Special to the Record
For the second year in a row the Chelsea Black Community and Clark Ave Productions joined together to produce a special Verb, Flow & Vision event for Black History Month.
On Saturday, February 21st over fifty people, including City Manager Fidel Maltez, City Councillors Kelly Garcia, Deron Hines and Lisa Santagate and school committee members Kati Cabral and Dr. Sarah Neville gathered at Spencer Lofts Gallery. Joan Cromwell, President of the Chelsea Black Community, welcomed everyone to the event sharing inspiring words about the Black community’s legacy in Chelsea. She also spoke about the Black Heritage Trail that the CBC is currently developing which will be the first history trail of its kind in Chelsea.
The Chelsea Black Community is a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming the economic, social, educational, health, and safety landscapes for all members of the Greater Boston area. By fostering inclusive initiatives and building strategic partnerships, CBC works tirelessly to create a vibrant, equitable, and thriving community. Clark Ave Productions is a Chelsea based creative production company, founded by Devra Sari Zabot, focused on curating cultural events and producing documentary and branded style video content.
Verb, Flow & Vision is bi-monthly Spoken Word & Art event that includes Open Mic performers, visual artists and feature Spoken Word performers. The goal of the event is to build community through creativity. Verb, Flow & Vision’s (IG: @verbflowvision) new home is Spencer Lofts Gallery.
On February 21st we were thrilled to have the Spoken Word team TRUly Bad perform publicly for the very first time. TRUly Bad includes outstanding spoken word artists Tru KWENE, D. Ruff, Anita D. and Bryann Boyd. We also featured select photos from the People of Chelsea with the Chelsea Black Community exhibition and welcomed ten open mic poets. Our evening’s host was Essmaa Litim, who has been hosting the Verb, Flow & Vision events since 2025.
For information about the Chelsea Black Community please email visit https://www.chelseablackcommunity.com. To contact Clark Ave Productions email [email protected].