Like Really Creative CHARGED UP: Sound Meditation + Collaborative Poetry Workshop with Marcella Simien

Frayser Library

2-4pm

For this special event from Like Really Creative, attendees will come together to create a collaborative community poem.

The program will be hosted by musician and yoga instructor Marcella Simien, daughter of Grammy Award–winning artist Terrance Simien. Participants will begin with a guided meditation that explores and plays with different sounds.

They will then write poetry, lyrics, associations, or reflections inspired by what they hear. Afterwards, the group will share their writing and weave it together into a single collaborative community poem.

Memphis artist Zack Orsborn founded the arts organization Like Really Creative in February 2025, cultivating a growing creative community that has attracted nearly 7,000 social media followers. The organization has hosted up to 100 participants at its popular monthly collage parties, along with events focused on junk journaling, community walks, artist speed-dating for creative partnerships, collective improv music jams, and more.

Concerts in The Grove at Germantown Performing Arts Center

6:30-8:00 PM

Marcella will be a special guest vocalist for The MD's, the only Booker T. & the MG’s tribute band in the legendary group’s hometown of Memphis! The MD’s play anything and everything that Booker T. & the MG’s recorded, whether that be their own original records or backing tracks they laid down for singers like Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, and Rufus Thomas during their tenure as the Stax Records house band. Come relive the heyday of Soulsville U.S.A. with The MD’s!

Bring your lawn chairs and blankets. Outside food and drinks are permitted at Concerts in The Grove. Gates open at 5:30 PM.

Legendary Rhythm & Blues Cruise #46
EASTERN CARIBBEAN
Jan. 31 ~ Feb. 7, 2027

Founded in 1984, Musikfest is the nation’s largest free music festival and is an incredible 10-day celebration of performing and visual arts held every August in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Live from the Lawn!

Join Marcella at the Gudelsky Gazebo on Saturday, August 1st.

Show starts at 7:30 PM.

Free/Pay what you can

Terrance Simien and his daughter Marcella share the stage for an unforgettable night of traditions, influences, and generations. 

In Creole traditions, zydeco music is a continuation of a family bloodline of rhythm and resistance — handed down through memory and melody. It’s a heritage that lives in the hands of the accordion, the rubboard, and the voices that keep the stories alive while connecting the past with the present.