Thursday, April 16, 2026

April 16 Neptune Frost

Our nighttime weather is trying to tell the plants not yet.

Atelier Yafe hosts a showing of Neptune Frost, a dystopian Afrofuturism musical involving hackers. It was filmed in Rwanda and released in 2021. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acfBNIXovww

Included in the evening is a discussion of Portland mapping in the service of community placemaking.

This month is the 32nd aniversery of the Rwandan Genocide, still playing out today in warlord control of mining in Eastern Congo, with factions funded by Rwanda. The Portland Rwandan community has events.

At Atelier Yaffe https://www.atelieryaffe.com/ 111 NE Martin Luther King Blvd, enter on Couch 6:30-9 Free