Qwear Sponsors Noir Notes: Jazz & Poetry with Amanda Shea

Get your favorite lipstick and your sharpest button-ups — Qwear Pride cover model Amanda Shea is bringing art, power, and community to The Rose Tapas in Boston, October 5! Qwear is proud to sponsor this powerful pathway to healing through rhythm and storytelling, raising awareness for mental health and suicide prevention. 

DETAILS

Noir Notes: A Live Jazz and Spoken Word Experience
Address: The Rose Tapas, 397A Chelsea Street, East Boston, MA 02128
Doors: 5:30 PM
Performances: Spoken word, Jazz, and more
Open Mic: Artists, poets, musicians, and storytellers, come to the stage! Sign up when you get your ticket
Tickets: $17.85 Advance, $28.52 door
Food: Available for purchase at The Rose Tapas

PLUS Qwear is giving away two tickets on Instagram so follow us and comments on our post about what healing means to you to enter!! (Giveaway winner will either be reimbursed for 2 tickets or get to bring 2 friends.)

This event is proudly presented by @Kb_Crowned_Productions and @ateliersociale, two organizations committed to elevating the arts while fostering wellness and community connection.

Us queer folk are going through a time right now. We need community. We need love. Thoughts of giving up, of my life will never get better, of no one will ever understand how I feel — are more common than you think, and art is a beautiful way to remember that we are in this together.

About Host Amanda Shea: 

Three-time Boston Music Award-winning Spoken Word artist Amanda Shea is a Black, queer creative at the intersection of poetry, music, social justice, and culture. Amanda has been part of the Qwear fam ever since since we first photographed her 2019 and has since produced and styled the Qwear Pride 2025 Zine, on which she was also featured on the print cover. WBUR lauds her EP God, Again as “bridging the gap between poetry and music,” seamlessly blending spoken word with genres like hip-hop, rap, rock, opera, jazz, R&B, and contemporary sounds. With work featured in the Museum of Fine Arts, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, The Boston Globe, TEDx, Netflix, Prime Video, BBC News, and GBH, Shea’s voice honors African and Puerto Rican oral traditions, while pushing the boundaries of what poetry can be—and who can access it. Her art reflects her personal life, explores social justice issues, and serves as a tool for healing through trauma.