hill, Red Hook, and Cobble Hill were home to a vibrant Native community: Mohawks from Kahnewake, who built New York’s bridges and skyscrapers, and the Western tribes, all found freedom in NYC to practice their songs, dances, and ceremonies in the community where founding members of Spiderwoman Theater, the Miguel sisters, were born and grew up. Now, the Miguels will open up their childhood block for SPIDERWOMAN THEATER’S BLOCK PARTY POW WOW: AN INDIGENOUS CELEBRATION, a look back at the history of the community and the neighborhood where Spiderwoman was born… and Gloria, the eldest Spiderwoman, will be féted as she marks her 100th birthday.

On August 15, in the heart of Brooklyn, SPIDERWOMAN THEATER’S BLOCK PARTY POW WOW: AN INDIGENOUS CELEBRATION will be a sea of color with Indigenous dancers, drummers and singers including the NYC drum, SilverCloud Singers; MC Louis Mofsie of the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers; and neighborhood vendors and speakers. There will also be screened excerpts of Spiderwoman’s work and on Spiderwoman’s stoop, an excerpt of “Tipi Tales from the Stoop,” Murielle Borst-Tarrant’s one woman show.