Still Here/GeneratioNS at The Carleton

Thandiwe McCarthy and Aquakultre, with Tara Gereaux

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

1:00 pm

to 2:30 pm

Doors Open: 12:30 pm

The Carleton

$8.00

In stock

Description

The event begins with a reading by Tara Gereaux from Wild People Quiet. Then, it’s two dynamic artists in conversation about gathering Black family histories in the Maritimes, sharing and celebrating the communities that existed and that continue to flourish. Thandiwe McCarthy’s new book Still Here celebrates fifteen generational Black New Brunswick families and Aquakultre’s TV series GeneratioNS offers “the opportunity to tell our stories our way, and preserve our memories as a tool for people to learn.”

Speakers

Thandiwe McCarthy

Thandiwe McCarthy is a 7th-generation Black Canadian spoken word poet and writer. As culture correspondent for Maritime EDIT, he spotlights Black community leaders and artists. Honored in 2023 as a CBC Atlantic Canadian Black Changemaker, he has also helped establish Emancipation Day on August 1st in New Brunswick. His Canada Council-funded Still Here Initiative celebrates fifteen Generational Black New Brunswick families and launches in July 2026 with a national exhibition at Beaverbrook Art Gallery and a book by Goose Lane Editions. You can find out more about his projects by going to thandiwemccarthy.ca
Aquakultre

Aquakultre is Lance Sampson, a singer, rapper, composer, and storyteller whose three Polaris-nominated albums and multi-media collaborations range from rap and folk to experimental jazz and neoclassical hip hop chamber work. His recent projects in documentary television, visual art, and music, all draw from his explorations of ancestry, history, and community as a Black Nova Scotian who traces his roots back to 1783, which is also the title of his latest critically acclaimed album. Lance is the recipient of Creative NS's 2025 Black Artist Recognition Award and is currently Artist-in-Residence at the Black Cultural Centre in Cherry Brook, NS.
Tara Gereaux

Tara Gereaux is the author of three books, most recently, Wild People Quiet. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and is the recipient of the City of Regina Writing Award, the Colleen and Allan Bailey Memorial Fund from the Saskatchewan Foundation for the Arts, and a REVEAL Indigenous Art Award from the Hnatyshyn Foundation. From the Qu'Appelle Valley in Saskatchewan, she is a citizen of Métis Nation-Saskatchewan and resides in Regina on Treaty 4 territory.