Ladies of Hip Hop (LOHH) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering girls and women in Hip-Hop culture. A global organization rooted in New York City, LOHH reclaims and transforms spaces to provide all women a platform to be heard, seen, respected, and celebrated within the greater Hip-Hop and arts community.

SpeakMyMind was commissioned by Works & Process, developed in Works & Process LaunchPAD residencies at Bethany Arts Community (2022, 2023, and 2024) and Catskill Mountain Foundation (2022), Office Hours Residency at The Kennedy Center, and Jacob’s Pillow Lab.

Lerman's "Love Movement" production blends original music, jazz, and spirituals with traditional and electronic tap boards. Love Movement reflects a journey through the seven levels of love we experience throughout life. The Huffington Post has called Lerman a "hurricane of rhythm," and the NY Times has called her both a "prodigy" and has described her dancing as "flashes of brilliance." She is very proudly a student of Buster Brown, Gregory Hines, Leroy Myers, and Marion Coles.

Poignant and pressing, The Just and the Blind illuminates the unseen and under-heard experiences of incarcerated youth and the realities their families face. Centered on the humanity of the historically marginalized, The Just and the Blind provides a framework for the unique voices of the community, striving to humanize the Black and Brown children that are enmeshed in it.

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[Cancelled due to illness] A provocative and inspiring night with Dr. Cornel West. Doors open at 5:00pm. Program starts at 6:00pm with The Steve Alboucq/Oliver Groenewald 5, featuring Gail Pettis. Author Cornel West is best known for writing Race Matters and Democracy Matters, and for his memoir, Brother West: Living and Loving Out Loud. His most recent book, Black Prophetic Fire, offers an unflinching look at nineteenth and twentieth-century African American leaders and their visionary legacies.

Woman in the Woods Productions' 4th Annual Fundraiser... "Look Back and Weep" June 5th, 2022 at Orcas Center. Doors open at 5:00pm. Tickets: $80.00 at The Office Cupboard. The headline artists for this year’s event are gonna cook up some great jazz: Steve Alboucq & Oliver Groenewald Jazz Quintet, which features three stars of the Seattle jazz scene: Max Holberg, Shawn Schlogel and Greg Feingold. A special dinner will be catered by the amazing Chef John Cox, of The Orcas Hotel.

We are pleased to be sponsored by: Tom Baldwin & Miriam Ziegler, Joe Cohen & Martha Farish, Inclusion Innovates, Island Market, The Lower Tavern, Windermere Real Estate and Bill Wulff & Betty Corbett.